Happy October, everyone! We hope you enjoy all the Halloween candy you can get! This month we offer both tricks and treats for characters.
First, though, we would like player input on a matter. We want to propose raising the current player cap from 50 to 55. It's a very small raise but it would be the most we as a mod team can handle while still giving some extra room for players to come and go. We feel this is a good compromise between raising the cap by a larger amount and staying where we're at while allowing room for growth. This would be the only proposed raise with the current set-up of the mod team. As always we would bring any further changes to the players first.
We will gauge the response and make our decision in time for the TDM on the 15th.
October 15th: Test Dive Meme
Nightmare on Base Street
From October 1st to October 12th, the Sea Dragon will command the Dreamscape. With the sickness progressing, it turns to lashing out against the crew with new and terrifying nightmares. These nightmares have been drawn from the crew themselves by honing in the fears that they almost all have. The selected fears are:
Helplessness; Can include metaphorical or literal helplessness
Isolation; Can include betrayal and abandonment and projected feelings of such on other characters
Loss of Self; Can include body horror, loss of control and loss of identity
In addition to these broader fears waiting to be put to creative use, several specific dreams will plague all crew members. These were again selected from the results of our innocent question and taken from specific characters. They are:
Characters slowly morphing into something dragon-like, yet not; there are too many tentacles and mouths and eyes and strange parts to be a dragon. It's something stranger. Something that can't be understood by anyone.
A loved one or multiple loved ones, twisted and mangled with their body parts not quite where they should be, asking why the character did this to them and haunting them.
An unsolvable metal ring puzzle with high stakes. The stakes of solving the puzzle are up to you and can be anything you want.
A grotesque beast, morphing between something like a wolf, a spider and a human, made of oozing darkness, appearing and disappearing out of nowhere. Its attacks come fast, aiming for pain, but it always vanishes before it can be fought.
Scary, huh? But don't worry. Sorey and Mikleo will be dream-battling the Sea Dragon to make dreaming a safe place again. At what cost though will their victory come? Whatever the cost, they'll secure sleep for crew members by the 12th. Characters are encouraged to try missions to work out how to control or fight back the nightmares in the meantime! These methods will definitely be welcome in helping the crew get some rest and ensuring future nightmares are tameable.
There sure are a lot of updates this month! Holy shit. Some of the updates mentioned here, along with a few others, have been added to the Biome and Base posts. As mods we don't manage the player-run Subnautica discovery document but we encourage everyone to use the document for details that aren't included on the Biome and Base posts.
BIOMES
An island that has been dubbed Amity Island has been discovered! It is pretty far away from the base, and is home to an extremely large spaceship crash. The body of ISHMAEL's programmer, Mimi Yun, had been found there. Another island, which is also fairly far away, has also been located. It is populated by animals like Land Sharks, Candy Beaks, and Fruit Flyers. Both islands are generally small in size and aren't diverse enough to be considered their own biome.
URSULA
Great news, everyone! URSULA has chosen a robotic body out of all the ones that were suggested. It has not been constructed yet but she will very likely excitedly tell people about it.
BASE
Construction on the base has been going well! The crew has terraformed an island that is now situated over the base. The island has fresh water lakes, but otherwise is still fairly barren. Redesigning the base itself is still an ongoing project. If anyone has ideas for new rooms to be added, please make sure to speak to Annabeth so it can be added to her floor plans of the base! The Magister's tank is also being expanded so he can travel throughout the whole base, although this project is still only in the beginning stages.
A baby Land Shark, named Rhodey, now calls the base his home.
Also, there is now a woman's hand in a jar in the library. You know, for the kids.
DREAMSCAPE
The crew has experimented with the new functions of the Dreamscape! Using the Song, some of the dark spots have been healed. There has also been a spot deep within the Shroom Caves that shows a manmade structure. This structure still needs to be investigated in the waking world.
FOOD, FARMING AND HEALTH
The base now has more canned goods that should last them several months! It consists of food items such as beans, spaghetti, corn, tiny sausages, tea, and condiments. There is also a year supply of Chef Boyardee. There is also a supply of alcohol called Snake Skin, which is 60% alcohol by volume.
The farm now has two more robotic helpers: Rainbro Dash, who asks as a second guard, and Robot Santa, who weeds the farm.
WEAPONS, TECH AND TRANSPORTATION
The base is now guarded by an unspecified amount of weaponized drowns! There are a lot of them, and they are located both inside and outside the base, as well as at the island. The submarines also now have a net attachment that will hopefully make collecting items easier. Headphones have been constructed that play the Song, making it easier to control the Dreamscape.
THE VOID AND HORRORTERRORS The evil horrorterror has been identified as the Dragon and the friendlier one is known as the Emperor. While the Dragon lives in the Void, the Emperor is trapped inside a cave and has no way out. All she needs is some sort of opening so she can break free and help the planet. More details can be found here.
After a dive into the Void, the Dragon has given the crew an egg. What is inside the egg is still unknown. Hopefully it's not another evil horrorterror.
RABITES
The rabites have been removed via a number of different methods that include relocation, neutering, and extermination. A couple may still be seen around the base, but their numbers shouldn't increase as wildly as they did as long as the crew continues to keep an eye out for them. Nice job!
Remember you're also free to explore and do whatever you wish and can ask us about your own mission objectives as well.
MAIN MISSION: ISLE OF THE GODS
URSULA SAYS:"Now that the base has been reconstructed and the island is mostly done, we can finish it off. So please follow Annabeth and Korra's instructions for getting the rest of the island set up, building the towers and other defenses and smoothing out any remaining areas with the terraforming guns. Of course, you're free to have fun while you do! Just make sure this gets done please. ...Did I do all right, Reyna?"
REQUIREMENTS: Just what it sounds like! The island needs the towers built and the farm taken care of while if there are any further additions wanted, you know what to do!
RESULTS: We get to have a nice, finished island. A real island just for the crew, giving more land for everyone to stretch their legs.
SIDE MISSION: HALLOWEENTOWN
URSULA SAYS: "I'm sure everyone saw what Dave proposed, yes? A Halloween party! Just the idea is so exciting that I have to support it. Please make the base as festive as you can! And what about trick-or-treating? And costumes! Bobbing for apples? I'll find spooky music to play."
REQUIREMENTS: Really have fun and go wild. Spray spiderwebs everywhere! Carve the billions of pumpkins we have! Dress up all month and watch horror movies. Even have a Devil's Night if you want and TP someone's room! URSULA feels all additions to Halloween fun are good additions.
- Mikleo would like help to start lab testing magic metal and rocks in actual working tech devices this month because he needs people who actually know how to construct and deconstruct tech devices!
- the 'being chased by a pack of tiny yapping dogs' nightmare is Mikleo's. he has something pretty similar to the weird dragon transformation one because it is quite possible he is developing a mild complex. would anyone want to play either of those out as shenanigans
- I'M OUTTIE FROM OCTOBER 12-25. Mikleo's going to be in a coma through that period along with Sorey because fighting dragons is rough?? idk that's not really plotting so much as a note that they will not have vanished from the base outright. and possibly also an invitation to draw on their faces.
- idk my bff halloween can someone please throw a sheet over him at the party
it's an excellent costume if you can't see him
- other??? i know there's some followup mission stuff people tapped me about, i'm game to do those as long as it's set near start or near end of the month!
i will play out anything with mikleo. any shenanigans. anything!
also, on my end, i figured i'd incorporate dezel into rose's nightmares somehow, because i gotta stop forgetting he exists. sorey and mikleo would be the only other people she'd be comfortable enough to talk about dezel with-- whether she brings it up on her own or her change in mood is noticeable is up to you? the latter seems more likely to me!
anyway, before all that totally trivial stuff, rose will draw on their faces
i'm gonna wipe my inbox tonight and then do a slightly belated dreamscape toplevel if you wanna hit up mikleo's dreams and/or have him involved in rose's! or i can hit her waking one up if you want a dezel discussion instead? EITHER/OR/BOTH lmk what you wanna do and we can get some things started!
...jeez the anime still hasn't provided me with mikleo and rose icons, get on that anime
We already have like a few threads going but I am also here for anything, dreamscape wise or idk if he needs some people to look after him and sorey while they're in a coma :(
Yes, definitely! I saw that you were leaving a message about it in Karkat's inbox, so we can probably hash it out with the player whenever you're back.
i'm a little late to this, but if we can make these two crash together somehow, I know Ed would be interested in helping with lab work testing metals and rock. he may not be able to use a lot of the tech machines but his alchemy may come in handy? he just wants to learn more things okay sobs
Yeah sure! Alchemy would absolutely come in handy, Mikleo would understand it better than the high-tech machines himself and they could probably rig out some interesting stuff between them.
Ed could hit him up here in prompt ii since he's awake/up in the labs working on that specific project, or if you'd prefer to wait until I'm off hiatus I can figure out a place to tag him nearer month end! Up to you.
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- the 'being chased by a pack of tiny yapping dogs' nightmare is Mikleo's. he has something pretty similar to the weird dragon transformation one because it is quite possible he is developing a mild complex. would anyone want to play either of those out as shenanigans
- I'M OUTTIE FROM OCTOBER 12-25. Mikleo's going to be in a coma through that period along with Sorey because fighting dragons is rough?? idk that's not really plotting so much as a note that they will not have vanished from the base outright. and possibly also an invitation to draw on their faces.
- idk my bff halloween can someone please throw a sheet over him at the party
it's an excellent costume if you can't see him
- other??? i know there's some followup mission stuff people tapped me about, i'm game to do those as long as it's set near start or near end of the month!
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also, on my end, i figured i'd incorporate dezel into rose's nightmares somehow, because i gotta stop forgetting he exists. sorey and mikleo would be the only other people she'd be comfortable enough to talk about dezel with-- whether she brings it up on her own or her change in mood is noticeable is up to you? the latter seems more likely to me!
anyway, before all that totally trivial stuff, rose will draw on their faces
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...jeez the anime still hasn't provided me with mikleo and rose icons, get on that anime
also good please make them beautiful
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Did you still want to do RETURN TO THE SHROOM CAVES: CRYSTAL GATHERING after I'm back from hiatus?
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Ed could hit him up here in prompt ii since he's awake/up in the labs working on that specific project, or if you'd prefer to wait until I'm off hiatus I can figure out a place to tag him nearer month end! Up to you.
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