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]

[Don't diss the feathers, man]

Uh, sure. But you'd be able to carry all of your stuff too.

[splinten]

I'll manage like this.

[HE WILL NEVER SUBMIT TO THESE VILLAINIES SOREY. You fashionless weirdo.]

It usually just requires a little organization.

[imsorey]

That's a lot of dedication to your, uh, fashion. I'm impressed!

[they wear wetsuits all the time, he doesn't understand, but he is genuinely impressed by the level of dedication.]

[splinten]

[Losers wear wetsuits. Dirk wears swimming drunks.]

Not really. I just find it easier.

[imsorey]

[bro that's gotta be cold]

Easier to swim around, you mean?

[splinten]

[COLD IS FOR THE WEAK.]

Swimming and salvaging. I spent enough time diving growing up that I'm accustomed to doing it this way. I would adapt it if it was unusable, but so far I'm managing.

[imsorey]

[He looks impressed!! I mean, Sorey is easily impressed by things he doesn't know about, but that doesn't make him less enthusiastic about learning more.]

Oh yeah? So you've done this kind of stuff before? Do you have any tips for someone new to it like me? I think we're picking things up okay, but we don't exactly have any frame of reference.

[splinten]

Mikleo manages the pressure, so in some ways you're well-protected from the biggest danger. But the number one rule if you're on your own or not using his ability is to avoid ascending too quickly. Decompression sickness is unpleasant to say the least.

[And can lead to death. Dirk was very, very lucky when he first found out about that particular thing.]

[imsorey]

[Nodding, because this is good stuff. A lifetime growing up with Mikleo taught him a lot about water but sadly not much about the ocean.]

I learned a little more about decompression sickness while I've been here; we try to time it so that it isn't a problem, but it's harder when you're with a large group of people.

[splinten]

It's frustrating but we have some advantages. [He means of course URSULA's nanotech support.] Salvaging has different challenges. We're working mostly with metal here. I don't know how familiar you are with constructions on this level but when rust starts coming into play you need to account for it in terms of stability. Wrecks can be dangerous and you don't want to waste inventory space on bad metal anyway.

[imsorey]

I know a bit about construction, but not as much with metal. I do know it rusts, but the rest I've been picking up as we build things. URSULA's robots have been a huge help in that regard.

[He understands building with wood and stone, but large buildings like the underwater base aren't anything he's seen back home before unfortunately.]

[splinten]

You might want to look in training yourself to recognize rusted or weakened metal. Essentially, you want to be able to tell at a glance what is safe or worth your time and effort, and what is dangerous or impossible to repurpose.

[It takes a while to get an eye for it, but the more practice Sorey has, the better he'll get at it.]

[imsorey]

I'll work on it, then. I've been paying more attention to the wildlife here than the metal.

[The plants and animals tend to be more of a concern than the inanimate objects scattered across the ocean floor, so they took priority. But now he knows that at least most of the fish won't go out of their way to try and kill him.]