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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-07-23 05:26 am

Deep Dweller: Conclusion

Victory

Deep in the desert, with the combined might and light of those working for Red and Orange teams a monster shatters. Not just any monster but the large, silver giant, shards melting away as they hit the sand.

A blast of energy, ripples from it, passing through Voidtreckers harmlessly but shattering any monsters that managed to survive the final battle.

In the laboratory it is the same story, monsters shattering and crumbling both inside the facility and outside. In the tunnels too, monsters crumble before Terran, Gry and Voidtrecker's alike.

Deep down in the cavern the combined might of those working with Purple and Blue, the Terran and the Gry has already cleared the cavern, with not one monster getting through to lay a claw on the Dweller.

There is a pause, another and yet another. No more monsters pour through the walls. Any monsters that somehow survived the blasting of light from those fighting at both entrances crumble now. Everyone in the cavern will feel a deep sated peace fill them. The terror and fear those in the Gry caverns had been feeling fades into deep satisfaction.

There are no words, but there is definitely a sense of gratitude, a thank you of emotions. The Gry are more vocal in their thanks, antennae waving and reaching out to stroke at Voidtrecker and Terran hands alike. Soon the older Gry gather the younglings and they circle the Burrower, the Terran take their leave respectfully, ushering any Voidtreckers out, leaving the Gry to their god.

It's a long climb up, for any who don't simply use their SCA to return to the train.

Meanwhile...

Those in the Terran tunnels, helping to clear up and rebuild after the chaos of the week may hear something interesting on the news that is spoken about.

A number of Terran had been found in various places around the world, in the desert, unconscious and injured. Assumed to be victims of all that had happened they had been taken to various hospitals. Yet the first couple had woken up, claiming to be scientists from the surviving lab.

How they had gotten to the desert is unhelpfully sumerised as activated alien technology to escape their besieged facility but there is much rejoicing and relief from Terran, a renewed hope that those missing may be alive, somewhere in the world. Even if the question of how they got there is on everyone's lips.

Both the Terran and the Gry who remained in their caverns are in high spirits, thankful to those that helped.

Return of the Voidtrecker.

All teams return to the Voidtrecker Express. The holographic message comes with helpful pick up point dots on their maps.

The Voidtrecker swoops through the air, landing gracefully on a set of railway tracks and approaching an area just outside the research facility, close enough to both there and the battleground where red and orange had fought for both teams to board.

Once everyone is onboard it speeds towards the tunnels. It picks up first those in the Gry caverns, followed by those in the Terran city and finally stopping to collect anyone climbing from the tunnels leading to the Dwellers domain.

Once all Voidtreckers are accounted for it leaves the tunnels and flies off into the sky and back into the void.
iamnotgod: Webmind projecting a smile. The robot is wearing an orange hoodie. (A smile!)

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-07-23 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Webmind has, in his multitude of minutes since first awakening, learned the power of intentional silence.

Staring at Curufin's injury, he's just going to employ that power now.

"..."
so_dark_a_road: (Christ)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-07-24 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
Curufin stares at him. It seems he's no match for Webmind's intentional silence!

"No comment, eh?" He smiles. "Guess I should do something about this." He scratches his head humorously. "What, though?"
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[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-07-24 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"While medical is busy right now, not all of those with healing are currently sequestered within it," Webmind points out.

"Would you say all of your - our," he deliberately amends, "friends are similarly occupied?"

That is, trying to recover on their own without drawing attention to it.
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-07-24 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah, you mean I could go and find somebody with healing skills who doesn't normally work with the healing team in the Medical Coach?" As though he's never heard of the idea!

"That might be true. I'll bet there were a lot of injuries in the boss battle and in all the battles before that one. And I'm not seeing a great crowd of our friends all lined up to be seen by Wen Qing or the Doctor. You think they might be sneaking off to their rooms like I was?" Grin.
iamnotgod: Webmind projecting a smile. The robot is wearing an orange hoodie. (A smile!)

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-07-24 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Another carefully-neutral Look for you, Curufin.

"I expect there will be a post on the Network to that effect shortly."

This was a crowd of peoples who preferred to avoid others' sympathies, for whatever reason; Webmind could hardly claim to understand that.

"We can work together to find those people, if you'll agree to receive help yourself."
so_dark_a_road: (among the contending princes)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-07-25 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, the terrible power of intentional silence and the neutral stare!!!

Curufin grins. "Oh really? Somebody's going to post and remind us all to get our injuries taken care of instead of being idiots?"

Ah. . . whelp, maybe Webmind has a point there. "So, you think I should just say to hell with my pride and go to the Medical Coach? That might be the easiest."
iamnotgod: Webmind projecting a smile. The robot is wearing an orange hoodie. (A smile!)

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-07-25 11:22 am (UTC)(link)
Webmind again lets silence speak for him - at first.

"If you are willing to do the easy thing, why make life harder for yourself?"

If it doesn't harm others, Webmind adds to himself.
so_dark_a_road: (flickers of light)

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-07-29 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
"What if I'm not willing to do the easy thing? When has my life been about easy things?" asks Curufin. But then he smiles again. "All right, I'll agree. I'll go to the Medical Car and then check in with you afterwards, so you can verify that I really did go, that I didn't just sneak off."
iamnotgod: Webmind projecting a smile. The robot is wearing an orange hoodie. (A smile!)

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-07-29 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"And your injury had best be well-repaired; that will be enough evidence for me," Webmind replies, smiling in turn.

"Assuming you don't feel the need to sleep afterwards, we can spend time in the Cinema. Does that suit?"
so_dark_a_road: (many secrets of craft)

Good place to wrap?

[personal profile] so_dark_a_road 2020-08-05 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Curufin laughs. "Just like you, Webmind, to expect evidence! All right, than I'll be off to the Med Bay. And I'd love to go to the Cinema with you! That would be a lot more fun than sleep." Grin. "I think we have a plan, then."
iamnotgod: Many lines curving off into the distance and entangling, shaded in colors from yellow to purple (Default)

Yes!

[personal profile] iamnotgod 2020-08-05 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Indeed."

[Thank you for the thread! :D]