Gula Underside Log

[cancrymods]

GULA DUNGEON LOG

As you make the now familiar descent, the screeches and chatterings of the Underside's inhabitants swim up to meet you alongside a suffocating wall of heat. The Gula Underside unfolds itself before you in jewel colours and sweltering heat. In stark contrast to the Rusted City stripped bare and the sterile Undercity, the Gluttony Underside is bursting with life - and danger. This densely packed rainforest spills out in all directions like a natural maze and you're going to have to pull out all the stops to find Gerda before something else does - or before it finds you.

THE UNDERSIDE

♪♫ Floating -Liquidly- – Sakuzyo The jungle is thickly clustered with huge palm trees rising to form an almost impassable canopy that only opens out occasionally when branches shift or when the wind blows, revealing the dim green light of the Underside's sickly looking sky. As you look up, you occasionally see the shadows of Revenants (or at least you HOPE they're Revenants) darting around high above your head. The ground is blanketed in luscious undergrowth that feels soft underfoot - loamy moss, tangled patches of grass, leaves. Occasionally, the uneven ground gives way to puddles of water or patches of loose, sloppy mud that you're forced to wade your way through if you want to proceed. Fortunately (or unfortunately), the jungle is so dense that you're never not within reaching distance of a sturdy tree or rock you can use to steady yourself. Somewhere in this place is Gerda and your way further down into Purgatory. Let's hope you can make your way through unscathed. AREAS OF INTEREST Due to the sheer scale of this Underside, explorations will proceed slightly differently. The Executors will be split into three teams – two to explore the Underside itself and the third being the team assigned to this layer's Boss Combat. Please see below for your role assignments. ⚝ NORTHBOUND: The Executors exploring the north are Medic, Etoile, Lion, Chiron and Veil. ⚝ SOUTHBOUND: The Executors exploring the south are Rei, Genius, Mona, Achilles, Ariel and Phoenix. ⚝ THE WATERING HOLE: Boss Combat volunteers, report! HAZARDS ⚝ Dense Wood: The overgrowth of the jungle and the tightly packed trees mean there are very few wide open spaces as you make your way through. For those of you who rely on your eyeballs, this means visibility is hampered - and that Revenants could ambush you if you're not on high alert! Uneven Footing: Given how wild the terrain here is, you might find that it's a bit hard to get stable footing when you're running to and fro here. Some of this is varied elevation but a lot of it is varied textures too. Stumble too close to anywhere with running water and you'll be slipping and sliding all up and down the Underside! ⚝ Revenant Types Present: Charles, Minturno

Comments

[emberserker]

There won't be anything left of you in this afterlife!

[With a self-assured and more than slightly concerning laugh, Wolfsbane swings her axe to launch fireballs wherever anyone might leave a stump where a head had been.]

[etincelledefierte]

Hit it with everything we’ve got!

[She’ll just spin up and fire again.]

[daughterofthemark]

Show us your power, Sir Sword!

[Writing out complete sentences about how Veil is using Attack Order or whatever gets old fast.]

[swordofajerk]

[Once again, Sword sends a bolt into the water and hopefully Anguis itself, though this one is stronger than the others (thanks Veil!)]

Die already!

[ourtomorrow]

Hhhrraaaaaggghhhh!!!

[ Between Wolfsbane and Etoile covering him, Prehnite feels confident he can go whole hog on the heads. In so doing, he tries to stab as far down into Anguis as he can go. ]

[emberserker]

We'll grind you into dust!

[Yeah, she's having a time. She follows up the others' attacks with another spray of three fireballs to cauterize the head removals.]

[etincelledefierte]

Nice shot! Just a little bit more…

[She’s just going to aim for the water with a spinning star attack.]

[daughterofthemark]

Don't let your guard down, Sir Prehnite!

[Guard Order, while she's at it, since he's up close and personal with the monster.]

[cancrymods]

[ A whole team of Executors coordinating their teamwork is no joke. Even with then penned in by the ground erupting around their feet, the plan goes off... mostly without a hitch. Heads go flying and the horrible smell of charred flesh fills the forest as the Executors cut their way through Anguis' many heads. Thankfully for all of them, as they fall from the body, each head splashes away into more steaming water.

Eventually, their efforts prove fruitful when Anguis lets out one final exhausted roar and collapses to the ground, dust and mud and water kicking up in a great soggy cloud around her as she lands – with just one head to speak of. ]

[swordofajerk]

[Sword pulls back, but he doesn't step forward.]

No one here has a bow and arrow, do they?

[ourtomorrow]

Sorry.

[ He just has this pointed stick they've been electrocuting!

Prehnite hovers over the body, watching for any signs of movement. ]

[emberserker]

Well, shoot if you can.

[Wolfsbane aims an ice shard at the body just in case.]

[etincelledefierte]

Sorry, but no. Unless…

[give her a second to think.]

…I have that star attack. Prehnite, if I charge it up on the ground, do you think you could lift me up high enough that I could aim it at our little friend?

[ourtomorrow]

Leave it to me.

[ Down he comes to be ready to execute this maneuver! ]