atlantis ♔ bury anchors in our ghosts

[cigam]

♬ Buried in Water - Dead Man's Bones

WHO || Amara, Zatanna, Lila, David, Emma, Hook
WHAT || The Knights head to the lost city of Atlantis to discover the truth about the curse of the Homo Magi
WHERE || Atlantis
WHEN || April 10th, 2015 [backdated].
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

It's been two years since a mission in the Bermuda Triangle led to the discovery of the hidden home of the race known as the Homo Magi - the original race of pure-blooded sorcerers.  Inflicted with a curse that causes them to fall in love at first sight with any mortal they see, they had secluded themselves there, taking slaves of those who were lost in the Triangle to help defend their city.  On that ill-fated mission, the Homo Magi Amara fell victim to the curse, falling in "love" with David Charming and defecting from her people in order to have the chance to be with him.  Now a danger to herself and potentially others, the Knights have sought a way to free her of her curse, so far to no avail.  Lila, however, has finally convinced Amara herself to help, convincing her that the only way to prove that her love for David is real is to prove that the curse has no bearing on it.  Amara has uncovered the location of the Homo Magi's original home: the lost city of Atlantis, where she believes they can uncover the truth about the curse's origins, and in so doing, a way to reverse it, and free her people of it once and for all.

To this end, the Knights are drifting out into the Atlantic Ocean in Hook's ship, seeking the whirlpool that will supposedly take them to the underwater city.

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[bittersweeter]

[ lila is not much better off, clawing at her throat as her eyes go wide. she struggles to spit out what is happening, but the words are seized up in her mouth with no air to push them out. as spots dance in front of her eyes and a roaring fills her ears, she collapses against the deck, conscious but disabled, still ineffectually trying to will herself to breathe air again. (con crit fail) ]

[unhand]

Emma! Lila! [He can't run to both his wife and his daughter, as desperately as he wants to, but he still pulls out his excalibur and aims at the beast, risking taking his concentration off killing it for the moment in favor of killing the fucker. (atk 17, atk 9 come on Hook get your shit together) and his fort save this round was a 10 so ahahaha that's gonna be fun.

He turns to Zatanna and Amara and gestures wildly at Emma and Lila.]

Help them.

[They have magic. There has to be something they can do, right? He doesn't care what happens to him, so long as they're okay.]

[besmitten]

[ while zee's hands move to her throat as she starts to choke, amara, who got another nat 20 lmao turns, stares up at the giant beast...

and then shrinks her air bubble.

water rushes in, pouring onto the deck. she must have enough of it covered still to keep the pressure from fully crushing the ship but it's still starting to sink rapidly, and they're all hit by a rush of water that threatens to bowl them over.

anyone who had previously been suffocating, however?

finds they can breathe the water as readily as a fish now. just hope you can swim. ]

[generaldavideus]

[Goddamnit Amara.

David, who was fine previously, now has four rounds of air to work with so he's trying to make the best of it. While the rush of water bowls him over (reflex save 7 action point says 16) he gets one hand on the canon to hold him steady so he doesn't float away. He does, however, still make his fort save (fort save 27) so he'll just keep holding his breath while he loads the canon and fires at it again but it's not going to hit (attack 11).]

[besmitten]

[ STILL PARALYZED OR SOMETHIN OVER HERE ]

[uncurse]

[ breATHING SO NICE.

Emma catches her breath—or ... water, as it were—and lets go of her throat, looking around wildly like ? ? ? How am I breathing underwater ? ? ? But she just accepts it because it's convenient for now, and raises her gun to fire because if the cannon is working then surely her gun must too, right? Not gonna try a lightning spell. Not that dumb.

Anyway, thanks to haste, she gets three shots off (atk 28, atk 17, atk 28; penetration dmg 13, dmg 7, dmg 5 respectively). ]

[bittersweeter]

[ once she can breathe again, lila struggles to her feet, holding on to the edge of the boat for dear life, too weak to manage literally anything else. the strain just to stand clearly evident on her pale features, effort etched into every anxious line on her face. ]

[unhand]

[Emma and Lila are all right... for now. Killian can breathe in relief. And at all, which is nice, though this isn't a good longterm plan. Kill the monster, worry about everything else later. He raises his pistol again and shoots at it (atk 26 dmg 7, atk crit fail NOT TODAY ACTION POINT SAYS 24 dmg 7, and thanks to haste atk 20 dmg 14 with penetration).]

[besmitten]

[ the barrage of bullets causes black blood to leak from the creature, whose eyes roll up, despite its paralysis, signalling that it's finally dead. zee gasps in, as amara waves her hand and casts water breathing on those who couldn't already breathe it, looking at you david.

for the sake of things, we'll say they can talk all burbly to each other, although it won't be easy to understand.

/init ] We need to hurry. There might be more.

[generaldavideus]

[Thank you, Amara.

David takes a shaky, relieved breath, but nods in agreement. They should definitely keep moving. He glances over the rest of the group for a moment, before noticing Lila and frowning in concern.]

Are you okay?

[bittersweeter]

[ she waves her hand dismissively, she's clearly fine, david, god. jk she's not okay at all, but she's not going to admit that either. #teenagers. nor is she going to move from her place curled against the side of the boat. mostly because she doesn't think she can. ]

[uncurse]

[ At David's question, Emma tosses her head back to look at Lila, concern evident. When the girl affirms, she senses the concern is unwelcome and instead turns her attention on Hook, pacing across the deck to him. Raising her hands to his shoulders, she briefly checks him over, worry all in her eyes as she instead focuses on the task to ask, ] Can you get us moving?

[unhand]

[Killian's still looking over at Lila, worry in his eyes, until Emma comes over. He lets her check him over, a flutter in his chest, as he checks her out as well. But moving is the most important thing right now, if they want to make sure they continue to be all right. He covers her hand with his own for a moment, then nods.]

I've never sailed her under the sea before, but she's yet to fail me. [He grabs the wheel and takes control, squinting at the city in front of them. And with a nat 20 pilot check (28 total) APPARENTLY HE'S GOT THIS DOWN.]

[generaldavideus]

[David will just nod as his concern is brushed off - he won't force her if she doesn't want his help, and will return his attention to the sea around them, trying to see if he can spot anything else that might be coming at them - like, perhaps, another one of those beasts (spot 19).]

[besmitten]

[ the coast looks clear as hook steers them expertly right into the center of the city itself, moving around the spindle of a great tower and spiraling down to land in what seems to be a great amphitheater, overgrown with seaweed.

amara stands on the prow, looking around in all directions, before she raises one hand and points down this way, towards a distant temple like structure, in front of which a large statue stands - and glows, phosphorescent. ]

[unhand]

How cheery. [Killian steps over to Lila and offers her his arm. He won't ask how she's doing or make a big deal of it, but she's obviously not fine, and now that they're more or less safe, he's going to help her to whatever extent he can. Even if that just means letting her lean on him.]

[generaldavideus]

[David squints at the statue in the distance for a moment, only really able to make out the trident through the water before he glances back to Amara to ask:]

Is that Poseidon?

[It's the logical conclusion he's drawing, given the Atlantis of it all, but he's more curious than anything else. If the Homo Magi have that in common with humans maybe they all started in the same place.]

[uncurse]

It looks like he's guarding the city.

[ Don't wake daddy. Her observation comes with no small degree of paranoia that he might well come to life and do precisely that. It's certainly in the realm of crazy shit she's seen. ]

[bittersweeter]

He built the city for his lover, Cleito, to protect her. Their children became the rulers and the temple built for him was where they discussed laws and shit. [ so yes, he probably is.

she takes hook's arm with some unwillingness, hating that she knows she can't properly support herself. she should ask if someone packed potions, but she doesn't feel hurt, just... weak. ]

[unhand]

That looks nothing like the Sea King. [Hook glances over at Emma.] I met him once. It was.... a complicated affair.

[Oh hey Ursula's voice is still... probably on Hook's ship. That's nice.]

[besmitten]

The city was built for my people. [ NOT POSEIDON-SPAWN, RUDE. she gives hook a look like the fuck man ] But images of Poseidon have long figured into our archaeology and art. It's as good a place to begin looking as any.

[uncurse]

I don't suppose you had an ancestor named Cleito.

[ She's mostly just laughing because Amara is pressed. You might think that Emma would have self preservation from the almost drowning and the knowing that they're literally one bad mood from fucked down here but. No. ]

[generaldavideus]

[David will just give Emma a look at that reaction because really? Do you want to piss her off right now? Before turning his attention back to the matter at hand.]

Is there some kind of a record keeping room? Or a historian that you know of?

[cigam]

[ zee speaks up before amara can react to emma over there ] She already mentioned that she doesn't know much of the history of the city. We should just get looking, before more of those aboleths come.

[bittersweeter]

[ lila makes an irritated face. ] Any records are probably in the temple. Since it was basically the root of their government.