thespaceopera: (drifting)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-03-03 11:56 pm

Just Keeping Swimming | March Planet Mingle

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: Anywhere on Mafik
When: The month of March



[Welcome to Mafik, the water world! Hope you brought your best swimming gear and don't have a paralyzing fear of water, because that's all that's here! So get out those wet suits and enjoy life under the sea!

In other words, it's a mingle! ]

> System Information
exothermia: (Out of the light)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-12 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik returns to searching the walls, in case there's another one hiding amongst the regulars.]

Tedious, you mean.
noprophecies: (012)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-12 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
At least there isn't—[she pauses and glances up at him, then shakes her head] Nevermind. If I say it, it might happen.
exothermia: (I have walked a thousand days)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-13 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Well-- best not to, then.

[After a few minutes of fruitlessly searching the walls, Erik chances to look up, and curses.]

It might be on the ceiling.
noprophecies: (004)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-13 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
The ceiling.

[there's annoyance in her voice, but not directed at Erik. She shoves the pile hard with her foot to swim up, muttering her own curses along the way]

This damned place is lucky it is underwater . . .
exothermia: (The world goes round)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-13 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
[He merely grunts, occupied in scanning all the ceiling bricks for any anomalies. These temple puzzles have proven to be maddening in some instances, and he doubts fire would help even if it were dry.]
noprophecies: (012)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-13 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[she swims to the other side opposite of Erik and begins scanning the ceiling as well, reaching up every so often to touch or tug]

Had I known it would be like this, I wouldn't have asked. My apologies, dear.
exothermia: (Everywhere I go)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-13 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
Aurae, I knew this is how it would be. I spent half an hour in one room trying to find a keyhole.
noprophecies: (069)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-13 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, but you are far more patient about this sort of thing then I am.
exothermia: (Oh damn. He's dead.)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-15 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
Ah-- I have it.

[He lays his fingers on the brick in the ceiling and starts to pry it out. Once it falls into his hands, he gives it a displeased look.]

This is one of the more maddening tasks I've seen though.
noprophecies: (011)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-16 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
[she makes an agreeing noise and swims up to join him]

Perhaps whatever tasks lay ahead will be less maddening, yes? Hopefully.
exothermia: (Capes are... outdated?)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-17 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
[He sighs, and he's glad he doesn't expel air bubbles thanks to this water's odd breathability. Taking all three bricks in hand, he swims over to the gap in the wall and slot them in one by one.

The three flare with a golden glow, and then the bricks around them start peeling back like a heavy curtain on either side, opening up into a doorway. The next room lies beyond.]
noprophecies: (077)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-17 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[she makes a face as the bricks shift away, but begins swimming forward when the shifting stops, though trying not to get too far ahead of - well, Erik, her temporary "net" of safety]

I do not sense any magic, so that, at the very least, is an upside. The dungeons I would get sent to were filled with magical traps and other rubbish.
exothermia: (Oh damn. He's dead.)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-18 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
Let's hope there's none of that.

[Though regular traps seem more likely. At least they can't fall into a pit, unless there's some serious change in physics.]
noprophecies: (012)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-18 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
I would sense it if there were. [all of this uncertainty and this, at least, she can be certain about] As though I would let us proceed without checking that much.

[the next room, though, doesn't seem to have any obvious traps. Instead, on the floor of the room are three, large blocks, all neatly lined up, and three places in which the ground is lower - carved with similar symbols like the previous room. Each block has a symbol that seems to correspond to a place on the floor.

. . . Tempest stops and to give the room a dirty look]
exothermia: (Who let the hippies out)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-18 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik hangs in the water for a moment, staring at the blocks. Then at the grooves in the floor.]

...getting traction in here is going to be irritating.

[It's hard to brace against the floor when you're FLOATING.]
noprophecies: (083)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-18 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
[with a huff, Tempest swims down to one of the blocks, circling it before giving it a cursory shove. She then plants her feet as best she can and tries again.

When it doesn't budge, she crosses her arms and scowls at it, but thoughtfully]


I could try to ice the floor, to make it a bit easier.
exothermia: (To run from)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-18 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik nods, and swims over to a second block. He pulls out the collection of metal screws he keeps in his pocket, considering them.]

I'll try to shove it with metal.
noprophecies: (018)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-18 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
My, a chance for the both of us to show off? How lucky for us.

[she circles the block once more, slower this time, considering] Swim up a bit just in case, love, I'd hate to freeze your feet by accident.
exothermia: (Places we've grown)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-19 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[With a grunt, Erik kicks off the floor and out of the danger zone. Frozen feet does not sound like something he wants to deal with.]
noprophecies: (012)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-19 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[she's cast this spell dozens of times on water, but under? She doubts anything bad will happen, but just in case . . .

Erik will hear her murmuring the words quietly as she kneels down to touch the floor. After a moment, ice begins to spread out from where her fingertips are, slowly spreading across the room.

When she's finished she swims up as well, rubbing her hands together quickly as if trying to warm them up]


That should do it.
exothermia: (How terribly gauche)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-03-19 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Let's try it together, then. Get this over with.
noprophecies: (069)

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-03-25 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. On your count, then.