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

[puddinghair]

Probably. I'd only ever seen them in video games, which... Isn't helpful.

[ ugh there aren't many bookshelves in here are there. ]

[riflew]

Um. What's a video game?

[ she stops mid-search to look over at him, because this new thing is apparently more important than finding the manual that may or may not exist. ]

[puddinghair]

[ he tries not to make a face because he knows people here are from different worlds and all that, but

at the same time

what kind of life ]

Really?

[riflew]

I'm sorry, I know that's very ignorant of me! There's no such thing as that where I'm from... Not that I know everything about my world! Maybe we do have video games, and I just never heard of them.

[ it's all said really quickly, and towards the end it's more mumbled than anything. ]

[puddinghair]

[ shit he's so bad with people. his tone is usually pretty flat but he actually sounds a little distressed at her distress. ]

Don't worry, they're not anything important. [ well okay that's very arguable as far as he's concerned, but priorities!!! ] I think you'd know if they were around, they probably just don't exist.

[riflew]

What are they then?

[ since he did not actually explain what a video game is, and at this point she is genuinely curious about this mystical device. ]

[puddinghair]

[ he's quiet for a moment, trying to figure out the best way to explain it to someone who doesn't know. ]

They're like... Board-games, but on a small screen. [ wait. ] Do you have movies or tv?

[riflew]

Oh! Yes, we have that!

[ she looks very excited because this is something that will now be #relatable to her. or as relatable as you can get considering the tvs she'd have were those big ass clunky shit that didn't have color? so. ]

[puddinghair]

There are lots of different kinds of video games, but basically it's an interactive movie.

[ he's not having any luck looking for a manual over here, so he comes to stand next to izetta - and to show her his phone. ] Like this. [ he pulls up a tetris app to show her how it works. at least it's still good for this sort of thing. ]

[riflew]

[ she looks completely and utterly amazed. izetta just stares at the game in wonder for a few seconds before looking at kenma. ]

Can.... I try?

[puddinghair]

[ he only hesitates for like a second before handing his phone over. ] Sure.

You control the falling pieces with the buttons on the touch-screen. The goal is to make a solid horizontal line so it disappears and frees up room to keep playing. [ not that he expects her to do too well when it's her first time touching this kind of tech, but still. ]

[riflew]

[ she looks completely and utterly amazed?? she hasn't figured out like half of the functions on the communicators yet since she thinks they are only.... for communicating... someone help her...

and like kenma thought, she is terrible at this game. ]

They move so fast!

[puddinghair]

It takes practice, but it gets easier. Well - the game gets harder, but as you get used to them... You know what I mean...

There are lots of different games, too. Here, this one's more peaceful. [ He taps at his phone a bit to pull up a different game. It's... Farmville but with cats. ]

[riflew]

Ah! They're cats!

[ izetta smiles brightly at the screen. video games seem amazing? ]

You must be really good at them.

[puddinghair]

I just have a lot of practice. They're fun.

And... Good for passing the time. [ because let's face it, they're probably stranded until someone helps them, here. ]

[riflew]

[ especially considering that both of them have seemingly abandoned the search for the manual.

it probably wouldn't have been much help to them anyway? ]

What's your favorite one? Do you have it with you? Can you only play games on this device?

[puddinghair]

I don't know if I have a favorite - and I'd have more with me if I had my backpack. [ it's got his DS and P0P, but he didn't think to bring them. ]

This is a cell phone, so if we had the right signal it could also make phone calls, send text messages and email, or stream music and movies. Or download more games. It's got a camera, journal, mp3-player, GPS... [ ... he trails off because he realizes - how much of that means anything to her? ] Um... But right now it's just good for offline stuff.

[riflew]

[ yeah most of that is going right... over her head? but she does recognize some of those words? ]

This is a camera?!

[ izetta tilts the phone, trying to figure out what part is the camera? or is it the entire thing... maybe it is best if she just accepted it. ]

[puddinghair]

Yeah. I can show you.

[ he holds out his hand for his phone back. ]

[riflew]

[ izetta hands the phone back, while trying to be subtle regarding how curious she is about this?? she is doing a very bad job of it, given how much she's just. eagerly staring at kenma. ]

[puddinghair]

[ he closes out of the games and pulls up the camera, holding the screen so she can watch, and going slower than he usually would. once it's up, he turns the lens towards her. ]

Say cheese. [ ... do they say that for cameras where she's from--you know what he's tired of questioning this stuff. ]

[riflew]

O-oh... um... cheese!

[ izetta smiles?? for what is presumably the camera?? she is waiting for a giant flash to go off or something to tell her when to stop smiling.... ]

[puddinghair]

[ it makes a loud shutter sound but pfft who uses flash

kenma turns his phone around to show her the picture. very cute! ]

There are filters, too.

[riflew]

[ she blinks in surprise at the lack of a bright light blinding her... but then smiles again at the picture. it is, in fact, cute? ]

What's a filter?

[puddinghair]

Like, instagram. [ he's officially given up. this is just a crash course in modern cell phone tech, now. he opens up instagram and flicks through a couple of filter previews. ]

There's also snapchat filters. It has things like dog ears and stuff that apply while you take the picture.