mapping party mapping party

[rebells]

Who: a bunch of less-than-upstanding nerd boys
Where: along this route
When: Day 8, or thereabouts
Open/Closed: closed to mapping party; pm rebells if your character would have icly asked to come!

[So you may have gotten a telepathic message a few days ago about an expedition to map the coastline . . . or maybe you were invited along by a friend. Whatever the reason, it's bright and early this morning, and it's time to set out!

Characters would have gotten a further telepathic message from Jay with a date and time to meet outside the shacks. They'll be heading east along the "shore," tracking the coast, and then heading directly back towards base camp . . . who knows what they'll find along the way?]

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[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"Well, we're having an inane statement exchange, aren't we?"

[He chuckles, and he jumps down from the tree, landing on his feet with a soft thud. he then walks over towards Dirk, standing at his side.]

[splinten]

[Dirk glances over him now, sideways behind his shades. He's reflexively wary of this kind of self-possession moving closer to him.]

Nah, this is practically a Socratic dialogue.

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"So you wish to continue it! Hm..."

[He's just going to shift the subject, this is starting to get a bit awkward for him at this point.]

"Have you ever been to a place like this before?"

[splinten]

You mean an abandoned mansion? Yeah, but they were all underwater.

[All of Houston was. He isn't actually sure if that's what Joshua meant, but he'll follow it along.]

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"I more meant an orchard like this but, that works too."

[He hasn't. All of his memories are of Shibuya. He might have left before he became composer, but if he did, whatever it was had long since faded.]

"Also, underwater?"

[splinten]

No orchards either, for the reason of the underwater crap.

[He gives a shrug at the idea, approaching it casually.]

I grew up by the ruins of a sunken city.

What about you?

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"I grew up in in the normal, non-sunken japanese city of Shibuya."

[Well, least Dirk had something possibly interesting about him, given that tidbit of information. So it was time for the questions.]

"How did it get underwater?"

[splinten]

Global warming.

[It's a deadpan reply, and technically true. He isn't being evasive for the sake of it; he just hasn't gotten a sense of Joshua yet. It means he defaults to a sort of ironic stance to try to navigate the situation.]

What year?

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"2007."

[I mean they never say the year in the game so I'll just go with the japanese release year for convenience's sake.]

"And you?"

[splinten]

2425 by that calendar.

[It's 413 by the PC calendar, but he doesn't expect Joshua to know it.]

Which probably explains more about the sunken city.