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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: (ain't that something)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-29 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't say often...
moonlightglory: (...)

[personal profile] moonlightglory 2018-05-29 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
So just the twice, then. What was the other one?
motherfucking_ghost: (a: man my missions really suck)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-29 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I mean, there was being in a robot body! But that was more deliberate. And then there was showing up somewhere in a flesh body that didn't exist before. And now I'm a mermaid.
moonlightglory: (What are you talking about)

[personal profile] moonlightglory 2018-05-29 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a hell of a life. So you're orginally what, an AI?
motherfucking_ghost: (a: I'm a motherfuckin ghost)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-29 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
...Y'know, most people don't pick up on that that quickly. Or uh. At all. But yeah.
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[personal profile] moonlightglory 2018-05-29 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if your first body was a robot body, I don't see how else that could work. So, either you're lying or Maddie was telling the truth about the whole parallel worlds thing, because AIs are definitely science fiction where I'm from.
motherfucking_ghost: (a: I'm a motherfuckin ghost)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-29 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh, my first body was debatable, but the first body I remember having died, and then I ended up in a robot body, and it's complicated. AI are very much a thing where I'm from. Not always a good thing.
moonlightglory: (What are you talking about)

[personal profile] moonlightglory 2018-05-29 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
What, are killer AIs trying to enslave mankind or something? [You know, like in that really old movie, Terminator.]
motherfucking_ghost: (really shouldn't add to my confusion)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-05-29 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Not...quite to that level. I mean, oof, some of the original experiments in AI didn't go super well but a lot of that is also hush hush military secrets, so like...

It's kind of more an existential crisis of morality sort of thing, and legal loopholes.

And also the ones that go crazy and murder people, yes.