Okay. I'll do it. Everyone fastens a water bottle to their belt and grabs their packs. The whole group had spent the last few minutes waterproffing their packs using the duckbacks and raincoats. the pack was significantly smaller with no stuff in it so wrapping it in the rain coats and duckback was no chore. Everyone also ties the parachute cord to their belts, making sure that they are all connected. Jake leads with his pack and a lit flashlight stuffed in a sealed ziplock, followed by Vinyl with his pack, who is followed by Yngvar with his pack and the medkit. The trip was long. It took about twice as long as it originally had when Jake was crawling through just because Yngvar was holding them back. Throughout the trip there wasn't much talking, just grunts or the noise of someone clearing their throats. Eventually the group reached where Jake had stopped. "Andy! You still there!" Jake yelled. "Yeah. I'm here. You guys sure took a long time. Where are you?" "At the water." Jake replied. "Just continue through like I said. You should be here in about an hour."
Jake reluctantly continued on. It was one thing crawling through a space so small you can't even GI Joe crawl, it was another to do it in water that covered your mouth and almost touched your nose. The water seemed to be flowing in their direction, it just sort of came out of the dirt. It was slow going but Andy was right, Your head was above water for a good majority of the trip and waterproofing the bags was a GOOD idea. At one point, Yngvar being the first to notice it, Yngvar yelled "What is this snot stuff!" It seemed the bottom of the wetter cave portions was coated in a thick slippery taupe substance resembling snot. "I don't know but I'm slipping all over the place because of it." Said Vinyl. The cool water was difficult to crawl through as it numbed your muscles and made you tired.
Nobody stopped.
The group continued on.
Gradually, so gradually nobody noticed it until it was apparent, the tunnel started to become larger. It wasn't so much that the ceiling raised, the floor just began to drop in grade. As the group came closer it became more and more obvious that they were entering into a very large chamber. The water was also emptying into this massive pool. It looked like an underground lake. A little light and movement could be seen off in the corner. A swing with the flashlight revealed a muddy, Andy smiling with his tent set up on a flatter portion of the stone, a pack lying down on the stones, and a lit electric lantern. The flat area is only about 7 meters long before it drops in grade leading into the pool. A flashlight look at the pool reveals an amazingly deep crystal clear pool of water, the snot stuff continued down only about a meter, clinging to rocks near the surface.The light reveals massive crystals about as big as cars, some larger than buses, some see through, others opaque all of them are very, very deep under the water, possibly 50 meters or more. The water continues deeper to where the light doesn't reach. The light hitting the crystals creates a light show on the caves ceiling. The group is astonished.
"Me casa es su casa!" Andy says happily with open arms. "Hey, where are the girls?" He asks.
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Topic: The Rabbit Hole (A (gruesome) game) - 1 deceased. (Read 30613 times)