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20k Leagues Under the Sea: fin

[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 seafloor changes little by little. Its fine–grained sand is followed by a genuine causeway of smooth crags covered by a carpet of mollusks and zoophytes. Among other specimens in these two branches, you note some windowpane oysters with thin valves of unequal size, a type of ostracod unique to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, then orange–hued lucina with circular shells, awl–shaped auger shells, spiky periwinkles fifteen centimeters long that rise under the waves like hands ready to grab you, turban snails with shells made of horn and bristling all over with spines, lamp shells, subtly luminous jellyfish of the species Pelagia panopyra, and finally some wonderful Oculina flabelliforma, magnificent sea fans that fashion one of the most luxuriant tree forms in this ocean.

There amid this display is an oyster of extraordinary dimensions, a titanic giant clam, a holy–water font that could hold a whole lake, a basin more than two meters wide. Its mass of filaments attach it to a table of granite, and there it grows by itself in the midst of the cave's calm waters.

There, between its leaflike folds, you see a loose pearl as big as a coconut. Its globular shape and perfect clarity make it a jewel of incalculable value."

[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. You may just head on back after this.]

[But first, you think that you could coax the submersible's delicate robotic pincers to pick up the pearl and bring it in as a keepsake from your journey. Would you like to try? y/n]

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

Edited 2021-07-10 21:13 (UTC)