WEEK 1

[bathymetric]

Happy New Year! ... You're still here. Looks like The Captain wasn't lying when he said the murdering is now up to you. That, or you can all live here on your own. Regardless, it's time to settle in. The days start passing much less eventfully after that first one, and, well... on it goes, huh?

There might not be a whole cruise ship to explore just yet, but there are a variety of amenities available to all of you! Who ever heard of a boring cruise ship, anyway? As the week goes on, you might even start to see some of those strange coins appear for you!

Better buckle down and get to know your fellow passengers, though, if you want to stand a chance of weathering this storm.



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[ ooc: Welcome to peace week! Feel free to mingle (and investigate, if you like) to your hearts' content! Please ensure all investigation toplevels are marked accordingly, and otherwise enjoy! If you wish to talk to The Captain or Davy Jones, look here for the former and here for the latter! ]

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np!!

[hellahighwater]

That shit's dangerous. [ Chloe says that with confidence. ] Changing...time... But, wait, if they really died... Would they know it...?

[ She's. Trying so hard to figure out alchemy with so little details. ]

[calx]

Yes, incredibly so.

[ So no disagreement from him here which might be nice except it doesn't seem to bug him any... ]

My work is rooted in the biological rather than the chronological. I cannot go back in time and rewind it, but if I have a sample of something that once existed, restoration is not impossible.

...it would be far easier to show you, but that is not an option at current time. [ Like he could go on and on about the mechanisms behind it but Chloe doesn't have the time for that and Genshin hasn't really defined how alchemy works so let's take another route! ]

I've not yet used it on a life capable of coherent speech, so I cannot answer your question.

[hellahighwater]

[ Okay, knowing it's not messing with the timeline puts her at ease, a bit. ] Oh. Well. Wow.

[ Frankly Chloe doesn't have the brain power for that either, because while she's less insecure when she's drunk and can therefore talk about the things she's smart at, it doesn't mean she learns better when she's drunk, and hoo boy! She don't know anything about alchemy that wasn't from anime!

...speaking of. ]

It doesn't need some kinda...fucked up arcane...combining people with animals against their will shit, right? To make a...talking...thing?

[calx]

[ This isn't anime science it's gatcha science ✨ ]

Combining lifeforms would be highly unstable at its best. [ ... ] By a "talking thing" I presume you mean combining other lifeforms to make another? It is...theoretically feasible. But I would not call it appealing.

Human beings are made from the earth and all that can contaminate it. Other substrates like chalk are pure and free of imperfections.

[hellahighwater]

Okay. Okay, cool.

[ JUST AS LONG AS WE AREN’T TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER NINA AND ALEXANDER, THAT SHIT HURT HER HEART AS A SMALL KID— ]

...waaaiiit so...you wanna make people....outta chalk?

[calx]

[ ...probably not.

He's quiet for a bit, looking down at his hands. ]

I would like to learn the truth of my universe—I'm not so foolish to aspire to the truth of all universes, particularly given the past few weeks. There are some discoveries I've made along the way and others which have been passed down to me, but I would not say they are my focus.

[hellahighwater]

[ It seems...she can't really follow him. Chloe frowns. ]

Oookaaay... And...all that truth's...got to do with whatever mumbo jumbo you're doin' with alchemy?

[calx]

[ Someone sober probably wouldn't be able to follow him, it's fine. ]

Yes, exactly. To find one truth you must chase another, and another, and another. But no matter how long it takes me, I won't stop until I've achieved what my master commanded of me.