Ok let me check.

Updated. Caroline's mental is now 40. Lucas combat is now 30. William has 11 potency points. Smiley just 2 now.

Congrats William has a potency mod of 1.  Now the weirdness begins as William can see things more clearer.

Okay so day 3 what is everyone doing?

William, Jake, Caroline, Smiley and Lucas decide to make that area sweep together they were planning on. Jake is on his guard, even more so than usual. He is quiet and concentrated. He walks a little in front of the rest of the crew, scouting the area and looking for signs.

Lucas at first thought he had the most in common with Caroline, but the longer this trip takes the more he is socializing with Smiley. They both have the crime connection, although each from a different side. Smiley is talkative as usual, but Lucas could see something is bothering him. While Lucas talks about really cold winters and skiing with Smiley, he still pays attention to his surroundings.

The back of the group is formed by Caroline and William. They both are quite scholarly and they are discussing different research methodologies. Williams looks a bit more startled than usual. Caroline isn't exactly relaxed either, but William looks a bit feverish.

As William should be.  In the lab he notice the mysterious blood on the ice rods, but it appears quite blurry.  When William points it out to the others they could see nothing.  They see no blood, no blur, and just nothing other than the ice rods.

When they got to the drilling site William notice a lot of dark blurs under the drill platform.  He could tell it is some small cave, but any attempt to go into it fails.  The others stand watching this odd behavior as they don't even see the cave.  Not even a single blur.

Ok next reply coming up. Let me think what to do. Problem is the more we experience to better we can see what is really going on. But it's a bit dull to let everyone just stroll around for a few extra days.

Just a few questions. Do the players already know what the purpose is of the drilling site? Are there any documents about this drilling site somewhere around the base? And is there a map somewhere? Maybe the cave is on a map of the underground.

The only thing you know and what the scientists knew is that the drill site is used for drilling out rods.  That is it.  The corporation that hired you doesn't know any thing beyond that.  So yes that cave is a new discovery.

Personally I am surprise how much your team buys into this.  It is if they are believers and want to believe.

Ok what are rods exactly? Like this?

Or these?

And the rods with blood on it? I figured they were ice picks of some sort, but I guess I am wrong.

Caroline is looking anxious. "I am very curious about these scientists. What were they up to? They did awaken something devious and twisted. Are they doing research on some sort of extra dimensional creatures?"

William still is puzzled on why he is the only one who sees the blood and the cave. "I think I see this stuff because the thing got hold on me. The more you get in touch with them the better you can see them. I have no idea what they can be. I can't remember reading anything about them in the past."

Jake is on the edge. "I really want to go down that cave you see. Too bad we can't see it or enter it. I am sure there is something down there. My gut tells me that."

OOC

Spoiler

The rods are made of ice and are massive cyclinders.  Basicly each layer is a age that scientists use to measure.  Each measurement determines the temperature conditions of the world at that time.

Despite being able to see the cave William has a hard time trying to enter it.  He feels a powerful barrier.  With nothing, but willpower the man forces himself into the cave.  He feels like he did something that no human had ever done and a new sense of danger.

Spoiler

Congrats William now knows how to sink.

The others saw William walk through visible ripples in the air as if the man is walking through a wall of water.  The next moment he disappears.

The cave is deep and just keeps on sinking.  William can see a... creature.  It looks like a fleshy spider that is in a harden carapace.  Amazing camo as it looks like solid ice.  The drill must had drilled through the creature by accident and alerted others.  Are they hunting you, or protecting their cave.

Now filled with horror William looks around and doesn't see the others.  He runs towards the entrance of the cave and in either fear, or will power the man push himself back through the barrier.

Spoiler

Congrats you now went back to potency mod 1 where everyone can still see you.  William also gain 8 potency points in witnessing the creature.

Finally the team can see William come out through the strange ripples.

What do you mean with "I went back to potency mod 1"? Was I higher than 1? And what is sinking?

"What did you do?" Smiley asked

"I don't know." says William. "I pushed through some invisable wall and back. When I went through I didn't see you at all. I saw you again when I pushed back through the wall. There is something really weird going on. When I went in I saw something. A giant spider. Covered in armor made of ice. It's dead. Probably the drill hit the thing. What are these things? And what is this cave? How could the drill have hit the spiders? If they are in another place unseen then how could it have hit?"

Quote from: jan paparazzi;793868What do you mean with "I went back to potency mod 1"? Was I higher than 1? And what is sinking?

Sinking is basicly going deeper into the hidden worlds.  It basicly increases your physical, mental, and social attributes.  Say you got physical 34, mental 21, and social 41.  You sink three levels.  That means your stats are physical 64, mental 51, and social 71.

The down side is two fold.  One monsters have easier time to get you as it requires less effort to phase through the potency levels.  Secondly using supernatural powers while sinking will increase your potency.

Sink 1 level = 2 potency points per use
Sink 2 level = 3 potency points per use
Sink 3 level = 4 potency points per use
Sink 4 level = 5 potency points per use
Sink 5 level = 6 potency points per use
Sink 6 level = 7 potency points per use

You get the idea.

Now what I meant by going back to potency one I mean going back to your normal level.  Which means your stats go back to normal as well.

Let me think up a post.  I will have something by tomorrow.

Later on that night the team are having dinner.  Things had calm down for a while and they are going over what they do know.  Though the weapons are nearby and Jake is not taking any chances any more.

Outside the team can hear strange noises, but when they look through the window they see nothing.  Not even William, but he could change that if he wanted to do that.  Then again that may not be wise.  He already seen a dead creature and a living one might take him over the edge.

Still the noises continue and eventually the team can hear strange foot steps on the roof.  Suddenly they can hear it on the walls as well.  The living quarters is surrounded.