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TEST DRIVE 003
Hello, and welcome to the third test drive for Phantasmal Rift!
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 Fissure known as Amesta Forest - a forest filled with silver mist and shrouded in eternal twilight, where your dreams become real! For a certain limited definition of real. This is significantly less awesome than it sounds. On the bright side, anyone within the mists will find themselves with no need to sleep, as though trapped in the same spring evening as the rest of the forest.
OPTION ONE: DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
This first option might happen to you just about anywhere. From the swirls of silver mist comes a shape - or perhaps more than one shape? Who knows, it's your dream -
Well, probably. It could also be someone else's.
Those who stay too long in any one part of the mist will find their subconscious minds influencing it into shapes - the exact sort of things that appear in their dreams. As with their real dreams, the details are sometimes strange - too much detail, or not enough, depending on where your focus is. The character who 'created' the dream specter will instantly understand what it's supposed to be, but other viewers might have some difficulty with it.
Fortunately for those of you prone to violent nightmares, these dream figures are incapable of doing harm - any blows struck by them simply leave behind the dampness of walking through thick mist. A hard enough blow will similarly disperse them - or, in most cases, you can simply move quickly and leave them behind.
OPTION TWO: THE MOVEMENTS OF THE TREES
A forest filled with mist is honestly a kind of spooky place, isn't it?
Well, it's about to get spookier, when you notice that there's a tree... somewhere there wasn't a tree, before. Or maybe it's that you were looking around and realized that a tree wasn't there here there was one before, instead leaving behind only a round, torn-up patch of earth from where the roots were buried.
Either way, there's only one conclusion to be drawn - the trees are moving.
Those who pay close attention will soon realize that it's only one kind of tree that moves - an absolutely unfamiliar kind, with mist-silver bark and thin, almost translucent leaves in large handlike shapes. They aren't very tall, and their branches split low to the ground, the structure something like a less crooked Japanese maple. The Wanderwoods seem prone to following specific people, usually only moving when out of sight, though you might catch them shuffling along if you have quick reflexes for looking over your shoulder.
What do they want? Well, nothing, really. They're just attracted to sapient beings and, especially, the way the mist forms into their dreams. So while they won't do anything in particular to the characters themselves, anyone with a dream-form hanging around them might find that manifestation suddenly papered in thin, grabbing leaves... and swallowed up.
OPTION THREE: WHAT NOW IS FOUND?
Not all of the forest is trapped in eternal spring. One part of it is held in exactly the opposite - a brilliantly colored autumn morning, just before dawn, with the trees overhead colored in brilliant reds and oranges. Leaves drift down in a slow breeze, and pile up in random places among the trees (which never seem to run out of leaves to drop), and silver pools of water gather at the bases of the trees and in any other depressions, their surfaces perfectly still mirrors.
The mist is quite a bit thinner here, too, which allows you to see... What is that familiar shape in the distance, between the trees?
While dream manifestations are uncommon in the region of Fall's Heart, it's not only dreams that manifest here. Instead, characters will see the figures of those they've lost - instantly recognizable, but unreachable and nearly impossible to catch, running through the trees heedless of how you call after them. It's impossible to catch up to them by mundane means, and those who use supernatural means to do so -
- will find that, at their touch, the vision crumbles into silvery mist-water, forming another of those perfect, reflective pools at their feet.
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 Fissure known as Amesta Forest - a forest filled with silver mist and shrouded in eternal twilight, where your dreams become real! For a certain limited definition of real. This is significantly less awesome than it sounds. On the bright side, anyone within the mists will find themselves with no need to sleep, as though trapped in the same spring evening as the rest of the forest.
OPTION ONE: DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
This first option might happen to you just about anywhere. From the swirls of silver mist comes a shape - or perhaps more than one shape? Who knows, it's your dream -
Well, probably. It could also be someone else's.
Those who stay too long in any one part of the mist will find their subconscious minds influencing it into shapes - the exact sort of things that appear in their dreams. As with their real dreams, the details are sometimes strange - too much detail, or not enough, depending on where your focus is. The character who 'created' the dream specter will instantly understand what it's supposed to be, but other viewers might have some difficulty with it.
Fortunately for those of you prone to violent nightmares, these dream figures are incapable of doing harm - any blows struck by them simply leave behind the dampness of walking through thick mist. A hard enough blow will similarly disperse them - or, in most cases, you can simply move quickly and leave them behind.
OPTION TWO: THE MOVEMENTS OF THE TREES
A forest filled with mist is honestly a kind of spooky place, isn't it?
Well, it's about to get spookier, when you notice that there's a tree... somewhere there wasn't a tree, before. Or maybe it's that you were looking around and realized that a tree wasn't there here there was one before, instead leaving behind only a round, torn-up patch of earth from where the roots were buried.
Either way, there's only one conclusion to be drawn - the trees are moving.
Those who pay close attention will soon realize that it's only one kind of tree that moves - an absolutely unfamiliar kind, with mist-silver bark and thin, almost translucent leaves in large handlike shapes. They aren't very tall, and their branches split low to the ground, the structure something like a less crooked Japanese maple. The Wanderwoods seem prone to following specific people, usually only moving when out of sight, though you might catch them shuffling along if you have quick reflexes for looking over your shoulder.
What do they want? Well, nothing, really. They're just attracted to sapient beings and, especially, the way the mist forms into their dreams. So while they won't do anything in particular to the characters themselves, anyone with a dream-form hanging around them might find that manifestation suddenly papered in thin, grabbing leaves... and swallowed up.
OPTION THREE: WHAT NOW IS FOUND?
Not all of the forest is trapped in eternal spring. One part of it is held in exactly the opposite - a brilliantly colored autumn morning, just before dawn, with the trees overhead colored in brilliant reds and oranges. Leaves drift down in a slow breeze, and pile up in random places among the trees (which never seem to run out of leaves to drop), and silver pools of water gather at the bases of the trees and in any other depressions, their surfaces perfectly still mirrors.
The mist is quite a bit thinner here, too, which allows you to see... What is that familiar shape in the distance, between the trees?
While dream manifestations are uncommon in the region of Fall's Heart, it's not only dreams that manifest here. Instead, characters will see the figures of those they've lost - instantly recognizable, but unreachable and nearly impossible to catch, running through the trees heedless of how you call after them. It's impossible to catch up to them by mundane means, and those who use supernatural means to do so -
- will find that, at their touch, the vision crumbles into silvery mist-water, forming another of those perfect, reflective pools at their feet.
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[The huffiest little growl as Mona swats at Crow's hand. Don't patronize him!111 He'll fight you even if he's half your size and weak to electricity!111
COME AT HIM BRO]It'd better be.
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I can promise you, it is. It's...a little difficult to quantify in words, aside from the ones Akira taught me, but...I have the feeling that the connection between us is unbreakable. And I'm sure he would tell you the same thing from his end.
[How much do you know about Confidants, kitty?]
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Just you wait, he's totally going to rabbit kick your hand to death the next time you try to pet him while he's in cat form. Don't underestimate him!111Not as much as he'd know by endgame, that's for sure. Even so, he knows the value of true friendship well enough to get the point.]Good.
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Are you sure you want to do that? He does have Rangda equipped right now...]Well, I think that's everything that's immediately important. There are some other things you'll need to know, but it can wait until we're back at the Station.
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[If the heavy stuff is all out of the way, time to go at the sashimi with renewed enthusiasm, in pure defiance of the sushi mountain looming in the background.
Hmph, what a cheater..... clearly he'll just have to enact his terrible vengeance by shedding all over your clothes, then.]no subject
No, not his clothes! His jacket is the only black thing he owns!Uh-oh, he better start going at it himself, before Mona eats it all.]You have quite the appetite...
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Mwahaha, quiver in fear! You'll never be fur-free again!]no subject
Guess he'll just have to leave subtle damp spots in all of Mona's favorite lounging spots.]You should be grateful you at least don't have to skip meals. Back home, I was usually lucky if I had time to grab a boiled egg for breakfast and more than a single piece of fruit for lunch. You shouldn't take your leisurely life for granted.
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[He appreciates most things about his life..... just not the amnesia, or the usual menu. That means he's allowed to scold Crow right back, right? It's totally a
not acat's prerogative to be a brat and do whatever the hell they want, after all.U g h, raiding their dirty clothes and dragging out shirts and stuff to lie on it is, then.]no subject
I tried to relax when I could, but there simply wasn't enough time with all of my responsibilities and obligations.
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He wonders what would happen if Mona laid on something full of static electricity...would he still trip?]no subject
[Don't make Mona try to appoint himself your supervisor too, Crow. Do any of you boys know how to take care of yourselves?
Probably tripping and extreme levels of fluffiness from all the static. And such disgruntled yowling. Enjoy your free extra attack?]no subject
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Maybe he'll see if Joker wants to take it, as payback for the DVD late fees.Pausing after snagging another piece of sashimi.]By the way, would you like something to drink?
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[If you caffeinate him, you're responsible for keeping track of him once he turns into a little hyperactive rocket, Crow.
Look. LOOK. He's literally the only reason Joker is consistently well-rested enough to tackle Palaces and do well on his exams, okay. It's not his problem if Joker insists on renting DVDs when he's busy!]no subject
[He holds up his hands to show that they're empty, then flourishes his left hand as he pulls a travel coffee cup out of thin air.]
I've picked up a few new powers while I've been gone.
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[Don't mind him sniffing curiously at that coffee; the stuff Akira brews always smells delicious. How much SP does this stuff recover?]
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Even more useful since I can imbue it with either a Dia or a Posmudi when I make it. I also have a Tarunda version, but I don't bother wasting good drinks on that.
Otherwise...flight is my most used. With or without wings, I can manifest them at will. I can also turn invisible and intangible to living things, but my method for doing that...well, it's best used sparingly, with reality being unstable. I've gained a Bless attack that desn't have an SP cost, although it takes a bit of time to build it up to anything powerful. Then there's my alternate form, which...is really only useful for combat, but the exploding feathers are sure to be useful eventually.
[So much for no bombs, huh Morgana? This isn't actually a complete list, but...he wants to keep the mind reading quiet for now, in case he has reason to doubt Morgana's honesty, and things like the high tier shinigami powers are both not relevant outside of his territory and not something he's ready to share with the other Thieves yet. It's only because he expects to be fighting alongside Mona in the future that he's sharing this much.]
Then there's the four new Personas, of course. Oh, and I don't know if the...version of me you know had this skill while he was fighting alongside you or not, but Robin Hood recently learned Samarecarm.
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Mwehehe, this will really expand our tactical options.....
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Incidentally, this coffee is for him. In fact, he's taking a sip now.]
Most of it has already come in handy. Actually, I think I've used all six of my Personas since I've gotten here.
...Oh, I probably should mention that. I've been here for a little over two months already. It's been three months since I last saw most of the Phantom Thieves.
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Two months, huh..... How long do you think we'll be here? It sounds like these androids have spent lifetimes trying to take care of things.....
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It's hard to say. They haven't been able to enter the Fissures themselves, since they can be dangerous and it would be a problem if one of them were badly damaged. I don't think any of them are especially good in combat, so it's best for us to stabilize them ourselves.
We're hoping that being able to study the stabilized Fissures will help in figuring out how to control the shifts between universes.
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I guess that's fair..... Can't say I'll be much help with the science part, though.
[He's honestly more curious how they'll use the control, if they achieve it. Will Akechi go back to Akira's world to be with him? Take over their own Akechi's life, now that he was dead?]
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[This Akechi normally has someone he can bribe to world hop, so it's not even an issue for him.]
By the way, you never actually answered what you want to drink.
/insert GOTHEFUCKTOSLEEP meme here
[Akira always looks really refreshed after he drinks those~
But he's already at max Charm because he's so adorable, right? Rite??Have a thoughtful look, though. Gee, why would he ever be asking about this, after hearing what a stressful time they've been having while they were away frem Tokyo?]
Have you ever tried making a Dormina drink?
But they're in a no-sleep forest!
I can only imbue them with very specific supernatural effects. The closest I can get to Dormina is a drink that naturally causes drowsiness, like chamomile tea.
Then it's a waste of a perfectly good meme~ /flops across his lap anyway
[Oh good, he can regain the 1 HP or whatever he lost from landing on his face. Stupid fake sushi.....]
That's too bad. Doesn't hurt to ask, though!
But doesn't being pet offend you, Morgana?
It offends him when he doesn't want it, and it's fine when he does B|bb
...And he says he's not a cat.
He just likes things on his own terms okok B|X
Just like a cat.
that's buying into speciesist stereotypes!111
Seems more like observed cat behavior.
/huff, sulks in a box
/Dangles a feather on a string.
<.< >.> /batbatbat
/Laser pointer.
/skitterski--attacks the laser pointer instead
Cute~
/grumblegrumble
Adorable?
He is cool, suave, heroic, and badass, TYVM. Also ferocious, that too. And don't forget modest!
Riiiiiiiiight. /Wiggles a pies of string.
/pounces, gets all tangled up in it
/Takes a photo.
/grrrrrrr, just wait til he gets untangled
He's shaking in his bright red boots.
/hmph B|X
His bright red work boots, which are too thick for cat claws >:3
Bright red boots? You mean furry black boots once he's done rolling on them?
Then he'll wear his dark blue work boots instead! He has two sets of boots.
Do they really go with a red mask tho?
He wears those with his Composer outfit, not his Crow one.
He'll let them live until he can figure out how to shed white fur on command B}bb
Meanwhile, he'll be cleaning his other boots...
Just accept the cat hair lifestyle. Once he's not jealous of being replaced, he'll claim you, too.
But his favored Thief outfit is WHITE!
Invest in pocket lint rollers, you're his human now.
Would switching outfits shortcut cleaning them, or would fur be on the new outfit too?
Probably a shortcut B|bb As long as his lap isn't currently occupied, at least.