OOC: Uh oh, long post alert! I thought I'd try to do something interesting this time, rather than let someone else do the hard work. You all are good!
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Brigit & Bo"Trey?" Brigit called out as the group entered the damp cavern. "I don't have a lot of time to explain, but there have been extreme tidal changes around Uzo the last few years. Sometimes the cavern floods unexpectedly." Brigit looked a bit nervous, worrying about the incoming tide. If they weren't in a higher passage in the cavern during the tide, they were as good as drowned.
Bo flew ahead of everyone in the group except the leader, Trey, and used his higher position and his enhanced vision to alert the group to any dangers. He suddenly heard a sound like rushing water. Brigit thought she heard it, too.
"Um, I'm not sure, guys, but I think we're near water," Bo nervously told the group. He concentrated his eyes down the cavern's passage and then let out a gasp at what he saw.
Brigit pushed ahead and focused her eyes as well, switching to night vision and zooming in as far as she could.
"Oh no! A surge!" she uttered, turning to the rest of the group. She quickly looked around and found the passage to her own cave a short distance away. "Please, everyone, follow me; I'll get us to safety!" She motioned for the group to follow her lead as she rushed to the other passage.
The sound of rushing water drew closer. Brigit looked back to make sure no one had fallen behind. She stopped near a rock formation and pressed her hand against one of the stalagmites. An electronic panel was revealed and Brigit quickly flipped a switch, causing the cavern wall to open.
"In here!" she led the group through the entrance and into her cave. A few light switches later and her "home" was well lit. Books and binders filled the shelves and were stacked feet high from the ground, looking a bit like stalagmites themselves. Tables of computers and electronics cluttered the cave.
Brigit took a calculator off her belt and punched in a few numbers. "According to my data collection of this cavern over the last eight years, the surge should only last six more hours and water levels will subside for at least 24 more hours after that, so you all won't have to stay here long. In the meantime," she said as she turned on an artificial air circulator, "make yourselves at home. Nothing's off limits. There's a pantry over there," she pointed to a door to her left. "There are some cots in the loft if you want to sleep, too."
The cave was surprisingly arid, as Brigit had developed a dehumidifying system to keep her belongings from corrosion. She headed to a stack of binders and started flipping through them for information on technique usage.