middleofsomewhere | Under the Sea: Mission start

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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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Gyousou had been purposefully staying away from the village edges where he was of more risk of running into Taiki, a necessity with a bloodied sword and a nasty gash along one leg where a hulking crawfish-like thing had caught him. So, seeing him on the beach was a nasty surprise, as was the creature menacing him and his companion.

"Lead it over here," he waved his own torch as he called out, then thrust it down into the sand and stepped away as not to have the monster swerve away from it inland.

"Sorry..." Was his only answer to that, he had no better plan. Except to run and try and keep it away from the others. Distract it and hope they could somehow get rid of it.

Lord Gyousou's voice is a surprise, so strange to be able to see him and yet to feel nothing, as if Lord Gyousou were just any other person.

But right now he is mainly feeling relief. And guilt. After all the least he could do is not get into trouble.

Yet he changed direction, running towards his king.

"It's okay." While he'd been hopeful, he knew not everyone had a plan.

But then apparently someone did? He was both relieved and a little more worried--he wasn't used to these kinds of situations, tense, stressful, fight or run or die. Once had been more than enough for his entire lifetime, but he couldn't do nothing.

Doing his best to keep up, he followed after Taiki, starting to get a little breathless. Glancing over his shoulder, he made sure the creature was still following them, and it was. "No problem with that!"

He nodded quick approval at the both of them as the creature scrabbled around in the sand and charged again. Taiki he knew couldn't fight, but Dyme got a once-over in case he had merely been caught out without a weapon. Hard to tell; he didn't look like a fighter.

Not that it changed the current situation, of course.

"Get back to the village," was his next command. "I'll keep it occupied."

[ooc: feel free to continue the thread without me if they leave the area in the next few tags btw! <3]

Taiki didn't want to leave him, now that he had found him. Not being able to sense him was worrying, it made him frightened to have him out of his sight. He didn't know where he was or if he was even alive.

But on the other hand he had already caused him such trouble by being out here rather than back in the village where he was supposed to be and he didn't want to anger him any more than he already had.

Also he couldn't stay here much longer, the smell of blood was in the air, though he was doing his best to ignore it.

"Yes my lord." His voice was quiet, he really is sorry for the trouble he has caused.

"Are you sure? You don't need any help with it or anything?" Dyme was only a fighter in the sense of 'threw some punches in a bar a few times', but that didn't stop him from being concerned about other people, especially when there were monsters about.

He didn't know what he'd do if he stayed, but he wanted to be useful, to be able to help instead of running away or just doing the bare minimum.

Taiki was still too close for him to risk a slash or stab, so he knocked the creature's reaching limbs wide and kicked it solidly in the chest instead. It gave him a moment to turn back to them, smile and stance both wide and confident.

"I appreciate it, but those waiting in the village should know we are under attack. There may be others in trouble."

His eyes flickered in the direction of the village, even more worried now. He had thought the man had just gotten unlucky but if this had been part of some concerted early attack...

He nodded, though he doesn't quite move yet, this time waiting for the man he had ran with. He doesn't want to leave him alone.

He doesn't want to leave Lord Gyousou alone either but he knows he is only a hindrance to him.

Alright, that was a good point. One that Dyme couldn't argue with. Besides, he'd probably be more help warning others than he would be trying to help fight off a monster.

"Okay," he said, nodding. "I'll--we'll--let the village know." He hoped there weren't others in trouble already, but he'd figure out what he could do to help as things happened.

"My thanks." His expression, still fierce, warmed at the agreement. "Look after each other."

Once they were clear, he would be able to use his blade again; he was confident. He turned back away from them both, trusting that they would continue to safety.

Taiki nodded, a promise. He would do his best. Not that he would be much use to this man, but he would do what he could.

"Be safe." His voice was almost a whisper, a plea to his king, a prayer to gods that probably couldn't even hear them as he turned from the beach and headed towards the village, making sure the man was following him.

Nodding again, Dyme turned and started to follow after Taiki.

"He'll be okay," he said after he'd caught up. Well, he was pretty sure, at least. There was only one monster, after all, not like there was a horde of them. And people who had swords usually knew how to use them, so.

"Yes." He nodded, though his voice was still worried. It wasn't that he doubted his king, he was a warrior after all and perfectly capable of fighting however much Taiki hated to think about it.

"He's very strong."

"That's good." After a moment of hesitation and consideration, he added, "So you know him?" He hadn't been completely oblivious for a change--he'd caught the 'my lord' comment, even if he'd been more focused on other things at the time. It sounded like it might be more than a 'just met on the train' kind of thing.

Taiki nodded, keeping going towards the village. Despite how he hates to leave like this he is no use in a battle and he has been given an order. So he can only keep going.

"He's my king." He nodded and then added, "My master." He has no idea what Dyme's world is like, but a king could be a far away figure. A king could rule a country on earth and yet to those who knew them personally be just another person.

It's still not quite enough, to explain all that Lord Gyousou is to him. But that is a difficult thing to explain, especially to one not of his world.

Dyme's world didn't have kings anymore, and he was pretty sure they hadn't for a really long time, but he still got the basic idea. A leader was important, especially if you knew them personally. He'd never known anyone important like that. The closest he had was his manager, and he knew that was vastly different.

"Oh. So...what's that mean? That he's your master?"

Taiki blinked at him, because he had been unsure he would understand 'king' but had been pretty sure he would understand 'master'. But he knows nothing about this boys world or what it is like, how the people there are or any levels of governance.

"Um... sorry. I guess our worlds must be different."

He fell silent as he thought about how to further explain to someone not from his world, or apparently from a world anywhere near his own.

"He is one I am sworn to serve."

"Probably, and it's not your fault that they are." He wasn't bothered in the slightest; meeting so many people from so many different places was a big learning experience for him. And he was discovering that he actually enjoyed learning when it was outside of the school structure.

"Oh... like a butler or something?" This was probably a bad time for questions, but it took his mind off of some of the stress of everything else that was happening, at least.

They were still moving, and talking whilst doing so was helping him not dwell on what was happening on the beach. Stems the worry that won't go away even though he knows Lord Gyousou is skilled and brave.

"Sort of." Not really. But it at least gives him a bit of understanding of Dyme's world. "I'm a minister in his court... It's my job to help and advise him."

A job he has never actually done, not properly.

"Oooh, gotcha." He half got it, at least. Also, that was a way more important job than a butler or whatever else he'd been thinking of. "Sounds like that's a lot of responsibility." But advisors were supposed to be really smart and stuff too, weren't they? So that meant Taiki must be really smart.

Taiki nodded. It is a big responsibility and one he has utterly failed in but he doesn't really want to go into that so leaves it as a nod. He's just relieved that the man understood now.

"What... What do you do? Did you do I mean, before this."

"I'm a musician," he said. "I've got my own band back home." Had his own band? Were they missing him? Had they given up on him or figured he was extending his hiatus? Did Salem miss him? Was he worried? When Dyme started thinking about home, he started thinking about all of the people he was missing. "Got a few albums out, too." 'A few' was putting it lightly when he'd been working on his fifth, but now he might never finish it.

A band? It took him a moment to understand what kind of band he met. Not knowing much about his world meant that he wasn't sure if he meant a musician such as would be in Tai or a band such as would be in Japan.

Album clears that up and he nods. "What kind of music do you play?"

"Rock, mostly. Sometimes some love songs." He had a soft spot for love songs, but he also really enjoyed rock. Actually, he enjoyed most music, from metal to pop to foreign music and everything in between.

He nodded, a little surprised. He's not sure what answer he expected and it wasn't like he followed any rock bands on earth. Rock and love songs. If his world was anything like earth, and it seemed similar just from the tiny bit Taiki had picked up, then all of this must seem very strange indeed to him.

"Do you play the guitar?"

Under the Sea: Mission start

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okay continue the thread w/o me <3

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