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.

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Oh, Taiki. It's a brave attempt at trying to hide it, but it's still pretty obvious from that pause as he speaks. It gives Inigo a slight pang of guilt - he knows he's doing the right thing here, since these are literal monsters threatening people's lives, but it still makes him worry what Taiki would think of him if he knew just how much blood there's been on Inigo's hands over the years. If he'd still want to be his friend despite that.

He does manage to shove a genuine smile onto his face though as he tries to push that worry as far as possible to the back of his mind.

"How about you? Are you going to make sure to stay back here? We don't know what these monsters might be like, so you got to be careful."

"I will be." He looked down, "I'm sorry I can't be much help, but I will try and keep everyone here out of harms way."

It was the least he could do really. Though he worried about everyone who would be fighting.

"You need to be careful too, stick near Lord Gyousou... He is a great warrior." Not that he doubts Inigo. Indeed he trusts Inigo and that is another reason he wants him to stick near his king. Taiki can't be with him and he can't even sense him at the moment. Asking two people he cares about to look out for each other is the only way he can help at all.

"Don't say that." Inigo shakes his head, taking a step forward so he's able to reach out and put his hand on Taiki's shoulder. "You're a great help just being you. And being here. It reminds me that I can't just go out in a blaze of glory like some big hero out there, because I'd feel really bad if I made you cry."

Or, you know, at the very least feel bad. Inigo doesn't expect anyone to actually cry if he dies. Those expectations would probably be a bit too high.

"But of course I can stick near him. Do you think he might be able to use some help watching his back, or is he great enough of a warrior that I'd only be a bother?"

Of course Taiki would cry if Inigo went out in a blaze of glory, he wants to cry just thinking about it. He blinks at him sadly, wishing he could do more to help.

"He is a great warrior, but you won't be a bother... I'm sure... Everyone needs someone to look out for them."

If he were any sort of useful kirin he would have shirei to send with his king, to protect him. But he doesn't and something about this world has made him even more useless than usual and so he is improvising.

It will keep Inigo safe too, for he knows that Lord Gyousou won't let any harm come to him. He can only hope that together they will get through the battle safely.

It's hard to tell whether or not Inigo is catching onto the fact that Taiki's initial intention was to get those two to keep each other safe. Honestly, he's probably not fully catching onto it (because he's an idiot), but the good thing is that Inigo will do it all the same. Because there's no way he can see someone fighting and not want to help them out.

"Well, I'll keep an eye out for him, even if he might not fully need my help." If Gyousou really is that great of a warrior, then Inigo's own abilities will probably pale in comparison anyway. "I know he's really important to you. So even if I didn't already think that he seems like a nice guy, I would still want to make sure he's safe for your sake."

"Thank you." Taiki smiled in relief. He would definitely feel better knowing they would look out for each other.

Inigo's words all but overwhelmed him again, it happened a lot with Inigo. He was sometimes just so caring and kind it was hard to even understand.

"He is." His voice was quiet, intense. Even if he is glad that Inigo will stick with Gyousou he is still going to spend the whole night worrying.

"Heh. You really are too cute when you smile!"

Inigo is actually catching onto the fact that Taiki will still probably worry, no matter what he promises here. That's just the kind of person Taiki is. Which is exactly why he's saying this - even though he does genuinely mean it, he figures his dumb antics might distract Taiki from his worries, even if it's just for a few moments right now.

And to make matters worse (or.. better..?) Inigo moves forward a moment later to wrap his arms around Taiki in a hug.

"I know these villagers are going to be lining up to become friends with you, but make sure to still save a spot for me when I get back!"

He still doesn't know how to respond to Inigo when he says such things like that so he just smiles again and looks awkward. He hugs back tightly though when Inigo wraps his arms around him, as if he can keep him safe by the tightness of his hug.

"Of course..."

He doubts that any of the villagers will be wishing to be friends with him, he's always found friends difficult but Inigo is his friend and he's not going to forget that in a hurry.

Thankfully he's used enough to Taiki's Taiki-ness that the lack of any elaborate response doesn't even bother him in the slightest. Inigo knows this is just what the other is like - quiet in general, but especially often in the face of nice things being said to him. (And honestly, can Inigo blame him when the slightest compliment turns Inigo himself into a grinning, half-flustered mess most of the time?)

He sighs.

"You know, the longer I hold you like this, the less I feel like going out there." It's mostly a joke, but it's true that he would much prefer hugging Taiki over fighting. Ever. But he knows where his duty here lies.

He was silent as he hugged him tighter for a moment. He wished Inigo didn't have to go out there. He wished none of them had to go out there and he could hold them close and keep them safe.

But that is not how anything works and so eventually he has to let go.

"Just be safe and I will make sure to hug you double afterwards."

"Just know I'm keeping you to that one."

There better be double hugs waiting for him after he comes back from fighting, that's the only motivation he needs. Well, that and probably a nap, considering he'll be out there fighting all night.

"I'll go now then. Take care over here."

He nodded with another nervous smile. "You take care too."

He tries to not look as worried as he feels. He can only hope everything is alright. But he doesn't want to upset Inigo before he has to fight.

Under the Sea: Mission start

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