1. Journals

Ignis: Belly of the Beast - 1

Session
March 12, 2021

The Transfer

I was using the mine cart system to travel to the neighbouring settlement. And as my luck would have it: an fucking earthquake! But this time it was far worse than I could ever imagine ... I tried to change directions, but to no avail. The tunnel collapsed! But not really?! The world changed and the next thing I knew: I was falling into a mealstrom of water!?

The Mealstrom

The only thing I could think of: Ditch the mine cart and use the magic within me to protect me from the suffocating. I never thought that drowning could be my end. This mealstrom - this whirlpool - is nothing like the stories I heard. This much water should be harsh and unforgiving. But I am slowly and without much push almost floating into the middle. So much water ... I never knew that such a thing really exists.

I keep getting sucked into the center of the whirlpool. There a black hole consumes everything that comes nearby. But above it is a strange spaceship - some archaic mix between a battle ship and a atmosperic plane!? And before I can ponder much longer about the strange design some sort of big meteorite hits the ship and breaks open its flanks. And it keeps flaoting above the water and the black hole. This is my lifeline!

Entering The Strange Ship

Slowy swimming near the breaks in the ship I search for a place to climb into it. Never thought of myself as an intruder - much less a sea pirate. But luck is not on my side. I hit my head pretty rough on one of the "fins" of the ship and barely made it inside. I must have a concussion. A woman in a cat disguise and a man in a fish-men disguise help me to my feet. She puts some sort of visous plant-drug on my head. As long as it helps.

After getting back to my sense; or at least somewhat; I get up and stand knee deep in water. They ask about my polymere scratch protection. As this basic necessety is something they have never even heard of. And then a knight in full armour enters the ship through the same hole I just went through. Is this some sort of circus? I need to find a way out of this nightmare - and see a doctor.

The Engine Room

A big, glowing crystal sits an a raised platform and is connected to some sort of engine? This is getting more and more bizarre. The next thing fits perfectly into this strangeness: The captain asks where the engeneering crew is. On the other side of the engie a big man answers the intercom like this is his ship. Then he orders a robot to fix the holes in the sides of the ship. They take whatever scraps they can find and try to plug the hole in the other side of the ship. Then a sharks swims nonchalantly into the ship. And as if non of this made any sense the fish-man just talks to it. Are my mates playing a prank on me? Is here a hidden camera anywhere?

Then the captain talks about some sort of breach, the ships lurches forward and the next thing I know: I hit my head again; this time on the engine ... This time a few droplets of blood drip down my face and I fix myself up. I need to get a clear head to do something about this ... situation.

The Fight

I just finished bandaging my head when a huge squid trys to enter the ship. The android and the fish-men were just plugging the hole where I entered the ship and now this sea monster squeezes its way through the half-finished blockade. The cat woman jumps over the crystal engine converter and shoots with a bow at the squid. And both the android and the fish-men are fighting it. This is definitely something that I do not want to worry about. So I reach inside my, collect the power of my relentless sun inside of me and fire a compressed solar flare at it; with all I got. And this is enough: The squid has a hole cleanly carved through it now.

I need a rest; I need to sort my thought; I need a plan. And the only thing that happens: the android thanks me ...