Guardian of the Shoreline #4

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Speak with Yueyuan at the Alchemy Commission

📍 The Xianzhou Luofu Alchemy Commission

After the Alchemy Commission delve reopened, people honest and crooked walked betwixt each other. As such, the Pearlkeepers alone are no longer enough to patrol the beach. They have offered invitations to brave and noble volunteers for the task at hand.
Yueyuan the Pearlkeeper hopes that you can help patrol the beach... Seriously, though, who's the one that actually protects this place?
I hear you needed me for a patrol?
Yueyuan
Yueyuan
Ah yes, I have already reported the drift bottle situation to the Realm-Keeping Commission.
Yueyuan
Yueyuan
According to their feedback, they have not received any reports of missing persons, and this "castaway" is likely a fabrication. The Pearlkeepers will not be dispatched for ocean rescue again before obtaining conclusive evidence of their existence.
Yueyuan
Yueyuan
If you come across anything similar, just deal with it yourself. That is unless you find conclusive evidence inside the drift bottle.
Yueyuan
Yueyuan
Also, the Pearlkeepers have recognized your abilities. From now on, you will no longer need to report to me before a patrol. You can go directly to the beach, and you will still be compensated for your efforts.
Yueyuan
Yueyuan
Either way, please do another patrol across the beach for me.

Patrol the Scalegorge Waterscape's beach

📍 The Xianzhou Luofu Scalegorge Waterscape

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Move
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
(This is Yueyuan's patrol area. Drive away The Unshackled and take care of the things they release... Honestly, who is protecting this beach?)
Pick Up
System
System
This is undoubtedly a drift bottle, one that has crossed the ocean, too.
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
(Let's take a look for now and decide what to do from there.)
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Drift Bottle Letter (IV)
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
(The ranks of castaways have grown, and they want a reply? What am I supposed to do now?)
Options
Forget it. Just throw it back.
I'll write a reply!
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
(These wacky drift bottles are just talking to themselves. Who knows if what they're saying is true?)
System
System
Just as you are about to cast the drift bottle back into the ocean, a voice calls out to you.
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
Stop! Don't throw that!
Options
Who are you? Do you know about these drift bottles?
Stay out of this. I WILL throw it into the ocean!
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
I, I... I'm just a stranger. I... I don't know about any drift bottles.
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
I am just here to stop you throwing garbage into the ocean. I beg you to stop!
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
...Please, don't. This didn't actually float across the ocean. What if you throw it out there and it doesn't come back...
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
Wait! I mean! No! This definitely did float across the ocean! But you still can't throw it!
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
You've read the drift bottle messages. Do you think you should really be responding to their requests?
Options
The story in the drift bottle is not true.
I should respond to the request in the drift bottle.
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
Does the letter in the bottle really seem that fake?
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
...Wait, I almost fell for that.
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
...You're just humoring me, aren't you?
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
Please just gimme back the bottle. My narrative design cannot be disrupted like this!
System
System
The stranger from the shore leaves, cradling the drift bottle like a treasured heirloom. You furrow your brow and remember the reason you came to the beach — The Unshackled.
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
You were going to throw it away anyway, what's wrong with me taking it? Don't stare at me like that, I'm leaving right away.
Options
What are you unshackling?
Seaside Stranger
Seaside Stranger
Since I've been discovered, I shall tell you — I unshackle original stories!
System
System
The stranger from the shore turns and leaves the beach. On that day, you still have no idea just what "unshackling original stories" meant.
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
(It seems there is nothing else out of the ordinary happening along the beach. I'll end my patrol here.)
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
(Alright, let me explain whether you should rejoin civilized society!)
System
System
Upon reading the draft, you sense its uncontrollable urge to express itself: Be it lamenting the fact that young people cannot find jobs within a long-living society, or the external pressure brought about by the Interastral Peace Corporation...
System
System
After you finish reading it, even you don't wish to return to civilized society, let alone Saturday. Is there anything you can add to this?
System
System
You come to understand that what this castaway seeks is never advice from a stranger, but validation and approval.
System
System
The castaway hopes that you, as someone who suffers inside civilized society, can convince Saturday not to return to it. It's time to write something.
Options
...But running away cannot solve anything...
...That's an understatement, if anything...
...Honestly, where are you people?
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
"But running away cannot solve anything, as a brief escape will only cause long-term suffering. More often than not, you cannot change the world on your own, but you can change your own perception of it..."
System
System
You believe that Saturday should not run from their responsibilities, that they should bravely return to civilized society... At least there are jade abaci, the internet, and treasures of modern civilization that far exceed those of life on a deserted island.
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
"However, the preceding tragedy is, if anything, an understatement. People in human society have learned to mask their true emotions and have no time to process their sorrows. All there is, is a chain of suffering from the inability to show their true selves... and you'll get replaced by someone else before you've even broken down..."
System
System
Your additions further exaggerate the critical state of the modern society. This letter contains no shred of kindness or morality. Presumably, Saturday will be unable to sleep after reading this, for the words "naked exploitation" is positively leaping out of the page.
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
"The Pearlkeepers have searched for you many times. Where exactly are you people!? Please provide useful information and stop wasting public resources!"
System
System
You don't care one bit about the petty squabbles on the deserted island — you are concerned about how to perform the rescue. If there truly are people in real danger stranded on an island, then this is the correct call to make.
System
System
You cast the drift bottle back into the Lunarescent Depths, hoping that these suggestions will reach the hands of those that need them.
System
System
The logic that lies behind science keeps reminding you that the chances of this letter reaching "an island that even the Pearlkeepers could not find" is zero.
System
System
However, you have done what you must. That is what matters.
{NICKNAME}
{NICKNAME}
(It seems there is nothing else out of the ordinary happening along the beach. I'll end my patrol here.)
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