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

[bethereprompto]

"Aww," Prompto coos seeing Maru be so sweet to Madoka. Clearly this guy was the best the to happen to Madoka! Well, besides maybe her getting adopted by Iggy- he was a little biased there though.

His smile dropped from his face when Maru didn't look very happy with his questions. Madoka's explanation confirms that he'd gotten the wrong impression here.

"Oh, sorry. I just think it's really cool that you're part cat. That'd be really fun to turn into an animal. I wasn't meaning anything by it." He looked at Madoka. "What animal would you like to be if you could do that? I'd want to be a chocobo!" This shouldn't surprise anyone. "Have you seen a chocobo, Maru?" Whether he says yes or not, he's getting a suddenly appearing camera held out to him with the picture of what Inigo affectionately calls 'oversized chickens'.

[sobothersome]

While he might have thought it was easier being a cat, and sometimes he did act like a cat more than a 'normal' person, he wasn't a cat. He didn't go mad over catnip. He wasn't that keen on tuna. Maybe he'd played with ribbon to entertain people when he was a cat, but as a human he'd never had an urge to chase a ball of yarn around.

And yet there he was, crouched down so that his Eve could pet him.

Before he could say anything though, the subject was changed and the blonde guy was showing him a picture of some giant bird. He looked at Madoka's friend curiously. "... Did you make that word up?"

[happyends]

Okay, this is clearly a better topic, so Madoka relaxes a bit again. (Don't mind her just slightly leaning sideways against her favourite kitty person though, like an affectionate way of keeping contact between the two of them.) In fact, she even laughs a little when of all the things Maru could be asking about that picture, it's that question he's going for.

"No way, they really exist where he comes from. They look kind of different from the animals on Earth, right? Like if ostriches looked a bit more like chickens!"

Prompto's love for them is really cute though. She's always happy whenever she sees her uncle get so excited.

"And.. um, if I could turn into an animal.." Madoka hums, before giving the absolute Madoka-y-iest answer ever. "I think I'd like to turn into one of those big dogs that they have up in the mountains.. um.. what are they called again? St. Bernards? They save people who are lost or dying in the snow! I'd really like to be able to do something that important."

[bethereprompto]

"Well that and the colors. Chickens don't normally come in green or hot pink or blue. I can't ever decide if my favorite is the black ones or the golden ones like in the picture. We met a black one once and it was just adorable! You'd never guess something so small could become something so big! And aren't roosters the ones who usually look the fanciest between chickens? These have more puffy feathers and they're really soft too! You can get chocobo feather stuffed pillows if you're rich! But I'd only want one if they were using feathers the chocobo didn't need anymore instead of hurting it, because that would just be awful. Why would anyone want to hurt something as pretty as this?" He asked, pointing to the picture.

He really would go on and on but fortunately Madoka's answer to his question was distracting enough. "Aww, that's really sweet. You really love helping people don't you, Madoka? You're going to grow up and be something really important, I bet."

[sobothersome]

Ostriches and chickens... and Madoka wanted to be a large dog that carried brandy around their neck. He didn't know which was more confusing and amusing.

He blinked owlishly at the blonde guy as he babbled about chocobos. His interest was piqued only when a pillow was mentioned, and that's what he asked about. "... They're soft?" He asked. "The pillows?"

[happyends]

Yeah, she's going to become something important, alright. Like the goddess keeping an entire world safe.

Not like Madoka is fully aware of that though, so instead the compliment just lights up her cheeks. Sure, Prompto is a little goofy even to someone as naively sweet as Madoka, but she thinks that's just charming - and she has a heap of respect for the guy all the same. So his opinion clearly means a lot to her, and if he thinks she could be something important.. that's pretty wild. But also pretty nice.

She's not even quite sure what to answer to it. She stammers a few things before giving up on it, instead perking up at Maru's words. Thanks, a topic that isn't her, she loves it!

"Are you interested, Maru?" Madoka's gaze shifts between the two guys. ".. Uncle Prompto, it looks like you'll have to try and get one for him! I'll pay you back!"

[bethereprompto]

"Yeah! Really soft." He was so on the same page as Madoka! Everyone needed chocobo pillows! "Okay, I'll see how many I can buy!"

He glanced around at the barricade. There was still so much to do. He was tired, but they were losing light. "I better get back to work. Those monsters should be showing up soon. Maru, we're counting on you! Keep Madoka safe!"

[sobothersome]

Maru wasn't sure he wanted this guy buying him things... even if it was an amazingly soft pillow. It seemed a waste of his hard earned points. Though... if he got one, then would Maru be able to get another since he had one already so it was something he knew? That's how it worked, right? Or did it have to be something he could only get from home? That would be sad... He'd have to find someone who he could ask about this. Maybe Madoka's Dad would be kind enough to answer his question without killing him?

His thoughts were disrupted by the blonde guy. "Yeah." Of course he would, Madoka was safer with him than anyone else, he couldn't die.

[happyends]

"Good luck, uncle Prompto. We'll be doing our best too!"

Sure, the difference in enthusiasm levels between Maru and Madoka's answers may be light and day, but she knows that Maru means his little 'yeah' just as much as she means what she's saying. They're going to do their best to keep this island safe.