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“Heartbeat?” Cillian Quinn hears it. BARNABY FINCH hears it. Even @micah hears it. But, Mars? Mars can’t hear shit. It occurs to him that it might be his Sygna Suit protecting him from the Ultra Deep Sea’s effects, but Gavin is wearing one too. Had the Nihilego venom had unexpected lasting effects, then? Is the Ultra Deep Sea affecting the others? Needless to say, Mars’ innate tendency towards paranoia does not do him wonders in a place like this. “What heartb—”

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He can’t hear it, but he can see it.

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The corridor before them inhales., warm air tousling brunette locks as currents would when underwater. It’s alive. It’s breathing in their scent. He has to be imagining it, right?

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Instinctively, without even realizing his actions, he had reached for Barnaby, fingers wrapping around his lover’s upper arm to stop him from stepping forward. It’s only once he becomes aware of this action that he too takes a deep breath, pupils that had dilated a second ago returning to normality. Right… Underboss and Admin. He’s one of the underbosses here. People are relying on him.

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Mars lets go.

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The air tastes putrid.

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“Your composure will be your best ally in a place like this, Steel. Don’t panic.” He tells Micah, his tone calm and steady, but the words may also be a reminder for himself, for it's at that moment that Mars steps forward, ahead of the rest.

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His Dragapult stays by side always, and when the dragon is commanded to enter the ILLUMINA STATE, the sudden increased brightness of its glow reveals what Mars had suspected: the walls around them are covered in flesh. It moves, pulsating and alive, and at the soft ground there is something wet – squelching with their every step.

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“Fuckin’ hell… You think there’s some Ultra Beast we don’t know extending tendrils all the way over here, or—….”

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Or, are we inside of something alive?

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He doesn’t say it because it sounds insane. Instead, he focus on what’s ahead. The corridor opens into a larger space: living quarters and perhaps even the boiler room up ahead. If Megalopolan ships are designed similarly to human ships, that is.

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“We might want to split up into pairs to cover more ground and see what we can find.” He looks to Gavin as if asking what his fellow underboss thinks of this. Pairs, not alone this time. It would be too risky, given how things had gone last time.
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TLDR;
[break]+ Worried about how the UDS is affecting the others
[break]+ Hears no heartbeat yet but sees the walls breathing
[break]+ Notices that they're made out of flesh, suggests it could be a UB they don't know but also thinks it looks like they're inside something alive (doesn't say it bc it sounds insane).
[break]+ Suggests temporarily splitting up into pairs when they reach the lower levels so they can cover more ground
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[break]PROMPTS;
[break]12 Involve the realm's heartbeat-like sound and/or the discovery of large organ-like structures.
[break]28 Find signs that the ultra deep sea that you have explored so far seems to be the inside of a large, living organism.
[break]🗺️ The ship key will unlock the lowest levels (e.g. boiler room, lowest level rooms, storage, your choice, etc.) that has been overcome with sprawling, pulsating flesh and ichor. clutches of eggs can be found here too.