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Phantasmal Rift Mods ([personal profile] phantasmods) wrote in [community profile] phantasmalrift2018-04-19 11:46 pm
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DUNGEON LOG: AMESTA FOREST

Hello everyone!

Up and the others think that we have enough stabilizers ready for the next expedition! We're going to the forest to the south this time, but it shouldn't be too far for anyone to walk. If you're REALLY going to complain, you can talk to Top on the roof and catch a ride on one of the drones like before.

The scenery's really nice, but there's definitely some kind of magical effect going on in there - as far as we can tell, the day doesn't progress inside the forest. It's stuck a little while after sunset - probably when the Fissure first appeared? (°ヘ°)

Be careful out there! Don't be afraid to call for help if you need it and we'll send a drone your way! o(^▽^)o And Strange says no stupid stunts this time, got it? (;¬д¬)

You'll probably see a big tree on your way there, before you're under the cover of the forest! That's the Infinity Tree, it's a really big willow. Charm can probably tell you more about the mythology if you're interested. He's gonna meet you guys there at the end of the expedition, so try to work your way in that direction as you go!

(。・ω・。)ノ See you when you get back!


After Down's message, characters will find things set up much the way they were last time on the roof. Top is making last-minute adjustments to the drones, and there's tables with food and medical supplies set out - the latter a little sparse compared to last time, so hopefully you kept your first aid kits from before. The table of stabilizers, on the other hand, is much more full.

On your way, you might also see some of what the construction drones have been putting together so noisily these last few days - there's the metal shell of a building, similar to but smaller than the Station, to the immediate west, just off your path to the forest in the distance. Nothing much indicates its function as of yet, though there are significantly more windows.

To the southwest stretches the border of Amesta Forest - about a mile distant, though still easily within sight. As promised, the Infinity Tree sticks up from the far edge, easily visible for those who need a landmark either now or later in the dungeon. If you get lost, you can probably find your way up a tree somewhere to get a perspective on it, and which direction to head in.

The silver mist doesn't begin until some distance into the forest, the time of day gradually changing to the eternal twilight mentioned as you approach the boundary of the Fissure itself. There's no distinct border, just a slow shading towards late afternoon and then sunset while the mist increases around you.

And as the mist wraps around you, and exhaustion you might have felt from the walk out here starts to evaporate... You've well and truly arrived, now. Better keep your eyes open.
photoshooter: (LANTERN 📷 Brr it's dark in here)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-28 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone's here. Not the guy I killed, but... he. He's the one who made it possible. Everything that guy did.
thoroff: (014)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-04-28 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
What?

[Sorry, you've knocked the articulacy right out of her, that's. Shit.]
photoshooter: (FLOOR 📷 I don't wanna go to school...)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-28 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
He's here and he's different and I don't know what to do.
thoroff: (004)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-04-28 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[She takes a breath and stands tall, clenching her jaw into a determined cast.]

I won't let him harm you.
photoshooter: (INHALE 📷 You guys...)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-28 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[That startles him enough to look up, then shake his head.]

W-Wren, no, it's okay. If, if he was going to start something, he already would have. I just...

[Prompto curls in on himself a little, rubbing the back of his wrist.]

I just don't want to be around him. At all.
thoroff: (073)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-04-28 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't relax any.]

Who is he?
photoshooter: (FADE 📷 I'm bleeeeding out)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-28 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oooooooh, uh-oh. Prompto bites his lip.]

...People will get mad at me if I tell you. If I mess things up for him.
thoroff: (004)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-04-28 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't forgotten what I saw, Prompto. If a man who was responsible for that is walking among us, I think I deserve to know.
photoshooter: (BITE FIST 📷 Um um um)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-04-28 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah.]

...His name is Ardyn. He looks just like Izunia. They're brothers.
thoroff: (014)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-02 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't even have to finish the sentence; the moment the name "Ardyn" passes Prompto's lips, Wren gasps, reels back slightly, and covers her mouth. Gods, this is a fine mess, isn't it?]
photoshooter: (WRIST 📷 Think there's a flaw in my code)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-05-02 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bitterly:]

Did you meet him already or did Zuzu give you his glowing character review?
thoroff: (005)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-02 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Izunia told me about him.

[She goes quiet for a moment, weighing whether to continue.]

...Yours wasn't the only nightmare I stumbled into.
Edited 2018-05-02 14:19 (UTC)
photoshooter: (DISGUST 📷 You ate that??)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-05-02 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Great. Awesome to know he haunts both our waking nightmares.
thoroff: (002)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-02 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[She sighs.]

This doesn't change anything, you know.
photoshooter: (SHOULDER 📷 You really mean it?)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-05-02 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
...What do you mean?

[Prompto himself is pretty sure it changes everything.]
thoroff: (004)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-02 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll still lay him out if he does anything to hurt you, or anyone else here.

[In case you can't tell, she means it less in the sense of "knock him out" (a colloquialism that probably doesn't exist in her world/time anyway) and more like "prepare him to be buried".]
photoshooter: (SAD PUPPY 📷 Old Yeller dies...?)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-05-02 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Wren...

[His eyes are wetly bright.]

Please don't. I--I appreciate it, honest, but it's not worth it. I don't want to make any more trouble.
thoroff: (061)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-02 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It shouldn't be trouble for you to not have to live in fear. You don't deserve that, Prompto.
photoshooter: (INHALE 📷 You guys...)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-05-02 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[He has to blink rapidly and scrub his knuckles across his eyes before he can answer. Even then, at first he just takes a shaky breath and nods, struggling to keep it together.]

Then. Th-then, um. Thank you, Wren.

Still, don't--don't start anything. He's dangerous, and I don't want to... [After a few faltering false starts, he tries:] I don't want us to fight. There's so few of us. And maybe he really is different.
thoroff: (046)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-02 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, I plan to keep the peace as long as he does. I will keep an eye on him, but I'm hardly eager to quarrel either.
photoshooter: (CANDID 📷 Can't force that smile)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2018-05-02 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Finally, he manages a watery smile.]

Thanks. Really. It means a lot, that... you're looking out for us.
thoroff: (023)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-03 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
[The smile he receives in return is warm and caring.]

Please, think nothing of it.