> A room is perfectly feasible! It can be attached with a small corridor to one of the other rooms, including the Magister's observatory. The room size itself can vary from small enough simply for a short locker and sleeping to as spacious as any of the large rooms on the base. If Jake prefers to make a smaller room, extra salvage can be converted into furniture as desired. For privacy concerns, she will also create a simple locking pad that will only unlock the room with Jake's handprint (though she adds that he may authorize it to allow other handprints in).
> To connect it to the Magister's tank, URSULA advises that they build an extension along the top of the corridor. She believes that this would ensure privacy in a way that the extension built along the wall wouldn't, although she adds that a side aquarium would be much prettier.
> They can then run the Magister's extended tank in a circle around the new room. She will encourage them to make this large enough for a human to comfortably fit in and add a hatch for Jake to enter the tank here, as she understands that the Magister has grown to like contact from its human family.
> If they do that, the path into Jake's room along the corridor should probably be made smaller than human size. Otherwise someone could just come in through the tank.
> Unless he's okay with that?
> The Aurora will have plenty of dead people's things for him to take! Dirk knows the mechanical areas of the Aurora well, so he should be able to help Jake find the robotics suite which remains rich with robotic parts and projects to bring home.
> There are a collection of comic books in one of the sleeping quarters of the Aurora. Jake may be especially interested in the X-Men comics featuring Mystique as well as a full collection of Spider-Gwen comics.
> Sadly, all of One Day More is also in this collection.
> He might be interested in these adventure stories from The Strand Magazine. If he likes, he can pick up the crime and short stories collections while he's there.
> There are plenty of clothes for him! They range from loose, baggy shorts to very tight and short ones. Or maybe Jake's just picking the wrong sizes? There are even a few shirts with skulls on them, although not Jake's stylized skull. Maybe pick up a blank shirt and ask a friend to stain it on for him?
> He might also find a fewoddcostumesaround. Weirdly, there is also an outfit awfully like this. Further investigation will find afullsetofoutfitsinthis general style as well. They'll need a bit of tailoring to fit right, but maybe get some use out of those.
> There are very few plants still living on the Aurora! Most have been eaten by scavengers or died for lack of care. But Jake will find this little pup tucked up on a top shelf in the living quarters.
(Don't) Eat the Reaper
> That's a large carcass Merrill! She and others will find that the Reaper's body will quickly start creating a miniecosystem. Rather than sinking as many large marine species corpses do, this particular Reaper was found by a group of Floaters. They have latched onto its body and begun to feed on it, keeping it close to the surface.
> This has gotten the attention of other surface-dwelling creatures. Skyrays gather on the ocean surface, diving down to tear off pieces of flesh and devour it. Stalkers swim by for an easy dish by nosing into the meat and ripping off chunks. Cave crawlers have massed on the skin to scavenge a good meal. Perhaps most dangerous if tiny is the large school of Biters that has come to the Leviathan's corpse for dinner.
> Along with all of these, there are various worms, parasites, and smaller creatures that have taken to the flesh. The bone-eating worms haven't massed yet as they have to wait for the flesh-eaters to get the problem out of the way first.
> That doesn't mean Merrill can't bring home some meat of her own! Aside from the Biters, most of the sealife feels there is more than enough to share. The Biters are particularly interested in the mandibles so she'll have to fight them off if she wants those trophies!
> The main body of the Reaper is mostly like shark meat. There is a strong scent of ammonia to it which can be dealt with by marinating the meat. Dehydrating the the meat will turn it into a crispy, crunchy meat, akin in consistency to bacon. Smoked meat will be more chewy, while salting it will help deal with the ammonia scent and leave it with a nice thick texture.
> The mandibles are primarily a strong heavy bone. This bone is actually black straight through from melanin. The red part of the mandible is meaty (and what the Biters are interested in!) so she'll need to preserve it to prevent rotting.
> URSULA will suggest that she mount the mandibles outside the base, perhaps somewhere to ward off other predators? She warns that they're too big to fit inside most rooms. After consideration, she will note that some humans do have trophy rooms and she will assist Merrill if she wishes to build one.
> Either way, URSULA will have her drones help Merrill move the mandibles into place where she chooses. The thrill of the hunt!
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> A room is perfectly feasible! It can be attached with a small corridor to one of the other rooms, including the Magister's observatory. The room size itself can vary from small enough simply for a short locker and sleeping to as spacious as any of the large rooms on the base. If Jake prefers to make a smaller room, extra salvage can be converted into furniture as desired. For privacy concerns, she will also create a simple locking pad that will only unlock the room with Jake's handprint (though she adds that he may authorize it to allow other handprints in).
> To connect it to the Magister's tank, URSULA advises that they build an extension along the top of the corridor. She believes that this would ensure privacy in a way that the extension built along the wall wouldn't, although she adds that a side aquarium would be much prettier.
> They can then run the Magister's extended tank in a circle around the new room. She will encourage them to make this large enough for a human to comfortably fit in and add a hatch for Jake to enter the tank here, as she understands that the Magister has grown to like contact from its human family.
> If they do that, the path into Jake's room along the corridor should probably be made smaller than human size. Otherwise someone could just come in through the tank.
> Unless he's okay with that?
> The Aurora will have plenty of dead people's things for him to take! Dirk knows the mechanical areas of the Aurora well, so he should be able to help Jake find the robotics suite which remains rich with robotic parts and projects to bring home.
> There are a collection of comic books in one of the sleeping quarters of the Aurora. Jake may be especially interested in the X-Men comics featuring Mystique as well as a full collection of Spider-Gwen comics.
> Sadly, all of One Day More is also in this collection.
> He might be interested in these adventure stories from The Strand Magazine. If he likes, he can pick up the crime and short stories collections while he's there.
> There are plenty of clothes for him! They range from loose, baggy shorts to very tight and short ones. Or maybe Jake's just picking the wrong sizes? There are even a few shirts with skulls on them, although not Jake's stylized skull. Maybe pick up a blank shirt and ask a friend to stain it on for him?
> He might also find a few odd costumes around. Weirdly, there is also an outfit awfully like this. Further investigation will find a full set of outfits in this general style as well. They'll need a bit of tailoring to fit right, but maybe get some use out of those.
> There are very few plants still living on the Aurora! Most have been eaten by scavengers or died for lack of care. But Jake will find this little pup tucked up on a top shelf in the living quarters.
(Don't) Eat the Reaper
> That's a large carcass Merrill! She and others will find that the Reaper's body will quickly start creating a miniecosystem. Rather than sinking as many large marine species corpses do, this particular Reaper was found by a group of Floaters. They have latched onto its body and begun to feed on it, keeping it close to the surface.
> This has gotten the attention of other surface-dwelling creatures. Skyrays gather on the ocean surface, diving down to tear off pieces of flesh and devour it. Stalkers swim by for an easy dish by nosing into the meat and ripping off chunks. Cave crawlers have massed on the skin to scavenge a good meal. Perhaps most dangerous if tiny is the large school of Biters that has come to the Leviathan's corpse for dinner.
> Along with all of these, there are various worms, parasites, and smaller creatures that have taken to the flesh. The bone-eating worms haven't massed yet as they have to wait for the flesh-eaters to get the problem out of the way first.
> That doesn't mean Merrill can't bring home some meat of her own! Aside from the Biters, most of the sealife feels there is more than enough to share. The Biters are particularly interested in the mandibles so she'll have to fight them off if she wants those trophies!
> The main body of the Reaper is mostly like shark meat. There is a strong scent of ammonia to it which can be dealt with by marinating the meat. Dehydrating the the meat will turn it into a crispy, crunchy meat, akin in consistency to bacon. Smoked meat will be more chewy, while salting it will help deal with the ammonia scent and leave it with a nice thick texture.
> The mandibles are primarily a strong heavy bone. This bone is actually black straight through from melanin. The red part of the mandible is meaty (and what the Biters are interested in!) so she'll need to preserve it to prevent rotting.
> URSULA will suggest that she mount the mandibles outside the base, perhaps somewhere to ward off other predators? She warns that they're too big to fit inside most rooms. After consideration, she will note that some humans do have trophy rooms and she will assist Merrill if she wishes to build one.
> Either way, URSULA will have her drones help Merrill move the mandibles into place where she chooses. The thrill of the hunt!