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TEST DIVE #3








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A: There’s a Storm on the Horizon
A brainstorm. On advice about the ingenuity of multi person parties, and from admitted lack of understanding of many needs of organics, URSULA has selected you and a partner (or partners) to go to one of the observatories with food, beds, and recording devices to have a jam session for ideas about missions.

You are not to leave the room until you have some good ones. So get cracking! Start suggesting to one another what the base needs to do.

Or get horribly, horribly sidetracked and possibly a little crazy at being locked up together with the ocean staring at you. Judging.

B: The Abysmal Sea
You’re stranded.

One of the planet’s troublesome signal-interfering pulses has just made your communication devices 100% nonfunctional. No matter how you try to call URSULA for help, she isn’t able to respond. The database strapped to your wrist is just a useless chunk of metal now, leaving you without a useful library of knowledge to survive off. If you were driving any underwater vehicle prior to this point, it’s broken down. And unless you’re a mechanic, it’ll be pretty hard to get it jumpstarted again.

Don’t fret! The communication systems always come online eventually, so if you stay put, it’ll boot back up and give you directions straight back to base so you can finally get home. But can you really afford to stay put? The sunlight’s slowly streaming out of the sky, leaving the waters darker and darker with each passing second. Soon, you won’t be able to see five feet in front of you, and the only warning you’ll get of any approaching threat is through sound, if they even make any.

You have a few choices: take a daring risk and try swimming back to base, but on the off-chance you don’t remember the directions correctly from before you were cut off, you’re going to get even more lost, in the darkness of the night no less. Or, you could huddle in, with any friends if they were unfortunate enough to be with you, and start focusing on getting warm. Because spending the night out here in the vast oceans with the entire world against you is becoming a very, very real possibility.

C: Test Drive Test Dives
The Robotics section of the laboratory needs your help! Whether you were a poor sap who got dragged into it or love working on robots, this is your time to shine!

A few suits need testing to get the kinks out of them. And you know, figure out how they work in general. So be a dear and get in one so the others can watch you flail around and discover how it works.

If you're not into being a crash test dummy, you can help do repair work, analyze blueprints of various underwater vehicles, bring in scrap metal to work with or maybe just try painting the Seamoth neon pink.

D: Camping Trip
Floater Island is the only real land around so even if it's a longer trip, it's nice to volunteer for an overnight mission there sometimes. Who doesn't want to camp out under the stars when you've been living under the sea this whole time? Attempt to make s'mores out of plants and that chocolate bar you have left! Play with Birdogs! Go for a swim in the lake! Try very hard to get some sort of emotional response from a Light Frog!

Well, sure, you're here on a mission but it's okay to goof off and enjoy yourselves with some campfire stories and freshly cooked Chomper kebobs sometimes. Just grab a few samples from the abandoned farm at least so it looks like you actually worked.

E: THE AURORA
Quiet except for the creaks and rumbles as the ship settles and shifts, the sound of Reapers screaming in the distance every so often, the Aurora is a creepy place to visit for a mission. The remains of those crew members not buried, and the belongings of many others, still litter the ship's halls. It might be nice to remove any skeletons you find.

Of course, their misfortune is your opportunity to catch up on some reading, browse whatever video games they left, get medical supplies and enjoy the comforts they no longer need.

But is it possible the Aurora is haunted? Surely not. Except sometimes you might hear voices from far away. It might just be the people you came on board with, unless they're with you. Or it might be a Cave Crawler knocking over some recording device. You're not too scared to check, right?

F: Farmville
Time to tend to the crops! That's right, the underwater farm needs your help. Some trees and plants rest on the seabed under protective covers that allow them to grow their leaves and fruits while the roots firmly keep them in the sand. Harvest some apples, more apples, oranges, strawberries and other delicious produce that sounds much, much better than a regular diet of fish.

And once you've helped get a basket full of crops for the base, it's time to cook them! But what are you going to make? Apple stuffed fish? Orange stuffed fish? Nah, get creative with what you have! Everyone is counting on you for dinner!


BASED ON CODE BY TESSISAMESS AND SUPERSUITS


sniptuck: (pic#10119846)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-26 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ in all honesty, the amount that hajime cares about what people ordered her to do can be counted on no hands. because she does not care.

she does play along though. ]


Quick, think of something clever so we can trick them into thinking we're being good!
Edited 2016-07-26 21:59 (UTC)
scytheology: (the cool kids)

[personal profile] scytheology 2016-07-27 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Ruby at least kinda cares. she doesn't want to be stuck down here forever or anything. she knows how these things go (or at least she wants to think she does).]

Uhhh... so we come up with... the thing, so we can do, uh, the other thing! [she quickly clears her throat, and then,] You know, the... deep aquatic rehabilitation proliferation effort that I totally mentioned earlier and did not just make up right now!

[she's basically just using all the big words she can think of in an effort to sound ~educated~.]

[personal profile] undyning 2016-07-27 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
And a fight room!

[ Undyne slams her fists up and down on the picnic table and cackles excitedly. Does this actually mean she wants a room where she can just fight people? Probably. ]

A gym and a track might be nice too? Yeah! We should make all these things. Let's do it! Right now!
Edited 2016-07-27 10:38 (UTC)

[personal profile] undyning 2016-07-27 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that?

[ Undyne snaps her fingers and the spears lose their shape, turning into water and falling to the fires spread out across the ground. It's no big deal, human bro. See? ]

Haha! What's a little scalding via third degree burns between friends?
Edited 2016-07-27 11:04 (UTC)
sniptuck: (pic#10119845)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-27 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh huh, huh huh! That would definitely help with our team's research. You're so smart, Ruby.

[ she actually sounds genuine when she says that, since she... is. ruby seems very smart to her and nice. ]
sniptuck: (pic#6915913)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-27 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Right now as in right now? We're eating marshmallows right now.

[ she takes a piece of marshmallow off the spear and sticks it in her mouth. ]
scytheology: (and she said)

[personal profile] scytheology 2016-07-27 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[... which Ruby does not expect! usually when people who aren't her friends say something like that, they're making fun of her...]

Me? Smart?
sniptuck: (pic#6915997)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-27 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh huh. And you seem to be very hard working, too. It's very admirable!

[ again, since completely sincerely. ]
scytheology: (i wish that i could be like the cool kid)

oh gosh i'm sorry i missed this! i'm totally cool still threading even if i'm already in the game ha

[personal profile] scytheology 2016-07-28 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[at first, Ruby's only verbal reply is a groan, though it's not exactly one of pain or suffering. it's mostly annoyance, if anything. for someone who doesn't usually wear armor in combat, the lack of sufficient coverage doesn't bother her; it doesn't even really cross her mind, to be honest.

when she flops over to face Undyne, she whines,]

I wanna go hooooome.
scytheology: (they seem to fit in)

[personal profile] scytheology 2016-07-28 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Hajime stop you're making her blush!!]

I try to be hardworking, but smart's a new one.

[yeah she's gonna be stuck on that one for a while.]
sniptuck: (pic#10119934)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-28 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
People can have a very narrow view on what's smart or not! It doesn't have to just be like this it can be that too.

[ she doesn't expand on what this or that even means. ] I can see why they thought you'd be a good choice to come up with something.

psssh, you're fine! <3

[personal profile] undyning 2016-07-28 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Undyne looks down at the girl with one narrowed eye, her arms crossing across her chest. Is that whining she hears? Okay but like, she totally feels you about the wanting to go home thing, but this is unacceptable! There will be no quitters on Team Undyne. ]

Only idiots who are weak and stupid lay down and whine that they want to go home!

GET UP.

[ That's not a suggestion, in case it wasn't painfully obvious (even to someone as hard-headed as Undyne). ]

[personal profile] undyning 2016-07-28 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, huh?

[ And besides, they probably don't even have the necessary building materials for so much with such short notice. They'll just have to go salvaging more often! Yeah! Undyne mentally adds that to her daily to-do list. ]

My bad. Please, continue.
sniptuck: (pic#6915901)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-28 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
We'll totally add it on our to-do list though! I'm sure a lot of people would love to have that sort of thing on hand. It can be pretty inconvenient to always have to go outside when you want to train, especially if the water is bad.

[ they said hurricane season is approaching, right? ]
sniptuck: (pic#10120034)

d

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-28 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ hajime's opinions on the base differs from freya's. it's not that she loves it, exactly, but she likes the people and every day brings something different (if sometimes a little ridiculous? everyone here is so ridiculous and it's great?).

she's walking by, holding a few snacks, when she spots freya. hajime hands the supplies over to some other crew member before heading on over to the other girl. ]


It is, isn't it?! Everyone seems to be having a good time!
luckyescape: (Laughing.)

d

[personal profile] luckyescape 2016-07-28 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Freya looks up from where she's sitting, her head cranes back while her palms catch behind her keeping her torso raised. A warm grin touches her lips when her stormy gray eyes spot the girl moving towards her.]

A change in scenery is nice.

[Says the girl who chronically travels around the globe.]

Join me, fires are more fun with friends.

[Freya sits back up, waving to the empty space next to her. She might go ninja some marshmallows and really get this party started. 26 and the thrill of burnt sugar has yet to disappoint.]
sniptuck: (pic#10119845)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-28 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ hajime happily settles down next to her, crossing her legs as she gets comfortable. ]

We spend so much time underwater here that we keep missing out on how pretty everything is! [ hajime points up at the sky. there are definitely a lot more stars visible here than there are back on earth. and while hajime definitely enjoys city life, this is very nice. ]
luckyescape: (Laughing)

[personal profile] luckyescape 2016-07-28 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Freya's gaze turns up towards the stars, following the direction of the girls finger. Her smile widens and she inhales a breath of cool air.]

You aren't used to stars are you? [She can tell simply by hearing the awe in the girl's tone.] I've been to the top of mountains and the view isn't unlike this.

[Though that'd been on earth.]
scytheology: (they seem to fit in)

[personal profile] scytheology 2016-07-28 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, you're flattering me...

[she's doing the true shounen-esque protag thing of looking down at the floor and rubbing the back of her head. it doesn't even cross her mind to ask what the heck Hajime means by that, because she is so preoccupied by the praise.]
sniptuck: (pic#8145651)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-28 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It's nice that the planet is like this all over, right? I hope we don't intrude too much being here.

[ although everyone seems to be doing their best not to disrupt the ecosystem? they can't really speak about anyone who had been here before them though, unfortunately. ]
sniptuck: (Default)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-28 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not flattery if I mean it!

[ hajime sits up so she can properly look at ruby now. ] I'm sure we'll definitely come up with something URSULA-chan will like.
luckyescape: (Looking down)

[personal profile] luckyescape 2016-07-29 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
I think being here is technically an intrusion.

[Freya's thoughts about the circle of life and the nature are a little skew. She lightly paws at the ground with her fingers, drawing invisible shapes in the ground.]

I guess we'll see.
scytheology: ('cause all the cool kids)

[personal profile] scytheology 2016-07-29 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Ruby could continue being embarrassed by Hajime's honest praise, but...]

What's the -chan for?

[she asks the Important Questions.]
sniptuck: (pic#6915971)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-29 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
We can't really do much about that though. It's not like we can just leave.

[ they have no ship. so the best they can do is try to keep everything as undamaged as they can while they stay on this foreign planet. ]
sniptuck: (Default)

[personal profile] sniptuck 2016-07-29 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It's an honorific! It sounds cute, right?

[ that does not explain what it is at all. ]

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