JELLY SHROOM CAVE BASE EXPLORATION | ACTION

[imsorey]

[In the early morning, just after breakfast is cleaned up, Sorey sends a telepathic broadcast to whoever is still currently hanging around the base:

Hey everyone! We found a strange cave way down deep in the tunnels a couple of weeks ago, and the fish down there told us there were humans living down there somehow! We’re going to check it out today. You’re welcome to come with, but bring some kind of shielding, all right? There’s a whole bunch of Tiger Plants on the route, and those spikes they shoot are no joke!

Mikleo chimes in: If you have swimming troubles, I should be able to take you around, though a couple of you might want to bring Seaglides as well. We mapped out a partial safe route, but keep in mind there’s some very large predators, and the water pressure’s going to be pretty intense if you move too far from us down there. Come prepared for that.

Should you as an intrepid explorer decide to venture down into the tunnels with them, there’s plenty to see. Glowing Jelly Shrooms are scattered across the caves, the only bit of light offered so far down in the dark. Sorey and Mikleo will lead the group in a careful circuit through them, not going too close. It’s easy to see why when a couple of Crabsnakes poke their heads out curiously.

The abandoned base the group will come across is small but has some useful items if you care to take a look. There’s also a dully glowing three-person Seamoth to be discovered not too far away, out of power, if any technologically-inclined people want to figure out how to get that back to base for use.

((OOC: Open mission post for Jelly Shroom Base Exploration! Sorey and Mikleo will tag whoever tags in, but feel free to jump other people as well and branch your explorations out separately if you’d like. There’s a lot to find!))

Comments

[imsorey]

A ship?

[The only ship he can think of is the Aurora, but since they haven't traveled too far it's possible there are more ships.]

Mind if I listen too?

[He reaches for the recorder since Jake already has it out, curious what it's all about.]

[potentite]

Sure thing! [He hands it over and the recording discussing the ship plays.] What do you think?

[imsorey]

[Listening until the recording is finished, and pondering a moment longer even after Jake asks his question.]

It sounds like they were surviving okay...Maybe we can't find anyone because they're moving around creating more bases.

[Looking up from the recorder to Jake with a raised eyebrow.]

Any thoughts?

[potentite]

[Jake considers what he said, nodding. Maybe it's the Hope player in him but he wants to believe they're safe.]

Doesn't seem like the worst idea. Moving around would make them hard to find, though. Maybe they rocketed off even on that ship they found. I don't really know. But if they didn't, it might be worth trying to find the ship.

[imsorey]

[Nodding in agreement]

I haven't seen a ship around--not one that we haven't already discovered, anyways. I haven't checked the sand dunes yet, though. We might find some more clues there.

[potentite]

[Jake nods back, smiling.] We don't know where they found it, so it's worth looking! Even if we don't find it, we're bound to find some more adventure!

[imsorey]

I'm not one to say no to some adventure. Though that's not too hard to find around here. It's probably easier to find than ships, anyways.

[potentite]

It is but I miss ruins. There is a severe ruin deficiency.

[imsorey]

[you're speaking his language, Jake English]

Right?! I understand why, given that this planet doesn't seem to have any humanoid species that call it home, but it's still a shame. All of this space to explore and not a single ruin. Unless you count the empty bases.

[potentite]

[For once someone understands Jake.]

I'm counting them but golly, they're small compared to home! I had a whole entire island dressed to the nines in nothing but jungle and ruins! Nothing made my day more than taking a gander for anything I'd not yet seen.

[imsorey]

A whole island? That must have been awesome! Did you find anything interesting? --I mean, of course it would have been interesting, but anything specifically worth mentioning.

[potentite]

Oh my, certainly! Though I hesitate to speculate entirely on their relevance to the convoluted happenings of my life, there were a few nifty things worth mentioning regardless of the weird shit involved. [Because really he doesn't want to think deeply on whatever happened in his life. There's no explaining that stuff.] My favourite was the massive frog statue at the very top of the ruins! I liked to greet it whenever I went for walks, though I didn't get the gumption to name the fella. It seemed a bit presumptuous to name such a revered deity, even if he was a froggy sort. I never did figure out why the number eight was so important, either. There had to be a reason it had eight pillars around it. There always is, you know.

[That's what Tomb Raider taught him about ruins.]

[imsorey]

A frog deity?

[well, he's seen weirder]

That's a new one to me, but I'm guessing these things vary depending on what world you're from. But the number of pillars could have been an architectural choice based on what what popular at the time it was built.

[potentite]

Really? [He knows architectural clues in a sense but he's never thought deeply on them.] So it might just be a design choice? I never thought of that. I'm a mere amateur overall but I deeply love ruins. I love the idea of learning about people through what's left behind.

[imsorey]

[nodding in agreement at his love of ruins; they could be at this for hours if they're left alone]

I'm more or less self-taught too, so don't take my word for it. But when you've seen enough of them you start to pick up the patterns. Even a design choice could tell you about the culture. I know that on my world, during the Temperance of Avarost there were a lot more buildings that incorporated seraphic artes because humans could still perceive seraphim. So if I find a ruin that uses seraphic artes, it's likely from that time period or even earlier.

[potentite]

Wow, that sounds so cool! You've got ruins from all over time periods plopped right in your backyard, huh?

[imsorey]

They're all over the continent. But I have been lucky enough to explore a lot of them lately, since I've been traveling. It hasn't given me a lot of time for an in-depth study though, so I still plan to go back and visit them again.

[potentite]

[Jake is so amazed by Sorey right now. What an amazing guy??]

Are you going to write about them? Like a real archaeologist?

[imsorey]

You bet I am! But it's going to be a while; there are still a lot of things I have to do back home before I sit down and write a book.

[Like save the world, you know how that goes.]

[potentite]

[Saving the world is pretty hard work it's true.]

Aw, shucks, I wanted to get the chance to read it. I guess I'll just have to pick your brain for the inside scoop.

[imsorey]

[He can't have a fan for a book he hasn't even written yet, oh no]

If I wrote it right now it wouldn't be finished at all--there's way too much I haven't seen. I'll give you a copy when it's done, how does that sound?