melodiesoflife | Player Plot: Sewer Quest Part II

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Player Plot: Sewer Quest Part II

Who: Barkeep and anyone else who signs up on the OOC post.
What: Exploring the Aqures Ixen Sewers in search of a hidden room
Where: Aqures Ixen Sewers
When: May 12th-15th
Warnings: n/a

[It’s that time again. The morning of the 12th, the Barkeep collects the Heroes that volunteered to explore the sewers of Aqures Ixen one last time and reviews their supplies at the entrance. Last time was a blind scouting mission, but this time, they’ll surely find something. He can feel it in his bones.
Candles, potions, ethers, whistles, dry food – these things the Barkeep has brought. He has a bag of his own things and leaves some of those supplies for the others to take.
The sun is shines bright as the group prepares to enter the filthy streams that run underground.]

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[The corridor is neverending, yet the Barkeep insists that there has to be something this way. This is the furthest they’ve ever traveled from the entrance, and with each passing minute, it seems that there has to be something this deep underground.

The dark end of the corridor eventually ends in a metal door, and the stone wall around it seems much more well-kept than the rest of the sewers.]

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Edited 2016-05-12 23:51 (UTC)

[Cough cough. The stillness is broken by Rukia's hacking against her fist before she pulls in a sniffle. Yeah, she's not doing well, but she's not turning back until they find what they're looking for. And this is probably it.]

[Sheathing her sword, Rukia steps forward to brace her palms against the stone, examining it carefully. The fact that it remains clean draws her suspicions. That thing they fought...was it merely serving as a guardian? Has someone actually chosen to live down here?]

[Rukia withdraws and frowns before turning to give a single nod at the others. It's time to open the door and see what lies beyond. Grasping the handle firmly with both hands, Rukia leans back and pulls with all of her strength. And if that's not enough, she'll plant her foot against the wall and push with that too. She will get this done, so she can go home and rest in bed surrounded by rabbit plushies and ridiculous roommates.]

Let me know if I need to pick it.

[Yuffie pauses as she steps up next to the struggling Rukia.] The door. [She quickly adds.

She is feeling the sickness too and up until now it's been sheer will power that's pushed her forward. With each passing second however that will power chips away and begins to fade. She shivers but her face feels warm and her skin feverish. At least she isn't coughing like Rukia... though that isn't much of a bright side.]

[The Barkeep stands back, which he would normally excuse with him being old, but the journey must have sapped most of his energy. He holds a hand to his forehead. Warm. Air rushes up his sleeves, and he shivers.

The door doesn't budge. Its Ancient-style decorations lose a bit of the dust settled on the cracks, but pulling on it doesn't work.]

We might have to break it down at this rate.

Possibly. Let's see if there's a trigger mechanism. You take the left, I'll take the right. Yuffie, see if there's a lock. If you can indeed pick it, feel free to do so.

[Rukia sweeps her hands over the bricks, pressing and smoothing as she searches for some sort of unusual stonework that gives away the secret of the door's opening.]

[The Barkeep wipes his sleeve across his face and slowly brushes him palm across the walls. It's grimy, slippery, and bumpy, but there's no sign of a button or trigger.

It seems that the only way to open the door is physically.]

Do you still have clean water with you, Rukia? Perhaps there is some clue or mechanism under all this grime.

[And if nothing else, rinsing off the door will at least make it less disgusting if they have to press against it to force it open.]

[Yuffie nods and begins to look around the door for some sort of mechanism or even a hinge she might be able to finagle loose.]

If we just have a cloth someone is willing to spare we can use dirty water. We just need to wipe this junk away.

[She makes a face.]

I have a spare shirt we can use.

I got some armor-piercing arrows, y'know. Just sayin'. Might be enough to take care of a door if all else fails.

[That's about all Sparks has to offer in the way of firepower for this, unfortunately.]

[Rukia was sounding really bad. And now Yuffie was sick, too... Was Barkeep feeling his forehead? Shit. Not good at all. Reno wasn't sure if the tickle in the back of his throat was the beginning of it for him or just a manifestation of paranoia.]

[He sighed and shook his head.]

I'd cast Watera, but I dunno if I have the energy... I'm honestly just surprised there really is somethin' down here.

There is somethin' down here, I just know it.

[He's irratable, both because that fever is giving him a headache and no one has any faith in his clearly needed expedition. To prove his point, he waves his staff and casts Watera on the doors.

A wave of clear water splashes on the doors, shaking them enough to almost break them down but they remain standing. And now the group is ankle deep in water. Good job, Barkeep.]

Great idea. Got anythin' stronger we can use?

If we cast together?

[She has her Ninjutsu's among other things she can use.]

Everyone just go on 'go'

[Yuffie nods at barkeep and then regrets that because it makes her head spin.]

Barkeep can count down...

Alright, then. [HE takes in a deep breath to steady his spinning head.]

Ready? On "go". Five, four...

[Might as well ready one of those armor-piercing shots, then. Hopefully Sparks will be able to see the lock with all the magic getting spewed at it in a moment.]

[Suddenly there's a velociraptor standing there in front of them. It makes a series of clicks in its throat, chittering before it hunkers down and flings itself at the door, using its Shield Bash attack. Then it retreats, tapping one large hooked claw on the floor.]

[Rukia blinks, her expression just as startled as everyone else's.]

...I had meant to call Chappopo.

[Why did the dinosaur show up instead? Her Moogle is the one that can cast Watera.]

Three!

[Yuffie smiles feeling more excited about possibly blowing up the door as she ready's her water attack.]

[Barkeep lowers his arm and takes a few seconds to watch the velociraptor run at the door before the countdown is over. Well, isn't that rude. He didn't even wait until "go!"]

...Two.

[Right. Back to counting and preparing a group attack.]

One. [Ramza is the loser of the group that actually has no skills to add to the effort. He has a canteen full of water, though, so he uncaps it and prepares to splash it on the door at the end of the countdown. It's more a symbolic gesture than anything else.]

[Reno scowled at Barkeep -- now his feet were wet -- but the plan seemed as good as any. The doors did move after all. With any luck, they'd cave with this plan and not drown themselves.]

[He didn't have a better idea, so he steadied Yuffie and prepared Ninjutsu.]

Go!

Watera!

[With a thin sheet of water still on the ground, he swings his staff at the door as hard as he can.]

Heya!

[Yuffie joins in with the casting, her water splashing with the others. She wonders if the force will be to much but they'll only know when their finished.]

Here goes nothin'.

[Sparks lets the armor-piercing arrow go. He's fairly confident it hit the target, but not so sure about it being effective or not.]

[Rukia backs up a little, urging her dinosaur to do the same. Chappopo is the one who can cast Watera, but she feels a little bad summoning a Moogle, with fur, into the sewer. She'll just use her Ninjutsu again. She puts an arm around the velociraptor's neck for support and extends her hand toward the door. Water Ninjutsu is go!]

[If the last water attack was a wave, this is a dam breaking loose. Sparks' lone arrow is nothing compared to the massive waterfall that appears right in front of the door. The force of all the attacks rattles the locks for a few seconds before ripping one of the doors off its hinges and washing it down the tall, dark hallway that leads upwards behind it. The other door swings open, but remains connected, though it bangs against the metal wall loud enough that everyone has to cover their ears.

Not that they could, because all that water has to go somewhere, and whatever didn't flow up the new hallway washed back to knock them all to the ground.

The poor Barkeeps' clothes are soaked wet. He's sick, cold, his head hurts, and he thought he would drown for a second. He sits up in knee-deep water and coughs the water out of his nose.]

Now that was a bad idea if I ever heard one.

[Yuffie stands, trying her best not to touch the walls while regaining her footing.]

That's disgusting!

[She regrets encouraging the idea.]

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