(event) WAY DOWN WE GO

[vestigemods]

EVENT LOG: WAY DOWN WE GO

AUGUST 14TH - 24TH

► THE BASICS

Not halfway into the month of August, the lake starts to recede - slowly at first, but then in great leaps and bounds until only a foot and a half of sun-warmed standing water remains. The lake going dry is concerning, for certain, but it's hardly the least of our problems... because on the lake bed is a hatch, askew and emblazoned with an unknown but eerie insignia, and beyond that hatch lies nothing but trouble.

Over the next few days, a brave and reckless team of explorers delve into the cave beyond - what is later revealed as a maintenance tunnel, just before the ceiling of that very tunnel caves in and traps them from both sides. Their supplies are limited, and phone signal is shaky at best. And what's worse, not more than a day or so later, the lake begins to fill back up, water pouring down into the open hatch. Can those who remain stage a rescue in time to save the explorers from drowning?

► MOD NOTES

• This log is a general dump for all log threads pertaining to August's Way Down We Go event - and in lieu of the lack of catch-all for August, you can feel free to do non-event log threads here as well! Go ahead and utilize vestigenet for any event-related network posts you'd like to make.
  
• The main chunk of the event takes place between the IC dates August 17th (reveal of the hatch) and August 22nd (the latest the spelunkers can be freed before they drown). No rush leaping on this event post, since I know most folks are honestly still plotting about it.
  
• All event information can be found on the July Event Infopost!
  
• Please take special care in this event to label your top-levels with identifying information such as the IC date, any prompts specifically pertaining to event roles (spelunker, rescue efforts, etc), and/or 'non-event' for any non-event prompts you may include. Just trying to keep things organized!
  
• I'm going to help solidify the plotting efforts over the next few days to help make sure everyone's on the same page, but none of it will be set in stone just in case latecomers want in too. If you want in, chime in on the spelunkers, rescue efforts, or support roles top-levels as applicable!
  
• Any questions can be directed to this top-level or, for a quicker response, to Trace on discord/plurk.

Comments

the gas station

[facelikeyours]

[He'd tried not to panic too much when he woke up and River was gone. She'd returned in a few minutes anyway, with an armload of -- well, with an armload.]

River, what on earth is all this? [Most of it seems to be clothes, which is nice. And clothes he can wear, which is even better. He'll settle for not having his waistcoats as long as he has some sort of trousers and a long sleeved shirt.

But then his sister is off again, and he follows after.] What store is even open at this time?

[enchangement]

Clothes, [ she announced, stripping out of the dress she'd woken up in and swapping it for wearing a dark blue slip as a dress instead. There's also the first aid stuff under the pile there, but she'll let him discover that on his own.

But he follows her, and that's good. She'd rather have someone to talk to anyway. ]

Outpost station between us and the woods. Advertises fuel. No post-holers.

[facelikeyours]

I see that they're clothes -- River, please. [He turns his back while she changes, then makes up his mind to follow suite, switching out his buttondown shirt for a long sleeved one she's brought him. A little big, but comfortable.

And now, apparently, they're going back.]

For making holes. [Though it's said mostly to himself. Remembering that backwater planet that had so needed a doctor. Remembering the ooutpost station with the wooden carvings and painted plates.]

How are you buying all of this? Do they even take credits?

[enchangement]

There's no one there to demand credits. [ River rolls her eyes a little at her brother's goody-two-shoes-ness. Do people look at him and realize that he defied the very government he grew up under just to save her?

Besides, it's not at all like River is the one who would be able to keep up with a credits chit, or even an ident card.

She marches ahead of him for part of the walk and then loops back, doing a cartwheel in order to stand next to him and grab his hand. ]

The absolute least they could do, after intergalactic kidnapping.