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TEST DIVE #2








≡U.R.S.U.L.A. NAVIGATION
TEST DIVE MEME


For information about the animals and locations, be sure to check out the BIOME and BASE pages!

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: It’s dangerous to go alone. Take them!
URSULA’s technology is breathtaking. With enough materials, she could make practically anything: weapons, vehicles, all those human comforts and entertainments she forgot to build... or perhaps she could expand the base to give everyone even more leg room. But there’s a catch: you need to get those materials to her in the first place, and scavenging can be a monumental task.

The planet Iniidae has a plethora of materials to provide, but you’ve got to go find them first. Some are easy enough to get, by plucking off the ground or breaking a rock. But some are a bit more challenging, such as Crash Powder, seeing that the Crash defending it will literally explode in your face if you get too close. And then there’s materials such as Blood Oil, only harvestable within the Blood Kelp Caves several hundred meters underwater in the pitch-black darkness… remember, you have to gather resources with your two bare hands. No such thing as driving around and conveniently collecting them within the somewhat-relative safety of an armored vehicle.

Since it’s so dangerous to go alone, URSULA will encourage you all to leave the base in pairs or groups if you’re going to try collecting some of the more precarious materials to harvest. She has heard that most lifeforms find being reconstituted from nanites traumatic, so try not to die in front of each other!

D: Almost, but not quite, Entirely Unlike Tea
The droids, URSULA promises, will do their best to make anything you want. Go on! Ask them anything! She’s excited. This seems like a great way to test out their capacities.

Of course, you need to be very careful what you wish for. Maybe you ask for Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and they do their best but only know so much, giving you a book with some… creative changes. Maybe you ask for a puzzle box, but you weren’t specific enough and things went awry.

Maybe you made the mistake of asking for tea..

No matter what, you were given something that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike what you asked for. Now what do you do with it?

E: CREATURE FEATURES (possible body horror)
As more data is collected on the creatures of the deep, DNA can also be gathered to allow URSULA to research how to integrate it into her crew members in useful and hopefully unintrusive ways, unless of course permission is given first for more obvious or exhausting additions.

Well, that's the idea, anyway.

Unfortunately, something malfunctioned while URSULA was researching. Her incomplete serum was injected into you through your devices while you slept (or maybe you were knocked unconscious by the sudden change to your body). Now maybe you have the temperament of a Stalker or the thirst of a Bleeder or Gasopod pods on your back that trigger when you're startled. How this genetic malfunction works and what it is can be up to you but while URSULA assures you it's only temporary, you're stuck like this for now.

Have fun?

F: The Caverns of Dream
The ocean calls you. Of course, it's much easier to dismiss it as nightmares. You'll probably think that's all it is after you have them. Flashes of screaming sea creatures writhing in agony, pleading for help, but these creatures can't ask for help, can they? Something huge, beyond the scope of imagination, moves in the ocean of your dreams and calls out to you to go deeper into the darkness. It pleads and begs but not with a voice you can hear or words you can understand.

You wake up in a sweat with the unrelenting desire to take a swim, even though it's late and everyone is asleep. Or maybe someone else just had the same nightmare as you? Are you willing to take a swim and try to understand the dream?


BASED ON CODE BY TESSISAMESS AND SUPERSUITS


cephalocide: (i am cute and dubious)

2/2

[personal profile] cephalocide 2016-04-21 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Empty your what?
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (dog........)

[personal profile] splinten 2016-04-21 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. Wiz can drop some verse when an order is given. I've worked on programming him so that both his rhyme and his ability to give you what you actually want will improve over time based on correction.

[He gives the little droid a pat.]

Even if he never gets it absolutely right, we'll just keep pushing the curve closer and closer to that limit of true accuracy.
parodeity: starrypier @ tumblr (TIME 🎧 shenanigans)

[personal profile] parodeity 2016-04-21 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Kill them without cutting them up too much, got it.

[ As for the sylladex...Dave mutters an appropriately numbered word under his breath to EJECT a SPARE OUTFIT from one of his cards.

...

Look, he doesn't have a lot of shit in his sylladex rn so you get jeans and a t-shirt. Of course, this pretty much looks like he appearified some clothes out of nowhere to someone who has no idea what a sylladex is. ]


Let's see, how do I put this. Hammerspace inventory system work for you, or do I have to reword? [ Let's just recaptchalogue the clothes, here. The disappear accordingly. ]
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (dog........)

d

[personal profile] splinten 2016-04-21 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Holy shit. It's a fox.

Dirk has never seen a fox in person before so this is actually really exciting? He is virtually ignoring Neil's stress by approaching the little guy.]


Did the droid spit that out?

[That is beyond what he thought they were capable of. Impressive.]
parodeity: (HEH 🎧 sure thing)

[personal profile] parodeity 2016-04-21 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Does Dirk want to be Dave's favorite person in the universe, because that's honestly what will happen for whoever finally gets him an apple. If he has an apple, he can reproduce apple juice, right? ]

P sure candied kelp is a thing, dude. Although we might need like...honey and shit for that?

[ Also it just doesn't sound appetizing. ]

Hey did you ever have a quesadilla in post-apocalyptic texas?
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (004)

[personal profile] splinten 2016-04-21 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[They just have to leap over step one, first. And then it's apples all the way to the victory juice.]

We could probably get sugar out of some of the plants here.

[Practically speaking, as a long time ocean-forager. On which subject:]

Assume that I've never had anything that isn't sea life or capable of surviving the apocalypse by four centuries. [beat] Plus Jane's baking. Sea life, non-perishables, and Jane's baked goods.
parodeity: lingualpugilist @ tumblr (JOHN 🎧 chill)

[personal profile] parodeity 2016-04-21 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe THAT'S why no apple juice. Ok, I've forgiven future alt me.

[ AJ probably cannot survive that long. ]

But whenever we finally scrounge together enough stuff for like. Tacos? I will make you tacos. [ Not like he's the best cook in the world, but he's taught himself Enough to not starve to death if any of the better meteor chefs ever decided to cut him off. ] Also next time we make a new universe let's maybe dial it back a few notches on the ocean planets? The Mayor was hopin' for something way more green. I hope we made at least one planet that's nothing but green. We can make him Mayor of the whole damn thing. Canplanet.
cephalocide: (get it)

manga spoilers!

[personal profile] cephalocide 2016-04-21 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nagisa can read Korosensei as well as anybody, so he pretty much understands without his teacher having to say anything. Nagisa doesn't like being separated from everyone, either, especially in such an abrupt and crazy way. But he trusts his classmates, too. They'll look after each other, wherever they are.

Still, the way Korosensei is talking and acting makes him seem a bit… guilty? "Bitten off more than he can chew"? What's he mean by that? Maybe Nagisa can't leave these strange discrepancies unaddressed until later. It seems all so damn fishy… pun definitely indented. Things don't quite seem to line up.

Nagisa takes a few deliberate steps back, letting the tentacle slide off of him. Then his smile gets that edge Korosensei should be all to familiar with.]


I'm sorry, Korosensei. The last time I saw you was… yesterday. Karma and I went all the way into space to find a way to save you, and we did it. We found a way. You told me to come to this planet, because the compounds could only be found and made here. You said that the trip into space was preparation all along for this.

It doesn't seem like you remember that. Actually, you just told me you've been here for weeks. So, what I wanna ask is… are you the real Korosensei?

[Somewhere between "last time I saw you" and "because the compounds", Nagisa draws an anti-sensei knife. He came here in his school uniform, and in his uniform there's always one handy. His smile looks significantly sadder once the question is out.]
cephalocide: (wristband)

[personal profile] cephalocide 2016-04-22 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Nagisa is wearing his full wetsuit, armed with a simple knife at his belt. Nothing else he knows how to fight with works very well underwater, and he's found that close range stabbing seems to work well enough for self-defense.

At any rate, Nagisa is nodding along. He's familiar with the sylladex at this point.]


Yeah, that makes sense. I didn't really consider how long it would take to make anything advanced just from raw materials. What a pain.

[Then more nodding. That all makes sense.] Will the dangerous ones attack the Seamoth on sight, or is there some way we can avoid provoking them?
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (I can't wait to be)

c

[personal profile] splinten 2016-04-22 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[...This is not how fishing works.

Dirk stares blankly, his glasses even murkier in the dark water.]


Do you want to tell me why you're not going to grab them yourself?

[He's just saying. It is probably easier for the girl literally petting them than the kid floating a short distance away.]
discardia: Getting kidnapped by phantom thieves and all (This is kind of a first for me)

[personal profile] discardia 2016-04-22 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I... Spy? Twenty Questions?

[ ????? ]
cephalocide: (actually it's not funny)

[personal profile] cephalocide 2016-04-22 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Hammer…space? [Is that like Hammer Time? Certainly no one has made this joke before.

But, wait. Wait. Clothes magically, conveniently disappearing and reappearing. People who respawn when they're killed. Is Nagisa in a video game now? Is that the plot twist of this bizarre underwater arc, that it was a video game world all this time?]


…Are you a magician? Can… can you move at Mach 20?

[That seems weirdly specific.]
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (004)

[personal profile] splinten 2016-04-22 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Glad to hear he's in the clear.

[Deadpan reply. Emotionally ambiguous: just the way Dirk likes it.

Although he isn't that good at being emotionally ambiguous because let's be honest, he might not crack a smile, but the slight lean forward doesn't exactly hide how interested he is in getting bro tacos. Bracos. Tacbros.]


I would love that.

[So aloof. So ironic. Really.]

I have to agree with the Mayor. I was looking forward to a planet that wasn't dead or blue. [beat] You're not going to upgrade his title? [To something less city-based and a bit more planetary? No?]
bajkaiskierki: (little ember)

[personal profile] bajkaiskierki 2016-04-22 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
I think I would like a land cow best. Excuse me, droid, or whatever your name is...! Make me a cow that is alive, and not strange, and not yet cooked! I have not had decent beef since we have come to this silly little sea-place!

[if the fox is a robot, it seems realistic enough to fool another animal, which is at least a hopeful thing for Iskierka's prospects of success. . .

at least until it becomes obvious that whatever it is the droid's started spinning into existence for her, it's. . .bright green, not a cow colour at all.]
parodeity: (NO 🎧 that sounds dumb)

[personal profile] parodeity 2016-04-22 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Luckily Dave won't call him on any slips since...that has to be in the Strider bro code somewhere, right? Or Dave is just going to assume it is because they're just. So Cool. That slips have to be ignored.

Also Dirk didn't call him on literally hugging him to death on a rooftop, so. ]


The dude has issues with like, royalty of all flavors. No offense.

[ He guesses President might be okay??? Dave frowns, considering. ]

Also, he's super into the whole Mayor thing, so I figure even if we give him a whole planet-town, he'd like to keep the title. Maybe we can get him a new sash, though.
parodeity: (HEH 🎧 sure thing)

[personal profile] parodeity 2016-04-22 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
S'like a big pocket of space I can access that other people can't, to store my shit. Uh...think of it as me carrying around my own personal closet. Except for more than just clothes.

[ WHY DOESN'T EVERY UNIVERSE HAVE HIS UNIVERSE'S SOLUTION TO CARRYING THINGS actually no dave admits it's way easier not to fucking bother, but you can carry more with his system... ]

Also, not a magician. I'm just a humble time-travelling knight, y'dig? I've never clocked myself moving, but I'm p fast.
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (I can't wait to be a useless piece of sh)

[personal profile] splinten 2016-04-22 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Bladekind is the best kind of them all. Good choice, Nagisa.]

As long as we don't act like prey, I don't think it'd be a problem. If it comes to it, I can slip out and take care of 'em while you pilot the Seamoth to safety.

[Thereby ensuring both their ship's safety and that of what Dirk is just assuming is a squishy human. Gotta keep the squishy humans safe.]
yatagarasu: (SHOCK ☄ can't believe it's not butter)

[personal profile] yatagarasu 2016-04-22 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
If I make any sudden movements, they'll split! I'm getting them to lower their guard.

[Because she's being the distraction, that's why. She's doing her best to look all calm and nice and totally gentle and TOTALLY NOT HAVING ANY ULTERIOR MOTIVES.]
yatagarasu: (READY ☄ begin investigation)

[personal profile] yatagarasu 2016-04-22 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'm no master, but I can help you out.

[She nods and pockets her knife again.]
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (I TOLD YOU DOG)

[personal profile] splinten 2016-04-22 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

Whatever.

[Sure, he'll grab the weird rabbitrays. He flashsteps over and grabs a trio by the tails. He'd knock them unconscious but maybe she doesn't want that, so—

—yeah, he just stores them in his sylladex. Poof. There are now three fish in his inventory.]


Are those enough?
yatagarasu: (EDGEWORTH ☄ 56th plot twist?!)

[personal profile] yatagarasu 2016-04-22 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
...Okay, this is another reason why we need to play games.

[SACRILEGE!]

So we can learn about games other people know!
yatagarasu: (PRIDE ☄ achievement unlocked!)

/picks up Rio, forces Nagisa into a maid costume

[personal profile] yatagarasu 2016-04-22 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Kay sits up straight, holding her head up high.]

I'm a high school thief of the truth! The Great Thief Yatagarasu!

[A pause.]

...I only steal the truth, though.
maserannas: (back | we depend on you)

[personal profile] maserannas 2016-04-22 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
So it's Wiz now?

[ He has a name. He's evolving! Partial joke aside, it's a concept she understands and agrees with; from where she stands, people all try learning in similar ways. Even if they never hit "true accuracy," and even if those things they're attempting to reach aren't ones anyone really should. ]

It sounds like an honourable goal, on the surface. Yet what limits are there to him understanding what he's trying to give? People aren't always logical. The things we might ask for may not be things he knows how to give, or knows not to give.
parodeity: (HEH 🎧 sure thing)

[personal profile] parodeity 2016-04-22 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
All right, let's hit it, then. I'm Dave, btw.

[ yes he just used chatspeak in a real life conversation what of it ]
splinten: appl-juice42 @ tumblr (bro i got a ticket for the BIG GAME)

[personal profile] splinten 2016-04-22 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think he'll have a problem with my class?

[He wants to be the Mayor's friend. The Mayor seems amazing. He doesn't want his pantaloon-endowing class to get between him and Mayor friendship.]

I guess if this is our brand new universe, there's no rule that says a Mayor can't be our word for a can-planet ruler.

[Which. Why cans? But one thing at a time, here.]

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