(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]

He has her caught, so utterly, a trap of her own manners, she cannot let him stay out here, not for her sake - which she strongly suspects he is, since he said he had a hearth of his own to return to. She looks pained a moment, like a rabbit that has just found out it's in a trap, a surely pathetic look of which set of manners am I supposed to follow?'

"Would... would you not prefer to return to your own lodgings?"

this is so short forgive me

[mannerless]

The question gets a hum, and - "I certainly would. That's why I'm hoping you'll agree to come with me." While normally he would be quite a bit more sensitive to her obvious courtesy-driven plight, doing so at the moment would leave her out here alone and he's not about to allow that unless she outright demands it.

hushes your face

[seaboard]

"I... I am sure... it is not that I do not wish to - you should not deprive yourself on my account."

It's been a very, very long day. It has left her... frazzled, to say the least, and it's finally starting to chip. She can't stand much more of this.

"... I could not... be so bold but... I would be obliged if you..."

[mannerless]

"It's settled, then." He's grinning again, very much pleased by the concession however hard-won and stumbling it may have been. Now he offers back the goblet, empty of water to drink. "We can sit here as long as you'd like, I love a good campfire - but whenever you're ready, it would be my honor to show you the cabin."

[seaboard]

"I..." She feels so caught. Oh, what has she done? Imposing on this man.

"... I suppose I should not keep you any longer out here. Perhaps now?"