IOLITE

[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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Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[splittheparty]

[...Well, let's see if there's anything inside those nooks, then.]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[idolfromabove]

[meanwhile, the shell thing might not have worked, but what about touching the fish?]

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[dramatispersonae]

The fish dart away from your hand. They are every shape and size imaginable. Some of them might be anemones; others might be sea cucumbers. Some have spines, and others look as if they would be soft and squishy to the touch. But all of them are strange and colorful.

As you watch the fish and the things that crawl along below them, a larger fish darts into a school of small ones and scoops several into its mouth.

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[idolfromabove]

[...that just happened.]

...ah...

[not going to fuss at it to let them go, but she looks kind of sad.]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[splittheparty]

I guess this is part of the theme too, then...

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[idolfromabove]

...I guess. I mean, I know fish have to eat, too, but...yeah.

[just going to look away now]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

There doesn't seem to be anything inside the nooks, but they look surprisingly homely and inviting.

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[splittheparty]

[...Hm. How big are these? By which I mean, can I fit into one?]

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[dramatispersonae]

They're easily big enough to fit a person or two.

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[splittheparty]

[Then I am totally going to head into one of those nooks. Let's see if anything happens...]

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[idolfromabove]

[following along!]

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[dramatispersonae]

You spend a little time inside one of the strange sheltered green rooms created by the tangled kelp. Around you, the sound and feel of the sea rises to a rush that could easily crush you, and yet you feel completely safe. In a minute, it passes. There is nothing else here.

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[splittheparty]

[Well, that's really comfortable. Still.]

Then, I guess this is part of the theme, too... What could it be, though?

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[idolfromabove]

...food, comfort, shelter...things that we all need to live?

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[splittheparty]

It sounds about right, yeah. How should we make that into a wish, though...

[I'm trying to think of several different ways to put it...]

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[idolfromabove]

[tilts her head, trying to listen; is the sound of the sea louder, and does it have any hints?]

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

Only the same refrains of song as before.

You need to live through most of the garden.

Make a wish from your heart near the stairs.

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[splittheparty]

Well, for now I'm thinking of using "May the bounty of the world continue to provide all those that live within it what they need to survive", but if there's a better option...

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[idolfromabove]

That's beautiful. I like that.

Re: EXPLORE AND DISCUSS

[splittheparty]

I'll make it, then!