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phantasmods) wrote in phantasmemes2018-12-07 12:25 am
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TEST DRIVE - BELLMARE MOUNTAINS
Hello and welcome to Phantasmal Rift's Test Drive Meme!
Test drive threads are assumed to be game canon for accepted characters unless otherwise noted, so don't feel like you'll have to introduce yourself a second time to everyone you meet! As an added bonus, participation in the test drive comes with the chance to earn up to two items of loot for your trouble! Characters who are accepted can earn one item for having a top level, and one for tagging out to someone else's top level! Your SWEET LOOT will be included with your acceptance notice.
Additionally, characters currently in game can earn themselves a piece of bonus loot for the dungeon by tagging people's top-levels on the test drive! Existing characters get their bonus loot along with the rest of their loot at the conclusion of the dungeon.
This test drive takes place in the Bellmare Mountain range, a chilly environment even when it's not locked in the dead of winter. Considering that November is just starting to bite - or is it, with the Fissure's time-displacement effect in place? - that makes for an extremely chilly reception for all of the new arrivals. If you're a person at risk of frostbite, you'd better hunker down in one of the scattered mountain cabins or find someone with extra snow gear, and quick.
Once you're a bit more warmed up, exploration of the area will reveal that it's largely abandoned, but there's still some evidence of past human habitation. Old chair lifts stand guard over untouched ski slopes, the remains of what was once a resort, and a handful of hiking paths twist back and forth through the mountain forests, the snow melting off them due to the magical crystals in the gravel that lines the paths.
LET IT SNOW
Chances are that, upon arriving, you find yourself outside in the snowfall. Hopefully you weren't from somewhere too terribly warm, but chances are that unless you were specifically in a cold environment before, you're going to be feeling the chill now. (Unless, of course, you're not human and don't get bothered by the cold. That happens.)
Fortunately, there are plenty of paths scattered around that are warm enough to keep the snow melted off of them - it shouldn't be that hard to stumble across one. The question then becomes, which way to shelter and civilization? You'll have to take a bit of a gamble, but it's almost certainly better than staying where you are and freezing.
LOCKED IN
How fortunate, then, that you were able to find shelter against the cold - at least for the time being. The wooden cabin is the exact opposite of luxury, but there's a bed and wood to make a fire in the fireplace, so you can't ask for terribly much else. Especially once night falls - or when the snow outside begins to fall in more than flurries - it's far better to be outside than in. Even if you can't figure out how to start the fire, the dimly glowing crystals that serve as fire starter will at least keep your hands warm.
Of course, with only a limited amount of shelter to go around in these mountain trails, it's fairly inevitable that you would have to share with someone... Hope they're friendly, otherwise this place is going to get awkward fast.
FROSTY THE - OH, MAN!
And if you're still running around outside, sooner or later you're almost certain to run into a deep patch of snow that rises up to meet you. These giant snowmen, ten feet tall and aggressive, stand up in response to anything that isn't the local wildlife approaching - and their goal is quite simple. Better watch out, because these guys are your own personal avalanche, seeking to bury you under themselves until either the cold or the weight saps the life out of you.
One's dangerous, but it's not uncommon to find them in groups of 3-5, either, which is where things start getting to be a problem. Luckily, it's possible to melt them down to nothing, or just blast them apart with pure force - the scattered snow won't rise again, at least not any time soon.
Test drive threads are assumed to be game canon for accepted characters unless otherwise noted, so don't feel like you'll have to introduce yourself a second time to everyone you meet! As an added bonus, participation in the test drive comes with the chance to earn up to two items of loot for your trouble! Characters who are accepted can earn one item for having a top level, and one for tagging out to someone else's top level! Your SWEET LOOT will be included with your acceptance notice.
Additionally, characters currently in game can earn themselves a piece of bonus loot for the dungeon by tagging people's top-levels on the test drive! Existing characters get their bonus loot along with the rest of their loot at the conclusion of the dungeon.
This test drive takes place in the Bellmare Mountain range, a chilly environment even when it's not locked in the dead of winter. Considering that November is just starting to bite - or is it, with the Fissure's time-displacement effect in place? - that makes for an extremely chilly reception for all of the new arrivals. If you're a person at risk of frostbite, you'd better hunker down in one of the scattered mountain cabins or find someone with extra snow gear, and quick.
Once you're a bit more warmed up, exploration of the area will reveal that it's largely abandoned, but there's still some evidence of past human habitation. Old chair lifts stand guard over untouched ski slopes, the remains of what was once a resort, and a handful of hiking paths twist back and forth through the mountain forests, the snow melting off them due to the magical crystals in the gravel that lines the paths.
LET IT SNOW
Chances are that, upon arriving, you find yourself outside in the snowfall. Hopefully you weren't from somewhere too terribly warm, but chances are that unless you were specifically in a cold environment before, you're going to be feeling the chill now. (Unless, of course, you're not human and don't get bothered by the cold. That happens.)
Fortunately, there are plenty of paths scattered around that are warm enough to keep the snow melted off of them - it shouldn't be that hard to stumble across one. The question then becomes, which way to shelter and civilization? You'll have to take a bit of a gamble, but it's almost certainly better than staying where you are and freezing.
LOCKED IN
How fortunate, then, that you were able to find shelter against the cold - at least for the time being. The wooden cabin is the exact opposite of luxury, but there's a bed and wood to make a fire in the fireplace, so you can't ask for terribly much else. Especially once night falls - or when the snow outside begins to fall in more than flurries - it's far better to be outside than in. Even if you can't figure out how to start the fire, the dimly glowing crystals that serve as fire starter will at least keep your hands warm.
Of course, with only a limited amount of shelter to go around in these mountain trails, it's fairly inevitable that you would have to share with someone... Hope they're friendly, otherwise this place is going to get awkward fast.
FROSTY THE - OH, MAN!
And if you're still running around outside, sooner or later you're almost certain to run into a deep patch of snow that rises up to meet you. These giant snowmen, ten feet tall and aggressive, stand up in response to anything that isn't the local wildlife approaching - and their goal is quite simple. Better watch out, because these guys are your own personal avalanche, seeking to bury you under themselves until either the cold or the weight saps the life out of you.
One's dangerous, but it's not uncommon to find them in groups of 3-5, either, which is where things start getting to be a problem. Luckily, it's possible to melt them down to nothing, or just blast them apart with pure force - the scattered snow won't rise again, at least not any time soon.
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[She vanishes her staff again, and. goes for a gutpunch.
...
Even if he wasn't a Servant, that would hurt her more than him...]
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Are you done?
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I don't know how many times I have to tell you I don't know what you're talking about. The only team one could say I was part of had no attachment to color for identification, nor was I even on it for long. I made sure of that.
You must have the wrong person somehow. My name stopped being important a long time ago, but I definitely never went by 'Swan.'
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[the staff is vanished, back into her inventory, instead.]
I saw a bunch of your memories, and you saw mine, in that hellhole of a castle! You of all people don't get to forget that!
[Her voice is rising in pitch in emotion...]
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[Hey, no. He hates it when girls get upset. What she's saying isn't something he can ignore, either, though, even though he knows she's wrong. His temporarily surprised expression turns back into his usual frown, and he leans back from her and crosses his arms.]
If that were true, you'd know what I am. You'd be able to answer this question: my memories before or after I became this?
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[At least now that he's starting to listen, she's calming down a bit, too.]
Telling some girl with a magic sword that "girl's shouldn't fight". Fighting some weird guy in blue and then the redhead kid showed up. Also your creepy-ass dreams, which I don't want to think about.
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My name isn't Swan. You should call me Archer, if you need to call me anything. While an imperfect summoning could explain some things, the fact that I don't remember any of this at all is...
[He trails off, looking at the fire crystals flickering in the stove.]
I have to assume Second Magic is at play somehow. Different timelines and such. What was real for you never happened for me.
[He sounds a little closer to apologetic.]
I don't know who you are.
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No.
[She shakes her head.]
You may not remember. Hell, maybe it is a different timeline. Maybe it really did never happen for you. And I hate you.
But we're still team. Even if you don't remember it, you're still White Swan from Takshaka. And Takshaka never, ever gives up on a teammate.
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Do what you like.
[Archer turns away and goes back into the cabin's kitchen, reaches up for a bowl, and starts spooning stew into it.]
Different experiences lead to different people. You understand that, right? The teammate you know and the person in front of you are not the same, not having made the same mistakes.
[He finds another spoon and offers it, and the stew, to her.]
Assuming otherwise could prove fatal.
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Wouldn't be the first time I've gotten killed for a teammate.
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[Oh, boy. Lecture Archer is here to stay.]
Usually, people die if they are killed.
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No, seriously. She snorts, then giggles, and then nearly doubles over laughing.]
There it is- Seriously, is that your catchphrase or something?
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You know, I've given you my title, but you've avoided offering me the same.
[Please to not call him Swan, it sounds so... pretty. Ugh.]
What should I call you?
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Nightingale. Gray Nightingale, of Takshaka.
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Nightingale, then. Eat your stew. There's no telling what this place will throw at us, so it's best we both keep up our strength.
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[time to eat, then. For someone who just admitted to hating him and trying to beat the shit out of him, she doesn't seem to have any doubts about the food whatsoever? she knows it will be good, and she knows he wouldn't poison it.]
Still need to prove my cooking's better.
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[Satisfied that she's eating, Archer returns to his other housework. I mean chores. I mean... important... defensive improvements.]
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[she's. she's 5'1, for what it's worth.]
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Determination and resourcefulness are vital ingredients to cooking, too.