(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

[kinkprofessor]

Why, thank you. [ Don't mind him preening a little at that. Almost like a peacock would, four of the alien appendages appear and fan out behind him. Complimenting his tentacles is the fastest way to inflate his already enormous ego.

He takes notice of those fangs though. Not likely human herself. Interesting. ]

Unfortunately, this cave seems woefully bereft of burgers. But since I found you I'm hopeful about the possibility of people.

[shittalk]

[ Yep, there they go, fanning out. She's absolutely tripping. She nods to herself like it confirms some suspicion, and drops to a lean against her chosen rock. ]

Ehhh, bad news. Pretty sure it's just me, and I'm bleeding out.

[ Slowly, not very alarmingly, but there is still a bullet in her. She can feel it. She offers a shrug. ]

So maybe just you again soon, huh?

[kinkprofessor]

[ That's honestly a reasonable assumption. As she leans against the rock, however, those tentacles reach out to grab just in case she falls. She doesn't so they instead hover nearby, just in case, and his brow furrows at what she says. ]

I am a doctor, you know. Granted, my specialty is xenobiology but I'm sure I can medically assist the average... person. [ Close enough. ]

Maybe I could help?

[ I mean, even if she does bleed out and die that's still something for him so he wins either way. She doesn't need to know that though. ]

[shittalk]

[ She has no idea what xenobiology is, but it doesn't sound like medical doctor to her. Still, though, with a growing little smile as she clutches at the hoodie over her bullet hole: ]

Yeah, I bet you could. Let's give it a shot, c'mere.

[ She's definitely gonna try and eat him, and there's a little gleam in her eye that suggests maybe she doesn't have great intentions. But hey, it will help, she always heals faster after a meal! ]

[kinkprofessor]

[ Like, in this case, unfortunately doesn't recognize like. He really should, all things considered. He's a little too distracted though by all the things he could learn from her (body).

He draws closer, meeting her down at her level. Those tentacles of his also reach forward and curl around the edges of her person. They are actually very real. ] Now, let's have a look... [ One limb, however, goes rogue and will shoot towards that bullet hole once he has his opening. Not to extract, unfortunately, but to push it down further and cause more bleeding and pain.

He's so sure he has the upper hand that he won't see Parker's retaliation coming. ]

[shittalk]

[ Like isn't big on recognizing like here either — that is, until the tentacle does its thing, and she yelps. ]

Hey, fucking ow—

[ Is medicine supposed to make you bleed more? She's not sure, but either way, fuck that. One hand grabs for the offending tentacle with a surprisingly steely grip for such a twiggy frame. That's not the real thing to look out for, though, because at the same time she lean-falls forward, mouth open, to sink her too-long teeth into the general neck-shoulder area. Where ever she can get a grip works for her, really. Fuck fancy aristocrat drinking like in the movies, she's hungry. ]

cw: idk how to label this, just quin being gross???

[kinkprofessor]

[ It isn't. He's a doctor in name only, really, and probably shouldn't practice medicine- Not that it's stopped him. Not a lot tends to stop him from getting what he wants.

He expects the grab. Her strength is a bit of a surprise for how small she seemed. The tentacle is warm to the touch, like flesh, and feels like damp velvet beneath her fingers. He also expects the bite but the force behind it is feral.

That's what surprises him. There's the flash of pain; such a beautiful spark of sensation that makes him moan. And, uh, not in pain. Sorry, Parker, he can't quite help himself. You've got some good fangs there. Unfortunately, his blood might not suit her palate considering it's thick, inky, and not to mention toxic. ]

[shittalk]

[ She's pretty new to eating people — she's really only taken a couple bites out of a couple people, and sure they did eventually get, you know, murdered, but that was with weapons. Plus most of her meals come to her in plastic bags and she only suspects the red stuff in them is blood, so ... she's not really an expert.

She does know, though, that people aren't supposed to taste like that.

A surprised sound gets shouted into the meat of his shoulder, drowning out his not-pain sound. She spits it out like a bite of startlingly hot steak, and then gives him a too-strong shove for good measure. ]

Oh my god! What the fuck! You taste like ass cancer scraped off a subway platform! [ She hops to her feet, wound entirely forgotten, as she starts furiously wiping at her mouth. ] Christ, buddy. You gotta get that checked out.

[kinkprofessor]

[ It's gone too soon, he thinks, but at least there's a pleasant ache left in the wake of her fangs. The man doesn't even bother trying to cover the wound with hand or tentacle but instead takes a moment to just feel the throbbing of his skin and hold onto it as long as he can. ]

That's one of the more crude ways I've heard it described, [ he replies, with a chuckle. Seems like there are no hard feelings - at least not on his part - about the attempted mutual destruction. ]

But I have had it checked out. Quite thoroughly. It's an unfortunate byproduct of genetic experimentation. [ Unfortunate only in the sense that no one will bite him more than once now. His life is truly suffering. ]

[shittalk]

[ She's done a bit of skittering to put some distance between them -- not for fear of the guy who definitely intentionally worsened her bullet wound after promising to help, it's still just disgust. She makes a face at him from behind the sleeve of her wiping hoodie. ]

Yeah? Join the genetic experimentation club, 'n I didn't come out tasting like sewer pizza a rat jacked off on. [ A beat, as she suddenly realizes she's not actually sure what she tastes like. But. Probably not as nasty as he had? ] Probably.

[kinkprofessor]

[ You know what? That's valid. He's just glad they seem at a standstill for now. ]

Probably. [ he echoes. ] We could always test that, if you'd like. [ At least he's asking. That's more than a lot of people get. ]

Oh, and- If you get a contact high from my blood? I do apologize. Not everything might be out of my system just yet.

[shittalk]

[ She makes a face, and looks ready to launch back into some spiky tirade, but — 

hold on —  ]

What kinda high? What're you on? [ suddenly interested! what kind of drugs does a tentacle guy do?? ]

[kinkprofessor]

Substance D, I think it was called? [ Honestly, all the space drugs kind of tend to blend together after a while. ]

Highly addictive, from my understanding, but I only did the one dose before waking up here. It's not especially exciting, just might alter your perception of things for a while.

[ His trip wasn't bad, at least. Not until he woke up here but this is all... very real, apparently. ]

[shittalk]

[ She makes a face, waving that off. She barely had a taste, which was more than enough, so she doubts she got to steal any of whatever that is. ]

Get back to me when you're tripping balls on Jupiter or whatever, then I'll come back to eat you. It's not fucking worth it until then.

[ It's kind of weird that they're just calmly discussing this, right? Like maybe he'd just tried to kill her, and she'd definitely just tried to kill him ... but, huh. As long as he's fine with it, Parker kinda figures she is too. ]

[kinkprofessor]

[ Unfortunate. He'll keep her in mind for whenever he inevitably finds something to give him a decent high again. ]

That's fair enough. Hopefully, this place has something that can get me there but from what I've seen so far- I don't have a lot of hope.

[ It's only weird if you make it weird! He's fine with just stepping past the fact they almost murdered each other. It happens. ]

[shittalk]

You've you seen so far? [ That's with a skeptically cocked brow. ] I just seen a buncha rock, no one got high on boulders.

[ wait. ] I mean ... [ a vague gesture. how do you indicate you're not talking about rock climbing?? ] You know. Fuck.

[kinkprofessor]

Exactly my point, really. I woke up in and have since to get out of these caves.

[ He can't help but let out a chuckle at her attempts at miming rock climbing. ] I do know.

I'm sure there's some form of ground rock out there somewhere that you could actually get high off of. I've yet to find it though and doubt it's here. [ Something to do when he gets back to work, at any rate. ]

Maybe two heads are better than one though and we'll find a way out of here.

i completely butchered that but i THINK it was meant to be "you've seen shit so far"

[shittalk]

[ She lets out a heavy sigh that's at least half intentional mouth-fart sound. ]

Yeah, shit, let's get spelunking. And lemme know if you see anyone without shitty blood, okay? I wanna meet 'em.

fkarla yes woops

[kinkprofessor]

Oh, me too! [ Could you be any more creepy if you tried?

... Actually, probably. No one take him up on that. ]

I just want to meet more people in general. We can't be all there is. Not that I'm really complaining, of course.

[ You just tried to murder her, you fucko, stop. ]