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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:]
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[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.
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[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...
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Jerky is generally harder to make wrong than sashimi anyway, as far as I'm aware.

[And he'll happily nom on it!]
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[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-02 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
At least there's that.

[Despite any of his (few) remaining reservations about it being raw, he'll happily dig in.]

Ah, this is delicious!
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-02 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
So is this. It's a little sweeter than beef jerky...
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[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-02 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
Bear's good other ways, too. I'm pretty fond of it roasted. Though, I'll admit, part of the reason I like it so much is a little sentimental...
Edited (clarifying whoops) 2018-05-02 07:41 (UTC)
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-03 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
There are other types of sushi, as well...I miss the variety a little, but I'm hoping fishing becomes more popular now that it's warming up.
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[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-03 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
I do imagine there are other people hoping for variety as well. This is nice, but I do imagine it'd get a little old after a while.

[Too much of a good thing, etc etc.]
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-03 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
Like I said, I'm not especially picky with my food...but I have been missing things other than fish and vegetables.
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[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-03 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
Understandable. My sister and I are both especially fond of meat, so I'm sure you can imagine our discontent at the lack of variety...
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-03 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
A favorite of mine is wagyu beef...but I doubt we're likely to find any cows in the neat future.
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[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-03 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately... What I wouldn't give for a steak, though...
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-03 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe we'll get lucky and a refrigerator's worth of freshly butchered beef will appear in one of the Fissures.

[He doubts it, but it's an entertaining mental image.]
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[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-03 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He snorts.]

Well, we can always hope. Given the things that have turned up in Fissures already, that sounds almost tame.
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-03 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
I found a pack of cup noodles in the forest, so finding ordinary foods is at least possible.

Actually, the strangest thing I found was cookies that left me partially colorblind when I ate one.
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[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-03 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Small blessings.

[Cup noodles... one of the many, many things he's discovered since his arrival that he was definitely not familiar with beforehand.]

I hope they were at least good enough to be worth the partial colorblindness. I haven't been lucky enough to find food yet. The only thing I've found that's consumable is a vial of... something. I know enough experiment-happy mages back home to know ingesting anything from an unlabeled vial is an extremely unwise idea...
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2018-05-04 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
It was very delicious, but I think I'll reserve the rest for when it won't be a problem if everything appears to be in grayscale.
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[personal profile] matchmakes 2018-05-07 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[He chuckles a bit.]

Fair enough.