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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-07-19 06:11 am

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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Re: Kitty Pryde | Purple | OTA Descent

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-20 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Glorfindel called up to Kitty from where he was rigging the next rope. "I fastened the end off, and attached the top of the next about three inches to the right! Careful when transferring over! There are extra foodholds and grips there too!"

As far as they needed to climb he was not risking tying all the ropes together. These weren't elven ropes to stay up regardless of the strain of all the climbers.
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[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2020-07-21 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
"All right!" she called down. While she glanced at the wall to make sure she was getting the next foothold, she was doing her best not to look down into the cavern itself so she doesn't completely lose her grip.

Carefully inching down and along the wall, she managed to find the next rope, unhooking and rehooking her equipment before carefully scaling down that rope as well.

"Any idea how much further down it might be?"
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-21 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Cassie said we're about halfway, but that was most of a rope ago," Glorfindel told her. "How's it going? Should I add more footholds?"
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[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2020-07-22 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Before she can reply, she missed a foothold and slipped a little; not very far down, but enough that she clung to the rope tightly to keep from going any further.

"...y-yeah. More footholds might be a good idea."
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-30 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
"You okay?" He called up. He considered the number of pitons he had left. "I'll space them slightly closer together. Or do you have another suggestion?"
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[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2020-07-30 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I'm okay," she called back. "Do we have enough to put them closer together?"
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[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-08-04 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Glorfindel nodded, then realized she wouldn't be able to see that. "I believe so. Not a lot closer, but maybe...move them all up about a foot? Would that help?" he asked. Much more than that, they ran the risk of running out before they got to the bottom. Fortunately he had the flyers telling him the remaining distance, so he knew he could do it. Any earlier, though, they would have run out.

If it wasn't good enough though, he was going to have to think outside the box. He had an idea or two, if need be. He waited for Kitty's answer.
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[personal profile] goingthroughaphase 2020-08-04 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh...yeah, I think that should be okay." It isn't the first time she's wished she was a little taller, because maybe then she would be able to reach the footholds easier.

There was still a long way down, though, and she hoped she didn't slip.