#136F92

[hydrokinetics]

hey. my name is percy jackson. nice to meet you guys
so it's been almost a week since a lot of us got here and things still aren't making a lot of sense
yeah, I get how the quests work and I know what laptops are and I know we can't get out of here but there are other things that aren't making sense
I went to do some scouting to see if I could find anything about the water
it's weird, isn't it? the ocean's not supposed to be still and that usually means something's wrong so I went to check it out
couple of things:

-always take a buddy if you're going in the water
-almost all of the fish are mutated and they're not really helpful. most of them ignored me when I asked some questions
-the ocean floor's about thirty feet down, but there's a drop-off further from that if you keep swimming out there
-SOMETHING is there down past the drop-off. everything was dark even with a light source but something lives down there. I didn't get a good enough look but I got some of their fingerprints
-webbed and still finger-shaped if you're curious
-didn't get a head count either
-limbs went kind of numb
-pretty sure they're still down there

just thought it would help to know what we're working with since we know there are things like shadows in the woods and other stuff out there

Comments

#49809C

[extrapolating]

( color! )

You managed to get fingerprints? So does that mean they're people? Or close enough, I suppose.

- Elizabeth

[hydrokinetics]

definitely not people, but kind of humanoid maybe
they were shaped like fingers but they didn't feel like them if that makes sense?

[extrapolating]

It's a little hard to picture, but I just haven't seen anything like it. Whatever they are, they weren't hostile to you though, were they?

[hydrokinetics]

oh no they were definitely hostile
that's the problem
they don't have weapons or anything but they weren't happy I was there

#FFDF00

[inheritance]

If you want to make another trip, I'd be willing to go with you.

Also, you can talk to the fish?

[hydrokinetics]

maybe soon. I'm kind of grounded...
but yeah! yeah, it comes with the territory
fish and other stuff that lives in the water

[inheritance]

Grounded? By who?

That's pretty cool! It's too bad the fish wouldn't talk to you, though.

Are you still feeling numb? Staying in the water here too long can have a really bad effect on your body....which I'm sure you've guessed by now.

[hydrokinetics]

Annabeth. don't know if you've met her yet
it's always hit and miss. sometimes they're chatty and sometimes I have to bargain with them
noooo the numbness wore off at least...
but usually I don't have a problem staying in the water for a long time
kind of the opposite, actually

#3630FF

[messianic]

( Color )

[PERCY... IMMEDIATELY GETTING INTO TROUBLE...]

Are you okay? What do you mean your limbs went kind of numb?

[...oh]

This is Minato, by the way.

[hydrokinetics]

[LET HIM LIVE???]

oh hey!
I think I'm fine? but I mean my limbs went numb when their hands (fins? stumps? whatever?) touched me
not sure how, but it was almost like being paralyzed except I could still move

[messianic]

[PERCY...!!!]

That sounds like the opposite of fine. Do you feel better now, or is it lingering?

[hydrokinetics]

the numbness wore off! so better on that front
I wish I got a better look at what they were but there were too many of them

#BD1864

[robosmith]

I have a lot of experience with diving, so if you're planning on going back I can come with you.
I've been curious about the water myself.
Maybe these supposed merfolk you found have a city down there.

[hydrokinetics]

I want to go back later and see if I can find out more, but it was almost like a warning not to
how far down can you go? it was way further than most people should probably go
it wouldn't be the first time I found undersea cities so that was part of why I wanted to get a better look

[robosmith]

Pretty far, I think? I don't really have a reference as to how far most people can dive.
But I've been exploring ancient underwater ruins all my life.
And I can breathe in space now so maybe that applies to water too.
Haven't tried yet.

[hydrokinetics]

I'm probably not the best person to ask since my diving is a little more complex
that sounds kind of cool. find anything interesting?
but uh. wow. space. haven't really met people who can do that so it might work out the same
if not i have ways to help people breathe down there
not a bad idea to test it out though

#FFE094

[crowsigliere]

[ Color ]

I'm curious how you managed to retrieve fingerprints from beneath the sea... Surely you didn't remove the creature's fingers entirely?

[hydrokinetics]

[Yikes that font! Give him a few minutes to try and parse that out.]

no, they got to keep all of their fingers
the prints just got burned into something I brought back to the surface. it helped so I could get a better look

[crowsigliere]

[ Look, it's fine!! ]

Burned...?

For it to occur even underwater, was it something more similar to the sting of a jellyfish? I can't imagine many things would be capable of temperatures high or low enough for such a task, nor an acid that wouldn't be severely diluted in this case.

What did you bring with you, exactly?

#EA0000

[theshowsover]

(color!)

So the ocean is as dangerous as the forest.
If it got its color back, the sea would probably come back to life.

[Though, the ocean usually isn't one stagnant color... will it come back more like the sky does, one hue at a time?]

[hydrokinetics]

you think so?
that'd be worth another trip down there once things less-mutated showed up
but are quests the only way to bring the colors back?

[theshowsover]

As far as I know.
There seem to be more ways to lose them, though.

#000033

[whereabout]

I did some testing with the water early on, since we had to secure a drinking supply. There was a change in the water from the well and the forest spring, and they seem to be normal now. But having that as a point of comparison has just made the harbor water look even odder, even after filtering.

[hydrokinetics]

I noticed that the well and the rain were different and the ocean was more like the rain I think...which is weird since where's the well water coming from?
what kind of tests did you do?

[whereabout]

I built some water filters when we first got here. So once I ran everything through it we conducted the highly scientific and precise tests of comparing the colors and then Guren drinking it.

The harbor water leaves you feeling kind of cold after you drink it. Unnaturally so, I mean. The other water used to do the same, but since we noticed the color change, it doesn't seem to have that effect anymore. At the time, we didn't have any rain to compare with.