#aquatic adventure of the last human
#aquatic adventure of the last human
by Amr (@siegarettes)
I’ve made it out of the seaweed forests. The new chainsaw has allowed me to cut through the thick weeds, and uncover more of the history left behind. There are more of those holograms, and even this far in there are massive screens still running news broadcasts. Did they really discover a truly sustainable energy source while I was gone?
Maybe not. At the least there seems to have been a lot of infighting here. Numerous journals describe eco-terrorists taking radical action to stop the development of these cities. What could have been so awful that it was worth fighting the last remains of humanity?
Well, maybe I’m starting to get a sense of it myself. While investigating it I stumbled into the den of the largest octopus I’ve seen. The creatures so far have been massive, but this one was beyond comprehension. The suckers on its tentacles alone dwarfed me. The sea has seemed so vast, terrifying in the way it seemed to continue on. This beast is the first being I’ve met that seems large enough to live comfortably in that vastness.
Our meeting didn’t go well.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
The emergency broadcast system is still operating. Still relaying stories of our great scientific progress, in the middle of our overgrown city ruins. We survived here, that’s clear. Turns out our salvation was in the depths of the Earth, not the depths of the space beyond it. I wish I’d known that before they sent me away.
Then again, maybe it’s better that I didn’t see it. In between the celebratory broadcasts are hints at the desperation, the rush to find a new home. Maybe our life underground was less the scientific marvel it seems and more a solution for a cornered society. There were tensions here. At least, that’s what the minefield doting these apartment complexes would point to. Maybe they were to keep the giant creatures at bay, but somehow I doubt it.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
A cloud of viscera surrounds me. It hasn’t been a half hour and I’m swimming in gore. I found a harpoon and set out open up the gate mechanisms trapping me here, and was immediately ambushed by a massive, razor toothed worm. Worms the size of my submarine shot out of its gullet, and it ambushed me from tunnels in the walls. Growling synths shook the air around me. My slow charging, pitiful harpoon couldn’t even cover the space above me so I had to bide my time and slowly cut away at it until it finally gave and disintegrated into a pile of flesh.
I’m in one of the tunnels it carved now. I’m hoping this leads me out of this cavern.
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by Amr (@siegarettes)
I’m the last one. I’m really the last one.
I guess that’s what happens when you disappear into a wormhole. There’s no way to tell how long I’ve been gone. I came back to a planet covered in ice. Almost thought that the traces of humanity had been wiped out until I plunged beneath the ice to find where they’d retreated to. Everything is so different now. Eco-terrorism, giant sealife, the quiet rumble of the ocean floor. And the architecture, it’s beautiful. Sprawled out in interlocking capsules that’d be impossible on the surface, where gravity’s pull would snap the supports. Mystery and terror flood this underwater world–it feels like I could find anything lurking here.
Well, maybe that’s a half-truth. You see this is my second trip into The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human. It’s been three years since my last one. I can forget a lot in three years. But looming large in my memories is the wild scale of the Aquatic Adventure, and the atmosphere–carrying both a booming depth threatening to swallow me, and subdued, lonely currents carrying me away.
I’ve overdue for a revisit of this one. This time it’ll be a more relaxed trip, away from the pressure of a deadline. So join me, as I chronicle this journey through these haunted cities and sunken ruins.
By: Omar (@siegarettes)
With so many apocalypses going on in videogames, we’ve become friendly with the fall of humanity. It’s almost comforting to know the world’s end has come before you arrived. It takes the pressure off, what with all the times we’re asked to save it. Still, we rarely languish in the beautiful ruins, there’s always something urgent to pull you along. So that’s where The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human appears.
