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

[hotheadwarmheart]

Sadly these kinds of weapons weren't something one could walk into a store and buy. But explaining them would take way too long for the current situation, so Lea just flashed Tidus another grin before turning his attention back to the matter at hand.

He took aim at two crabs the were near each other and sent both chakrams flying, hitting each crab at an angle that sent it crashing into the other one before the weapons came spinning back to their owner's hands. And while the two half-stunned crabs tried to disentangle their many limbs, Lea once again dismissed one chakram to launch a fireball, though this time hitting both crabs with one shot. Once again, the crabs met a burnt, twitching fate.

"I know right?", he said at Tidus' comment. "I mean, there's not even any garlic butter."

[blitzcheer]

"Why you gotta remind me of garlic bread."

Will anyone sound as anguished as Tidus that night as he does right then? It really is a waste though, the bodies scattered and gathering along the shoreline. Good that they're not causing trouble, but it's bewildering to see what are essentially oversized animals acting as fiends, and without the decency to fade away after. Maybe their leftovers can be used to some good in the morning, if not the meaty innards--especially not those already roasted by flames.

Their stretch of beach is hushing of activity, but up ahead on either end is the glow of dotted bonfires; a few more stragglers of monsters, but with fighters to deal with them. But the sea can be deceptive, and Tidus listens out. The jungle might be at their back, but letting monsters slip away inside could be dangerous later on.

"This is really gonna go on all night, huh..."

A minute. A minute or two may be granted before the next flow of monsters start poking out their heads, and Tidus lets his limbs take whatever rest will be granted, though he can't stop checking what's happening on either end.

"Hey. If I make seafood skewers, gimme a few demonstrations of that fire later. I skipped the fireball class."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea took care of the last remaining crabs in their immediate area with more direct strikes from his chakrams. He then dismissed them for the time being to avoid further drain on his somewhat flagging resources as he looked around for stragglers or people on other nearby parts of the beach who might need assistance.

"Apparently," he said. "And I'll be glad to, assuming I'm still awake by then. Which given how draining using my Keyblade and chakrams is here, might be assuming a lot."

[blitzcheer]

Draining, huh? Well, there was some kind of magic involved--did it have anything to do with the trouble some people were having with that around here?

"You need a weapon?" Tidus rolls his shoulders, tipping his head either side. "There's a guy here, he can whip some up. Dunno if the magic problem's affecting him too... but nothing's gone wrong with this."

He tilts the sword he holds in indication.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea looked at the sword thoughtfully. "I guess that could work, long as they could stand up to fire," he said. "What's the guy look like? If I run into him, I might ask him."

[blitzcheer]

"Uhhh, I think he's the only green guy for miles." Or worlds. Tidus puts his forefingers (or, well, one; can't do well holding a sword) up near his forehead. "He's got a pair of hanging bits on his head? Antennae, I guess! And he can fly around. His name's Piccolo!"

Despite the questionable description, there's no attempt at being funny, Tidus continuing easily.

"He doesn't ask for anything. Just as long you actually use them."

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Flying green guy with antennae who's named after a flute," Lea said, mostly to make sure he had the description memorized. "Got it. Shouldn't be too hard to spot, even in all this." And even if he didn't run into him here, a guy who could do that might be useful to have around later on.

"Not sure why using my Keyblade and chakrams is draining me so much though. They don't usually do that, and didn't when I tested them back on the platform."

[blitzcheer]

"There was something about some magic being blocked, right?" Or that's what Tidus thinks he heard, though he admits with a shrug, "I don't really get it. My magic's working alright, or I think so... What about your fire magic?"

Was there a problem there too, or was it just the weapons?

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Nobody mentioned that to me," Lea said. "But if there is something wrong, it must only affect certain kinds of magic, since my fire magic works fine; I've been falling back on that more since I realized what was going on, and only using my weapons when I have to. It's kinda of a pain, but it's the best work around I've got."