>>5256624Aside from a few pushy groupers, the swim goes, well, <span class="mu-i">swimmingly</span> even after you and Syb leave the minefield. Following the tracks down through a kelp forest, your trek is put on hold when the sandy footsteps disappear upon reaching a rocky path!
“Drat.” Sybil hisses, her sour face causing a nearby pufferfish to dart away in fear, “And they’re <span class="mu-i">SO</span> close, too!”
“Any idea on who ‘they’ are?” Ask your bones as he hovers next to your pal. “You said there were a few, yea?”
“Oh, there most certainly are…” Sybil nods as she peers down the path leading into darker waters. “It’s a peculiar place for an outpost of this size, but when have these morons done <span class="mu-i">anything</span> by the books?”
Not willing to gulp seawater again, you settle for sending a series of intricate hand gestures to the ground, the path ahead, and The Goth.
“Yes, Stanley–I’m sure we’ll track them down if we continue along this path.”
You’d <span class="mu-i">BETTER</span>! It’s chilly as hell down here!
“What was that?”
God<span class="mu-i">DAMN</span> IT!
With nothing but Syb’s vague sense and a general direction to guide you, your expedition takes you deeper into the water and eventually takes you to…
>A SERIES OF SEA CAVES–DARK AS HECK, BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS!>A VAST, UNDERSEA CANYON DOTTED WITH SEVERAL HOLES AND CREVASSES TO HIDE IN!>A TWISTED BOG OF KELP, CORAL, AND POOLS OF SLUDGE–WHAT THE HECK IS THAT STUFF, ANYWAYS?>THE REMAINS OF SOME KIND OF ALGAE-CAKED MASONRY–SOMETHING USED TO BE HERE ONCE UPON A TIME!>WRITE-IN! 