by Narrator » Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:16 am
As Sam stretches out her mental feelers she not also finds Bruce down there but also something else. Something lurking in the proverbial (and to her ravens somewhat literal) shadows. Something that in response turns her attention to her.
"I see you... So many sparks on this ship but yours... Down! Down to me, into the belly of the beast!"
Even in the low light the sudden change is noticeable. The stairs, the walls, everything is suddenly flaking away as if rust was rapidly tearing at it and with a sudden lurch the entire staircase gives away. Sam, Siberia and Bruce go tumbling down the dark shaft that seems to go on and on for much longer than the ship should be deep. Around them they can see others stumbling into the empty stairwell, falling along with them. Sam's ravens swirl around her and where she passes the walls seem to momentarily sprout black feathers themselves, creating a strange ribbon of rippling plumage that seems to follow their descent. When they finally land the impact isn't nearly as heavy as they might expect, they just suddenly come to a stop in some kind of cavern made entirely of ice. Countless distorted faces reflect in the clear walls almost as if they're trapped or maybe just moving around on the other side of the clear ice.