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The Shimmer Mods ([personal profile] shimmermods) wrote in [community profile] theshimmer2020-08-14 09:07 pm

Descent.



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.

instrumentalized: (serious; angst; second thoughts)

[personal profile] instrumentalized 2020-08-15 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Garma gets up and looks over his work, and the tree, for a little moment. It's... a really gross tree. Like, absolutely disgusting will-haunt-him-in-his-nightmares gross. But he also does feel sorry for it. ]

... well then. Farewell, all of you.

[ Time to cross the stream with his remaining things and... yeah. Let it burn. ]
atrueheroine: (🕮 Surprised)

[personal profile] atrueheroine 2020-08-15 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just a second buddy, we've got company-]

Wait! Look!

[And she'll point over at where the rest of the group has been joined by their favourite person.]

Don't tell me.....
instrumentalized: (stress; anger; FIRE!!)

[personal profile] instrumentalized 2020-08-15 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
... damn it!

[ He's just going to pause in the middle of the damn stream, apprehensive as he stares over to the other side... ]
atrueheroine: (🕮 Planning)

[personal profile] atrueheroine 2020-08-15 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[shit shit shit shit we're just standing here in this river, staring at one very creepy woman-]

I can't...I can't throw the grenade yet, not while it's here....!

[shit!]

Keep moving. I'll stay within throwing range, but you should get over there in case it gets aggressive.

[NOT GOOD, TEAM NAPALM, NOT GOOD]

We're still helping these bloody people, dammit!
instrumentalized: (stress; oh fuck no)

[personal profile] instrumentalized 2020-08-15 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Garma has wanted a bath for so long but this? This isn't a proper bath. It's just wet and miserable and full of fear and maybe it's a good thing his body largely feels like decoration these days.

Garma gives a nod to Page. ]


I'll keep it away from you.

[ Time to sloooowly move out of the stream and get a weapon. ]