[Closed(?) Event Post - The Below That Should Not Be]

[duelacademynpcs]

::So Judai and Asuka meet together one night soon after hearing Kamala's story about a former classmate who shouldn't be.

It's in the maintenance tunnels. Probably darker clothes to avoid cameras and security as much as possible, and Asuka's advised against anything too loose because there is a lot of piping.::

Comments

[danse_etoile]

At least not up to the point we knew him.

But I recall my brother and Ryo after the matter saying there was something deeply... wrong with Fujiwara. A broken bitter resentment underlining all his actions the more and more they thought about it.

[i_like_red]

Hmm, we don't really know what he's been doing since we last saw him, so it's possible that side of him is more prominent now.

[danse_etoile]

Or this was him before everything?

Or its an imposter like you suggested.

Hrm. Something's definitely. Off.

::Taps her chin.::

[i_like_red]

Yeah, I agree something feels really off with all of this.

I guess we'll have to see what we find.

[danse_etoile]

::Opens the door, and what's behind it is a mostly normal hallway that leads to... steps. Normal steps.::

[i_like_red]

*He takes a deep breath.*

Alright. Let's be careful.

[danse_etoile]

I've been down below, so, the way down's safe but... yeah.

::Takes a deep breath herself.

Walking down. And down. And down. It's going down way too many steps, before you reach a turn to another flight. Down. Down. Down...::

[i_like_red]

*This is a LOT of steps.*

This is way deeper underground than I thought it was.

[danse_etoile]

Yes. And it feels like it's even deeper than last time...

::And down. Down. Down. To another turn.::

[i_like_red]

*As they carry on, deeper and deeper, Judai couldn't help but feel a knot in his stomach, especially when Asuka comments that it feels deeper to her than the last time she was down here.

Quietly, he keeps and eye and an ear out for anything unusual... other than what seemed to be a never ending descent down stairs and hallways.*

[danse_etoile]

::And then we hit a door. A plain school door.::

[i_like_red]

*Judai quietly reaches out for the handle and attempts to carefully open the door.*

[danse_etoile]

::It's a storage room... except the back wall is missing, and opens into a vast cyclopean tunnel, made by some civilization that must be pre-human. Non-human. It's far too big for sanity. Far too ancient to be man.

There's a rusted motorcycle, and rusted barrels in the 'storage room', and the tunnel. More of an alien cathedral, just stretches on.::

[i_like_red]

*Juudai cautiously walks in, looking around at the storage area, then at the tunnel.*

This looks REALLY out of place...

I take it there is nothing mentioned about the school being built on top of something?

[danse_etoile]

No.

And the door we came in isn't on the school plans.

[i_like_red]

So the question is, where did this area come from and what's it for.

[danse_etoile]

Or how.

::Taps, the rusted motorcycled.::

This got down here.

[i_like_red]

That's true.

*He takes a deep breath, then looks towards the tunnel.*

I guess we should investigate this creepy ancient tunnel.

[danse_etoile]

Right.

::The area... seems... empty, unused, and it might take some time to reach the other side of the structure.

A tunnel understates what it is. It's like the misplaced portion of some ancient city or temple. But it feels so empty.::

[i_like_red]

*Judai looks around as they walk through the tunnel.*

This feels so out of place. Like it shouldn't belong here.

I really feel something like this would've been found or known about when the school was actually built if it was here beforehand.

It's weird it's so... empty too.

[danse_etoile]

Yeah, like. We came across the idea of something someone had... but never completed.

Was this even here when the school was built...? It has to be, right?

[i_like_red]

I mean, logic says it had to be but... logic isn't always a thing we deal with.

I would've thought that there would have been some information somewhere saying the school was built on top of something, or what was here previously.

Though, this place seems rather ancient, so maybe it was just buried all those years and nobody knew it was here until now.

[danse_etoile]

... Hrm, maybe. Though that bike and barrels seem like they were for a normal storage room that got dragged down deep... The hell...

::Turning her head back, squinting.::

[i_like_red]

Hm?

Do you notice something?

*He turns his head to the direction she's looking.*

[danse_etoile]

It feels like.

And this is just a guess.

Like the spaces got melted together...? A storage area to the school and whatever this is.

::Motions to the 'cathedral'.::