(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]

"How impressive," he notes. "Is there any reason why your family were the only ones to bond with the sea? I imagine if no one else has it can be quite difficult."

The sea is a powerful, ambivalent force in his world. In most worlds. He admires its raw power and beauty, but never quite saught to capture it for himself.

[seaboard]

"It was in the time of the Ring Wars." She rises when she has finished descaling, deboning, and for a woman so otherwise shy and delicate about herself, in turn when she cleans up the mess of fish guts and viscera into the lake. Waste not, want not, and there would be some hungry other fish that would be eager to take the bite. "All were needed for the great fight against the Shadow King. But the Sea had not joined the fight, as all the other great spirits had. For it is no little thing for a Spirit or Mortal to enter into a bond."

With that cleaned, she went about finally carving it to fillets for them to eat, the headset aside for him with its eyeballs washed. "It was said, St. Loe? My Ancestor? His love was pure. His devotion to those around him was absolute. That appealed to the Great Sea Spirit, so when St. Loe begged for help to save his life? The sea answered."

[kinkprofessor]

Any Sea Spirit, he imagines, wouldn't be so benevolent. The sea is unpredictable, torrential, and answers to no one. Maybe that's why he'd always had such a fondness for it and the creatures residing in it. Maybe he just likes the idea of something that can't be tamed but is still so revered. It's hard to say.

"What a fascinating story," he hums. "In my world, there are no such things as spirits or powers like yours. But as a researcher- I'd absolutely love to learn more about them."

[seaboard]

That hurts her to think. Spirits are so bound to everything she understands about life, so part of the world as she knows it. To not have them?

"How... How... Oh I'm so sorry that must be dreadful."

[kinkprofessor]

"It's fine, really," he comments. "I suppose I can't miss what I've never had, right?" Spirits are an interesting notion in theory, but he prefers Science and the ways it makes sense of his world.

"Perhaps I'll get more familiar with them here and be able to relay the information home."