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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.
serrata: (10)

[personal profile] serrata 2018-06-07 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ . . . ]

That's it. I'm taking you back to the Station.
seafoamgreen: Courage mixing in (She guides him smooth or grim)

[personal profile] seafoamgreen 2018-06-07 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's... probably not a great spot for you to be?

[Undyne gives the darkness beneath them a dubious look. She's doing fine, but it doesn't look like the kind of place that's safe for people who aren't more magic than biology.]

Uh, so... do you want me to give you a hand? I mean, I could probably pick you up and swim out of here, it'd be faster than climbing.
riderofcharlemagne: (ive got boxes full of pepe!)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-07 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Huff.]

Seriously? How uncultured...

[Nevermind that he's from a different world; he's seen enough mythological similarities through the names Goro's mentioned to believe his folklore might not be too separate from his own world's.]

You're missing out. They're pretty exciting tales.

[Shido's banned from storytime. Go read a book.]
serrata: (04)

[personal profile] serrata 2018-06-07 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! Right, now I see.

[ so it basically is princess training. wild. ]

I'd sort of assumed that all just came naturally to you.
myocordial: (111)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-07 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
What? No! Why?

[Why, he asks...]
fistsofchange: (Pleeeeeeeeeeese?)

[personal profile] fistsofchange 2018-06-07 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god yes. After being down here so long I would love to see the sun again. At least out of this trench, please.
serrata: (40 - 7AjJFgG)

[personal profile] serrata 2018-06-07 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Because there's obviously something wrong with you! Are you really trying to tell me you think there's nothing wrong?!
riderofcharlemagne: (guh)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-07 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[When has he ever been careful, at all, in his life?]

Mm, but what about one-armed side hugs?

[You're not just gonna take that 'first hug' milestone away, are you?]
daughterofthemark: (09F. The unopened crimson jaws)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-07 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[This flies right over Arianna's head.]

I've always liked your ribbon. It's pretty.
myocordial: (093)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-07 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[He's quiet for a moment. And you can just about see the gears turning in his head as he thinks it over. He's carefully considering her question here. And, finally...]

...Yyyyyyes?

[Is that the right answer, Yuuri, did he give the right one?]
serrata: (kirara021)

1/2

[personal profile] serrata 2018-06-07 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
serrata: (kirara001)

[personal profile] serrata 2018-06-07 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Get in the boat.
myocordial: (096)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-07 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
...You're doing the scary thing. Was that the wrong answer?

I feel like it was the wrong answer.

[Oh, dear.]

Getting into the boat might be hard.
seafoamgreen: You want an ideal world, right? (Default)

[personal profile] seafoamgreen 2018-06-07 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Undyne shifts her grip so that she's holding Lin around the waist and grins.]

Okay, get a good grip.
daughterofthemark: (04F. A soaring shadow above)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-07 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Goodness, that would be convenient! But no, only after spending significant time gaining experience have I been able to accumulate enough skill points to master all that I have.

[video games]
have_hat_will_travel: (Sigh)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-06-07 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
... Wouldn't be the same, though thanks for the thought I guess.

Seriously, though, Entanglement crap pisses me off so much.
daughterofthemark: (B4F. The ancestry of evil powers)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-07 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. Attacks that restrict movement are some of the most frustrating.
myocordial: (102)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-07 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, it's absolutely familiar, alright. In fact...]

...Yuuri does that better. She's much scarier.

[...What? She is.]
makejapangreat: (alarm)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-06-07 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shido eyebrows slowly arch. A fish that makes people high when it bites them.]

Oh. Of course.

[can u tell how fed up he is with all this nonsensical bullshit yet, Akira???]

Any real damage? What did it do?

[AKIRA...]
have_hat_will_travel: (Au)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-06-07 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
And of course there's probably more of those crabs around here, so more webs...

I still have my sword at least, but it's a lot harder to maneuver in three dimensions with a tail than my wings.
makejapangreat: (alarm)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-06-07 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shido's nose wrinkles at the tangy smell and taste of blood in the water, though surprisingly it tastes kind of... good...? Enticing?

His eyebrows arch when he recognizes the voice.]


Talon? I can barely recognize you.
daughterofthemark: (Stratum 2: Auburn Thicket)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-07 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
At least we can use the webs to find the crabs. We'll have quite the meat supply between these and the deer from before.

...I suppose flying and swimming aren't as similar as they appear.
founderinglight: ([hold])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-07 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Exactly never, which is presumably why he's letting that tentacle just kind of climb his arm.]

I said at least one limb, did I not?
beguiledcard: (g ♪ note)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-07 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's sorry, huh? ... For some reason, he's having an incredibly difficult time accepting it. He still feels angry as hell, even if he knows this is a case of him being irrational. And he knows there's something more to this - something just out of reach, that he can't put a finger on.

After a slow breath, he looks back to Shido. He went out of the way to find a stylus, and this thing actually reminds him to take care of himself? And he's thanking him?

... Even with how angry he feels, he can't help that this does tug at something within him. How did it get to the point where he wants to punch Shido just as much as he wants to continue helping him? What the fuck is his life at this point. ]


I'm not the one who told you how to use it... [ just. looking to the side, twisting a strand of bangs ] So you don't have to thank me for that.

[ Is that a soft huff? It's a soft huff. ]
riderofcharlemagne: (i eat stickers all the time dude)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-07 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He can't help but giggle as the tentacle just crawls up him; it's too strange of a sensation.]

Is this enough limb, do you think?