subnautica | action & action & text

1 | getting the drop on the hot springs

[ Woe upon any who venture into the hot springs in their pink walled, steamy glory, navigating the maze of buckets and stones and attractive dead carcasses of coral artfully arranged to provoke a sense of relaxation on either side of the wooden dividers. A fie upon any who have sought a moment of relaxation, to soak in the heat and breath in of the steam and find their aches begin to loosen their stranglehold, muscles begin to shed tension, skin begins to sweat even more than before.

It is, perhaps, quite enjoyable. Restive. Even, dare we say, rejuvenating.

Then a ten year old comes crashing down into the waters with a startled yelp, splashing everything and shooting back up to her feet, coughing out the water that's inevitably gotten into her lungs.

So much for a restive visit at the indoor hot springs. Thanks, Chihiro! ]

2 | a drop in the sea

Soaked once already, she'd faced the contents of her Fun Survival Pack and been left contemplating the wet suit with the look of a young woman resigned to what was inevitably coming.

A change.

Chihiro managed to get into her wet suit, getting it zipped up after some creative contorting when she almost lost her grip on the zipper. She quietly investigated for available space to drape her clothing on, letting it dry while she took her breathing apparatus and stared down into the pool of water leading to the outside. To the vast ocean that surrounded near everything on this world, from what she understood.

She stood there, eyes flicking between the apparatus in her hands and the water, swallowing in reflex. She understood the fairly simple principle at play here, and it was why she went from soaked in a hot spring to eventually opting to be soaked in salt water. All this base was down here. If she wanted a chance to see an up there, she was going to have to swim and breathe while underwater.

"Is this really enough?" It was supposed to be.

Taking the initial plunge was almost the worst, but once she decided on it, Chihiro simply moved forward off the ledge and jumped into the water. She broke the surface with a small gasp, using one arm to keep herself afloat while the other held the apparatus above the waters level. There was no preventing it from tasting like salt, as far as she knew.

She still grimaced when she first tasted the salt on the mouthpiece, shoving it in her mouth and carefully sinking below the surface of the water. Then staying there, coaxing herself into taking a breath in while part of her was certain she was going to be inhaling water. When she found she could breathe in without having anything worse than the salty taste lingering in her mouth, she dared to move down low enough even her nose wasn't above the waterline.

( i ) Here goes...! Her mental exclamation was accompanied by a flurry of bubbles once she fully submerged, using her arms to propel her down while refusing to open her eyes to look back at the air-filled rooms of the base she'd just left. This works! I'm really breathing underwater! Her excitement carried over in her mental tone, as evident in the smile she couldn't quite make as it was in the way her closed eyes opened, blinking rapidly to adjust to the saline, finding it not all that intrusive in the end. This is incredible...

It wasn't enough to override the hollow pit in her stomach at being stranded a world away from home once more, but with no recourse other than to press onward, it was time to do some relatively safe exploring.

( ii ) To anyone coming across her after she'd taken the plunge, Chihiro was swimming around the base on the outside, alighting on curved surfaces and waving at people when it didn't appear she was accidentally intruding. When one of the unfamiliar fish would come close, she'd hold herself still and pressed up against the base itself, waiting and watching for what would happen next.

3 | text: ask and ye shall possibly learn more than what you knew before

Hello, my name is Chihiro. I didn't know where it was best to ask, so I'm trying here. Is there anyplace new people should generally be sleeping?

[ this had been easier at the bath house when it'd all been pretty straightforward. "follow lin." she'd try to figure out food as well, but honest to goodness, she's not sure she can eat quite yet. ]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

People follow the be quiet in a library rule here too? No one's going to mind if someone's sleeping in there?

[ On the bright side, they seemed to get better over the course of the month? Though Chihiro would have had little idea of what to do had she come in when everyone was significantly ill, all things being told. ]

i don't even know if we have any rules around here

[ they don't ]

but people literally sleep anywhere, so just find an open spot and you're good ^_^

Okay. I'm glad to know that's the case. Where I was before you were supposed to only sleep in the sleeping quarters.

[ she still fell asleep in kamaji's boiler room, #yolo ]

Do you have time for one more question?

that's not unusual
you'll be fine here! you can basically do whatever you want i think as long as you don't break anything

[ gosh chihiro...#rebel ]

yeah, sure ^_^
hit me

I'll make sure not to break things. I usually don't!

[ that said, watch her end up breaking everything. THIS IS HER LIFE. ]

How does getting food work around here?

[ There are no grocery stores, does she need to learn to fish and... stuff? ]

[ RIP CHIHIRO ]

well we do have a small farm here with some crops people are growing! i haven't used it myself but i've been there before so you can check that out.
you can also go fishing and hunt some of the critters in the ocean. i haven't eaten any of them yet but i heard that at least some of them are edible.

[ wait this just makes her curious ]

What have you been eating?

a lot of apples

[ there are a lot of them. ]

also there's a robot horse guarding the farm, idk why, just dont make it mad and you should be ok to harvest :)

How do you know if you're making it mad or not?

good question
maybe if it starts attacking you ?_?

Isn't that a bit late to learn?!

well i've been there a few times and the horse hasn't done anything to me yet :3
so you'll be fine
do you know how to fight or run? lol

I can run.

I can do the running thing.

good! you'll be fine then :3
you'll also need to know how to swim if you haven't figured that out already

my name is d.va btw

Yeah, the swimming is... I'm okay at swimming! I'll get better.

It's nice to meet you, D.va? D.Va? I'm Chihiro.

technically it's D.Va but since it's over text, idc how you capitalize it lol

hit me up if you need anything okay? i hope you find a peaceful place to sleep
i know that can be hard sometimes around here ==

Okay, D.Va, and thank you very much! I hope you too have many peaceful nights rest here.

Talk to you again later, I hope!

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i forgot this was text in the other tag oops

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