Does the water smell bad?

hold your breath?

... any visible way out, buddy? Maybe you can swim out?

Where are you?
Where is the water coming from?

If the water is rising quickly, then it's a very likely place to drown.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)15:13 No. 51821 ID: af9412
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The black's closing all around us.
My eight buddies and I were mining down here when we hit a chamber full of water. We managed to get a warning out to the other workers, but there wasn't time for us to make it to the exit.
This is the highest point we could reach. It's still flooding.

I don't know how long the nine of us are going to last.

Just how big is this chamber?

>>51821
Well, looks like your options are pretty limited then. You can try to swim out through the flooded rooms ahead. How deep underground are you? The water's got to end at some point.

>>51821
Any of you know a gobbo by the name of Finesse?

>I don't know how long the nine of us are going to last.
No. Fuck that.
We're getting you out of here.
Okay, okay, think... We need some way to drain the water...
We need a hole! A great big giant hole! Another cavern! YESSSsss
Quick, how much of the cave's layout do you know?
And what tools, if any, do we have?

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)15:20 No. 51834 ID: af9412
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>>51826
We've got some rope, some picks and shovels, and some rations and lanterns, though the last two are ruined by waterlogging.

>>51824
We're some 24-stories down.

>>51834
>Picks and shovels
Ohohoh yes!
Do you have any idea which direction the nearest non-flooded cave is?
Better yet how much of the entire cave system's layout do you remember?

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)15:29 No. 51850 ID: af9412
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>>51841
>Do you have any idea which direction the nearest non-flooded cave is?
We're in it.
I don't know if there's another until almost to the surface.
And even if there is, if we breach another chamber going up, we're going to release the air bubble trapped in here, which is the only thing keeping us all alive right now.

>>51850
Is it flowing?

>>51850
Is it flowing?

>>51850
Okay... okay...
We can't put the water anywhere else...
Maybe we could stop the flow! Where's the water coming from?

Poke your head underwater; are you able to see anything of interest?

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)15:47 No. 51875 ID: af9412
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The water's flowing from beneath us, rising slowly. Or it was, until it started to level out. It's hard to tell if it's still rising. If it is, it's slow, and it means there's probably some tiny crevice in this chamber releasing our air.

I poke my head underwater, but I can't see anything. It's pitch black.
I wouldn't expect to find anything other than maybe an old cart or some more tools.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)15:47 No. 51876 ID: af9412
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And of course, this would be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye.

Did you bring anything with you on the way up..

Pray together.

>it means there's probably some tiny crevice in this chamber releasing our air.
Ah-ha!
Alright now we're cooking.
Find that crack.
EVERYBODY look look look as hard as you can and find it.
And as soon as you do we need to plug it. Completely and as close to air-tight as possible.
Rope might work but you'll probably have to use something that fits better like... cloth or something.
One of you is gonna have to lose some clothing I think.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)15:56 No. 51890 ID: af9412
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>>51879
We're all fairly religious men.
We hold our heads up high, and Kalley struggles hard to breathe.

We offer a shared prayer, each of us huddling together. We ask God to open his arms for the nine souls He'll receive.

>>51890
No no no. Come on.
You've still got a chance. You just need to plug the hole the air is escaping out of and it will buy you enough time to think of a proper way out!

>>51890
Well, I don't see any way out of this, you best get to drownin.

Hold on to your religion. Your god will be merciful. Fear no death or pain, for release is nearby.
Try to encourage everyone to continue their prayers and remain calm.

Yeah I see no hope here. Just drown. It's better that way.

You best get ta drownin'

Just die already. Inhale water and drown.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:06 No. 51912 ID: af9412
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>>51885
>>51895
The cavern is wide. It's also nearly impossible to see anything. The hole could be a thin, rigid crack leaking air. I wouldn't even know how to begin searching for something like that, I could brush my hand right over it and never know. Unless you have any ideas, whoever you are.
Even then, the air's going to get stale soon.

Lynch says he has an idea, and asks for my rope.

Just close your eyes and let it happen.

>>51912
Give ROPE to LYNCH.

let him have the rope, and ask what he is going to do.

Well, give it to him.

How can we hang ourselves with the rope if we don't have anything to hang ourselves on?

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:08 No. 51920 ID: af9412
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Lynch says we should lash ourselves together with the rope, so that in death, we'll all be found.

>>51920
Punch him in the face to conserve air.

>>51926

Seems reasonable.

>>51920
That's... actually a very good idea. Do it.

Facepunch sounds like a great plan. Let's do that.

Come on! Come on!
THINK!
Okay... if the air is going OUT, then it must be escaping to somewhere with no water!
Yes!
We don't need to PLUG it we need to make it BIGGER.
We can follow the air to freedom!

But that still doesn't help us find the hole...
Hm...

>>51926

Punching things is the best way out of anything. Do it.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:17 No. 51946 ID: af9412
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>>51937
If we widen the hole, the air will just escape faster, the water level will shoot up, and we'll drown in an instant.

Brennan makes his peace and prays for a miracle.
The rest of us do the same.

Whoever you are, please, take care of my family.
Tell me wife Alel I love her.
Look after my little girl, Finnie.

We will. Do not worry.
Leave all your earthly problems behind. It is time to rest, child.

You goblins are pretty freaking dumb if you think that's how physics work.

>>51946

>Look after my little girl, Finnie.

>Finnie

>Finnese

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

That's not how liquid physics work, you know. You will suffocate on CO2 before you drown, if the water ever gets there, that is.

Widen the hole and swim through it, whats the worst that could happen. you could DROWN? You're already GOING to drown. HOLD OUT HOPE YOU...GOBLINS

>If we widen the hole, the air will just escape faster, the water level will shoot up, and we'll drown in an instant.
But... but...
;_;

>Finnie
...We will. We'll look after her. I promise.

Damnit, don't just stand there! Who cares if you're about to die! That's no reason to give up! Thats all the more reason to fight ever harder! Take that pick and swing it! What's the worst that can happen? You've only ever truly lost if you give up! FIGHT! Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!

Shit yourselves in consternation.

Shit yourselves in consternation.

Shit yourselves in consternation.

Shit yourselves in consternation.

Pray for a swift death

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:26 No. 51971 ID: af9412
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Nine in the mine, trapped down below.

Start fucking like rabbits.

Well now it's a good time to try that gay sex you've been hearing about.

It's not like anyone will care at this point.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:28 No. 51974 ID: af9412
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Down, down, down in the...

...ground?

Wait... did the water just go... down?!

YES
LIVE GOD DAMN YOU
LIVE

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:33 No. 51979 ID: af9412
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There are bubbles coming up from below.
It's clean, fresh air. Forcing down the water level.

Touch penis.

>>51974

Sit there and frown.

>>51979
Hot damn! Is the water level still going down?

>>51979
Quickly pull pants back up. Pretend nothing happened.

>>51979
You might live.

Stay aware! Something else may go wrong!

>>51979
... good!

Investigate their source? Though I guess you can't see underwater.

Well, inform the others.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:37 No. 51987 ID: af9412
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The water level continues to drop. After another two hours, the chamber is clear enough to breathe comfortably and stand. The water is shallow.

>dat hand


Also, escape?

>>51987
So are the passages traversable now?

>>51987
Brilliant!
Wonderful!
Beautiful!
Now...
We're getting you out.

Assess surroundings.
Exits? Holes? Things?

>>51987

Have an orgy in celebration of good fortune

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:47 No. 51996 ID: af9412
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Brennan is the one to notice a rope in the corner of the chamber, where the water is deepest. Where it connects to the main tunnel.
There's some kind of floater on the end. Really catches the eye.

I wonder who could've sent it.
Maybe I should follow it?

>>51996
DO EET.

>>51996
Ohhhh! A rescue crew!
Yes! Follow it!

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:53 No. 52003 ID: af9412
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We all go together or not at all. Linked together, we grab to the rope and give a tug, and it pulls us upwards, through the blackness.
The water is cold and dark around us, a torrent flowing around us with all the rush of a storm.

I don't know how far it is to the surface. My lungs burn. The rope continues to pull, drawing my weak bones with it.

>>52003
KEEP ON HOLDING

YOU'LL MAKE IT

THINK OF YOUR FAMILY

LIVE FOR THEM

>>52003
:D
Hold on tight!
As tight as the tightest tight that ever tighted a tight!

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)16:57 No. 52008 ID: af9412
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I don't know quite what happens next
But suddenly, it's over
The sun is so bright it's blinding
A man stands over me
A man sent by god to save us
He says his name is Malto

>>52008
:3
You're safe now. Everyone is safe.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)17:07 No. 52012 ID: af9412
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My friends and I are all rescued. The man who led the operation was the Baron Malto. We thanked him with our deepest sincerity and he told us to return to our families, which we were all too happy to do.

Our ordeal is behind us.

I return to my wife and daughter. Little Finnie is crying. She thought she would never see me again.
I thought the same.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)17:15 No. 52018 ID: af9412
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To remember the day the kindness of strangers reunited us as a family, I tie a small band around little Finnie's ear.

Our savior asked nothing in return. He was content to see us alive and well.
Someday I hope my family can return the favor Baron Malto has so graciously and selflessly bestowed upon us.

Barr 2009/09/26(Sat)17:18 No. 52020 ID: af9412
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If there's any justice in this world, the Maltos will live long and well.

>>52020
LONG LIVE MALTO

MEIOU

So yeah let's not rule out raping our minions. You never know what situation may come up.

Oh my god <3

Goblin Miners? Perhaps we could take advantage of this...

We do need to expand upon our base of operations, and we might very well figure a way to rake in some income.

Perhaps it's time to visit our friend, the collector. We need to make a powerful ally.