video; un: TheBackup

[prodigalvampire]

[The face that graces the screen is of a man with long, angular features, deep gray eyes, long, curling black hair, and a smile so brilliantly white, it's near perfect.

That's obvious because he's smiling charmingly when the feed begins.]

Hey there, new neighbors.

[He leans back on the sofa in the dome from which he's broadcasting, a set of red-lensed sunglasses clipped in the front of his dress shirt, which is white and unbuttoned enough to make it very clear his pale and well-muscled chest is not dusted with hair.]

I know I could go back through this thing and find out a lot, but where's the fun in that? Give me your local flavor. Tell you what, we'll start out easy: what's there to do around the world's most exotic and exclusive underwater resort?

Comments

un; Wanda

[minus1twin]

What flavor are you looking for?

Clubs or the library or gardens? They have movie nights at the park.

un; Wanda

[prodigalvampire]

Uh...the local one?

[Thomas has found playing the airhead gets him the most information. If people think he's pretty and brainless, they tend not to hold back information around him.]

I mean, obviously the beach is out. But hey, movie nights are cool. What kind of movies?

un; Wanda

[minus1twin]

[Wanda chuckles softly.]

There is a beach actually.

un; Wanda

[prodigalvampire]

Really? [That actually gets a smile from him as he runs his hand back through his hair.] That's actually pretty awesome. How's that work, though? Aren't we at the bottom of the ocean?

Voice: UN - Maresh

[unbreakable_king]

Good day dear Sir. I am Rhy Maresh, one of the members of the council here. Regretfully you have arrived before I could create my little 'assistance for adjusting to life in the domes' guide.

Nonetheless, I am here to offer you all the assistance that I may provide to help you in adjusting to life here, for however long you may be a resident.

[Still, he's got answers, and he takes the questions seriously.]

Well, first, the markets are filled with all wonderful sorts of food, which aren't always what you're used to. If you haven't had pretzels before, you should. Oh, and every month or so there are lovely festivals and other entertainments. We've a very talented seamstress as well, who can make custom clothes.

Re: Voice: UN - Maresh

[prodigalvampire]

Thomas, and it's nice to know somebody's working on the problem. Kind of seems weird it's taken so long.

[See, he could be friendly, too. He even has a friendly smile to go along with it.]

Wait. You've never had pretzels before? Are we talking about the big stuffed ones?

[unbreakable_king]

A pleasure, Thomas.

[Wait, his eyes go HUGE.]

STUFFED Pretzels? What are those like!?

text; un: observar

[nothingunsolved]

I haven't been here very long myself but there seems to be the basic normal things and then there's overly friendly festivals now and then. People are all a bit off.

Beer and people watching are very easy to come by here.

text; un: TheBackup

[prodigalvampire]

At least one of those things sounds great. What's off about the people?

[nothingunsolved]

They're too nice.

text; un: s.uris - you saw nothing...........

[stantheman]

The library here is really cool.

[ Meet Stan, one of the biggest nerds in the sphere. ]

not a thing

[prodigalvampire]

You make the second person to recommend the library. I'm not trying to undercut the written word here, but it seems like there'd be a shipping issue at the bottom of the ocean.

[stantheman]

I don't know. Sometimes things unexpected show up and I found a bunch of cool books in an abandoned dome... but then I kept them.

Audio - UN: detwatts

[gadaboutdetective]

There are a few kinds of places to find entertainment, depending on the sort you mean. I uh— rather like the library myself, and the recreation dome has pleasant lighting compared to the others. Nice for a walk if you need one.

[He’s wracking his brain a bit. Llewellyn likes to be helpful, but he hasn’t been getting out of the office much lately.]

I think I remember hearing something about a new tavern opening, and the market dome has excellent food selections if you want to grab something to eat with someone.

Audio

[prodigalvampire]

[Admittedly, the library is probably a good place to look for information. In fact, now that he was talking to someone who apparently visits it a lot...]

So, how's a library in another world work, exactly? What kind of stuff's there?

[And people usually use the term 'tavern' to refer to a very specific sort of thing. There's one in Chicago that very few 'normal' people actually know about.]

That all sounds good, I guess. If we're going to be trapped down here with an A.I. overlord, we might as well have a good time doing it, right?

[gadaboutdetective]

[That’s a very good and very complicated question to answer if he’s being honest, which he generally tended to be.]

Well functionally it’s the same as any library? The uh— ‘stuff’ you can find is where it gets more interesting. It seems to contain as many books as there are across the various worlds we’ve all come here from. It’s incredibly vast in its selection... I even found a novel written by my friend there a short while back.

[He had to smile a little wryly at that, that was probably the best way to look at it.]

Mm... You’ll find that is essentially the best way to look at it. When the place isn’t being rude or upsetting, you might find it’s actually quite pleasant in various ways.

Voice: un.The.Otter

[of_bokthersa]

[Have the lazy drawl of someone who is planning on enjoying this conversation far too much. Don't dissappoint him, Thomas.]

You'd have to be more specific, my friend. What sort of pleasures do you partake of?

Voice;

[prodigalvampire]

["The Otter", huh? Sounds like a street name.]

No, no. See, I'm a tourist. I want the local spice. What's hot?

Re: Voice;

[of_bokthersa]

[Surprisingly, it's not.]

Fire.

[There's a smirk in his voice.]

Voice. un. Fuckingfabulous

[flammablepitch]

[Baz doesn't sound terribly annoyed, more amused by Thomas's commentary.]

What, you wanna be lazy and make us do all the work?

Voice

[prodigalvampire]

If have a friendly conversation is a lot of work, then yeah, I guess so.

Re: Voice

[flammablepitch]

You're asking us to guess what you'd think id fun.

Voice un. Ben.Solo

[havethestrength]

I meditate.

Voice;

[prodigalvampire]

And that's...fun for you?

Re: Voice;

[havethestrength]

Is there something wrong with meditating?