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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:]
misanthropicprinciple: <user name="sabi-chi" site="tumblr.com"> (Soft and clean.)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
That is not at all how eating heart-healthy works, but as long as you're happy.
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[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-03 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I see...

[She thinks she understands? At least somewhat. But more important is:]

Someone was actually holding you against your will?
Edited 2018-05-03 19:48 (UTC)
misanthropicprinciple: (Oh. Poor baby.)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
A-yup. Made us kill one another weekly. It was not the greatest of times.

[Oh, were we gonna be cagey about that...? Oops.]
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[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-03 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
They made you what?!

[Sweet Naga that escalated quickly!]
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Murder one another, once a week. Well, accidents and suicides also counted. And then we had a nice, big, amateur investigation to identify the culprit and kill them, too.
founderinglight: ([late with spacebucks])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-03 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Chronic fatigue is not especially fantastic, and that Fissure wasn't great for it. I'm still exhausted.

[He doesn't seem to object to Junpei being in his space, but the book on his head gets a funny look.]

Is there a reason you've made me into a shelf, or are you just bored?
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Bored, absolutely. I can only investigate so many shelves before my eyes start to cross.
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[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-03 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I... [She stammers briefly.] Who would do something like that? Why?
founderinglight: ([ppppp])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-03 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you slept?

[Doing your uncle a concern.]
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Entertainment. Money. People were all hells of invested in the drama, not realizing we weren't actors.
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuuri dragged me in for a nap after I finished with the main building. Not that I think I'll turn up anything here, either, but being thorough never hurt anyone.
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[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-03 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Gods...

[Such a base motive only makes it worse somehow.]
founderinglight: ([hold])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-03 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Please get adequate rest at some point.

[He's not going to lecture you beyond that, though, that's Ardyn's job.]

I don't think this building is quite finished yet, judging by the floor below. I'm amazed at how quickly they got it up.
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. [Shrug!] So I'm not exactly thrilled to have been arbitrarily kidnapped once more, but at least things here don't seem quite that dire yet.
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Yuuri'll make sure I get to bed on time tonight, don't worry about it.

[iF yOu KnOw WhAt He MeAnS ;)))]

Anyway, did the androids do all this while you guys were out in the forest? Jesus.
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[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-03 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Most of it. There was the skeleton of a building and I think the cavern below was mostly dug out, but it's no wonder they're exhausted as well.
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[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-03 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I owe you an apology; I'd thought you paranoid but if that's what you've been through your suspicion is quite reasonable.

[She glances away, looking thoughtful.]

I've truly seen nothing to suggest that anything of the sort might be going on here, though...
misanthropicprinciple: (You threw it on the ground?)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Junpei looks around, impressed.]

Well, Dad'll be happy, he was always bitching about how the other groups got libraries and we didn't. Personally, I'm most impressed that we have our own bathrooms.
founderinglight: ([hold])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-03 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I imagine the rooms we're staying in belonged to the original researchers here. I'm surprised there are so many, but it's probably a good thing with this influx of new arrivals.
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, no, I am paranoid, it just happens to be a handy skill to have cultivated when I keep turning up in weird places against my will. I appreciate the assurance, though. Still gotta look around, but it helps to know how you guys have been finding the situation.

[He waves a hand, unbothered.]

No complaints on your end, then? You're treated all right?
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Man, how could researchers not have a library already built? I call bullshit.
founderinglight: ([late with spacebucks])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-03 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a digital age, they probably had most of their research materials on the internet. At least I assume that was still functional when people lived here.
misanthropicprinciple: (Oh. Poor baby.)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, I'm from the digital age, too, and we still had libraries.
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[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-03 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
None at all. Our hosts have never demanded anything of us, least of all murder. They're mostly content to leave us to our own devices. They do ask for our help with the Fissures, but we're in no way obligated to go if we don't want to.
misanthropicprinciple: (This reminds me of a puzzle.)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-03 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Most of you were there, though, right? So you go because you want to?