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indie, priv / selective SUNKEN of nightschool studio's OXENFREE franchise.
headcanon based, written by SATURN.
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NAME: THE SUNKEN.
TITLE: SINKING GHOST.
NICKNAMES: Ghosts, Ghost, Hive-Mind, Crew Members, Sunky Wunky.
AGE: Eons.
BIRTHDATE: October 25th, 1943(?)
GENDER: Agender (They/Them)
SPECIES: Once Human.
ABILITIES: Possession, Teleportation, Time Travel, Communication via radio
ANIMAL: Starfish.
OCCUPATION: Ghost, Protector.
RELATIONS: N/A
NATIONALITY: N/A
ETHNICITY: N/ASEXUALITY: Demisexual
??? COLOR: Black, Void
EYE COLOR: Red, White, Orange, Yellow
WEIGHT: Weightless
BODY TYPE: Tall, Lanky, Humanoid
HEIGHT: 5’11”
DISABILITIES: Unknown, but definitely has some form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
DETAILS: Has many voices, Being only able to speak in short cryptid messages (unless they are possessing someone), Can speak in morse code.
PHOBIAS: Athazagoraphobia, Aquaphobia.
VOICECLAIM: Anyone & Everyone.
Maggie Adler notes that their mental state has become “child-like” after the sinking of the USS Kanaloa, relying on using “games” and manipulation, and in many cases, using other people as vessels to get what they want. It is possible to tame them, but it’s a difficult process. When tamed, they only want to remember the people they used to be, a few names do pop up (thanks to the help of Alex, or many Alex’s from other timelines); Henry Griffin, Calvin Gilbert, and Francis Salter are the ones they can really only remember. That’s only 3 out of 94 people that were fused into one single entity from a parallel dimension. It’ll take a while to figure them all out if possible, and that can lead to the Sunken getting frustrated.However if not redeemed, then their only goal is to finally be able to pass on, exhausted from the pain of existing, wilting to atoms and dying over and over again; they NEED a vessel to carry on, which is where Alex comes in.Post-Canon, They’re still somewhat childlike when it comes to curiosity and learning new things. Since they’re not used to modern technology- Sunken finds themselves in awe with the smallest of things like phones and video games. With this new body, it doesn’t come without it’s quirks; they’re still only really able to communicate with old technology such as radios or even cassette tapes. So they have either one on them at all times- Despite having a mouth (With 15 rows of TEETH might I add), they’re unable to speak normally without these devices. They’re also very protective of their friends (Especially Alex, since they still have some sort of connection with each other.) but also knows to keep their distance if someone is uncomfortable with them. They don’t expect forgiveness for the awful things they (And the rest of the hivemind) did, they know they don’t deserve it.
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On October 25, 1943, the Kanaloa sent out a garbled distress signal which was picked up by Maggie Adler, the comms officer on duty in Harden Tower the day the Kanaloa sunk. She mistook the message as an attempt to jam radar, which led to her following the guide book recommendations and signaling for surrounding ships to scout and bomb if needed. The USS Walter Roy responded and fired upon the USS Kanaloa, sinking it and seemingly killing its 85 crew members and 12 passengers on-board. It is regarded to be the only submarine casualty in American waters.The event was eventually covered up, as the guided tour station plaque located on Main Street near the propeller monument will state that the USS Kanaloa was sunk by a Japanese sub chaser named Tokisada on October 28, 1943, approximately 25 miles off the coast of Washington.The crew of the Kanaloa did not, in fact, die, as is commonly believed, but instead were separated from their dimensional existence by the implosion of the submarine’s nuclear reactor. A signal officer training new recruits at Fort Milner’s Facilities recorded odd messages being broadcasted through radio frequencies. While at first dismissed as a prank or faulty equipment, Maggie Adler later uncovered it to be a mayday from Kanaloa electrician Calvin Gilbert.
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There's a similar statue of a soldier in Maine, where I grew up. My memory of it is I think part of the reason why I said yes when the army recruited me out of college, despite my family's protestations. Anna, my closest friend from childhood, was of course thrilled at the possibility of my escape. I anonymously started the petition in 1975 to have this one made, after the daughter of Kanaloa crewman Francis Salter asked. I don't know why... a marker, maybe, for the hope I once had to help people.TWO -
Recruits learned communications technology here, and several others learned code breaking, it's true... but due to my aptitude in math and mechanical engineering, I was assigned code making, specifically cyphers with which to conceal projects from even other government agencies. It was a job I grew increasingly uncomfortable with, but my keen interest in radio science had me pulling double duty as a comms officer. I remember one of the Kanaloa's engineers, Francis, calling me a "radio-woman." As far as he knew, it was my only job.THREE -
I was on watch duty in the tower when it happened, having just gotten back from an early leave for the reading of my father's will. For years, I childishly blamed him for this, too... his one last act against me... but it was nobody's fault, or decision, but my own. I'm sure it was Francis Salter who sent the Kanaloa's distress signal. It had been cut off - I still don't know why - and I hastily interpreted the garbled transmission as an attempt to jam radar. And so I sent back the guidebook recommendation: to scout, and bomb, if necessary.FOUR -
The USS Walter Roy, a destroyer escort, sunk the USS Kanaloa with friendly fire on October 25th, 1943. It had held a developmental nuclear reactor in its belly, and had been sent out weeks earlier as a test of its capabilities. Relatively few even knew of its existence, which tripled the bases's confusion when the submarine's communications had been cut. No one outside of a handful of us would ever know the truth. I would discover later that a weapons technician of the Walter Roy had been at Francis Salter's wedding; Salter was an engineer on the Kanaloa. I don't know why, but it's strange to me.FIVE -
The first transmissions from the lost soldiers were recorded here by a signal officer training new recruits. I heard about it soon after. Yes, word of the childlike, almost playful messages spread quickly, but the broadcasts were usually dismissed as an ongoing prank, faulty equipment, or AM stations bouncing off the midland. However, after I successfully decoded one as a mayday from Calvin Gilbert, an electrician who perished on the USS Kanaloa, I knew it had to be something more.SIX -
Marianne Bozek, forever engraved on the Command Annex's memorial plaque, was a kind, humble woman who helped me decode the ghost's unusual messages. I don't think she ever really believed my hypothesis that they were relays from the sunken submarine, even though she corresponded with - as she put it - a man named Calvin, an electrician who died on the Kanaloa. I pieced together the truth, the cover up, and my own tragic mistake that killed him and his mates over months of careful deciphering.SEVEN - When people in the Comms Dept. begin transferring off, I was able to convince my higher ups - including, coincidentally, one eventual Army passenger onboard the Kanaloa, Henry Griffin - to bring Anna onboard as a replacement. Anna had been working in broadcasting, so it made enough sense to the upper ranks. Incidentally, when I dream, it is usually during this time period, amidst the change... and I am trying to prevent Anna from ever coming.EIGHT -
My belief - bolstered by Anna's and my research conducted largely at the Catbird Station where interruptions were rare - is that the men and women of the USS Kanaloa were separated from our dimensional existence by the implosion of the submarine's nuclear reactor. I identified one passenger, Henry, by his call-sign, and his confused diction and reliance on game logic says to me that their emotional states (if not mental states) had been reduced to that of children... a thought I cling to when I envision Anna's demise.NINE -
Anna and I frequently conducted tests at what was once the East Barracks here during the brutal winter of '51. Waves, of any kind - radio, nuclear, electromagnetic - seemed able to pass through all existences under certain circumstances, which explained our ability to get communiques sent from them. This might also justify the frequency of hearing one of the Kanaloa's electrician's call signs, Calvin Gilbert, come echoing through the relays. On April 4th, 1952, we would attempt to reverse the manifest breakdown... and bring the soldiers back.TEN -
After stealing equipment from this Relay Station, Anna and I entered the cave just before dawn to try and communicate directly with the crew of the USS Kanaloa. We successfully tuned in to the source of the temporal "tear," and spoke, albeit briefly, to Henry Griffin, an SOC Sergeant who died on the sub, but the power overwhelmed my dear Anna, and she was absorbed into its ridge; all that remains there now is the flickering hue of a partially open gate, a window to a perpendicular space that seems to have "augmented" the subarine's call. But, of all my regrets, perhaps the deepest is knowing Anna's last vision was of me fleeing from her in terror.ELEVEN -
After the fort closed, I used the considerable resources from my father's endowment to buy up most of the land, or influence government officials to declare that which I could not buy protected. I have not been entirely successful, and have watched in horror as a small tourist industry has precariously sprung upon this cursed island. Even the family of one of the sailors who died, Calvin Gilbert, set up a restaurant to cater to inquisitive out-of-towners. I can promise this, though: the museum will never happen, and the beach and caves will be boarded up.TWELVE -
To whoever is finding these notes, understand my hope is that by enshrouding this intelligence in such an obtuse manner, its detection will discourage most innocent seekers... thereby allowing it to befall the correct person, and not the easily distracted military mind nor the typically bewildered excursionist. Do not blame the submarine's crew; I don't believe its passengers like Henry Griffin can even understand what has truly happened to them. And you do not have to forgive me for my myriad failures... but, please, remember the name, Anna Shea. Know that she did not deserve her fate.THIRTEEN -
To whom it should concern... This island, and [its history,] is a lie. I have been compelled by both forces outside my control and my own willful concern for the safety of others to conceal the many truths about Edwards Island. But now, I feel any further inaction may carry a far greater risk. Inside, you'll find two WAL equipped radios. I have commandeered the old Cardinal Station, 140.1, and used it to relay clues to nearby beacons buried throughout the area. Find these beacons, and the notes within, and discover the true chronicle of the island. To whosoever finds the material, know that I am discomforted for keeping it hidden... and ashamed for the lies I helped preserve. But also know that I acted in what I felt were the best interests for all at the time. And truly... for the interest of time itself.
- Margaret Adler
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OXENFREE (CANON) -
Takes place during the events of OXENFREE, timeloops galore.
OXENFREE II (CANON) -
TO BE ADDED, I have yet to play the game.
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After Clarissa saves Alex from the timeloop, it accidentally caused a part of The Sunken to emerge out of the portal. The vessel looks humanoid, but still has features that are similar to what The Sunken was. But it wasn’t the entire hivemind of ghosts, it was… A missing piece. One that wishes to start anew, but doesn’t expect forgiveness for the actions they (sort of) caused to Alex and everyone else on Edwards Island.Due to time shenanigans, some people (such as Alex’s parents) are completely fine with Sunken’s existence, believing that they were always there, when they weren’t. They live with Alex & Jonas (and Michael in some timelines) and act more of a younger sibling to the two/three than anything else. Protective, and very curious of the modern world, Sunken hopes to be the best they can be. But for now, they need to get everyone’s trust.They have a fear of the ocean, and refuses to return to Edwards Island. They are a separate entity from The Sunken, but is still called Sunken due to being.. Really bad at names.Sunken is known for carrying a cassette tape in order to verbally communicate, but they are capable of speaking through almost any electronic such as radios, computers & TVs.
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Applies for; Life is Strange, DBD, Until Dawn, Marvel/DC.I mean, Oxenfree already takes place in a semi-modern time, but this is for interactions that don't exactly fit their canon. They're a time-bending hivemind ghost, anything is possible.
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