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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: (uwah)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-09 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Wah-!

[Astolfo makes a small yelp of surprise as he enters the tangle, though the laugh that soon follows suggests the sudden affection isn't at all unwelcome.]

Is this the tentacles, or you?
founderinglight: ([my place plz])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-09 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm.

[Oh, hey, that's a pair of normal arms also wrapping Astolfo up.]

How about both?
riderofcharlemagne: (i eat stickers all the time dude)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-10 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[He leans into the embrace, though with the tangle of limbs he just presses against the general idea of Izunia's torso.]

Both works.

[With a grin, he returns the sentiment, wrapping his arms around him tightly.]
founderinglight: ([hold])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-10 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Hugs are real good.

Even if it kind of mean they're sinking now, oops.]


I'm glad.
riderofcharlemagne: (somebodys gonna get stabbed)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-10 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[He buries his face into his shoulder, which probably doesn't help the sinking.]

I'm glad, too.

[That, for someone who hadn't even had friends before, he'd reached this point with Astolfo. He was glad that they could share this moment together, and for all it meant.]
founderinglight: ([hold])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-10 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm...

[A small squeeze.]

Touch helps. Keeps me grounded.
riderofcharlemagne: (somebodys gonna get stabbed)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-06-10 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
In that case, I'm happy to help.