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phantasmods) wrote in phantasmemes2018-08-30 11:52 pm
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TEST DRIVE 006
Hello and welcome to Phantasmal Rift's Test Drive Meme!
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 Telovia Mines, an extremely abandoned magical crystal mine and the town and infrastructure that one supported it. The tunnels are in reasonably good condition and would be reasonably navigable... Except for one thing.
ONE MINOR THING
The magical effects of the Fissure cause those within it to lose something when they arrive - for most people, it's a sense such as touch or hearing, but it's also possible to lose a more esoteric sense (such as your sense of balance or temperature, but NOT things like "sense of morals" or "sense of style"), the ability to speak, or the ability to recognize faces. As a general guideline, whatever characters lose should be non-supernatural in nature, and something they would have taken for granted as a part of their ability to function.
ODDS AND ENDS
Just because the mines are empty of people doesn't mean that they've gone still. While for the most part, the carts full of crystals remain in one place, the huge amount of magic has left more than a few of the miners' abandoned tools still going through their motions. Rusted pickaxes swing at the walls, and dead lanterns swing from the ceiling. Crystals occasionally free themselves from shards of rock to pile into bins, which then empty into already-overflowing mine carts.
As long as you leave them to their jobs, everything will be fine. If you try to stop the tools (and it is the tools themselves, for anyone who might be looking for ghosts) from doing their jobs, they'll chase you down until you leave their general vicinity.
Of course, the eternally working tools don't care much about the structural integrity of the mine tunnels...
THEY ALL PILE UP
...And so, inevitably, there are cave-ins.
Most of them are fairly minor, and you can see them (well, if you can see) enough to just work around them. Some of them are big enough that you're going to have to dig through them first, if you can.
And then there's the handful that block passages entirely. But don't panic! The tunnels are designed around the possibility of this happening - rather than coming to an end, the majority of them loop back around to the main arteries of the mine.
E... ventually...
But you and whoever is stuck with you on this side of the cave-in might be wandering for quite a while before you get there. Hopefully one of you still has a sense of direction, assuming either of you ever had one in the first place.
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 Telovia Mines, an extremely abandoned magical crystal mine and the town and infrastructure that one supported it. The tunnels are in reasonably good condition and would be reasonably navigable... Except for one thing.
ONE MINOR THING
The magical effects of the Fissure cause those within it to lose something when they arrive - for most people, it's a sense such as touch or hearing, but it's also possible to lose a more esoteric sense (such as your sense of balance or temperature, but NOT things like "sense of morals" or "sense of style"), the ability to speak, or the ability to recognize faces. As a general guideline, whatever characters lose should be non-supernatural in nature, and something they would have taken for granted as a part of their ability to function.
ODDS AND ENDS
Just because the mines are empty of people doesn't mean that they've gone still. While for the most part, the carts full of crystals remain in one place, the huge amount of magic has left more than a few of the miners' abandoned tools still going through their motions. Rusted pickaxes swing at the walls, and dead lanterns swing from the ceiling. Crystals occasionally free themselves from shards of rock to pile into bins, which then empty into already-overflowing mine carts.
As long as you leave them to their jobs, everything will be fine. If you try to stop the tools (and it is the tools themselves, for anyone who might be looking for ghosts) from doing their jobs, they'll chase you down until you leave their general vicinity.
Of course, the eternally working tools don't care much about the structural integrity of the mine tunnels...
THEY ALL PILE UP
...And so, inevitably, there are cave-ins.
Most of them are fairly minor, and you can see them (well, if you can see) enough to just work around them. Some of them are big enough that you're going to have to dig through them first, if you can.
And then there's the handful that block passages entirely. But don't panic! The tunnels are designed around the possibility of this happening - rather than coming to an end, the majority of them loop back around to the main arteries of the mine.
E... ventually...
But you and whoever is stuck with you on this side of the cave-in might be wandering for quite a while before you get there. Hopefully one of you still has a sense of direction, assuming either of you ever had one in the first place.
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...puppy?
He stares for a moment, a certain despair in his eyes.
Then, he slowly shakes his head. He hadn't done anything of the sort, unless...
She couldn't see his spark, could she?!]
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[She's. She's gonna put her hand on his head and try to scratch his ears....]
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What are you doing.
Human, no-
He opens his mouth to protest, but he can't even so much as growl. He winces, ears flattened, bracing for the inevitable.]
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SHE'S SCRATCHING THOSE EARS NOW]
Aww, good doggy! Wolfy. Good wolfy? Cute puppy!
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Actually, that's not...entirely unpleasant. It's bearable. He could survive a few minutes more of this.
He leans in, just a little. It's not on purpose. He just slipped, or something. His tail is just twitching because of impatience. Obviously.]
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well, that means she's going to use both hands to give scritches.]
Aww, who's a good wolfy?
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And yet, he just kind of...sinks to the ground, tail wagging. He has no idea what this body is doing and he doesn't understand what this soothing feeling is and why 2,000 years of tension have just left his muscles.
He'll just avoid this girl whenever they get back to the station, forever. It's fine. It's fine.]
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But really, what is that treasure in you... I wanna see whatever it is.
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That's...ominous. She's not going to cut him open, is she?
...Well, he's been around Tarantulas. Those types are out there.
He tries to wrench himself free from the pets, just to take a step back.]
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[She sighs.]
Huh? What's wrong, wolfy?
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He gives a moment of thought of how to communicate the issue.
Maybe he could...no, that'd be far too embarrassing. But...wasn't he past that point already?
With an inaudible sigh, he sits and raises a paw, pointing at his chest. Then, he shakes his head.
This is...stupid.]
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Oh. She holds out her hand.]
I get it! Shake!
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Absolutely not.]
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[she pouts.... she wanted to shake, too.]
I don't get it, then.
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With a resigned huff, he tries again. He mimes coughing out something, then shakes his head.
He looks desperately at Enna, hoping she'll finally get it.]
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[She pauses.]
Are you sick? I don't know how to find a doctor... Do any of the Stars have that kind of power?
[... so. no. but she's at least trying to be helpful?]
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Carnivac sinks to lying on his front, face buried under his paws.
He's done.]
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the sickness must be really bad for you to suddenly fall over and cover your face!]
Ah, oh no... It's okay, wolfy! I'll, caw, I'll figure something out! Maybe Lupus can help? Yeah, you're a wolf, it's a wolf, Lupus can do something, I'm sure! So stay strong, okay? Please be okay...
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