(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

[seaboard]

Gilia nods, eyeing up the fish.

"Very well." Her hands reach up, to take the fish off of her, ready and waiting. "How would you preferred it cooked?"

[fishbreath]

She reaches to deposit the fish carefully -- most of them seem to have been neatly punctured just behind the head, but one of them has a very widely set bite mark in its flank, almost the length of its body. That one proved to be tricky to catch.

"I do not usually cook them first," she says, "So however you prefer, that is how I prefer."

[seaboard]

"Of course. Are you one of the sea-creatures?"

She has met them, in her own land. Though they never looked like this woman, that mattered little. It is nice to know another child of the sea, in some form. Enough for her to venture a smile.

It is asked as she works, curling her wrist at her side and from it comes a small bit of water. It is clear and she controls it far better than she controls the water of the lake, it seems. No she cannot fish so well, but with this, she can do a far better job of cleaning the fish. Water was to her, all tools.

Turning the fish she begins to descale it in a fast pressure, then uses it to cut straight through the flesh like a knife, as she uses the water with a great pressure to gain the edge she needs. Slicing it from head to tail and using it to cut the fish in halves, so she could begin removing the organs, in the same manner that she descaled it if a little more gently.