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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:]
daughterofthemark: (22F. Denial on pain of death)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-05-06 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[It's understandable! When you're trying to get Arianna to Stop, there's really no right answer.]

I'm not certain yet, but there seems to be a wide variety. Fantasy, drama, science fiction, myst--perhaps not mysteries...
nojohnyouare: Looking to the side. (to say it to you)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-06 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
...

[Mai stares blankly. She slowly nods.]

That's nostalgic too.
founderinglight: ([hold])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-06 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
I imagine it would be obvious if you ran your hand over the backs of the chairs. The furniture that's original to the Station matches, but everything out here is whatever they could find.
letsplayer: (Baby Doll Eyes)

[personal profile] letsplayer 2018-05-06 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, uh, the fuck happened? You look like you've been through a damn pear wiggler.
daughterofthemark: (27F. Imprisoned by God's keys)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-05-06 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[It's nice. She missed it.]

...I hope so.

[Other things she missed and still misses: the old herself.]
daughterofthemark: (06F. A dancing blue vortex)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-05-06 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a stupid thing that some kinds of airships are called for no good reason.]

Little else could enter or exit through there. What other purpose could there be?
makejapangreat: (regret)

rolled a 1 on wound healing, good job shido, you done fucked up

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-05-06 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Turns out, if you don't treat wounds, they get infected! And now, Shido is definitely feeling that infection. Mainly, in the form of a fever, as well as pain and swelling in the area (and who knows what it looks like under those several day-old bandages...

God, how far the great have fallen.

Swallowing thickly, he knocks at the door, a bit weaker than he meant to. He blinks hard a couple of times, then gives a little grunt as another pang of pain shoots through his torso. Fuck.

He just hopes this guy is in right now...]
nojohnyouare: Staring ahead. (and wash away my colours)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-06 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Mai nods in agreement.] Even if this is nice. ...Entrance exams.
nojohnyouare: Happily eating. (to sing it to a crowd)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-06 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
...

[Mai looks sadly at her and keeps a hold of her hand.]

Which way.
daughterofthemark: (29F. Horror at the edge of perception)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-05-06 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[...oh that's right, they're not just walking aimlessly, they're going somewhere.]

Here.
bulletnews: (it's been a hard day's write)

[personal profile] bulletnews 2018-05-06 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Your leader must be having a delightful time ruling everyone with an iron fist, then? This sounds perfectly imbalanced in such a way that it's almost impossible to break.
founderinglight: ([my place plz])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-06 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
I have accepted the idea that 'there's always something you haven't thought of' wholeheartedly, especially since arriving here.
makejapangreat: (smirk)

[personal profile] makejapangreat 2018-05-06 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
[That response has him raising his eyebrows a little, though perhaps it was naive to think he'd get any other response...

As for being a lawbreaker, oh, if only that were the worst of his sins. And not terrorizing and outright murder... how he wished. Maybe selfishly, because then he wouldn't have it weighing down on him like a hundred tons...]


A bit soon to make that call, given I just got here.

[haha.................. it's a joke........................... ha]

I'll let you know in a week from now.
nojohnyouare: Processing an existential crisis in bunny ears. (in your bright blue eyes)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-06 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Nod. She walks into the main building and follows Arianna's directions toward her room.]

Rest. We'll be here.

[As soon as the words leave her, it hits her how Arianna might not believe that.]
personalityquarks: (Down)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-05-06 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
[The compliments seem to go a good way towards making down relax, at least, especially with Futaba talking pretty knowledgeably (if slightly opaquely to someone who isn't from Gaming Culture) about the tech.]

Well, a lot of it - this entire side, pretty much - [Down gestures at the left bank of three large screens and a smaller one.] - is for running the exploratory drones we use to investigate the Fissures before we send anyone out there. Then there's some data analysis of the station itself - power usage and so on...

[They don't seem to realize that they've started to smile a little.]

Probably half of it is for the communications network, but it's easier to just run the whole thing from one place.
personalityquarks: (Strange)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-05-06 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, certainly! Jetshard's usually around at night, but for most of the day I'm the only one there. I've got a bit of a private work area in the back, but otherwise feel free to make yourself at home. We're fortunate that we haven't had much in terms of need for it yet, but...

[Well, better prepared than sorry is very much the model of the medical industry.]
personalityquarks: (Strange)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-05-06 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
Your injuries.

[Strange gestures at the bandages under his shirt, in particular.]

Not bad for a hasty job, but it looks like it needs to be changed, at the very least.
personalityquarks: (Up)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-05-06 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
Quite a few more, yes. I'm hopeful about our progress, but I don't expect that we'll be able to stabilize everything before we're able to find a way for you all to return home.
press_start: (Default)

[personal profile] press_start 2018-05-06 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
… ah… if there's nothing else, then…

[Obtained Hope Fragment!]
personalityquarks: (Top)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-05-06 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. There's a couple of empty labs, too; no one's using them at the moment, if you need space for something.
founderinglight: ([sketchyplaceholder])

whoops, this one was hiding from me

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-06 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
True enough, I suppose, but we don't know the exact level of technology this world has - nor how connected the Station was to the rest of that world when it was still functional. All we have is the androids, and I imagine ebooks are rather less effort for them to deal with.

[How does he even know what an ebook is, he's two thousand years old?]
personalityquarks: (Down)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-05-06 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Does anyone really feel safer like that?

[Down doesn't, and they don't seem to get it.]

Just... okay, keep doing your thing, I guess. I'm done up here, anyway, so you can have the roof as long as you want.

[That's blatantly a lie, but clearly Down is about ready to scuttle the fuck out of this interaction. They can come back later - you know, when scary humans are asleep - to finish the job.]
personalityquarks: (Strange)

[personal profile] personalityquarks 2018-05-06 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
True enough. With one notable exception, we've mostly avoided any major injuries...

[Of course that notable exception turned out to be someone who literally can't be helped by magical healing, of course, but. Well. They're just going to keep a better eye on him from now on.]
blackestwitch: (thanks for coming to me ted talk)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-05-06 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
That's weird. Food court pizza is a classic mall staple.

[ The cat riding on Maddie's shoulder gives a meow. Maddie pauses a moment. If she could actually look at things, she'd be fixing Kana with a curious look - but she can't, so she just looks vaguely curious instead. ]

...By the way, my name is Maddie.
blackestwitch: (Default)

[personal profile] blackestwitch 2018-05-06 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
We mostly talked about his blind friend. Uh, for obvious reasons. He also gave me a quick rundown on some things about living here.