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Deep Dweller: Start

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.

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Departure

Xue Yang hangs back as most of red team disembarks. The fact that he is even allowed on this mission surprises him. But he has spent his time in solitary, mostly meditating, and so his punishment is apparently satisfied. Although physically fine his mental state is one still to be questioned. He stares at the open door, wondering if the others would even notice if he was simply left behind.

Orbs

Once he has been basically physically pushed out of the train and onto the landing, he found himself with the rest of the team by the orbs. He is fascinated by the strange material it seems to be made out of, pressing his hand into it.

"Any ideas on how exactly to get rid of something like this?"

Dark

Xue Yang has no weapon and no physical way of attacking these creatures. And so he hangs back, watching them as if attempting to figure out exactly how the best way to defeat them might be. Offering suggestions to any team member that gets close enough to hear him but mostly he just hangs back to keep out of the way. He can't exactly fight back against something with teeth and claws.

< 1 - Prep & Arrival. >
His plans of sleeping early and waking up on time were thwarted by thoughts that refused to calm. Roland stayed up instead, getting at most forty winks before he received the holographic announcement. For his first mission, he decidedly knew he had to stick to his team. So without missing a beat, he moves without delay, taking only what he needed from his own supplies, adjusting his Arms Band, and securing the black wristband newly weaved by Kumoko in the event the Black Squad had to jump in for backup. He also makes sure his earbuds are secured in place, connected to the SCA. Would signals even travel that far down...?

"Let's hope this stuff works in an underground city..." He mutters to himself, referring to the teleportation magic and to the wireless tech, as his long strides take him immediately to the dressing carriage. He reaches for the belays, the climbing gear, and the hard hats. But there was too much for one person, he couldn't bring everything he thought was needed. He clicks his tongue against his teeth.

"Looks like it's really teamwork or bust."

< 2 - Purple Arrival >
Roland steps off the train and his senses are jolted without warning. As he watches the Voidtrecker speed off into god knows where, his neck turns and scans the absolute darkness surrounding them. He squints, trying to make out shapes and figures as they approach, though he is taken momentarily aback at the sheer size of the Terrans coming forward.

He doesn't not make a move yet, but he does steel himself for the work ahead. Not only will they have to adjust to a completely foreign, potentially claustrophobic environment, they'll need to figure out how to save trapped civilians without disturbing an alien system of tunnels under the earth. He crosses his arms against his chest.

To whoever can hear him, he simply says: "We need to gather information." before trailing off. Follow him or not, but know only this. Roland has never feared the dark. His only fear is failing the mission.

< 3 - Rest OR Wildcard! >
[ Black Squad threads can go here if you would like to thread him hopping to your location for back-up, OR anything else as they settle down in the Terran tunnel village! Most likely, Roland will actually...not rest or sleep and move about trying to talk to as many Terrans as he can. ]

Edited 2020-07-09 05:36 (UTC)

Preparations -- OTA:

In the dressing car, Curufin gets into his flight suit, or whatever it is, pulls on a hard hat, stuffs his climbing gear into a bag and slings it over his shoulder. There's going to be a lot of stuff slung over his shoulders, including his tool kit and his goblin sword. Drop order is announced, and he grabs onto a handhold.

"Looks like Orange Team is first off the train this time! Well, I can hardly wait." He's laughing.

Arrival:

After the train shudders and lurches, as usual, it drops out of the Void and onto the planet. Curufin runs to the doors and jumps off the train with Team Orange. It seems they have come in on a railroad track, and now they are pulled up in front of a metal and glass building. Sky full of dark clouds, hot breeze, red sand, dust, bright lights. Big metal gates and security cameras.

"Modern," he remarks.

Exploration:

He shoves the gates open and walks through, looking carefully at everything in sight. Then he goes into the building, pushing open the glass doors and entering the big lobby. He goes to the circular desk and knocks on it with his knuckles.

"Anybody home? Got a room for twenty?" As though this were a hotel.

And then it is time to search the building. They don't find any people, but eventually they find the lab. Curufin wanders around, poking at the equipment, peering at the readouts to see what the sensors are measuring.

"Looks like the usual? Atmospheric data? Anybody got any ideas as to where the scientists are? Maybe we should look in the closets and see if they're hiding from us. After all, do they know who we are? Maybe they think we're the bad guys."

Edited 2020-07-09 05:56 (UTC)

a. Preparations

Well, these clothes were better than wetsuits or tunics, but he was really wary about all of that climbing gear. "I really hope we don't need all of that stuff." He couldn't imagine what they'd been to climb in a science building. But he wished the other teams luck, the ones who really would have to climb around.

b. Arrival

The fact everything was quiet after they stepped off the train didn't do anything to put him at ease. If anything, it actually made him feel more on edge. "I'm totally getting horror movie vibes here," he muttered, cautiously approaching the building. "Like, real They Came From Hallaori shit here." Or maybe some kind of ghost movie, considering he didn't see anyone at all.

c. Exploration

He'd been wandering around for a good twenty minutes so far and had yet to find anything that was actually helpful. Then again, he had no idea what he was looking at most of the time. "Does all this science stuff make sense to anyone?" he asked, poking briefly at some lab equipment.

Mission Prep: Gladio was eyeing the tents. He kind of wanted to grab one. Yes, he knew that they would just have to be given back at the end of the mission, but...

He'd already stuffed himself into one of the flight suits, despite the bad memories that conjured. He had a bag stuffed full of anything and everything he could get his hands on, just in case...

"Space, the ocean, underground..." He sighed as he zipped up his bag. "I'd kill for a nice, lush planet with... bunnies or something." Nothing threatening. Just bunnies.

Arrival: He was waiting at the door, leaning against the wall beside it, his pack on his shoulder, waiting for the train to stop. Once it did he hopped out and winced and lifted a hand to cover his eyes as he peered up at the sky.

"Right..." Of course it would be a near dead world. He sighed and headed toward the cave entrance... only to find the caves not exactly built with him in mind. He had to bend a little to fit, canting his head to the side. He was going to ache once this was all over.

Night time: Come nightfall, while most everyone else sleeps, Gladio would remain awake.

He would doze, of course, but that first night would see him awake for most of it, keeping his eyes open for anything suspicious. And, should anyone wake, he would be there to reassure them with gentle words and reassurances that everything is alright.

Gladio is on guard.

Edited 2020-07-09 05:41 (UTC)

Mission Prep: "Will I need to be climbing rocks?" Maru wondered, looking at the clips in his hand from the rock climbing gear that had been with the jumpsuits.

Personally he didn't think he'd need it so much. He could jump pretty high when he wanted to. But maybe they'd be needed for someone else? He sighed to himself. It was so bothersome thinking about other people, he didn't know how others did it without giving themselves headaches or anxiety attacks all the time.

... Still. He shoved a few things in a pack and held it on his lap. He sat on a bench, legs crossed, just waiting.

And no, he hadn't put on one of the jumpsuits. He had on his own jacket, hood up, black fluffy hem looking like cat ears atop his head.

Arrival: Maru had been promised underground. No sun.

So of course he just steps off of the train without thinking. He hops down and lands with a little puff of dust... than soon turns into a bigger puff of dark smoke as he shifts from human into a kitty in a heartbeat.

The small, black cat would flop onto the ground, looking for all the world like he's sulking.

The sun... is not kind to vampires.

Night time: Once they were underground, Maru had been able to return to his human form. He was able to walk along the tunnels just fine for the most part, though he had to hide a snicker when a couple of the taller ones bumped their heads...

Generally he stayed away from most of the interactions. And when the strange creatures they were supposed to be helping turned in for the night, everyone else did as well.

Maru could see well enough in the dark. Perks of being a vampire he supposed.

He sat on a rock for most of the night, near the opening of the cave, just watching...

Mission Prep: There were not many times in Gerome's life where he was uncertain of his actions. Those times stood out as very annoying points in his life. Now was one of those points. He wasn't entirely certain what it was he was meant to be doing, so he just followed.

From observing he realised that he should be changing from one set of strange clothes into another. And given the colour he wore he assumed that meant he would need a corresponding colour. So he grabbed a jumpsuit and took it to a changing room to do just that.

When he left, many minutes later, having had some issue working out just what in the world he was supposed do with the jumpsuit, he was dressed. His mask was, of course, still in place.

"... And now what?"

Arrival: 1: The jolting and jostling was not something that eased the tension in Gerome's stomach. Nerves. Amazing. When was the last time he had been nervous of battle? Not having Minerva or a weapon bothered him greatly.

Eventually the train ceased it's rocking and came to a stop. And Gerome stepped out into darkness. And in that darkness he gave a soft, muttered curse as one leg buckled and he went down to a knee, stumbling on a rock he hadn't seen.

2: Gerome was in no ways a healer. He was a fighter.

So why then, was he moving rocks from one place to another?

There was dust in his hair and on his clothes. His shoulders ached, but he continued to assist with the removal of the rubble from the cave in.

Did he understand why? Not in the slightest. But it was making him feel useful.

Rest time: When the work for the day was done, Gerome was exhausted. They were offered places to rest and he was grateful to accept.

He had energy enough to shuck off his boots and his mask before he dropped down onto his back onto one of large beds they had been offered. The beds were built for strange creatures far larger than himself.

"... This is... not what I expected." He muttered into the darkness.

Departure:

Glorfindel has fastened his hair back in his gold and gem hair armor, with the SCA earbuds in, before he even got to the Dressing Car.

After changing into one of the flight suits, he starts organizing the equipment he felt his team should bring along, based on the Vision he'd had. Plus it would be helpful for rescue work. He is willing to help if anyone has questions.

He is on hand to see his friends off at each stop, however. "Be safe. Call on the SCA if you need me." He is wearing the Black Squad band around his free wrist.

Purple Mission:
Anyone with Glorfindel, as usual, will have enough light to see with. After some practice on Drizzt, he's gotten pretty good at getting it just right to not hurt the eyes of the Terrans.

He will coordinate with the locals, then help pinpoint the exact location of the living for anyone with powers to do the actual retrieval. If something needs to be moved with muscle, he is right there as well! Elves are stronger than they look.

Rest time:
[Wildcard, he won't look tired, or even dirty. It's an elf thing. Please hate gently.]

Edited 2020-07-09 06:43 (UTC)

A. Departure:

Alice was pulling at her fingers. She had been granted permission to leave the medical car, and then the announcement came on. Would she be any help or useless again?

She was shaking and closed her eyes, pressing her clasped hands to her lips.

"I can be brave," she whispered to herself. "I can be brave..." she took a deep breath and gazed out the windows. "I don't feel very brave though," she admitted, biting her knuckle. What if she failed to help again?

B. Exploration

Alice was becoming ridiculously grateful for the older Alice's umbrella to block out the sun, but once inside, she closed it and looked around.

"Curiouser and curiouser! It's so bright!" she lightly dusted off her dress and legs, the red dust on her hands. She looked at the dust on her hand. "We should find something to put what we find into bags or jars!" she said to anyone who would listen. Alice didn't hesitate to get behind the desk in the lobby her tiny hands immediately the only thing being seen as she held up a lunch box.

"Look what I found!" she then popped up from behind and opened it up, all that was inside was an empty thermos, napkins, utensils, and a note that said "I love you" on the inside of the lid. "We can put things we find into this."

Departure:

Glorfindel smiled at him, in a matching jump suit. "Help me gather these ropes and climbing equipment? We are rescuing people trapped underground, it may come in handy.

[I'd like to carry this on through arrival with you, if that's okay? Glorfindel IS the light source ;)]

Gerome looked at the man, trying to remember the name he'd been given... He thought he had it as he moved to do as he was bid, gathering ropes and shoving them into a pack for ease of carrying.

It was only when he was looking at the strange metal rings that he remembered the man's name. Glorfindel. A strange name, he would do well to remember it better in future.

[PREPARATIONS]

Hohhhhh...!

[Being the first mission, Katsuya is looking fairly excited. For the moment, Kaseri is at his side- he's convinced her to temporarily sit in the ball when they first disembark however. Just In Case.

Hopefully nothing happens while she's in the ball. Anyway.

The blond grins, pulling up a harness to hold while the ponyta noses a few of the other tools.] We got rock climbin' stuff!

[Exciting! Excit-] Nyh? What's th- ...A flight suit?

[Oddly, there's nothing to Say it's a flight suit, and no one said a single thing in the time he made that self correction.] Th' hell we gonna need flight suits for....

[Concern is increasing.] .................Hmmmmmm. [HMMMMMM.]

[ARRIVAL | CW: Implications of growing Panic/Panic Attack]

[[OOC - Muses can tag at any point in time within the prompt!]]

[This? This is cool.]

Hohhhh...so tha's where we're goin' huh..? [It's really cool, at least that's how he thinks of it. The cave isn't very dark. It's very simple as well, just stone, and dirt.

He thinks of the dream he had. It's not pitch dark right now, he'll be fine. He'll be more than fine. Katsuya breathes, and before they enter the cave he lets Kaseri out- scooping her up and taking a deeper breath as they walk. Nothing is going to tackle him. Yet.

...YET.

(He swears he hears screams, and while he knows that's not got anything to do with the vision, or with where they are, he can't shake the feeling he always has when he dreams of That place)

There's a pair of kids there.]

Hohhh! Cool spears!

[For the rest of the first day as they're shown around, he's being an awful lot louder or quieter about things depending on what they're being shown. Sometimes the engagement seems forced. He needs the distraction. Needs it, he can't think about anything else. At other points it doesn't work however, and he lets himself drift to the back of the group holding Kaseri as he breathes.

It's nothing like the tunnels that other him went down into one last time before never waking up, but go figure this is how he finds out it's close enough.] Hfff....hfff...

[He just needs to breathe.]

[Night Night- Sleep...Tight..?]

[He is very, very used to dreams. Sometimes they're simple. Sometimes they're not. These, he finds, are even simpler than he expected. He walks in a tunnel and it grows darker and darker. Too dark- impossibly dark, he remembers the conversation with Honda in the vents-

You c'n see yer hand even in complete darkness right?

It's too dark. Too dark- he can hear the sounds, hear the scuttling Things around and then-

Then it's all fire. Then the dream twists into something more unfortunately familiar, body locked in place as he sees the sneering face before him with the blade in their hands. Tell me my future, they ask, and he finds his lips moving. He can't hear his own words, but they aren't the words this man wanted to hear, and so-]

Khhh-OOOOUHHHHA-! Kh! Hah..!

[Katsuya wakes, and he wakes choking. He rolls over in his sleeping bag and Kaseri comes over immediately. And that's weird, he thinks idly, that's weird that she wasn't here- it looks like she was sitting near one of the Gry instead?

Hands meet the pony's dully shining mane and almost immediately he begins to calm down, holding the ponyta close.] Hahh...hahhh....s...shit...

[Figures he'd have to think about 'that' on top of everything.

(That first part of the dream was so strange though...)] Nhhyyyy....

Wh..? [Lightening the hold on Kaseri, Katsuya watches in confusion as she seems to consider trotting to someone else again.] What, someone else needs..?

[WILDCARD - Got something else in mind? Something precise? Hit me up on discord or plurk and we can come up with something!]

I. Prep and Arrival

II. Orbs

use

III. Night Time

something else

[Yugi was starting to wonder why they always had to be under something. Last time was underwater, which he avoided and now underground. The only exception had been when they were in space. So with Yugi wearing an Orange flight suit which really in his mind made him stand out a little bit more than the others and his duel disk had made sure to at least stick close to his friend.

Looking over now and again and he could easily tell that something was up.]

Hey... Just breathe slowly, okay. [it was something he figured he understood, a fear and how it can affect you.]

It will be okay. I'm here, even if that isn't the most reassuring thing.

Yugi stared for a moment or two. They had just gotten off the train and then there was a puff of smoke which caused the young ma n to wonder just what happened?

When he saw the cat it was enough to give him paused and wonder just who it was, or more importantly who the cat actually belonged to.

So for the time being he moved to kneel down. "Do you need help?"

Hfff.....hahhhh...

[One arm holds Kaseri- it's easy enough, the pony held like a little lamb in a nativity if Yugi's ever even seen those before. The other, somewhat shamefully, ends up groping around in the dark until it comes in contact with the wall, fingers digging into the side.

Shaking.] Y...Yeah. Yeah I... [He's distracted admittedly- by the scattered thoughts he keeps batting back, trying to focus on things like the Gry's tour, or maybe others in the group. It doesn't work, but if he shakes his head and focuses on his friend, his friend who is right there then that's something.]

...Tch. [A pained smile comes to his face.] What're y' talkin' about Yugi? Yer probably the most reassurin' thing here after Kaseri, 'n tha's because she's got magic t' cheat with, [he jokes, the horse in question rubbing against the blond's own suit front.] I...

...

I must look real stupid, huh..? Doin' th's in th' middle of a tunnel...

Yugi figured he might as well at least try and help out a little more and one of the things he decided to do was stay awake as best as he can at night.

So guard duty it is. As he walked he quietly looked around for any signs of familiar faces that maybe he could stick with for a time and soon that looking worked.

"hey, I guess you are doing the whole staying awake thing then?"

Prep
Yugi was admittedly a little nervous. Not just because he honestly didn't know what to expect going to a mission with a different team, but because Orange Team was going off first and Yugi knew Kaiba was going to expect him to follow and... that was going to be awkward.

But Yugi soon got changed into his team colors as always since even though he wasn't going on the Orange mission, he was still on the Orange Team and to help break the tension he figured to at least joke about it.

"Do you think we could stand out a little bit more?"

Arrival
When they arrived, Yugi found himself occasionally fidgeting with his duel disk which he was keeping on his arm, mostly to check that everything was still there and nothing was missing.

When he wasn't he was mostly looking around out of curiosity more than anything at where they were and just how the people lived.

Night
Yugi had tried to sleep a couple times only to wake up with a dream... or was it a nightmare? He didn't know. Whatever it was he didn't plan on going back to sleep anytime soon and instead decided to stay awake and quietly looking through his deck, making sure cards were set in a certain order since well... he wasn't planning on dueling, so he needed the monsters to at least be on top.

"Stage fright?"

Lightning has, grudgingly, thrown on one of the suits, covered by a wool shawl, and she's already looking like she regrets it as the hot, dusty air fills the train. She taps him on the shoulder, in case he doesn't realise it's him she's addressing, and then jerks her chin towards the doors. "You're with me... unless you've made other plans."

It wasn't like she'd avoided him after he'd woken up, but honestly, she'd just not seen the point in approaching him beyond an acknowledgement now and then as she moved around Medical. Probably should've, now she thinks about it, but. Too late now. She raises an eyebrow in challenge, and then hops down onto the Terran soil.

Arrival (train + purple)
It occurs to the spider very quickly that a supremely easy way of getting teleport locations is... just... to stay on the train until the end?

Sure, it means she doesn't get to jump off with the rest of Orange, and if it turns out magic doesn't work or whatever, she's gonna be stuck with Purple doing whatever it is Purple do. But it gives her a good look at the arrival sites for each team, enough that she's pretty sure she can teleport to each one, and it lets her wave each person wearing a black band off like an overly excited mother seeing her kids off to camp.

When Purple arrive, she has so many regrets. Sure, she can see perfectly, and there's so much industry and civilisation that it looks nothing like Great Elroe, but...

Blurgh. She hangs around for a little bit, but... these big aliens sure are looking at her weird. Do they eat insects? She bets they do. Oh wow, that one is eating an insect right now.

Teleport site and motivation to leave obtained, she types into her tablet, "Teleporting to surface laboratory in ten seconds. All aboard! Ten... nine..." and starts to cast a large-scale teleport rune. It glows in the pitch darkness of the station.

Orange Exploration
The light... it blinds usss...

Just kidding! She doesn't care about light at all. Excited, she skitters down as far as she can go. Time to speed-run this huge laboratory!! Except... ah, someone's already down there. Well, that's what she gets for being late. She waves to anyone on B5, and then darts back up to begin exploring B4. Mostly by cutting open doors and poking everything she sees.

At least fifty percent of her attention is on the comms, and on monitoring the tugs and twists of the magical threads linking her to the members of Black Squad. She really hopes this idea works, huh?

[He shook his head slightly. He honestly could understand the feeling he must have. Being uncomfortable in such a situation. But unlike that time he wasn't sure there was such an escape that the other could get away to.]

I don't think it's stupid. I was sort of in an uncomfortable situation last month where I was like this. But that was underwater.

I mean 's stupid 'nough that I didn' see it comin'... [he grumbles, only to flinch.] Under th' water?! Wai' why would th-

[He cuts himself short almost immediately- one part because he realizes why, the other because he sees why. The duel at the docks isn't an easy thing to forget.] R...Righ'...

Geeze, [he mutters,] That ain' fair, I'm th' one who nearly drowned more but you're stuck w' tha'..?

Preparation

It was strange, but Kitty found herself feeling a bit nervous as she entered the Dressing Car to grab some supplies. Sure she had been on missions before back home, but this was on such a grander scale.

Taking a few deep breaths, she packed her bag with some of the extra climbing gear, just in case. She took her time, focusing on the meticulous task for a moment as a way of calming herself down.

'Just do the best you can,' she told herself, checking herself over to make sure she had everything. Making sure she also had the black band she had picked up, she nodded to herself, ready to go.

Arrival

Somehow, the size and appearance of the Terras wasn't as surprising as they might have been. Once it was explained that they were here to help, Kitty followed the Terras and the other Purple team members to the collapsed section.

Turning on the flashlight on her SCA, Kitty examines the blockage, running her hand over it for a moment. Then, carefully, she phases her hand through the wreckage, just to test it. Once she had determined that she could pass through with no problem, she offered to take supplies down to the people on the other side, phasing through the blockage to move easily between each side.

Unfortunately, the sheer size of the Terras made it difficult for her to phase those who were injured and needed assistance being moved on her own. She could, however, phase people through to help tend the injured on the other side of the wreckage.

Whenever she needed to take a break from phasing, she could also be found helping tend to some of those who were injured.

Rest

[ Wildcard for Purple Team around the Terra's homes or people on other teams ]

Edited 2020-07-09 09:46 (UTC)

"You on some other stop?"

Since their conversation, Tidus has been more begrudgingly accepting of Xue Yang's presence in his own cabin, though rarely in it himself and not making conversation again for much to be assumed. He doesn't agree with anything that happened surrounding that, and so this is the first time since he's spoken up to him.

But here he is now, two bags over a single shoulder, stuffed, one in purple and one red for the tent gear, not going for the weird space clothes but keeping to the standard train wear.

"Yo, uncle, you going with Purple?"

Here's Tidus in the dressing carriage, a bag hanging off his shoulder not one of those provided. He hasn't changed out of his standard train clothes yet, and it's early into arrival in the car. It seems he's focusing on something else, maybe.

Or wasting time chatting.

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