fishesoutofwater | TEST DIVE #3

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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

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A: THERE’S A STORM ON THE HORIZON

[Freya manages to remain sitting for the first hour but soon enough she's standing and pacing around the small room. Her eyes flick to the ocean outside when a hint of movement teases her peripherals. She paces the length of the glass, turns at the door, circles the room, turns at the door and repeats. All the while walking around those who are trapped with her.

Someone might want to stop her before she wears a hole in the floor. She doesn't do well in confined spaces like this, the base is bad enough without being stuck in a bubble.

She feels an itch beneath her skin to run, her thin fingers pulling at the hem of her sleeves.]

D: CAMPING TRIP

[Freya doesn't like the base, she doesn't like being here or anything about anything that's going on. She takes every opportunity to volunteer for missions that take place out on the floating islands where she might catch a glimpse of the sky. It comes as a comfort even if two moons were unusual.

She tastes the fresh air and feels the brush of the wind against her cheek as she looks up towards the night sky. She stretches out next to the fire, contemplating shifting if only to feel the freedom that comes along with the change.

There is a smile on her lips as she watches cinders rise up from the flames and disappear into the air as they cool.]

Best. Night. Ever.

F: FARMVILLE

[As skilled as Freya is there are basic domestic tasks she fails at. One is cooking and another is farming. Why someone thought she should help with this is beyond her. By nature she's a hunter and she can stomach most things raw which isn't ideal but it involves less effort and no skill.

She's always been very practical.]

I don't think I can peel this.

[Freya holds out a potato to the person standing next to her right. She's going to find a way to stab herself which isn't bad except that it'll hurt.]

[ Bucky was pretty quick at picking up on new things, so he never really minded helping out or filling in on various tasks when others weren't available or it seemed like a job he could do well enough.

He looked up from what he'd been doing -- the same thing as Freya, incidentally -- and quirked an eyebrow. Who didn't know how to peel a potato? Well, besides her apparently. ]

I think you probably can. [ He chuckled lightly. ] It isn't all that hard if you start slow and keep a steady grip. Want me to teach you?

[She wants him to peel it but since that isn't one of the options listed she retracts her hands and picks up the knife.]

Sure, teach away.

[Her stormy grey eyes flick from his face, down to his hands. There has to be some trick that makes this easier.

Freya is still sure that she's going to stab herself.]

[ 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!

[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.]

[ 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. ]

[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.]

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. ]

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.

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. ]

[Freya shrugs, her lips forming a slight pout. She realizes that but she doesn't particularly have to like it. She hates feeling like a science experiment or a hamster in a ball.]

I know. There really is no point in thinking about it, huh.

[She rolls her head to the side to look at the girl, long blond hair spilling over her shoulder.]

Let's tell stories? Preferably ghosts stories but I'll settle for anything.

[ Loki doesn't like being locked in this room either, but more than the enclosed space, it's Freya's pacing that really makes him feel restless. He watches her circle the room for the umpteenth time from his seat on his mattress before commenting, his boyish voice dry almost beyond its youth. ]

Excellent idea. We could use a treadmill. Let's build a gym.

[Freya turns towards him and after a half second of thought she takes a seat.]

I will forgive the sarcasm if it gets us out of here.

[She smiles at him and for the moment has stopped pacing tough it might not last.]

[ He smiles back. ]

Ah, then I'd better hope it does. How will I live without that transgression absolved?

[ His pleasant tone manages to border rudeness, but it lacks malice. If anything, he's mildly entertained. ]

Okay. Let's brainstorm. What do you think we should focus on as a group? It might help to think about things you think we lack.

[Freya looks over at him with a frown. How does this kid have any friends?]

I don't think being snarky is going to get us out of here any faster. I will go back to pacing if you're going to be like that.

[It's at least entertaining.]

As a group? We should probably focus on not killing each other. [She flashes him a grin.] Though ways to do that aren't exactly trapping us in a bubble. What about that exercising idea? That sounds like it'd be useful.

[ He whips out a pen and notepad and begins jotting down notes. ]

Okay. Let's call it a recreational center. The mission can be "collective physical maintenance", or something like that.

[ Because having to swim for so many hours of the day isn't enough exercise, apparently. ]

We could probably manage some weights, bars, rope, that type of thing. Some of the recent arrivals seem to like swordplay, so a fencing strip might be useful too... [ scribble scribble ] Is there a type of exercise you prefer?

Why not bonding games like trust exercises or something.

[She sounds bored though she doesn't think it's a bad idea. Yes, they move around a lot but they don't always work together and sometimes they have to. A place where they can learn that might help.]

Or a rope course because those are fun.

[Freya might now be thinking of something else.]

I like running.

Trust exercises, hm...?

[ He's pretty sure they would go south fast. But they'd be good for a laugh so he writes it down, as well as a note for a rope course and track. ]

Ah, running. You're out of luck there, unless you don't mind running circles over and over. Are you sure you don't like swimming more?

I never liked swimming.

[That isn't true but she was sour about all the water. She never thought she'd get tired of swimming and fishing. They'd always been great pastimes.]

I thought we were thinking of new things.

[ He smiles. ]

It would be new. A swimming pool! Every gym worth its salt has one.

[Freya doesn't hide her laughter.]

Chlorine would be a nice change.

I'm glad you agree.

[ If people drive to gyms to use the treadmill, then who can say what's off-limits, really. ]

Actually, there are some people trying to build a hot spring. Here, in the base. I suppose we could paddle around in it and call it a hot swimming pool.

That sounds nice.

[Can't that just count as something useful and open the damn door already.]

Is our list long enough yet?

[Freya shifts her weight so that she's sprawling across the floor. She should just take a nap. Then time would pass.]

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