/funeral dirge

[elegante_masks]

[Hooray! Did everyone enjoy their promptu swimming lesson?

... no?

Oh.

Well then.

At least there's land though, right? The weather's lovely too, a balmy ninety degrees with the sun shining brightly over the warm sand of the beach.

A sign is stuck at the edge of the beach. It reads "WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN SHORE! A new beginning!" There's a

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[ttlynotawizard]

[This is Remy. This is Remy passed out on the shore due to extreme magic usage.

He's snoring.]

[lastofvaldemar]

[This is Vanyel, unconscious on the sand next to Remy for similar reasons.

He's actually going into shock. You might want to throw a blanket over him or something, to keep him from dying.]

[notwhatiwas]

[This is Vincent, drifting around throwing Cures at the unconscious. He gets to Remy and Vaneyl, gives them both a quick once-over...

And then without a word, pulls off his cloak and throws it over Vanyel. He kneels with a visible wince to pull the Herald-mage up and wrap him properly in the flowing, tattered scarlet--which is oddly warm, you may note, almost like a living thing--and then lays him back down with the wizard.

That done, he moves on.]

[iffadogcandoit]

[Climbing off of the spider-bot, Toaster surveys the land. Okay, it's pretty, the sun's out high in the sky, and...

...that sign has blood on it.

Shit. Have a petrified Toaster.]

[battle_droid]

[And have a terrible looking Zee dragging herself in from the water, soaking wet and looking suitably pissed the hell off. Say hi to Mommy, Toaster :D]

[iffadogcandoit]

[Toaster hobbles over to Zee at the speed of three legs and almost no equilibrium.]

Zee! Miss Zee! Why did you go into the water?!

[He keeps his distance, because lol water.]

[battle_droid]

[Zee actually scowls.]

I fell off the block of ice.

[Zee isn't used to ice okay]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Along the beach, it's fairly quiet. Nothing much here but waves, sand... and something huge, and dark, moving beneath the surface of the water. Without warning, a big, black truck bursts out of the surf, hauling itself up onto the beach, its engine coughing and sputtering madly.

Water sheets off it in all directions, the noises its making starting to sound more like someone hacking water out of their lungs than a waterlogged engine.

It transforms, more water, bits of sand and seaweed, spilling out of its joints, and panels. Ironhide stands there, on the beach staring out over the island, before his optics abruptly offline, and he flops down onto the sand with a clatter of metal.]

[chopshopgoddess]

[And she's right there, stumbling over other people and pushing them out of her way as she flings herself down next to him, tears running down her cheeks.]

Ironhide-!

[thepartydude]

'HIDE!

[Mikey's not far behind Mikaela, his eyes wide and panicked. Ironhide is a robot and OBVIOUSLY robots don't like water and oh god what if his big robot buddy's dead sjasklfjdkljfd]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[There's silence for a long moment, before the big Autobot groans -- although it's more annoyed than it is pained, or anything else. His good optic boots up, narrowing slightly.]

... Five more minutes recharge.

[Yep. He's fine.]

[swordofhope]

[Sanya appears less than upset by his impromptu swim. Save for getting soaked, he only seems winded. He knows, however, that if he sits down, he will stay down for a good long while, probably falling asleep.

So he keeps moving, climbing through the rubble to investigate.]

Hello! Anybody here?

[elegante_masks]

[There's no response.

Littered amongst the rubble are a few red feathers.

There seems to be something up ahead but it's difficult to see what from this angle. He'll have to get closer.]

[swordofhope]

[He pauses, examining those feathers. Then, he cautiously starts to edge around them, slowly.]

This... cannot be good...

[Drawing his blade, he starts to pick his way nearer to whatever it is.]

[elegante_masks]

[It's a huge mound of clothes.

No ... wait.

Those clothes still have people in them.]

[rdmcatpaw]

[That was a rather hellish experience and once she reached the shore emptied water out of places that shouldn't be. Moments later, the Mithra urged herself to make a fire so other people could warm up besides herself.

Once that was done, she stepped away from the source of heat and used Convert, which almost resulted with her face-planting in to the sand but Cat managed to catch herself.]

Geeze. I used a lot more than I thought.

[Sighing, she moved her hands to cast a Cure IV spell on herself.]