Atlantis; Take a Few Steps Back
8/1/1945, The Chasm, Pacific Ocean
The group had been waking up now and as they started to look around now with confusion and some anger right now as they saw that there was something which made the group look towards each other right now and hearing that, the group looked towards each other right about now with some caution at the moment when they begun to hear the sound of the people that imprisoned them.
That made the group look and see that there was something VERY large which made the group at the ready before they saw that there was something which made the group pause, it was Chasm people, Chasm people that had strange markings that were over their bodies now, they had filed teeth and a strangeness to them that made the group at the ready now as their realized that they had no weapons now.
They had been stripped of everything now and as they looked at each other, Namor had leapt forward towards the group right about now and as he did so, one of them had stabbed him with a spear that electrified him, shocking the group as he had fallen down now in pain, starting to groan at the moment when they had begun to laugh towards them now, “[Foolish Prince!]” the leader shouted.
Hearing that, Nammu snarled, “[Why are you here?]” she had snapped towards him, making the man smile now towards her, “[So, one of the homeland is here?]” he had said towards her in Lemurian tongue, ‘[It is a pleasure to meet you, daughter of the High Dragon.]” he told her, making Nammu realize who they all were now, “[And it is good to meet you, son of the Low Dragon.]” she told him.
Hearing that, they had smiled, liking her tongue while Bobo gave a look, “Do you know these people?” he asked of her, making Nammu nod, “They’re Lemurians of The Low Dragon.” she told them, “Those that were sent below to find the secrets of out gods.” she told them, “They had broken off from us, left us, and on that day, we had lost all contact with them.” she explained and hearing that, the group curious.
“Well then, since only one of you speaks the mother tongue, we might as well deign to speak in yours.” he snarled to them, “Byrrah the Prince of Atlatis, and Krang, Warlord of your people, had placed a bounty upon your head, and we are the lucky first to have captured you.” he said with a grin and hearing that, they looked towards each other, “It seems that we have to get to work.” Namor muttered.
They looked around, seeing that they were hidden here in a cage in a cavern, none of them should be here, but none of them had any ideas about it all right now as each of them began to see how there were so many enemies that were there and it was making the group a bit more worried now as each of them started to wonder what they would do now that they were stuck here.
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8/1/1946, The Royal Palace, Atlantis Ocean
Dorma had been swimming with Argos and the twins right now, as they had done so, the group had been making them worried at the moment and as they looked around at everything, the Lady of Atlantis had noticed that there was something which was making them all a little bit more worried by everything that was there before she had seen one of the messengers that were there.
“We have news! The prince had been rescued, but there was also something else…” he said, making the group give a look towards the man, “I had heard that there was a danger here, that there was a monster that had captured them now and hearing that, the group had looked towards each other right about now with some worry as they had started to walk right now.
“We need to set up a search party.” Opistho had told them as he walked towards the group, “There is a need for search party,” hearing that, the others had started to nod towards that, “We can set up a few more of them and then–” “We will not be sending a search party.” Byrrah had told them and hearing that, they all looked towards him with some anger and some caution right about now.
“He is within The lands of The Chasm, there is no way for us to get him safely.” He explained, “And thus… he will be lost to us until he can return himself.” The man told them and hearing that, Dorma scowled, “He is of the royal blood, it would be a act of war once more if the Lemurians were to find him.” She told him, making Byrrah chuckle, “Bobo and Nammu are with him, the beast tamer and the adventurer should be fine.”
That made her glare towards him now before she went to look at them, “If you would not mind, “I and my escorts are going on a trip.” she said towards him, making Byrrah curious on what exactly they were going to do right about now as the group began to walk off, each of them starting to move right now towards somewhere else and as they did so, Dorma took a breath.
“We need to find Silverfish, as many trackers that we can find.” she said towards them and hearing that, they had agreed, the group all starting to move as quickly as they could right about now as they had each went to go do the deed, Dorma had hoped that the Chasm People that they found wouldn’t kill them just yet, hoping that they would get to them soon.
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8/8/1946, The Cage, The Chasm
The group looked towards each other right about now and as they did so, the three of them had been dehydrated right about now and as they looked towards everything right now, there was a noise which made the group look and see that there was something which made them all look and see that there was a being that had made them all get a bit worried at the Sharka that was there.
“Attuma had heard of you.” The Sharka said, “He heard that you had been made an enemy of Atlantis, and thus, you are going to be offered to Attuma, he wished to deliver you personally.” the man told them and hearing that, the group looked towards each other before they saw that there might be a chance, “Attuma is not an enemy of Atlantis–” “No, he is a friend, and he will help his friends like they requested.
That made the group look towards each other before they started to think, at least until they saw that there was something which had made the woman grin now as they had been tossed some of their meals towards them and saw that there were some parasites that were in there and seeing that, it was one of the few that she was able to utilize right about now.
As she had made sure to hide it, Namor and Bobo saw this and started to act furious, “Let us loose! You can’t just–!” Namor started when one of them stabbed at Namor again, making him fall as Bobo had grabbed at it and then went to hit him in the gut, making one of them go and stab at his shoulder before stabbing him in the gut right about now which made the two get worried right now.
“Heal him with this, we need you two alive.” the man said and hearing that, the three of them glared towards them awesome medicine had been tossed towards them which Namor had started to use, trying to keep his cousin alive right about now, Bobo had hissed in pain as he looked towards Nammu, “Is that worth it?” he asked her, making Nammu nod towards him.
“These parasites have a symbiotic relationship, when consumed, they rewrite the brain of their prey to head back here, making them die so that their corpses could be used to feed the young, OR if you’re smart and know your fauna, they can be used as trackers.” she told them with a smile, tossing it into the water and hoping that the beast would be able to get them everything they needed.
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8/8/1946, The Chasm, Pacific Ocean
Dorma, Seth and Dara had been there, looking around at everything that was there and as they had spoken to the LAST trader that wouldn’t try to murder them, this made the group start to get more worried about what was going to happen when they started to see that there was some sort of disturbance that was happening to SIlverfish, the creature appeared a bit aggressive right now.
That made the Atlanteans a bit more worried by that when they saw that there was something which was making the group confused as they saw that there was a parasite that they removed from their animals so that there was no situations which had made the group confused, “Silverfish! What’s going on?” she had asked, making the creature try and follow after the beast.
That made the group confused right about now, going and moving to see that there was something which made them a bit more worried right now at the sight and as they had followed, Seth had cussed, “Of course they did.” he snipped, making them look towards him now with a bit of confusion, “There was this theory that those parasites are able to be used as trackers.” he told them.
That made the two of them realize what happened, “It was Namor, Bobo and Nammu… they gave us a way to find them!” Dorma said towards the brothers as she motioned for Ambrose to follow after him, the two of them following after him right about now and as they had done so, the three of them had hoped that wherever the three of them were, they would be safe enough until they got there.
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8/10/1946, Low Lemurian Camp, The Chasm
The three of them watched everything right about now and as they did so, the Atlanteans started to get a bit worried right now and as they saw how many of the Lemurians there were there, Sharka amongst them now and as they looked towards everything that was there, Dorma started to work on a spell, one that she had learned recently by the Logomancer.
“Okay, stay close and make sure that you’re touching Silverfish.” she told them, Ambrose upset by that, but she was not dumb enough to think that there was a way that the Shark hadn’t learned of him, taking a breath, she released the spell now and watched now as she saw how there seemed to be a cuttlefish smog that made them start to cough and move away from the smog right now.
They had been a bit relieved as Dorma listened to the strange dialect, “They’re in the air cave.” she told them, knowing of these prisons that had been formed naturally as well as those that had been made by their foes so that they would be able to punish their foes right now and that was making them a bit more worried by that right about now nd as they had moved, there was a noise.
That made them look towards each other now and as they started to get closer there was a noise that made them look towards it and see that there was changed by Lemurian Alchemy who had appeared more like a tracking beast now and looking towards them now, “[Imperial filth!]” They started to shout now and hearing that, they started to panic now.
Each of them had split from Silverfish who had roared now to attack a few of them as one of the Low Lemurians who had been made to be quite large to tackle them as Seth had raised the rifle he had brought now and Dara readied his spear, stabbing at a few of the enemy now as Dorma whistled for Ambrose, the creature coming out now to blast at them with magic now.
Seeing that, they started to split up now,some of them going to deal with Ambrose, others to secure Silverfish while more of them came to attack the three, “Split up! Make sure that they can’t track us!” Dorma snarled as she created a smokescreen through her magic, making the Lemurians start to tense, covering their eyes and trying to clear everything up before they scattered.
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8/10/1946, The Air Cave, Low Lemurian Camp
The three of them had been flipping bones that were in the cave and their meals towards each other when they heard the explosions, causing them to start to get a bit worried as one of the Low Lemurians had come in, “[You! Come with me!]” she snarled towards them, making the group confused by that as she had aimed her cattleprod towards them, making them all glare, except Bobo.
“Dimiri, quit it already.” he said towards the Lemurian, making them smile towards the trio, “Couldn’t help it, BB.” she told him and hearing that, the two scowled, “I take it you two know each other from your treasure hunting?” Namor asked as she started to open the cage, “Yes, we’re friends–” “[We’d be more if you made a move.]” Dimiri muttered towards no one, only Nammu hearing and understanding.
As they had gotten free now, “Come on, let’s go.” the prince told them as they started to move away from the Air Cave and to their freedom, “Who came to rescue us?” Bobo asked of his friend who sighed, “The Lady Dorma and the twins Seth and Dara.” she said towards them, making the three of them start to head out now with some worry and hope that they could save them.
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8/10/1946, Low Lemurian Camp, The Chasm
The three of them split up and hidden by one of the towers that was there and seeing everything, they had started to get a bit worried by the fact that she saw Attuma there now, making Dorma a bit more worried by the sight right about now, looking towards the group there and as they started to move, Dorma had hissed, “We need to find the three of them–” “ATTUMA!” Namor shouted.
That made the trio all groan, wishing that he and the others had been smart right now and as they did so, Dorma noticed how there was only Namor there, the others had looked towards each other at the moment and as they noticed this, they saw how there was a Lemurian leading Nammu and Bobo towards one of the exits, seeing that, Dorma took a breath, relieved now for her friend.
Attuma had smiled towards him at the moment now and as he looked towards his one time friend, The Sharka smiled, “You are going to be quite the prize! My people will eat like kings!” He told him and hearing that, the Prince snarled towards him now as he started to crack his knuckles, “I hope they can eat with broken jaws.” he snarled, making Attuma look to one of his soldiers, “Hold this.” he ordered of him.
He gave his macuahuitl to the general there who had held the item now, and that made the Prince glare, both of them started to approach each other now, their fists at the ready now as Attuma snarled, “Imperius Rex!” Namor shouted, tackling him now and as he did so, the Sharka had grabbed his wrist and pulled him forward before kneeing him in the gut now, making Namor gasp.
That made the man smile as he him elbow his spine, but Namor would not go down easily, using his wings to shoot forward and kick off of a Sharka there and as he shot back towards him now to punch him in the jaw, making Attuma start to back away with a couple of steps before he blocked his next punch, going for his throat but Namor wasn’t going to die now.
He grabbed his fist, going to apply pressure into the hand now to crush his, but Attuma was not weak now as he headbutted him now, the Prince smiling now with blood coming as he went and headbutted him in return, the two of them started to move towards the center now as they each threw a blow and either blocked or took the brunt of it now with some wrath right about now.
Going full force right about now with some rage and fury when the two of them had hit into their guts, but Attuma was the one to survive now, “Even weakened as you were, there was at least a little bit of a challenge.” He told him, going and lifting him up by the hair now and as he did so, the Sharka snarled towards him right about now, “If I were merciful I would cut your head off and give it to Byrrah and Krang.” he said.
That made Namor snarl towards him, spitting some blood in front of his face now, “But I am not merciful.” he said before looking towards the mage he had brought with him, “[I believe that it is time for us to send our friend here to the Beast Below.” he said and hearing that, the group there started to cheer or argue at the statement right now as Dorma took a deep breath, “What’s the Beast Below?” Nammu asked.
Hearing that, the woman took a deep breath, “It’s a… a punishment, one of the worst… they are placed into a darkness that has no time, no light, only monsters, hunger and pain.” Dorma said, recalling the stories that were about it, “But there is a way to escape.” she told them, going to take a deep breath, “We have to rescue him–!” Seth started when Dorma gripped his shoulder.
“Namor is strong enough to survive.” she said towards him now which made the group a bit worried at the moment, looking towards each other with some concern before they started to get up, “Let’s move.” Dorma whispered, “We’ll meet him when he returns home.” Dorma said, whispering a small cantrip, something to help him along the way now as they went to escape for now.
Namor started to get up now, in pain but not dead as he saw that a sort of ink started to appear now, swirling and forming a large ring, inside of it, he saw there were monsters there, vicious creatures that appeared to be shying from the light, seeing that, Namor had felt a moment of fear, but as he looked at them all, he started to scowl instead, “Just get it over with.” he snarled towards him.
Hearing that from him, Attuma gave a small smile, “Imperius Rex, my friend.” he told Namor before kicking him out of their land and into the portal there, his last sight being the sight of the group leaving, and with Nammu having glowing green eyes and a knife ready to stab them all, making him furious right now to attack at them, making Namor worry and wonder why his friend would do that.
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The Beast Below
Namor started to look around at everything that was there and as he started to look around, but there was nothing, no light, no noise, it was making him a bit curious at it all right about now and as he looked around at everything, but there was an inkiness that made the man look around, he tried to shout out, but there was nothing there, nothing at all, and it made him confused.
The Atlantean started to get up now, looking at everything that was not there and as he looked at everything not there, he started to feel everything that was not there, long tendrils and claws that went to claw at him a feeling that made the man look around nw when he saw that there was a glow in his chest now, making him look and see that there was… something there.
Shocked by that, he stated to look around, trying to see that there was monsters all around, all of them tearing apart and devour each other now and as they looked towards each other, there was a noise that sounded almost like a trill now, making Namor see that there was a sort of hole… one that looked to be a way out now as one of them started to sting and tear at his skin.
He could feel as his body went through so much pain, more than he ever felt before now and it was making his feel everything, his cells dying, his hair growing, time tearing through his existence, and a part of him wanted to quit, a part of him wanted to just surrender, to make them stop tearing into him and surrender into all of this right about now as he closed his eyes.
But another part of him knew that if he stayed there, he would never feel the end of the pain, and if he stayed, all that he cared for would be left to the whims of Krang and Byrrah, taking a breath, he started to swim forward at a fast pace to get through and get himself free from them now, as he went through the portal, he could have sworn he heard something like “Let’s take a step back.” It read.
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9/1/1945, English Waters, United Kingdom
Namor had left it, gasping now, looking around and as he did so, he had recalled that he was there for what felt like a moment before looking around in confusion, not knowing what had happened but as he looked around, Namor realized that he was in some sort of celebration, one that made him confused, “What the Fuck just happened?!” he asked himself right now.