[Audio] @fjord, Unhappy Discoveries [May 11]

[fjorgedinfire]

[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?

Comments

@purin; text, private

[flangirl]

[ Oh. Oh, oh no. ]

[ Pudding doesn't recognize any of those names, but the way Fjord says them... ]

[ Not just dead, but - oh god, she can only imagine the smell, and has to cover her mouth and nose with her hand at the thought. ]

[ Shit. ]

> Can I bring you something to drink?

[ She thought about writing do you want company, but ~manly men~ don't usually respond honestly to questions like that. ]

Text @ Soldier

[worthallthis]

[Public:]

I can answer any questions about this, too.

[Private to Fjord:]

I told you I would have made the announcement if it would have been easier Fjord.

[Because it is super clear that really shook Fjord up, dammit, and they don't like listening to him sound like that. Again.]

@silent | voice

[callada]

Bodies, huh? Connected to the church. And we know who used the church and its tunnel system to keep bringing us back. Guess there's a lot we still don't know about how that actually works, though.

Can you describe the lock system?

@langit; text;

[arsarcanum]

i can do locks but if you're talking about a fancy keypad one it... could kinda depend on the lock
you holding up okay?

@HK

[catholicisms]

( troubling. and also horrific. )

A tunnel under the river? What would the point of that be?

The bodies... I don't know. Not everyone can be revived, it's possible that those are the unlucky ones that couldn't come back.

@badeaux, voice

[ultraviolents]

[ that is...a whole lot to unpack. elektra's not generally one for comfort so she doesn't try, but she does feel for him. ]

How do you mean fancy? Can it be picked, or would it require a code?