Descent.

[shimmermods]

CHAMBERS.

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You've been down here for such a long time.

It's difficult to tell, perhaps, exactly how long it's been; the lack of need to sleep or eat has become more and more prevalent as time goes by, and it's made it difficult to keep to any sort of schedule - and while the darkness remains unyielding and unchanging, the same can't be said for yourself, now, can it? The further you go, the more it feels like maybe you could belong here; the longer you're within this place, the less it seems to want to let go of you.

It begs the question, really: Is it the mine that's making you feel that way, or is it the Shimmer itself?

Something is different today.

There's a sudden feeling that you've found a chamber, that the shaft you've been wandering down has opened up in a way that's more noticeable than the occasional offshoot leading to an eventual dead end - this feels massive, open in a way that clears the air and spreads out far enough in front of you that it's difficult to tell how far out it actually goes. There are a few promising signs here, however, even if you can't see them very well - the sudden clearing of the air's stagnation is one, but the sound of running water trickling through here somewhere is also promising.

There's also a feeling that should be familiar by now; namely, it's the general sensation that you aren't alone, wherever you are.

You've found something, but perhaps more importantly, you get the feeling that you're coming far closer to your goal than you were on the outside; don't get too excited, though, as you still want to be careful - after all, this chamber opens downward as well as outward.

You can get down to the lower level if you pick your way down; it shouldn't be too challenging, and you'll probably have an easier time seeing once you're down there. Just don't fall.

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[crestological]

...yes, indeed.

[he already has sparkle blood he doesn’t want to fuse with anyone okay. He’ll just roll his pant legs up and head back across the stream, then...]

[shimmermods]

[The feeling that you aren't alone here intensifies as the stream is crossed again; the sensation is overwhelming, and it doesn't seem to be caused by just the tree.

They're a little difficult to see in the dark, but... There's someone watching all of this, standing a decent distance away. It definitely appears to be a person - "someone" and not "something" - but that's about all that can be told from here without taking a closer look. Or just trying to shine a light in their face.]

[crestological]

[...

Sigh. They’ve already been noticed anyway, so, like...]

...hello, there...

[It’s tired and kind of hesitant, but fuck it.]

[pr159]

[ Cool.

He'll shine a flashlight over there. ]

Enjoying the show?

[shimmermods]

[The good news is that it isn't you again, Rideaux.

It is someone you recognize, though, even if you only saw her briefly before.

She's keeping her eyes on the tree, however, and the preparations being made around it.]

You shouldn't have come here.

[pr159]

[ Oh. Excellent. ]

Funny, I said the same thing.

[me_underfire]

[well. this is fine.]

[shimmermods]

[Mm.]

But here you are anyway. All of you.

[pr159]

[ Looking at everyone else..... this is your mess, you clean it up. ]

Who wants to take this?

[blunders]

[...As much as Felicia really doesn't like the idea of talking with the Shimmer, she speaks up a bit, keeping her tone as neutral as possible...]

Why shouldn't we have come here?

[shimmermods]

[Still not looking at any of you. Still keeping her eyes on the tree.]

Do you believe you have gained anything by being here?

[me_underfire]

Not really. Not now, anyway.

[blunders]

[In all honesty? Probably new nightmares, if she ever gets to sleep again. That's about it, at this point. And maybe mercy-killing a clearly suffering Shimmer-tree.

...Not that Felicia is going to say that much.]

...We've gained more knowledge about this place--about a different part of it that we had not explored prior.

[notjustawriter]

We learned these people are in pain.

[He's not really here for setting the tree on fire holy shit, but also it clearly hurts to be them.]

[crestological]

We did end some entirely undue suffering, so there is that, I suppose.

[bornandbread]

Haven't we?

[See, he can answer questions with questions too.]

[crestological]

Yes, that’s my question as well. Is it so we would be ignorant to what you’ve done here, or...?

[shimmermods]

Why should it matter? Your knowledge of things changes nothing.

[abysstery]

[After rolling his eyes at Rideaux...]

I don't recall you warning us away from here.

[mine's haunted =/= "stay out"]

[shimmermods]

I did not.

[Also: not her note, bro.]

You exist as you see fit. I don't stop you from doing that.

[atrueheroine]

[PLEASE TELL HER ONE OF YOU HAS A GUN HANDY]

[crestological]

[it’s cool he’s got his gun in his pocket...]

[blunders]

[...Felicia put her gun back, she's gonna be fumbling for a bit to get it but hopefully our watcher doesn't open fire--]

[klematis]

[ He has two actually. Wesker's gun wins style points, right? ]

[bornandbread]

[He was all the way in the back so he's probably here too.

He's going to add his flashlight to the flashlight bonanza because why not, maybe they can blind the watcher a bit.]