Event | Turtle Dive | January 16 - 19 | Everything's better down where it's wetter~

[hazelwood]

Characters: Any and all PCs, plus an offering of Lieuen
Date: January 16th - 19th
Location: All Sectors
Situation: Tu Vishan begins to dive to the ocean floor and the city of Keeliai seems unbothered by the process. Bonfire funtimes are made available to all!
Warnings/Rating: Underwater situations; to be updated as noted

>See the comments of this post for various situations and areas available for tagging.
>Each header will be set for a date and/or area.
>A unique thread under the bonfires is available for discussions with Lieuen, should there be interested parties.
>Feel free to start your own header for specific situations.
>Refer to the two OOC posts for further details. 01 | 02

Comments

[imaginate]

Hey, I didn't pick it.

[littlecousin]

[Nita's unaware it's an organization.]

I'm just gonna call you GL, okay?

[Breathe a sigh of relief, Kyle. That's about a thousand times better than what she calls some of her teammates.]

I'm Nita Prentiss.

[She sticks out a hand to shake, because clearly they have never met before.]

[imaginate]

That's okay, too. [He shakes her hand.] Nice to meet you, Nita. Where're we headed?

[littlecousin]

Up would be fastest, but I wanna check out the-- [she starts to say something in Atlantean, but catches herself and switches to English] --abyssal plain, so we gotta head out to the shell edge.

[She points over her shoulder with her thumb, then shrugs.]

I mean, I guess it could be bathyal. Don't know how closely the turtle's hugging the coast and I couldn't track the pressure change 'cause of the barrier.

[imaginate]

[... Half of that he can't really follow; he's not used to going underwater. Space? He can deal with. Underwater, well, Arthur usually helped. Nita seems to know what she's talking about.] Sounds good. Lead the way.

[littlecousin]

[The words in Atlantean are much less science-y, but surface dwellers don't have non-technical terms for a lot of ocean features.

Also Nita's an environmental sciences major. She starts for the edge she'd indicated.]

Hey, how fast can you fly?

[imaginate]

With or without atmosphere? [He follows, keeping pace.]

[littlecousin]

We're not going into space.

[He can hear the amused eyeroll without needing to see her face.]

I top out around 80, so if you're faster than that, you might just wanna tow me.

[imaginate]

My top speed in atmosphere is Mach 10. [He's never really deliberately tried speeding in water.]

[littlecousin]

[Dryly:] I would find that slightly uncomfortable.

Commercial jetliner speeds are no problem, especially if we're ending up in the water anyway.

[She reaches out a hand. Do the work, Kyle!]

[imaginate]

Wouldn't want you to feel uncomfortable. [A slightly flirty smile.]

[littlecousin]

[She's assuming his green glow won't shield her, too, hence the caution about speed.]

What a gentleman.

[Flirting. Yes. She remembers that is a thing she used to do. It's only been a few months since her world exploded, but it feels like decades when she thinks about her normal life beforehand.]

[imaginate]

[He coasts a little. This is still a mission.] How far have you been able to swim away from the turtle before?

[littlecousin]

About half a mile. Slow down when you get to the edge of the shell. If you hit the barrier going too fast, it's like running into a brick wall. You go out like a light.

[Not speaking from experience or anything here, nope.]

[imaginate]

Got it. Anything else I should know if I decide to re-enact The Great Escape?

[littlecousin]

[kyle no]

If you go unconscious, will your powers still protect you from hypothermia or drowning or getting crushed by the pressure?

[imaginate]

[Kyle blinked. Actually they wouldn't... not permanently. He immediately willed it to do so.] As long as there's still a charge in my ring, yeah.

[littlecousin]

[Nita cranes her neck with no hint of subtlety to get a look at the ring in question. Something about it seems vaguely familiar...

Kyle, you are so lucky this is Nita and not someone who pays attention to little details.]

Then you should be okay. If you get an attack of the stupids and knock yourself out, I'll haul you back.

[imaginate]

Thanks. Uh - likewise?

[littlecousin]

Hey, you're the new guy.

[imaginate]

[Kyle flashes her another slightly flirty smile, before he spies some debris up ahead. That looks like-] What's that?

[littlecousin]

[Nita's dark vision is good, especially with Kyle shining green light everywhere, and she makes a face.]

That's a body.

[imaginate]

That's a lot of bodies. [He trains the light on them.] Kedan?

[littlecousin]

Maybe? They're shapeshifters, and I don't know if they revert when they're dead.

[She swims over to one of the bodies, her long ponytail streaming behind her in the water, and pokes at the dead flesh.

Nita, stop that.]

[imaginate]

[Kyle follows and scans it with the ring.] Shouldn't these be less intact?