Star Trek: Starbase 777

The pool area looked like any normal olympic sized swimming pool. It had lanes, pool noodles, inner tubes, boogie boards, and life vests. Also a life guard tower, how cool!

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D'ez led the team to the pool area, there was no one here, nothing really aside from pool things. "Sometimes, I like to take the noodles and fight with people. They also make great cosplay props if you are ever in the mood to make some large yet sturdy weapons for a costume."

Saith did not move towards the pool, staying directly beside the door. "Uh, is there anything actually here? Or..."

There was a jacuzzi, just for essen.

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She looked around the pool area after walking in- it really was just pool stuff in here. It was just like the pool on 777, honestly, just floaties and pool noodles and other pool things. It was just.. devoid of people, and that made it creepy in its own way to Seiyya. It put her nerves on end, but she agreed with Saith- nothing was here that was of interest to any of them.

"Do some scans, maybe something is here," D'ez encouraged them.

"Well, this would be nice if we had any time for leisure, but we're on a mission so I think we should leave this area as soon as possible, maybe," YES. SCANS. Good idea. Saith would scan! Scanning time.

Essen hobbled alongside Mira, noticing the -- HUH?! "What the...? Am I seeing this right? I was joking," Essen said. "I didn't think there was actually a jacuzzi here. Yeah, someone scan these things. I don't want to use a jasuzzi. A sus jacuzzi." (edited)

"Sir, if I may, I don't think we should be using the kidnappers' amenities period while on duty," Saith offered politely. This was a LOSL torture facility, not a hotel, after all. (edited)

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"There is, it is very toasty and has jets," D'ez said with a little smile. (edited)

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"Nahhh, I just... I was kidding, I am in no way able to do that right now anyway," Essen said to Saith. "Not with how my head is. Wouldn't be safe." (edited)

"Shall I do more scans? Or does someone else have plans to do that?" They asked as they looked around, still more than a little on edge about everything.

"No one else has scanned yet..." Rai said, looking around.

"I'm scanning right now, sir! Just waiting for it to load," the cadet answered cheerfully, perhaps a little too cheerfully, but hey. He was, in fact, scanning.

Vara'ls free hand slipped to his tricorder once more as he snapped it out and started to scan their surroundings. "The Cadet rather has a point here about use of amenities in a pool area such as this one expecially considering where we happen to be.." He responded as he played his tricorder about the surroundings.

The scans came up with some electronics hidden in one of the boxes towards the back of the room where the pool toys wre held.

"Cadet, you getting that reading at the back of the room too?" The ACTO inquired once he noted it on his tricorder. "Electronics or something?" He then added as he idly checked on Essen again and then returned his gaze to look around their surroundings as he waited for the Cadet's response.

"There's some electronics hidden back here." Saith moved towards the back of the room, sticking as close to the wall as he could, away from the pool. It was fine. He wouldn't fall in. He'd be fine. "Here," he said, pointing and pressing himself into a corner. Someone else could investigate. (edited)

"Electronics?" Essen said, looking over Vara'l's shoulder as much as she could. "In a pool area?"

"I concur," Mira said. "Unless it is responsible for essential functions including but not limited to life support, the integration of electronics in a pool area is illogical."

"It looks like the reading's coming from some form of storage box." The Romulan mused as, with the cadets indication and confirmation that the reading happened to be electronics related, he moved a bit to get a better view of that area. "Considering the lack of logic in the placement, it might be an attempt at concealing something from more surface level searches." He glanced to Essen, Mira and the others then. Glanced over and, once he'd confirmed to himself that Mira had things handled related to supporting Essen, stated, "I'm going to investigate, cover me." He moved off then toward the reading. Once he arrived there, Vara'l scanned the area the reading had come from again and then scanned the offending boxes as he attempted to work out exactly which box happened to be the one with electronics in it.

"Right," Mira had her hand near her holstered phaser, not taking it out, but just in case. Her other arm went back to helping Essen, as she looked back and forth between Essen and where Vara'l was.

Inside the little box were .... discarded? or disabled ankle monitors. The ones the hostages wore that would release poison if activated.

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"Oh? What did you find?" D'ez asked , curious what was in the box.

She looked over as much as she could without hurting herself. "What the...?" Essen said. "Well, now we know why we found the scans in here. These definitely don't normally belong here."

"I don't think we should touch those." Saith advised, watching from afar. Just in case they turned back on or something.

"Excellent. A pool. You know, I used to swim in the lakes back home. Absolutely freezing temperatures for a Vulcan, couldn't do it in the winter, but boy did it wake you up!" He looked at the electronics. "Also, maybe the technology they have here is adapted to the water. The people here spend a lot of time in water, after all."

"If I had more time and resources I would be able to maybe make an antidote..." T'She mused quietly, though they did have a bit of a thought, a dark thought but a thought all the same. "Perhaps we could use these to sneak around, but we would need to be careful."

"I found two ankle monitors." The Romulan informed everyone. "Agreed Cadet, nobody touch them." He then paused a moment and checked his tricorder again. "I wonder if we've just found signs of an escape attempt by two of the hostages prior to our arrival or some such." He mused as he scanned their surroundings, checked for life signs that weren't the teams.

"The statistical likelihood an escape attempt given the monitors are discarded in the same place, connoting a joint escape attempt, is approximately 97142.8 to 1," Mira said to Vara'l.

And in everyone's distraction at the discovery, D'ez slipped over to the side wall (literally, they were a fish person who was caked up for no reason) and pressed a button. The water in the pool and jacuzzi started rising, the doors locked and soon the room was going to be fully submerged!!!

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There was a single escape hatch towards the top part of the room, the door was heavy and would require a combined strength of 30 to open (everyone can roll 1d10 to combine their strength to open it.

"You stupid Starfleet officers, so easily distracted. To think we would let you foil our plans for our ultimate esports league," D'ez cackled as they quickly swam to the bottom of the pool and left through a small hatch under water that tightly locked as soon as they went through it.

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"Hey— HEY—!!" The water was rising, the room starting to fill, spreading to more and more. Saith pressed himself tighter against the corner, caught in his own head. Stupid, stupid, stupid, what was he thinking—

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"YOU!" Essen shouted back at D'ez. "You're under arrest for--- dammit. No time for that anyway." Essen looked to Mira and Vara'l. "I'll do what I can. But I don't think I can be much help!"

Rai was a good swimmer! But he was also very tall so it took a lil bit for him to have to tread water.

"IT WAS THE FISH!" M'jar Suss, who was not actually major sus shouted!

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"Everyone, with me, underneath this hatch. We wait for the water to carry us upward, then together, we push." His voice was raised, but calm.

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“That [insert Romulan curse word here]!“ She looked around, searching for an exit as the room started to fill with water. “Got it!” She said, going to stand by the hatch with Eshen, the water now up to her waist.

"Stay with me or Vara'l at all times," Mira said to Essen. "That's an order." She went to Eshen. "Right, everyone hear that?" As she went to the hatch with Essen.

Having spotted that the Cadet had just caught their own head a bit, Vara'l proceeded to wade then tread water over to the Cadet a moment as he looked back at Essen. "Just focus on swimming, Lieutenant, your priority is staying alive, we'll get you out." He stated before he looked back to the Cadet and checked on them. "Are you okay Cadet?" He inquired then

"I can also help," Rai, a whole ass captain, said as he began to swim towards the hatch.

"Aye, sir," Essen said, preparing herself to swim. She hadn't swam in a while, but thankfully she wasn't alone.

"Yeah— yes, yes sir," Right, he could focus, he could breathe, he just had to get out of here. They just had. To work together. Even if the water was rising and he felt like the depths of the pool were climbing up to wrap themselves round his ankles, threatening to swallow him whole, Saith forced himself to move, joining the group. "I can't," he started. "I can't. Not now, I have to - we're going to get up there, we have to,"

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"Cadet!" Suss said as he swam to Saith and wrapped his large Klingon arms around the younger officer. "I have you," He reassured him and began to swam towards the hatch.

T'She was quiet, but they did remain calm under duress, and they went to the hatch, still keeping an eye on everyone, and now concerned for Saith. "You can do this, I have the utmost faith in you." They told Saith with a nod.

“I have faith in you too, Cadet, we will get through this!” She said, the water now up to her chest.

"You got this, cadet," Essen said. "All of us will get through this. You got this!"

"You can do this, cadet," Mira said, holding onto Essen. "We will work as a team to overcome this."

Vara'l looked penetratingly at the Cadet before he nodded once at their words and followed the Cadet. "We are, Cadet." He stated as he moved to the hatch. "As has been said, we have you and you can do this." The ACTO added as he moved to help with the hatch. "Focus on us, focus on the hatch and what we're doing."

Saith caught himself enough to swim as well, not looking down, but rather, up. Towards the hatch. They had to be almost close enough to push, now..

Soon enough, she was up enough in the water to start pushing, and she shoved the hatch with all her might. 🎲7

Rolled: 1d10

[7] ➜ 7

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The hatch was now within reach of everyone.

"Essen, swim only, you heard the ACTO," Mira said. "We'll take care of the hatch." As she also puuuuuuushed! 🎲2

Rolled: 1d10

[2] ➜ 2

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He stayed calm, treading water as he waited for the water to hit the right level for them to all be able to push. When it was within reach, he said, "Three, two, one, push!" And got pushing!

Saith shoved his shoulder up against the door, doing his best to push as well. 🎲9

Rolled: 1d10

[9] ➜ 9

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T'She started to push! Hoping for the best, even if they were not trained for such a task, they needed to think on the fly. 🎲9

Rolled: 1d10

[9] ➜ 9

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only 3 more strength needed!

Essen wished she could push. But just staying afloat in the water was enough to send the pounding energy inside her head to a whole new level. It hurt, and it hurt bad, and yet, there was nothing she could do!

Eshen forgot to roll. 🎲8

Rolled: 1d10

[8] ➜ 8

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And the hatch opened!! bringing the team to #league-room-01 !

"We're open!" Mira called to everyone. "Everyone, through the hatch! Double time, move!"

In he went!

Essen, with Mira, followed into #league-room-01!

T'She was quick to move to #league-room-01 .

Up and in!

Vara'l also headed up and in as soon as the hatch opened and he'd checked to ensure that Essen had managed to get in.