TURQUOISE

[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

[rowrowfighttheflower]

... It's beautiful...

[btw has pure white hair and is also probably very cold to the touch right now]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[reelroyalty]

It is...

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[rowrowfighttheflower]

Shall we explore?

[already beginning to head off in the direction of the staircase]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[metaphysicality]

[noticing but not bringing it up]

I think so too. So, are we supposed to climb the stairs?

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[reelroyalty]

It seems like the obvious choice.

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

[reelroyalty]

[all present Turquoises are wishing together to win the game]

Re: ONWARDS

[dramatispersonae]

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

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

[reelroyalty]

Oh . . .

[sparing a glance for the statues, but heading straight for the shipwreck almost automatically]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[metaphysicality]

So, obviously still taking the stairs, but there's a lot... going on in here.

[staring at the statues and well everything about the shipwreck as she's moving]

I can't tell if we should take a closer look or get out of here right away.

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.

As for the shipwreck...

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

[metaphysicality]

I wish that all of the complications between friendship and romance that I learned about back home stay back home because things here are good. I want them to stay that way.

Re: ONWARDS

[dramatispersonae]

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

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]

 

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[metaphysicality]

This is beautiful... I'm less confused than last time too. At least so far.

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[reelroyalty]

More 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

[reelroyalty]

I wish we really would save the world.

Re: FINISH

[dramatispersonae]

The key materializes in the lock. You can turn it now, open the gate, and continue to the Ring.