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Phantasmal Rift Mods ([personal profile] phantasmods) wrote in [community profile] 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.
biddentodance: (Save your breath,it's far from over)

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[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Fuuka can't hear her, and neither can this guy, actually. Whoops. But he does see the glow of an MP3 player, immediately piquing his interest. The fact she's a totally new face turns the double-take into a triple-take.

And the emblem on her uniform gets an outright stare.]

Gekkoukan...?
fullmoonfool: (???)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Hearing the name of her school gets her to turn around, seeing the strange and blinking. He's not someone she recognises from school, nor is he in the uniform, so maybe he just knows the school?]

That's the school I go to, yeah. Do you know how to get there from here?

[Getting back to the dorms would be easy enough from there]
biddentodance: (All is lost again)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, shoot. She's talking.]

Sorry, can't hear. Need to type on a phone or something. [...Does she have one on her, he has his, it. This is inconvenient. He does notice she has the same kind of headphones and MP3 player as him. Same model, but red instead of blue.]
fullmoonfool: (Watching)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. That's. Inconvenient?

She does, luckily, have her phone on her! So she pulls it out, flicking it open and starting to type, before turning it around to show Minato]


Sorry! Gekkoukan is the school I go to. Do you know how to get there from here? I'm a little lost.
biddentodance: (All is lost again)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[...Ah. Yep. Newcomer...but??? He's never seen her????]

You can't. Kind of hard to explain, different world completely. Never seen you around school...transfer student?

[...Should he...head back to basecamp with her or something, he doesn't. Want her to have to type out everything just because of the stupid Fissure.]
fullmoonfool: (???)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[A different world? She kind of just. Blinks at him for a little bit. She needs a moment to process that.

Then she types again]
I transferred earlier in the year, in April.

[Yeah the world thing is still processing, she's not. Entirely sure how much to believe that. What is going on?]
biddentodance: (Watch the end through dying eyes)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
...Can go somewhere I can hear, if it makes this easier. Function of the world - stuff from a lot of different worlds turns up in areas that do weird things like turn you into a fish or take away a sense.

[It sure sounds weird, but he says it so seriously....]

...Transferred in in April, too. 2-F. [...Others here are from 2016.] 2009. Time's weird here too.
fullmoonfool: (???)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He's getting a bit of a "are you crazy" stare at first, that then changes into an actual confused look. Okay if this is real, the being able to hear thing might be useful, because Minako is so confused and typing is hard when you're confused]

It might be easier if we can, then. Since that's also the class I'm in...same year too.

[This Is Weird. Minako has a lot of courage but this is weirding her out]
biddentodance: (Now the dark is taking over)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
...Can't be right. [No way. He'd- He'd definitely have seen her. He's not so uncaring that his classmates are just faceless background information anymore.]

Camp's this way. [...More or less this way. Times like this, he really misses Fuuka's navigation, but at least the tunnels stay put. He starts walking, hands in pockets.

...When they actually get back to camp he's going to need a few minutes to sort out ohgodthesounds. He will never take the sound of his own breathing for granted again.]
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[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[She just. Shrugs. She doesn't know either, because she definitely knew her classmates, and she's never seen this guy before. So she follows, trying to ignore the confusion and unhappiness of her thoughts by listening to her music.

When they get to the camp, she blinks and then glances at her hands]
Oh... [Speaking of things she hadn't realised, her sense of touch returns and now it's definitely a little overbearing. She tries to rub them together gently, watching Minato. If he couldn't hear, then it must be kind of similar]
biddentodance: (I will not fall. I will not fade.)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[If the fact he looks like he has the world's worst headache right now is any indication... The overstimulation is dizzying. Just. Just give him a minute. Just to get past the worst of it. He can push through the rest.

Notably, there's a silver pistol in the holster around his waist.]

That's better. [For a certain definition of better.] So... Toriumi-sensei's class?
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[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Minako takes the time to look around the camp, moving her headphones to around her neck, before returning her attention to the stranger. Now that they're out of the darkness, there's definitely some oddities about him. The gun in particular gets a glance, and she subconsciously checks that she still has her own Evoker.

At the question, she nods]
Mhmm, that's right.

[For the moment, she's pretty okay with just letting him explain or ask questions. She's still too confused]
biddentodance: (Now the dark is taking over)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He follows her motion to her....gun...

He freezes. No way. He's met both Akiras. This girl looks nothing like him, though. But...wouldn't that explain why they've never seen one another, despite being in the same class? Well, she already probably thinks he's nuts. She's probably right.]

Weird question. How many hours are there in a day?
fullmoonfool: (Thinking)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[That's a question that gets her to look at him closely. Another glance at his gun, then at him. Normally she'd be hesitant to say anything about the Dark Hour, but this...

This is very much not normal]


...twenty-five. Though most people don't remember the last hour.
biddentodance: (Now the dark is taking over)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
...So that is an Evoker.

[He thought that might get her. Hell, he's got his own. No reason to assume, but...god. This is weird. He needs a nap. He...doesn't think she could be part of Strega...

He doesn't know if he actually wants an answer.]

Wild Card?
fullmoonfool: (???)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[This is getting weirder by the minute. She nods at the mention of the Evoker, then blinks at the mention of the Wild Card. How? Not even her team mates had known what her ability was called]

...yeah. I can use multiple Persona. How do you know all this?

[Could he be one too? But then the class and the year...it doesn't make sense]
biddentodance: (Now the dark is taking over)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
'Cause I can too. Velvet Room, Igor, Elizabeth, contract, all of it.

[No. No. No, he doesn't want this to be like Akira and Akira. That would mean....she has that dangerous Persona, too, right...?]
fullmoonfool: (Looking back)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
You've been to the Velvet Room too...I don't know who Elizabeth is, but...

[She's reeling a little, staring at nothing for a long moment. What was this? How was this possible?]

This is impossible...I was the only one who could use more than one, and I've never seen you before...

[Minako is generally pretty chill, but this is really weirding her out to the point she can't. After everything else, now this?]
biddentodance: (Open your eyes-- Fall!)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
...I think....our existences must be mutually exclusive.

[She doesn't know Elizabeth, that's noted and filed away as not immediately important. Right now...right now what's important is figuring this business out. They're probably- what, the same person? Sort of?]

Like those movies with two dimensions where everything's the same except one thing went differently. Only lower key. [those usually involve a different country winning a war or something, thus changing history significantly enough that present-day culture is different.]
fullmoonfool: (Thinking)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Mutually exclusive existences...

[She remembers those kinds of movies. One small change and suddenly there were two parallel worlds, nearly identical but for that change]

...I guess that might make sense. To think that there'd be another world that's almost the same though... [That's sad. Too sad. Sad enough that she immediately deflects from it and sends the thought process to the other end of the spectrum] There might be two of all my friends. That's...well, exciting to think about, but I also don't know if I could handle the idea of there being two of Junpei-kun.
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biddentodance: (I will not bow. I will not break.)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Two of Junpei-kun and Yukari-chan would be even more bickering...

[More importantly, and this he says with some mild excitement.]

Two of Ikutsuki-san would mean the puns never end. [He. Loves puns.]
fullmoonfool: (Looking back)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[She winces at the idea of two Junpeis and two Yukaris] They would never stop...at least if there was two of both of them, maybe there being two Mitsuru-senpais would be able to handle it.

[As for that...she blinks, feeling cold for a second. Ikutsuki...was he...did he not know? Or were they maybe different in the different worlds?]

Y-yeah. They'd probably bounce off one another a lot...
biddentodance: (But I'm not giving in)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
...It'd be pretty lively, if the dorm had two of everyone... [His...heart does something....? An unidentifiable feeling. It would be nice, wouldn't it? Almost like...a...]

Two of Akihiko-senpai might be the rowdiest of all. [Protein. And constant boxing. And a feedback loop of training addiction.]
fullmoonfool: (Happy)

[personal profile] fullmoonfool 2018-09-11 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
I can just imagine two of Akihiko-senpai...they'd be training together constantly. Or fighting. Or both. [She can't help but laugh at the thought]

I think it might be good for Ken-kun, if there were two of him. He'd have someone to talk to about all the things he's interested in.
biddentodance: (But I'm not giving in)

[personal profile] biddentodance 2018-09-11 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Shinjiro-senpai would hate it. Both of him, I guess. [It's amusing, though. To think about what everyone would be like, meeting their double. ....Two of Aigis would be weird. Two of Koromaru would be the best damn thing ever.]

Yeah....he's kind of distant. Probably be good to have someone else his age around.

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