subnautica | an arrival

1 | Farm

[Jade isn't sure what she was expecting from the new universe, but pumpkins were not it. The underwater dome is also kind of a shock. What's bothering her more than any of that, though, is that she appears to be alone. Again.

Jade extracts herself from the pumpkin patch and begins to poke around. Things feel weird here - she can't feel out everything with her space powers like she used to, or at least not the to same extent. She can feel out most of the farm area, but beyond that... nothing. Is this what it means to be out of the Medium, finally? She begins to float around idly, taking everything in. There's a lot of different kinds of plants here, so at least she doesn't need to worry about starving. But who set all of this up?

Jade cups her hands around her mouth and calls out:]

Hello? Is anybody here? I like your plants!

2 | Base

[Eventually, Jade finds her way to the base through use of the underground tunnel and a little bit of teleportation along the way. She's a little tired after all of that, but her curiosity far outweighs any exhaustion.

Anybody who happens across her will find a teenage girl with fluffy white dog ears floating a couple of inches above the ground, her "Fun Survival Pack" clutched to her chest, mumbling and unended stream of questions to herself as she takes everything in. She may not be entirely paying attention to where she's going.]

How did all of this end up in the new universe? Is this just Sburb trying to give us a headstart in colonizing the new world? Why is there all this water here? And what happened to- oof!

[Guess who just floated into a wall. Maybe offer the new girl some help?]

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Oh, just a scouting one. Uh - you can have fun, I mean - basically, this base? I mean. Okay. We're at the farm - do you want to see the base? I can show you where we bunk and shit. Uh, not that we have rooms. I mean, John and Jake and Karkat do, and Feferi...might? I don't know what she does. Kanaya has one. But Rose and Mom and Dirk and I all bunk in the Magister's observatory - shit you have to meet the Magister, you're like, his aunt or something.

[ dave. get to the point. ]

But anyway URSULA is the AI who runs the base and she like, wants us to terraform shit and also do other missions as needed. But they don't have to be like. Super missiony. Like, we had a mission to figure out how to make cheese pizza last month I think?

[Jade maybe only gets half of what Dave was trying to tell her in that first bit, but that's okay. She'll figure it out later, probably. ]

Pizza sounds like a fun mission, at least! Were you guys successful? I have never had pizza before.

Uh, I actually do not know. Not yet I think? But. I have been experimenting with cake, if you're hungry?

[ he's not terrible at cooking, so it's. edible. ]

Well... I'd rather try something new. And Nannasprite made me plenty of cake on the ship.

[Her face takes on a somewhat haunted expression. There are only so many baked goods one girl can take.]

What sort of other things do you guys eat here?

I can make you a sandwich? We eat, like. Lots of seafood, obviously, but also stuff from the farm. Whatever you can make of the things you find?

[ he takes her elbow and leads her towards the tunnel leading back to base. she probably would prefer that to an impromptu swim. ]

Gotta say that you are missin' out on my sweet moves, though.

A sandwich would be good!

[Jade allows herself to be elbow-guided to the tunnel, figuring that Dave wouldn't lead her astray. The food sounds a lot like what she was used to back on the island, at least, with the addition of seafood. Then again, her new doggy nutritional needs probably can't survive on an entirely vegetarian diet like she used to.]

What kind of sweet moves are those? Sweet cake moves?

Obviously sweet cake moves. Or sweet pie moves? I have mastered the art of apple pie, jsyk.

[ yeah he. says. acronyms out loud. and he is definitely not leading her astray! just leading her straight to the base, and then the kitchen. ]

But I also am a sandwich ninja, so you're in excellent hands here.

[Jade doesn't even question the acronym usage. Who is she to know what normal speech patterns are like? The only people she's talked to in the last three years are a cat princess ghost and an old jester woman.]

Well... I could probably try some apple pie! Nanna didn't make as many of those. Though a sandwich sounds faster, especially if you are a sandwich ninja!

...How do you even become a sandwich ninja?

Years and years of training. What's your fave type of sandwich, btw?

[ he will cater to that, to the best of the supplies abilities. ]

[Jade ponders this for a moment.]

You know... I don't think I've ever had a sandwich! Surprise me!

I think we'll go classic, then - you're not allergic to anything, right?

Not that I know of! Oh, I do get a little sick if I eat too much chocolate... but chocolate sandwiches aren't standard, are they?

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