Under the Sea: Mission start

[voidtreckermods]

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.

Comments

[draconite]

It's good to meet you! [ She takes hold of his hand and gives it a cheery shake and then just kind of? doesn't let go?? She hangs onto it while chattering away to them both?? I am so sorry. ] Please, do call me Bryn.

[ We've dropped the pretense of "Bryn" being a nickname literally anyone else came up with, it seems. ]

You don't mind if I hang around here until things get started, do you? I'd so hate to miss it!

[eyeslikeblood]

Ah, he was allowed to approach, then. He did so, and stood at a comfortable readiness. More used to the prideful and often territorial demonic mounts of his own world, he didn't offer his hand or attempt to touch the panther, but instead turned more fully to Drizzt after giving her a polite nod.

"Just completed, in fact. There was a pack of small creatures on the third beach, and some tracks on the second headed inland."

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel wasn't terribly surprised. He'd known that the cat was one of them, and he'd thought that the person felt familiar. He crouched down in front of of Maru.

"So yes on pettings in this form, but not in your other?" he asked with a smile.

[sobothersome]

Maru's little kitty nose wrinkled a little at that. "... You don't think it's weird?"

It had never really happened before. He only imagined that people would be less inclined to pet him as a human than a cat.

sorry i'm late!

[eyeslikeblood]

Gyousou had been purposefully staying away from the village edges where he was of more risk of running into Taiki, a necessity with a bloodied sword and a nasty gash along one leg where a hulking crawfish-like thing had caught him. So, seeing him on the beach was a nasty surprise, as was the creature menacing him and his companion.

"Lead it over here," he waved his own torch as he called out, then thrust it down into the sand and stepped away as not to have the monster swerve away from it inland.

Re: Allen Walker - Purple - Arrival

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel nodded. It had taken three ages to get there on his world.

"I think that is our actual mission here," he said sortly. "To help the prople of various worlds get to their peace. Maybe they just need that little boost we can provide?"

[blitzcheer]

"If we're ever in town, show me the shop you got 'em!"

Because seriously, magical poof-and-reappear weapons? Let the rest of them get in on that.

For now, more crabs were emerging from the waters, visible by the blood-red of their shells rising from the inky dark. With Lea's attentions of one group of crabs--and hey, the guy seems to have it covered--Tidus springs ahead to deal with them. Dismissing the elements for now, he imbues a delay spell to his weapon, striking at a trio simultaneously to keep them in place long enough to plunge the sword into their mouths. The last gives him trouble, but only in the way it nearly gets to snap a hefty claw in his direction.

Tidus can't work with the same efficiency and speed as Lea's fiery chakrams, but it gets the job done. More importantly:

"What a waste of crabs!"

[blitzcheer]

With a tentacle barely attached by more than skin--admittedly, a rather sturdy skin--its owner thrashes the ruined limb in a mix of pain and rage, the effort fruitless. It searches for a target with a quicker reflex and better jump without another to watch out for, only aggravating its injury more when it slams hard into the sand, no human body underneath.

Needless to say, it's a tantrum short-lived, the squid realising apparently realising better and sinking its injury into the depths. That's when the sight that Drizzt sees emerges: four or so more gnarled arms to take its place, and Tidus doesn't have time to acknowledge the creature with the drow other than it's there, it's not attacking, so it's friend, not foe.

"We take out more arms, and I can get it from the water!"

Tidus hurries to share the plan, the sword in his grasp not suspecting, but ready for what comes as his voice announces his location: elongated limbs twisting upon themselves, scrambling to shoot off for the source of the sound. But so are his feet, and Tidus lunges forward to kick off from the sand, onto the limbs; risking balance for a blade that sparks with floating lights that leave an afterglow in Tidus's messy swipe swept across the body of both.

They freeze, despite where the sword pierces into the both of them, the other arms thrashing. And if not already occupied, one or both might try to come for the blond while he deals with the two currently immobile, his luck in temporarily stunning the pair beneath him only extending for as long as the paralysis does. They come alive again as he attempts to slash into them, dropping him in their sudden ability to react to pain throwing the tentacles up.

[longforgottenpromise]

"Sorry..." Was his only answer to that, he had no better plan. Except to run and try and keep it away from the others. Distract it and hope they could somehow get rid of it.

Lord Gyousou's voice is a surprise, so strange to be able to see him and yet to feel nothing, as if Lord Gyousou were just any other person.

But right now he is mainly feeling relief. And guilt. After all the least he could do is not get into trouble.

Yet he changed direction, running towards his king.

[happyends]

".. Weird?"

She repeats the word once he steps out next to her, glancing over at him. Madoka looks him up and down for a moment - although it's not like she can see much of a difference with him still wearing that hoodie over it. But she's just trying to figure out if this is a Serious kind of weird or just a more trivial kind. If it's the former, she can't just ignore it! If Maru is protecting her, then the least she should do in return is take care of him.

"How weird? Do you think you can bear it? If it's too much, maybe we can find some other solution for you.." Nevermind the fact that they only have limited time left before the mission starts and the fact that Madoka would have no idea where to start thinking. She'd still try for him!

[sell_tickets]

"If there were, why did they not act in the war? On either side?" he shook his head. "Witch will free us all, in time. I believe in her." He gave the other what was meant to be a warm and comforting smile.

[flatteries]

"You thought about it that deeply?"

Despite what it may sound like, this time it's really not an assumption on Inigo's part that Tidus might be an idiot similarly to him.. It's not the fact that Tidus is capable of thought that surprises him - it's more just that Tidus cares enough to put so much thought into what team he should join in the first place. Especially since it's only his first mission.

Now Inigo is starting to wonder if she should feel bad for just having gone along with the default option of sticking by his own team all this time before now...

"I mean, most people seem to assume the train puts us into a specific team for a reason. So we get the tasks that are most suited to us during the mission." Hence why he was always with purple. Fighting at the frontlines just always felt right to him. Why should he think about doing anything else then? ".. Although I guess it didn't really take swimming abilities into account."

[irrationally]

The sound Alice makes almost sounds pained. It's just frustrating. How come that there are so many people here who are putting their own life at risk just for the sake of helping out? It feels like she's surrounded by idiots here!

(And yet apparently she still cares enough to try and talk sense into them all the same.)

"If you insist, then absolutely make sure to stay out of harm's way. Move away the moment you see a threat. If you want to be helpful so badly, then make sure to realise a corpse won't help anyone." The words themselves are harsh, yet there's a certain lack of bite to them as Alice says them. Because she's not really angry. Just worried. And she sucks at expressing it.

Sorry the proper icon is on her premium, I think, lol.

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion got another hit in, but as it was going down it caught her with a last hit, sending her flying back.

[happyends]

That statement of all things makes Madoka grow quiet for a moment. She knows Ple Two is right, but at the same time she'd feel so bad leaving the other girl alone in such a state. Her gaze shifts to Maru for a moment, as if hoping he has the right solution for this, but then realises that no, she has to think of it herself. She has to be responsible now.

"We'll stay with you for a little bit." And you can't change her mind about that. Ple Two is much too important for her to not make sure the other girl is both absolutely fine and well enough protected before Madoka heads out there again. "We'll go back out again after. But first we have to make sure you're okay."

It's only then that she looks back at Maru, a bit more resolute this time.

"Maru, can you please help me help her up..?"

[happyends]

There's so much appreciation for his genius here. He'll never run out with Madoka's eternal compliment machine that just keeps going.

"Right. I think so too." And since Fëanor said it, it's clearly got to be right. That's how it works, right? "Will you be okay too? The red team's mission sounded.. um, well, a little vague.. It was kind of omnious."

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion was used to this sort of thing, and she was even used to fighting through fatigue, hoping that if she felt this badly that meant Roxas was at his strongest. She kept fighting the beast, trying to stick to melee combat. She raised her blade to deflect a blow, then raced in to the area exposed by that attack.

[blitzcheer]

"Doesn't give us anything to fight with either, does it?"

Tidus wouldn't think it's him being smart: just lucky, perhaps. Conversations in the week that he's been around, listening to the network about training people, compiling scarce resources; the way so many are left in the dark, the frustrated venting he listened to from Lightning.

He lets out a heavy sigh, picking up his sword to stop it leaving a trail in the sand.

"It sounds like there's a reason behind the teams and who goes where, but..." What does he want to say? Tidus rolls his free hand, circling it as he tries to gather his thoughts. "It's like...a sports team! You need to balance your team! It doesn't matter if you have ten great shooters if you don't have anyone to protect your goal. You need to mix it up, you know? Put people where they're second best, even out your team!"

Does that make any sense to Inigo? It might not matter as Tidus continues on, even putting some speed into his step as he decides to take a lead, all so he can face Inigo as he walks backwards.

"We don't know how many priests there were, but didn't protecting an island sound like more work? More people who need protecting?" Head dipping, Tidus shakes it. "It...it didn't sit right with me. I don't care what a train thinks. I just know what my gut tells me."

He has to think he made the right choice.

He has to hope he did.

[deductiongeek]

Though that reminded him.

"If the water is that much of a problem, how did you handle the black star heist?"

[schrodingersghost]

"Awesome." He thought he'd gotten it figured it. Mostly. But this was something he definitely wanted a second opinion on.

Re: The Dive

[deductiongeek]

[ He should really stop expecting the physics of other worlds to be anything like this own. ]

Is this something everyone there can do?

[najaran]

Once the gloves were off she freed the few cards she had hidden up her sleeve. "Okay," she mumbled, trying to kick them off, and failing.

Re: The Dive

[unfavorableinstigation]

/Not all wizards do it, but most at least have the potential for it./

[Indeed, Conan.]

[unfavorableinstigation]

And Nita just. Stared at the cards for a second, before going back to helping Najaran get leverage to take those flippers off.

"Do those Cards still work if they get wet - or if you just can't reach them?"

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel shrugged. "You're cute either way. But I try to respect other's feelings. So if you prefer, I'll only pet you when you're like this." He reached over and gave kittyMaru's ears a little scritch.