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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: Holding up her sword. (if i become my demons)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-10 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Mai is bleeding and struggling to breathe in the thick, polluted water. She brings her sword up, but with the siren's mind-control mucus getting into her system, she breathes hard and turns on the others. If you move close to her, she'll immediately dash over to slice at you.]

...
have_hat_will_travel: (Pained)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-06-10 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[With Pidonus already having taken a few hits - and trying to dash in to try and strike at the beast directly, given her lightning song was an obvious bad idea in these conditions - she was caught off-guard by Mai's swing.]

Grk!

[Meaning it strikes home pretty cleanly.]

Oh not you too!

[At this close, even trying a Suggestion was a bad idea - so Pidonus quickly swung towards Mai with the flat of her blade, trying to push her back and get enough space for trying to snap her free!]
nojohnyouare: Pointing a sword at the viewer. (no light no light)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-10 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
!

[She swings to parry, pushing hard back against Pidonus with her own blade.]

Protection.
have_hat_will_travel: (Annoyed)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-06-10 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Close enough to what Pidonus wanted - she sets her other hand against the back of her sword to give her leverage to shove Mai away and get those precious few feet of range.

Then, she focused on the cast... Unfortunately, giving Mai another chance to strike at her, if she was quick before the Suggestion tries to snap her out of it.]


Resist the Siren's control!

[Now to just hope it worked...]
nojohnyouare: Horrified. (could be so violent)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-10 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
Gk--!

[Mai was mid-swing before the order hit. The conflicting controls lead her to stop still and shake, unable to obey either one or the other. Well, now she's open...]
have_hat_will_travel: (wtf?)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-06-10 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Pidonus decides to try just... Getting Mai out of range of the slime and getting some of it off of her, grabbing at her arm to pull her further out, then trying to brush the stuff off by scraping with her sword lightly. If she can just quiet that thing's voice in Mai's head...]
nojohnyouare: Injured. (heaven help me)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-10 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Mai's hard to get a grip on when she's convulsing, but the effort combined with Akira's spell makes her stop and stare in front of her rather than try to attack.]

...?
have_hat_will_travel: (Pained)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-06-10 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You were under that thing's control! The mucus is capable of influencing people, apparently.

[Pidonus keeps trying to scrape more of the stuff off Mai... Some of it might be landing on her instead, though she's managing to resist for now. Then she hears Kurama's shout, and... Quickly spins to face away from him, trying to get Mai in the same direction.]