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Under the Sea: Mission start

After fleeing the strange shapes in the sky the voidtreckers are perhaps not looking forward to yet another mission and indeed the first few days of Fiddlesticks go by without any strange dreams, no warning that another mission might be nigh. Yet on the morning of day five their SCA's will glow with the colours of the void and a holographic message will appear.

Preperations

The dressing room is open once again, though the clothes this time are simple in choice. A wet suit for each void trecker as well as a pair of flippers, a helmet and a breathing pack. It at least has instructions and there will be a little bit of time for them to figure out how to use them. Apart from that there are some waterproof packs for supplies to be packed in.

They will have a couple of hours to get ready for their mission.

Arrival: Blue and Red

"We are now approaching world #7625000129523. Drop order is Red and Blue, Purple then Orange. Red and Blue team to doors. Arrival in world #7625000129523 in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

The train shudders and lurches as they exit the void, the view from the window goes from the ever shifting void to a beautiful deep blue sky. They fly through the air and swoop down to land on a sandy beach. The doors open allowing those who are taking part in the Blue and Red missions to debark. The doors close and the train swoops up into the air.

The beach stretches from one side to the other, in the distance as the beach turns into sloping green hills they can see a village. Beyond that there is a jungle. Any red team who check their SCA will see four points, the rock pools.

The villagers have noticed the huge train sweeping down onto their island and so contact is made quickly. They will be quite accepting of the help and explain the situation. They will help any of red team to the rockpools if asked.

Red

The rockpools are built up and indeed made so the water will reach a persons waist if they stand in them. The water is cold but not overly so. When the water shoots up anyone in them will shoot up also.

They will find themselves in a vortex of water, with anyone else who enters that rockpool. The water itself seems to be fighting them, tendrils of water reaching out of the whirlpool to try and drag them further into the chaos. It takes a whole lot of willpower to stay in the centre, the water can be fought with weapons, even with fists. They feel as if they are falling or flying, perhaps both. Surrounded by the pure chaos of the ocean.

Blue

Hopefully they spend the day helping with preparations because when night falls the monsters emerge from the sea. Terrifying twisted creatures. The villagers only have simple weapons but will tell them that fire is helpful against these water creatures.

Hold off the monsters and keep the people safe.

Purple

The doors close and the train flies off into the sky, flying over the island to the other side where it lands on a rocky bay, near tall towering cliffs.

"Purple team to doors." The doors open, allowing the purple team to disembark before flying off once again.

In the cliff face there is a large cave entrance, over the entrance there are symbols, translated by their SCA's. Clear mind, clear heart. Come those who seek to serve.

There are six people stood by the entrance, looking quite surprised at the new arrivals. One, a woman with silver hair recovers enough to speak first. "Ah. Void warriors. We are honoured by your help."

Once introductions are made the spiritual leaders will happily accept the escort and their adventure can begin.

Orange

They fly up and out across the ocean, a longer flight than before but eventually they descend and there is a slight juddering before they land, floating on the ocean.

"Orange team disembark, please use luggage or dressing carriage doors only."

They will step out onto an inflated platform that streches around the train. Down below are the depths of the water and their SCA's show them at the point of Bui. It is below them so all they need to is dive.

The dive takes a while, and depends on their swimming ability but hopefully with a bit of teamwork they arrive at the silent city of Bui.

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"Exactly.Better to do escorting as a team, but it does still mean fights are most likely to happen... after all if nothing were to happen you wouldn't need one in the first place." So he figured he would keep his abilities quiet until they were needed.

But for the moment he looked around at the others briefly. "Do you think being as a big group would work for this type of thing though?"

If Allen had never been to other worlds talking animals would be a strange and new experience. It was why he was sort of glad that he had been.

"Nice to meet you Tangle. This... is my second technically, though our first ended rather suddenly." he kind of hoped that wouldn't happen this time or he knew he was going to be mad.

"So you prepared for any fighting we might have to do?"

"It does? What suggestions has it accepted?"

What was he nervous about? he honestly right now could pinpoint it, or at least isn't exactly open about the possible reason. Instead he just simply shrugged briefly. "I honestly don't know. Just the thought of being under the water, the darkness of the ocean the further down you go is a little scary."

"Inigo."

They definitely didn't exchange names because the conversation just got a liiittle too awkward. (More like a lot too awkward.) But sshh, he's determined to leave that behind them now, hence why he just offers his name and.. gently ignores the rest of that..

Because sea monsters are clearly the easier and more cheery topic here. Monster fighting! Fun! He nudges his head in the direction of the beach before starting to walk. Come on, let's get this patrol thing going!

"Makes you wonder why they only come out at night though, huh? Maybe they can't handle the sun?"

"Wow, thank you so much..!"

Thankfully him now knowing how to do it the way this thing wants him to sure saves his image in her eyes, since she looks pretty amazed at the ease with which he puts it together. (Then again, Madoka is easily amazed by most things, but let's ignore that part..)

"I think it should be alright. I probably won't need it much, since it sounded like the blue team is mostly staying on the beach.. But it can't hurt to be prepared just in case, right?"

The simple reply doesn't bother Tidus, accepting it with a smile, the name repeated in acknowledgement. With the incline of the other guy's head, Tidus gives a small nod in turn and starts walking himself. Eyes drawn to the coastline and out to the sea beyond.

"Could be. Don't the villagers say fire's effective? So it could be the same deal...or they know that's the worst time for the villagers to get attacked." And the best time for the fiends. "That's the bigger mystery, huh? Why they'd start attacking in the first place. Doesn't sound like the island's had to worry 'bout monsters in the past... did they really have to, before now?"

He knew they were ill-prepared for this, but how random was this whole event? Did they ever see these particular monsters around before? It didn't sound like fiends--or monsters--were as big an issue as they were now.

Game Car
[Whenever Yugi returned from the dive, be it not long after he started to dive or as the time went on a little bit longer, he would always head toward the game car in order to relax and calm down and maybe play a game for a few minutes before getting back to it.

During one of these times, however he instead found himself sitting in the bean chair deep in thought instead and for a brief moment looking at his hand. At the sound or sight of someone entering the game room, he managed to snap out of his thoughts and looked over.]

Oh, hey. Are you taking a break too? Or do you have something that needs to be worked on up here?

On the Edge
[Yugi figured that if diving was going to be so hard that he was going to help up top instead, after all people do have to come back up after a set time. So Yugi decided that he would greet those that came back with a smile.]

Welcome back to the surface. Do you need anything? Food or just a towel?

Not twelve, but still a teen, and still able to laugh at himself if nothing else. It helped him gauge the kind of crowd he was playing to, and Duo decided that this one would be classified as; tough.

"You sure?" He tempered the smile and dropped the teasing tone altogether. If the second offer was rebuffed he'd go on his merry way, but it was best to ask, he thought.

Duo looked back at the rock pool, his focus on that now instead of the other guy.

He'd already been stood in front of it for a little while, counting. So far it seemed to spout at regular intervals which made what he was planning to do so much easier.

"Hn... Then I guess if it's not a proper geyser, it won't matter if I jump on in."

He'd already made sure his pack was secure on his back, strapped over both arms so he wouldn't lose them. Duo reached for one of the daggers at his hip and slipped it out to hold in his hand, just in case.

Then he counted down. A handful of seconds before he knew the thing would erupt again, Duo took a run at the pool, jumped up onto the lip of the rocky edge and hopped right into the cold water that reached well past his waist.

Where as things like that were exactly why Khary had to joke and find humor where he could. He'd always used humor to jkeep his temper in check.

"Well, as best I can tell this is some sort of Tangled Web, which means there is no way to know how long my body's been laying there. If it even is. I mean, I was riding Nighthawk at the time. So he could well have caught me and I could be in a bed. Or I could still be riding having not even fallen yet. Or," a small laugh. "I could have died from old age already. No way to know. This thing has ensnared my mind too well."

"Thank you, Romeo.."

His absolute faith in her (much more than she deserves, she can't help but think) puts a slight shy blush on her face as she lets him take her hand without the slightest protest or resistance.

"You're really good at working together too though. I just know everyone in the purple team is going to love you."

"Uh..."

Give Tidus about ten seconds to process that.

"...um. What?"

Nope, didn't work. Tidus is stumped, clueless about any of what the guy just said. Sleeping in his old age when flying what??

It's hard to tell whether or not Inigo is catching onto the fact that Taiki's initial intention was to get those two to keep each other safe. Honestly, he's probably not fully catching onto it (because he's an idiot), but the good thing is that Inigo will do it all the same. Because there's no way he can see someone fighting and not want to help them out.

"Well, I'll keep an eye out for him, even if he might not fully need my help." If Gyousou really is that great of a warrior, then Inigo's own abilities will probably pale in comparison anyway. "I know he's really important to you. So even if I didn't already think that he seems like a nice guy, I would still want to make sure he's safe for your sake."

He chuckled a bit. "A Tangled web is a sort of spell that only one certain Caste can cast," humor of caste and cast sounding alike not intended, but present. "There are many forms a Tangled Web can take. One of the most feared and best known forms to those who do spend much time around Black Widows, is the kind of Web that can ensnare the mind. You would fully believe you were wherever, doing whatever the witch who cast it wanted." Or in two specific cases the Warlord Prince, but it was confusing enough as it was, so he neglected to mention Sadi and the High Lord.

"While you are caught in the Tangled Web you can think years have passed when really it has been seconds or you can think not time has passed at all when it has been years. And Tangled Webs can be laid as traps and only the Caste that can create them can detect them. Neither Nighthawk nor I are Black Widows, so it is fully possible that I tripped a Web inadvertently." More than possible, he knew that to be the case. Or at least, he was sure it was.

"So years could have already passed and I could be dead of old age, my mind trapped here all that remains of me. Or I could still be on horseback, no one the wiser that my mind is elsewhere."

This is the worst possible timing for something like this to happen. Madoka knows they don't have long - they'll have to get off the train soon. And while she's not too sure what the absolute best thing to do is in this situation, Madoka does know one thing. If Mami is going to be in danger without her power, she absolutely wants the other girl to be somewhere she can keep an eye on her.

"C.. Come with me." It's still said a little hesitantly, since Madoka doesn't like requesting things from people, but she knows this is better than the alternative. "With the blue team. We'll figure it out together."

To be fair, it's not entirely a surprise that there isn't an answer to that. Buttercup isn't quite like a normal child, after all - no normal child would offer to just help put someone in their place or even get rid of them. But Alice happens to like this particular kind of child.

So she just lets Buttercup fiddle for a few moments while Alice tries on a pair of flippers just to make sure they're the right size.

It's after a few moments that she looks at the breather and offers: "Need any help with that?" She keeps the offer light, open. The young girl rather seems like the independent type, after all, and Alice wouldn't want to trample all over that and be patronizing.

[ Like the terrible team player she is, Bryn had cheerily ditched Orange Team at the first opportunity she got and immediately glued herself to Blue Team. By the sounds of things, the Blues are the ones who are going to be getting involved in the fun stuff and Bryn knows that's where she wants to be.

But the waiting is so boring. There doesn't seem to be any trouble afoot while the sun it out and all that means is that Bryn has nothing to do.

So it's a bit of a relief when she spots Mami aiming her bow at something and Bryn comes hurrying over to see what needs fighting, only to slow down when she realizes Mami's aiming at... nothing. Oh well. ]

I take it you're doing your best to get some practice in for tonight?

[ Almost immediately upon hearing his cry, Bryn comes charging down onto the beach. All she has to fight with is the spear she uh "borrowed" from their last mission, but what's more important than her weaponry is just how damn eager she is to get into a fight. ]

I'm here, I'm here! Please, don't start the fun without me!

[ She's... so excited... ]

"I'm.. not sure," she admits with a slight frown on her face. She at least trusts Allen enough to give her honest opinion on the matter, especially since she feels like it's the logical answer here.

"It's hard to tell, considering we have no idea yet what we're up against. On one hand, perhaps the threat will be large enough to require a lot of people to face it. On the other hand, we only become more of a target with all of them and all of us traveling together."

Alice pauses, sighs, and then admits more reluctantly: "I'm not used to working together with a lot of people like this. I'm not quite sure I like it in general."

Nita quietly lamented the lack of professional Doctors currently on the train - both Wen Qing and the Doctor had been dropped off earlier - but the medical car was still well-stocked. There should be appropriate medications and so forth.

First priority, however, was putting Najaran on the bed and checking her in.

"If you don't have your ticket on you, I'm going to have to go looking, okay?"

She gave Najaran a pointed Look. "And if your roommates are still around, I'm not above pestering them to be sure you have it back on you before you're fully recovered."

/Makes diving simpler,/ Nita explained.

There were probably several she could have used, really, but this was the most pragmatic.

/And even if you're in a suit we can still hear each other; I checked./

/I was thirteen when I did it the first time - so, not counting Nautilus, four years?/

Nita, what even is your life?

[ At the mention of fire, Bryn doesn't immediately say anything but her lips thin slightly in a pretty transparent show of... distaste, maybe? ]

What exactly would we be needing fire for?

/... Whales only eat fish, Kaito. You're many things, but you're not a fish./

So Nita could save him FROM the fish, if need be!

[ Despite the late hour of the day, when Bryn deigns to pop up at the barricade they've set up, she's very visibly in high spirits. You'd think with the looming threat of horrible monsters, she might have chilled out just a touch, but she's grinning all over her face as she approaches, carrying her spear loosely, almost carelessly. ]

Has there been any movement from the oceans yet? I haven't seen a thing myself, so far...

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Yugi Mutou | Orange Team

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S'what I get for playing obscure kiddos, I guess, lol.

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blue mission, daytime

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Re: The Dive

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Blue mission

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gimme both those boys, close to twilight