OPEN PSL ❖ fragment space

[moes]

"Welcome to the S.S Phoenix! We hope you enjoy your stay!"

You open your eyes feeling a little stiff. The last thing you recall is seeing your planet get destroyed before a hand reached out to you--Captain's hand. You were then greeted with the same introductory phrase before receiving the keys to their brand new dorm, a device--you're told it's called the Babelfish, something that allows you to interact with others through the interdimensional network--and perhaps an extra thing or two.

You are then ushered into the onboarding area, where you can see your fellow passengers. Some foreign faces, perhaps even some familiar ones. Before you are given any time to think, however, Captain, at the head of the room, speaks up.

"Once again, welcome new guests, to the S.S. Phoenix! You may call me Captain. Today is your first day of onboarding, where you can get to learn more about us and your fellow passengers.

We are part of the Interdimensional Galactic Coalition, a system that was created to keep order and peace amongst the multiverse. This ship that you're currently in is now your new home. Consider the card that you have obtained your citizenship. However, staying here comes with a price.

As you already know, your worlds were destroyed. And we are here to help restore those worlds into proper order. But in order to do that, you must obtain Fragments. These mysterious Fragments will then power our ship's Revival Program. Those can be found in various worlds.

Now, if you have any further questions, now is the time to ask."

And she opens up the floor for questions--any questions.

[ OOC: Welcome, everyone, to a long form PSL in the form of Fragment Space! The premise of this is that your character's universes have been destroyed -- player's choice on the how -- and they have been rescued by the Captain to adventure to various worlds.

This PSL will very much be an exploration/mystery setup, with various types of settings that I will work with players on.

Locations for the S.S. Phoenix can be found here, and current NPC information can be found here.

In terms of moving things along, I will try to make sure that things move smoothly at least once a month. If you need to contact me for any questions/comments/concerns, please ping me either on plurk (tsundereban) or Discord (tsunderebans)! As this is an open PSL for my timeline, characters who participate may also interact with each other if they'd like, or keep things separate. I'm willing to run with things either way. ]

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[moepcs]

No kidding.

[ The girl's response is extremely dry.

But time to lead the duo towards the baths! Though occasionally, there might be the sight of her form glitching every now and again. But it's a blink and you'll miss it moment. ]

[teheperinko]

[Ruka might be some kind of moron, but she's not an inattentive shitter; the glitching body does not miss her notice.

Hm.

That seems perfectly normal. Maybe she should bring this up to Yuki later, because that is Concerning.

Anyway, putting pep back into her step, Ruka follows the girl over to the baths.]

Now what do I even call you, anyway... it's needs to roll off the tongue, be punchy and feel right...

[...naturally, she can't stop herself from thinking aloud.]

[moepcs]

If you can't come up with anything, just call me 'NPC-chan'.

[ Is she serious or is she joking, it's difficult to tell with how dry her response is. ]

[teheperinko]

But I don't wanna! It ruins the point of me coming up with a good one!

[Ruka is continuing to make a valuable first impression by sounding like a child who had her candy stolen. If one assumes 'valuable' means 'incredibly dumb'.]

nsfw mentions...............

[nicehacking]

What are you, her parent...?

[Yuki's response is equally as dry.]

You should just come up with your own proper name or else she might call you 'Chitsuko' or something.

[YUKI]

[teheperinko]

Yukkie!?!

[The still very smelly Ruka whirls around to grab Yuki by both shoulders.]

Did you get sick after we got onboard!? Are you running some kind of fever!? That wasn't nice hacking at all, that was GARBAGE hacking!!

[nicehacking]

Oi, let go of me, you still smell-- and I didn't get sick to begin with, why would you even think that!?

[teheperinko]

Look, I might have called your AI ASS, but I'm not calling someone we just met that! She's not a--! [As if everything was coming together to extract every drop of comedy from this situation, the word Ruka tries to say gets buried under a conveniently timed buzzer from one of the nearby stalls.

Well, then.] I don't wanna make her sound weird to anyone else she might meet!

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[moepcs]

You know I'm right here.

[ She place a hand on her waist, frowning deeply. ]

I wouldn't allow it in the first place. I may not remember my name, but I'm not stupid. There might be some people here who wouldn't get it, though. Not everyone is from a world that has a 'Japan'.

[nicehacking]

So it's okay if it's my AI?

[There might be something a little bitter there...]

[teheperinko]

But it accepted it just fine? That's different, right?

[nicehacking]

YOU'RE RIGHT!!!!! IT DID! AND I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!

[teheperinko]

So at least in the case of ASS, it's fine, isn't it? It's totally fine, right?

[nicehacking]

It's not, because I didn't approve of it.

". . . But you should approve of it. It's a precious name that was given to me by your most important per--"

ASS!?!?

[teheperinko]

See? ASS approves of the name too! Just let it slide this once, pretty please?

[As if she couldn't make her own impression to the poor girl waiting on them worse.]

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[nicehacking]

. . . Only because we'll end up being here all day instead of getting you clean.

"Yayyy!"

[The way ASS says it is with the same intonation that Ruka would. Like parent, like child, you see.]

[moepcs]

[ And that is exactly when the girl clears her throat, sighing as she speaks up again: ]

If you two are done with your manzai routine, we're here.

[ At the communal baths. ]

[teheperinko]

[Ruka has to double take and make sure they hadn't somehow daydreamed through that trip; sure enough, the dumpster she rifled through is a good ways off from where they now stand, and she looks back at the goth girl.]

Ricchan, you don't have magical fast traveling powers on you, do you?

[...of course she has to be dumb about it, but--

Who the heck is 'Ricchan'?]

[moepcs]

I don't have powers to begin with.

[ Just stating that blandly. ]

It wasn't as if they were all that far to begin with. [ And more importantly... ] Where did you get 'Ricchan' from, anyway?

[teheperinko]

[Ah. She noticed.]

Ricchan is for 'Ritsu'. Like I said, I needed it to roll off the tongue.

[...it could be worse?????]

cw: nsfw mentions. again.

[moepcs]

...

[ And for a good five seconds, she's quiet. ]

Why the hell are you nicknaming someone the word for 'erect'!?!?

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[teheperinko]

That wasn't on purpooooooooose! Ahh, it rolled off the tongue, but at what cost!?!?

[teheperinko]

[Ruka's expression as her shock fades best resembles a puppy that knocked over several vases in her scampering around. Maybe she should just walk into the baths now and spare their new friend the shame...]

At least it wasn't your actual name, but still...

[moepcs]

[ There's another sigh... ]

And? If that's not what it was, why did you choose 'Ritsu', anyway?

[teheperinko]

[And just like that, she perks up like nothing happened as she saunters into the bath.]

I mean, you seem like the sharp type that gets curious about stuff, so... Ritsu works just fine for a girl like that, don't you think?