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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: (28 - wu9nUmx)

[personal profile] serrata 2018-06-16 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm, are you really sure? I'd definitely say I'm more of a bully.

[ Just ask Junpei! Bow chikka etc etc ]

But you do admin you're drunk, at least?
myocordial: (127)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-16 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
No. Definitely not. Defin... De-fin-itely not... Ha.

[Puns!

...What was he talking about? Oh, right.]


I'm still pretty sure there's no alcohol in the water.
myocordial: (115)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-16 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That explains why you sound like you're speaking from much experience, then, I see. I wouldn't mind some help at all.

I'd like to be as effective as I can be, even in this situation.
makejapangreat: (smirk)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-06-16 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, prove it.

[Go on then. Show him how lucid you absolutely aren't.]
myocordial: (034)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-16 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You'll get used to it, sooner or later. It helps not to think too much about some parts and just learn to go with it.

Eventually, you'll hardly ever be fazed anymore.
makejapangreat: (neutral)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-06-17 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
He's surprised me in many ways. Approaching me as much as he has since I've come here is one of them.

[... but he doesn't want to talk about the karaoke night. Because right now... that moment belongs to him and Akechi alone.]

I'll admit, though, it is nice to see him so full of life. Well. Figuratively speaking, I suppose.
theosophomoric: (while millions of lambs)

[personal profile] theosophomoric 2018-06-17 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
It sounds like a good place to be from.
fistsofchange: (Default)

[personal profile] fistsofchange 2018-06-17 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
I'd like to go back some day, but there's just so much to DO in the rest of the world. It's a mess!
dubiouslychthonic: (sorry were you still talking)

[personal profile] dubiouslychthonic 2018-06-17 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Have you seen me using my sylladex? The strife portfolio is part of that - it's a shortcut that lets me retrieve weapons without going through the whole fetch modus interface.
theosophomoric: (migrate to the slaughter)

[personal profile] theosophomoric 2018-06-17 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a good tattoo - the work of Millicent Clathermont, generally recognized as one of the best tattooists in the Neath, at least when people are able to remember she exists.]

And I must say, your wordplay doesn't go abyss, either.
beguiledcard: (ng ♫ soft)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-17 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... Hoo boy, you're asking for a list. ]

Healing spells are a commonly used one... Wanna see?
beguiledcard: (ng ♫ music)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-17 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ . . . ]

... Okay. [ grinning! ] You're on, then.

[ AND HE'S JUST. GOING TO START FOR SHIDO'S TAIL......

... just kidding; he's going for his own. And grinning like he just won a fucking trophy. ]


See~?
theosophomoric: (while millions of lambs)

[personal profile] theosophomoric 2018-06-17 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Still, it's good to know there are good places, eh? Makes the rest of the mess feel less hopeless. [Her own good places aren't really her home, although she kind of distantly intends that Tanah-Chook might be, one day. She's still too vital to seriously consider it, but someday.]
press_start: (happy nami)

[personal profile] press_start 2018-06-17 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm...

[She peers studiously at the toy.]

It's a teenager now. But.... if I remember right... if it looks like this it means you've taken care of your Tamagotchi well so far.
beguiledcard: (ren/g ♪ distance)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-06-17 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mm...... ]

... You're acknowledging him as a person.

[ That's... ugh. Okay, deep breath; let's... try to figure out something to say - to... what? Guide him on his own son??? Hah... he wouldn't know the first thing about a proper father-son relationship.

Something in his expression strains to a noticeable degree; he averts his gaze for a moment. ]


What's your goal with him?
riderofcharlemagne: (you know what it is bitch)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-17 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Aah, I see. [Nodding.] It's like that, huh. I understand everything now.

[Doesn't get it at all.]
fistsofchange: (I don't know what that means)

[personal profile] fistsofchange 2018-06-17 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess...

[She trailed off a bit, remembering how trouble had come to Yuxi eventually.

Not so much trouble that it was gone, though. Somewhere, her home was still standing strong.]


...Anyways, finding anything good?
serrata: (r061)

[personal profile] serrata 2018-06-17 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the fish, you idiot! [ she's not exactly Doing A Yell yet, but she's getting there. ] They obviously must've had some kind of... effect on you. It's the only reason I can come up with for why you're like this!
myocordial: (108)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-17 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[He tries to put that together.]

...

I didn't drink the fish.
serrata: (But only because)

[personal profile] serrata 2018-06-17 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ deep, slow inhale.

boi. ]


But what did the fish do to you? Walk me through that part again and see if you follow.
myocordial: (102)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-17 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, there were a bunch of them. And they kept following me around. And they gave me little... fish-kisses, I guess? They did that a lot. And I started feeling very happy?

And then everything gets a little fuzzy...
theosophomoric: (teeth still gleam from holy water)

[personal profile] theosophomoric 2018-06-17 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Mostly scrap... ah, what's this? [She turns a plastic-wrapped case over in her hands, peering at the label on the back] Oh, they're pens! I hope the wrapping's actually kept the water out.
dragonmouth: since I was drunkenly Snapchatting with my ex by the end of it. (I guess you could say)

[personal profile] dragonmouth 2018-06-17 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She spits up some water, although thankfully, it doesn't land on Shido. ]

I've seen enough of everyone else to know what's going on.

Do you think it'll last?
serrata: (To save your life)

[personal profile] serrata 2018-06-17 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
And you're definitely not making any connections there? Not whatsoever?

[ Heart, she believed in you. ]
myocordial: (107)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-18 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Let him think about it a little longer.

Processing...

Processing......

Processing.........]


...Oh.

[He almost seems to droop just a little, as the pieces finally click. Amazingly enough.]

...Why didn't you say that earlier, now it just seems obvious.