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Phantasmal Rift Mods ([personal profile] phantasmods) wrote in [community profile] phantasmalrift2018-05-31 11:39 pm
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DUNGEON LOG: KEYSTONE REEF

Expedition day dawns, as usual, with an android mass text -

Okay, so, this time we're aiming to go out and stabilize the Fissure in the reef you can see up a little to the north of here. The waters are usually pretty calm this time of year, so if you can swim instead of needing to take a boat, that'd be a great help. We only have a few of them.

Also, I know that last time was a mess, so I'm just gonna say this: If you need to get out for any reason, just send us a message and a picture of your location. We'll get a drone out to you as soon as we can and bring you home. No questions asked.

( ゚▽゚)/ Stay safe out there! When you're ready to go, meet us down at the beach. The rocky, sparkly one, not the sandy one.


Unlike previous expeditions, this time there's no rooftop sendoff - instead, as Charm noted, the tables are set up on Glitterstone beach, along with a series of boats pulled up on the sand. Two rowboats that could maybe sit six people but probably better suited for four, a trio of inflatable rafts (with motors attached to the back, all mismatched) of about the same size, a two-person dinghy and a long canoe that could hold two or three.

Besides the little fleet, there's also the usual bagged lunches (in gallon ziplocs this time, and other such watertight containers), and every boat is equipped with a large number of those chepa dollar-store water bottles, all with their airtight store seals. There's also a selection of life vests and other floatation thingies in a box next to the table. Strange hovers over the setup, checking watertightness of a handful of first aid kits with a spritzer and a bucket to submerge things in. They give a little wave to anyone passing by headed to the boats.

For those who opt instead to swim, everything seems perfectly normal until you reach the border of the Fissure... When, very suddenly, it isn't.
daughterofthemark: (Stratum 2: Auburn Thicket)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-05 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Not always. [Oh, hey, that's something she doesn't usually bring up.] But yes. You feel more comfortable with people now, do you not?
nojohnyouare: Processing an existential crisis in bunny ears. (in your bright blue eyes)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-05 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. ...Unhappy?
founderinglight: ([beep])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-05 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't count, I'm still more sober than you!
daughterofthemark: (04F. A soaring shadow above)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-05 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
I am mostly happy.

[Oh, there are her defenses! They're so insubstantial they were hard to find after they fell down for a moment.]
nojohnyouare: Full-body shot in the hall. (i need to make it right)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-05 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
If something makes you sad... I'll fight it. Okay.

[Clasps her hands very seriously.]
dubiouslychthonic: (Laugh)

[personal profile] dubiouslychthonic 2018-06-05 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
I wish I could claim some sort of foresight, but honestly I just can't swim.

[She pokes at the fire with a stick, nudging one of the dry driftwood logs into a more stable position; her nominal attention on the way the fire occasionally pops in odd colors from the salt in the wood doesn't remotely hide the way she's watching his annoyed fidgeting with a bit of a smile.]

I suppose it makes sense that you'd end up with tentacles, though. Unless that association's just a troll thing.
founderinglight: ([ppppp])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-05 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
I have no idea what you're talking about, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say "troll thing."

[Floooooop he doesn't want to move.]

Perhaps it's just my lack of experience, but I don't think they're entirely designed for long-term swimming.
dubiouslychthonic: (Smile)

early dungeon

[personal profile] dubiouslychthonic 2018-06-05 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Jetshard's staying out of the water, though she's keeping an eye on the area near her inflatable raft. Not that she particularly knows what she'd do if someone did need immediate aid; she can't swim, which is a big part of why she's sticking to the boats in the first place.

But the flash of pink in the water below definitely catches her eye, and she leans as far over the side of the raft as she feels safe, trying to catch a better look at whoever or whatever's down there. The broad brim of her sun hat may obscure her silhouette somewhat, hiding her horns from below.]
dubiouslychthonic: (distracted)

[personal profile] dubiouslychthonic 2018-06-05 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
We've got a fairly strong association between royalty and tentacles, but I suppose that's probably mostly to do with the entire imperial line sharing the same heavily betentacled lusus.

[She sets aside her fire pokin' stick, and turns her attention a little more fully on him; less amused now, and more of a kind of mild concern.] If nothing else, I can't imagine that an abrupt change in locomotion is doing anything productive for your fatigue issues. If you don't mind me saying so.
founderinglight: ([sketchyplaceholder])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-05 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
That'd be nonsensical to any human. We raise our own, remember?

[There's a single wet tentacle flop behind him, with a bit of a splash.]

It's exhausting. I have enough of a handle on "walking" with them, but it's not truly swimming and it's painfully slow in comparison. I have to warp to get anywhere with speed and that's...

[Vague hand gesture. It's very tiring to do for any length of time.]
theosophomoric: (teeth still gleam from holy water)

[personal profile] theosophomoric 2018-06-05 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
[It might take her a moment longer than she'd really like to place the voice, but place it she does, and she laughs.] You're one to talk. That's quite a mask.
theosophomoric: (teeth still gleam from holy water)

[personal profile] theosophomoric 2018-06-05 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Sonja grins.] Really, it'd be irresponsible of us not to go take a look, I'd think. There might be something useful. Or at least pleasant.
theosophomoric: (all because we never had written a word?)

[personal profile] theosophomoric 2018-06-05 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Sonja looks up, still vigorously shaking her hand in the water in an attempt to banish the pain of the sting, and smiles sheepishly.] Yes, well, what's the point of learning languages man was not meant to speak if you don't swear in them, right?
riderofcharlemagne: (waa)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-05 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Astolfo thinks on it, trying to remember if he had come across anything like that. He had been pretty distracted by the entirety of the rest of the ship's contents...

...and then, something like a spark sets off in his mind, and an excitement fills his face.]


Oh! I've seen something like that! [His fins ripple with enthusiasm.] I can show you the way!
myocordial: (021)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-05 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
And yet I still hit you, so what does that say about you? You can't just say it doesn't count!
riderofcharlemagne: (somebodys gonna get stabbed)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-05 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh?

[It takes him a little by surprise, and all the suckers definitely feel weird, but somehow it's not all that unpleasant.

Maybe if they were belonging to someone else he'd have more objections about it, but for now, he's just amused.]


It's friendly after all. [He just waves his trapped hand a little bit before looking at Izunia.] Hey- do you think this counts as a hug or a handshake?
fistsofchange: And now I'm stupider for knowing it (This is stupid)

[personal profile] fistsofchange 2018-06-05 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly!

[Lin tried to do one of her trademark super jumps onto the deck of the yacht only to find that her elaborate wirefu style jumping technique didn't really work underwater. She ended up flailing awkwardly through the water.

Scowling, she settled for climbing up. Time to take a look inside...]
riderofcharlemagne: (Default)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-05 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Astolfo happens to catch the silhouette from the water. It's attached to the larger one of the boat, so he has no hesitations in swimming up towards it.

With as much speed as his fishy form is capable of, he breaches the water's surface with a light splash, not likely to soak Jetshard to any great degree.]


Hi-! Are you thinking of coming in?
fistsofchange: (I don't know what that means)

[personal profile] fistsofchange 2018-06-05 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, is this that star language you were talking about?
riderofcharlemagne: (ive got boxes full of pepe!)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-05 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[He won't be punching or stabbing any time soon, but the absence of his usual cheery demeanor suggests that Shido may still be on thin ice.]

Apart from that.

[Huff.]

In the shipwrecks. In this one. The one I'm in.

[The shipwreck being explored by Astolfo. Astolfo's shipwreck.]

I didn't take you for the adventurous type.
makejapangreat: (alarm)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-06-05 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
GAH!

[Shido jumps forward a couple feet and a few inches into the air, clutching tightly onto the Tamagotchi and holding it close to him as he spins around—

...oh. A breath.]


... Akira.

[HELLO TO YOU TOO]
makejapangreat: (frown)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-06-05 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't matter how friendly it is, if it doesn't want to eat me and then breaks skin, I can assure you it'll start feeling hungry after smelling my blood!

Get! [MORE EXAGGERATED MOTIONS AT THE SHARK since it was getting too close for comfort.]
makejapangreat: (neutral)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-06-05 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[wh.......... at

what???

He is just... staring at Akira in disbelief, then looks him up and down.]


Are you... alright?

[............... is Akira high off something????]
makejapangreat: (neutral)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-06-05 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm.

[Should he... really be hanging around? Maybe he should leave while things are on a... well, somewhat good note between them?

But he did promise Akechi he would stop avoiding him, so... a bit reluctantly, he follows after him. Though he does give a bit of a cough.]


Have you gone down to the cargo yet?
makejapangreat: (pout)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-06-05 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[HUFF] I'm not taking it with me.