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networkinthenight2020-05-05 12:57 pm
fjorgedinfire) wrote in networkinthenight2020-05-05 12:57 pm
[Audio] @fjord, Unhappy Discoveries [May 11]
[There's silence for a few moments, as Fjord collects himself. When he does talk, he sounds... tense, and upset, but it's wrapped up tight in a calm facade.]
During the flood, I accidentally discovered an underground tunnel that connects to the church - some sort of mineshaft, almost. I went back after the waters went back down, the other day, and I found a torch down there too, with...
[With Mollymauk's horn. He clears his throat, and continues.]
And, uh... with Soldat earlier today, we went explorin' it properly. Turns out that it connects to that trapdoor in the floor - there's some kind of fancy lock on the underside that we didn't try messing with. Followed it the other way too - about fifteen minutes of walking took us to an intersection, and about the same again took us to this big, steel door. Looks like it was supposed to be locked, but the storm fucked it up enough that we could get inside.
[There's silence, and a quiet, but audible, tremble to his deep breath.]
...well. You could almost call it a catacomb, really, there were. [Another, briefer, pause, and a faint tremor that comes out as an almost amused bounce to his voice.] Actual, uh. Dead bodies in it. There were. Five of them, all up. Covered in mushrooms and decayed as fuck, I don't-- I got no idea how long they might've been down there.
[And another pause, the longest yet.]
Kal-El, Alisaie, and... Mollymauk. I didn't see... there wasn't anything to identify the other two bodies.
[There's a light clatter, identifiable as him putting the tablet down on a hard surface. Another audible breath. And he continues a bit more calmly.]
After that we doubled back, got to the intersection and tried the second path. Not sure how long we were on it for, but given how steep it was, seems like we must've gone under the river - sure sounded like it. That took us to this big twisting tunnel going up. Not sure which direction we were pointin' by the end of it but there was another trapdoor at the top, locked again. Didn't look like there was anywhere else to go besides one a' those trapdoors or- or the door on the other side of that catacomb.
So if anyone wants to go tryin' one a' those locks to see what's on the other side, give us a shout if you get it open, yeah?
During the flood, I accidentally discovered an underground tunnel that connects to the church - some sort of mineshaft, almost. I went back after the waters went back down, the other day, and I found a torch down there too, with...
[With Mollymauk's horn. He clears his throat, and continues.]
And, uh... with Soldat earlier today, we went explorin' it properly. Turns out that it connects to that trapdoor in the floor - there's some kind of fancy lock on the underside that we didn't try messing with. Followed it the other way too - about fifteen minutes of walking took us to an intersection, and about the same again took us to this big, steel door. Looks like it was supposed to be locked, but the storm fucked it up enough that we could get inside.
[There's silence, and a quiet, but audible, tremble to his deep breath.]
...well. You could almost call it a catacomb, really, there were. [Another, briefer, pause, and a faint tremor that comes out as an almost amused bounce to his voice.] Actual, uh. Dead bodies in it. There were. Five of them, all up. Covered in mushrooms and decayed as fuck, I don't-- I got no idea how long they might've been down there.
[And another pause, the longest yet.]
Kal-El, Alisaie, and... Mollymauk. I didn't see... there wasn't anything to identify the other two bodies.
[There's a light clatter, identifiable as him putting the tablet down on a hard surface. Another audible breath. And he continues a bit more calmly.]
After that we doubled back, got to the intersection and tried the second path. Not sure how long we were on it for, but given how steep it was, seems like we must've gone under the river - sure sounded like it. That took us to this big twisting tunnel going up. Not sure which direction we were pointin' by the end of it but there was another trapdoor at the top, locked again. Didn't look like there was anywhere else to go besides one a' those trapdoors or- or the door on the other side of that catacomb.
So if anyone wants to go tryin' one a' those locks to see what's on the other side, give us a shout if you get it open, yeah?
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It's a good saying. I don't know of Earth has one like that or not, but it should. Are there any traditions from your world for the dead, Fjord?
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[But that's all he has to say about that. He'd rather sit quietly with his drink and listen to Fjord's response. There are a lot of really interesting customs on Earth from what he can tell in general, but it's much rarer to hear about other non-Earth worlds that are out there.]