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

Re: Shaw | Team Purple | Co-starring Ifrit

[laurefindil]

On one of their breaks, Glorfindel checks on the Fire Team.

"You two are doing phenomenally well," he said. "How often did you say you've worked together?"

[aablublublu]

"Prettyregularly forafewmonths. Thisisn't toodifferent fromourdayjob."

[oripyrothy]

"Doctor always includes me in missions where they need a heavy hitter." Actually not true, since Rhodes Island had quite a number of teams who are all very capable. But she'd seen her fair share, and a good number of those missions includes Shaw as well.

"Usually we'd be up against Reunion or other bad guys, but we've faced worse monsters than this, too."

[laurefindil]

He nodded. "Honestly? Same. Guess that's why we got this mission?"

Glorfindel took a bite from the bag of food he'd brought and washed it down with a mouthful of water. "Care for some Lembas? It's not authentic, but its as close as I could get it."

[aablublublu]

Shaw cautiously accepted the offer. It didn't look like anything special, but... well, when traveling, enjoy foreign cuisines.

Authentic or not, it was unbelievably good. Overwhelmed with the incredible taste, Shaw failed to find the right words to express herself, and instead settled on a thumbs up.

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel knew it wasn't as good as the real thing, but the thumbs up made him smile. "I packed enough for several days, so if you get hungry again later, just look me up."

"I am not familiar with everyone here's sleep patterns, but my people don't need much to recharge for the day, how about yours?" he asked.

[aablublublu]

"Eighthoursaday isrecommended, butsevenorsix isusuallyjustfine." Who sleeps enough, really? Nobody, that's who.

[laurefindil]

He smiled again. Someone he could relate to. "I do try to get the recommended four hours of reverie, but in hostile territory, you make do with what you get, right?"

[aablublublu]

Yes, exactly! This guy gets it. "Learningtowork withoutmuchsleep isavaluableskill. IwishIcould getby withjust fourhours, moretime togetthingsdone."

[laurefindil]

"Sometimes I wonder if I could," Glorfindel confessed, "But whenever I try, my friends glare at me and make me rest. It has also been pointed out to me that the more you do...the more you find to do...the more you try to do...the less the stuff that actually gets done." He sighed. "I have had to find a happy median with them."