Colossus By Design: Entry 0065 - Wrath of the Mad

[Unknown Date]
[Unknown underground cavern]

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A group of five explorers, all dressed in roughly ornate steam-punk clothing as well as primitive air tanks and facial masks, continues down a long tunnel; outlines of what appears to be a bluish liquid flow through the rock walls.


(Explorer 1): How much further does this tunnel go?

(Explorer 2): Quit your whining! We'll get there when we get there!

(Explorer 1): I just wanted to know......

(Explorer 3): Your complaints are becoming tiresome.

(Explorer 1): Well, at least I--

(Explorer 2): SHUT UP EVERYONE!

(Explorer 3): Now you just hold on one--

(Explorer 2): SAID SHUT UP!


The explorer who shushes up the rest of the group brings up a steam-punk-looking gauge; it possesses no recognizable symbols on its read-outs. The needle begins to push towards the extreme zone of the gauge as blue light shines from the end of the underground cavern.


(Explorer 2): My fellow Atlanteans....... we've hit the source.


The Atlanteans begin to celebrate a bit before they unpack their equipment, comprised of various steam-punk-esque tools and measurement instruments, and begin to move forward into the end of the tunnel.

Bright light temporarily blinds the explorers, but it soon dies down to a manageable albeit still very bright level. As the Atlantean explorers regain their eyesight, the view around them inspires awe and utter marvel.

The explorers are now inside an enormous underground chamber, with its walls lined with veins of a glowing blue liquid substance as well as several large glowing blue organic sacks, all linked by veins to a central large sack in the middle of the chamber; it is many times bigger than the others and glows the brightest.


(Explorer 2): Alright, you two work that side of the room, get as much of this stuff as you can. The others do the same over there. I'm gonna go after the big prize.

(Explorer 4): Sir, are you sure it's safe to--

(Explorer 2): Just do as you're told!

(Explorer 4): Right, sir. Sorry, sir.


The other four Atlanteans begin boring through the veins, collecting large quantities of the glowing liquid; their leader is about to do the same to the central sack. As he begins to bore into it, an intense and painful screeching noise is heard, forcing the Atlantean explorers to cover their ears. As this occurs, all the sacks and veins begin pulsating repeatedly and with increasing frequency.

The rock walls start to grow unstable, with cracks beginning to form as the structural integrity worsens with each passing moment.


(Explorer 5): Sir, we have to go, NOW!

(Explorer 2): Not yet! I need to do this! Everything is under control! Indeed, under--

(Explorer 5): SNAP OUT OF IT!


The other explorers grab their leader, hauling him and their samples of the glowing blue liquid with them out of the chamber; the rock walls still shake and become more unstable even after leaving the chamber. With rocks falling from the ceiling and covering up the entrance to the chamber, the Atlantean explorers rush through the tunnel from the danger.

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[Unknown Atlantean laboratory]

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In an underground Atlantean laboratory that looks far less advanced than it would eventually be with its distinctly ornate steam-punk look to it, Atlantean researchers are running tests on the acquired glowing blue liquid, integrating it with various new pieces of experimental devices, including a functioning apparatus that looks like the bio-organic beginning of a living life form.