FINAL INVESTIGATION

[killerwaves]

FINAL INVESTIGATION

No announcement, or gruesome discovery greets you today, but you probably don't need to be told that it's time to make a move given the ominous change in the atmosphere, and in the weather itself. Sometime in the night, the stormclouds have moved in, darkening the length and breadth of every island and blotting out both the sun and moon -- it seems your summer vacation has ended. What's worse, if you're looking carefully as the stormfront rolls in, you'll spot the telltale shimmer of the distortion; not just low down on the sea or landbound as it usually is, or even up in the heights as with the waterfall.

No, these seem intertwined with the clouds themselves, descending from the heavens like divine catastrophe. Louder than any thunder or lightning -- the telltale rumbling pitch of the dimensional warping is overlaid with the watery wailing you heard last week, but much closer. Multiple whirlpools have opened up around Sungem's Peak, while snaps and booming across the water belie the safety of the other islands.

Attempting to travel away from the main island will tell you the following: several of the railways have been beset and partially destroyed by both whirlpools and aerial distortions. If you manage to get far enough to see the other island destinations: the peak on Kingfisher's Retreat seems a lot lower than before. The planetarium has vanished from Dodo's Outlook. And there seems to be a small tornado cresting the back of Seagull's Playground. Is that a go-kart caught in the whorls???

Beneath the storm-driven sky, the haven of Sungem's Peak carries an audible din of future tidings as well: what whirlpools haven't set upon the ways off the island have shaved off at least some of the shoreline and, judging by how loud they are, the singing fish are not having a good time. The disturbances in the water are enough to have the tide itself receding from the shore, farther than it's ever gone: to the point where the continental shelf is exposed, baring parts of the sea floor and the island that haven't been accessible until now.

While the dead have provided you with a map, it's not a GPS; you'll still need to navigate your way into the inner workings on the island and confront whatever challenges you find, along with your two administrators.

Hopefully the encouragement of those beyond the grave will be enough to buoy you as you descend into the depths of the island, since it's just you, and the scream of the waves.

(( OOC: Welcome to your final investigation! While we will provide AREA CLEARS, the choices you make here will affect end game. Good luck!))

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[chrysaline]

Hm... I half count? I can fight without my divinity, but Medea would be much stronger.

[plunges]

We will take what we can get. Are you more confident in being part of our backup line of defense, or up at the front?

[chrysaline]

[ She wants to fight, so badly. But being overconfident will get people hurt... she sighs, her hands doing an unconscious inventory of swords and flare gun(s?). ]

Medea will be fine at the front line. She's one of the strongest swordfighters Vasilios has, and she knows how to compensate for me being smaller and weaker than her. If it's me... I haven't been training that long. It probably would be better if I'm at the back.

[ But she's not happy about that. Will she stay there? Stay tuned. ]

[plunges]

I trust that Wei Wuxian and Wang Lu will keep an eye on you, either way. Do what you're most comfortable with, Psyche. This is only to get a general idea of how to split the group.

[chrysaline]

We might still end up in different groups, too. I don't want to restrict our choices with things like that. Um... should we consider how we're dividing our healers? I think Magolor and I work well together, but I don't want to leave a group without healing.

[plunges]

Baizhu is also skilled in that department. At least one of you should accompany Lacus.

[microtransactions]

Temenos can probably go in the other group, then... the fact that he can also fight decently with or without his powers helps since Lacus says she might need a bit of extra coverage?

[dancing_flames]

I'd be fine with that. We've worked together before and I trust him.

[THANKS, ZELKOV--]

[solutionary]

If he can fight without his powers, that's relieving. I'm not much without my powers here.

[microtransactions]

Yeah, it's sounding like that's the case for at least a couple of us. I can wave around a sword and throw sharp things around, but I'm no master swordsman, haha!

[solutionary]

I might be able to provide some kind of distraction, but I fear my physical condition would probably make me more of a hinderance.

[Coughing blood is not the most helpful ability and that's probably all he's got besides healing at the moment.]

[necrotiem]

[Yeah she can see how unhappy she is at the prospect, but Waltaquin doesn't say anything, just a fufu.]