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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I think it has something to do with travel. Everyone was trying to get from one place to another, even if it was just, uh, through a door. But everyone ended up here instead... maybe the answer is in there somewhere?

[He has no idea, basically.]

I had no idea anything like this was even possible until a couple of hours ago.

Hm.... so doors are a common theme? That is very interesting! Maybe it serves as some kind of marker that spacetime inconsistencies can latch onto. Or...

[She trails off, remembering the few times she had encountered the dream bubbles. She doesn't want to consider the possibility that they're all dead, though.]

Well, I guess we'll just have to do more research and collect more data! That's how science is done, after all.

Right.

[That's a good plan, latch onto this from a scientific point of view, it's definitely one that Al can get behind and a thread of enthusiasm worms its way into his voice.]

I think we should probably start by talking to as many people as we find and figure out how they all got here, how long they've been here, and anything else weird they've noticed. We can collate data after that.

That sounds like a great idea!

[Jade ponders for a moment.]

Do you think we should send out surveys? That would make it very easy to standardize the data we get! I have not done any social science, but I am pretty sure that's how it works, right?

That's actually not a bad idea at all.

[Yeah! Go team!]

Here, I've got this thing that lets me talk to everyone. I don't really understand it yet, but we could probably send something out that way.

[Jade peers over at said thing. She doesn't recognize the technology offhand, but she's at least familiar with the concept of computers and sci fi gadgets.]

Oh, does that have an Internet connection? That would be perfect! We just need to draft something up first. We can't send out a biased survey, after all!

Uh... what's the internet?

[He was shown how to use it (sort of) by a very friendly geek squad helper, but he has no idea what most of it is.]

[Wow, not knowing what the internet is! The idea almost boggles Jade, but she tries to take it in stride.]

It's a network that connects computers and phones and things together. Anybody can look at or read something on the Internet if they are connected and know where it is, and you can also instantly send messages, pictures, and videos to other people.

That sounds amazing. We have telephones where I'm from that let you talk to someone else instantly, but that's it. You can't share information immediately, you have to use a telegram or send a letter for that.

[Also, all his telephones are wired.]

And you think the internet is here on this thing?

Oh, it sounds like you must have older technology, wherever you're from! That's so cool! It must be like you stepped right into the future.

[Granted, Jade's original time period wasn't this high-tech either, but being able to make crazy gadgets via game mechanics is enough to skew ones sense of "feasible technology."]

Anyways, I am very certain that the Internet is on there. Or at least something very similar! They may have picked a different name for it here. Like.... the Connecti-web?

[She does a little giggle-snort at her own name. How silly!]

[How tragic that he can't understand her amazing joke name.

He does give an awkward sort of chuckle, though, flashing his weird little device for her to see and looking her over for one too.]

The people I spoke to said everyone who got here has one, so you should have one too.

[Jade cocks her head to the side as she looks at his device.]

Everyone has one? Was it on you when you got here, or did somebody give it to you?

It was given to me, but pretty soon after I woke up. One of the other people here, Dirk, showed me how to use it.

[Excellent tech support!]

[Dirk? Jade knows that name! She doesn't know him well, but she does know that name!]

Dirk? As in Dirk Strider? Um... blonde hair and pointy shades? I know him!

Yeah, that's him!

[How interesting that she should know someone already here.]

I don't know where he is right now, but I can point you to where I saw him an hour or two back?

[For now, that just confirms to Jade that this really is the new universe the game created for them. She doesn't say that for now, though, not wanting to throw in any more confusion over alternate universes and dimensional travel into this conversation.]

That's okay - I've got all kinds of time to try and track him down if I want to talk! I get the feeling we'll be here a while.

Not if I've got anything to do with it.

[Determination mode: activate! Al has only been here a few hours and he's already itching to get back home, to get back to the people who are relying on him and the things he's meant to be doing.]

I'm going to find the way out of here as soon as possible, wait and see.

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