Onward: Red

[voidtreckermods]

They are in the vortex for what seems like forever but is perhaps not that much time at all. They do not hunger, they are tired enough that it feels like they have been struggling against the chaos of the sea for a few hours yet how much time they have been flying in truth, is unknowable.

They emerge, pushing up out of the vortex. There were four rockpools and now, as they land on a vast plain they will find they have all arrived at the same destination.

The sky is black, pin pricked with stars and in the distance, on the horizon there is a glowing white light. The light is bright, bouncing off the ripples of water and giving them light to see.

For it is water they stand on, a vast ocean, inky black in the darkness. They stand on it with ease and yet, if they wish, they can dive down into it. The water is clear and yet they will find no plants or fish.

Monsters though, they will find a plenty. As the voidtreckers arrive, their footsteps rippling on the sea, they are joined by creatures. Giant crabs, shark head beasts, water snakes. They stand between the voidtreckers and the light on the horizon.

Somewhere in this sea it seems there is a giant squid, as tentacles reach out of the water to grab the ankles of the void warriors and pull them down to the inky depths.

The voidtreckers feel a pull towards the light, yet the horizon seems endlessly far away, getting no closer as they fight their way towards it.

Comments

[schrodingersghost]

He spins and blasts the oncoming crab away.

"No moon? Seriously? Do you have stars?"

[enthunder]

"Cocoon's inside a shell. The lights in the sky are cities on the other side."

She switches to Aero, and sends a shark-head beast spinning helplessly into the air, a decent target. Considers mentioning that she's pretty sure Gran Pulse has moons, but it wasn't like they discussed the sky much while they were down there. Or werewolves. "So, what, a werewolf changes during a full moon?"

[schrodingersghost]

"Oh man. I think I'd hate that. Watching the stars is like my favorite thing at home."

He waits for the shark head beast to be in position, and then casually blasts it with green energy.

"That's the idea. They're usually humans who change into wolves during the full moon. Though I know a ghost werewolf at home that's just kind of permanently in between human and wolf. I never got around to asking him what his story was."

Not that would have helped much until recently. Wulf only spoke Esperanto and it had taken Danny a while to pick up the language.

[enthunder]

She shrugs at his lament, unable to really relate. Or have any cultural touchstone to 'stargazing'.

Werewolves, though.

"Huh. You think we have any on the train?" If there's no moon on the train, she reasons, then won't they just look like humans? "-- squid's back, watch yourself."

[schrodingersghost]

"There's people from a lot of different worlds here, so maybe? I can only sense ghosts."

He crouches down a little, and throws up a translucent green shield to deflect the squid's attack.

[enthunder]

"Might be something to ask when we get back after, then."

She ducks around him, briefly taking shelter behind his shield long enough to finish a cast. A second later, a blast of fire ripples up the nearest three tentacles as they whip back for a second attack on Danny. She exhales.

"It'd be a real pain if we got to a world with a full moon and someone just turned into a wolf."

[schrodingersghost]

He holds the shield against the second attack, frowning a little in concentration.

"Yeah... Not really something you want to be a surprise."

[enthunder]

"I'll add it to the list."

And the squid retreats once more, drawing Red team further into the floating abyss.