Down and Through
9/4/1945, Namor’s Mindscape
The Atlantean had found a sort of calm in his mind now, he wa looking at everything that was there and saw his mind as a… a sort of tide, it raged, and it calmed, but in the end, it was everything that he knew and it wasn’t horrible terrible, it made the man a bit relieved right about now as he sat on the throne that had been fashioned as it had been remembered.
Looking around at them all, the man started to smile at the sight, thinking that all of it was cruel even his mind was cruel towards him now as The Atlantean went to get up, he drew his trident and looked towards the beach that was his consciousness, there he saw that his people were there, waiting for him, and there was no way that he was going to just leave them to Byrrah and Krang.
The Prince had leapt forth and as he went to face the ocean, it started to transform into a cephalopod now which grabbed, biting and tearing into him now, but he had felt it so many times, and he felt how the creature killed him and brought him back to the throne, leaving it right in his view, it was almost as torturous as the paradise that it put him through as Namor got ready to try again.
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9/4/1945, The Trench, Atlantis
Dorma had taken a breath as Argos looked towards her and towards The Chasm People that were there, “Byrrah had been neglecting them.” he muttered and she agreed at that, both of them looking towards them right now before one of The Chasm people had went to give her something, it was a flower, the kind that was rare and so beautiful, “Thank you, child.” she said to the boy.
He smiled at that, making the Lady of Atlantis smile back towards him now as the child blushed before swimming away, “Isn’t that more valuable than all the gold in Atlantis?” Argos asked, making her nod as she put it in her hair, “Excuse me, child!” she shouted, making the boy and his fathers look towards him, “May I ask, where did you get this flower?” she asked, making one of his father speak.
“They grow in the Heat Vents, in Submera.” he said, making Dorma think, “Have you ever heard of Submera?” she asked Argos who shook his head, “It’s one of the old colonies, an outpost down below.” he said, making her nod, “Yes, I went down there once with my father.” she said before looking, “Would you be willing to show us where exactly?” she asked, making them look to each other now.
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9/4/1945, Northern Submera, Atlantic Ocean
The group had went downwards and as they did so, the group had been surprised by how dark it all was, how the people here were so pale and seemed to be so… so odd ow as they saw that there were Sharka who had appeared to have gotten a new culture amongst themselves, it was making Dorma glad that they had went in plain clothes, “No one here wants the flowers.” the said to them with his fathers.
“I’m surprised that… Imperials, want them.” he said, whispering Imperials to them right now which was good as they all seemed– “Triton?” Dorma asked, making the green scaled man look towards them, “I’m sorry, do I know you?” he asked them, garbed as a Submeran right now, he approached them with some caution right now, “You do not know me, but you knew Prince Namor.” she said.
That made Triton realize, “You’re Dorma, aren’t you?” he asked, making The redhead a bit surprised that he knew her, “Namor talked about you more than the others.” he explained, hearing that from the Inhuman, she started to get more Red, “Oh…” she said towards him, “Tha– That’s– That’s fine– Yeah, that’s fine.” she said towards them all, making the group smirk.
“Oh, does someone have FEELINGS for The Prince?” Argos asked, making her glare towards him, “I could always use another hand MAIDEN.” she said to them, drawing her knife now, making them looking and seeing that she was serious, so he raised his hands in surrender while Triton chuckle, “What exactly did he tell you about me?” she asked of him while Triton smirked.
“I would be happy to tell you, if you tell me why you’re here.” he said towards her, making the Atlantean pause before she spoke, “Flower picking.” she said, making the royal nod, liking the sound of that as they both knew that neither would give everything away and instead go to the center, “Good thing you came here instead of Southern Submera.” he said, pointing to the area.
That place seemed to have more security, but they saw that there was criminals that were making him get a bit more concerned, going and following him right now when they saw that there was a flower field that was there and it made the Atlanteans a bit more surprised by that as they started to follow after him, all of them seeing how many of the flowers were there now.
That made the group all curious right now, each of them were curious at how there were so many of them and it was making the Lady of Atlantis go and press her palm towards a few of them right about now and as she had done so, the group started to collect the flowers, looking at them when there was a voice that spoke out, “[You! WHat are you doing?!]” someone shouted in Low Lemurian.
It wa a dialect that Dorma wasn’t overly familiar with, but she knew enough thanks to Nammu, smiling, she went to speak, “[We are simply–]” “[Silence, Imperial!]” The man said before looking to Triton and the family, “[Why did you allow these Imperials here?]” he said, making one of the fathers speak, “[They’re rubes, the woman can barely speak Low Lemurian, we’re going to rob them after this.]”
That made the warrior laugh at that while Triton looked towards the group then to Dorma who looked so calm at the statement, giving him all the explanation, “[Yes, they think that the flower is magical, so we’re planning to sell them the useless plants.]” he told the group, making them look towards each other before the warrior laugh, “[I won’t stop you then!]” he told them.
“[Just make sure that they don’t go to The South, or else they might ger turn into food.]” he said, making the Lady curious, but the family had nodded towards that, “Okay, please pick as many of magic flowers as we say.” the other father said towards them in broken Imperial, so they complied, nodding, looking scared, cowed right now before they started to move towards fields.
The warrior had chuckled to them, grinning as he went to leave them now, as he did so, the Atlanteans all started to scowl towards the statement right now as they began to move towards the rest of the field, “It seems that you’re going to be our main suppliers, our well paid main suppliers.” she told the trio, making them look towards each other now while Dorma looked towards Triton.
“So then… would you be able to tell me what exactly Namor told you about me?” she asked and hearing that, the Inhuman smiled as he went to move towards the side of the Inhuman who chuckled, “He told us that you’re one of the smartest women that he had ever seen.” the prince said and hearing that, he smiled, liking the sound right about now when he began to tell her everything right now.
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9/4/1945, Megataur’s Nest, Subterranea
Nammu was looking towards the group there and as she did so, The Atlantean leaned down towards some of the Moloids, helping them up now and as she did so, they began to crawl around her, making her grin at everything right about now before she went to go and walk towards some of her gear so that she could pick up some items that Bobo had given to her.
She looked at the needle, the ink and the small hammer that was there before deciding that it was the perfect time for her to get started on tattooing herself, nothing to serious, just something to recall everything that happened there as Nammu went to her right shoulder, looking towards it and then towards The Megataur’s skull, making a few adjustments as she worked to etch it in now.
As the woman did so, the Atlantean felt the pain at the moment before she smiled towards it all until the Atlantean had finished it up to reveal the horns of The Megataur that she was working with before the names of Magni and Modi had both went to one of each horns now, making the woman smile as she looked at the reflection towards the tattoo now.
Liking the sight of that, she had went to put a cloth over the tattoo which was making him looking towards the group before he paused in confusion at that as The Moloids started to approach the woman, making her confused by that when she started to see that they wanted that as well, looking towards her as she saw how interested in the tattoo tools that were there, “What–?”
That was followed by one of them going and taking some of the tribal paint that was around them before the creature had went to paint the same horns on the chest now, making Nammu look at it with fascination before some of the others had started to do the same, all of them looking and starting to pain the horns of The Megataur onto their bodies now.
Some of them did their arms, some did each others backs, a few on their faces and chests, all of them appeared to be falling underneath her banner now, and it was making her smile now, she had herself an army that was on her side, and as she looked towards all of them, hitting their chests, Nammu looked towards The Megataur now with some interest right about now.
She had approached The Megataur, he looked towards her, blood still on his maw and looking like he was full now, seeing that, she went to offer her hand towards him, making the Megataur take a large whiff of her scent, now was the moment, now she had to wait and see what would happen and as he had moved forward slightly, she grinned at the sight that was before her.
The Megataur had been tamed, it was obedient now to her and she was not going to relinquish that ability just yet, “Good…” she said towards the creature, “You and I are going to be a terror untold.” she said and the Megataur seemed to huff, liking that sound it seemed to make the Moloids begin to beat onto the ground now and as it did so, the Moloids began to beat onto the ground now, making Nammu smile now.
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9/4/1945, Jackson, Wyoming
Bobo was walking through the area and as he did so, The Atlantean started to pick at some of the supplies that were there, going and grabbing at some of the food there so that he could make sure that he and some of the other animals that he had been collecting were all snacking on some of the foods that were offered before them, taking a breath, he went to the shops that were around.
Entering, he went to pick up some of the weaponry and some more camping supplies, “Hey, Robert!” one of them men shouted towards him and hearing that, Bobo smiled, “hey there!” he shouted with a grin, glad that the gill scarf was covered up by the long clothing that he wore, “Have the things I ordered come in?” he asked, making the Shop owner nod towards that, “Sure did! Come on!” he said.
Hearing that, Bobo had walked in, looking around and grabbing a fur lined cap that he saw and seeing that, he grinned, “It’s going on you bill.” he said to Bobo who nodded, “No problem.” he said to the man with a smile when he noticed that there was a sight, one that made him grin now, “What is THAT?” he asked, walking over to grab at a comic that was posted there, “Adventures of The Invaders!”
On the cover of it was none other than Namor The Sub–Mariner in one of those children clothes that they put on before they acquired a Sarong, it made him grin, “How many of these do you have?” he asked and hearing that, the man looked at him, “The Fish Man? You like him?” he asked, making Bobo grin, “No, I just want to embarrass my cousin, people say that he looks just like him.”
That made the show owner grin, “Price is on the comic.” he said and hearing that, The Atlantean started to pick up and grab at a few others that were there with images of his cousin and putting some items that he had bought down as well as everything that he ordered before finally he looked towards everything, “Thanks, Hal.” he said to him before they heard the sound of a crash.
That made the two of them look towards the sight and seeing that there was a fire now, gasping, he went to Hal who seemed to be scared, “Goddammit!” he shouted, going to get a fire extinguisher now and as he did so, Bobo got one of the least flammable cloths and went to smack the flames when he saw that there were a few more that were being tossed towards him now.
Reacting, he looked towards Hal, “We need to run!” he shouted, making the store owner shake his head, “No! I am not letting those assholes burn down my place of business!” he shouted towards him in annoyance right now as the heat got too much, “I’ll deal with the assholes! Just try to get out!” he ordered, making the man nod now as he went to extinguish the flames while Bobo rushed out.
He tackled out the door now and as he looked around, the man started to see how there were men there with bottles filled with something flammable with burning rags, “Hey! What the Hell are you doing?!” he questioned towards the group, making them look towards him with anger and confusion, “Buzz off! We’re dealing with this scumbag!” one shouted now.
Hearing that, Bobo scowled as he went to go and tear into some of the group now as Bobo grabbed at a few wrists now and started to throw them off, “Calm down!” he shouted in anger towards them right about now, that made one of them go and grab at some of the weapons there with one of them raising a bat towards him, but he wasn’t affected at all, only annoyed at that.
Standing up now to his full height, he turned towards the man who realized he made an error, Bobo took the bat and broke it in half with one hand now, making them all start to back away until they started to run away now, seeing that, Bobo went to go and smash the fire hydrant there, aiming it towards the shop in question to hose it down and help kill off the fire that was there.
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The fire had been dealt with, Police and The Fire Department had started to deal with everything, making sure that there wasn’t too much damage right now and as they looked towards everything before both Bobo and Hal sat besides each other, the pair each leaning back in annoyance towards everything when Hal spoke, “How the Hell did they find out?” he muttered, making Bobo look to him.
“What do you mean?” he asked, making the friend that he acquired give him what looked like a cigar, “I got this plant from Mexico, it’s great for people that get… nervous.” he said, offering on towards Bobo, making him a bit cautious now before both of them went to light their cigars, Bobo took a deep drag of the cigar now alongside his friend and felt something coming on now which made him exhale.
Both of them looking towards the destruction, “I got some money if you need a loan.” he said towards him, hearing that, the man waved it off, “Nah, I’ve got some stuff hidden away to restore it.” he said and hearing that, the two had each leaned back right now, “How about the two of us go ahead and get a beer?” he asked and hearing that, the Atlantean sighed, “Why the hell not?” he asked,
The two of them started to head towards the nearest bar and as they did so, Bobo had opened his wallet, going to get some money when Hal saw that he had a picture which made him whistle, “Cute dame.” he said, making Bobo nod, “She’s beautiful.” he told him, making Hal look towards him with some curiosity, “Oh? How so?” he asked of him right now.
That made Bobo look, “I met her in Long Beach with my cousin and a friend, we had connected with each other on such a level that… that I wanted to be by her side forever.” he said to him and hearing that, the man got a bit more curious, “Oh? And Where’s she now?” he asked, making Bobo sigh as they looked towards some of the buildings before he spoke, “Raising my child.”
That made Hal pause and look towards him with some surprise now, looking towards him with some confusion and then interest, “Okay then… so why aren’t you there?” he asked and hearing that, the man sighed, “It is a long series of tales I cannot even begin to describe.” he told the pinkling now and hearing that, he grinned, “We’ve got time.” he said to him as they entered together.
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9/5/1945, Teton Wilderness, Moran
Bobo had walked back in now and as he looked towards his camp, the Atlantean went to sit down, taking another of the cigars that he acquired from him and then went to light one, feeling like he was going to be needing another one of them right now as he noticed that someone had been in his camp, someone had come in and observed everything that he had there.
Walking towards some of the machinery that was moved and some of his tricks that he set up to protect his territory, he saw what was tampered, what was dealt with, and that made the Atlantean sigh in annoyance before he got up and looked towards the tracks that were there, luckily, he had made sure that there was nothing that was Atlantean or showing what he was planning.
Bobo went to sit down and pull out the camera that was there, looking up towards some of the individuals that were there before he went to take a photograph, seeing all of them had made the man smile at least for a moment before Bobo went to start taking a few more photographs, liking what he saw and promising himself that he was going to get everything back to the way that it should be.
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9/5/1945, Kendal Residence, New Canaan
Liz and Cass were looking at it, Cass had shoed the story to the boy in the woods and through the descriptions, he created images as he if witnessed them himself and they made her smile, “This is Attuma!” she shouted, showing the image to Liz which was making her a bit concerned with how he looked, but was also amazed by the fact that there was such a being underwater right now.
That made her concerned, but she went to smile towards the scenes as both of them went ahead and began to bind the book together with her until they had formed a story for them, “This is beautiful, Cass.” she said and hearing that, Liz smiled, “I want to make another one.” she told her, and hearing that, Liz smiled, “Okay, then you’ll have to go and have some more adventures.” she told her.
Hearing that, Cass smiled widely, “Really?” she asked, making the woman nod, “Yes, but you’ll have to be more careful wouldn’t want to worry all of us again.” The woman said and hearing that, the girl nodded, “Yes!” she shouted and hearing that, the woman smiled a bit wider as the two of them had went to move the book now, it was beautiful right now and could not wait to see what people would think of it.
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9/5/1945, The Royal Palace, Atlantis
The Atlanteans had been bringing the items towards the members of The Royal Family, all of them had been in awe that the alchemic blooms had been presented, “The Chasm People provide.” Dorma said to them, kneeling, and hearing that, the group looked towards her with some shock, “How did those… people, recover so many?” Byrrah had asked of them right now.
Hearing that, Dorma spoke, “They have been able to make a contract with beings able to acquire the flowers, sadly the beings will not work with any Imperials.” Dorma said, making Krang give a look, “You have tried?” he asked, making her nod towards that, “They had attempted to kill me if not for The Chasm People.” The woman told him and hearing that, they looked at each other.
“Well then, it seems that we will need to form a new connection.” he told him and hearing that, the group had looked at each other, this was going to be a bit dangerous, but together, they were going to either sink or swim in this endeavor, and there was no telling how well or how badly the whole situation was going to go on right about now with everything right about now.