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Phantasmal Rift Mods ([personal profile] phantasmods) wrote in [community profile] phantasmemes2018-05-24 10:10 pm
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TEST DRIVE 004

Hello and welcome to the fourth 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 Keystone Reef, a water-influenced Fissure to the northeast of the station. It is home to numerous fish and coral species, as well as a very interesting magical effect...

OPTION ONE: FINNY FUN

Under the water is where you woke up, and under the water is where you might be stuck for a while. The magic is lodged in you and has changed your form -- maybe a little, maybe a lot. Perhaps you only have gills, but you may also have a full set of changes, fins and no feet to speak of. Don't panic, you'll surely be fine if you just keep swimming...

Aside from the strange changes, it's a pretty cool place to be. If you've ever dreamed about scuba diving on a coral reef, the place that you've found yourself is perfect for that (minus the needing to scuba part). Curious fish swim up and then dart away into rock crevices, coral growths, and even down to bury themselves in the layer of sand at the bottom. The water is also fairly shallow, allowing you to surface if you so desire.

Even the sharks are friendly and just want to have as much a look at you as you want to look at them. Don't harass the glowing eels tucked into cracks between the rocks, though, they bite and don't particularly let go.

OPTION TWO: WORLD'S SMALLEST JUNGLE

This must certainly be an oceanside jungle - in spite of the humidity, the smell of salt on the air is strong. Brilliant greens and the occasional bright flowers, accompanied by island birdsong... It could be a nice place to spend an afternoon. There's not even that many bugs that want to drink your blood (though bugs in general are, well, quite plentiful).

Eventually, though, however far you go, you'll reach the beach and be met with the expanse of the ocean - blue, uncaring, and real big. While one side of the little island thankfully has land visible in the distance, the outer side just overlooks a near-endless expanse of blue. If you're a very good swimmer, you could probably make your way to land past the rocks of the reef itself... Otherwise, though, you might be just a bit stuck on your jungle island paradise.

At least until someone brings a boat.

OPTION THREE: SHIPWRECK

Both above and below the waterline are the remains of ships crashed upon the rocks, just waiting to be explored. Even though it has clearly been an incredibly long time, the chunks of wood and metal are still in fairly good condition, and the chance of finding something nice tucked in with them among the rocks is surely tempting to anyone with an adventurous spirit.

The wrecks beneath the waves also grow coral and seaweed, and provide havens for larger fish, dragon eels, and sharks. Those along the rocks above the waterline, on the other hand, provide a home for seabirds of all varieties. Most notable is the hulking shell of a shipping craft in the distance, looking very much modern if ruined by some centuries of exposure...

For right now, though, you'd best contend with the flotsam a bit closer to you, and the wildlife that might not take too kindly to your exploring. Below the waterline, the dragon eels found in a few places don't take kindly to being disturbed; above, you might run afoul of some overprotective seabirds protecting their nests. Maybe even an invisible seagull (normal sized) - how ridiculous would that be?
motherfucking_ghost: (really shouldn't add to my confusion)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-25 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[To be fair, Church also helps by pulling himself, but he likes to have the contact of Junpei. Even if Junpei is an otter now. At least that's cute.]

......I didn't even think to try pulling anything out of the armiger yet. [And to be fair about that, he hasn't mastered pulling out what he wants on the spot, so, it's better this way?] So...this is all temporary, because there's weird fucky stuff happening here? And you gotta stabilize a wormhole or whatever for things to right itself?
motherfucking_ghost: (gesticulation)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-25 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
This! [He motions to his flappy tail.] This isn't human! This is slap it on the grill and drown it in a lemon-butter sauce!
motherfucking_ghost: (really shouldn't add to my confusion)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-25 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
From a different game? A game that was here? Like, they survived but got trapped here? I'm a simple fish, I don't know what the fuck is happening, I just wanted to see if there was treasure in this ship because it beats having a panic attack.
founderinglight: ([ppppp])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-25 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it's a localized magical distortion, would you rather drown?

[Ardyn please come take your idiot.]
motherfucking_ghost: (gesticulation)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-25 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't want the answer to that question, faker!
nojohnyouare: Reading with glasses on. (but it's so hard my love)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-25 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
They mentioned a mall. Like yours. And their titles didn't have "Champion." One of them... Another world's Akira. There's also another Xander. But the rest of us here are the ones you know.
burninglight: (circling with nothing but my hate)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-05-25 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[I THINK YOU’RE THE FAKE HEDGEHOG AROUND wait wrong game]

[A crossbow bolt stuck into a rock nearby, followed by a warping trail of magenta that crashed directly into Church in a warp-tacklehug. Also an octopus, but this time it was very much the correct twin.]
misanthropicprinciple: <user name="thankyouze" site="tumblr.com"> (It's in the eyes.)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2018-05-25 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
That's pretty much how I understand it, yeah. There's a few people who've been here longer than we have. I think the first group arrived three months ago.

[Junpei lifts his head briefly to make sure they're neither floating too close to shore nor so far out they're lost, then lazily corrects their course.]

People have been turning up "randomly"-- [And that's dripping with doubt and sarcasm.] --in these glitchy magic areas. Last one was a forest that brought dreams and nightmares to life, that's where we turned up. Me, Yuuri, Dad, Arianna, Mai, Heart, Touko... some others. Not ours.

A handful of androids have taken these people in at a place called Keystone Station, where supposedly they're working on ways to stabilize these fucked up areas and maybe find a way home.

[After a pause, he adds:]

They haven't asked anything of us so far. Those of us out here exploring volunteered. And there's no schedule or anything.
founderinglight: ([late with spacebucks])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-25 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh, I'm going to - oh, there he is.

[JUST GONNA. STAY OUT OF THE WAY OF THIS TANGLE.]
motherfucking_ghost: (whoa what the fuck)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-25 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately for everyone, being shot at and tackled by another octopus makes the fear reaction of electricity go off again.

Don't worry, he fucking hates it, too.]
burninglight: (suddenly i see that i can't break free)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-05-25 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
OW FUCKING HELL LEONARD WHY—
founderinglight: ([spooky placeholder])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-25 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[THIS IS STUPID yeah Izunia is still in close enough range to get caught by that.]

- VERY WELL, happy couple reunited, I'm leaving.

[Have electrical play on your own time, guys?]
motherfucking_ghost: (whoa what the fuck)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-25 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT IS HAPPENING WHY ARE YOU SHOOTING AT ME DO YOU ALL LOOK THE FUCKING SAME HERE AAAAAUGH-
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[personal profile] byhalves 2018-05-25 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah- [That's one up over some classmates and upperclassmen, at least.] I woke up here a few hours ago. I haven't met anyone from around here, yet.

[Except for the fish.]
burninglight: (suddenly i see that i can't break free)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-05-25 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
STOP SHOCKING ME AND I’LL EXPLAIN, ALSO LESS SHOUTING WOULD BE NICE!!
giltfoil: (time to do a murder)

[personal profile] giltfoil 2018-05-25 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
You! [Honestly he's not sure whether this is a point against or in favor of this being the Beyond.

Ravus still doesn't entirely have the hang of his new mode of locomotion, but he arrows toward Ardyn as fast as he can, raising the only weapon he has - it won't work for him, not really, but with enough force anything can be a stabbing weapon -

Wait, 'mistaking'? He pulls up just in front of the weird octopus person, blade raised.]


If you claim not to be Ardyn, then who are you to bear his face?
karappo: (help me)

Karamatsu Matsuno | Osomatsu-san | Ryslig CRAU

[personal profile] karappo 2018-05-25 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
2) World's Smallest Jungle

[OOC: Here's Karamatsu's appearance for reference! He was assigned to be Faerie in game. He's also got some scars on his face from a past event.]

[It would be fair to assume that the bugs here are small, not too plentiful, and relatively harmless. It would have been, if this forest weren't also recently inhabited by an insect larger than most anyone has probably ever seen, rising up through the undergrowth with a low noise in the back of his throat and a clawed hand reaching up to rest against his head. His wings buzz briefly as he stands up fully and glances around to get his bearings.

Where is he, where was he, was he outside last? No, he was...

The Faerie goes stock still, his eyes widening as he grits his teeth around his mandibles. This isn't Bavan. At least...it's nowhere on the peninsula he's been before. And not remembering how he got here is, quite frankly, one of the things that consistently terrified him. It meant something bad had happened, or potentially was going to very soon.

He ducks down a little and starts pushing forward through the jungle proper, though it's hard to keep a low profile when you're the hue he is, he knows this. But he has the advantage of flight, should any monsters try to ambush him. Occasionally he hisses a name- Osomatsu...Choromatsu...Ichimatsu...Jyushimatsu...Todomatsu- though he doesn't really expect to hear an answer. Little does he know he'll probably be attracting attention like this, but not attention he's actually after.]


3) Shipwreck



[Eventually, Karamatsu leaves the forest and makes it onto the beach, and for a while he just has to stand there and stare out into the open sea. For the sea never quite looked like this back on the peninsula. He's half expecting for hunters to come up and try prodding his back with their guns, but nothing like that ever happens. Is he dreaming? Or did he die, and this is just some hallucination his fevered mind is giving him before he wakes back up at Rohan's castle?

Too unnerved to stay on the ground, Karamatsu tests his wings (a bit sticky from the humid air, but he manages) before getting airborne and flying carefully over the surface of the water, scanning the various shipwrecks for signs of life or anything unusual as he goes.]


What happened here...?

[He muses to himself just a half second before a feathery mass smacks him right in the face, causing him to squawk with surprise in tandem with the seagull he just collided with as he nearly loses his balance in the air.

Except no...no, that was no accident. Unknowingly, he'd flown a bit too close to a cliff's edge where some seagulls had been nesting, and a giant insect like himself is perceived as the biggest threat imaginable. Before Karamatsu realizes what's happening he's completely swarmed by birds in the air, which probably looks quite alarming from the land when there's just a ball of birds screaming and throwing themselves at something to peck and claw until it goes away.]


Aghh! Aaghkk-!!

[The birds weigh him down, bogging up his wings until he gets turned over mid-air and plummets from the sky, landing into the sea with a huge column of water following his impact with the surface.

There are a few long seconds of nothing but bubbles and churning water before Karamatsu surfaces with a gasp, beating at the water with all four arms as he tries to struggle his way to the shore. He's not one of the monsters who absolutely can't swim, but he's certainly not good at it like he used to be.]
founderinglight: ([ppppp])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-05-25 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Did you look careful, Ravus? Because the eyes that are fixed on you, looking fairly unimpressed, are a bright blue instead of yellow. The same color as Noctis', in fact.

Izunia just crosses his arms over his chest and sighs.]


His twin, obviously, and also Though ye be of noble intent, you are not worthy of this power, let's just put that out there where we can both see it before anything else.
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Re: 1

[personal profile] labelledamesauvage 2018-05-25 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Juliette laughs, enchanted by it all. We note at this time her accent is tinged French.]

I learned it somewhere, and it seemed so apropos.

[Now she turns to look, and tilts her head.]

...that is a most fetching color. Now I wish I had a tail like that.

[It's rude to comment on scars like that except in specific situation, which these are not.]

Is this a normal sort of thing, or have I come wherever I am in an unusual moment?
Edited 2018-05-25 17:27 (UTC)
herolytical: (✎ 『 change your thinking 』)

[personal profile] herolytical 2018-05-25 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It hasn't quite sunk in that the pretty young woman who he got the attention of, was not quite wearing anything on her legs right now besides the boots. He was mostly focused on the fact that there was a shark and he was caught, so her help was really needed about now. ]

Maybe not but I'd really not push my luck and.. well.. you know.

[ He doesn't wanna be shark food, essentially. Though as she starts tugging, it's becoming apparent his fins were kind of ticklish as he tried to bite back a small bout of giggling. Deciding to try and not squirm too much as he made to move back in an attempt to help her with getting his fins free. ]

I didn't realize just how sensitive these things were.
nojohnyouare: About to collapse. (tell me what you want me to say)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-05-25 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Unusual. Though everything is unusual. Reality is in flux here. And biomes like this develop. Then we explore them.

...Kawasumi Mai.
labelledamesauvage: (Default)

III

[personal profile] labelledamesauvage 2018-05-25 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you need a... hand....

[Juliette trails off as she sees the arm as he moves by, not having seen it before, and has a moment of feeling terrible, having made a terrible faux pas. But!]

I mean, do you need some assistance?

[Oh, that's better.]
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[personal profile] labelledamesauvage 2018-05-25 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[She pulls herself straight and bows as best as one can in the water.]

Juliette d'Aubigniy. A pleasure. And I suppose that's at least keeping things interesting.
herolytical: (✎ 『 ones who stand before me 』)

[personal profile] herolytical 2018-05-25 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ With that said, it's enough to make Izuku jump before immediately whirling around in the water until he could face the girl who'd spoken to him. Eyes wide with surprise for a moment before he relaxed a bit. Though inherently curious to why he had changed and this girl remained normal; so at ease here in the water for the most part. ]

Oh... uh... well, a quirk is essentially a power most people have and most inherit it from either one or both of their parents when they're around the age of four.

[ He's a well of knowledge on the subject on this. Though with that said, he stops short. ]

I thought most people knew that. Unless... this really isn't anywhere I know...
motherfucking_ghost: (gesticulation)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-25 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Let go and maybe I won't shout or shock or do any of those things!

Show me your arm!