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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[necrotiem]

[Her reclaimed helm (thanks Moravia) is balanced on her lap, since she hasn't donned it yet.

Waltaquin pulls out their brand new map, looking for the service tunnels that might be accessible with the island wall exposed.]

Some of our best bets were nicked already; I say we see if we can find at least two still within our reach. I do wish we could make this bigger.

[dupiety]

[Look at them and their matching icons. Truly partners in crime as deigned by Coco's CR chart-- /s]

Mhm. I recall the one Billy mentioned, but that island is looking a bit...dire.

[RIP to that go-kart.]

I do like the idea of finding more than one entrance if we can help it. We can cover more ground that way.

[necrotiem]

[The game is afoot, Holmes!] Indeed. I hope no one is feeling too sentimental about not visiting their favorite haunt last night.

Do you suppose the caves where they held the condemned may be near one such point of entry? They would need the access.

[dupiety]

It's certainly worth looking, along with any other areas where the tide has pulled back exceptionally far. Many of these tunnels run along the natural walls of the island.

It makes me wonder how these areas are accessed normally, really. An underwater vessel?

mods :)

[necrotiem]

A ship does seem most reasonable...or they are most commonly accessed by things that have no need of breathing. [Kittybots?]

Let's see...this should be the main resort, by my estimation... Just where did you think we'd find our entrypoint, Merlin?

[When looking at their new map, is it possible to corollate those marked egress points with anything on Sungem's topography?]

Re: mods :)

[killerwaves]

[The marked egress points do not correspond to surface structures or features in Sungem’s topography.

All of them were underwater on the previous days, but now that the tide has receded the most accessible points appear to be below the continental shelf.]

[necrotiem]

No, it seems they're all too deep.

It seems down into the depths is our destination after all, hehehe...

[She shares this information with their adventuring party!]

[chosenwang]

[ Into the UNKNOWN~ ]