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Post by DM on May 5, 2019 14:41:25 GMT -8
A five mile radius of open ocean. Land is no where to be seen as the blue water and blue sky merge in an unbroken straight line that forms the horizon as far as the eye can see.
Ships have begun disappearing here recently, though none have uncovered the cause yet.
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Daren Tyros
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Post by Daren Tyros on May 5, 2019 15:55:39 GMT -8
 Small waves broke before the wooden bow of Daren's magnificent flagship, the Fancy Rose, its skeleton crew of just Daren himself at the wheel, wind blowing through his hair and black headband. It had been weeks since the Rose had sailed with a crew, the dream now long since disbanded over a failed mutiny and depleted morale, and its young captain looked worse for the wear... small tears were accumulating in his plain black attire, rust was beginning to show on the swept hilt of his trusty old backsword, and his dark hair was seasprayed and unkempt. Amber eyes scanned the horizon for land, ever vigilant as his hardened soul carried on. |
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Post by DM on May 5, 2019 17:49:46 GMT -8
Daren Tyros' proud ship would sail onward unhindered for now. The seas were calm and the skies clear, and Daren had a nice and steady wind at his back.
Things would change quite suddenly however. As the ship sailed into these dangerous waters, the wind would suddenly stop - a sailor's worst nightmare. Where once the ship was propelling itself forward and slicing through the waves, it now sat idly among them, bobbing along with the rises and falls as they came. Land was nowhere in sight, and the blue sea below faded into blackness as the sunlight failed to pierce its depths.
The wind would not return either, and the longer the winds were absent the more likely Daren would run out of supplies.
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Post by Daren Tyros on May 5, 2019 18:06:24 GMT -8
"Hmm... very interesting..."
He stuck his hand out as though to verify that there was indeed no wind.. the air had become eerily stale, and a very real sensation of dread began to settle into the pit of his stomach, his body and mind preparing him for an escalation of danger.
From a pouch at his left side, he retrieved what appeared to be a glowing cyan orb, swirling mana animating the beautiful little sphere as it sat in the dirty palm of his hand.
"Come on..."
He seemed to will it to do... something, but whatever it was he expected did not materialize.
"Shit.." he muttered under his breath, for now moving quickly towards the mechanism that freed the anchor. "Not good..."
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Post by DM on May 6, 2019 14:26:17 GMT -8
The winds remained calm for hours, and soon even the sea grew almost completely placid, as if Daren were afloat in a lake. Soon, day turned to dusk, and dusk into night.
Daren Tyros now found himself stranded among the stars, as the brilliant night-time sky reflected off the placid water and made it appear as if his ship was floating among them. The moon shone brightest of all in the sky, it's reflection shining just off the port-side of the ship in the black water.
These reflections would soon be disturbed however, as beyond the reflection of the moon, deep in those dark waters, a new light rose. Dim at first, as it rose from the depths, but growing brighter and brighter. A faint blue glow could now be clearly seen, still very far deep in the sea below, but rising ever closer towards the ship. As it grew closer one chilling fact grew more and more apparent, whatever the glow was, it was huge.
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Post by Daren Tyros on May 6, 2019 15:34:10 GMT -8
Hours passed, and while the dread never really went away, he settled into a quiet but uneasy routine of trying to fish for anything he could, knowing that the fish could become disturbed by the phenomena and that could present an opportunity. As he watched his bait bob around in the increasingly placid waters, he thought desperately of a means to propel the ship through the water, but as time went on, a miracle solution began to look more and more like a fantasy. He had the option of his escape boat, but abandoning the ship was absolutely a last resort.
He was deep in thought, when....
"Whoa..!" He began to suddenly reel in his line, and in a fear-driven frenzy, he went to raise the anchor. A massive blue glow appeared far beneath the ocean's surface! With the increasingly still waters, it seemed that the surface was becoming more and more clear, a startling lens into the reality of how deep the ocean truly was as he saw what he could have swore was the distant silhouette of a whale against the backdrop of the giant light that pierced the water from its depths... His heart raced as his mind fought to acknowledge how huge the unknown thing was, and the sheer volume of water between him and the light, and him and the bottom of the sea.
The unusual circumstances of the evening had provided him a perspective of just how vulnerable he was even to be out here on a normal day, and he struggled to accept that on this evening, he very well could die.
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Post by DM on May 10, 2019 21:35:58 GMT -8
The blue glow grew closer and closer, until the waters beneath Daren's boat were glowing with it. The previously placid sea below churned angrily, and small bolts of energy began leaping from the choppy waves.
Daren's boat rocked in the violent waters, the sound of thrashing water filling the air, before quickly being drowned out by a low pitched humming so loud it shook the lonely sailor's bones. The sound reverberated with power, Daren would even be able to feel the sound and it's immensity in his boots as it shook the timber beneath him.
Daren would begin to notice the waters around him rising, but upon further inspection he would see that his ship was actually sinking into the waves. It was as if a pit was forming in the ocean itself around his ship - unnoticeable at first but growing deeper quickly. The ship was now surrounded on all sides by walls of water, alight with magical energy and littered with strange symbols Daren has never seen before, flowing across the surfaces of water surrounding him.
Soon the boat descended far enough from the surface that only sight of the surface was a small peep-hole of the stars above. All around now was darkness, the blackness of the deep vast ocean being held back only by the strange forces that had entrapped the ship in the first place.
There was no moment for reprieve, however, as the guarding light that held back the water, and drew the ship in suddenly vanished and plunged Daren and his ship in complete darkness. He could only hear the sound of vast amounts of water around him, like a great waterfall as the deep hole in the ocean began to collapse.
In that very moment Daren would suddenly feel a strong pressure on his mind, seeking to smother his thoughts completely and force him into unconsciousness.
-Fade to Black-
When Daren finally awoke, he would find himself still in complete darkness. Any belongings he may had had on him except for his clothes were gone and the ocean breeze was no longer present, replaced by an eerily still and chilly atmosphere that would leave him constantly shivering.
Beneath his bare feet, he would feel not the familiar wooden deck, but instead a rough stone that affirmed he was now in a place he did not know. As Daren felt around more, he might deduce that the stone beneath him seemed to be some sort of cobble stone, and as he wandered around he would find only stone walls around him. The true realization would come when he felt one particular side of the room, and felt the cold, hard iron bars at his finger tips. Whoever had taken him and his ship held him prisoner now.
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Post by Daren Tyros on May 10, 2019 21:59:37 GMT -8
"Oh no...!"
The way the ocean began to rise was completely surreal. Very quickly he convinced himself that this was his final moment. This was it... the abstract distortion of the roaring sound contained by walls of water sent dread deep into the pit of his stomach, and it only got worse as the ship descended under the ocean. While he was not actually sinking, no part of his mind was reserved for such optimism... at any moment, he fully expected the massive weight of the ocean to collapse upon him. As he descended, the air grew colder and colder, more dank and humid, his ears popping as his body adjusted to a rapidly changing pressure.
Because of this, it was a little bit difficult to discern whether his loss of consciousness was due to the sudden atmospheric change, or something else. All he knew was that he was succumbing to darkness... both literally and figuratively. There was no time for anything but a quick surrender to death and the circumstances.
So when he awoke, he was a little bit disoriented. Is this.. death? He thought to himself, a corner of his mind acknowledging still that the journey might not be over... death felt an awful lot like the bottom of a sea, and it was a horrible, frightening, cold, choking, and miserable experience.
He wanted to call for help, but he dared not make any such noise.
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Post by DM on May 11, 2019 21:17:59 GMT -8
Eventually, the silence of the cold dark cell would be broken.
The sound of a distant door opening was heard then, as well as dripping water. A faint green light could be seen now, beyond the bars of the cell, and down the hall. It illuminated the space just enough for Daren to see outside his enclosure, as well as his immediate surroundings a bit. Across from him was another cell, and it too held another man. He sat hunched in the corner, shivering as he muttered something to himself, he seemed to be unaware of Daren.
It was then that the most peculiar sound was heard.
Flap, flap, flap, the sound went, getting closer and closer. As it approached, the green light also grew brighter and brighter.
Then, the thing that approached came into view. The thing was shaped like a man would be, roughly. It's body was covered in dark grey scales. It's limbs seemed a bit too long for its body, and the flapping from earlier was due to the two webbed feet the creature stood on. It's hands were also webbed as well, and held long spindly claws.
The green light sprouted from the creatures forehead, a stalk with a light on the end of it hovering over it's horrifying face. It had large black eyes that stared blankly at nothing in particular. And it had a large mouth that hung open slightly due to the long and vicious looking teeth it had.
The creature turned to Daren's cell then and gurgled something unintelligible to Daren, while also motioning for him to approach as it pulled out a key to the cell and began opening it.
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Post by Daren Tyros on May 14, 2019 13:51:11 GMT -8
Daren was just about to reach out to the other man and try to learn more about the situation, but then he could hear a sound... something large, and living. Feeling alert, he was now convinced that he wasn't yet dead. However, the misery might just be starting. It would appear that he was a prisoner of a strange and frightening creature...
Yet the creature began opening the cell, and Daren, gratefully compliant, stood up and moved over to the door slowly. The strange amphibious-like creature seemed to speak to him. He couldn't understand a word.
"Uhh..."
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Post by DM on May 28, 2019 11:12:06 GMT -8
The creature grabbed something off the wall then beside Daren's cage, gurgling once more as he unclasped the metal collar.
The creature approached Daren then, grabbing him by the arm in a vice-like grip. The creature didn't squeeze his arm, but by the strength Daren could feel in the creature's grip, he would know immediately that it was much stronger than he was.
Holding him still, the creature would attempt to clasp the metal collar around his neck, and then lock it in place. The collar seemed to have some sort of magical effect, because there were a set of symbols carved into it that any mage would recognize as runic symbols.
The creature would speak again now, though this time Daren could understand it, "Come with me, you are being taken to see the Queen. The collar should protect you from drowning, being crushed, or freezing to death."
The fish man let go of Daren's arm then and began walking down the hall, expecting his prisoner to follow. Once they reached the battered iron portal at the end of the hall, the fish-man would open it, the old hinges grinding loudly as he did so. Beyond the door was darkness, and water, the water seemingly held back by an invisible barrier. It seemed they were actually very deep below the sea.
The Fish-man would pause at the door, turning to grab Daren again in his powerful grip, "I don't expect you to go through without at least some... coercion."
He pushed Daren through the door then, but as Daren stumbled through into the water, he would find himself standing normally on the ground. He didn't feel wet, he didn't begin floating upwards, and he could still somehow breath. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness he would find himself in the courtyard of what seemed to be some sort of ruined castle beneath the sea...
Where the sky above him should have been, he saw only infinite blackness, lit by what seemed to be gigantic bio-luminescent jellyfish that floated lazily through the dark water above, some of them seemed to exceed twenty meters in length. In the center of the courtyard, a pillar of smoke and lava spewed forth as well, giving a red glow to the surrounding area.
The fish-man would begin half-walking, half-swimming, to the other end of the courtyard. It seemed he didn't have whatever magical effect Daren did on him that kept him on the ground as if effected by gravity on land. As Daren was led through the dark ruined hallways, he would occasionally see other creatures like the one he followed with various features of other sea creatures, though Daren couldn't get a clear view of any of them as they retreated further into the darkness as the two approached, their black beady eyes looking on cautiously from the darkest, unlit corners.
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