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

[blue_ice]

"All right. Looks good."

Kaiba checked their path on the SCA, and flicked on the flashlight mode. They couldn't see their destination from up here, but it was still a good way down.

"Ready?"

He pressed onward, the light of the surface slipping further and further away, but he wouldn't go too far without Yugi.

[sizedoesntmatter]

He soon turned on flashlight mode before looking down. It looked pretty dark. It was enough to worry the other, but he soon shook it off before he started to follow.

A little deeper he went the more he felt himself tense up and in one moment found himself looking up again to see how far down they were. He couldn't see the light from the surface anymore.

He could feel his heart rate get faster and because of that, he had stopped moving. "We're pretty far down...This stuff is working so far...not drowning anyway... Can you keep going for a moment, I'll be right behind hopefully."

[blue_ice]

Kaiba shook his head and turned around. He knew that tone, and his heart clenched, thinking of a memory far older.

"I'm not leaving you."

He kicked back up and floated next to Yugi, gently taking hold of his wrist for a moment. He wouldn't ask another question or pressure him, just assure him he wasn't alone in the dark.

[sizedoesntmatter]

He looked back up again. if we went up he knew he would be fine, but he also knew the issue would still linger. If he went further the way he felt he was pretty sure would get worse. Maybe they should have talked before he tried this.

Yugi couldn't help but get a tiny bit frustrated. "I'll try again... I just feel stupid getting anxious at being underwater. It turned out fine then after all." He looked over at the other for a moment "Thank you, by the way, I should really be more confident and just keep facing this head on."

[blue_ice]

"I still dream of the dark sometimes," he confessed, reaching up to squeeze Yugi's hand. He'd never admit it anywhere else. "It wasn't underwater, but I felt empty. And hopeless. It's hard, but you're strong, Yugi."

He squeezed a little tighter before loosening his grip, aware of how weird that might be. "You're not alone. Turn back if you need to, but if you stay I'll be right here."

[sizedoesntmatter]

"The dark has a way of feeling like that." Considering that darkness was usually a negative thing to. He had soon found himself surprised for a brief moment before squeezing it back briefly. It was comforting.

"I know I'm not, I never really thought I was." As soon as he let go he smiled. "I'll go a little further, then if I am still this bad I'll head up and you keep going, okay? I'll try again later if that happens because I won't let my fear beat me."

[blue_ice]

"Got it. Slow and steady."

Kaiba descends further into the dark, but he stops to look at Yugi every now and then. He holds the SCA near his helmet so Yugi can see his face.

"I think we're more than halfway. How are you now?"

[sizedoesntmatter]

Yugi had slowed a bit behind, he could feel the anxiety build up before stopping again, still little distance behind.

"More than halfway..." He had wondered how far down they had and he knew at this point it was probably best he think about going back, worried that the way he felt now would just get worse.

"Not good, I'll admit, so I might just go back and try again in a few hours. But I can help up there if needs be."

[blue_ice]

"Then go. We'll be here a few days, there's still time." He squeezes Yugi's hand once more and gives him a smile before slipping back. Kaiba doesn't exactly like the idea of going alone, but he promised he would. And he's been alone most of his life, so it shouldn't be an issue, right? He'll wait for Yugi to depart, watching until he disappears, and then continue to the lifeless place...

The darkness and emptiness are oppressive. He has to stop a few times and remind himself that he's not in danger. Several times he wants to hit the evacuation, but he's too stubborn for that

Be safe, Yugi.