As soon as he stepped through the portal, Ravage knew something was wrong; the ground immediately vanished from beneath his feet, and air was shrieking past his face at an incredible speed as he realized that he was plummeting through the air.
The jaguar let out an alarmed yowl as he fell, tumbling end over end as his feline components attempted to restore his balance. Midway through one tumble, he finally noticed his ultimate destination; a rapidly expanding field of endless blue, pocked here and there by near-microscopic flecks of grit.
The Decepticon knew what this was. He had seen Earth's ocean plenty of times during the Great War—inevitable, considering that Megatron had elected to construct his secret base under the sea—but rarely had he ever approached it from this angle, and at this speed.
Ravage had time to mutter, "Oh, slag," before he struck the ocean's surface and plunged almost forty meters straight down.
A short distance away, the singer known as Ecco fell into the sea's cool embrace with dismay.
He could not understand what had just happened; where was his pod? The Shelled Ones, the Stinging Jellies, the Bigger Singers, the Hungry Ones...where had they all gone, and how did they disappear so quickly?
He sang in dismay, but his echoes showed nothing, and no Singer responded to his melody with their own. He was alone.
So very alone.
So completely, utterly and inescapably alone.
He sang a plaintive cry, hoping against hope that someone—anyone—would hear it and answer. Instead, an echo returned to him...and the young Singer squawked in puzzlement at the odd shape of...whatever it might be.
Perhaps it knows what has happened to my pod, Ecco mused.
His mind made up, the young dolphin rose to take a deep breath of air and dived in pursuit of the Sinking Thing.
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-Eddie stepped out of the portal, and noticed the great drop Looney Tunes style-
"What the-"
-he plummeted through the air-
"ZEPPELIN RUUUUUULES-wait, I can fly!"
-his wings extended and he hovered in the air, watching for the others-
"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
Gordon felt a sudden rush of air. He blinked, and looked down, only to see the water rushing up to meet him. Instantly, he was reminded of an identical situation only a day(Or a week... Kliener hadn't really explained that) where he had teleported above the water.
He'd also nearly been eaten by an alien sea creature, so he wasn't too happy to be seeing this situation.
Gordon took a deep breath before colliding with the water, his suit taking the impact. He sunk, and then opened his eyes, his glasses miraculously staying on. Gordon looked down at the neckpiece of his suit, and noticed the holographic moniter of his oxygen levels was dropping, but insanely slowly.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
Jorge let out a yell as he emerged from the portal and began to freefall. The Spartan gritted his teeth as he struggled to figure out what the hell was going on. That's when he saw the surface of the endless ocean below him.
"Shit."
Jorge hit the water hard, causing quite a splash. The supersoldier began to sink straight down...
Jagged Alliance 2 LP (Redux) (Closed!)
-There is a yelp of alarm as Saren drops, followed by the hiss of his biotics as he gently slows his fall; he floats on the surface, cross-legged-
" Status."
Cirno looked down and noticed all of the big tough people falling in a silly way and couldn't help but laugh. She flew down to follow them, spinning a bit as she went and stopped just above the surface of the water.
"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
Gordon saw Jorge sinking, and, well, couldn't really do anything to stop it.
Damn damn damn, are they just trying to kill us now? he thought, swimming, struggling to get his bearings. There was a deep void of water below, Gordon couldn't even begin to see the bottom.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
As he entered the portal, Narumi noticed that he was falling, he looked below and saw that he was gonna fall into an ocean. He placed the Lost Driver on his waist and placed the Skull Memory in. He then activated it. "Henshin!" Narumi said.
SKULL!
As the transformation finished, Narumi fell faster and was tipping over to dive head first in the water.
Roach emerged from the portal, and immediately noticed two things. One, that he was wearing the same scuba gear he'd worn at the Russian Oil Rig, only without the actual scuba tank or the cowl, and Two, that he was in the air high above a body of water. Which he then began to fall towards.
"This is gonna hurt..."
"Yup. That tasted purple."
-Saren looks up for the newcomers, then slows their descent enough that fall won't kill them outright-
Jorge had noticed that he wasn't wearing his helmet.
Oh, bloody fantastic.
Now he was certain that he would drown very shortly. Some challenge this was...
Jagged Alliance 2 LP (Redux) (Closed!)
-Eddie flies down to the surface of the water-
"Hey, did anyone see were the Spartan went down?"
Ravage flailed about as he sank, his large talons useless for treading water thanks to the gaps between them. On reflex the jaguar fired up his rocket, but frowned in confusion when a stream of bubbles shot from the end in place of a stream of fire, halting his descent. Turning around, he noticed that a small propeller of some sort appeared to have taken the place of his rocket's exhaust nozzle, and a trio of small stabilizer fins now emerged from the cylinder, turning marginally in response to his movements.
Warning, his onboard computer declared suddenly. Chemical properties and composition of surrounding liquid irregular. Contact will result in oxidization, while prolonged submersion will result in irreparable corrosion to your body and spark chamber. Attempting to compensate; standby...
Ravage's eyes widened in alarm as he saw that his computer spoke the truth; on his right foreleg, he could see small patches of rust appearing on his metallic components, and they were beginning to expand rapidly...
Ecco swam closer to the Sinking Thing, noting as he sang that it wasn't sinking anymore. His echoes returned, showing several more Sinking Things falling into the water from the Sky, and the young Singer found himself confused. What was going on?!
One fell not far from him, sinking rapidly, and Ecco tucked in his fins to increase the speed of his dive. It was a strange creature, he decided as he saw it through an echo; it was shiny and angular, like the Shelled Ones, but it had a funny head.
W H O A R E Y O U ? he sang to the Sinking One.
edited 24th Oct '10 3:43:39 PM by SullenFrog
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Trainspotter
Hahli fell out of the sky at a breakneck pace. Noting the sea below her, she quickly rolled and flipped to cut her momentum and gracefully plunged into the sea, extending her fins and slicing through the water with her trademark grace.
"Now this is a challenge I can enjoy," she said, grinning cheerfully.
Formerly known as Crow T. Robot.
Cirno took a deep breath and stuck her head under the surface to look around. She spotted Ravage managing to keep himself from sinking, but he seemed to be the only one. She pulled her head out and said "uhhhh oh."
Trainspotter
Seeing the others sinking to the bottom, Hahli swiftly dove after them.
"Don't worry," she called through the water. "I'm coming..."
Formerly known as Crow T. Robot.
-Saren watches the others, still floating an inch above the waves-
" I repeat, status."
"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
Gordon managed to stabilize himself in the water, and was unable to do anything but watch as Jorge sank. The Gravity Gun wouldn't work, at least he was pretty sure it wouldn't work.
Noticing Hahli swimming by, he pointed down to Jorge and gesteured to the Spartan very rapidly. Gordon was fine, he'd swam plenty with the H.E.V suit on. But the Spartan's armor was far heavier.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
Narumi dove into the water, landing him on the bottom of the sea. He looked around. "An ocean?" Narumi exclaimed.
-The Turian sighs, then concentrates, allowing himself to lie on his back upon the waves; below, Freeman and Jorge are slowly but steadily lifted up-
edited 24th Oct '10 3:55:58 PM by Colonial1.1
Just when Jorge was about to lose hope, he felt himself being carried up by something. Confused, the Spartan looked over to see that it was a...dolphin?
Somehow, it spoke to him. He obviously couldn't speak underwater, though. How was he supposed to respond?
W...what? He thought, unaware that it would be transmitted...
Jagged Alliance 2 LP (Redux) (Closed!)
Ecco chittered in surprise. The Sinking One had sung to him, not with sound, but with thought. Confused, the Singer continued to push the Sinking One towards the sky with surprisingly little difficulty.
WHO ARE YOU? DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY POD?
Ravage, meanwhile, diverted all power to his new turbine and surged towards the surface, breaching not far from Saren's position with an involuntary gasp.
"What is wrong with this water?! I'm rusting, for Primus' sake!"
edited 24th Oct '10 3:59:30 PM by SullenFrog
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"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
Bubbles flew out of Gordon's mouth as he protested. He'd have been fine, he'd swam plenty before.
He emerged from the water, suspended once more.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
Below, something with dead black eyes stared up at the flailing things on the surface with hunger. It had no idea what the strange things were, but it sure looked like they would be tasty, and it swam lazily up to the surface in a slow spiral, its dorsal fin slicing just above the water line...
Narumi leaves Saren and Ravage and looks at the portal. He began to wonder, if he and the rest of the people he is with go to different worlds, then what do the eyes see as they travel through many worlds? Narumi walks in the Portal.