Geartopia : The Case of the Assassination Plot

[cityship]

||Attention, Attention. Would the following personnel please report to the Observation Deck. Please bring with you any weapons and tools you might need. Attention, Attention. would the following personnel please report to the Observation Deck:

Allenby Beardsley
Maridian Gladespring
Ellyn Vitner
Red Robin
Sam Winchester
Dean Winchester
Kanoe Zouichi

Attention, Attention, would the following personnel...||

Stacy's voiced called the entire crew, until all of them were gathered at the Obs Deck. Then, a dossier appeared on the screens, along with the image of a rotating planet.

Planet Designation: Geartopia
Status: Terrestrial, H-class.
Non-sentient life: Extensive flora and fauna.
Semi-Sentient Life: Yes.
Sentient Life: Homo Sapiens, Homo Animalia, Machina Erectus.
Water: 20.6% of the planet's surface.
Climate: Earth-like, Arid desert
Landscape: 70% Desert..
Air: Normoxic concentration.
Air Pressure: 101.3 kPa (kilopascals) = 14.7 psi (pounds per square inch)
Sky: Blue
Sun: A class G2V, yellow star.
Warnings: Wildlife, humanoids and plant-life can be hazardous.
Mission: Find out of town mayoress Nomalanga's suspicions of foul play are correct. Full shore leave will initiate once this is problem is resolved.

Once the entire team was ready, they were whisked of to the planet with little fanfare, their ship landing close to a town, where a woman...well not quite a woman, but a cross between a woman and a hyena dressed in a strange outfit, greeted them along with three other figures behind her. They had arrived near the end of the day, and the sun was beginning to set behind them, staining the sky a deep orange color.

She greeted them with a bow and a wave.

"I think you for coming 'ere just barely an 'our after I send out my distress signal." She mentioned for them to follow her, while the three other figures remained behind.

"I will make this quick, as we are short on time. My name is Nomalanga, and I'm mayoress of Utorian, 'ave been for the past five years. We have asked for a small team to aid us cause some of Snidley's damn dogs have been trying to upsurge the town from my grasp. "e's was the mayor before me, but was removed for having no 'onor. He still has control of some sections of the town due to loyalty and fear, and some townsmen still suspects I threw 'im out to get more power. Now 'e's trying to regain it all, but I have no proof except for a tip I was given by one of my own that says the attack's in two days and there's enough clues stuffed in the 'aunted cave to get the entire town behind me."

She pointed to a cavern on the far left, covered by the dunes of soil and desert sand.

" 'Alf the townsfolk believe the place to be filled with ghosts at night so no one enters unless they have to. But during the day we go in and get our supplies of underground water. The entire place is a maze. I wish I could 'ave send the distress beckon sooner, but we had problems with space pirates recently."

"There is also another problem...the tip also told me one of my own three is a spy. If you could also find out which one, we could end the terrible man's grasp on the town and myself. I am pretty sure they already suspect that I have doubts, but you may find clues inside the cavern. You can also speak to them and ask a few questions, but you should get into the cavern as soon as possible, as not to get too many ghosts attacking you. And there are also men-eating bears spotted inside. My people are strong, but our technology is nothing compared to yours. Once we have more time I can explain to you how I was able to contact you at all. But for now, I can supply you with guns and torches, if you don't have any."

She seemed like a truthful woman, even if her speech was strange and spoke of someone who had lived a harsh life, despite the clothing she wore.

"My three don't trust you at all, due to our stance with outsiders and our last distress signal falling into pirate ears. I understand if you refuse, but if you accept I will make it worth your while, and the rest of your comrades on your ship will be welcomed with open arms one justice and truth is brought to light. My people do not have much but we can offer clothing and animals from our lands in exchange for your services."

[And done! There is no posting order, feel free to all start you own threads to ask questions, or butt in each other's threads while they talk back and forth]

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The Haunted Cavern

[cityship]

The map procured by Ellyn by way of Mekaisto can only be carried by one person. There are places which it abrutly ends - clearly those ways have not been fully explored yet or had dangerous drops. Using the strings, you can easily make your way back here. Therefore, the best course of action is to separate in different parts in groups and mixing if you meet each other and look for additional clues both as to who might be the traitor, along with proof of Snidley's involvement in a plot.

[You are only allowed to visit 3 areas per character each, and they all hold different clues. A few also have hazards so chose carefully! Reply picking out an area for your character, and we'll go from there.]

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[Hopefully I'm doing this right?]

[battorch]

And a Tim to join in!

[cityship]

There are no wells in this area, and it is therefore much more dark, apart from the sign near the end. Otherwise, you'll need to move the torch to get a better feel for what's around you.

Where you can only see a large black hole after it, there is a large DANGER sign painted in bright red paint, surrounded by what appears to be tiny little globes that give off their own light, possibly a natural occurring species of glowing plants. Dried flowers are spread under it as an offering to Wild Ones so they will not get insulted by the sign.

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[cityship]

The area had four wells, against lit up by the luminous creatures hanging on the ceiling. The floor was damp and wet and the steps from today's water gathering was well seen. The dried flowers were scattered all around them, and iron and wooden buckets lined up the central area.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Hmm. These were the same kind of flowers from before, weren't they? Zouichi moved to examine the buckets along the central area, looking for any clues. A well-frequented area probably wouldn't be what they were looking for, but it didn't hurt to check.

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[battorch]

[combustible_me]

Plus one pyromancer.

[cityship]

This appears to be the main area where most of the water is collected, with five fountains in a circle lit up by luminescent plants hanging above them. A multitude of both metal and wooden buckets are found on center in a pile.

There are dried flowers scattered around as offerings, along with many footmarks of various species in the damp soil. A pair of tracks that appears to be fresher leads to the left side.

There is the sound of a multitude of things softly clicking once in a while.

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[combustible_me]

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

And a paladin showed up to help!

[cityship]

The main entrance only has one water well that looks to be the most used, judging by how deep it is. Dried flowers are scattered all around it as an offering, and by the looks of it, have been stepped on and recovered with flowers countless times. A single luminescent plant hangs overhead, shining into the well.

On the left, there is large amount of iron and wooden buckets.

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[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

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[chosenfamily]

And Sam will join him here.

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[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

Is this Wailing Caverns? It looks like Wailing Caverns.

[cityship]

The area had four wells, against lit up by the luminous creatures hanging on the ceiling. The floor was damp and wet and the steps from today's water gathering was well seen. The dried flowers were scattered all around them, and iron and wooden buckets lined up the central area.

There were five miniature caverns lined up at the far end. One of them, it was easy to see, had more buckets, some filled with dried flowers. Another, the sound of soft squeaking could be heard. The other three were dark.

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[battorch]

Because that looks like a dead end and only good things can be in dead ends.

[cityship]

Indeed. There appears to be nothing special about this area. Without any plants, it is rather dark, but there seems to be no noise, apart from the clicks he has heard before in another part of the cavern.

Still, there's something odd about this section...

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[cityship]

There is nothing here, but another danger sign much like the previous area, and another water area below.

The place is very quiet.

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[combustible_me]

[cityship]

There is a single well here, and it doesn't seem to be used very often, judging from the little number of buckets present.

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[cityship]

There are three fountains arranged in a triangle formation. Buckets are found in the center, with the usual dried flowers and glowing plants.

The back wall is mostly unlit and appears to be rock formations.