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

"You bring hope and joy to everyone around you, Romeo. You will be good on Escort. Do the two of you have knives or at least a pointed stick?" He gestures over his shoulder to where he has several short spears made out of sharpened bamboo sticking out of his backpack. "I have every faith that the two of you will kick monster ass before it even realizes you are a threat."

"Joss got a weapon." He nodded, "And I can fight with a stick! I trained with a spear, I got my borderlines too and I can throw them at people!"

He grins at the man's words though, he is glad that the man has faith in them. So many grown ups didn't.

"Borderlines?" Glorfindel asked. "What is that?"

He handed Romeo one of the sharpened bamboo spears. "Just in case."

Romeo and Joss were not your average "children" so while he did encourage them in any child-like antics they wanted to partake in, he wasn't going to pretend that they weren't just as capable as many if not most adults. Though the adults in their party were quite out of the ordinary to begin with.

"They can be used as shields but are also sharp so you can throw them at people!" He took the spear with a concerned smile, he doesn't want to take the man's weapon!

"Are you sure sir?"

"Are they part of your magic, granted by your god?" Glorfindel asked. He offered one of the spears to Joss, as well.

"I have several, you are welcome to share them."

"Thank you sir." He smiles and nods at the question, "Yes. All shinki can do them as long as they got a name, which means they work for a god! They work best against bad ayakashi, which are monsters that like to eat spirits and gods and make humans sad, but they work against other things too!"

"Are they a finite resource?" Glorfindel asked. "Some abilities only have so many uses per day or tire you out, so please allay my concerns, if you would."

"Um. I don't think so." He shook his head, "On training days we used to practice with them lots and lots and they never ran out!"

So he doesn't think they were a finite resource!

Glorfindel nodded his approval. "Excellent. I look forward to perhaps seeing them in action. If you need anything, come find me. If you see a bright light suddenly, feel free to please come help." He laughed. He was Team Purple, this was his first mission, but he already knew enough about several of his comrades that they would rather run towards the danger than away from it.

"I will sir! If I see a bright light I will come and help you straight away!"

It was rather unusual for an adult to be happy with him helping and Romeo likes it a lot. He is glad that Glorfindel thinks he will be helpful and useful in the fighting!

[If Romeo is amenable, there will be a pat on the shoulder...or head if he's shorter than I thought ;) before Glorfindel heads off too.]

[He is indeed quite tiny, especially compared to an elf! So a pat on the head it is.]

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[Is that a Wrap?]

Yep!