trustfelled | Week 3.

WEEK 3
Grace and Doug are dead. It seems that there isn't anything more to do but mourn your losses and try to move forward. The Transmitter's rules still hang in every room, a reminder of the only means of escaping this place.

But surely no one else will give into them, right?

Saturday is given to regrouping and rest; the static blares out early on Sunday, but at least there are no bodies to find today - it seems you're safe for now. The night before wasn't necessarily a peaceful one, however; you'll probably feel a bit groggy when you wake up, and it seems you've regained something that you didn't realize you'd lost...

Once again, however, it seems your efforts won't go unrewarded; another set of corridors have opened up, much in the same fashion as the other new area did last week. With them come new rooms to explore; maybe some of them will be to your liking.

Or perhaps it's better to say that hopefully some of them will; after all, if the Transmitter gets her way, you may be here for a very, very long time.

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[OOC: Welcome to week three of Trustfell! Feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend. Don't forget to save those threads for coins and the activity check!

If you'd like to get in contact with the Transmitter, you can do so through text or the phone in your room!]

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[ Sorry, Tsubasa, she's been more excited than she has been in weeks. But at least that hug doesn't last too long before she lets go. ]

'Morning, Tsubasa! QQ had a really awesome dream last night about airships. It's so cool how they stay up in the air! To think so much weight can get off ground like that!

Airships, you say? Like a zeppelin? I've always found the aerodynamics behind those rather interesting, as well. With the rise of airplanes and helicopters, airships nowadays are actually a bit out of style, at least, where I come from.

However, there is certainly something to be said for the sort of...aesthetic of an airship. While a plane is faster, and easier on a budget, there's something to be said about that sort of slow, dignified way an airship cruises through the skies at a comfortable pace.

[ Holy shit. Just hearing about that is making QQ's eyes sparkle with the intensity of a thousand suns. ]

Wait, does that mean your world is even more advanced than the World of Innocent Bonds!? That's so cool! QQ had a hard time imagining how airships work, but in your world, they refined it even more? Ahh, QQ wants to see it with her own eyes! Airships looked pretty fast already--QQ wonders how long it would take for airplanes and helicopters to travel across countries! With or without heavy luggage! That is very important to note!

[ That's way too many exclamation points in one go, but well, this just pushed her tension up to max and then some. ]

[ Even with her headache, she can't help herself. QQ's enthusiasm is too infectious not to indulge her. ]

Compared to airplanes, zeppelins themselves are rather slow. While helicopters aren't designed to fly for as long as a fixed-wing aircraft like an airplane, they're rather small and compact: even the largest helicopter in operations is only able to carry a maximum of 20 tons. Meanwhile, it may surprise you, but even though an airship is far larger than an airplane, the airplane is able to carry a larger payload more effectively! This is because an airship uses a gas called helium to lift itself up off the ground; the bigger the cargo that the airship would have to carry, the more helium you would need in order for the ship to stay afloat. However, airplanes are incredibly efficient for carrying heavy luggage: a large fixed-wing aircraft can carry about 300 tons.

Not only that, your typical commercial airplane has a cruising speed at around 965 kilometers per hour, while the airship only moves around 160. Much faster for a plane, as you can imagine.

[ And that's the cue for QQ to focus and commit absolutely everything to memory! After all, there's a reason why she was chosen for a reconnaissance unit. ]

So basically, they figured out how to slim down an airship to be smaller and more maneuverable at the expense of how much fuel and other payload they can carry. And not only that, they managed to refine the airplane to be simultaneously smaller in scale, bigger in storage space, and six times faster than an airship!? The technology in your world sounds positively marvelous!

[ Wow, her tone of voice and speech patterns sure suddenly became a lot smoother just now. ]

[ ...Impressive. She's never seen this side of QQ before, and Tsubasa can't help but be pleased by how quick she is on the uptake. ]

Not only that, airplanes are far more commercialized than airships are, and more easily accessible: in fact, over 100,000 flights travel across the skies per day, over 50,000 routes. As you were so astute as to realize, the airship has far less handling than the airplane does. While an airplane's altitude can be controlled directly, all the airship can do is work based off how much helium it can lose due to expansion before it reaches stasis. It's essentially at the whims of how much of a capacity for helium it can hold, based on the amount of cargo. In that regard, a plane is far more efficient, simply because an airship with the cargo that a plane could hold would have to be large enough to match both the maximum cargo load and the amount of helium necessary to fly. The sheer size, coupled with the speed reduction, makes airships a bit out of fashion.

That's not to say, of course, that airships are completely useless. Since airplanes travel at a much higher altitude, an airship has a much better view of the ground below, so it can be used for observation and command purposes more efficiently than a plane would, though it certainly sticks out like a sore thumb, if one's going for subtlety. Not only that, since they don't need forward speed to maintain their lift, they theoretically have as much endurance as they have helium to expend.

To think it's that commonplace... It's a bit hard to visualize since the most QQ has seen is two newly created airships. Having actual choices with pros and cons between different aircraft is a huge leap from that! But, ahh, it makes the future sound so thrilling! Travel must be so much easier and more accessible to the masses, if so many flights are available. And with that much flights and routes, they must have worked on its safety features enough that they're comfortable with that level of expansion! Amazing! It's the sort of technological progress my country dreams of!

[ There's also military uses, but she has just enough sense not to bring it up right now. But even without that in mind, this is mindblowing. ]

It is! The majority of those flights are used for the purposes of travel, mostly because it's far more efficient to use large boats for the purposes of cargo, rather than aircrafts. The first heavier-than-air fixed wing aircraft was pioneered over 100 years ago, and in that time, travelling by air has only kept making strides in becoming both faster and more affordable.

I've never flown before, myself, but, for the purposes of the trip I'm planning, I'll have to make at least a few flights, as well as ferry trips and train rides...

[ So ships aren't obsolete! She feels some relief at that; boats are still great and it would have been sad to see them completely go. There's something picturesque about watching the sea pass by on the deck of a ship.

But 100 years... It makes sense, but it's sad to think that she likely won't live to see it happen in her own country, even when she does complete her mission. Alas, can't be helped. ]

Oh, a trip? Is it going to be a long journey?

Around the whole world, actually. I have the whole route planned out and everything, and I'm visiting every capital, major city and landmark there is. It took quite some time to map out, but, it's actually my dream.

[ She speaks with no shortage of fondness about it, either; the thought of this trip keeps her going, there's no question. ]

That sounds wonderful! Would likely take very long time, but the memories alone would be worth it. Here's hoping you can take it soon!

[ It's something QQ would love to do herself if she had the chance and things calmed down in her own world. More people should want to travel around the entire world! So much to see and do! ]

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