293/Super-Splelunking

Super-Splelunking
Date of Scene:	06 May 2017
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Ravager, Feral, Superboy

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Ravager has posed:
After slowing her speedboat down slightly, The Ravager turns away from the wheel to the roomy portion of the deck. The engine sputters a little as the boat wavers back in forth in the crystal blue water. The sun is just going down now and it looks peaceful across the water, and no one seems to be in this part of the ocean, south of the mysterious island of MALTA.

Having been somewhat mysterious until now, the masked RAVAGER has promised Vanya and Superboy an adventure for hidden gold, leftover from the spoils of the Knights of Malta. "Don't worry, we'll all get paid with the findings," she assures them, and points over the horizon, "The cave is just beyond those rocks. I think Superboy will have to move a few boulders, but that won't be a problem, right?" she asks and crosses her arms, "So what do you really think? You dumb enough to do this or what?" she asks them. She idly kicks a backpack full of tools and other things.

Feral has posed:
Out on a boat with a masked "RAVAGER" and a complete stranger in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, one of the two brave - or is it foolhardy - hirelings is dead asleep. Sprawled out against a starboard railing, a coarse-looking woman has been snoring to the steady roar of the boat's engines with her hair blowing over the side and her bare feet stretched across the bench beside her. Her pants are in tatters and the closest thing she brought to supplies were a plastic water bottle and a family sized bag of jalapeño potato chips. A bag which, frighteningly, she emptied just before her nap.

Snorting awake as the engine slows and her silver-haired employer calls out, she squints in the dusk sun and rubs sleep from her eyes. "Huh? We're finally there?" Feral stops for a big and noisy yawn. "It's about time. The sun is almost down."

Superboy has posed:
This wasn't exactly how Conner thought it would go when Rose told him about a Mediterranean boat trip. He also has the faint suspicion that if there is gold down there it is illegal for them to take it. But well, how likely is that? "I can move around some underwater builders, sure," comments the dark-haired young man.

He came along just to get some sunlight and see Rose in a bikini, honestly. What does he need gold for? "Who told you there was a sunken ship or something here, anyway?"

Ravager has posed:
Rose Wilson sighs at the lack of energy for the task at hand, "God dammit, wake up," she mutters and nudges Vanya with her boot, "Somebody who can't move boulders, that's who," she explains, "He's an archaeologist. And an old one. But don't get your pants wet, ladies...we can still give a few pieces to the museum. There'll be more than enough for everybody," she asks them.

Feral has posed:
Feral swats back with a grumble and swings her legs under her to sit upright. The woman's arms go over her head and she stretches herself out this way and that until her joints settle into place with a few muffled pops and a groan.

"Okay. Swim to the rocks and poke around in the cave for man-made stuff?" She asks, hooking one backpack on her foot and lifting it up.

Superboy has posed:
"An archeologist asked a nightclub bouncer to go to retrieve a treasure from here?" Conner sounds slightly skeptic, but he seems to decide he can ask about it later. "Give me a couple mins," he adds, diving into the water headfirst. It takes him seconds to reach the bottom, but a little more to find the boulders. When he moves them he causes a large cloud of muddy water to rise, darkening the sea. Then he comes up, "can't see anything down there... I guess we need to wait for it to clear up."

Ravager has posed:
Unzipping her leather bodysuit, the Ravager gets into her swimsuit and then says, "This should be easy. The cave has been covered with water for years. I wonder if there's any breathable pockets down there. Good thing we brought airtanks," she explains, "Listen, we have to follow the cave. The gold is at the end. Simple," she adds, hefting her small breather from the backpack and giving one to Vanya.

Feral has posed:
Feral stands up and looks over the side as Conner dives in. "He beat me to it," she murmurs, sounding a bit miffed. By the time he surfaces again, the part-time pit-fighter has dressed down to swim-worthy, leaving her tank top and pants on the boat. "I'm good. I had a lot of fish for dinner," she dismisses to the breather with a cocky smirk. One backpack flies over the side towards the blue-eyed teen before Feral dives after it.

"Bring that down for me, will you?"

*Splash!*

Superboy has posed:
Conner, of course, is not using air tanks. In fact all he has on right now are his swimming trunks. He will be okay unless they have to be underwater several hours. Seeing the women are not waiting, he huffs amused.

"What is in this?" He asks when the backpack flies to him, catching it at the last moment. Distracted, his eyes are following the white-haired girl.

Ravager has posed:
Keeping her mask on, the Ravager thumbs at the backpack, "A diver propolsion unit I borrowed. Don't break it idiot, I have to return it tomorrow," she explains. She puts on some flippers and gives some to Vanya too, then splooshes into the water as she dives down. She splashes up and says, "Okay, are you ready?" she asks. She slings the airtank over her shoulder and looks at Superboy.

Feral has posed:
Feral surfaces nearby and takes a happy lungful of air as the brisk water shocks her from any lingering drowsiness. The woman treads with a little too much energy, bobbing up and down in the passing waves without a care. Along both sides of her neck, her skin has turned gray and sandy with the tell-tale slits of gills. She smirks a shark-toothed canine as she catches where Conner's eyes are and splashes a streak of water at him. "I'm ready. Just make sure he doesn't get lost and head-butt a rock."

Without another word the brown-haired woman goes under and leaves the other two to catch up. Beneath the surface, another set of gills along sides are visible, as well as unnaturally webbed feet and hands. The wild brawler has turned part fish.

Superboy has posed:
Conner shakes the backpack. "Uh huh," but before Rose can yell at him or something, his head vanishes under the water. Spotting Vanya developing gills gives him a second of pause. But hell, maybe she is an Atlantean, it is not as if Rose made good introductions when the left the port.

He catches up easily enough, and then slides forward without even doing swimming movements to search for the cave entrance on the murky waters. They are clearing up quickly, but it is still hard to see.

Ravager has posed:
Rose Wilson finds the cave entrance with her flashlight. The underwater cave is made of black rock that looks crystalline, as if hardened under tremendous pressure, and the smallest amount of light reflects off the walls. Surprisingly, the water levels off and there's less water as the cave narrows and turns around several sharp corners, which of course blocks sight of the entire length. Rose Wilson swims just inside the entranceway and motions for the others to come closer. She waves her flashlight down the long, angled length of cave.

Feral has posed:
Feral continues a gradual metamorphosis as the group descends, making her way down the natural way with wide, forceful strokes that stir up a wake behind her. By the time they reach the bottom, her eyes are a predatory pale blue sheathed in transparent lids.

Partly disappearing in the muddy depths, the feral woman sweeps her head from side to side, drawing on another predator's dark-adapted and debris-shielded vision until she spots RAVAGE waving her flashlight. Kicking over, she moves up to, and then past the leader and begins to explore the cavern - hoping to get in first.

Superboy has posed:
Conner takes the scenic route down, which means he circles the entire area looking for sunken ships and colorful fishes. None of the former, sadly. Eventually he joins Rose when the young woman waves the flashlight. Oh yeah, he saw the entrance of the cave before. Of course. (No, he hadn't). He tries to go first, though. In the case there are undead pirates. He has seen all the movies.

Ravager has posed:
The swimming Ravager probably would cuss out this Feral lady if she didn't have a breather in her mouth, but she's suddenly distracted from that as the water starts churning and bubbling just inside the entrance to the cave. She quickly motions for Superboy, but things happen so fast. The water begins to churn in the opposite direction and the pressure builds, pulling everything into the cave like a drain, until the flow becomes as fast and as powerful as any river on Earth. Ravager is pulled into the cave, but she grabs at Feral to keep from being pulled further in but can't hold onto her wet gill-like skin. Dammit, Feral. Ravager tumbles feet over head and disappears around the corner.

Feral has posed:
Feral frowns as Conner's swim trunks rocket past her and puts on a burst of speed to get ahead again. Yes, she's willing to make this a contest... at least until the cave itself starts helping. Putting on the brakes as fast as she can, the werefish thrusts her strokes forward and manages to arrest herself until their silver-haired guide bumps into her from behind. The feral woman's body is still largely human flesh but it's still pretty slick underwater.

Feral grabs for Ravager just as the younger woman loses her grip and ends up holding empty air. She growls bubbles as the water pulls her along as well, but seems to have a much harder time doing so. And just like that she's in last...

Superboy has posed:
Conner jumps forward when Rose is pulled in, flailing to grab her and following her when she is sucked in. That backpack gets forgotten at some point of the cave entrance, he is too busy flying down. He was trying to go in first, but nooooo one pays attention to what he tries to say underwater.

Ravager has posed:
After Ravager tumbles down the long length of watery cave, it SPITS her out and the water cascades out of the cave down to a huge pool below, in the middle of a large cavern. The waterfall continually splooshes into the middle of the pool. As Ravager falls from the top of the cavern toward the pool below, she cries out like a pissed off wet dog, cussing repeatedly and saying several swear words very loudly. "SUPERBOY!!!" she yells finally.

Superboy has posed:
"You called?" Replies Conner, grabbing Rose's ankle just before she hits the pool. "This is weird. I'm pretty sure caves under the sea are not supposed to be like this." He pulls Rose up and catches her in his arms, flying some distance over the water. "And call me Conner, willya? I am not exactly in my uniform. Not that I have a secret identity or anything."

Feral has posed:
Last to exit, Feral's body is disgorged by the underwater river like an unwanted dam of debris. She rolls end over end through the air with a surprised shout and the tan-striped woman plummets towards the pond with the finesse of a boulder - and surprisingly its weight too.

Ravager has posed:
Ravager flails a little as Superboy grabs her ankle and she stops mid-air, "Huh?" she wonders, looking up at Superboy with a smirk. She grabs his arm and rights herself, "Stop complaining," she mutters and points down to Feral, "Grab her!" she says quickly, "Or not. Dang, how the hell can this cavern be here?" she says and cusses a few more times.

Superboy has posed:
Conner task, "what would you do without me." He keeps Rose held close with an arm around her waist and flies down to catch fish-woman Vanya too. Excellent reflexes, there. "Not what you expected, I see. Oh well, do you want to stay and look for gold or go back to the boat?"

Feral has posed:
Feral folds over Conner's arm like a sack of flour with a hearty 'oof'! as his arm hooks a solid stomach and the rest of her whips past. Even as honed as she looks, the brown-haired woman is far too heavy for her size and momentum is a fickle mistress.

"Oh wow, you can fly," she blurts up from beneath a curtain of soaking wet hair, noticing Ravager on his other side only a moment or two later.

Ravager has posed:
Ravager is completely wet in her bikini from the ocean's water and the long tunnel that she has just dropped out of. She clings to Superboy's arm, and sighs as Superboy grabs Vanya too, "Awesome," she says and glances past her to look at the large pool of water in the middle of the large cavern, which somehow sits below the ocean like a mystical place left untouched for hundreds of years.

The pool of water is crystal clear, and anybody can see to the bottom easily without superpowers. There, sitting at the bottom, is something gleaming and metallic, and it looks like there a huge number of coins sitting there in mounds. The coins reflect the light from Rose's flashlight, "Err...I see the 'gold'..." she remarks plainly.

Superboy has posed:
"I am a Kryptonian, y'know?" Of course Vanya wouldn't know. Because Rose didn't make the introductions. Rude Rose. "Look, there is a corner there above the water," he flies to the platform, wet but not underwater to let the ladies stand.

Conner's eyes shift down to the glittering stuff at the bottom of the pool, and he whistles. "Uncle Scrooge vault. Or would it be Sir Scrooge McDuck of Malta?"

Feral has posed:
Vanya is all too happy to drop down onto the rocky outcropping and stretches herself back to her full height with a groan as she brushes a little at a new red mark where Conner's arm caught her. Her toes curl to grip the slippery footing as she leans forward and spies the same golden glints. "Well that was easy," she murmurs, then looks back to the flyer in swim trunks. "Carry it up with the backpack I guess? That's a lot of loose pieces to carry any other way."

How they're going to get out with the gold doesn't seem to be one of the feral woman's concerns.

Ravager has posed:
Ravager steps away from Superboy as she's set down onto the ledge and looks into the pool, "There are...lots of coins here, dang..." she says quietly, "They look like...pennies," she explains to them. She frowns and bends down to look more clearly into the pool.

There are hundreds of pennies piled in the pool, probably having been here for a long time. Perhaps this place was a well or just somebody's collection. Rose looks up at the ceiling high above and then back down into the pool, maybe thinking about how the pennies got here, "Maybe they're old. What do you guys think?"

Superboy has posed:
"I can check," offers Conner, looking at Rose and Vanya briefly, to makes sure they are okay despite getting dragged by the stream and then falling. "In fact, give me a second." He dives into the water again, going straight to the bottom to try to grab a handful of coins. If he manages, he brings them up to the outcropping for examination.

Feral has posed:
Besides the red mark across her stomach Vanya's not complaining - at least not until Conner beats her into the water. She clicks her tongue in annoyance and straightens back up with a hand on her hip while she waits. "Beat me to it again," she grumbles.

"Where did you find this one, anyway?" the feral woman asks Ravage just before Conner breaches the surface again.

Ravager has posed:
Rose Wilson motions to Vanya and says, "I tole you, an archaeologist told me," she says to her. She purses her lips and steps toward Superboy uncertainly to look at the coins in his hand, "Well, I totally only got one backpack..." she says to them.

The coins are old looking and small, but they are Roman coins of some sort that have been sitting at the bottom of the pool of water for a long time. They are Roman coins with etchings of the Greek language pounded into them, and the picture of some old-looking Roman leader.

Superboy has posed:
Conner floats back to the platform and shows the coins to Rose and Vanya. Shinny, even after ages underwater. "No rust, just some salt and dirt, I guess that means they are precious metals?" He is no archeologist or knows much about metallurgy, but most metals do rust into nothing after centuries underwater, right?

Feral has posed:
"So more than one trip then," Vanya dismisses to Ravager as the grey, sandpaper swathes of skin across her body recede back to human flesh. Sparing a glance at the coins as her eyes return to something human - or at least human-like - she whistles low. "Wow, those look *old*..."

Ravager has posed:
Rose Wilson furrows her brow a little as she thinks about the coins, "I guess I shoulda asked the guy more questions," she considers about the archaeologist. She puts her hands on her hips indecisively and says, "They look like gold, I guess. Maybe this is the bottom of a wishing well...or maybe that's history right there left over from some stupid disaster..." she considers, no wonder the archaeologist wanted to find them. She takes one of the coins from Superboy and holds it up, picturing a little kid throwing it into the long lost well, "I guess nobody's gonna miss em, right?"

Superboy has posed:
"Eh? Who would drop gold coins into a wishing well?" Conner gives the coins to Rose, but keeps one to examine it. "Hmm, is this Latin? Look like Latin letters, not Greek. But I am not sure. Maybe medieval coins had Latin in them, that makes sense. So this could be Maltese gold, after all." He shrugs. His high school history lessons (Virtual Reality version) don't help him much to know the origin of the coins. But he is curious.

Feral has posed:
"Whatever they are they're worth money," Vanya replies, not sharing any scholarly interest in their origins. Flicking her hair around her shoulder, the dark-eyed woman drops onto her rear and begins wringing it out. "So back to the ship with them?"

Ravager has posed:
Rose Wilson shrugs a little at Superboy's questions, "I don't know if it's Latin, idiot. Nobody learns Latin anymore," she suggests, not meaning to be harsh but that's how she is. She drops the small coin she took back into Superboy's hand again, glancing at all the wishes he's holding. "People drop em in a well for good luck...like when they want to wish for something, Conner," she mutters, then glances at Vanya sitting on the ground, "Okay. Do you know any coin collectors?"

Superboy has posed:
"I know what a wishing well is," protests Conner. "You drop cents in those, not fifty dollar bills!" Gold wasn't used in commoner coins, only nobles used gold coins. "Anyway, we are going to need more than a backpack to carry these out and the backpack..." he looks up. He dropped the backpack to grab Rose. God knows where it is now.

Feral has posed:
Vanya looks up as well at the waterfall that seems to be their only way back out. "Why don't you just bring another empty one from the boat?"

Ravager has posed:
Rose Wilson sighs, "I'm not a historian, duh," she whines and complains, "Maybe these are from a sunken pirate ship then, who knows," she says and glances at the coins, picturing evil pirates filling their ship with stolen, which makes her feel better about the situation, "Anyway, who cares. Can somebody get a backpack?" she asks them, "You dropped the backpack, Conner. Gawd," she complains.

Superboy has posed:
"Hey, I had to, you were being sucked by that weird stream," explains Conner with a shrug. "Now we know it is here I can get back with a backpack... or maybe three backpacks, there are many coins. If they are all gold you can buy the club, Rosie. Hell, you probably can buy three clubs."

Feral has posed:
"And I'll take my cut," Vanya reminds. "Bring enough bags and I can fill then while you carry things up - and you stay dry," she adds to her employer with a smirk.

Ravager has posed:
As if on cue, the cave begins to shudder, maybe unstable below the ocean. Rose stumbles a little and glances up at the ceiling of the cavern, "Okay whatevah Conner, I think we better go, we're totally not rich yet. What do you think that noise is?" she wonders.

Superboy has posed:
Maybe Conner broke something when he moved the rocks from the entrance? "Uh oh. Grab the coins, Rosie," he says, putting the handful of coins in the white-haired girl's hands. "And hold your breath; we are outta here, right now."

The young man grabs both women by the waits and holds them close, then flies up, thought the cascade and against the stream. Fortunately he is strong enough to push through tons of falling water and his tactile telekinesis spreads over the women so they are not battered by the high-pressure water.

Feral has posed:
"Whatever it is, it's nothing good," Vanya agrees as she steps aside from a few falling pebbles. It might be a surprise but the feral woman moves right up to Conner and lifts an arm when it's time to go. Gills begin to reform along her body as she's hefted from the ground and an arm takes hold of the Kryptonian's shoulder to ease some of the weight off her waist. One bruise is enough fun for now. "All aboard," she cracks just before they hit water.

Ravager has posed:
Rose Wilson glances back down at the coins, "I could use this money..." she whines, "Nobody's leaving until we have some of these coins," she suggests, but before she can start her plan, Superboy grabs her. She puts her hands on Superboy's shoulder and pushes on him, "Aww, come on!" she whines as he grabs her and hauls her from the cavern. The rocks plop from the ceiling, because of the pressure from the water Superboy let loose.

Superboy has posed:
It was Rose's idea! And they have that handful coins, which is going to pay for the trip, the hiring the boat and still leave a few thousand dollars... enough for a good party or vacations in Hawaii.

It takes him less than a minute to get back to the surface, so no one is going to drown, but it looks like the sea floor has collapsed and a huge cloud of murk is rising under the boat. "Oh well," he comments, settling down the girls on their small ship, "now we will never know if it was a pirate's loot." Sadness.

Feral has posed:
"What, were you expecting to find a corpse down there or something?" Vanya asks idly as she sets down on the boat and takes a seat on a railing. She's still soaked of course but also not about to care.

Ravager has posed:
Rose Wilson is also soaked all over again and her hair is drenched, "Dang it, Conner," she mutters blamingly, and sighs disappointedly. She looks at Vanya and says, "No, I was expecting to find bars of gold...or a chest or something...you know, like in books or something," she suggests.

Superboy has posed:
Hmm, bars of gold. Maybe there was some under the coins, and skulls. Conner shrugs. "Oh well, I hadn't planned to get rich today, and we still got a few coins out, right? Maybe they are worth something." This was fun, and he got to see Rose in a bikini. So a good day all around.

Feral has posed:
"And some of us got a free boat ride," Vanya adds as she takes a moment to enjoy what's left of the departing sun. The de facto animal of the group kicks her legs idly and leans back enough to glance back at the water beneath the boat. "Only because you're impatient," she taunts, looking back at her employer with pale yellow eyes. "I'm sure there are shipwrecks all across this sea, you just have to go looking for them."

Ravager has posed:
Rose Wilson motions to Superboy, "You only got a handful, you derp!" she lets out, and crosses her arms impatiently. She smirks a bit at Vanya's comments and sighs, "Fine, I guess it's better than nothing," she suggests.

As as the sun goes down, the sun sets on the calm water and the boat of Superboy, Vanya, and Rose. Rose crosses the deck back to the wheel, turning on the engine.