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[Orb]

Travis silently continues assisting Milno pull people up

[IronyOwl]

"Both ramps go counterclockwise as they rise, by the way."

Return to group, await rest of group being hauled up.

[PyroDesu]

Help with the Hauling of Teammates.

[piecewise]

"Same thing, next."

Next one.

Oh, the cameraperson. Well, it's not like you wouldn't be able to climb, would you? Nah, just wait a moment. Gorat's turn. Maurice smiled cheerfully.
Tie the rope around Gorat and prepare him to be hauled up.

Maurice lashes the rope around Chin and Milno and travis drag him up onto the walkway before lowering the rope back for the next person.

"I wonder what that noise was. Hey, you up there, give us a smile for the camera! Do you see anything of interest?"
 
>Film EVERYTHING.

>Include incredibly banal, in-depth commentary on EVERYTHING the team is doing.

>Wait to be hauled up, carefully cradling the camera as I go. Laser rifle can go in my backpack.

You wait to be hauled up while dramatically filming footage of darkness and sand.

((Travis never grabbed any lanterns or rope light))

Travis sighed

"It's dark. My face was evaporated by Milno, so I won't be doing any smiling for a long time. You can, however, get in line and get pulled up the rope so I can get on with this mission"

(oh, Must be thinking of someone else. No matter, Pretty sure faith had some of her own. And if not then...well I've buggered myself.)

"Both ramps go counterclockwise as they rise, by the way."

Return to group, await rest of group being hauled up.

You walk back to the group and stand around, waiting for everyone else to be hauled up.






As Milno and Travis lower the rope back down a tone rolls out across the group; a familiar and otherworldly sound that rattles through their bones. For a moment after the tone sweeps over them everything is silent, everyone holding their breath to see what happens next. And then there comes another sound, a sound they cannot hear but that they feel; the whole world seems to vibrate like the tip of a tuning fork, every molecule of their bodies strain not to vibrate into pieces as the towers and the walkway all reverberate with a nearly inaudibly deep rumble.

A wave of sand, several feet tall, comes roaring across the plains from the last direction they heard the Wyrm and hurls everyone left on the ground into the air as the sand bucks up beneath their feet. They land, shaken but uninjured, as the wave passes by and into the darkness. Before they can even get to their feet the world vibrates again, even stronger this time.

[Caellath]

"More speed, the two of you still on the ground, we'll get you both now." he says before turning to the people already up.

"One extra rope, we'll pull in two pairs. Albino freak is safer than they are."

Use two ropes with two people pulling each to get Maurice and Charro up. If the other pair fails, help them haul.

(We have Milno, Travis, Faith and Simus to pull, Chin is obviously out of question due to his state)

[PyroDesu]

Pull the others up, along with Milno, Travis, and Faith.

((Going to be unable to respond most of today, so if someone could Auto Simus for me?))

[Yoink]

>Shield camera with my body and get lifted up that wall.

>Keep an eye out for the source of the noise while I wait.

"Please hurry, people. It sounds like that thing is rather upset about something."
Charro grimaced, shifting from foot to foot as he waited to be hauled up, clutching glancing around occasionally for danger.

[Nikitian]

Help Charro get tied to a rope and tie myself to another one, ready to be pulled up.
((Same here: will be off for about next six hours, maybe more. Feel free to post an action for my character in that time if I'm not around yet.))

[piecewise]

"More speed, the two of you still on the ground, we'll get you both now." he says before turning to the people already up.

"One extra rope, we'll pull in two pairs. Albino freak is safer than they are."

Use two ropes with two people pulling each to get Maurice and Charro up. If the other pair fails, help them haul.

(We have Milno, Travis, Faith and Simus to pull, Chin is obviously out of question due to his state)

Pull the others up, along with Milno, Travis, and Faith.

((Going to be unable to respond most of today, so if someone could Auto Simus for me?))

>Shield camera with my body and get lifted up that wall.

>Keep an eye out for the source of the noise while I wait.

"Please hurry, people. It sounds like that thing is rather upset about something."
Charro grimaced, shifting from foot to foot as he waited to be hauled up, clutching glancing around occasionally for danger.

Help Charro get tied to a rope and tie myself to another one, ready to be pulled up.
((Same here: will be off for about next six hours, maybe more. Feel free to post an action for my character in that time if I'm not around yet.))

Milno and Travis pull Charro up as Faith and Simus do their best to raise Maurice with the three hands hey have between them.

[Faith str:1]
[Simus str:4-1]
They struggle against Maurice's weight with everything they've got, getting him a few feet into the air, but can't get him any higher. The rope grinds against the edge of the walkway as it begins slipping back down.

"Could use a little help over here!" Faith shouts between gasps as she struggles to hold the rope with one hand.

"In a minute." Milno says, still raising Charro.

The sound of rushing sand rolls up behind them, another wave thundering across the plain. With one last good tug Milno and Travis yank Charro onto the platform. Milno jumps to over to Faith and Simus, grabbing Maurice's rope just as the wave, 4 meters tall and solid as stone, rolls into the illuminated area and slams into Maurice.

[Maurice end:6]
The wave of sand washes around him, catching him like a fly in tar, and drags him with it off toward the darkness. The lanterns placed around the tower vanish in a final jerky display, their light strobing randomly through the sand as it engulfs them.

[milno str:4+1]
[Faith str:1]
[simus str:4-1]

The group on Maurice's rope jerks forward as Maurice is dragged away, the force of the wave ripping the rope through their hands even as it almost yanks them out of the walkway. Milno catches himself against the wall, the rope still hissing through his fingers, and Faith and Simus grab his waist. He closes his hands down as tight as possible and locks the exoskeleton in place; he jerks forward suddenly as the rope finds purchase in his hands, the only thing stopping him fro being ripped from the walkway are the two teammates struggling to pull him back.

For a moment they are trapped like this, struggling on the edge of oblivion, and then the rope goes slack and they all collapse back into the walkway. Milno gives the rope a hard tug; there's still a body's worth of weight at the end, lost somewhere in the darkness below.

[Caellath]

"Well, let's check if he is now pancake."

Pull the rope. Lightly, but don't try to bring him towards us just yet.

...

Maurice's action: Check if I'm still alive and how much damage was done to my body then check the surroundings and talk if possible:
"I'm alive."

[Orb]

"Continuing exploration. I will be scouting the top of the wall"

Travis enters Citadel 1, and heads up the ramp until he reaches the top. Assuming it's just the top of the wall, he heads clockwise and tries to find what Rope 1 is tied to.

((I'm just going to refer to the Citadels and various other objects as numbers, in order of discovery, so it doesn't get too wordy))

[Yoink]

Charro stared, wide-eyed with horror, as Maurice was swept away.
"Oh, damn!" He said, camera hanging forgotten in his hands. "Oh no. Do you, er, need help with that? Or should I keep filming?"
He focused the camera on the spot where Maurice's rope went over the edge, gritting his teeth uncertainly as he watched the rescue effort.

>Film the rope as the others attempt to pull it up!

>Put the camera down (carefully) and help pull if necessary, though.

[Knight Otu]

"Oh, crap."

Gorat stands by, feeling useless.

[piecewise]

"Well, let's check if he is now pancake."

Pull the rope. Lightly, but don't try to bring him towards us just yet.

...

Maurice's action: Check if I'm still alive and how much damage was done to my body then check the surroundings and talk if possible:
"I'm alive."

You jerk on the rope a couple times. Yeah the weight is still there.

....


Maurice rolls onto his back somewhere in the darkness and gently flexes hims arms and legs while prodding at himself was his remaining hand. Everything seems intact and in place, sore and bruised, bleeding from a gash in his forehead, but nothing major. He sits up and looks around for a moment. Even with his lamps  on he can't see anything; he must have been dragged a good distance.

"Still alive." He groans over the radio, "Could use a bit of help."

"Continuing exploration. I will be scouting the top of the wall"

Travis enters Citadel 1, and heads up the ramp until he reaches the top. Assuming it's just the top of the wall, he heads clockwise and tries to find what Rope 1 is tied to.

((I'm just going to refer to the Citadels and various other objects as numbers, in order of discovery, so it doesn't get too wordy))

(the ramps go up counter clockwise)

You walk into Citadel 1 and start up the ramp. And you continue up the ramp for several minutes. You pass several rooms along the way up but there's no sign of the top.

Charro stared, wide-eyed with horror, as Maurice was swept away.
"Oh, damn!" He said, camera hanging forgotten in his hands. "Oh no. Do you, er, need help with that? Or should I keep filming?"
He focused the camera on the spot where Maurice's rope went over the edge, gritting his teeth uncertainly as he watched the rescue effort.

>Film the rope as the others attempt to pull it up!

>Put the camera down (carefully) and help pull if necessary, though.

You film the rope for a few moments before putting it down in such a way as to let it see the actions going on and take up a place on the rope.

"Oh, crap."

Gorat stands by, feeling useless.

You feel like a regular Charro.
 



The same world shaking tone vibrates through your bones, even louder. You can't help but clutch at your ears, pressing your palms against the helmet as your hearing fades into nothing but a gurgling, almost underwater mess undercut by a shrill ringing.

[IronyOwl]

See if I can disable my suit's ability to hear outside sounds. Otherwise just keep clutching ears.