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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] 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.]
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[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-05-05 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
Not gonna lie. That sounds pretty awful.

[ Futaba shook her head, adjusting the way she was standing to be a bit more comfortable as she turned her full attention onto the woman here with her. ]

Never said I didn't. Lay it on me.
have_hat_will_travel: (Curious)

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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-05 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Sure!

[The woman steps back, revealing her... More than slightly showy outfit fully, blinking a bit...]

Been a while since I made a Perform: Oratory check, actually...
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-05 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[And then, she stands with a confidence that distinctly wasn't there before, as if dropping into something well and truly practiced! Which it wasn't, she was just counting on her training.]

A strange world, where the numbers and stats that govern life are knowable to all!

[One hand over her heart. Wow, she's actually getting into this.]

Before the age of gunpowder, sword and spell ruled the land, and none were better with the sword than the Orcish hordes under the guidance of the monstrous Demon Lord of Wrath!

But lo, heroes would rise to save the dirt farmers and other myriad incidents! If only they could be pointed at the source of the problem to truly stop it!

Only one was savvy enough to this truth to know what she needed to do! So, the Demon Queen of Lust, hated enemy of the Lord of Wrath, sent her newest agent -

[Pidonus almost literally deflates for a second.]

- that'd be me -

[Back to her performance stance.]

- to start causing precisely-aimed incidents to point the heroes in the right direction! And oh, how her scion relished the role, having gained this powers purely out of desire for her own forgotten vengeance against the Lord of Wrath! Even in the wake of constantly getting beaten up by the heroes and having to escape arrest and worse over and over again, she would persist in her mission!

Can she survive? Yes. Will the Lord of Wrath fall? Yup. And what comes next? In my case, ending up here. No clue about the heroes.

Oh, the drama! Oh, the action! Oh, the wish that I could have recorded all of this in a more modern medium for posterity!

[And she places the back of her hand against her head, and feigns fainting, leaning back until her fall is stopped by the table at her side. Quickly, she regains her composure.]

... Sorry. I just. Had to try that. I'm a Bard, if it wasn't obvious.
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[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-05-07 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's just a couple moments after Pidonus finishes that Futaba just stares, letting that all sink in. That was strangely entertaining. Like something she's seen out of one of her Neo Featherman DVD's, what with how dramatic and out there it was. ]

Huh. Totally obvious but it was still informative. Like exposition in a game or anime.

[ In other words, it's a compliment when it comes down to it. Though she can't help but add something else on after a moment. ]

I consider myself more of a cleric type, though.
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-07 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Serious games and anime are two things that aren't things in my world. I want to learn more about them.

And a Cleric-type, huh? The phrasing implies a different way of getting there, but... Anyone good at healing's going to be intensely useful, especially as we get to the next dungeon - and the next, et cetera.
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[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-05-07 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her expression instantly changes at this, from simple amusement to a full on grin. This was totally her time to shine. ]

Then you've managed to find the right girl to talk to. I can fill you in on both of those things easily.

[ A nod of her head and she seems to consider something. Only briefly as she then lets off a soft hum in thought. ]

Good to know. I'll make sure to provide proper support and healing where I can when the next dungeon pops up, then.
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-07 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly looking forward to it. Mind, to get good examples, we'll have to try and use the probe robots... Still not sure how they find stuff.

[Pidonus then smiles.]

And, yeah, keep in practice when time allows... It could be a lot more important. This forest was more dangerous than the beach...
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[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-05-07 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
Not entirely. I do have a couple of saved episodes of anime on my laptop that I could use to start with, then there's a lot of terminology regarding them and games that I can explain to you.

[ Futaba's definitely pumped about the idea of this though, pleased to be able to share her knowledge with others. Spreading the good word and all. ]

That's a little easier said than done but I get what you mean. Don't wanna be out of practice and then have people need my help the most.
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-07 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm? Is there some condition on your abilities that makes practicing them harder somehow?
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[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-05-09 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yup. Got something called a Persona and I can only use my 'skills' when i'm using it in battle.

[ Stated as a rather matter of fact thing, casually and as if it wasn't remotely such a big deal. ]
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-09 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Would sparring work, or does it have to be proper "You are legitimately threatened" combat?

... Also, what would I be looking for if we wanted more anime or games?
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[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-05-13 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. Probably the latter but I haven't tried that yet. Only ever used it in life or death battles before, so yeah.

[ Futaba stopped short at that, seeming to give this a decent bit of thought for a moment. ]

Like... actual titles of stuff that I know, or what?
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-13 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
... Or what kinds of things we'd be looking for, yeah.

[Pidonus drops that point for now. She actually knows how 'encounters' work so...]
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[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-05-20 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Well... genre wise? sci-fi, action RPG's and fighting games are fun. Visual novels can be fun if you enjoy story and not a lot of crazy stuff...

[ She shook her head and then immediately perked up, eyes lit up with happiness and excitement. ]

Keep an eye out for Neo Featherman F as a start. Totally a good anime and we can start with keeping an eye out for that unless you want a whole list of specifics.
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-20 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Can do. And, yeah, more of this sorta thing would be really good for me... In part because I usually don't sleep, so...
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[personal profile] notjustahacker 2018-05-24 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah? You're unable to or just don't do it because you feel like it?

[ You really are an interesting one, Pidonus. ]
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2018-05-24 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't need it. Nice advantage with my creature type.