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

idk if you wanna wrap there or timeskip?

[enthunder]

He got a roll of her eyes back, and the start of a smile; she settled down to wait.

GUESS

[onehandsomeslickninja]

He didn't take long -- in and out swift was only natural for a ninja! When he came back out, it was attired in a wetsuit, which he was struggling to unbunch where his arms had caught in the sleeves.

\o/

[enthunder]

She pushed herself back off from the wall, and crossed to him in two quick steps. This at least she could do; her hand hovered over his arm.

"You mind if I..."

[onehandsomeslickninja]

"Yeah, that's a quarter of why I came back, please." He stuck his arm out a little more to be helpful.

[enthunder]

He needed say no more. She took his arm in one hand, and began to tug the sleeve along towards his wrist with efficient motions.

"Everyone doing okay back there?"

[onehandsomeslickninja]

"Near as I could tell. I didn't think sticking around was a good idea." Ouch. Arm hair.

[enthunder]

"Yeah?" She was preoccupied with the sleeve, but she still glanced up, eyebrow raised.

At his flinch, she slowed down a little.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

"You forget I'm basically the nemesis of all lately?" An exaggeration, but not much of one. The train hadn't united in antagonism towards anyone else that he knew of.

[enthunder]

"I hadn't noticed," she replied, almost breezy. "But then again I guess I don't talk to those guys much. You're still getting trouble?"

[onehandsomeslickninja]

"Here and there. Not a ton, but I'm no one's friend." Present company excepted, plus some others, but...

[enthunder]

"You're exaggerating." Her tone was as brisk as the way she straightened the sleeve, and pulled it to lay more smoothly over his shoulder. "There're at least fifty people on-board who weren't even there for that argument of yours."

[onehandsomeslickninja]

"It's not THAT many, is it? Besides, how many of them are actually in the leadership positions?" Old guard hanging on, except for that new guy who'd somehow gotten there after no time at all...

[enthunder]

"It's gotta be about that many. I think we must've had almost thirty newbies last time alone. As to leadership..." She made a flippant gesture with the hand that wasn't reaching for his other arm.

"They're not appointed by anyone who's actually in charge of this stupid journey, so who cares? Do what you want. What're they gonna do, have a meeting about it?"

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Well, that's a bit more cynicism about it all than he expected, and he craned his neck to look over his shoulder at her. "They still have the power to make bad decisions that hurt people, even trivial ones."

[enthunder]

"Then hold 'em accountable." She met his eyes, and raised an eyebrow.

"Look, I'm not the best person to give advice on dealing with leadership. Back home we ended up killing ours."

[onehandsomeslickninja]

"Lightning, you're a genius! I'll be right back!" Edge started for the dressing car again, deliberately slow enough so she could haul him back.

kfdgjfdg fuck i laughed

[enthunder]

"Whoa--"

The fact that he was wearing a wetsuit rather impeded her ability to grab onto any piece of clothing, so she just tightened her hold on his arm and yanked back.

"That's not what I--" Oh, she saw his expression. "Right, you were messing with me."

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Laughing, Edge used the momentum of her tug to lean against her a moment, nudging her with one elbow. "Got you!"

[enthunder]

Embarrassed by being caught out, she made a strangled noise that was halfway between a groan and a laugh. She swayed with his nudge, though.

"Can't believe I thought you might be serious."

[onehandsomeslickninja]

"It's okay." Edge casually slung the arm she'd already fixed around her shoulders, all camaraderie for the moment. "We'll sharpen that sense of humor of yours yet! It's making progress!"

[enthunder]

"I guess I've been around Red team too much," she complained, and distinctly didn't make any serious attempt to shake his arm off after her initial unsure glance from his wrist across to his face. "You never know if they're joking with stuff like that."

[onehandsomeslickninja]

"I'm pretty sure they're not resolutely cheerful about it, though." Edge leaned his weight onto Lightning. She could totally handle it.

[enthunder]

"Right, they're all the intense, quiet types. We'll never see it coming."

She was no Fang, but his weight was still relatively negligible. Physically. Emotionally, it was a little more staggering. Caught up in the moment, she reached up and tapped a finger against his forehead. "Seriously, don't overthink, and let it stop you doing the good you wanna do."

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Edge wrinkled his brow and his nose at the tap. "Hey, my mind doesn't have a button to turn it off! Or on, if you listen to others!"

[enthunder]

"Then I'll just have to stick around and keep you on-target."

She pulled away at last, though she caught his other arm as she turned back to face him. "And that means getting you the rest of the way into this suit, for now."