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Phantasmal Rift Mods ([personal profile] phantasmods) wrote in [community profile] phantasmalrift2018-04-29 11:56 pm
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INTRO LOG - APRIL/MAY 18

Eventually, Charm starts herding people towards the parked exploratory drone, a few at a time, mostly people who have finished their noodles or other business. "It's almost nightfall at the Station," he says, "and with this many new arrivals, we're going to have to make multiple trips."

(For those who might ask, he also explains that they've chosen not to stabilize the noodle shop for the time being, as the other androids will almost certainly want to speak to Viella, and have no other way of doing so, due to the fact that they don't dream. Aside from that small region, the Fissure is largely stable.)

It in fact takes four trips total to get everyone to the Station. Those of you who don't fall asleep on the way there - the minute you hit stable reality, the inability to sleep vanishes, and most will be hit with a wave of exhaustion - will find that the Station Annex, a building off to the side of the main station, has been finished, at least outwardly.

By the time the first group arrives, the sun is dipping towards the horizon; by the time the last gets there, it's set, leaving a few pink-tinted clouds in the sky. The drones drop everyone off (and that is everyone, even though of you who have fallen asleep) on the observation deck, where those of you who didn't get your fill of noodles will find several buffet-style tables set up with...

...Pizza? Yeah, pizza, in damn near every variety you can think of, including a few things that only loosely fall under the heading of "pizza." Half a table is full of calzones of various varieties; another significant chunk is things that are just desserts in the general shape of pizza, including a couple of iced cinnamon pastries, a pair of brightly-colored "pizzas" made of canned fruit over cream cheese, and a two-layer cake that's just decorated to look like a pizza, with strawberry jam and round slices of strawberry 'pepperoni' sandwiching yellow icing. Finally, the last third of the third table is just three baskets of breadsticks with varying amounts of cheese and garlic, accompanied by two turrens of dipping sauce (one white, one red) and a tower of little plastic dipping cups.

(Those who opt to head directly to bed will find that the banquet gets packed up and moved back to the kitchens around midnight, though it stays warm under a stasis enchantment for roughly the next day before someone packs the remainder into the fridge.)

In the common room, meanwhile, the usual boxes of clothes and trading post sign are set up. Unclaimed rooms can be claimed by writing your name in on a list set up next to the boxes, on what seems to be a broken music stand with a large ROOMS AVAILABLE sign hanging from it. There is also a rather hastily assembled, hand-poked Braille version of the sheet (with the paper punched through in one or two places).

Those who go looking will find that the androids are somewhat more absent than they usually are after an expedition; save obviously for Charm, and Strange who arrives on the deck as usual not long after, you'll have to go looking. Considering the amount of the station you have available, they could be just about anywhere... But perhaps it'd be worth checking over in that new building...?

[Mod note: Strange is the only NPC with a top-level this round, but others may respond to your top-levels, especially in the Annex areas! Consider it a fun surprise. c:]
personalityquarks: (Strange)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-04-30 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello! Can I help you with - oh! Charm only warned me about the young man, I didn't realize there were two of you.

[Sounds like someone saw the combination of cane + pet and figured it out pretty fast.]
blackestwitch: (tell me what do your elf eyes see)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-04-30 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Two of us? [ Okay, that has her curious enough to hold off on her request for a little bit. Was there another blind person around? ...Or somebody with a cat? ]
meowna: Made by @marshwiggle on Plurk (Default)

[personal profile] meowna 2018-04-30 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, but don't complain if it's subpar, okay? I just got here.

[The intelligence that's guaranteed to not be subpar, if nothing else, is identifying what's on the pizzas; he seems very confident strolling around to pick things out.]
personalityquarks: (Strange)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-04-30 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, there's a man a few years older than you with some rather terrible eye scarring. I'm sorry, the station wasn't really designed with that in mind, we've been rather furiously running around trying to make accommodations, but if there's anything specific we can do to help, please don't be afraid to ask.
anarchia: (Default)

[personal profile] anarchia 2018-04-30 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[His eyes look tired, and despaired.]

Why is this a trend?
blackestwitch: (ᶎ cat y so srs)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-04-30 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A small cat patters over, then sits in front of the weird wolf creature. He looks around, making sure no humans are around. Then looks up at him. Then speaks. ]

Are you going to be taking that?
personalityquarks: (Strange)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-04-30 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
We prefer the term 'androids,' but yes, I imagine she'd mean us. I'm Strange, I serve as the station's doctor.
meowna: Made by @marshwiggle on Plurk (Surprising illusions)

[personal profile] meowna 2018-04-30 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? That's convenient.

[Morgana looks around fruitlessly as well; he knows androids run the station, but nobody's told him that the doctor is one of them.]

What kind of name is Strange, anyway?
anarchia: (skulking awoo)

[personal profile] anarchia 2018-04-30 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stares down at the cat. He's experiencing confusion for several reasons.]

Are you going to be wanting it?
personalityquarks: (Strange)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-04-30 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent. Take your time, we've got a number of things to do and you probably need your rest.

...Actually, when you come up, if you have nothing else pressing I may set you up with a label-maker, if Bottom's done with the kitchens by then.
blackestwitch: (ᶎ cat y so srs)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-04-30 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I doubt very much that it would fit me. But my human enjoys these kinds of clothing.

[ Don't judge him, judge his human please. ]
blackestwitch: (see what i have to put up with)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-04-30 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Just fucking slams down a welding mask with a darkened glass visor for eye protection. ]
anarchia: (skulking awoo)

[personal profile] anarchia 2018-04-30 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[He twitches ever so slightly in his sleep. An ear flickers at the sound of her voice.

Then, when she kneels closer, his eyes flick open.]


Wh-

[He tries to spring into action, but...he's exhausted. He cranes his neck up, and then lazily flops back down when he sees his visitor. No cause for alarm.]

...Who are you?
meowna: Made by @marshwiggle on Plurk (Always deceiving you into believing)

[personal profile] meowna 2018-04-30 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. If he's been eating those crazy bees, then getting that heavy just means he's a good hunter.

[Otherwise he'd be a roasted magpie, right? He has every right to be proud.]
anarchia: (leaping awoo)

[personal profile] anarchia 2018-04-30 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[You know what? He doesn't even question it. He just raises his eyebrows (or, you know, however a wolf would achieve such an action) and closes his eyes.]

It's yours. I definitely don't want it.
meowna: Made by @marshwiggle on Plurk (Always deceiving you into believing)

[personal profile] meowna 2018-04-30 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
From experience, right?

[Have a grin; he smells how much of a predator you're meant to be, Alastor, and he's seen the signs of claws. You've got the hardware for hunting.]

Don't worry, I'm not big enough to make much of a dent in this spread unless I took two or three passes at it.
anarchia: (leaping awoo)

[personal profile] anarchia 2018-04-30 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know much about the production itself.

[He's far from a scientist.]

But, I could give you a sample. It flows through our bodies, you'd only need to draw it out. It'd give you something to work from.
blackestwitch: (not having an existential crisis today)

1/2

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-04-30 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
That's interesting. I rarely get to meet other people like me. [ She actually looks a little pleased? Even though horrible eye scarring sounds horrible. But hey, gotta look on the bright side of things even if ur blind. ]

But actually, I did have a question. Or, request rather. I need a little help setting up the, uh, computer? In the room that I hope I signed up for right. I can't exactly set up text-to-speech or speech-to-text.... without having those set up first, ironically.
founderinglight: ([ppppp])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-04-30 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's honestly whatever? He's too tired to deal with sass right now.]

Too far. This was closer.
riderofcharlemagne: (Default)

[personal profile] riderofcharlemagne 2018-04-30 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Whaaat?

[He turns around to look at him, splashing a little water over the side in doing so.]

Falling asleep in it is ideal!
blackestwitch: (sometimes i think about. stuff.)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-04-30 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
...Actually, does it even have a microphone for speech-to-text? I could make do with a keyboard, maybe, but it seemed like a touchscreen.
meowna: Made by @marshwiggle on Plurk (Default)

[personal profile] meowna 2018-04-30 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Seems like that place took a lot out of everyone.

[Between teeth and paws, Morgana liberates a piece of sausage pizza, holding it daintily between his front paws as he starts to eat. This is fine, right? It's easier to talk while on the table than on the floor, anyway.]
letsplayer: (Astonish)

[personal profile] letsplayer 2018-04-30 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you just use an honorific for a bird.
blackestwitch: (ᶎ cat cat cat cat so many legs)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-04-30 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Zel stretches out to take the shirt, then. As he does, he seems to actually grow longer. And sprout and extra two sets of legs. ]

Many thanks, friend. My name is Zelnothoglys, by the way. I don't believe I caught yours?
founderinglight: ([ppppp])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-04-30 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You have no idea.

[He is too tired to care. Time to cram a pizza in his face hole.]