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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.
riderofcharlemagne: (somebodys gonna get stabbed)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-10 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
In that case, I'm happy to help.
riderofcharlemagne: (mordred is asshole. why astolfo hate?)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-10 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Astolfo continues in hacking away at the creatures flesh, until that feeling seeps into his mind once more.

This time, however, he's less successful in blocking it out.

He freezes in his actions, suddenly, and turns away from the Siren's body, instead facing those attacking it. Sword in hand, he's ready to defend like the knight he is.]
notjustahacker: (pic#12179512)

[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-06-11 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Just going to give you a bit of a look there, Akira. Though she hadn't fought it when he took her hands in his and swam along with him. ]

I suspected that was probably the reason why. There's a lot of weird fish swimming around here... at least it doesn't seem like it has had any negative impact on you from what i can tell.

[ She'd otherwise have to call on her Persona and do a scan on him but for now opted not to for the time being. ]

Let me know if anything else weird pops up, okay?
nojohnyouare: Standing and holding her sword. (they're all around me)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-11 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
I won't. It's your life. And... I'd only say something if I could help it.
nojohnyouare: Contemplating. (some kind of resolution)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-11 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
It makes him happy. So probably.
fistsofchange: No matter what (Yelling)

[personal profile] fistsofchange 2018-06-11 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that really was her last idea. Electrocuted by her own attack that did apparently nothing to the beast, Lin wasn't really able to stop it from flinging her at Undyne. Hopefully, she could dodge the incoming ex-monk, because Lin sure wasn't getting out of the way.
daughterofthemark: (09F. The unopened crimson jaws)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-11 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[A pile of Ariannas... sounds important.]

All of it is interesting! Water crystals, coins, pieces of jewelry...

[She really does mean pieces in the case of that last one.]
notjustahacker: (pic#12179511)

C

[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-06-11 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Arianna's at least not alone in swimming through the wrecks, almost giving Futaba a scare when she moves around a corner of sorts and nearly runs into the other girl. She'd look almost normal if it wasn't for the Axolotl gills sticking out from the sides of her head along with a visible tail sticking out behind her, all colored in shades of green, going darker the closer to her body the appendages got.

Otherwise she's still wearing clothes minus her shoes. ]


Whoah. Good to know i'm not the only one trying to check things out here.
foolishjustice: (Strange isn't it?)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-06-11 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives Kurama a wave when he sees him, then swims over to give him a quick kiss on the cheek.]

It certainly seems like it. Are you on the UG right now?

[He glances back at Shido, and pauses for a second before responding.]

Try touching one. They don't sting, but...
daughterofthemark: (17F. Red horn in the floral path)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-11 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[...cute!]

Indeed! But at the moment I am searching for more of the spider crabs.
notjustahacker: (pic#12179518)

[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-06-11 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Need some help with that?

[ Honestly she's been having a lot of fun in the water and meeting new people while here was actually helping to enhance the experience here. These fissures were actually pretty fun in their own way. ]

Two pairs of eyes'd be better than one, after all.
nojohnyouare: Determined lunge. (and in your place there were)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-11 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Nn...

[Mai breaks out of both sides of the mind control and screws her eyes shut. She reaches out, eyes in pain and tail still bleeding, trying to find the way out.]

Everyone. Are you alright?
beguiledcard: (ren/g ♪ it only hurts when I breathe)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-11 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ He can hear the shriek... and that water sure does have an even more disgusting taste and smell to it.

But he's... still not able to see, and so he can't tell exactly what's going on. And that? Doesn't give him much to work with in the Staying Calm department. ]
foolishjustice: (Crow-Simple deduction.)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-06-11 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucky for him, Goro's a bit distracted by everything to remember he shouldn't be able to use a paper fan underwater. Thus, everyone (who can still see) will be treated to the sight of Goro quickly swimming toward Akira, and producing a harisen from nowhere...which he proceeds to use to smack Akira over the head. Complete yellow, cartoonish stars flying off of Akira's head.]

Don't lose it now!
beguiledcard: (ren/g ♪ why do u suck)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-11 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
The epidemic's been getting worse and worse for ten years.

[Even if the other has never heard of it....it sounds like they succeed, and they should soon, there are only three left,but just to be sure...]

It's....when perfectly healthy people lose all will to do anything overnight. Just kinda stand around like zombies until someone takes them to the hospital or they die of exposure. Cause unknown to the public.



[ O-oh... ]

... Yeah, that's not quite the same thing as what the people in my timeline went through.

[ There's something distant in his gaze... ]
beguiledcard: (ng ♫ music)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-11 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, fortunately he's already playfully swatting at the fish before swimming away from it. Right over to Shido, in fact?

He grins and lightly shoves the old man's shoulder. ]


See? Not such a bad thing after all, right?
founderinglight: ([sketchyplaceholder])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-11 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Arianna's Pile, The Pile for Arianna, the Pile Specifically Gathered by Arianna...]

I'm quite fond of the water crystals myself. Have you seen the wind-element ones in the caverns below the station?
founderinglight: ([hold])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-11 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
Being willing to destroy the world hardly rules out love, but I see your point.

[He hums a moment, then shakes his head.]

Well, I'm perfectly content with the slice of history I've seen, at any rate.
beguiledcard: (j ♥ we'll carry on)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-11 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ That gets the ghost of a smirk. ]

You've still got a long way to go...

[ . . . ]

... but, at this rate, it shouldn't take as long as I thought it would for you to get there.
dubiouslychthonic: (sorry were you still talking)

[personal profile] dubiouslychthonic 2018-06-11 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Right.] I'm sorry.

I probably ought to let you rest rather than ramble on about uncomfortable subjects, anyway.
beguiledcard: (ng ♫ awkward.........)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-11 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ He nods! ]

You got it~ [ another grin ] They got scared off when they started to make me bleed, but it took them a while to do even that much. I'm sure it'll be fine even if they do find me again.

[ Random deity, help this kid.............. ]
dubiouslychthonic: (Smile)

[personal profile] dubiouslychthonic 2018-06-11 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, there's a few. [Fewer than there are of great hunters of land-bound beasts, but it's not like Alternia doesn't have its share of tales of high-seas adventure.] Many of them featuring gamblignants - I suppose the insistence on using chance-based weaponry makes for particularly good stories.
founderinglight: ([hold])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-11 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
It's alright.

[He stretches out in the surf.]

I appreciate it.
beguiledcard: (ng ♫  :))

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-11 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
!?

[ He blinks a couple of times, and then he looks around. HE CAN SEE AGAIN... After a smile of appreciation and relief, he gently rests a hand on Goro's shoulder. ]

Thank you, honey...

[ Oh...! He's looking back over at where the creature...'s corpse is? ]

We defeated it... [ definite relief in his tone, but it shifts to something firmer ] We should get out of here.