[Taocow PBEM] Chapter XVIII - Into The Heart Of Darkness - Owen, Ted, Sia, Alister and Louissa (repost)

[Aaron Clausen]

OOC: Crap!  Forgot the modification

> OOC: I'm reposting this with modifications (and with Mr. Corley's
> post) because of clarifications as to where Alex is.
>
>> > [GM]
>> > Suddenly, there's a swishing of water, and Louissa let's out a short
>> > cry, before being cut off.  She has been pulled under water!  A large,
>> > muck-covered tentacle can briefly be seen, but there's no sign of the
>> > girl.
>> > [/GM]
>
>> [Ted]
>> Activating his internal oxygen supply and built-in eye-light, the lizard
>> man hands his rifle to whomever stands closest and dives into the muck
>> after Louissa.
>> [/Ted]
>
> [Alister]
> A rather stunned Alister grabs the gun.
> [/Alister]
>
>> [Owen]
>> Owen follows Ted.
>> [/Owen]
>
> OOC: I'll continue on and wait for Alex's player to post further.
> Anyone else wanting to come along and go for a swim can...
>
> [GM]
> Ted dives beneath the surface, followed by Owen [OOC: and others if
> that's the case].  The water is incredibly murky, and seeing is quite
> difficult, no more than a two or three feet, particularly with all the
> disturbance from the attack.
>
> For about ten or fifteen feet, the water is no more than about five
> feet deep, but then, quite suddenly, it drops off and there seems to
> be no bottom in sight.  It seems an impossible rescue in these
> conditions, but then, suddenly, perhaps twenty feet below the surface,
> there's a layer of clear water that, judging by the buoyancy, must be
> saline.  Ted's light easily illuminates the flailing figure of
> Louissa, held fast by a tentacle that seems to be coming from a large
> cave opening at the bottom of the swamp, some sixty feet below the
> surface!
> [/GM]
>
>> [Ted]
>> ~This better not be Cthulhu~, Ted thinks to himself as he changes
>> direction and kicks with renewed determination to rescue Louissa.
>> [/Ted]
>
> --
> Aaron Clausen
> mightymartianca at gmail.com
>



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