TIGER'S EYE

[dramatispersonae]

You sink down, down, down through the water, the light fading away above, but somehow you neither get wet nor have trouble breathing...

Occasionally, fragments of song reach you.

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THE LOWEST LEVEL

[dramatispersonae]

You need to live, goes the snippet of song in your head.

Welcome to the bottom of the sea. It should be dark here, but something illuminates a vast garden surrounding you. It should be wet here, but the sensation of the water around you is distant, and you stay dry.

At the center of the garden rises a great spiral staircase carved out of mother-of-pearl.

EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[emomachine]

[endless staring]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[karlsefni]

[ ENDLESS. . . STARING . . . . ]

Eh.

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[seaside_cherry]

[Jeez it's like you boys have never seen a magical other worldly garden of sparkles and light before]

It's pretty.

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[seaside_cherry]

[My soul squid is in it's element]

That shouldn't be a problem.

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[karlsefni]

[ mumbling to himself, mostly ]

Where. . . this is a game, isn't it . . .

ONWARDS

[dramatispersonae]

Glimmering with the light, the opalescent stairs rise high above, vanishing into dark water once out of range of the light. A coral gate bars them from you for now. It is locked, but the faint outline of a key can be seen in the lock.

Whenever you get near the stairway, a snippet of songs resolves into words in your head:

Make a wish from your heart.

You know that is what one person here must do to proceed.

Re: ONWARDS

[seaside_cherry]

All the creatures of this world should be able to survive happily here! The food chain has to be sustained, we know that, but we wish for one life to not have to come at the cost of others. We wish the fish in here would be vegetarians with their own sustainable ecosystem and diet.

Re: ONWARDS

[dramatispersonae]

The key materializes in the lock. You can turn it now, open the gate, and go on up the stairs...

There's no sign of whether the wish actually came true.

THE MIDDLE LEVEL

[dramatispersonae]

You need to love, goes the snippet of song in your head.

As you come to a broad shelf on the sea floor, a peculiar sight unfolds before you in the returning light. The ancient remains of a shipwreck litter the ground, but before them, a number of marble statues have been arranged like some kind of art installation.

Beyond all this, another mother-of-pearl stairway rises into the waters above as they approach the surface.

EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[emomachine]

[eyes the statues warily, statues are higher on the 'probably not okay to touch' scale]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

The statues might once have spilled carelessly out of the belly of the broken ship, but since then, they have been rearranged. Now they stand in groups and clusters as if posed. A few are set up so they almost look as if they are holding hands with each other; others seem to be embracing. At their feet are scattered jewelry and trinkets.

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[seaside_cherry]

[I however am going right up to the statue, who are these guys]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

They do not appear to be very well-made. Although they seemed at first to be marble, on close examination it's some kind of imitation--perhaps a ceramic, or a particularly cunning plastic. They might have been painted once, but that has long since chipped off.

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[karlsefni]

[ levels of discomfort are climbing higher and higher and to be honest he's wandering near to the shipwreck remains and avoiding every statue. ships are safe. ships are good. ships ]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

Long ago, this must have been a huge and proud ship, but now it's so decayed by time underwater that its shape can barely be made out. Instead, it's been colonized by a network of sea-flowers and fishes, many of them glimmering with their own light.

ONWARDS

[dramatispersonae]

The opalescent stairs rise high above, wavering faintly in the rippling water as they go up, then vanishing into more gloom. A coral gate bars them from you for now. It is locked, but the faint outline of a key can be seen in the lock.

Whenever you get near the stairway, a snippet of songs resolves into words in your head:

Make a wish from your heart.

You know that is what one person here must do to proceed.

Re: ONWARDS

[emomachine]

I think these statues are alive, and they want to be together. . . so I wish that they could move, so they can stay together and hold each other the way they want to.

THE TOP LEVEL

[dramatispersonae]

You need to dream, goes the snippet of song in your head.

The water falls away around you as you emerge into a cavern, its stone walls dappled with light reflecting off the calm water. Plants and seaweed grow in the shallows, and all around you in the sand are fantastical sculptures.

The way out of the cave is barred by another coral gate.

EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

 

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[emomachine]

[dream, huh. . .]

[checking out the sculptures]

FINISH

[dramatispersonae]

The walls of the cavern slowly narrow into a tunnel to the outside. Yet another gate made of coral blocks the way to it, though. It is locked, but the faint outline of a key can be seen in the lock.

Whenever you get near the stairway, a snippet of song resolves into words in your head:

Make a wish from your heart.

You know that is what one person here must do to proceed.

Re: FINISH

[karlsefni]

. . . Uhhh. . .

We wish for. . .

[ stares at the driftwood ]

That father guy. To turn back to normal?? From whatever he turned into. Yeah. Sure.