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

[so_dark_a_road]

"Just one song works? Do you mind telling me what song that is? I'm a musician, so I'm curious."

He glanced over as they swam, and saw that the light of her hair was fading. But that 70 feet of length was still impressive, as it floated behind her!

"Say, you look like a mermaid! Except for not having a fish tail."

[adropofsunlight]

"I will be happy to sing it when we have to go back up. But we're pretty much at the bottom at this point, so it's not needed."

She swam to look around, a small frown soon passing by the lips "I have to wonder just what happened here." She added before looking over "As for the mermaid comment... Is that meant to be one of those compliment things?"

[so_dark_a_road]

"I'll be pleased to hear your song when we get back up to the train." He would. He loved music of all kinds. "But, good point, we are there already."

They explored a little, seeing the sleeping mer people everywhere. "I wonder too. They're not dead, they're just unconscious. Did they get this way because of a spell, or because they were poisoned, or for some other reason we couldn't guess or won't know for a while?"

He looked back at her, smiling a little. "Yes, I meant it as a compliment, saying you look like a mermaid. In my world, the beings of the deep ocean are powerful and admired as well as attractive. I hope you didn't think I was being condescending."

[adropofsunlight]

"If they were poisoned then I could help there, or we could at least try. If it doesn't work that's one option down."

She swam over to the closest one before looking overlooking more for the go-ahead to at least attempt it. She was grateful she could actually manage to have some of her hair out as she does need to use it.

"I didn't think that at all... I didn't actually know, so I was asking to clarify."

[so_dark_a_road]

"If there is something you could try, then maybe that would be a good idea?" he suggested.

There were unconscious mer people here and there, all over the cityscape as far as Curufin could see. He watched with interest as Rapunzel checked the nearest of them for signs of having been poisoned.

He smiled and added, "Consider yourself complimented, then. I hope that clarifies it."

[adropofsunlight]

"I might, but... Should I just try on the person here or is there anyone who looks more like there is something wrong?" Just in case there was a case of various different stages. So the young blonde went off swimming around, checking each and every person. It didn't seem to be the case.

"Okay, so they all don't seem to show any signs. But it does make me wonder what could possibly cause the same problem to everyone."

[so_dark_a_road]

"I haven't seen any mer person who looks worse than others. But I guess it would be a good idea to check more than one person."

He followed her, observing her technique with interest, and he also did some more checking as well.

"I wonder, too. We seem to have ruled out the ordinary causes, poisoning or drugging. That leaves magic or spiritual power. We aren't going to be able to respond to either of those by ourselves. What if we report this to the rest of the team? And then we'll need to find some other task. Maybe looking inside all the buildings, one by one?"

[adropofsunlight]

"Maybe we should gather everyone back on the train for a meeting or something. That way we can discuss what others have done and what could be done."

It did mean having to go back and it did mean trying to find everyone, but she figured it would be a good idea at least.

Want to just handwave the search, leave it vague as to whether they succeeded, wrap this thread?

[so_dark_a_road]

"We could try that!" he agreed. "That way, everybody would know what everybody else knows or has discovered, and we wouldn't be going on suppositions. Okay, want to start looking for our teammates?"

It was true they'd have to do some searching, and they have to communicate with the ones who had stayed on the train. But it would be worth it.