TEST DIVE #6

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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: Birdnip
The crew has become very friendly with the local population of birdogs, even going as far as moving a bunch of them to the base. Birdogs are pretty friendly creatures for the most part, and are some of the more tamable ones of the planet. That's why there is surely nothing that might go wrong with these arrangements!

Well. Except for the fact a new fauna that was found in a biome seems to have... well, really excite the birdogs. They're completely running amok, everyone from the kitchen to the swimming pool. URSULA would really appreciate it if you could help calm the poor creatures down before they end up hurting themselves or another crew member.

You probably shouldn't use that plant though.

D: Hunting Trip
The crew has been given a special mission on Mountain Island. While visiting, you were approached by Aurora survivor and fast-food worker Jenn, owner of the adorable tabby cat Glitter. She asks you to hunt a horrorsloth down for her. This particular horrorsloth has a scar across its face in the form of several cat marks which explains why Jenn wants it dead. It has a personal vendetta against Glitter and has already tried to kill her several times. Jenn has been able to heal the injuries so far but she’s worried that next time she won’t be so lucky.

So Jenn gives you anything you want from fellow survivor and Lead Programmer Naoko’s gun supplies and points you into the dangerous jungle forests where the Catkiller spends its time. Do you have what it takes to avoid poisonous tree pods and deadly Shrubbacks? Can you find your way through the dark and twisted woods? Or will you find yourselves hunted by the very creature you are trying to take out?

Do it for Glitter.

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: RAINY SEASON
When it rains, it pours. Rainy days tend to be the worst. Although you can go swimming in them, the intense storms of Iniidae stir up shallower waters making them murky and difficult to see through. And what if lightning hit? No one wants the first death to be lightning. Are you going to risk that? Probably. If you do, take care of yourself and bring a buddy!

But if you're the type to hole up in a storm, either by choice or because you were unlucky enough to be out in it, now is a good chance to get creative with your use of time! Maybe a game of charades will brighten up the rainy day? If you're on the base it might be extra crowded today so get to know your neighbors! If you're on an island, you could build a mud castle! Just don't go stircrazy.

BASED ON CODE BY TESSISAMESS AND SUPERSUITS

Comments

[riflew]

I'm Izetta. I'll try not to caught you any trouble!

[ she smiles back! and then remembers to pick up... her gun... you never know when you might need that. ]

But um, that didn't sound dumb at all! I'm pretty new to the base myself, so I want to be as useful to everyone as I can. So I figured I should learn more about the areas here, and everything...

[hatamon]

[Considering the kind of company he keeps (missile shooting... dinosaurs...), he's the last person who should be raising an eyebrow at the size of that gun, but uh. It sure is something.]

Well, you look like you're ready to take on anything. It's lucky for me I ran into you.

[It's meant to be teasing, but really.]

[riflew]

[ the reason it is so big is because she flies... on it... it is like a shooty broomstick? but it's not like takeru knows that so it just looks like she prefers!!! absurdly large weaponry for some reason!!! rip ]

I'll do my best not to let you down, Takeru! You can count on me.

[hatamon]

[He looks back in the direction he came from, about to make some suggestions for exploring but... no, not quite over the gun thing yet.]

You're sure you're okay carrying that around?

[riflew]

Don't worry, the safety's on!

[ that... is not what he was asking... but it's probably good to know that it won't accidentally go off? so there's that. ]

[hatamon]

It's not too heavy?

[Or... awkward, at least.]

[riflew]

[ and it suddenly hits her that this is probably? not normal?? welp, she's embarrassed. ]

Ahaha, I'm just... used... to it? After a while you barely even notice the weight! It's like riding a bike!

[ that simile makes zero sense???? ]

[hatamon]

[Nope. But it's out there enough to make him laugh, so there's that.]

If you say so. [He's just gonna unhelpfully watch to see how she manages.]

Were you headed anywhere in particular?

[Someone here has a plan other than 'wander around and hope for the best', right?]

[riflew]

Not really. I'm trying to get used to the layout of the place more than anything.

[ it's kind of instinct at this point to figure that out whenever she goes somewhere new.

she does, however, seem pretty comfortable with holding the gun! ignoring the fact that she smacked herself in the face with it earlier, anyway. ]

And you?

[hatamon]

[He starts to head back down the hall, trusting she'll stop him if she has any objections.]

I wanted to check out the supply rooms, but I got distracted. I thought for sure I heard people talking. It was... this way, I think?

[riflew]

W... wait! What do you mean by talking?

[ LIKE PEOPLE PEOPLE or... ghost people...

she looks nervous? ]

[hatamon]

It was too far away for me to be sure, but that's what it sounded like.

[He shrugs, entirely too cheerful. Ghost people are useful, okay.]

I guess it's up to us to find out.

[riflew]

Um... right! That is definitely a thing we should... do... I guess...

[ izetta you are literally carrying a giant gun why are you nervous about ghosts

because guns do nothing against ghosts ]

[hatamon]

Don't force yourself if you're uncomfortable. I just thought, if anything here is going to lead to answers...

[That sounded marginally less stupid in his head. Maybe.]

[riflew]

No! I'll definitely go with you.

[ she sounds more firm than she had been up until now. even if the idea of this place being haunted is not one she's fond of, izetta wouldn't just let takeru do this on his own. ]

It'll be better together, like you said.

[hatamon]

It might just be one of the others messing around.

[They are, after all, living life on Planet of the Teenagers. Before he can say anything else there's the sound of something falling over not far ahead of them, followed by... skittering noises? The good news: probably not a ghost. The bad news: almost certainly would like to kill them.]

[riflew]

Does anyone you know sound like that?

[ she is pretty sure she knows the answer to that already but like. gotta ask to be sure? ]