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[cityship]

Pop. Pop pop pop. Poppuhpoppoppop. KASCHUNKhiiiiiiiissssss.

There was condensation and mist spraying out from cracks in oblong glowing things that were clustered along the floors and walls of the huge, ancient-looking caverns.

For now, the ones that were cracking were the closest to the floor, but perhaps later, the figures sliding out of the pods

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[notyourmudfoot]

It should have worked. It really should have. Three geniuses, including his wonderful self, working together? What could have gone wrong?

Oh, how he hated those words.

The tesseracts opening randomly through the ship were bad enough, but then...

Now he was slimy and cold and and and...

And he was back on the Worldship. The fucking Magog Worldship.

Seamus Harper woke up screaming.

[cityship]

||Do you require assistance, Seamus Zelazny Harper?||

The calm, monotonous voice seemed to be coming from everywhere, and yet nowhere at the same time.

...yeah, it probably wasn't helping matters.

[notyourmudfoot]

No, not really.

Opening his eyes, however, did. There had also been a distinct lack of calm, monotonous voices on the Worldship, disembodied or otherwise.

The scream died off with a whimper. "..What?"

[cityship]

||Your vital signs were elevated. I am inquiring if you are in need of assistance.||

[notyourmudfoot]

Elevated? He was naked, who knew where, and covered in slime, and she... it.... the voice was commenting that his vital signs were elevated?!

"Where am I?" Okay, that was a bit squeakier than he would've liked, but at least it was a relatively normal volume.

[cityship]

||The Pod Caverns.||

An apt description, since even in the dank, dismal lighting, one could see that the walls were literally packed with fleshy, pod-like things with some sort of murky fluid within, and seemed to stretch farther than the eye could see in either direction.

[notyourmudfoot]

Glancing around, he was really starting to wonder whether this was better or worse than the Worldship. Plus, he was still cold, slimy, and naked. Which led to the obvious question of how soon could he leave? "Pod Caverns. Right. And where is that?"

[cityship]

||Here.||

[notyourmudfoot]

"That isn't real helpful."

[cityship]

No, it really wasn't.

||Would you like some clothing, Seamus Zelazny Harper?||

[notyourmudfoot]

Right. The naked thing. "That'd be a good start."

[cityship]

||Very well, then.||

A line of fleshy pustules along the floor began to glow with a dim light, leading off into the distance.

||This way, please.||

[notyourmudfoot]

..."A regular yellow brick road." But he followed.

[cityship]

As he followed, Harper would see that the caverns spiraled upward, eventually leading him to a large, circular structure stretching from the floor to the ceiling.

The lights would lead him to some sort of doorway in the structure, which itself led to a room with numerous vines just dangling from the ceiling.

||Please move to the center of the room.||

[notyourmudfoot]

Uhhuh. Move to the center. Right. "Don't suppose you wanna give me a hint what'll happen if I do?"

[cityship]

||You will be clothed.||