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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:]
fistsofchange: (Nothing about this makes sense)

[personal profile] fistsofchange 2018-05-02 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno. What was food like in 1999? Or 6969?
foolishjustice: (Strange isn't it?)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
I've never actually tried that. Most of what we have in Japan is various forms of seafood and waterfowl. We don't exactly have the sort of large forests and plains you see in other countries.
letsplayer: (Baby Doll Eyes)

[personal profile] letsplayer 2018-05-02 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Sanzashis aren't exactly known for playing by the rules. Or basic logic. So like, fuck that.

[Marla no, that's another quarter for the jar.]
matchmakes: (010)

[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-02 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Hm, let's see, I might...

[And he's going for his bundle of jerky again--it's depleted since he last pulled it out in front of Goro, but there's still a few left...]

Ah, here we are. I think bear is most of what I have left here if you'd like to try some.
superstylishsquid: (Huh?)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2018-05-02 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Alastor's one of the few people who didn't collapse into bed as soon as he got back, and is currently in the kitchen, standing over a pot of something that smells...pretty good, actually.

When he hears someone walk in, he turns around...and raises an eyebrow at what he sees.]


...You alright there?
foolishjustice: (I hadn't even considered it!)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Sanzashi? Ah...would your father's given name be Ren, by any chance?
foolishjustice: (May I help you?)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'd love to. I also have some sashimi, if you'd like to try something from my culture.
letsplayer: (TO BE A MASTER)

[personal profile] letsplayer 2018-05-02 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Y...es?
superstylishsquid: (Would you look at that.)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2018-05-02 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
You caught me.

[He flashes a grin of his own that shows off some extended canines.]

Not that I'm against eating some pastries now and then...
matchmakes: (039)

[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-02 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, absolutely!
foolishjustice: (Is that...so...)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, this is...awkward.]

You...must be from a much different time than the last time I saw him, then. I was under the impression that his daughter was a young child.
letsplayer: (and I won't stop until)

[personal profile] letsplayer 2018-05-02 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
...he's like, fifty-th-

Wait.

[ There's a certain hope in her voice. A certain longing. Homesickness, maybe? ]

...he was somewhere else?
foolishjustice: (Strange isn't it?)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He digs into his pocket and pulls out a package wrapped loosely in parchment.]

You aren't allergic to seafood, right?
matchmakes: (018)

[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-02 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Thankfully no!
foolishjustice: (This looks bad.)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
He was...in the last world I was in, other than my own. He was younger than that there, but I'm not unfamiliar with the idea of people being from different points in time.
letsplayer: (OF THE POKEMON)

[personal profile] letsplayer 2018-05-02 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[It honestly looks like she might cry.]

...I haven't seen anyone from back home in years.

Sorry, I just...
foolishjustice: (May I help you?)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods and hands over the package. What Robin will find inside is a fair bit of raw sandshark, cut into neat slices.]

It's been prepared to kill any potential parasites, and my inventory keeps things fresh, so it's safe to eat.
foolishjustice: (So I see...)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
[...Reaching out to give her a gentle pat on the shoulder.]

He was...very kind to me, vulgarity aside.
matchmakes: (019)

[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-02 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Raw, huh... Well, if it's safe to eat, it should be fine! In return, Robin hands over the bundle of jerky.]

The person who prepared the jerky gave me every guarantee it's safe... And, I mean, considering I've been eating from this bundle for a while and haven't gotten sick from it...
letsplayer: (against ur RIVAL)

[personal profile] letsplayer 2018-05-02 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...okay, the tears are pouring in now. ]

He was always like that.

[ Sniff. ]

He used to let my sisters paint his nails all the time, until they grew out of it. And then he'd always let us win whenever we tried to take him on in a Pokemon battle...

Fuck, I miss the guy.
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[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-05-02 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
001 -- Food time

[ Getting back really hadn't been much of a problem. In fact, she'd just ridden along with Morgana and her other friends rather happily. After being at the station? There was a lot to check out but first, food was a priority and so many can be treated to the sight of one Futaba Sakura - a smol 4'11" teenage girl - taking a plate and putting a couple slices of different kinds of pizza onto it.

Then just stopping and giving the dessert table a bit of a look. ]


Overkill, much? It's okay to love pizza, but this is a bit extreme.

[ Snapping a picture of the whole setup just for good measure. ]



002 -- Gotta get explorin'


[ The next day she's quickly taking no time at all to start exploring around the station, so people can catch her at various points. She had no problem ending up in the Library and sets herself up with grabbing a lot of technology books that look like they'd be pretty complex to read, seeming pretty engrossed in what she's looking through.

Later on anyone can find Futaba checking out the Tech Lab with her black laptop under one arm, emblazoned with all kinds of obscure and bright stickers on the back of it. Making sure to check everything out with rapt interest, though at one point stopping to try and check out some of the schematic drawings and mumbling some things to herself as she tapped fingers against a couple of them.

She then found herself drawn to the Command Level of the station, and if Down is around? Definitely going to be speaking with them because this is a wonderful setup. Something which she has no problems in admiring, awe clear on her face as she does this.

Tech IS her thing, after all. ]
lepape: (pic#12075209)

Buffet

[personal profile] lepape 2018-05-02 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ One moment Makoto was sitting at his desk in his room, taking notes on the Fissure, the Station, and anything else he thought might come in handy to have as easy reference...and then, like the blink of an eye, he was standing before the doors to the observation deck, unsure how he got there, but noting subtle changes that tell him it's not the same day as last he recalls. Hearing the noise of the new arrivals, he heads out, hoping someone might have an explanation, or even just a clue as to what is going on...

The smell of the pizza(?) gets his attention immediately, noting that he isn't very hungry. In fact, he feels about the same as he last remembers, which is odd, for there are far more people around now. He heads over to the table, hoping he might find answers from a familiar face -- at the very least, finding Akira would be a reassuring sight.

What he doesn't expect is the almost cartoon-like cat walking around on the table. From behind, he recognizes them immediately; after all, how many talking bipedal cats can one expect to meet in one's lifetime? He goes up to them, a smile on his face as he calls out to them. A familiar face is exactly what he needs right now! ]


Morgana? Is it really you?
lepape: (carni makotokun 51)

Dessert Pizza

[personal profile] lepape 2018-05-02 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Makoto's eyebrows rise up as he watches the young woman pile a plate high with the dessert pastry, dismayed to see her keep going with no end in sight, while also being a bit impressed. Moving a little closer down the table, he stops opposite, making to grab for the pizza dish beside her. ]

You really like sweets, huh?

[ There's something vaguely familiar about her, too... ]
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[personal profile] meowna 2018-05-02 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Morgana is collecting some pizza when he hears his name; his ears prick up and swivel back immediately in clear recognition. The voice is..... almost familiar, somehow. Is that Makoto?

He turns around to see..... his friend? His nose twitches; even through the chaotic mess of scents that is the pizzas and crowd, something doesn't smell quite right about Makoto, either. The features, though..... there's no mistaking them. Forgive him if his smile is a little confused, Makoto; he has a lot more sensory information to comb through than you do.]


Yeah, it's me! Did you..... get a haircut?
foolishjustice: (People are exhausting.)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives a faint smile.]

He is a good man. He encouraged me to be more accepting of who I really am, even if it might not be what others want of me.