Player Plot: Let's Explore Mad'ni Shrine!

[whirluendo_of_puns]

Who: Everyone who signed up!
When: Around November 3-6ish
Where: The Mad'ni Shrine
What: Searching for the lost ruins beneath the Shrine!
Warnings/Notes: It's another dreaded water level.

Although the flight provided by Curti Center takes them as close as they possibly can, the Heroes still have to take a brief walk through the woods to reach their destination. It remains to be seen whether the trip will be worth it. After all, their hope of finding a Legendary Eidolon, or even just clues pointing to one, is based on little more than guesswork.

But, with the time ticking down towards the end of the world, they don't have the luxury of ignoring a lead, no matter how vague. A shot in the dark might be what saves them all in the long run.

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[neverbeamemory]

Sephiroth's vision in the gloom was temporarily dulled by Nozomi's light-spell but thankfully he's not too close so a blink or two later it's returned to normal. In enough time to see the result and immediately conclude that this was the time to move if they were ever going to.

Just as well he doesn't need to switch asterisks again, Sephiroth wills himself forwards in that direction, floating still without touching the water until he's back on the dry part. He flashed a grin at Kuja's comment but other than that, he'll begin to levitate himself upwards back into the room they came from.

Someone might have to steady the rope from above, after all.

[cureofmanyworlds]

Nozomi blinked as she saw the creature retreat from the light. Light was its weakness, then?

"I'll go last, then. If it tries to attack while we escape, then I'll keep it back." she said.

[hatejakku]

He's fine, guys. Don't worry.

Finn heaved himself out of the water, soaked to the bone, and maybe probably darts a glare at Sephiroth's back. But he held back a smart comment and glanced back into the darkness where the beast came from instead. What was that? Something like Ultros?

.... Nope. He pulled himself out of the water and followed after the others, making sure his leg's okay as he wades out. "Thanks, Nozomi." He planned to go at least second to last to make sure his latest hero got out of the hole okay.

[acapriciousreaper]

Kuja glares daggers at the retreating creature, before following Finn and Nozomi up the rope. He leaves a [Thundaga] as a parting gift. "If I ever see another plate of calamari in my life, it'll be too soon. Right. Where to next? I'm certain that opened something."

[neverbeamemory]

Once back on the upper level, Sephiroth finally dispelled his Levitation and settled himself nearby to the rope that others were climbing back up. It looked as if the toppled column they secured it to was holding the weight, but he maintained at least part of his attention in case it might look like it could be straining. It wouldn't do to let the others be stuck down there after all, even if he doesn't care personally for any one of them.

In the meantime, he let his eyes follow the light-train, letting his logic work its way through the mechanics he'd already observed in other parts of the tower.

"I'd say it'd most likely be the right-hand doors we found on the way down through this section." He answered Kuja, taking care not to sound too condescending, though it did seem pretty obvious to him at this point. This whole structure they were exploring being a giant puzzle to solve, as it was turning out to be.

[whirluendo_of_puns]

The guardian of the tunnel is not entirely done. It makes one last attempt on the Heroes, the tentacles surging in after them; however, the spells from Nozomi and Kuja successfully keep them at bay. As long as they don't linger, the Heroes will be able to make a hasty exit.

Just as the last of them are coming back out of the hole, one of tentacles grabs a hold of the rope and pulls hard, causing the fiber to tear and come loose. The rope drops into the darkness -- thankfully without anyone falling down with it -- where there is nothing but the sound of something enormous moving around and a dismayed splash of water. After a few minutes, the tunnel goes silent once again.

Once the Heroes make it back to the right-hand doors on these floors, they'll find a room on each floor containing a lever. The levers are marked with colored dots to signify their function.

The lever on Floor 10 lowers the water level by 2.

The lever on Floor 9 raises the water level by 6.

The lever on Floor 8 lowers the water level by 2.