fishesoutofwater | TEST DIVE #6

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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

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A.

[Clad in his god-tier pajamas, John walks onto the observatory with several things tucked under his arms to make the most of a brainstorming evening. Food, pillow, blanket, some kind of recorder annnnnnd his trusty copy of Con Air. Never leave home without it. Especially when leaving home was not part of the plan.]

Hello! I'm John. I know we're supposed to brainstorm ideas up here, but I thought we might break the ice with an excellent movie.

[He pulls it out from the inside of his pillow, a DVD copy of Nick Cage's best performance.]

B.

[Well, the power in the submersible is off. And normally that wouldn't be a problem except he can't get out and god-tier his way back home. Also, smacking it with his hammer just seems like a bad idea in general. Also inconsiderate. On top of that, it was getting colder and the water was getting darker. Luckily all of these shiny fish provided a bit of light.

Still...]

This kinda sucks...

F.

[John comes back inside the base, soaked completely and looking rather miserable. Guess who attempted to blow away the storm and only made things worse for himself. Raising a thumb, he jabbed it towards his chest.

This guy.

Sniff.]

Don't go out there. It's raining cat and dog sized droplets.

[Jade gives her ecto-bro a somewhat concerned look as he walks inside totally soaked.]

I can see that! The question is, why did you go out there? Do you need a towel?

[John tugs his hood up so he can see the face of the familiar voice and smiles. Oh wait, comparing them to dogs and cats was probably insensitive wasn't it?]

Figured I could blow away the clouds so the rain would stop but that just made it a ton worse! Also, sorry about calling the droplets dog sized. And maybe I do need a towel.

Well of course it would! I don't think that weather patterns can just be blown away like that. And don't worry, I am not offended by dog droplets!

[As for the towel, that's been zapped into her hands by space powers within a few seconds, and she levitates it over to him for his convenience.]

Thanks!

[John takes the towel and dries off his face and hair a tries to get some of the water out of his clothes.]

It just seemed like a good idea at the time. I mean, I've blown away...

[With the pipe organ.]

Oh... Guess we need an organ if I'm going to do that here.

That was also while we were in the game, though! That is where our powers were designed to work the best, I think. Mine definitely aren't as powerful here as they used to be.

Oh yeah. It was worth a try at least. I mean, a bit of water is no big deal. Except for how cold it is.

[He is starting to realize that now that he's indoors and still damp with the rain from outside.]

Somewhere warmer around here?

No.

[THAT'S IT. THAT'S HIS RESPONSE. HE WANTS TO BE NICE TO DAVE AND ROSE'S BEST FRIEND AND JAKE AND JANE'S ECTO-CHILD BUTNO.]

What? How can you say no to this gorgeous face?

[He wiggles the box in front of him a few times while raising his eyebrows expectantly at Dave's bro before conceding and putting it back in his pillow.]

Alright, another time then.

Oh thank God.

[HE IS. BLISSFULLY, JOYFULLY, SPARED.]

Can we focus on base improvements that don't involve Nic Cage?

That just doesn't make any sense, but sure.

[John sets down his things, constructing a makeshift seat which will also become a bed later if he needs it to and eases down with his legs crossed under him.]

Eh, it could be worse. We can always risk it and swim back, but otherwise...we'll probably only have to bunk here like a night before a) we fix this or b) the power comes back and we can ask Dirk to fix this.

[ one of the two options. there are way worse people he could have gotten stuck with, so dave is simply relaxed about things because it's john. being stuck somewhere with one of his best friends is basically easy mode? ]

A shame Karkat isn't here as well. Been needing some much needed alone time with my other brothers to just hang out and chill.

[In concordance with 'chill' law, John will now assume the chill position.]

I mean, I'm good with it bein' just us. It's been a while since we hung out solo? Since, like, we never did that offline. Until you were here for a little bit, and then you weren't, but youuuuu don't remember that so we're not countin' it.

[ yeah he should shut. up. ]

Basically: do you wanna bunk it here or try to go back, though? I'm pretty sure we probably outclass most of the shit interested in killin' us, if only because you're super fuckin' op and I'm cheat.

That does sound like me when my powers were going completely crazy. I figured I would remember that, though. Unless it was another me that hasn't happened yet.

[Sounds reasonable.]

You know what? I think we should try and keep this thing intact and with us, so let's wait it out until the power comes on. Let the solo hangout begin! ...What do you mean, you cheat?

I'm a time player, dude, the entire premise of our power set is like, to cheat.

[ by you know. TIME STOPPING AND REVERSING AND FAST-FORWARDING AND SHIT. ]

But sure, I'm down to stick around. We let everyone know we were goin' out anyway so they shouldn't be that worried since we're together. Also I prefer not to think about the whole, how that happened without you rememberin' it thing because headaches.

I guess that makes sense. But calling yourself a cheater makes you sound like you're calling yourself that asshole that steals money in that board game about money when the other players aren't looking.

[John gives him an approving thumbs up.]

Alright, let's start small. How's it going?

Edited 2017-01-21 00:10 (UTC)

Ok, well, I am not that variety of cheater because why bother? I think the worst I've ever done re: boardgames was argue to the death that a made up word in scrabble was valid and shit.

[ he's That variety of annoying, not actively stealing money while people aren't looking annoying. just the like. rules loophole type. ]

As to that...pretty okay? I mean, my best friend is now on the planet, which is a bonus. My brother recently got me a copy of my brain in a jar, which was rad. What about with you?

ZOOSMELL POOPLORD aka, John Egbert | HOMESTUCK

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