Deep Dweller: Start

[voidtreckermods]

After the dreams some of the voidtreckers report on day Four of Grasshopper those that have been on the train for a little while will be expecting what comes the next day. Their SCA's glow with the colour of the void and a holographic image will appear.

Preparations and Arrival

As promised the dressing carriage is opened for optional extras. There are flight suits, similar to those they wore into space but without the helmets. There are instead hard hats and some basic climbing gear as well as bags to put supplies in. There are even a few red tents if any of those planning on tackling red's mission want to grab one, they hold six people in two inner compartments and are relatively easy to put up and take down.

They have a few hours of preparation before the announcement comes. Soon approaching system #789327772. Planet Terra. Drop order: Orange, Red, Blue, Purple. Orange to doors. Leaving the void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. A sharp jerk, a judder and the view from the window changes from the void to dark cloudy skies and very red sand.

They land smoothly, and indeed it seems they have landed on train tracks. A few moments later they pull up outside a huge metal and glass building.

Orange Team

Arrival

Jumping down from the train they will find themselves outside large metal gates. Noticable is the spotlights that shine even in the day time, reflecting oddly off the red sand. It is hot and dry outside, a slight breeze sending red dust rolling around their feet.

The gates aren't locked. There is no lock though they will notice devices that are probably security cameras. The doors are glass and inside is light and airy. They enter into a large lobby, a large circular desk in the centre and a glass walled waiting room to the side.

It is empty. No people at all. All the lights are on. Time to explore.

Exploration

Going up two floors and down five the lab is large and full of all manner of interesting things. Scientific equipment, monitoring stations measuring chemical levels in the air, temperature, water levels. Where to even start is a good question. The lights remain on, which might be annoying at night.

Red Team

Arrivals

Red team to doors. The train continues travelling along the train tracks, looking out the windows they will see endless rolling red sand. Factories rising up from the ground, dotted across the landscape. As the train gets close the air outside seems hazier, through the fumes. They may even see in the distance, strange silver floating orbs.

Eventually it pulls up at a station. Just a raised block really, but easy enough for red team to disembark.

The land stretches out around them. Train tracks criss cross the surface but apart from that there don't seem to be any boundaries. No fences, roads or sign posts.

It won't take them long to find the first orbs, strange silvery spheres and seem almost liquid, until they are not.

Night Time

It grows dark quickly after sunset here, which might take them by surprise. Taking them more by surprise however may be the scraping, scuttling noises in the dark. Skittering close. There is no light out here on the surface, they are far away from the research facility that Orange found themselves in.

If anyone manages to catch a glimpse they will see grey, long limmbed creatures. They shy away from light but anyone in the dark is likely to be attacked. They fight with claws and teeth.

When the sun rises they are gone.

Blue Team

Arrival

Blue team to doors. The train continues across the landscape, passing more orbs, just floating there silently. It stops at the entrance of a cave.

The cave slopes downwards into darkness and soon turns into small tunnels. They don't need to go far when they meet the first ground of Gry. A group of young Gry, practising with spears in an wider section of cave.

Despite being very surprised at the sudden visitors no weapons are pointed at the voidtreckers, instead they are met with curiosity. They are soon led further into the tunnels and soon come to the living areas.

The Gry lead simple lives but they are all pretty fascinated to see their visitors and will allow them to look around their home and answer any questions they have.

Night Time

Most of the Gry sleep in a large communal sleeping area and the Voidtreckers are welcome to join them, though the Gry won't be insulted if they choose to seek out a more private area.

If the Voidtreckers awake in fear in the night, after strange dreams they will find they are not alone. Many of the Gry have awoken too and will reassure the Voidtreckers, tell them it is an honour to communicate with The Burrower.

Purple

Arrival

Purple team to doors. The train continues on the tracks and soon enters a tunnel itself. It's a bit of a bumpy trip, this train was clearly not made for warren systems but after some uneasy twists and turns they pull to a stop.

They are at a train station, not that it's easy to see because it is pitch black. But it is clear there are people around, some looking very confused at the very odd train.

Once the last of those going on the mission leave the train it speeds off into the darkness.

The Terran's are large and tower over most of the voidtreckers but they are friendly enough, if a little confused, once it is explained that they are here to help. They will be led over towards the collapsed section of city.

There is a lot of activity. People digging at rubble, others using their sheer size and strength to hold up beams. There is an array of rescue equipment and a group of official-looking Terran's holding large devices that are comparable to a tablet-computer and discussing solutions.

There is plenty to do to help, smaller rubble to clear, injured people to tend to. Worried Terran's to calm and reassure. Those brave enough can volunteer to use their smaller size to help get supplies through to those trapped and those with any scientific know how, great strength or magic can put their skills to good use.

Rest Time

Throughout the day people are rescued and other parts of the tunnels stabilised. There is more work to be done but the Terran's seem to be working in shifts and they will encourage their surprise allies to rest as well. They will offer to host them.

They live in large groups and will happily invite the voidtreckers into their homes. They will be curious about the voidtreckers but will also answer questions. Telling them about the strange storm and the collapse of the tunnels. They are urged to sleep early and the next day it will be back to work.

(OOC: Information is here)

Comments

Creed: Purple Team/Black Squad OTA

[thebetterweapon]

Prep.

Creed is so glad to get the hell off the train. He looks at all the equipment. He's going to need some of it, and hopes that can take the strain of his strength on it. He's in the flight suit, and got a hardhat on. He's left his cowboy hat behind on his bunk. It damned well better be there when he gets back.

He hefts a bag to his shoulder, and just settles in to wait. Better to get off the damned train than be stuck here.

Arrival

Creed jumps out of the train, drops his bag and immediately slides under a beam where one of the natives is buckling. He catches it, and pushes it up. The native nods, panting in relief. Creed nods back, and just holds his position. He whistles after a moment, to one of the Voidtreckers.

"There's someone calling over here." He says, jerking his head in the correct direction. "Three someones if my ears ain't lying."

Rest

Creed drops against a wall and the native he'd helped comes over to bring him food and water. They sit together in companionable silence for a little while. Then the native leaves him be to go back to work, having taken a long break already. He leans his head back and closes his eyes. He's tired, but he can get up and work some more, just give him a minute.

Re: Creed: Prep

[only_one_wei]

Wei Wuxian looked over at the other. He was one of the biggest men he'd ever seen. The purple hard hat did not actually detract from the overall aura, either.

He settled nearby, wearing his usual robes over his flight suit, not holding anything. "You look like you've been on a mission before. Any advice for a newbie?"

Trowa Barton | Blue Team | OTA

[sendiintheclown]

Prep: Having heard what was expected of each team, Trowa had opted to join the blue team instead of purple for this mission. He had opted out of the fight suits, but did grab a bag to keep supplies in. Amira was secure in the greenhouse, and he'd left food and water for her to have while he was gone.

Arrival: The caves were dark, so Trowa turned on the lamp function in his SCA to show the way. He didn't want to trip on any rocks. While they'd been told these caves are closer to the surface, there was still no light coming through the ceiling to see by. He saw the Gry that were training and admired their spears. "Hello."

[voidtreckernpcs]

There's a slight startled chirp from the nearest Gry, who very quickly turns his head, darkening slightly, probably in embarrassment. But he recovers a moment later, curiosity taking over surprise.

"Hello." He echoes, getting closer and looking Trowa up and down, squinting in the light. "Where did you come from?"

Conan Edogawa | Purple

[deductiongeek]

Arrival
Conan had received very clear instructions from Ran. He was to stay on the train and stay out of trouble.

Which is why the moment she was distracted by the disembarking process, he was jumping off into the train station. The darkness helped him there. It made it much easier to join the group without anyone noticing.

At least not until the train left, and it was too late to try and make him stay on it.

Helping Out:
It took one glance for Conan to decide that he wasn't going to be of any use in moving rubble. But other things he could help with. He sticks close to Ran for the most part, but stops often to help the injured (his extensive knowledge of first aid helped there) or to offer to carry supplies through small spaces.

Arrival

[hashtagparkerluck]

Peter glances down as very suddenly Conan is right by him. Where in the hell had he come from? He frowns and then looks up at the group as they're headed off and then back down.

"Coming with us, this time?" Well, obviously but at the same time he snuck up on him and Peter kinda sorta suspects that he's trying to be stealthy.

"I'm gonna get blamed for this." He frowns.

Elfnein | Orange | OTA

[alchemists]

1. Preparations

[ Elfnein is busy double checking everything in the dressing carriage, while she has one of the flight suits on her normal lab coat is over it. She's trying to make sure all of the items in the bag she's taking will be needed, and it's resulting in over packing and not being able to carry it. ]

2. Orange team - Arrival

[ The bright lights outside are enough to cause Elfnein to cover her eyes for a bit while she attempts to walk inside the building. It's odd that the building would even have such lighting given how no one is there, it's a waste of energy and resources. ]

This system must be on some automatic control, if no one's here that's the only way it would be make sense.

[ She took a notebook out and took some notes on the entrance down before seeing if anyone wanted to join her in the exploration of the building. ]

3a. Exploration floor 2 room 1

[ The green gems that were in the center of the room caught Elfnein's attention. It was much like the bright lights that were outside only it was shining through the gems instead. ]

Wonder if there's a switch that can be turned off.

3b. Exploration floor 2 room 2

[ None of the equipment in the room were worth noting, it was all standard lab gear. If anyone had used them before there really wasn't much of a trace of it. ]

That's ?

[ Elfnein saw the sliver orb that was in the center, just floating in midair without any issues. ]

[myblueskies]

Are you going to be able to carry all of that, Elfnien? [Romeo has also come to get things for the mission but he skips over happily when he sees Elfnein.

He looks at what she is packing.] It looks like it might be heavy!

Ai Haibara | Orange Team

[deage]

[ Arrival ]

Despite her size - or, more likely, because of it - Haibara stands out among the people going with the Orange Team. She's got on a blue hoodie, for one, but more notable is the fact that she is a little girl of about seven years old.

She doesn't seem all too bothered by the red dust or the alien planet, though she is obviously making note of it. "I guess we really are somewhere else, aren't we?" she asks nobody in particular.

Kudo had said as much, and she trusted him, but for something so outlandish.... well. Nothing to do now but accept it and move on.


[ Investigation Stage One ]

After a little poking around to try and find something worth investigating, Haibara's first real stop is the first floor going up from the ground floor. The small offices are calling to her.

Or their computers are.

It's not very long before she's pulling up the data on the computers. One of them has large swaths of geological data about sand and earth composition. The other office she checks out has coordinates and map data on the orbs that the Red Team is investigating.

She can be found within these two offices, accessing the data, looking for something to save it on, and failing that, copying down everything by hand into the journal that she had arrived with.

And then...


[ Investigation, but Later ]

...She can be found in the office with the geological data, disassembling the computer there.

It looks nothing like any computer she's worked with, or likely anybody else from the train. The main feature inside is a large glass cylinder filled with some sort of gel, with three cubes suspended inside of it.

After she's taken apart the computer completely, she can be found just... shoving that cylinder into her bag. Whoops.

Feel free to interrupt her during any part of this.


[ OOC note: Haibara is being accompanied by a teenage girl named Masumi Sera, who might jump into action threads as appropriate. ]

investigation 1

[blue_ice]

Kaiba is poking around various offices as well. He's taken his time to comb through a few, and there's an oversized data tablet under his arm. Something on that screen looks familiar, so he pokes his head in. She looks a little young to be investigating so seriously, but scientists are in short supply so he takes his chances.

"Do you know what that map is?"

Misa | Black Squad/Blue

[sensitiveapple]

Prep

Misa heads to the dressing car. She's put her hair up in a complicated looking, but simple to do braid. She wants to help anywhere she can. But, she's also nervous. She still is affected by the nightmares she'd given herself. But she silently packs some basic medic supplies into her bag, as well as a few ropes and her vibroknives. Taking a deep breath, she prepares.

Arrival

Orange team leaves and Misa hesitates. Something tells her not to go. So, she doesn't. She steps back and she waits. When Blue team goes to leave, however, Misa jumps out with them, and heads into the cavern with them. She doesn't like it. There's something here. But this is where she's supposed to be. She looks around and heads deeper into the cavern, where she can feel beings ahead of them.

Re: Misa | Black Squad/Blue

[only_one_wei]

Wei Wuxian noticed the Orange gear amongst all the Blue; the young lady didn't look like she was here by mistake though. "Hey," he said, falling into step with her. "Feeling Blue today?"

[hashtagparkerluck]

Spider-Man Prep

Peter is decidedly not grabbing any of the climbing equipment because why would he? He can stick to walls! He is munching on something that looks like a breakfast bar while he just chills in the dressing car wearing his Spidey suit, mask half up, and a purple hoodie. Gotta represent, after all. He'll get to the doors later, plus he'll need to check in on Mr Stark soon.

So while people are milling about the dressing car, Spider-Man's lounging in his usual hammock-breakfast bar thing in one hand DS in the other.

"S'up!" He greets anyone that ventures over his way.


Arrival

Peter was made for this job. He's never felt more confident in mission in his entire life. The Terrans probably seem a little apprehensive at first due to the fact Peter is so small. Boy does he prove them wrong though. He's able to easily lift debris and quickly clear paths. On occasion there's a blockage that takes a little more effort but he hasn't even really broken a sweat!


Rest time

After a hard day of heavy lifting, Peter's absolutely exhausted and lays out on the ground with his mask off and one arm covering his eyes. He could probably keep going and he's fairly certain that this mission is going to be like cake walk but then again, he is still Peter Parker. There's still time for things to go disastrously wrong.

He hears someone approaching and sits up again. "Oh, hey."

Arrival

[nutkrusher]

Cassie wouldn't have thought that learning to fly would come in handy during a day of digging in the ground. (Not that she would have thought she'd ever learn in the first place). But with this much debris clogging the way, it's easier than walking.

And, in this case, it helps her get to a hard-to-reach corner where a collapsed steel beam is wedged.

"Okay, this one's probably gonna take more than one of us."

Zuko | Purple

[restoredhonor]

Prep

While others seemed unconcerned about equipment, Zuko is inspecting everything. He doesn't know what to expect on his first trip off the train. Heck, he's not even sure where they're going. But the hard helmets look like a good idea too. Taking several ropes, as well as climbing equipment and his swords, Zuko stands against a wall, out of the way, his arms crossed. He doesn't like this. He wants... He wants to go home.

But, he's willing to help. "Do you need some help?" He asks.

Arrival

Zuko doesn't like the looks of this. His 'bending won't be much good here. What he wouldn't give for Toph right now. Her mouth wouldn't be welcome, but her 'bending? That would be invaluable.

Instead, he works with several of the Terrans lifting and moving rocks out of the way. His light weight, though, is a boon. He may not be able to lift heavy things or 'bend the rocks out of the way, but he's glad to be able to utilize some of his strength, and martial art skills, so that people get out alive.

"Here, can you help me with this?"

Rest

Zuko is tired. He's not so tired that he can't eat, though. He's starving. He doesn't look up when someone hands him food. He just accepts the plate.

"Thank you."

prep

[knifewithnoname]

"I do be being okay," she looked up at him before adding, "I do be thanking you though."

It never hurt to be polite. Especially here. People liked politeness here.

She hasn't met him before, one of those who had arrived on the last platform. She takes in his appearance and purple hoodie. "Do you be needing help? It do be being your first mission, I have been doing lots before."

Wei Wuxian, Blue Team, OTA

[only_one_wei]

Preparation:

Wei Wuxian eyed the flight suits with a bit of suspicion. "Do we really have to wear these?" he asked.


Blue Team:

Wei Wuxian looked at the cave. It was dark. He held up one of the electric torches he'd been advised to bring and turned it on. "That's better," he said as the light illuminated the path in front of them. His eyesight was pretty good, but not in a pitch dark cave.

The Gry were odd looking, but if he thought of them as nature spirits, it was easier to accept them.


Night Time:

Communal meant nothing more than snuggling. There were things he wasn't willing to share. But he'd only been asleep for what felt like minutes before he jolted awake, after a strange dream.

Prep

[callmegladio]

"No, you don't have to. But they usually give out things we might need on these missions. And..." Gladio smiled. "Better to ruin clothes the train gives us for missions than our own clothes, I think." It was why he'd changed. Sure they have spares, but he had no idea if the train would replace anything they lost during the course of the mission.

Masumi Sera | Purple>Orange Team | OTA

[tactlesstantei]

Arrival

[Masumi had originally been intending to go with Team Purple for the mission, but had ended up agreeing to accompany Ai instead, which led to her getting off the train with Team Orange instead.

Ah well, it wasn't as if she wasn't good at investigation, so it all worked out pretty well. And just looking at the building made it clear that things were off, if the info given earlier wasn't enough.]

"All the lights are still on?" [Did the scientists just leave the lights on when whatever happened here happened?]

2. Floor -1, Room 6

[Upon spotting the downed pillar and damaged computer through the glass walls, Masumi ran into the room and began poking around, doing her best to find any sign of what might have caused the damage. The other three pillars, set around a round platform and connected by wires, seemed fine, but the fallen one had been left to lean against one of the intact pillars in a way that didn't really look stable. The computer itself looked to be in bad shape, with a shattered screen and small amounts of smoke still coming from the cracked casing.

At one point she pulls out her notebook and a pencil to take notes on the state of the room, to reference later after more investigation.]

3. Floor -1, Room 4

[The other room she looked at was filled with various medical equipment, that, judging by the tools scattered around, seemed to be under repair. Masumi takes notes on this too, doing her best to identify the equipment in the room just in case.

If someone else comes in, she turns to face them, stating what she'd already guessed about the room.]

"I think this might be some sort of maintenance room, based on the tools and the equipment in here."

---

(Note: Masumi is acting as an escort to Ai Haibara, so it's entirely possible that she might pop up.)

this is set later, on the second day -1, 4

[longforgottenpromise]

He had agreed easily to Tidus' plan to remain in the lab while Tidus returned to red team with hot drinks.

He was nothing but a burden there, the night of fighting had left him feeling nauseous. He didn't want to cause anyone trouble and he would much rather be away from the monsters.

After taking an hour to rest he had began exploring, carefully looking around. He had never been in a place like this before, it was strange.

He sees the girl surrounded by medical equipment. "Is this a medical facility?" Not this room obviously, but if they had medical equipment, perhaps it held that function.

yuna » purple / red team » ota

[kabe]

» preparation

When training with the Gullwings and preparing for a mission, Yuna made it a bit of a habit to prepare herself mentally. While she had become a much better fighter and healer since her days as a summoner, she wasn't necessarily the best. She had gone from being very inactive to being more athletic and with that came some level of preparation.

While everyone else stood around or changed into her suits, Yuna had been quick to change and instead opted to stretch, run around up and down the cabins, and generally gather a few snacks and other things for the trip. Once she was ready, she walked out of the train and began heading towards anyone she recognized on the purple team. Once approached, she spoke up.

"I'll have to apologize, I won't be joining you today. I've decided to go with the red team for now. Please let me know if you get injured and still need healing after, I'd be happy to do it."

» orbs

The orbs are entrancing to Yuna, causing her to come up to them closer than she should. However, decked in her black mage outfit, she simply touches one with her staff, stepping back and accidently bumping into whoever was behind her.

"Oh I'm sorry, I was a bit distracted by the orbs."

» orbs

There was an important lesson Yuna learned in her months of travelling on foot throughout Spira and that was to expect the unexpected. At any corner a fiend could appear, one that could wipe her entire team out and leave no one left to revive anyone. With these lessons she learned, she became more aware and cautious of things around her. This meant acting fast and proving she was a true Gullwing here, there, anywhere.

Swiftly, she got out of the suit she borrowed and transformed into her Berserker dresssphere. This sphere allowed her to be more primal, to pick up sounds more easily, and to attack with her physical strength alone. It wasn't the best sphere she had, but it allowed her to move more swiftly on all fours. This was helpful considering the warning of something not being right- of monsters lurking near the team.

Anyone who was (un)fortunate enough to bump into Yuna, would be greeted by an almost feral woman. "Stay low, on all fours. We can beat this thing but we need to out smart them."

Re: yuna » Preparation

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel smiled at her. "We'll miss you of course, but if you want to go with Red, then don't give it a second thought. I'm sure they will be glad to have you!"

He taps his black band that Kumoko gave him. "If you or Red need anything, just send a message via the SCA and Kumoko will get you some backup, okay?"

scintilla caminus | purple -> red team

[lightsmith]

[a; preparation]

[It wasn't where she was supposed to disembark strictly speaking. But she was pretty sure she wouldn't have been much help in recovery anyway, and...something was bothering her about red team's mission briefing. It was vague in a way that bothered her, more so when the spheres themselves were unknown and possibly explosive. Twelve above, she couldn't shake the feeling theirs was most likely to go wrong. Cursing under her breath, she turned a job stone over and over in one hand while picking up a bag with the other. Might as well commit, no matter how unsettled she felt.]

[b; arrival]

[Honestly, the landscape felt strangely calm. Enough that she was starting to doubt herself as having been worried over nothing. Just an endless desert not too unlike the Burn or the Empty, if different in color. And more...populated, technically speaking. If one could call the orbs a population.]

[...Against what most people would call good judgment, she pressed a hand to one and pushed against it as if testing what material it might have been made from. Coming to no real conclusion, Scintilla pulled her hand away again and looked at it in confusion.]

[c; night]

[And she swiftly realized she hated being right. Voidsent, because of course it would be voidsent. Or some approximation of them, not that it mattered.]

[Two quick hand signs and she was blowing a burst of flame at several of the creatures; though they staggered back at the flash of light and glow of lingering flames on sand, they didn't seem to be too wounded by it.]

...That's a new one.

[Scowling, she made the same signs in reverse order and brought her hands close to her chest--from the sky came a bolt of lightning, crashing down on only one creature and shattering it on contact.]

[...Looked like this was going to be done the hard way, and here she was without any daggers. Oh, well. Wasn't like Alisaie was here to lecture her about doing anything stupid, right?]

[knifewithnoname]

These monsters are stupid. What kind of monsters don't even care when you stab them? These ones apparently and she has spent much of the night scrambling, trying to avoid monster claws, fighting when she had to but learning to save her strength.

After all there was no point fighting things she couldn't hurt, she just had to keep them away.

When she saw the lightning crash down and destroy the monster she felt relief and she scrambled over to where the woman was... It was the person who had been able to speak to her when she had been unable to understand anyone on the train.

She's a priestess. Or her own worlds equivalent. And her magic could kill the creatures. A good person to fight next to.

Yuuri – Purple Team

[serrata]

prep.

[ Yuuri... doesn't really want to get wrapped up in this! Her instinctive reaction here would be to double down on staying in the train, where it's relatively safe. But what she's heard about this Voidsickness has her spooked – and if getting off the train and out into the open is a way to stave it off, then she doesn't really have a choice.

She's got her SCA on, as much as she hates to be wearing it and she's decked up in the flight suit with her hair pulled back in a whip-tight ponytail. The only thing to do now is decide where she's actually going.

After nosing around a bit, Yuuri approaches the first person she spots on Purple, looking a little sheepish. ]

Ah, excuse me... this might be a silly question but is it fine for us to go with a team we weren't assigned to? It's my first mission, you see...

arrival.

[ It's clear the moment Yuuri steps off the train that she's regretting her choice to come here. ]

W... why's it so dark?

[ Even before the doors have shut, she's fumbling for SCA and clicking on the torch to cut through some of the dark. Even then she feels like she can't draw in a proper breath. The SCA only casts light so far and she's positive she can see half-decayed faces looming out of the dark just out of her field of vision.

She grapples clumsily with her unease and tries to cram it somewhere in the back of her head. She's much too old to be afraid of the dark and she can't afford to let it distract her when there's people to help.

Yuuri busies herself mostly with helping out injured parties. She's not quite small or strong enough to help with anything else, but she does have an unbeatable bedside manner, so she may as well put all that onee-san energy to good use. You'll see her smiling and chatting away... basically the whole time they're here and her cheery energy doesn't flag once. Good God. If she sees a fellow Voidtrecker approaching, she'll turn one of those smiles to them as well. ]

How are you holding up? It's been tough work down here, but everyone's been doing a good job.

rest time

[ When she finally can make herself take a break, Yuuri settles quietly against one of the fallen walls, tucked in on herself and a little disconnected from what's going on around her – evidently a little drained from the day's work. She's turned off the light for her SCA, in an attempt to make herself get used to the dark, but it's... not working. Not that she's really in the dark, anyway – her face is lit up by the screen of her cellphone, as she scrolls through it. It's not like there's anything she can use it for, but scrolling through the endless photos of home is somehow comforting and a little heartbreaking at the same time.

When she hears someone approach, Yuuri jumps up, already halfway to her feet and looking mildly panicked before she realizes... no, it's just another passenger. She forces her wary expression into a smile. ]

Ah... sorry. I'm not in the way, am I?

Re: Yuuri – Purple Team

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel had noticed the young human working hard all day, as he'd helped in various places, trying to locate and rescue the survivors. Seeing her jump up, he just smiled and waved her back down.

"No, no. I was just looking for an out of the way spot to do some meditation while everyone rests. And to give the Terrans a break." He indicated the warm glow that always surrounded him. "I've been trying to make it so our people can see better, without hurting our hosts eyes."

Itsuki Myoudouin | Purple

[sunbloom]

[preparation]
Itsuki will be the first to admit she's a little nervous; she's read the documentation, she listened to the mission brief, and she still doesn't quite know what to expect. Are they literally just dropping into a random world to provide support? She supposes it'll all be clear soon enough, though; she spends some time in the dressing coach browsing through the supplies and settling on some climbing gear and a smaller bag in case her big bag won't fit, looking everything over critically - not that she's used any of it before - and packing it. A short time later, she's standing by in the seater coach with her rucksack, waiting for the purple drop call and trying not to look too much like she's... well, anything less then composed. It's mostly working? She's not so bad off that she'll miss the call, but she might need a little reassurance.

[arrival]
Vision is hard. This is Itsuki's first observation; sure, her SCA has a flashlight function, but it's going to be rough down here for several days. Not that she'll let anyone hear her complain too loudly. No, there's work to be done, and she spends plenty of her time helping out. She's small enough to sneak into some of the smaller cracks and deliver supplies, and she's... perhaps not the most reassuring person, but she's good at giving people the information they need. She's surprisingly strong for her age, too, so she can help move rocks and support rescue operations. So, in short, she's running around all over the city, only bumping into the walls sometimes (and grumbling but very pointedly not cursing), and trying very hard not to complain. It's fulfilling work, but she's going to have just a couple bruises. Not that those are new for her either.

Her luck doesn't hold out all day - at some point she gets into the crevasse she was trying to deliver supplies to, but in attempting to get back out something shifts and she finds herself stuck in place, hoodie caught and something slightly pinning her arm. She's not in a lot of pain, but she's pretty sure she's not supposed to start pulling, that'll either scratch her or make it shift worse, and then she will be in trouble. The grumbling is perhaps a little louder this time, before she sighs and raises her voice just a little bit. "Can I get a hand over here? I think I'm stuck and I can't see what I'm stuck on."

[rest]
When her shift ends, Itsuki finds it surprisingly hard to sleep, despite having worn herself out working all day. The curiosity of the locals helps her mind from wandering too much, though, and she certainly has plenty of people from the train to talk to, too. Occasionally she can be found roaming the city - flashlight on low - apparently just thinking. If she notices other people around, though, she'll attempt to strike up conversation despite herself.

Re: Itsuki Myoudouin | Purple Arrival

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel heard the voice, but it took him a moment to find her. As he got closer, his light shown into the crevasse, showing him her predicament.

"Looks like you're caught on a root," he said. He didn't tell her to hold still as she already was. He slid into the crevasse with her and shimmied his way to her.

Sonya Blade | Orange team | OTA

[soldier_blade]

arrival

Sonya was well aware she would hate herself when this was over, if not sooner. For all she could use crutches if she absolutely needed to, she was still more or less restricted to a wheelchair, which meant her options were limited. Still, if she was able to assist in anyway, she would-limited mobility be damned.

The surroundings were familiar atleast, and a level of tech she recognized as being able to control elevators. She moved forward, frowning as her senses went on high-alert; except for the team she traveled with, the place appeared deserted. There were people outside though, so something caused them to evacuate in a hurry.

What was it that caused them to move.

Stopped the chair for a bit, Sonya made sure her wrist blaster was in place. Even one was enough to knock someone off their feet-or wound them if they were close enough. She had yet to see any enemy forces, but she hadn't made it as long as she had to take such things for granted.

She also pulled out a notepad and pen, keeping both handy to record anything she saw.

exploration

The halls were so deserted, it was unerving. Everywhere there were signs of people leaving in a hurry, but no struggle-nothing being damaged beyond what might've been neglect. She wasn't sure which she would've preferred; a struggle would've meant lives lost, but that might've been something to fight against, but a mass evacuation, especially one as hurried as this looked-that spoke of something else.

At some point in her explorations, she pulled a notepad and pen from her bag. Moments like this, she wished she had her E-pad, but for lack of anything better, the old fashioned way would have to do.

The whole point of exploration was to collect intel, one way or the other.

Wildcard: rest time
Find Sonya trying to organize notes or set up camp, or hit me up in Discord or PM if you have a different prompt in mind.

Rest Time

[nutkrusher]

Cassie has had a long day. Clearing debris is exhausting work. She really, really ought to lie down.

But Cassie's never been the type to lie down and quit. Especially when she knows her mother is out there. As much as Sonya had insisted that she was perfectly good to go, Cassie isn't going to let the day go by without making sure that's the case. It's not like she has to walk anymore.

She glides to a stop near where Sonya is, with her drone following close behind.

"Purple Team's taking an hour off, so I thought I'd swing by."

There's a slightly concealed grin on her face. Showing off her new qi abilities wasn't the main reason she came over, but she won't pretend it wasn't a small part of it.

Ple Two | Blue

[pleple]

1 - Arrival

Going underground in a flight suit is... not that different to being in space? ...it's in an enclosed place, at least? Just very much dirtier and full of non-human lifeforms. Ple Two isn't very good at social situations and the curiosity of the Grys is a bit difficult for her to deal with, so she scoots off to the side as quickly as she can. Interviewing the locals isn't going to be very productive for her.

2 - Night

Ple Two awakes with a start and a muffled yelp.

"That's not..." she mutters from her corner, looking around blearily.

Drowning isn't a normal nightmare for her. Drifting, sinking, unable to breathe without gulping water into her lungs. As terrifyingly real as it felt, it's almost disconcertingly normal compared to how her nightmares normally go.

It is, perhaps, not that surprising that she'd receive visions if this 'Burrower' is real, as psychically sensitive as she is, though. "Are they all so... terrifying?"

2 - Night

[callmegladio]

"Hey..."

Gladio moved toward the sound of Ple Two's voice and knelt himself down beside her, a cup of water in hand and offered even as he smiled in the dim light of the room.

"You've had one of these dreams too, huh?" It seemed to be going around. One or two he would have put down to coincidence, but this was ridiculous. Something else was going on and he didn't understand what.

Daia | Orange Team | OTA

[diamondsfortears]

[ 1. Arrival ]

Daia has decked himself in as much gear as he can carry - which, admittedly, isn't a lot. It's mostly rope and carabiners, with one or two tools. (He's a weakling, okay?)

When he steps out, he holds his hand up to shield his eyes from the bright light. At first, he thinks it's just because it's so bright that he can't see anyone but the Treckers there. But then, he realises that there isn't anyone else here. And he blinks in curious confusion, still looking around for any sign of the locals.

Before long, he doesn't want to be just standing idly while everyone gets to work. He spots you walking by and begins to follow you.

"Where should we start?" he says with a bright smile.


[ 2. Exploration ]

Daia had taken to exploring Room 2 on the Ground Level, and finds... A surprising amount of nice things. He certainly didn't expect comfy, albeit large, especially to someone of his size, to be present. He plops against one, like a child into a pile of leaves, and releases a happy squeak.

"These are so comfortable!"

He wants one. But it won't fit in the train, he's sure, and he certainly couldn't heft it back if it would. He snuggles into it for a moment, behaving as happy as a child on Christmas.

And as he looks around, he then sees the machine that makes warm drinks, and immediately hops back of the chair and runs to it, looking it over. He also wants a warm drink. This place is so cozy; who knew this mission would be so heavenly? How lucky. And the missing people are quickly forgotten.

With a happy face, he continues to wander around the room, poking at anything else that catches his attention with the curiosity and innocence of a child. And then he comes acrost a phone. He peeks at it's screen.

"A meeting at Research Facility A63I?" A pause as he slowly recalls that the residents don't seem to be present here. Maybe they're not missing, after all. He looks over at the nearest person. "Hey, do you think maybe that's where they are?"

exploration

[blue_ice]

It's not long before Kaiba pokes his head in the door, quickly hiding a smile at the sight. Daia is so...ugh. Cute. He files in quietly behind him, a large tablet tucked under his arm.

"Having fun in here?"

Fandaniel, red team, OTA

[popotostudies]

Day 1

Fandaniel's not exactly suited for front line combat, but he'd joined red team anyway. Maybe they'd need an average-sort of healer, any sort of healing is better than none, right?? And he'd been content to follow the Leader, whomever decides to pick that role.

And then they discover the spheres.

Which has resulted in some suplexing, poking and other manipulations, and Fandaniel's simply observed until he'd slowly sidled his own sphere to poke at it himself. He's tens of thousands of years old, has seen civilizations rise and collapse, has seen to the ends of some of them himself and ..

... and he still feels the need to poke at strange things.

The most obvious of things he's set himself to doing is surrounding the sphere in ... another sphere! A translucent purplish shield of some sort, which he can apparently move all over the place. The silvery thing inside however seems.. thoroughly unmoved, literally, by his efforts via magic. This in no way keeps him from trying.

Day 2, Sunrise Ish

The spheres are back!

And the Ascian has after tending to wounds as best he could, with excruciating slowness, begun herding one far from the others and more towards where red team has been camping. These things don't move quickly and he's doing his best here! In fact, he's going to flag down one of his teammates to help with this endeavor.

"I want to try something. Want to help? It could go very badly. Last night these things merely ... disappeared upon nightfall, I want to ... encourage night a little early and see what happens."

He sounds rather enthusiastic about this possibility.

day 2, here 4 shenanigans

[blitzcheer]

Tidus knows he was being grouchy all of yesterday about nothing happening, but does it--'things' happening--always have to start when it gets dark? There's been little rest for anyone, and Tidus, with his blue aquatic sword strapped uselessly at his side and with a lemo-sour face--

"Absolutely. Let's see what's up with these stupid things already!"

--is ready for any and all shenanigans. These dumb orbs disappeared and fiends appeared, and Tidus wants to get something out of it.

[strawberryprotector]

Prep: Having heard about the mission, Ichigo figured his fragile human body would be a liability. He's left it in his bunk, safe and out of the way. He looked at the supplies being offered, but decided not to take them. His head was hard enough on its own, and with Zangetsu's healing, he would be fine if he got hurt.

Arrival: There were a lot of rocks that needed to be moved, so Ichigo got down to work. He could hear people behind them in some areas, so he did his best to reassure them. "Do we have any medical equipment on hand? We're going to have wounded."

Wildcard: [Ichigo is in his shinigami uniform, with both his blades. Feel free to come talk to him wherever you want to.]

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel nodded over to where the Terrans had their equipment. "Over there, Ichigo. There seem to be two in that direction, and..." he paused, listening to their Songs, "one there, and another about four feet away, there, but there is rock between them."

At least, with Glorfindel there, Ichigo can see.

Zelda | Team Orange | OTA

[wisdominshadows]

Arrival

An unlocked door, an unmanned desk, halls filled with scientific equipment and no one to travel down them. This is, Zelda thinks, a very curious place, even more so for its lack of very curious people. She's not sure that the old scholar at the laboratory of Lake Hylia has left his studies in her lifetime....

But that isn't relevant. Time to investigate, to figure out what these people were looking for, and whether it can be used to find them. Zelda settles herself down in one of the labs, and begins to investigate.

Exploration

Hours after arrival and deep in the depths of the laboratory building, Zelda catches sight of a faint silver glow barely visible on the other side of a glass wall. Ducking in, her gaze at first trails over random equipment, probably spares. And yet-

There it is. The orb from her dream, hovering faintly in the center of this nondescript room.

"Hmmm," she murmurs to herself, watching a shimmer ripple across its quicksilver surface. "So. What are you?"

exploration day 2

[longforgottenpromise]

"Be careful..."

Taiki had caught glimpse of the orb. It was worrying there were here. Even if the lights were on, he had only spent one night out in the desert and it had been a terrifying and difficult one.

He blinked at the woman stood near the orb. He's exhausted and looks it, but rest wasn't easy. He was worried about everyone and the constant sadness at the fact his king was not with him was pressing on his heart.

[utulien_aure]

Arrival

Among his own people Fingon is accounted no expert at stonework, no sculptor like his aunt Nerdanel or lord of caves like his cousin Finrod. But the Noldor are called the Deep Elves for a reason and no child among them does not know something of the song of stone. Fingon draws on that now, coaxing rubble aside by the strength of voice and will as well as of arm.

It's painstaking, monotonous, miserable work (in all honestly, Fingon would prefer a sword). But ever so slowly, some of it seems to be working.

Rest Time

He rests later than most, and any onlooker would be forgiven in thinking he never rests at all- for the eyes of the Eldar rarely close in sleep, and glow still with reflected light.

Given the number of elves aboard the train at the moment, plenty of people are probably used to this ridiculous physiology. But it's still probably not fun to have someone staring at you when you're trying to sleep.

[laurefindil]

"Fingon! Thank Iluvatar you are here," Glorfindel says, watching him work. "Let me know how I can help." He didn't want to just jump in, if Fingon's got this one, or try to help and make it worse, so he will wait, adding light to the situation, until Fingon gives him direction.

[usernamesarecool]

arrival.

The Doctor is dressed in his usual fashion-red over coat and bowtie. He's also taking his time to look everything over, checking about the terrain and sniffing the air in attempt to find out more.

"So then, let's go see these orbs, eh? This way?" He asks, moving off and coming up to one and scanning it with a screw driver. "What are you?" He asked it, checking the readings.


Night Time

The Doctor is holed up in his tent that he'd grabbed and reading a book in dim lighting when he hears the first bout of commotion. He lowers the book and holds absolutely still for a moment, trying to discern what those sounds are.

After a moment, he's on his feet and stepping out of the tent and runs into someone point blank. "Oh, sorry! Didn't see you there." He apologizes, a little too cheerful considering the situation.

arrival

[burntlikethesun]

Rose is wearing a red flight suit and makeshift leg holsters for her equally makeshift batons. She’s got her rucksack slung over one shoulder and a tent over the other; if it looks like she’s ready to go camping, it’s because she is.

She follows him off of the train and has to tamp down the usual excitement at setting foot on a new world. They're not here to sightsee. Not that there's much to the view, just red sand dunes punctuated by factories. Her nose wrinkles at the pollution in the air. "A bit Martian, but smoggier." It’s better than the recycled air of the train, but not by much.

Once he chooses a specimen to examine, she drops her bags out of the way and stands sentry nearby, keeping one eye on the landscape and the other on the Doctor. She gives it even odds that he'll do something that ends up with the big silvery ball trying to eat his face, and she wants to be close enough to haul him away if he's too busy science-ing to move.

Spark | Team NOPE

[death_from_above]

Preparation

Spark sauntered into the dressing carriage and watched people gear up and discuss the mission. He considered sending Privateer Pirate to help out but decided against it. Let him establish one month that Spark didn't go on missions before people noticed a lack of him and the addition of a certain superhero. Next mission there will be enough other people who are new presumably, that no one would make the connection.

So for now there is a small orange cat curled up on a pile of ropes, looking half asleep and lazy.

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin was assembling his gear when Spark came sauntering into the coach. Curufin grinned but continued with his preparation tasks. When he was finished, he went over to the pile of climbing rope and sat down besides the lazy cat.

"How's it going, Spark?"

Lea| Blue Team | OTA

[hotheadwarmheart]

Preparations

Lea examined the climbing gear, and quickly found that he couldn't make heads or tails out of most of it. "Probably better leave this stuff for people who know how to use it," he said, mostly to himself. He did grab some rope, as well and both supply bags and hard hats for both himself and Xion. Once underground, he'd likely suggest Xion exchange the hood for a hard hat for safety's sake.

He held off on the flight suits though. He would bring a change of clothes, but didn't need something like that. More important would be food and water, and he could see if he could bum a bit of Megalixir off Tidus for each of them too. And make a note to reciprocate, when he got some potions of his own.

Arrival/Daytime

Lea took a moment to watch the young Gry practicing, a fond smile on his face. It reminded him of himself when he was a kid, though he'd never been much for spears. "Too bad Dilan isn't here," he said. "I bet he could give these kids some pointers." He didn't realize the pun he'd unintentionally made at first, but when he did he couldn't help but chuckle.

Much of the rest of the day was spent exploring the community and getting the lay of the land. If they hadn't been there for a mission, Lea would be tempted to linger at various points around the little community to talk to the Gry a bit more in depth about specific things, but business before pleasure and all that. Things seemed pretty peaceful for right now, but after the last mission, he knew that that could change at a moment's notice.

Nighttime

Lea had opted to bed down in the large sleeping area, having found himself and Xion a cozy spot for the night. All seemed well, at first. Until he started dreaming.

His dream were full of darkness, deep and foreboding. It shifted and swirled, but unlike the Heartless, it didn't take a form that could be fought. It was just everywhere, thick and smothering and seeming to swallow up all the light around him.

He jerked awake abruptly, dream darkness replaced by more normal darkness. The feeling of deep fear was slower to depart though, leaving him sitting awake for some time afterward. He nodded mutely, keeping his own thoughts on this 'Burrower's method of communication to himself for the moment. He wouldn't mind a bit of conversation to help settle him back down again.

Arrival

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion's answer to swapping the hard hat for her hood was to put the hat on over her hood. After first discovering that it didn't quite fit UNDER the hood. She did try though, and the attempt was probably pretty amusing.

She was very confused wondering who Dilan was. A Somebody he knew from before? Somebody from Daitu? The only one she knew of who used spears was Xaldin... Oh. Odd. She had met Sora briefly. She knew Axel was more or less the same with his heart back. so was Roxas. But Saïx was so different. She knew all that. What was odd, she realized, was that she had never really wondered much about what the others Somebodies were like.

She looked down at her gloves. Other than Sora who she shared with Roxas she didn't really have a Somebody. She was made from Sora's memories, and even if she was becoming her own person... it was still... it still made her different. Having never been alive before. Having started as a Replica. Still being a Replica.

She kept close to Axel as they explored, on edge and trying to be ready for anything. But as anything kept not happening her mind kept wandering to the other Nobodies. And what their Somebodies might have been like. Anything, really, to not think about how Roxas should be with them and wasn't....

Lan WangJi | Blue Team | Ota

[achickenformylove]

Preparation
When the dressing carriage opened up, WangJi headed to get changed into the outfit that had been assigned for them. Once again, he was less than pleased with the style of the outfit, but he had to deal with it so he didn't complain as he began to find something that would work for him.

Naturally, he had his guqin and his sword inside of his qiankun pouch, which he slipped into the most convenient pocket before grabbing the rest of the pieces that he needed.

Arrival
When the train arrived at its location, WangJi disembarked along with the others. He paused for a moment to study the location they had been dropped at, looking at the cave before heading down. As the cave floor sloped downward, he'd offer assistance to anyone nearby who might be concerned about slipping. He continued to offer that help even after they had met the Gry, at least until they reached their destination.

Night
Like probably a few others, WangJi was awoken at night with strange dreams, frowning after being told the name. "The Burrower," he repeated. "That didn't exactly sound pleasant."

Arrival

[spikelet]

The flight suits were weird, if she did say so herself, but they were easy to move around in, and seemed hard-wearing. She was sure she could fall down a hill and not scuff anything, even, which... fair enough, that was the point of them? Probably. When she saw the entrance to the caverns, she was even more glad she'd bothered to change.

Even if the hard hat was a bit much. Better to over-prepare. She hoisted her bag of gear higher on her back, and ran to catch up with Lan Wangji's longer strides.

"Asking teacher Lan, what do you think we'll be doing?"