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phantasmalrift2018-06-10 11:47 pm
phantasmods) wrote in phantasmalrift2018-06-10 11:47 pm
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IC INTRO - JUNE '18
After the fight with the siren has settled, those characters with phones hooked to the KEystone network will get a text -
Okay, everyone, you had better come back in. There's a storm brewing just off the coast.
Even given Up's usual professionalism, it seems rather... subdued?
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For once, there are no androids at all to greet you upon your return, or arrival, as the case may be. A shelter has been set up for the boats on the shoreline of Glitterstone, however. By the time you tromp up the lighthouse stairs to the level of the Station itself, the sky is beginning to grey with the promised storm.
There's not the typical feast outside, but there is a fairly extensive taco bar set up in the common room, left unattended as well. The room sign-up sheet and boxes of freebies are also there, complete with the Braille versions, and a note at the bottom of both room sheets reads "If all rooms are full, space has been made in the meeting rooms on the top floor. We'll have additional rooms available as soon as possible."
It does appear that someone has updated the murder counter while you were away, however, for the turning of the week. It now reads 15 weeks without murder.
Other than that, you're free to explore, including in the newly finished sections of the Annex (should you be willing to brave the storm to get between buildings). However, wherever you go, the androids are almost conspicuously absent - even in the medical bay and Down's workstation in the command center.
The meeting room they have for their own private use is securely closed and locked.
Okay, everyone, you had better come back in. There's a storm brewing just off the coast.
Even given Up's usual professionalism, it seems rather... subdued?
----
For once, there are no androids at all to greet you upon your return, or arrival, as the case may be. A shelter has been set up for the boats on the shoreline of Glitterstone, however. By the time you tromp up the lighthouse stairs to the level of the Station itself, the sky is beginning to grey with the promised storm.
There's not the typical feast outside, but there is a fairly extensive taco bar set up in the common room, left unattended as well. The room sign-up sheet and boxes of freebies are also there, complete with the Braille versions, and a note at the bottom of both room sheets reads "If all rooms are full, space has been made in the meeting rooms on the top floor. We'll have additional rooms available as soon as possible."
It does appear that someone has updated the murder counter while you were away, however, for the turning of the week. It now reads 15 weeks without murder.
Other than that, you're free to explore, including in the newly finished sections of the Annex (should you be willing to brave the storm to get between buildings). However, wherever you go, the androids are almost conspicuously absent - even in the medical bay and Down's workstation in the command center.
The meeting room they have for their own private use is securely closed and locked.
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That's so cool!
[Not that impressing these two is particularly hard, but they sure are anyway.]
Oh, um. I'm Elize. [She shuffles a little awkwardly as she tried to remember her manners.] It's nice to meet you.
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[He nods, before dramatically tugging his cape over himself, posturing with his other arm, extended towards the heavens.]
My name is Astolfo! Rider-class Servant, Heroic Spirit, and paladin of Charlemagne!
[Then, he tosses the cape over his shoulder, and sinks into a small bow.]
Pleasure to meet you, Elize.
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[Yeah, they're both pretty in awe at that. So cool...]
I don't know what all those mean, but they sure sound real impressive!
You don't look much like a spirit, though...
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I've manifested in a physical form for convenience, if that's where the problem lies.
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I guess a Heroic Spirit is in a whole 'nother league...
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[A warm grin.]
I don't have to though - check this out.
[In a moment, Astolfo dissolves entirely into blue light, which quickly fades into nothingness.]
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[Elize jumps a little as that happens. Well, she certainly didn't expect THAT!]
Wah! He just vanished!
D-Did you go invisible?
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Nope, I just gave up my physical form for a moment.
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You guys must be great buddies! Like me and Elize.
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I was his first friend, after all. You two must really be close.
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I'm the specialest and uniquest!
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A bond like that is really the most special of all, and there'll never be any others that are quite like it.
I'm happy the two of you got to meet each other.
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[Then she perks up.]
And I'm glad for you and your friend, too.
He's real lucky to have a real hero for a pal, huh? Bet ya can protect him from all sorts of bad guys!
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[He poses briefly, then relaxes.]
Well, he's actually better at me than fighting. But there are other ways to save someone, you know?
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[He lowers his gaze, voice softening.]
They can be inside people sometimes, creating a darkness that makes it hard for them to see anything else.
[He looks back up to Elize with a fondness in his eyes.]
But then someone can come along and provide a light against it, and a hand to hold through that darkness. The monsters don't seem half as scary then.