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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:]
ladytakamaki: (i wanna savor)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-05-04 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, Futaba!

[ she's pleasantly surprised at futaba's offer. really, she hadn't been expecting the other girl to be so willing to share her private space with her. ]

R....Really? You're sure about that? I mean--I'll gladly take you up on your offer, it's just... You don't want your alone time or something?
nojohnyouare: Processing an existential crisis in bunny ears. (in your bright blue eyes)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-04 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
...Disappointing. [Her shoulders slump a little.] But it tastes good.
ladytakamaki: (i hold resentment for you)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-05-04 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, yup! I've got a liiiittle bit of a sweet tooth.

[ ann takes one look at him, and she sees something in him that's familiar. that hair, those eyes...almost like he could be...makoto's brother, or something.

huh. ]


So...just stop me if I'm taking too much dessert or something, okay?
kingshaming: (47)

[personal profile] kingshaming 2018-05-04 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, thank you- I used to think I was quite fond of spicy food but recently I've learned what I thought was spicy was actually very mild in other lands.
kingshaming: (pic#12047044)

[personal profile] kingshaming 2018-05-04 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He chuckles slightly]

I suppose I'm pretty obvious, looking around like this.

[There is that doe-eyed tourist look that crosses all realms after all]
ladytakamaki: (i hold resentment for you)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-05-04 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah? Then...don't mind if I do.

[ so we can assume that this is after ann's talk with akechi, so she's not as on-edge about everything. she falls asleep shortly after, dozing off in her seat, and it's not until morgana stops when ann wakes up and rubs her eyes. ]

Man...that was a really good nap...

[ she gets out of the catbus and gives it a little pat. ] How're you feeling, Morgana?
ladytakamaki: (HEI1)

[personal profile] ladytakamaki 2018-05-04 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[ ann doesn't appear to be scrutinizing him too much, but she's clearly not 100% convinced that he's telling the truth. akechi pretended to be on their side, after all, and look how that turned out.

but...if by "leaving the world" means he was dragged here or something? maybe... maybe he really did have time to change. and maybe the boy sitting next to him is one of the people who helped him take those steps. ]


So...does this mean that you and Akira have some kind of peace treaty or something going on?

[ but she remembers what he said about what shido did to him. akechi...he was just a kid who fell victim to a corrupt adult, just like the rest of them had. ]

Well...whatever the reason is, I'm just...I'm glad you're on our side, now.
have_hat_will_travel: (Au)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-04 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
The power of technology is...

Well, my world doesn't much have that. It kinda sucks like that.

But yeah. Hi. You probably. Don't want that ramble, huh.

[Pidonus nodded a bit.]
caduceusoncall: (Interest)

[personal profile] caduceusoncall 2018-05-04 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Angela, pleased to meet you.

[This is typically when she'd extend a hand in greeting but like. Unless Carnivac is fond of the "give paw" trick, she feels this would be somewhat insensitive.]

I hope I'm not intruding. I had heard there was a library in the building and was hoping to find some books relevant to our situation. About Fissures, magitek, and the like.
caduceusoncall: (Smile!)

[personal profile] caduceusoncall 2018-05-04 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Close! Switzerland. Though I had been stationed in Iraq before arriving here.

[Ah, someone familiar with the layout of Earth! Angela's shoulders relax a bit, releasing tension she wasn't really aware she was carrying. The first slice of familiarity, really. Aside from the omnics-but-not-omnics that run the station. Of course this girl could be from a different Earth, so she's not jumping for joy yet.]

You may be the first person I've met here to be familiar with Earth.
caduceusoncall: (Laugh)

[personal profile] caduceusoncall 2018-05-04 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
You and your siblings are extremely impressive. If I can accomplish anything even close to the work your creators have done, I will consider myself quite lucky.

[It's not all flattery, she really does hope she can learn to do similar work. Already, her mind wanders to projects like medical drones and vast improvements to the Valkyrie suit. And if souls were real and powered one's ability to live, well. Her mind even wanders to the nature of forcing an escaping soul back into a repaired body. Depending on how short the window is, of course.]

[And that's how Mercy became a literal necromancer.]


I was told you converted one of the laboratories into a medical bay. I wanted to ask you if I could potentially keep myself busy there during the day? Provided I have some time to study on the side, I would lend myself to you as an assistant.
honededge: (Resting Bitch Face)

[personal profile] honededge 2018-05-04 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Look, I'm doing my best here,, chummer!

[Talon sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose.]

Drek. Okay, look. Just consider me the insurance policy if something goes fantastically wrong. My goal is not to shoot something, the gun is a "just in case" thing, not a "gee I hope I get to shoot someone" thing. I prefer when people live, especially uninjured.

[...is he helping yet.]

I don't want you to be afraid of me, I want people to feel safer knowing that I've got their back.
cyclicalconcept: (awesome leeeeaaaap!)

[personal profile] cyclicalconcept 2018-05-04 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! She always enjoyed doing her own thing. Hiding in the machine was one of her favorite activities, though I'm still not sure why.
cyclicalconcept: (I think this is awesome)

[personal profile] cyclicalconcept 2018-05-04 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Up, Up...

[She nods.]

It's all right. I won't bother them until things have calmed down.
cyclicalconcept: (this is just awkwardly awesome)

[personal profile] cyclicalconcept 2018-05-04 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I did work there, yeah.

[Though she looks a bit young for that.]

There weren't! There were all sorts of places to eat, but no pizza place!
blackestwitch: (thanks for coming to me ted talk)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-05-04 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't know Hawaiian pizza?

It's pineapple and ham.
blackestwitch: (tell me what do your elf eyes see)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-05-04 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
And even more beyond that, huh? [ Huh.

Maddie's mulling this over in her head. She might be able to help out as Black Witch -- but how could she do that while maintaining a secret identity? She'd have to mull it over more. ]
blackestwitch: (let me talk at you)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-05-04 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
He did seem pretty calm and understanding. Maybe a little too calm? But I guess if he's really royalty, they have to build up that skill.
foolishjustice: (So I see...)

[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-04 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, he doubts she'll believe him at all, without Akira's backup. She has no reason to trust him, no reason to believe he ever cared about any of them at all.]

It's...a little more than a simple peace treaty. That would imply negotiations and conditions...it's more that I found out the truth of what would happen if I kept trying to do what I'd been planning, and decided I wasn't willing to fight Kurusu for a plan that wasn't even likely to work. Helping him just...seemed like the only right answer.

[He breathes a tired sigh, snuggling a bit closer to Kurama.]

And...I hope you really mean that, and aren't just saying it for the sake of keeping a potential enemy under supervision.
blackestwitch: (let me talk at you)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-05-04 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never read a newspaper. But having multiple sources for discussions is probably better.

Maybe if I get some sound equipment I'll do something proper. There's probably a lot to talk about in regards to magic, between the different worlds, the fissures, and the combination of magic and technology used here. [ neeeeerd ]
blackestwitch: (let me talk at you)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-05-04 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's fine, it's not like Maddie can see her. She just ups her thought on Kana's age is all. ]

Weird. There's like three pizza joints in my local mall. Plus a sushi place that also serves pizza.
blackestwitch: (let me talk at you)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-05-04 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Geography's probably not my strongest subject, for obvious reasons. But I am from Earth, yes.

[ She's moving a hand over to pizza to make sure Zel put it on the plate properly. ]

My name's Maddie. I'm from, uh, Florida. [ She doesn't know how well people from other countries would know of US states. Florida has Disney World though, so probably a moderately higher recognition factor. ]
thoroff: (009)

[personal profile] thoroff 2018-05-04 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure that would be very much appreciated...

[Wait for it.]

Hold on, you're from a realm with no magic, but your father is teaching you how to use it?
Edited 2018-05-04 21:23 (UTC)
beguiledcard: (nowhere to hide)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-05-04 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Goro... it's fine.

[ Driving was taking most of his focus up until he heard Ann and Goro talking... hence the silence before this particular moment.

If he sounded noticeably bristly for just a moment, the primary reason is exhaustion - not just in the physical sense, of course. They're all tired, and with plenty of reasons to be. In any case, he takes a discreetly deep breath before softening his tone entirely. ]


In other words, Ann, we're dating. [ glancing to the side for just a fraction of a second, and then it's back to looking straight ahead ] It's a long story... we can go into all of that after everyone's had a chance to rest.
anarchia: (awoo rising revengence)

[personal profile] anarchia 2018-05-04 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[He raises his eyebrows. Or, he would be, if wolves had them. He does his best approximation of the action.]

A hacker? [He sounds curious, and there's a slight glee to his voice.] Are you a good one?