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phantasmods) wrote in 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?
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?
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Not... anyone I knew...
[ So not really anyone he'd trust ]
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[What they know about mermaids says that should not be happening, and if Choromatsu is here and he's a monster too- albeit not the right one- then...they must be on the peninsula still. They're just...somewhere else.
Karamatsu carefully shifts to get onto his knees, moving to push his arms beneath Choromatsu before he can say anything.]
Come on, if you are stuck like this...you must get back into the water.
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[ WHAT ARE YOU DOING... ]
B-But how am I going to get my legs back if I go back in!?
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I am not sure that is likely to happen now if you have been outside of it for two hours. I am shocked you did not dry to a crisp.
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[ Yes Choromatsu it's called normal ass non-Ryslig mers ]
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[Honestly, even having known mermaids- having his own brother be one- Karamatsu doesn't know a whole lot about them, in or out of fiction. He shakes his head a little, starting to walk back towards the shore's edge proper with Choromatsu.]
Choromatsu, how did this happen? What do you remember? Did you ask Mana for something...?
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I just woke up like this underwater. I thought maybe someone else had asked her to change me or something...
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[Karamatsu goes silent, staring hard at the water as he wades into the shallows up to his knees.]
That is strange. I woke up in a jungle...back a bit away from here. No place I recognize.
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...Have you seen the others?
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[He exhales, slowly sinking to sit in the water with Choromatsu laying across his lap.]
You are the first I have come across. I am hoping that if we somehow wandered far from Bavan and ended up here, they are still back at the house.
[Well...those that remain, anyway.]
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[ He lets himself relax in the water, not let moving to leave Karamatsu's lap and swim off. It's nice... it feels like when you finally get to drink water after having a parched throat or taking a nap after crankily trying to deny yourself one for hours. ]
...I thought if I swam to shore I'd be back on the peninsula and could just head back to Bavan on my own. Catch a bus or something. But showing up here, I...
I can't even see it on the horizon. I can't see anything but this island.
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[...but that can't be, can it? As crazy as things have gotten, if they're still...well. Monsters like this, then they have to be in Ryslig still, somewhere.
Right?]
Perhaps this is...some sort of illusion cast upon us by the gods. To make it seem like we are isolated on an island, non?
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Well, I definitely wouldn't put that past them. Either of them...
[ Even he knows the Fourth has been pretty shitty ]
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[The Faerie murmurs, watching the water as it laps over his legs, his feet sunk into the sand.]
...we are going to have to look for the others. At this point, I do not know who else could be out there.
[His antennae droop a bit.]
You yourself had been missing for quite some time.
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...Eh?
[ he what ]
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You...you left. Like Jyushimatsu, and Todomatsu.
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I did? B-But I was just at home a second ago...!
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You've...been gone for a few months by now. That is how much time has passed from my perspective, anyway.
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[ he looks away ]
Come to think of it, I did feel like I was dreaming for an awful long time...
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So it just...feels like nothing happened, then? You don't remember going home, or anything?
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[ He holds his head for a moment ]
Or... maybe? I'm not sure... it feels like I went to bed in Bavan just last night but..
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[He starts, but then stops and shakes his head.]
Never mind. All that matters is that you are safe.
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...sorry.
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