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each little clam here know how to jam here (OPEN MINGLE POST)

There's a very big, very important expedition happening - the base's first trip as a group to the Aurora to go salvage what's inside! Very big, very important, and happening... next month. They're not going anywhere until they've conducted some research on that downed ship and gathered a good base of intel on how they might take care of - and protect - themselves.

A: THE ACTUAL WRECK

Maybe you're a daredevil who's not afraid of a little bit of radiation/fire/falling debris/angry wildlife hiding in a burned-out chassis. Or maybe you're one of the lucky ones who's immune to the radiation and are doing your part for the team. Either way, the monstrous silhouette of the Aurora looms in the distant waters of the Safe Shallows. Available for use are three Seaglides and one Seamoth to get out there, if you desire - although you might have to compete for their use. If you're feeling athletic, maybe you can even swim out there.

The radiation leak has been plugged, but the radiation itself is still dissipating from the area, so you probably shouldn't spend too long out here if you don't want to get sick. The hull of the ship is pockmarked with holes and damage, but not all of them are fit to be used as entrances by the crewmembers. Some of them might even have already been claimed by Crashes mistaking the dark nooks for caves. If you do get inside, there are still fires burning within the ship. Be careful out there!

B: GRASSY PLATEAU

Gotta get out there and check that new biome for resources before our big adventure. The Grassy Plateau is still largely unexplored, with plenty of treasures (or, well, survival resources) to be found.

In search of food? Apparently, those sand shark eggs are good eating, if you're daring enough to go toe-to-toe with a mother predator. Or maybe you'd prefer more exotic cuisine. Has anyone tried eating a Mesmer yet?

Alternatively, the expansive caves of this area are chock full of vibrant and unusual plant life that might offer some tasty nutrition to the hungry diver. Or there might be some that are medicinal - or toxic. Finding metals is another goal set by Ursula this month, and there's ore hiding deep down in the cave systems.

C: PARKS AND WRECKS

The Aurora's explosion left plenty of scrap metal around, and although some of it was cannibalized to fix the radiation leak, there are still husks of ship parts lying around on the ocean floor. If you're out searching for food, weapons, or other resources in any region, it may be worth investigating them to see if anything useful survived. The life pods embedded in the sand seem like a good place to start.

D: OTHER

You don't have to go foraging in the Grassy Plateau. Feel free to assist in preparations by gathering things from any of the biomes! Or you can stay in the base working on making all that weird stuff everyone else is collecting into something edible/helpful/otherwise useful.

(ooc: this is an open post for everyone to participate in the mission, similar to fukami's mingle post earlier in the month!! post your own toplevels and do your thing.)

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Then should we try to pick all off the brightest ones first?

[ Seaweed is all well and good, but you can only eat it for so long... ]

Hmmmm... Rather than that, I think you should try picking anything that interests you. After all, there are plenty of delicious things that aren't brightly colored. Chocolate, for example!

[ he waves the little blue plant at her. ]

I wonder if there's anything that tastes like chocolate down here...

I think you'd have to wait until we brought all of these back. So maybe one of each?

[ Just to be thorough. ]

[ stop being logical and interrupting his fantasizing. ]

Eh? Oh! Sure! Sensei can probably carry that many with all of his tentacles. Taste-testing them all later will be fun.

[ Can't stop being the logical otome protag, won't stop. ]

I can help carry them too! Even if I don't have tentacles.

Well, we can't all be so lucky.

[ he hands off the piece of undersea flora to her as he speaks, picking a few more with another tentacle all the while. ]

Do you like sweets, Miss Cardia? It strikes me that I don't know very much about you!

I don't really know much about me, either. [ IF THAT HELPS? She'll take that piece though, clutching it close to her as she picks up a few more colorful strands. ]

But I think so? I got to try fairy floss, and it was really good.

[ it takes him a second to place the term "fairy floss" - it's old-fashioned in most of the places he's been - but he nods soon enough. In any case, the other thing she said was more interesting. ]

"You don't know much about you?" [ he asks, questioning. ]

[ ... She's so far from learning the answers she's looking for, out here in the ocean, and... well. Maybe he'll have ideas. So Cardia answers readily enough, after some minor hesitation. ]

I don't remember anything past two years ago. And there are some... strange things about my body.

[ Doesn't actually have a heartbeat, for starters. ]

[ there are worse people to confide in, that's for sure. Sensei tilts his head at her, seeming to contemplate her words. ]

In other words, you have some kind of amnesia? That's quite a serious problem. [ a pause. ] Were you in some kind of accident 2 years ago?

I don't think so? I don't remember ever leaving the mansion before then... just Father, telling me not to go outside.

[ It's Complicated. ]

[ amnesia, a rich father, and being locked up in a mansion. Oh boy. This sounds like a soap opera... But he's not one to dismiss the story, considering all that's happened to him. He looks at her curiously for another moment or two before turning back to the cave wall, reaching out one of his tentacles once more. ]

That's quite the restriction to place on a teenage girl. I don't suppose you remember why he didn't want you to go outside.

[ Soap opera, otome game, same thing sometimes-- ]

I... because I'm a monster.

[ That she says it half-sadly and half matter-of-fact? Well. ]

[ ... he may not know much about her, but if he considers how the two of them look standing next to each other... ]

... Cardia-san, can you really look at me and say that with a straight face?

Yes.

[ YOU'RE A GOOD OCTOPUS. ]

[ she seems pretty serious about it. ]

And what about you is monstrous?

Someone who looks human... shouldn't be so dangerous when touching anyone.

[ How to say I'M HELLA POISONOUS. ]

[ he could make an off-color joke, but he senses this is an important topic to her, so he restrains himself. ]

There are many different types of humans, Cardia-san. Even this Sensei was human once. [ he's not above admitting that much. ]

[ ... Wait, what? ]

You were?? But why do you look so different?

Well, that's a long story. If I told you, I doubt it would make you feel any better.

[ he turns from her to pluck at a wrinkly-looking red coral nearby. ]

How we look doesn't reflect who we are. A monster is made by his actions. And, despite what you say, I have a hard time picturing you lifting a finger to hurt somebody. You've been working hard to be friendly and helpful.

[ That's the problem, she thinks, doing her best to keep at least that thought to herself. She doesn't have to lift a finger to hurt someone. ]

But I've hurt people before. They've... died, because of me.

They died?

[ an even tone, asking for more details. There's no judgement from him whatsoever. Really, he's in no position to dispense it. ]

[ ... Look, it's complicated. But if she's working with him, and the others... maybe it's best to warn him. ]

There's poison, inside of me. If I touch anyone, they'll get hurt, or die.

[ An amnesiac girl with a father who kept her locked up for her entire life and a poisonous touch. Interesting. Strange, but interesting. Korosensei pages through his library of knowledge briefly, trying to come up with a comparable illness, but comes up empty. ]

That's strange indeed. I've been around the world and studied many subjects, but I've never heard of a condition like that. If you'd allow it, I'd like to study it later. But for now... [ he reaches out a wetsuited tentacle to place a small branch of that red coral in her hair. ] Rest assured that you can hardly be called a monster because of that. If anything, I would say you're a victim.

[ SOUNDS JUST LIKE AN OTOME DOESN'T IT-- Cardia blinks though, rapidly, as she reaches up to touch that piece of coral. ]

I haven't suffered half as much as the people who've met me...

[ But... ]

If you want to study it, you can. I wanted to try and find a way to get rid of it entirely.

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