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"I doubt treasure is on their minds right now. The ship looks damaged." Grezz said as the Drone continued examining the ship. There was a massive hole in one side of the ship. Judging by the surroundings, the hole may have been caused by the ship hitting a wall in the trench or something. "So, we gonna go down there and inspect it?" Jackie questioned. "I'm not sure." Grezz said. "Though I doubt any of us could withstand the pressure at those depths, so we'll need to take a smaller craft if we do." Grezz said.

"Well if they're a distressed party, I aint saving no one's life unless I get payed for it," Avuk said.

"Shut up, Avuk!" Grezz commanded. "The more you demand money, the less you're going to get, now zip it!" Hey, someone needed to do it.

"Oh, fine. We'll take my scout ship," Avuk suggested. "It has a built-in amphibian mode for underwater travel. Never felt the need to use it, though, but it should be in the hanger, right?"

Oop:I actually had a plan for Grezz to have a smaller ship in his hangar they could use :'D. Sorry if I didn't give enough to respond to, but I'd prefer if you not control my characters.

"I thought all ships came with amphibian modes?" Jackie questioned. "Plenty do, but not all of them." Grezz said. "Go get your ship prepped and ready." Grezz said to Avuk.

OOC: Oh, sorry. Do you want to rewind.

Oop: Sure

"Well if they're a distressed party, am I going to be payed to help?" Avuk asked. "Regardless, how are we supposed to reach them?"

"Well, I can't pay you. That depends on the King." Grezz said. "As for how we're going to get there, I had presumed we would be going deeper underwater. My ship can handle immense amounts of pressure, but it's not indestructible. So I had a few submersible ships put into my hangar." Grezz said.

"Submersible, eh? That sounds useful (and fun)," Avuk said. "(Maybe I could keep one for myself if I can fit it on my ship) Well, I suppose I could use the action anyway."

The group grabbed a few supplies, with Grezz putting on his armor just incase it is a trap by pirates or there are some aggressive local creatures on the ship. The three soon went to the hangar and boarded the submersible. It was fairly small, only being large enough to carry four people.

"No one told me it would be this cramped," Avuk said. Avuk's species was very large and, naturally, had a fear of confined spaces. Despite being smaller and lighter than most of his species, Avuk carried the same claustrophobia that the rest of his species had.

"I apologize. The thought hadn't occurred to me that it would be relevant." Grezz said. They took off soon, heading down into the trench the drone had gone down. The ship came into view as they went deeper down. The further explored the hull, finding the hangar. Grezz maneuvered the submersible into it, with a pair of robotic arms coming down and hooking onto the submersible, holding it a few feet above the floor and allowing Avuk, Grezz, and Jackie to exit the submersible.

Avuk took a look around the ship before muttering the first thing that came to mind. "What a piece of junk." Avuk was good at speaking without thinking. "Right, so now what do we do?"

"Well it is crashed from the looks of it." Jackie said. "We should make our way to the bridge. Most ships of this size have health monitors, which would be helpful in helping us find any survivors." Grezz said.

"I dunno, but if they're not even using it, that might not be a good sign," Avuk said. ...That was actually one of the more intelligent things he's said recently. "Hmmm, I smell something. Could be life or death."

The three made their way through the ship. The ship was almost entirely silent, save for the occasional creak or groan. For the most part the ship was dark, save for the occasional 'Alert' lights that would periodically flash on and off. "Seriously, where is everyone? We should've atleast seen some bodies by now. Ship crashes usually kill tons of people. Especially if its on a big ship like this..." Jackie said.

OOC: Winter art trades coming up. ...I don't know if I want to do them. I tried it once, but... I kind of had a bad experience with it. I'd be willing to talk about it in PM.

"Something smells like it's close," Avuk said. Avuk lead them to a strange door that was cracked open slightly, but wouldn't open. "Dangit! And it doesn't look like this ship is operational either, so we can't open the door manually. Guess I'll have to use muscle for this." Avuk pushed the door apart with all his might. He eventually pushed so hard that it opened, but he fell through it into the next room.

In the room was a massive blob. To say it smelled horrendous would be an understatement. "Ugh.... what is that thing?" Jackie gagged. Whilst her species lacked noses, they could 'scent' the air with their tongues. The blob vaguely resembled a fish, with a long shark-like nose and massive fins sticking off the sides, but those were the most discernable features. "Is it alive?" Jackie asked, reluctant to get anywhere near the blob.

"I have a feeling it is," Avuk said as he went forward. "Hello? ...Do you talk? ...What? We can't just assume it's evil or dumb."

"Well I ain't touching it...." Jackie said. Grezz approached the blob. He held out his arm as a beam emitted from his gauntlet, scanning the blob. A high pitched squeaking was emitted from the blob as its fins flapped harmlessly on the floor. "Well, we know its alive." Grezz said as the scan finished. A screen was projected from his gauntlet. "Odd...." Grezz said. "It's made of a number of different species." Grezz said. "I feel it would be best to just leave it. I'd rather not figure out how it obtained the DNA from the other life forms. At least not at the moment."Grezz said. He planned to keep this to himself, at least for the time being until they were back on his ship, but there were a few recognizable traces of DNA. Grezz didn't recognize them himself, but his computers did and he'd be able to run a proper search for the species the DNA belonged to.

"Hmm... Huh?" Avuk smelled something else. Suddenly, another creature came into view. This one looked a slight more normal, but very deformed. It was grey skinned, had a large head, but also a horn jutting out of a nose pressed almost to it's tiny lip. "Eeeagh..." the creature coughed before keeling over. "Do you... you think we can save that thing, though?" Avuk asked.