middleofsomewhere | 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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Nita carefully flukes about the castle, taking in the vaster spread of sand on which it sits.

She's keeping an ear out, though it's more like 'all her whale's skin', for any detectable disturbance apart from her friend's investigations.

Everywhere she looks, it feels more and more like a court that simply--stopped. The world around her is so very quiet, even with the addition of their team wandering about. Sound doesn't travel so well in water, for those with normal ears at least. It's eerie in a way such a town might be above water.

Up into a spire, she goes, peaking into rooms where people clearly lived and now sleep. Up more and more until she's standing on the edge of it, shivering despite the suit to keep her warm.

"I don't like it. I don't like any of this. It's wrong. People just--dropped things and fell asleep. Work, food, their weapons. They never saw this coming. If it's an attack, it was done from afar."

Nita meets her at the top of the spire, drifting gently and sadly.

/Me either,/ she replies.

/And that's probably right, Persephone. But whatever it was has to kidnap the islanders, for whatever reason. It can't be because they're stronger-/

She pauses, thinking hard, backfinning carefully.

/Or it was a threat Bui overlooked, and they paid the price./

"Maybe it's something that works better in water? A power best done in the sea or only works there?"

Persephone half drifts, half sits on the spire's edge, the effort of keeping herself firmly in place no worth it.

"I wish we knew more about what sort of magic this realm has. It's hard to make any guesses when we're literally grasping in the dark. Obviously, something spiritual, with their gods or spirits or--I don't know. But do the Bui have the same power? Did they share it? Did the Bui rely on it more and the lack is putting them to sleep?"

/Or the citizens are inherently magical, whereas the islanders have to earn it...?/

Like in that ceremony Purple Team was supposed to lead those spiritual leaders to.

Nita sighs.

/We've got lots more questions than answers, either way. Did you see anything worth sharing with the others down in the castle, then?/

Persephone shrugs, the movement sending her shifting about in the water. It's so easy to keep acting and moving like she's on solid ground.

"No. It just--seems like a castle caught unawares. I was just--hoping there was some sign of a struggle but nothing. We'd better keep looking."

Nita watches carefully in case Persephone loses her balance. Which, while it might be interesting to see happen underwater, certainly wouldn't be pleasant!

/If there was a struggle going on, I don't think it happened... anywhere here. But yeah, we should keep going./

Away from the palace, for now; there were other structures to explore, other things that might catch them unawares if they're not quick about things.

Under the Sea: Mission start

Hmm - request an NPC, or do we need to go that far to improvise for this bit?

im just gonna improvise

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Hmm - to another location, or fade-out?