EVENT #12: INVOCATION - COORDINATION POST (PART 2)

[abraxasmods]

Event #12 - COORDINATION ( 2 )

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This post is for coordination while the event is ongoing, to prevent the IC Event Log from being overrun by OOC mod and player communications. The comments section will contain applicable comments and forms for you to reply to as needed.

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Comments

[hextechhead]

Good to hear you're out, Steve. We are on our way, we have cloaked ships and a lot of mages and soldiers with us. I doubt all of us can make it down there, so it's best a small group do that. Is there anything we can do to cause a distraction, do you think?

[cryptsleeper]

How small/difficult is the route you two used? I can enter a tight space relatively easily.

[assembles]

This can't be the only entrance that they cultists are using to get in and out of the cavern. I would see if you can fan out and find another way in. Just the fact that you're here at all would be a distraction.

[assembles]

It was narrow. We had to be led out one at a time.

[aquaveiled]

This is great news! We're definitely getting close, I thought I saw something in the sky and was worried for a second that we'd been spotted. But it dropped pretty suddenly.

You think you can show us back to your path without getting noticed?

We'll get everyone out. We aren't leaving without a single person.

Please give Nero my regards and tell him that Agatha misses him.

[assembles]

Yeah, we were thinking that maybe our abilities would return once we made it to the surface, but it looks like they're still kind of spotty.

Don't worry, I caught him. And I'll pass on your message.

We can see about making our way to the south side of the island. I assume that's where you're planning to dock once you get here.

[cryptsleeper]

Sounds like bats can fit then. That'll do. Any wisdom in taking sticks in to force the area to remain open?

[assembles]

Hold on.
Bats?

[cryptsleeper]

It will make sense later.

[assembles]

[ ????? ]

If you say so.
The entire tunnel system could collapse at any moment given the strain it's been under already, so it might not be a bad idea to bring something along to protect yourself.

[cryptsleeper]

[Look there's no easy way to say "I can turn into a bunch of bats." Show, not tell. Or something.]

Noted. And we can aim for spell based reinforcements as well.

Obliged, thank you.

[assembles]

I don't know how the magic they're using to limit our powers activates, so there is a chance that you'll be affected by it as soon as you get close. Just another thing to keep in mind.

[cryptsleeper]

Good to know. Let's hope that won't be the case.

[assembles]

Yeah, that's the last thing we need.

[cryptsleeper]

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We'll see you presently, I'm sure.

[assembles]

[ All of them are looking worse for the wear at this point, and that in and of itself is an understatement. Steve's hair has also darkened after weeks without a bath, trapped in the dark and covered in various layers of dirt, blood, and muddy seawater.

To say nothing of the thorny wounds peppered all over.

But they've taken the one acolyte up on her offer, and that means that the two of them have been picked to make it up to the surface. If this turns out to be some sort of ploy, Steve's pretty sure he and Nero have what it takes to make the acolyte regret it. If not, then they'll be able to see where they're located on the island and hopefully direct the people on their way to get them with some more helpful information.

Steve's readying himself for whatever comes next when Nero swings over, snatching his arm and dragging him out of his thoughts.

He has an idea? Something stupid? Steve frowns, but at this point he trusts Nero enough and knows that he's aware of his own capabilities and what he can pull off. He'd been able to act as bait for that monster without it going terribly wrong, so Steve won't press for details. Not when they need to get moving. ]

All right, you first. I won't be far beyond you if I can manage it.

[ They're supposed to go one at a time, but looking at the woman who'll be coming with them, who's been looking worse and worse this past week, the acolyte is going to have to understand that she can't go alone. ]

Yeah, I can carry her. [ When she realizes that they're talking about her, she glances over. There are dark circles under her eyes, and her face is far more sunken than it was at the start of all this. They must all look pretty awful, but some of them are pushing through the pain and exhaustion better than others. ]

You're gonna be all right. [ He doesn't smile, but his voice and the look he gives her are earnest enough. ] Help's on the way.

[assembles]

[ It's true that most everyone in this room doesn't have a healthy sense of self-preservation — unless they're one of the few unlucky ones who simply were too injured or scared to run out when the chance was there.

Still, Steve thinks they're all tenacious too, and that they'll be ready for whatever comes of this acolyte's offer.

When Nero speaks up, Steve finds himself in total agreement. Getting everyone out of here alive is priority number one. ]

My guess is that the Summoned on their way here might round up a few of the acolytes for questioning, if anything. [ Or worse. He can only assume a lot of them are out for blood at this point. ] We just need to try and make sure we can all get above ground before this entire cavern floods.

[vengeanceinside]

STEVE. COME ON, MAN.

[vengeanceinside]

Miss you too, H. (And Agatha. Not Eli, though.)

Anyway, don't listen to Steve. It was way more graceful than he described for a guy half-dead with tummy teeth.

[assembles]

What's the problem?
Also, we're standing right next to each other.

[vengeanceinside]

We're gonna need to brush you up on bro code after this. [Nero made that up, he doesn't know anything about bros or codes. He heard it on a cartoon or something.]

Also -- man, did Thor not tell you we did this? Lame.

[If there was anything to miss about Thor, it was sending a message right next to him to see him react in real-time and yell in all-caps.]

[assembles]

Should I have said you fell and hit every branch on the way down instead?

[ Surely being caught by him is less embarrassing than that. ]

You mean you would send mental messages to each other while in earshot? Yeah, that checks out.

[aquaveiled]

Oh no, he fell? I suppose that's not surprising. Thank you for looking out for him. He's durable but that doesn't mean he should purposefully get hurt.

I can check with the ship's crew and let them know that may be faster, if possible. The less distance we have to cover, the better.

[aquaveiled]

Eli hasn't had the same people to stare menacingly at. I'm sure he misses you.

The little dot I saw moved pretty fast.

[vengeanceinside]

Great. [Nero, at least, gives her a thumbs up.] We've got you.

[No argument makes this way easier. Besides, he's got enough strength, at least, to grow some claws to help his way out.

As the acolyte warned, it's a hell of a quiet affair. The two of them -- especially with Nero's tail -- aren't exactly subtle, but Nero holds it tight in his hand as they break away from the group. To her credit, the tunnel is fucking hard to find, and he suspects they were using that same magic in the crystal he gifted to Jack (that fucker better still be alive) to cover the entrance.

One by one. It's a tight squeeze. Nero's arms ripple to scales and claws when he's out of sight, following it up. Wings, he can explain, and he'd already needed them for trapping that hedgehog motherfucker. But he doesn't need more questions beyond those.

He steels himself just in case. There's always gonna be a chance, whether they're at the threshold of desperation or not, that they're fucking with the people stuck in the altar room. They can't be trusted. But when he finally crawls out, sticking his head out of a hole in the ground, there's... plants. Foliage. Not green; in fact, they look like they're rotting all around him. It stinks, but it still doesn't stink as bad as the pit.

It's fresh air.]

Shit.

Even Nero needs a minute to take it in. Air. Room to stretch without stepping in someone's organs. He crawls out, his tail lashing through the plants, smacking against a dead tree. What looks like it might have once been a dense, rich forest is now a shadow of its former self, rotten and greyed out.

He peers back down towards the hole, planting his tail deep in the mud for leverage.] Steve, help her up! I'll pull 'er out.