Coral Restoration Log [closed to those in the teams]

[thalassino]

Monday morning, bright and early, Station Master gathers those that signed on to help out, bringing them down via the elevator, before sealing it off, making it impossible for anyone to go up or down.

This is it. This is the day. We are going to fix the coral or... not fix it, really.


[ooc: please check each individual thread for more information. Also, as for the attack/defence part of the log, we are willing to play out the fights for you (apart from the NPC fight which will for sure be played out by us) however, we have given you the skills/attack patterns of the monsters, so if you'd rather, for the sake of speediness, play out the monster yourself, that is also fine, just let us know.]

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Coral restoration

[thalassino]

Once the water has been drained away by those putting up the water barriers and the coral is clear and dry, this is where the engineering crew comes into play. Underneath a layer of quaint cobblestones, they will soon come across a layer of heavy duty cement. Hopefully you have some tools (or personal strength?) to break through. Once broken through the layer of cement, it will give way to an underground cavity. Most of the cavity is taken up by the 'roots' of the coral, burrowing deep into the rock. And on these glowing roots, various devices have been attached, with wires running deep into the core of the coral. In many cases the wiring inside the machines has been fried and needs to be replaced. Good luck.

Team South - Washu, Darkleer, Tech, Dwight

[aim_exorable]

Darkleer doesn't waste anytime once they arrive at their chosen spot. It's fortunate that he's already had to create a drilling machine for personal reasons, so he simply pulls out a large robot from his sylladex. Designed after a mole, of course, and clearly outfitted for getting through concrete and such.

"Unless anyone has any better ideas," he adds politely as the robot starts to rev up its drill.

Team South - Washu, Darkleer, Tech, Dwight

[dwightandclean]

Fix the coral. Simple enough...and something he was familiar with. Well...the fixing things part at least. The part where he was working with a troll, a coyote and a pink haired woman was a little out of the norm even for him.

The Cleaner just look flatly at mole, "Hey...I'm not going to complain."

Team South - Washu, Darkleer, Tech, Dwight

[dotthedisconnect]

Tech circled the soon-to-be drill site, looking on the machines with vague admiration. Granted it was no plasma-cutting-drill-cruiser, but Darkleer clearly had a distinct sense of...flair. Flair was a way to put it.

"This seems as efficient as any of my immediate solutions. Carry on."

Team South - Washu, Darkleer, Tech, Dwight

[crabbygenius]

Just like everyone else here, she's looking over the drilling machine and perhaps poking at it.

"It works for me. My way would result in molten rock."

[aim_exorable]

He's old fashioned, so sue him. Unless it's on a spaceship, he doesn't see the reason for lasers everywhere, gosh! You're looking for Dualscar in that department.

The drillingbot looks as annoyed as a robot possibly can with Washu's poking, politely trying to swat her away just slightly before it began to get to work. It wasn't... elegant, by any means, but it was fast, drilling through the concrete. To make matters go through quicker for the others, Darkleer began to assist as well, moving entire chunks of rock out of the way. They had enough engineers on hand, clearly, so he would focus on using his more physical talents for now.

[dwightandclean]

Someone had their wheaties for breakfast. Dwight just nods and backs out of the way of the bigger pieces of debris. He adjusts his bag and looks at Washu and Tech. "Any idea just what we're...drilling and clobbering our way into?" The question is towards DArkleer too but the big guy looks a might busy at the moment.

[dotthedisconnect]

Still circling, Tech watched the robot and the troll do their work. Unless they came across a layer of metal, he had very little to offer here.

"The so-called heart of the coral, no doubt. I imagine it's going to offer some fascinating insights as to the nature of its construction--perhaps even answer some of our lingering questions." Naturally, that meant that he didn't really know, but such trivialities weren't going to tamper his enthusiasm for discovery.

[crabbygenius]

The bot can just deal with her poking and prodding for the moment. Once it started working, she backed off and let Darkleer and his creation do the work. It was always nice to have someone else to the heavy lifting for once~.

In the mean time, she focused her attention to the other two lucky enough to be on a team with the greatest scientific genius in her known universe. "I'm pretty sure it will answer questions. And raise some more." She shrugged a little and glanced towards the growing hole. "But, from what I gathered we will see some sort of attempt at combining nature and technology."

[aim_exorable]

"Correct," Darkleer called out from the hole right before he launched another rock up onto the surface. Away from his team, of course. As he made his way up to clear something of a path for the group while his robot worked, he added in his own two cents. "There are coral roots, I believe, and that is where the technology is attached."

As he got up to the top again, he glanced down into the hole. "They certainly did put some rather strong material beneath the street, but I'll have it broken through in a short while. What items did the rest of you bring?" Washu, he doesn't doubt has a vast majority of things hidden up her sleeve. Tech and Dwight were a little more unknown.

[dwightandclean]

Dwight only smirked a little at Tech and turned towards Washu, "So we'll see when we get there. Got it." He folded his arms and watched the debris continue on, cautiously peering in when the hole became big enough. Oh, okay Darkleer's answer at least gave him a mental image to work with.

"I brought anything I could get my hands on....just nothing as fancy as a robot." He wasn't exactly used to sharing whatever he had with people he knew- people he'd just met or barely knew? Yeah not going to get much out of him beyond 'stuff'.

[dotthedisconnect]

Tech, on the other hand, had few qualms about showing off. He grinned, producing a handheld , gun-shaped device. "This beauty is a micro fusion-powered boring laser. Not effective at clearing in volume or quantity, but highly efficient at spot-specific penetration. It will suffice for creating handholds, or weakening the overall structure."

He clicked the safety back and forth between stable and fir--er, boring modes. "Just, uh, don't aim it at the coral."

[crabbygenius]

Darkleer was right, Washu did have a vast majority of things hidden up her sleeve. Maybe literally depending on her mood. However, it didn't seem like she had much of anything save for a little bag slung over her shoulder. It looked to small to hold much, but that was the beauty of it~.

The genius just smiles as Dwight and Tech mentioned tools and just gave Tech's device a quick glance. "A cute little device~. You might even get to use it."

Meanwhile, she's just.. waiting for Darkleer to finish his work so they can get started~.

Team Eaaast--Jade, Dirk, Leo, Guy (using brackets for speed gomen)

[spacecase]

[Now while Jade doesn't happen to have a robot with a drill bit like her good buddy Darkleer does, she does have a fairly heavy duty drill in her sylladex for their area of ground.

That, and even if she's dissatisfied with the size of this drill, she is able to grow it with her space magic, carefully maneuvering the enlarged drill into the ground with this same space magic and keeping an eye on the progress. Don't want to accidentally hit anything important, after all.]

If you guys see anything off before I do, let me know, okay!

Re: Team North--Jade, Dirk, Leo, Guy (using brackets for speed gomen)

[fundemetal]

[Leo decides to try and help by pulling a big hammer out of his tool belt and lighting it on fire. The fire starts on his hands and spreads down the length of the hammer. After Jade has broken ground he starts working in the opposite direction she is, hoping the heat along with the already cracking surface will help them break through.]

Now this is some team work.

Mod OK'd - hooray for OOC tags getting eaten. x_X

[mysterious_groper]

Hang on. Lemme try this on one of the cracks!

[A certain girl, who had caught up with the group just before they left, pulled a drill out, jamming it directly into the crack and starting it up.]

If this works, we'll be down in no time!

[shippingmath]

[Dirk doesn't get out any tools yet- with three people helping in the breaking up of the concrete, they're approaching the threshold for a 'too many cooks in the kitchen' scenario, in his opinion.

Instead, he stands close, occasionally flashstepping in and back away again when a chunk of rubble is broken off in a piece small enough to move, all the while keeping an eye out for any sign of mechanics.]

It's only likely to be a few feet at best, so careful where you're flailing things.

[relinquishing]

No kidding.

If we can get in there and have a look around, we can figure out how much space we're really going to need. Don't get too crazy.

[Guy's in about the same situation as Dirk - besides, he's more prepped for smaller work, not heavy-duty destruction... unless they wanted a controlled explosion, and that wasn't looking to be helpful right now. So for the moment, he only keeps an eye out, moving what rubble he can. Might as well let the girls (and Leo) have at it until they had a better look of what they were working on.

Well. As long as nothing else broke in the process.]

[spacecase]

Pfft--

[And she shrinks the Big-Ass Drill back down to its normal size to put it back in her sylladex. The surface broke open nicely enough, with the hammer and the other drill going at it, they should have a cozy little hole to climb down soon enough.]

I can't wait to see what's down there, I would have never thought that the coral was a machine.

[Someone's a little excited.]

[mysterious_groper]

From what I understand, it's not. It just has machines kibitzed all over it!

*After a bit, Pascal stops.*

Those are what we're going to need to fix - and quickly!

[fundemetal]

[When they're done excavating, Leo douses the flames on his hammer and shoves it back into the tool belt which obviously doesn't look like it can hold something that big, but it does.]

Let's get to it. If anyone needs a tool that they don't already have or any replacement pieces, just ask me and I can get it. [He triumphantly taps his tool belt] I've got it covered.

[shippingmath]

Cyborg coral, even fucking better.

[Dirk leans in toward the hole to try and get a good glimpse of what's inside.]

Can't say for sure 'til we know what shit we're dealing with, but sounds like you've got shit in hand regardless. Now c'mon, let's see if there's poison gas or wire traps waiting for us.

[And despite that very negative statement, Dirk immediately steps forward and starts to make his way down to the bottom of the hole. Being a skinny teenager comes in handy sometimes.]

[relinquishing]

Sounds like a party. Watch yourself--

[Guy's only steps behind Dirk, flashlight pulled out and immediately flicked on the minute the teen stepped forward. He might not have a good view from here at the very moment, but the light should at least get Dirk a decent view of the cavern below them. Guy's not too keen on just relying on the coral's glow to light their work.]

[spacecase]

[Eyebrows being raised at Dirk aside, Jade waits for the rest of them to make their move.]

I can go last, I have a light of my own. [And she flicks up a green glow of space magic to illustrate her point.]

[mysterious_groper]

*Pascal hops down with hardly a word. Once she starts seeing what is below...*

Oh! Just gotta kachunk a buncha wires back into place! Preferably without electricy death! That's not so bad!