The Landing Party [Gathering post/open to the involved]
Punctuating through the strange, silent world came a noise unmistakably mechanical in nature. Insistent and rhythmic, the grinding of metal against metal, the sound was soon accompanied by the arrival of a large blue box, fading into existence like it had emerged from mist. As the Doctor explained, the chosen landing site lay near the shore of a vast ocean, though it was a very far cry from tropical, sandy beaches.
In fact, there was no sand to speak of at the shoreline. Rocky outcroppings dotted where land met sea, low, black mounds jutting out from the shallow waters. The maze of rock provided adequate shelter for the creatures which dared to breach the barrier between water and air.
The box's doors opened, revealing a head topped with tawny hair. The Doctor peered at the view before him, a smile slowly spreading across his face. "Well done, old girl," he said, seemingly to no one in particular. "Now isn't this a pleasant little jaunt?"
He ducked back inside momentarily, fetching the rest of the landing party, as well as the sensors and tripods he'd need to distribute around the perimeter of the TARDIS, creating the net for the early warning system against the graboids.
[ooc: So, gathering post for the landing party or tag Five if'n you want to help set up the warning system.]
In fact, there was no sand to speak of at the shoreline. Rocky outcroppings dotted where land met sea, low, black mounds jutting out from the shallow waters. The maze of rock provided adequate shelter for the creatures which dared to breach the barrier between water and air.
The box's doors opened, revealing a head topped with tawny hair. The Doctor peered at the view before him, a smile slowly spreading across his face. "Well done, old girl," he said, seemingly to no one in particular. "Now isn't this a pleasant little jaunt?"
He ducked back inside momentarily, fetching the rest of the landing party, as well as the sensors and tripods he'd need to distribute around the perimeter of the TARDIS, creating the net for the early warning system against the graboids.
[ooc: So, gathering post for the landing party or tag Five if'n you want to help set up the warning system.]