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[soulping]

Who: Exploraparty Part One (closed)
When: to be inserted later
Where: The Cove
What: EXPLORING PT 2 because some ppl make good decisions

[So Ed and co. what bad decision are you starting off with first?]

Comments

[tatsumi_textiles]

[ First? Hauling out the diving suits and setting them next to the lake.

Can't go deep lake diving without suits ]

[fuhrinkaed]

[Pretty much that, yeah--and checking to make sure they all have. Y'know. Air.]

Okay, so I remember where the drain is at down below from before, so I can take us right there. As a heads up, it seems to remove magical powers... so be ready for that.

[tatsumi_textiles]

Yeah, I remember you saying that.

[ And- there's the last one out, so just time to head in for the last piece of equipment. ]

I'll be right back.

[wherethewildthingsare]

[Eyeing the diving suit.]

So it's the same idea as the door inside the cliffs.

[fuhrinkaed]

Alright.

[Ed sets his Caretaker knife and Gyarados's pokeball on the ground for a moment to stretch. It's important to limber up before a swim.]

We've got a good balance of physical strengths right now, so I'm sure it'll be fine.

[unguilded]

Hmmm ... only magic?

[fuhrinkaed]

As near as I can tell. It resonates on a magical frequency, and drained mine.

So... that's why we're using tech. It's a lot harder to magically 'drain' like that.

[unguilded]

[Rook knew this was happening soon, he just wasn't sure of exactly when. So while he made sure to give his teammates a vague "heads up we're planning to check something out soon," that was about the extent of it.

So since he was en route to a routine visit to Ometotchtli when he ran into some of his fellow explorers, he's currently sending his bird off with a message back to Amalthea to give his team a proper heads up as to his whereabouts while Ochre sets that up.]

[wherethewildthingsare]

So everybody left notes in case we all die, right?

???

[soulping]

Are you dreaming? Because where there should have been a painful thud, all you can remember is floating. Floating for who knows how long, time's kind of strange for you. Perhaps instead of falling, you were sinking. Sinking slowly, slowly, everything becomes numb . . . is it easier to just fall asleep . . . ?

Not yet! Not yet. There is more to do.

The CAVE

[soulping]

You wake up, it's dark . . .

But it's dry. Despite the fact that you possibly drained the entire body of water (boy are those fish gonna be pissed at you), the water . . . where did it go? That's one mystery.

The other mystery is Where Are You?

Re: The CAVE

[unguilded]

[DARKNESS YOU SAY?

Good thing Rook has his compact sword! Which he's now extending outward, blue and glowing and shimmering to at least give them some idea of their surroundings by the bit of light it gives off.]

Re: The CAVE

[tatsumi_textiles]

[ First things first- taking off the diving suit's helmet and looking around, and then trying to summon his persona card.

Magic still off? ]

So, uh. Where the hell are we?

Down the Hallway

[doppledapper]

[You find yourself walking through a tunnel, with a light far far in the distance. However, you can see a few basic things in the dim hallway especially if you feel around for it.

But why do that when there is a lightswitch?]

Re: Down the Hallway

[fuhrinkaed]

...When we flip this switch, we're probably going to see something unpleasant.

Just.

So everyone knows.

Re: Down the Hallway

[unguilded]

Haaah, somehow that's not very surprising.

The Room

[doppledapper]

[When you return, you find yourself drenched and covered in water. The floor is also wet, puddles everywhere. Where did that water come from? Was it always there? The fish were flopping around, glass littered the ground everyone had ended up on.

Suddenly you gasp for air. How long have you been holding your breath? Your chest hurts, you were suffocating. Were your drowning this entire time . . . ?

There is a large statue inside of an empty room.]

Re: The Room

[fuhrinkaed]

[Okay step one. CHECK ON THE HAND. While. Panting for breath.]

Guys--make sure to check around for a tile, by the way.

Last time we found one it was after stuff kind of like this happened.

Re: The Room

[unguilded]

[Nodding.]

Hopefully there's something hiding around somewhere in here.

Re: The Room

[wherethewildthingsare]

[FUCKING WHY.]

Ugh.. why can't this shit make sense...

Re: The Room

[unguilded]

[Pulling in a deep breath, a hand over his chest and shaking some of the water off of himself.]

Damn...

[He ... notes the statue, squinting and stepping toward it to get a closer look.]

Re: The Room

[tatsumi_textiles]

[ Well, everything hurts like hell.

Ochre takes a couple minutes to catch his breath before going to check that interesting statue. ]

Re: The Room

[soulping]

[It's a pretty young woman a familiar face who is that something hurts why does it hurt holding a mirror within her hands. Her face is familiar.

Wait, you don't know that face.

You know her face?

No . . . you don't know her face.

What's in the mirror?]

[soulping]

[ SO. You all made it through the fire and the flames water and the more water to fight some fish, and then also a horrible nightmarish creature which will surely not haunt your dreams for the rest of your natural lives. Right? Right.

And it's not like you didn't get anything out of it. One: since you drained the whole thing going in (good job, by the way), you got to make an amazing escape outrunning a torrent of water as the lake refilled. Two: What you found down there was a very important piece of a very important puzzle.

...Well, you know, probably. You know how these things go.

At any rate, you're back on the shore, mostly intact. All's well that ends well! ]

[unguilded]

[S-SPUTTERING LIKE ALL HELL.

(doesn't matter, got a tile)

But catching his breath on the shore. After that ... intensely creepy run-in.]

Pheeeeeeeeeeew~!