Graviloquence

In Too Deep - A futuristic Lovecraftian experience

@ihinka Thank you! I hope you have time to join us, but if not, that's perfectly fine too.

@Drakey Good questions! At the moment, I'm working on a section for that to post in the OOC of the RP, but the advancements that will concern most of our characters is that the IRV Howard has some self-repairing capabilities, but still needs oversight as they don't always kick in until a certain point (it's a twenty year old ship), the CARAPACE suits are not only built to resist pressure but can help to negate fall damage up to a certain amount and have a built in interface that allows for contact with anyone with a smartwatch, smartphone, or much larger device of the same nature (in one of the main rooms of the Howard there will be a table with an interactive holographic map of the sea floor that is based both on past excursions and data sent to it by those investigating the Trench on foot). Medicine has advanced too, but I'm still trying to come up with ways to make these advancements useful without making it so that it negates any sense of danger the player has entirely. And yes, you can absolutely play a mechanic, or anyone into techy things! Anyone who typically has any role aboard a ship is fair game for a character.

@Elgappa If you wanted to make some nod to that story in your CS, either by ways of relation or anything else, that's more than fine by me. We're currently not treating Lovecraft's mythos like everything he's written happened in universe, but I don't mind at all including references to stories here and there!

Also, seeing as we now have enough folks interested, I'll see if I can't get my OOC finished before the end of this week. If all goes well, I should have it up by tomorrow morning (according to EST), but as I have family coming up for the day and then my longest day of classes following, I could see it taking a little longer. Thank you all so much for your interest, and I can't wait to get this started! Also, if you have anymore questions, feel free to ask.

In Too Deep - A futuristic Lovecraftian experience

@Elgappa Thank you so much! Glad to have you aboard!

In Too Deep - A futuristic Lovecraftian experience

@DeadDrop Wonderful! Glad to hear you're interested.

In Too Deep - A futuristic Lovecraftian experience

@POOHEAD189Thank you! I'm sorry to hear you can't join, but I appreciate your interest, and will try to keep a spot open should you get more free time!

In Too Deep - A futuristic Lovecraftian experience

@Penny Thank you! Hopefully it doesn't count as a white collar crime, haha.

In Too Deep - A futuristic Lovecraftian experience

@Irredeemable Glad to hear it! I'll be sure to tag you again if I get enough people interested to put an OOC and CS up.

In Too Deep - A futuristic Lovecraftian experience

Expedition to the Mariana Trench

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 November 2057

Transcript from NPR Broadcast, Feb. 2058

STEPHEN CURTIS: Hey everyone, Stephen here, we're starting off this evening's episode of Light Bytes with an update on the status of the Mariana Trench expedition. For any new listeners who might not be fully up to date on this topic, late last year, the UN came to a consensus that the declining populations of fish in the West Pacific were of significant concern, and the cause can't be ascertained without further in-depth study - quite literally, in fact. Called the Maguayan Initiative, after the ancient Visayan sea deity, the leader of this expedition was just decided upon earlier today - Dr. Demetrios Kalantzakis, former professor at the University of Crete and environmental activist. Many believe he played an instrumental role in pushing much needed amendments to the European Union's illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing regulations in the related referendum in 2034, and he has since been a very prominent figure amongst Europe's scientific elite.

MARISSA: And, today, we have the luck of getting to speak with the man himself regarding this recent honor, and also to get a glimpse into what he thinks might be rotten in Denmark - er, off the coast of the Phillipines.

STEPHEN: [Aside] That was awful.

MARISSA: I know. I'm sorry. And my apologies go out to any listeners from Denmark.

STEPHEN: [clears throat] Anyways, we've got Dr. Kalantzakis on the phone now. Can you hear me?

DR. KALANTZAKIS: Yes, thanks.

STEPHEN: Thank you for agreeing to be on our podcast, doctor; it's great to have you here. We have a few questions for you about your upcoming expedition.

DR. KALANTZAKIS: I'll be glad to answer them if I can.

STEPHEN: Great. So, to start, can you tell us any details about how you'll be surveying the Trench?

DR. KALANTZAKIS: We'll be embarking for the Trench in roughly four months' time, and will be aboard the IRV Howard for the journey. However, once we reach Mariana Trench itself, we will begin our descent into the trench itself, thanks to the development of CARAPACE exosuits, which have been tested to withstand pressure up to 10,500 meters without any harm coming to the wearer.

MARISSA: Wait, the Trench is 11,034 metres at it's deepest point, though. Those suits sound kind of dangerous. What do you intend to do if you go below their safe limit?

DR. KALANTZAKIS: Unfortunately, there is not enough time to wait for the design to be improved upon, as, if any more time is wasted before we identify what is behind the disappearance of so much biological diversity, there would be a terrible - perhaps irreversible - impact on our oceans. But there are built-in counters that allow us to see how far below sea level we are, therefore if we pass safe depth it's no one's fault but our own.

STEPHEN: Speaking of that, what's your hypothesis on the cause of the declining fish populations?

DR. KALANTZAKIS: Personally, I am of the opinion that it is quite possible that the seas have grown warm enough from the carelessness of some nations with their carbon emissions that fish suited to living in colder areas of our oceans have begun to suffer the consequences. It is possible they have either migrated further north or south to find a more livable area, and the abundance of bleached coral that the Philippines has been exporting in jewelry is somewhat telling, in my opinion.

STEPHEN: Do you think the underwater trash island and algae bloom theories hold any weight? What message would you have to those that believe that to be the issue?

DR. KALANTZAKIS: While it is quite evident there is no algae bloom causing this problem, as satellites have shown that there is no coverage of that area of the ocean by an overgrowth of any sort of plant matter, the underwater trash island is a possibility we cannot yet discount. Though, I believe that we would have seen an impact on the marine ecosystem much earlier if this was the case, seeing as ocean dumping has been illegal internationally for the past twenty years.

MARISSA: That's good to know. In that case, could I get your opinion on TrenchGate?

DR. KALANTZAKIS: ... Excuse me? I'm afraid I don't know what that is.

MARISSA: Oh. Really? It's a pretty hot topic on the Net right now; I'm surprised you haven't seen it.

STEPHEN: Marissa, please-

MARISSA: Basically, it's that the Deep Ones actually exist, and that the worlds' governments have all been working together to keep the public from knowing about their existence for hundreds of years. But the Deep Ones are becoming discontent with the lack of recognition they receive from us normal folks, and this is the beginning of the way they'll exact their wrath upon us, ending in a true doomsday.

DR. KALANTZAKIS: I see. That's a very... creative theory.

STEPHEN: [clears throat loudly] Dr. Kalantzakis, what can you tell us about the funding of your expedition, and have you been informed as to whom will be on your crew?

DR. KALANTZAKIS: While the Maguayan Initiative's main sponsor is the United Nations' International Maritime Organization, but JAMSTEC¹ has supplied us with our cutting edge exosuits, among other things, and we are set to receive funding from multiple countries' scientific research foundations as well. As for my fellow researchers and the rest of our group, it appears many are still under review, and I should find out about the other researchers by the end of the month.

STEPHEN: I see. Well, thank you for your time, and we wish you the best of luck with your expedition!

MARISSA: Yeah. But if you find anything weird down there, can you give us your word that you won't let the government threaten you into silence? The world wants to know what's really in our oceans.

STEPHEN: Oh my God Marissa -

GENERIC BRITISH MALE VOICE ACTOR: Thank you for tuning in to Light Bytes with Stephen and Marissa. We will be continue our broadcast after a quick word from our sponsors.

_{1. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology}

OOC Briefing

Alright, so, hopefully I didn't lose you with that delightful forged UN exposition document. I'm Grav, and I'm hoping that I got my plot across somewhat decently in my 'multi-media' pitch. If you're interested, we'll be taking a nice little trip to the Mariana Trench as a group of men of science and their crew, and unfortunately for them, their little expedition is going to be met with plenty of challenges, some of them not being what they initially seem. I need about five or six players for this RP before I can start it, and probably couldn't take more than eight, as this is my first time trying to GM for two years. Hopefully I can keep up. I intend for there to be IC posts from people weekly, or bi-weekly at the very least, depending on length or amount of collaboration needed. I completely understand people have lives outside of the Guild, but as long as everyone stays invested in the RP and is involved in the OOC and/or a related Discord channel, I expect this RP will live to its completion. Hope to hear from you all if this is of interest!

Ain't that a Kick in the Poker Face [Graviloquence & Little Italy]

I'll nab some screenshots tomorrow - I gotta finish my hw and parents weekend already started I'm dead -.-

Ain't that a Kick in the Poker Face [Graviloquence & Little Italy]

If you want, I can take screenshots and send them to you. I've got the game on my laptop and started a new character just for reference (God I'm a sad human being lmao)

Ain't that a Kick in the Poker Face [Graviloquence & Little Italy]

I tried but it's hard to write when your mind is making the equivalent of the aol dial-up sound