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20k Leagues Under the Sea: Taisho

[The elevator deposits you in the interior of a spacious submersible with a decidedly steampunk aesthetic. All of the metal is brushed bronze, and the navigation tools look to be turn of the century]

[Through the periscope, you can still see the sky; the water visible through the circular windows is a pale blue-green, kissed by filtering sunlight]

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[The following rules are visible scrawled on a piece of paper on the navigation desk:]

Welcome to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

Your goal is for your team to travel a distance of 20,000 leagues in your submersible. The teams that continue the longest will win a ~fabulous prize~: instant and painless revives, and full healing for one team of their choosing.

The journey won't be easy, though. Every time you choose to take your submersible further into the briny deep, you run the risk of suffering a fatal setback imposed by the challenges of the sea.

You can turn back at any time, safely surfacing. However, fortune favors the bold, and once you ascend, you cannot return to the challenge.

So the decision each round is up to you: will you boldly press onward, to discover the unknown? Or will you return to the realm above, and leave behind the ocean's watery secrets?

[Are you ready to set out on your grand journey to experience the undersea world and all its wonders? y/n]

[Please roll a 1d100 and submit your result with your decision]

It seems like the smartest choice in this game is to not play and retire immediately.

But there is full healing for a team of our choosing on the line as well.

It would be wisest to simply never participate, wouldn't it? Although I do wonder what they would do in that case. There is nothing in the rules about nonparticipation, however...

That is a tempting prize.

We know the trip is not going to be easy, so if anyone is to turn back it's smarter to do it immediately rather than later.

But can you imagine Baritones turning back on the first round?

Edited 2021-07-10 19:20 (UTC)

If the alternative is to sit around bored for who knows how long? I do imagine they will play until they can no longer move.

Shall we double their odds then?

Let's. At this point I'm curious to see how it'll go too.

Are we going: yes
Roll:

Nadeko
BOT
— Oggi alle 21:24
Delitan | Five Dice rolled: 11 - 100
Rolls
75
Sum
75 + 0 - 0 = 75

Edited 2021-07-10 19:25 (UTC)

As much as I would like to say let's not so you are kept safe...well. It could be fun.

How about a Common Law or two, no one and nothing can be harmed?

[Even if that only works inside, that's still something!!]

Worth a shot.

And you don't have to worry about me, I can handle it.

Whether or not you can handle it, don't you think I have promised Alexander to keep you safe? Both of them really, and my own desire besides, but there is a certain chain of Cosmo making me swear to put Alexander before him, and Alexander refuting that for you. So how can I not.

You know I'm older and I should be the one protecting you?

Oh is that how that works? I should think our difference in species quite makes up for a few years.

Well whether I am human or not is really up for debate to begin with so it doesn't count.

"A slight declivity ends in an uneven bottom, at fifteen fathoms depth. Here, there is no fine sand, no submarine prairies, no sea-forest. It is the coral kingdom.

The light produces a thousand charming varieties, playing in the midst of the branches that are so vividly coloured. You seem to see the membraneous and cylindrical tubes tremble beneath the undulation of the waters. You're tempted to gather their fresh petals, ornamented with delicate tentacles, some just blown, the others budding, while a small fish, swimming swiftly, touches them slightly, like flights of birds. But if your craft approaches these living flowers, these animated, sensitive plants, the whole colony would take alarm. The white petals would re-enter their red cases, the flowers fade as you look, and the bush changed into a block of stony knobs."

[You take in the sights through the portholes, beholding the wonders of the sea. All around you, your submersible hums like a well-oiled machine, performing the duty of keeping you safe most admirably]

[At this depth, the pressure is beginning to increase. It will be more dangerous to continue from here]

[You think that you could coax the submersible's delicate robotic pincers to take a sample of coral and bring it in as a keepsake from your journey. Would you like to try? y/n]

[Are you ready to continue your grand journey to experience the undersea world and all its wonders? y/n]

[Please roll a 1d100 and submit your result with your decision if you plan to continue]

[To try for the keepsake, please roll another 1d100]

Edited 2021-07-10 19:42 (UTC)

I feel like trying to get the coral is going to bite us in the ass, but at this point why not go all out.

[He just waves a hand!!]

That is the reason I am allowed to like you, but for these purposes, it counts.

No, it can't count for one thing but not for the other.

So we fall back on seniority.

The only goal is to reach 20,000 leagues, right? There doesn't seem much point in taking souvenirs.

I'm bigger.

Fair enough, and we may damage the submersible.

No souvenirs. We'll buy them at the points shop.

WE DO NOT TAKE A SOUVENIR
WE KEEP GOING
ROLL RESULT: 86

Delitan | Five — Oggi alle 21:51
.roll 1d100

Nadeko
BOT
— Oggi alle 21:51
Delitan | Five Dice rolled: 11 - 100
Rolls
86
Sum
86 + 0 - 0 = 86

Edited 2021-07-10 19:51 (UTC)

Exactly, better not to take any risks. Even if no damage is done, I wouldn't be surprised if the narrative becomes "you come across a creature that is furious to see you've damaged the reef and now it wants to kill you".

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