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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: (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.]
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.
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.]
daughterofthemark: (B3F. Malice cloaked in lies)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-05-07 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[She wants to, but...]

...will you give me your word?
nojohnyouare: Concerned look, but still guarded. (you want a revelation)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-07 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. ...I can sleep on the floor.

[If Arianna needs the assurance, Mai can't just go back to her own room. Not when all that they've gone through started with Mai going out for night patrol.]
daughterofthemark: (02F. Hazardous habitat)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-05-10 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
I--there is no need for that!

[Even if she'd really like finally rooming with her again.]
nojohnyouare: Hands clasped like in prayer. (we are one and the same)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-10 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. But... I want to make sure. That you're okay.
daughterofthemark: (20F. An eternal winged war)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-05-10 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, Mai.

...if I am able to devise some better means for you to sleep over...
nojohnyouare: Reading with glasses on. (but it's so hard my love)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-10 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
...I can lift my mattress. And bring it in. Then sleep on the floor there.
daughterofthemark: (09F. The unopened crimson jaws)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-05-10 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! That would most certainly be better than simply sleeping on the ground.
nojohnyouare: Standing and holding her sword. (they're all around me)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-10 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Mai nods and tugs Arianna along. Whether this is because she thinks Arianna would feel better accompanying her on Mattressquest than waiting for her to come back or just because she forgot she was holding her hand is unclear, but Mai's room is easy enough to find, right by one of the kitchens, and when she opens the door, has little lights strung up all around.]

I'll get it.