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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…
laurefindil: (Look over there!)

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-22 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
"It is." He worried about those who were getting tired. Especially since they didn't know what they would find when they got there. Would they have a rest period, or would they go immediately into battle?

"Do you want to take a look ahead and see what lays below?" Danny's phantom form would keep him from being hurt, if the bottom was full of monsters, so he was an excellent choice for scout, if he were willing.
schrodingersghost: (phantom revelations)

[personal profile] schrodingersghost 2020-07-25 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Can do!"

It sounded terrible to say that he made a good scout because it was hard to hurt someone who could be intangible with a thought.

But it was also true.

Danny does a quick flip in the air and dives down. As he moves down all that can be seen of him is the dim green light from his hand growing further away.
laurefindil: (Fighter)

If you don't come back, he's going to get worried!

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-07-30 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Glorfindel waited patiently, honest, for Danny to come back, though he didn't stop climbing down, tapping in the hand/footholds as he did.
schrodingersghost: (phantom revelations)

LOL, he'll come back then

[personal profile] schrodingersghost 2020-08-01 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It takes a few minutes, but eventually the green glow reappears further down as Danny flies back up.

"We've still got a ways to go!" he calls up. "But looks like a big cavern down at the bottom."
laurefindil: (Look over there!)

Oh, look, 10 tags :D

[personal profile] laurefindil 2020-08-04 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Glorfindel nodded. He was concerned about the length to the bottom, not for himself, but for the other climbers who might be tiring.

"Any sign of the monsters or the Dweller?" he asked.
schrodingersghost: (phantom revelations)

Re: Oh, look, 10 tags :D

[personal profile] schrodingersghost 2020-08-08 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not yet. Everything looks clear for now."