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Final: Blue and Purple

Blue: A Call to Arms

On the sixth night (G10) since arriving in the Gry coves the fighting is the heaviest than it has been all week. What’s more anyone who tries to sleep that day or night will find their dreams are the clearest yet. Darkness, downward tunnels, fear yes but a clear calling. A draw. A call for help. A cry to arms.

The caverns are a flurry of activity but by the morning (G11) the elders address the cove. It is clear. The Burrower wishes them to descend. Furthermore if the aliens have been having dreams as well then it is clear that they are invited.

Not all can go of course, the caverns still need defending. But any who wish to may. The morning is spent preparing for the descent, or rather making sure that there are still defenders of the caverns and that everything is in order for them to descend.

Purple: A Plan for Aid

The fighting is still thick and fast but the morning of the seventh day (G11) brings another flurry of activity. The teenagers who had been growing restless all week can be found gathering in groups.

If approached by anyone who isn’t a Terran adult they will let them in on the secret. The Gry were going down to the dweller. The Gry dream forums have been full of Gry teens talking about this, worried their god is in danger. Worried they are in danger and going down there will mean certain death.

So of course the Terran want to help and their adults have not been listening. They have found one of the entrances that they believe will go down into the dwellers domain. They plan to strike out by noon and won’t say no to any one who wants to go with them.

It’s a steep entrance, going almost vertically down into the darkness below. They are pretty certain it leads to the dweller.

Meanwhile the monsters are still attacking the city with increasing numbers and almost every Terran is engaged in some level of fighting.

The Descent (Please specify team colour.)

The tunnels down from both the Gry coves and the Terran tunnels are steep. Even the Gry and Terran themselves struggle with the descent and voidtreckers will definitely need to use climbing equipment. It takes most of the day and into the evening to climb down. The air is dry and thin the further down they get but their SCA keeps them going.

The Terran and Gry have no such technology but they are better acclimatised. It’s a long climb down through the darkness.

Meanwhile... (Please specify team colour.)

For those that don’t descend there is still plenty to do. Monsters are still attacking, though as night falls they dwindle, as they begin to rush down to the cavern below. Still there are pockets of monsters around that need dealing with.

Parts of both tunnel systems are in need of repair. Down in the Terran tunnels the areas that had been collapsed still need a lot of work, though all the citizens have been rescued. The Gry systems are less structurally damaged but they are a mess and the clean up operation will take a while.

Deep Dweller

Finally the dark downward descent leads into a huge cavern. In the centre of the cavern there is a large, grey creature easily filling the space. It looks almost like a grub, if a huge one. It is hard to ascertain if it has eyes or a mouth even but it moves, slowly up and down as if it is breathing.

The elder Gry make respectful gestures towards it, the younger ones follow suit, a little more hesitantly. The Terran teenagers mostly seem some mixture of horrified and amazed.

There are four large entrances to the cavern, the two that the two groups came down and two other large ones from elsewhere. There are also numerous small ones, high and low in the walls. The two groups arrive at roughly the same time and it is not long before they have company…

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(OOC: For this part please all reply in one single thread. Each round will be marked by an NPC tag and then each character may tag once before the next round begins. If you are late joining or miss a round don’t worry! Just tag into the most recent round and either assume your character was always there or got caught up with monsters from the smaller tunnels!)

From the entrance that his Team came in, Glorfindel moved North, to go around the large grey being. He knew Blue was also on the way, but due to the size of the thing, he wasn't sure if any of them were here yet.

Coming nearer to one end of the Grey Being, he could hear the sound of monsters coming through the tunnels.

"Going Dark!" he warned people, just before he extinguished his light. If they were about to be attacked, he wanted to kill as many as possible, so they didn't just move around to one of the other entrances.

"Okay." Not that Allen actually ever needed a warning when he was perfectly fine at seeing in the dark anyway.

But it didn't stop him from being on guard as he quietly looked around for any sign of the monsters and it seemed like there were some coming their way.

"To the left!" he called as he swung his claw in that direction, hoping that the others follow suit.

Unfortunately, Danny's ghostly glow wasn't something he could turn off. He extinguishes the glowing ball in his hand, but he couldn't do a thing about the silvery light that faintly outlined his self.

There is a scuttling of feet and scrabbling as arms as a rush of monsters rush forwards. They are not just on the ground but scuttling along the walls and ceiling of the tunnel as well. As they reach the entrance they swerve to avoid Danny, rushing the others, swiping out with claws.

One claw met Allen's own as two others leaped at Glorfindel. Other pushed past, to fight the other Terran, Gry and Voidtreckers at the entrance.

Edited 2020-07-19 19:07 (UTC)

Glorfindel lit up the cavern as bright as Daylight, not bothering to duck.

Meanwhile, Cassie's body surges with green light. She claps her tonfas together, sending sparks flying, before uncoiling her body and surging into a line of them with her shadow kick. With the power she's put into this one, they'll hopefully bowl themselves over and make themselves easy targets.

But she's not taking any chances. As her momentum continues to carry her, she leaves the floor, floating as high above the floor as the chamber will allow, searching for more targets.

Edited 2020-07-19 20:00 (UTC)

Danny takes a moment to be offended. They were ignoring him?

But then, as Glorfindel lights up the cavern, Danny is launching himself towards the ceiling, pelting the monsters on the walls and ceiling with balls of glowing green ghost energy.

The sudden light threw Kitty off for a moment, but she recovered in time to avoid a monster staggering toward her, blinded by the light as it was. Jumping up, she landed on the monster's back and pushed it down, using her powers to phase the monster's limbs and body into the ground to immobilize it.

The light from Glorfindel flashes bright, shattering the monsters that have swarmed him and sending others skittering, fleeing to the walls and the ceiling to avoid that light, leaving a large monster free area around the glowing elf.

The ceiling is still swarming with monsters, Danny takes a few down with his glowing energy and two more try sneaking up on him, coming in fast from behind with claws ready to rake down his back.

Two are bowled over by Cassie's kick though she has another coming from the side, risking her slight glow to swipe at her. The one Kitty has pinned writhes, teeth snapping at her as it tries to break free.

Cassie's tonfas remain charged with qi as the beast approaches from the side. She turns toward it and delivers a spinning backfist, with the twirling baton offering extra torque as it connects with its head. Sparks fly again from the site of the blow.

Meanwhile, a round drone the size of a small dog dives at a monster about a dozen feet behind her.

Ceiling monsters? More like targets. Her Wispon's laser isn't pure light enough for optimal damage but it's still very bright and flashy, getting the job done. More difficult is finding a corner she can slink into without getting caught, but working with allies who are more formidable in the fray is totally relieving.

Hunkering down, sliding her mask into place for optimal accuracy, she fires. One shot, one hit. The rate of fire is going to be enough to wear her and the Wisp powering her weapon out, but she has to have this.

Roland catches the movement of the monster pinned underneath the ground from Kitty's phasing. He jumps immediately into action, the tip of his sword meeting the monster's head with a decisive thrust further into the ground. He swivels his weapon and slashes it with an upwards arc, hopefully killing it for good.

He prepares his pistol in the same hand, sword disappearing in a flash and replaced with a gun, ready for more to come.

Grateful he got so many with the first blast, Glorfindel went dark again, and moved about fifteen feet to the right, waiting to hear the sound of more monsters coming closer. What he did was an area affect, and for the best effect, he wanted them all in the blast radius.

When it grew dark again, Kitty closed her eyes, knowing they wouldn't adjust to the dark in time. Instead she listened, and phased into the ground to avoid another monster that came at her.

Allen has been dealing with a few of the monsters while everything else had been going was quick to adapt when it went bright to dark once again.

Glancing over, his eyes quickly clocked onto a couple that were coming and so thinking fast used to cowl in order to pull them in closer. Anyone who might be able to notice might want to use the time to attack them,

Focused on taking down the monsters in front of him, Danny doesn't notice the ones sneaking up on him from behind until too late. He cries out in pain as the first one reaches him and sinks its claws into his back, quickly turning intangible and letting it fall through him. Then he turns and fires a beam of bright green glowing energy at the others.

The monsters cower away from Cassie's sparks as her bot wrestles with a monster that seems determined to take a bite!

Some of Whisper's shots hit at just the right angle for the light to hit the creatures eyes, shattering them. As Glorfindel's light went out three monsters launched themselves at him, as if trying to take him out quickly before he could light up again. One went for his face, one swiped at his ankle and another tried to sink their teeth into his shoulder.

The monster Roland was stabbing went still for a moment, though it was not dead. Another came up behind him, swiping out. A couple of monsters were drawn into Allen, leaping at him happily. Danny's energy beams shattered a few, though another was making its way to him.

There's a heavier thudding as two of the larger, tougher monsters arrive at the entrance.

Allen just smirked for a brief moment. He could see the monsters coming and he was honestly ready. As soon as they were close enough he swiped his claw "Crown Edge"

As he swung he unleashed crowed from his claws towards the incoming monsters. if he was lucky it might be able to hit a few more. But once he was sure that his were dealt with he looked over to check who else might need his help.

"Oof!" Glorfindel lit up again as soon as the monsters attacked him, healing himself in the same breath.

"Would it be better for me to stay bright and act as a barrier, or keep trying get the new ones?" he asked.

Danny stubbornly slams his hands together, doubling the strength of the beam as he aims it at the next monster. He hated fighting injured, and the earlier damage to his back was already screaming at him

"Hey!," he calls down. "Just checking, but can anyone else here fly?"

If he could just get a little breathing room, there was maybe something he could do about the monsters using the ceiling to sneak by.

Cassie floats up beside Danny, her forearms and tonfas glowing green with energy.

"What'd you have in mind?"

"Hold on." Danny turns and blasts another one off the ceiling before it can reach them.

"If you can distract them for a moment, I can coat the ceiling with ice. It might make it too slippery for them to use it to sneak up on us."

"One distraction, coming right up."

Cassie floats in front of Danny and starts to beat her chest.

"Hey, assholes! I'm talkin' to you! Yeah, you three in particular! Come get me, you greased-up anorexic chupacabra-lookin' motherfuckers!"

Edited 2020-07-20 22:11 (UTC)

Wow, that was some language. Danny would have normally made some kind of joke about it, but... you know, priorities.

He concentrates on the ice in his core, and changes the energy in his hands from the bright green of his usual ectoplasm to the cool blue of his ghost ice. He lets the ball of energy in his hands charge up and grow, and then he tosses it at the ceiling.

If all went as planned, a good section of the ceiling would be coated in ice.

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