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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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But she's absolutely just going to pick up the both of them and start walking up the tunnel.]
I wonder if I could just blast a hole out of the mine...
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[ Hibiki has a headache now. And not just from colliding with Ando. Who is silent, perhaps in solitary despair in having been unable to save Hibiki-sama. ]
When we're out of this, stay back from me.
[ One never knows. Idiocy might be contagious, and Hibiki is fairly sure she's not the idiot here.
She doesn't realize one side of her cutphones has come knocked off her ear, though. ]
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[She shrugs, which... might not be comfortable for the people she's carrying. At least this one is unintentional.]
Gladly. Who are you, anyway?
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[ Hibiki slams her mouth shut as a few crystals in the ceiling wobble. Very well. Even enlightening you as to her drive and her will - the will to Revolution - would have no effect. On that point, for the sake of temporary safety, she shall remain silent.
Introducing herself, however, Hibiki can do. She snorts. ] My name is Shikyoin Hibiki. The goat is Ando.
[ Ando does not seem to mind being called a goat. And Hibiki does not appear to be facetious. Both of them may have forgotten something important. ]
Ask for such niceties before you manhandle people.
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[She shrugs.]
Name's not important. Just dunno how else to recognize you to stay away. I don't like you either. You act like a snob and it's annoying.
[She had been talking about herself with the weak-willed bit- Hibiki had called her obstinate, and she agreed, because in her mind, her stubbornness was a good thing.]
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[ Hibiki occasionally, shall we say, jumps to conclusions.
She also doesn't have much to say in retort to that - nay, she daren't dignify it with a response. So she heaves as suffering a sigh as she can in her current position, resigning herself to a much more absurd case of "someone doing everything for her" than she would like.
But this does not mean she is not still in control of the situation. ]
And? How much further until the surface?
[ Ando was not kidding about the whole constitution-sensitive-to-stupidity thing. Merely being in this position is giving her a stomachache. ]
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[now she's pouting.]
I mean, I could blast my way to the surface with a mountain, but I don't wanna. That would be bad. So you're gonna have to deal with it.
I can let you down if you're willing to act reasonable.
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[ This probably means she'll cooperate. Probably.
Ando nods, and clasps his hooves in an entreating gesture. Please! Please, save Hibiki-sama from this dire fate! ]
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She just sort of. Unceremoniously drops them. ]
... You're as bad as those people on Draco. Stop looking down on people.
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My worth is infinite. There's more shame in refusing to admit the obvious than accepting it.
[ Hint hint. ]
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[She lifts her hand to flick Hibiki in the forehead again.]
I hate people like that. People who think their dignity is more important than their safety, and look down on other people for it.
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WHY MUST INDIGNITIES RAIN UPON IT
To keep one of said headaches from sprouting, Hibiki averts her eyes. Fine. So be it. There are some people whose limitations simply cannot be helped. In that case, the highest-quality decision is - ]
....Let's just exit this cave quickly.
[ - to stop conversing and start trying to take the lead position on their journey. But at least she's headed the right way this time. ]
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[She grumbles, but. At least she's walking? And heading in the right direction, even.
That said, now that she's got her hands free again, she's drawing both of her daggers, just in case something happens.]
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Ando, meanwhile, nearly walks into another wall - but then figures his best ploy is to stop trusting his own sense of direction and follow Hibiki-sama's back. This is more appropriate for a butler and maa-nager, as well. ]
There's no end to this....
[ Mused to herself. Who is there to speak with, here? Her new acquaintance is an idiot, and Ando is a goat. ]
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not wrong, but rude]
It can't be too long. See, there's no branching paths anymore, so we're probably getting close.
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[ Such trivialities are Ando's concern. And he does look impressed with this deduction. If ever he and Hibiki-sama become entrapped by a subterranean labyrinth again, he will be able to be of more use to her now....!! ]
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[Enna is not a spiteful person. But she does tend to believe what others say... Which means even though there's something relevant to say, Hibiki doesn't want to hear it, so she'll keep quiet.]
The exit is close. I can see some light up ahead, but...
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[ Hibiki relaxes. Now that it's come to this, safety is inevitable!
She walks boldly towards the light. ] The sun surely shines on our triumphant escape.
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[Well, the good news is, it is in fact a mine exit.
The bad news is, it's coming out of the mountain side, so it's... Kind of a very sheer and steep path! Incredibly perilous-looking.]
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[ SUNLIGHT. Darkness depresses Hibiki, so she's focused on that to the extent of all else. She raises her head to greet the welcoming rays, accepting the cup of tea Ando has just handed her in anticipation of her being able to taste it again. ] Now, to the dawning of --
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[ Looks like she found the exit! By nearly walking off the edge!
This teacup is going to be falling for a very long time..... ]
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[she's helping? she's helping!]
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[ Hibiki vibrates in place, teeth clenching. Part of her dashing and cool aesthetic is to always carry a rope which she can use to swing around on high places, but she needs something even higher up on which to affix it! A cliff with nothing but sky is less than useless!
IF ONLY THERE WERE AN ALTERNATE USE FOR SUCH A TOOL! ]
Curse this......
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[she says this like it's no big deal, but. she did already start flying for a bit in the tunnel, after all!]
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We'll make our own way. ANDO!
[ "Much obliged, Hibiki-sama!"
Hibiki then proceeds to tuck Ando under one arm (Ando bending over to accommodate this, as he is taller), affix her rope to the side of the cliff, and - in a fit of inspiration caused mostly by pique - hop off, carrying her "goat".
Said rope came out of her sleeve, has apparently no length limit, and is also purple and sparkly. The aesthetic must be maintained. ]
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i had to make a new icon for this
oh my god i'm laughing so hard
it was an honor to create an icon for this thread
omg i am happy to hear you say that. i am loving this absurdity.
same here!
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enna has hit the sparkle factory jackpot (you should see hibiki flirt)
she'll just abduct hibiki entirely and demand she makes more sparkles tbh
you're going about this wrong, enna. flatter hibiki, and the sparkles never end!
yeah but then she has to listen to hibiki
who wouldn't want this all day every day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miYVdxrz5go