>>6004067>PROCEEDYou nod. You'll see this through, to the end.
"Go forth..." the Captain whispers. "Let it... be done..." With the last of his strength, he reaches into his bandolier and takes out the very last of his flares.
>+1 Depths flareTOOL. "Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
- Reduces opposing DC by 2d4+2 and imposes debilitating effects against the creatures of every abyss. Has reduced effectiveness in your claws. One use.
His breath lapses to hardly a murmur, so you quickly finish calibrating the extraction pack to the precise coordinates of the exfiltration site. Here goes. You press the SEND button.
<span class="mu-i">Beep.</span>
A shimmering light appears for the briefest of moments.
<span class="mu-i">The Gateless Gate opens. Across the improbable fold through warped space, <span class="mu-s">the City leaks</span> through. In the space of a few seconds, the form of the fallen Captain folds onto himself in a flattened kaleidoscope of borders and colors, his details rotating and shifting in place...</span>
Then the portal crumbles and he's gone.
>Captain Axel of the 5th Strata Survey Team has been extracted. You stand up. Down the western hall, the navigation device affirms. The work continues.
