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

[sensitiveapple]

She nods. "Well, if you wouldn't mind cooking, I can do all the clean up?" She offers. "People aren't going to need fancy food, but something filling. There are things like sauce in the fridge that we can work with. I think." She doesn't know. She's hopeless in the kitchen.

[sensitiveapple]

Misa waves her away. "Don't worry about it. I have a feeling there will be plenty of laundry later." She says, smiling. "Have a good nap." She says, gathering up things and beginning to clean the kitchen again.

[sensitiveapple]

She smiles back. "I'd appreciate that, since I can't cook. At all. Freema hasn't gotten that far." Not yet, anyway. "I figure everyone will be hungry all the time, so anyone willing to cook would be nice." She will help. Swimming she can't do, but she will help with support, and with cleaning. Misa doesn't mind hard work, really, as long as it doesn't completely destroy her personal values.

[wizard_redfive]

"Your guess is as good as mine," Dairine says with a shrug. "We'll have to look into it a bit more."

Luckily their Manuals still have enough information to run some tests. Maybe. Hopefully.

At least they can try what is bound to be useful for this mission.

[thebetterweapon]

Creed isn't angry. He's cooped up. There is, actually, a difference. The smell of over a hundred people is jammed into his nose all the time, and he can hear everyone too, so his ears ache. To be able to get out? That's his goal.

He shrugs his broad shoulders, looking at the kid. "Just ready to get off the train."

[usestwohands]

"I imagine." Wizards in his world study for years in order to hone their minds such that they can memorize several spells at once. No doubt, they would kill, at least in his experience, for such a bracelet. It was, indeed, a treasure.

"Visionary work?"

[thebetterweapon]

Creed laughs. "I'll keep that in mind. Any other advice?" He's being a shit mostly. He knows how to handle this. He knows what's going to happen, mostly, and he's prepared for it.

[unfavorableinstigation]

"Seeing the future, though mostly it's a headache," Nita admits, letting go of the bracelet to rub one hand at her forehead for emphasis.

"Not all wizards have it, or only wizards even, but making sense of what you See before the events happen is tricky."

[so_dark_a_road]

"Apparently she deserved it, considering her level of disrespect for the Scelties." Khary's dark laugh was not shocking to Curufn, the Elf whose past was very dark indeed.

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin gave Maru a look of sympathy. "I can understand. Some people are more averse to injuring things than other people are. That's the way it is, and that's the way it should be. Those of us who are less discerning need those who are, otherwise the world gets out of balance. But if you're going to go with Blue Team, will you be all right, fighting the creatures that come out of the sea?"

[so_dark_a_road]

"Thanks! We'll probably get there faster, with you being the chauffeur," said Curufn with a grin. He wasn't much worried about their situation, given that the only thing they had to fight was crabs, and the only tasks they had to perform were toting mer people to shelter.

"We can probably just keep coming back and coming back, given the number of children there are on these playgrounds."

Curufin was usually pretty adept at hearing an unspoken yet in a friend's voice, but he missed it. Maybe because his mind became quickly occupied with the logistics of this particular task.

[so_dark_a_road]

He nodded and smiled. "I believe you, Little One. I have faith in your abilities."

[so_dark_a_road]

"Maybe some day you'll learn how to cook. It's not very hard, and I'm sure some of those cooks on board will be happy to teach you. I'll teach you what I know, if you are interested."

He smiles again and turns to go. "I should get back to my responsibilities. Enjoy your peanut butter sandwich, and I'll see you after my first dive."

*salutes*

[so_dark_a_road]

He didn't mind hearing the details. Firearms were fascinating to him. He had even done some gunsmithing in the two worlds he had inhabited after he had left his own.

"Then best of luck to you! I'm sure you'll have stories to tell when you get back. We all will."

[pleple]

Ple Two didn't have much time to learn about primitive weapons - she was young, and needed to fight in the here and now.

Things were a little different here. "...get back, huh?"

[gundamofthedesert]

"Vanish?" Quatre blinking in surprise, leaning back to look at Duo just a little bit more. "I... I'm sorry I didn't realize."

Cue Quatre looking him over as though to make sure he's not injured at all.

"Where were you? Or do you remember?"

[so_dark_a_road]

"Yes, a non-specific power to impose slumber on everyone within a certain number of square miles. That would do it."

He watches with interest as she touches the sea floor, and then with surprise as the seaweeds sprout suddenly. "You have the power to summon plants to grow? That's impressive. Does this tell you anything about the power that imposed the sleep on the mer people?"

[irrationally]

"That would make sense."

But that slight emphasis there is that Alice knows that often things don't make sense. In fact, she wouldn't be too surprised if something suddenly popped up that had no business being underwater. Like an elephant or something. It'd suit the general ridiculousness of the train itself.

"You don't happen to fight using fire, right? This would be a rather unfortunate setting for that kind of thing."

[flatteries]

Argh, that shy smile is too cute! It kind of makes all the worrying he's done up to this point - no matter how useless in the end - worth it, just to be able to see that. Inigo swears he can feel his heart skip a beat at the very sight of it.

But then, before he knows it, there's those arms moving around him so suddenly too. Not to mention Yuki is clinging so tightly.. if anything were to betray the other boy's emotions, it's that. But Inigo sure doesn't mind, and for once he'll let Yuki have his dignity by not mentioning anything about it or that hitched breath. Instead he just holds him as warmly as he can.

"Then.. don't worry about a thing. Even if you'd disappear from this place, or even if I would, we'll just meet back up again in your world." That thought feels so infinitely reassuring to him that he can't help but want to share it with Yuki. "Just wait for me."

[happyends]

Madoka smiles at the kiss. It's sweet, and she really does love it. Tony has done it plenty of times with her, after all, but that makes it all the nicer that Ignis seems to at least slowly start to get used to doing the same. She even leans against him after it.

Although that last statement makes her smile with the tiniest hint of mischief.

"Papa, I think you forgot one very important person made of magic." Him, of course. She won't let him leave himself out of it! Her papa is just as great as the rest of them.

[wisdominshadows]

"Yes, that one."

She curls her fingers around the second stone, holds it up against the first, and nods.

"I think this should do. Now let me see...."

It's only her own power she can call upon here, but that should be enough- soon a white light surrounds her, and the stones begin to shake in her palms.

[schrodingersghost]

"I'm going with Red this time. I figure I've got enough experience with jumping into strange portals that I should be able to help out."

[achickenformylove]

"He is an adult to me, but he will still always be my son. I do often ensure that Sizhui has the supplies that he needs before night hunts."

Protective father right here.

[achickenformylove]

"He was very young."

WangJi remembered the day he met WuXian at the Burial Mounds, was randomly clung to, and cried on by a young boy. He had bought that child toys and food, letting him sit on his leg while he played with his butterfly and other toys. He had known instinctively that Yuan had likely not had enough food when he was first living in the Burial Mounds, but it was hard to hear that it was true.

"You did your best for him."

In the end, leaving him behind had saved his life in a way they had never expected. Even though nearly all the Wens died and WuXian as well, leaving him behind had allowed WangJi to find him and take him home.

[usestwohands]

"I've read of seers before, oracles." He nods. "And of how ambiguous their visions from the gods often are. You have my sympathy."