Gula Underside Log

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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

[phantasmagorial]

Wh...

[ Rei blinks at him. She'd flinched when he'd spoken her name, like she'd expected a rebuke to follow, somehow. She looks around at everyone, seeking an ally and then shakes her head. She's trembling all over. ]

I don't... I wasn't... [ She doesn't even know why she's denying it. But the idea makes her feel trembly and ill. ] I don't understand what you're trying to say...

[schardynfreude]

[It's not the reaction he expects, and that...makes him frown lightly. He'd spoken to her with the usual kindness--perhaps a little trepidation, but nothing unkind. It would be easy enough to simply say no, she doesn't remember, express confusion. This strikes as something different, and he doesn't know how to take that.]

According to her, you are her heart. [At least in a manner of speaking. He's not...sure that he wants to say more than that at the moment.]

[alcahest]

[ regardless of this strangeness — regardless of whatever the situation is with this girl, this Authority, whether she's an ally or an enemy, whatever the connection is between her and Rei — Rei must be more lost than any of them right now, and for some reason, it feels like no one is reaching out a hand to her.

so Mona is quick to go from Chiron's side to Rei's, putting an arm around her to draw her close. it's a protective move; not hostile towards the new Authority, but supporting Rei. ]

Chiron... You're scaring her. [ her tone is worried, not reproachful. ] You have to explain clearly or we won't understand what's going on.