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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.
nojohnyouare: Reading with glasses on. (but it's so hard my love)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-07 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
He was an AI. In the simulation they sent us to when we died. Part of the wildlife to make it more realistic. ...I didn't want to leave him behind. So when we woke up, Ardyn gave me his cleaning robot. And Queenie transformed it to look more like a bear-san. We put Bear-san into it.
foolishjustice: (Strange isn't it?)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-06-08 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, like what Meridies-san did for Nyaf-ya after her original body was damaged. Though...possibly more of a downgrade. I don't think she used any Roombas.
nojohnyouare: Reading with glasses on. (but it's so hard my love)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-08 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Friends of yours. From before?
foolishjustice: (Shall I explain?)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-06-09 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Meridies-san is one of our...survivors. Nyaf-ya is an android that was technically our executioner, but only due to a program that forced her to kill anyone who violated the rules or was...caught. She didn't care for her intimidating form, though, so Meridies-san agreed to make her something cuter.
nojohnyouare: Reading with glasses on. (but it's so hard my love)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-09 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. You all seem very close. It's nice to hear that.
foolishjustice: (This looks bad.)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-06-10 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Not...all of us. The one making decisions about how the game was run is still an unpleasant individual and I haven't forgiven her for her methods, and there's a couple of my fellow...participants I'm on bad terms with. But, for the most part, we did all end up close.
nojohnyouare: Happily eating. (to sing it to a crowd)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-10 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
...I can understand that, too. But now's not the place. Probably.