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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?
byhalves: (pic#12194946)

[personal profile] byhalves 2018-05-27 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[This is a level of enthusiasm he would not have predicted.]

Uh-

[He looks down, blinking. He's...he's still got his shirt on? It's just a simple t-shirt with a cardigan threw over it.]

No?

[Really, the fact she can breathe underwater as a normal-looking human is less strange than the mermaids running around everywhere. Quirks are incredible.]
nonono7: (so tell me darling)

[personal profile] nonono7 2018-05-27 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
And you could still make all this ice!? Wow! Amazing! Super amazing! That's so cool!

[ She's still got her face pressed up against the ice, shouting around it as she does. But now she starts swimming... face.... sliding across the ice.... until she gets around to the side and can start just swimming toward Todoroki like a normal fucking human being. ]

How did you do it!?
byhalves: (pic#12194942)

[personal profile] byhalves 2018-05-27 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah?

[He's...He's not sure how to follow this conversation! The topless thing is still kind of completely over his head.]

It's just my quirk.

[You know, quirks. Everyone's got one!]
nonono7: (grooooovin' magic)

[personal profile] nonono7 2018-05-27 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
A quirk!?!?! [ NONO IS GETTING ALL UP IN TODOROKI'S FACE NOW. SHE LOOKS. SO EXCITED. ] Is that like a superpower!?

THAT'S SO COOL!

[ With her all up this close, Todoroki might also notice that her pupils are shaped like four-pointed stars, which is weird, but probably not super weird as far as quirks go? Except she apparently doesn't really know what a quirk is so ]
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[personal profile] byhalves 2018-06-03 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. [That's - that's really close. Maybe a little bit too close??] Mostly, anyways.

[He's pretty sure there needs to be something super to make it a superpower, but compared to someone who's quirkless it's...probably pretty super??

Not that he knows anyone who was born quirkless to make that comparison.]


Don't you...have one yourself?
nonono7: (i'm startin' to lose my mind)

[personal profile] nonono7 2018-06-08 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not. It looks really cool. [ She didn't mean that as a pun, I swear. ]

But Nono can't complain, for she is a Buster Machine, which is also cool.