(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

RUNS TOWARD YOU IN SLOW-MO

[skittering]

( on this day, lalli is scouting. then again, on most days lalli is scouting - and yet each new day he's just as vigilant, just as keen-eyed for any sign of danger, despite the fact that this fence they're trapped in is smaller than even a novice scout's route back in keuruu.

what he isn't vigilant for is the sudden appearance of his long-lost cousin.

and so his eyes skim past her without recognition as he skitters silently through the trees, at very real risk of continuing on his way none the wiser... but then she speaks. lalli freezes in his tracks, narrowed eyes darting sharply in the direction of the voice, and even once he sees her he still peers at her a couple of moments longer as if waiting for her to be somehow fake. but no, there she is, there's her stupid new dog (which means she's not only here but she also remembers asgard), and he exhales a shaky sigh of relief.

it's with almost impassive steps (let alone expression) that he approaches her, hood up, eyes occasionally flickering down at the dog when it moves too suddenly in his direction in case it decides to try and lick. )

You found us. ( he sounds satisfied by that - as if she's confirmed his understanding of the world just by showing up here. )

[skaldish]

[ As usual, its Han who alerts Tuuri that someone's nearby, staring in the complete opposite direction she is, though this time his tail (or what constitutes as a tail) starts wagging. She turns slightly and actually has the audacity to look shocked. ]

Wait, what? I didn't find anyone, I just showed up here! [ She's at least relieved that she's actually not alone in this strange new world. The Finn does paff her cousin with her hand softly on the shoulder, somewhat in partial indignation that she doesn't even get a hello and partially to make sure he's actually here. ] Wait, that's all you have to say? I thought I was alone here! What do mean us? Can we get back to where we were?

[skittering]

No. ( the last answer comes first, though also possibly the answer to whether or not she's alone. ) Stuck here now. You, me, Emil, Reynir. Klaus. Rhys, with the arm. ( his brow knits for a second. ) Namine, but she doesn't remember.

( it doesn't seem like tuuri's really doing anything important here, so he turns now, setting off for their cabin with a definitive, ) C'mon.

[skaldish]

Everyone is here? That's... A lot of people. I'm sort of relieved, even though I don't know anything about this place--Wait, where are we going? [ She trots after Lalli, Han also at her heels. ]

[skittering]

Cabin, ( he says without missing a beat. after a pause, his nose wrinkles just slightly. ) Our house was better. ( the one they built in asgard - the only house he has ever really felt enough a part of to call 'ours'. ) But there's food.