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]

 

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.

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]

 

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.

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]

 

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: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[emomachine]

[endless staring]

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[karlsefni]

[ ENDLESS. . . STARING . . . . ]

Eh.

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[seaside_cherry]

[My soul squid is in it's element]

That shouldn't be a problem.

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[emomachine]

[and now staring at you]




[takes his hand]

Let's look around.

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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.

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[karlsefni]

[ slowly . . . retracts his hand . . . ? ]

Yeah?

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[emomachine]

[clearly we don't get out enough]

Mm. . .

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[karlsefni]

[ mumbling to himself, mostly ]

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

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[emomachine]

[it's funny how you think he'll let go]

[we are going to look at this garden dwi]

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[karlsefni]

[ honestly he doesn't have it in him to struggle so that was his weak attempt before. allowing this shit to happen okay i guess. let's go ]

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[dramatispersonae]

Great fronds of kelp rise out of the ocean floor, gleaming faintly in all shades of green, as well as red and purple. Strange creatures as beautiful as any flower inch slowly along the sandy bed, and brilliantly-colored fish dart in and out of the waving seaweed.

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[emomachine]

[it's all so pretty???]

[poking at some purple kelp]

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[seaside_cherry]

[Holding out her hand]

Shall we explore it?

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[seaside_cherry]

It is. We seem to be under the sea today.

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[dramatispersonae]

The tall, waving seaweed is surprisingly sturdy and faintly warm to the touch, and in places it tangles with itself to provide nooks of shelter, guarded from the faint currents outside.

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[karlsefni]

. . . The sea?

[ blinks - as if stirred awake, and looking around . . . more attentively, this time ]

Under the sea. . .