[center][h2]Fantasy Fixer Films [/h2]
Level 10 Primrose (226/100), Level 7 Therion (276/70),
Level 12 Sectonia (holding 6 level up) (3/120), Level 5 Roland (Holding 1 Level up) (0/60)
Word count: 1717 (+3) [/center]

The Seekers had hardly any time to recover between one game and the next. For Therion, the joy of winning Connect Climbing Chaos had swiftly given way to the too familiar, sickening feeling of falling when he and Nadia had gone right over the edge, and so he ended up at the roulette table as a big cat with wide eyes and fur standing all on end. He was glad that the tumble hadn't lasted very long before they were teleported back, at least. When he turned into his human form to accept the prize, the fur on his tail was still puffed out.

And then just like that they were somewhere new. A colorful, brightly lit little patch of grass with a single house and a few other oddities. Primrose found herself with two familiar faces, improving her mood. Zenkichi had been kind, and interesting to chat with, but he was a stranger tied to her. Now everyone was free to move as they wanted, and their familiarity with each other would hopefully both lead to more fun and prevent bad mishaps. And since Primrose, Therion, and Sectonia had all fought through not just the Under, but the Sandswept Sky together, they were pretty familiar with each other by now.

Which left Roland as the odd man out. Primrose offered him a friendly, if neutral smile. Therion only glanced at him. [color=BC8DBF]"No hard feelings,"[/color] he told Roland with a hint of smugness, unknowingly echoing his climbing partner on another island.

[color=d7d7d7]”Yeah. That's just life in the city. Although this was much nicer compared to what I’m used to.”[/color] Roland said, accepting losing to Therion. Roland wasn’t even mad, it was just a game after all. It wasn’t the stuff he had to deal with on a day to day basis. 

Sectonia meanwhile was in a bit of a huff, although none of the ones in this group saw what happened to her during the previous trial, so she didn’t hold it over their heads. [color=92278f]”Hm… So apparently there is supposed to be some horror underneath these clouds?”[/color] Sectonia said. 

[color=d7d7d7]”Apparently. Although I wonder if it's going to be anything actually horrifying. If the goal of the video is to show true horror, I have some ideas if nothing works down below.”[/color] Roland said, scratching his forehead as he thought about it. [color=d7d7d7]”Hm… Which one of us is going to hold the camera?”[/color] Roland looked at his other party members. Sectonia was out, her hands were too big to handle it. And while normally Roland wouldn’t even care about how Therion and Primrose looked as you could have any style in the City, in the world of light, he had to actually consider how they were dressed. And if he had to guess, those two hadn’t ever seen a camera before.

[color=d7d7d7]”... Nevermind, I’ll be the cameraman. Best to not lose it, and I can keep myself safe while we film.”[/color] Roland said.

[color=D34C25]"That is probably wise,"[/color] Primrose said. She had gotten used to a lot of new things during this adventure and could most likely intuit how the contraption worked, but if Roland was already familiar with it then best just to leave it to him.

Looking around the area, she quickly found the diving bell that Ballyhoo had mentioned. Along with several other little features the island had. There appeared to be some kind of shop ordering screen, a large technologically advanced device, two wooden buildings... being so small, there wasn't much else. Or anything else really.

Primrose picked up a few of the flashlights and offered one to Therion and Sectonia. The former took it and stashed it in his belt. His attention was primarily focused on the diving bell, because his only other experience with one had been in the Home of Tears.

[color=BC8DBF]"Don't those things go underwater?"[/color] he asked. Is that what the helmets they were all wearing were for? The explanation of this game had gone by quickly, but Therion was pretty sure he caught mention of oxygen levels. Scaling a mountain without the fear of getting hurt was one thing, but being surrounded on all sides by water was another.

[color=d7d7d7]”Yeah, but they are old. Like, really old.”[/color] Roland said, looking at the diving bell. Sectonia, not needing a flashlight as she could see in the dark, threw hers to Roland. [color=92278f]”I suppose when we get down there, I should use some Antlers and have them investigate. I still don’t know what this ‘scary movie’ should entail.”[/color] Sectonia said, being roughly on the same wavelength as Primrose and Therion when it came to this stuff, leaving Roland as the only one who had an idea of what they needed to do.

[color=d7d7d7]”Well, before we head down, let's see what this device does…”[/color] Roland said as he approached the sponsorship device and examined it.

Therion went to better inspect the bell while the other three looked at the monitor. On the screen were a few offers, which seemed to be various challenges the team had to complete in their homemade video in return for getting an item to use. Some had to do with monsters, such as interviewing or dancing with them. Others just asked the players to use their products in the video and get enough views on it.

Though Primrose understood the words, the context was still hard to grasp. The shopping board also listed items without any description, making the prospect of spending her single token on any of them unappealing.

The dancer disregarded the sponsorships for now. She looked at Roland, one hand on her hip. [color=D34C25]"Actually, could you give the rest of us an idea of what we should be doing in this game? In layman's terms... Or even simpler."[/color]

Roland thought a bit to himself. He didn’t make videos, but he had an idea of how it worked. [color=d7d7d7]”Uh… From what little I gather, we grab a sponsor here from this board and do something in our video with them, then we go down and try to get some scary monster footage, of the monsters doing scary things like attacking people or something? And the more horrifying the better. Although that would mean getting attacked…”[/color] Roland said, trying to explain what was going on here.

[color=92278f]”Well, I can summon something for these monsters to ‘attack’, so we don’t have to touch those vile things.”[/color] Sectonia said, summoning an ice antler for reference.

[color=d7d7d7]”Well, that helps. Now to just find a good sponsor.. Sponsors should get us a lot of views themselves.”[/color] Roland sorted through the sponsor list, and found one he figured would be easy. [color=d7d7d7]”Hmm… I see one for Wèllcheers soda. ‘Have 20 seconds of Wèllcheers soda shown on screen, and/or being drinken. Use and drink all 3 flavors, flavors will be provided.’ What do you three think? Sound good?”[/color] Roland said. Something about this soda seemed…. Vaguely familiar but he couldn’t place it.

[color=92278f]”I suppose it doesn’t matter. My antlers can handle all of that, since it seems they will also be the ‘victims’ in this.”[/color] Sectonia said, suppressing her sweet tooth for this strange soda.

Though Primrose found Roland's explanation to be a little... lacking, she didn't coax him for more. He seemed to know what he was doing, and this was only a game. For now she'd just roll with it and see what happened. Like the previous game, she didn't expect her team's outcome to be a very good one, but she didn't mind that. As for sponsorships, she didn't have any opinion, so when Roland chose one she shrugged one shoulder.

[color=D34C25]"No objections,"[/color] the dancer said. She would be more than happy to let Sectonia's antlers take on any burden the game demanded.

Once the choice was set in stone, a buzzing noise started approaching their little island almost immediately. The drone dropped off a wooden crate filled with a six pack of the mysterious soda and then zoomed off to wherever it had come from. The delivery drew Therion away from the bell, and he met the others in the center of the island.

[color=BC8DBF]"Are you all set?"[/color] he asked. He figured there must be some kind of time limit for this minigame, but there didn't seem to be a way to tell if getting a head start would benefit them. Them being the other three, because... [color=BC8DBF]"I don't really want to go underwater, so I'll... I dunno, coordinate from up here."[/color] If such a thing was even possible.

Primrose regarded him curiously. [color=D34C25]"Tired out from just one win?"[/color] she teased. The thief shrugged.

[color=d7d7d7]”Well, from what it looks like, we don’t need someone up here monitoring everything. And it would be safer to go as a group than someone being alone. I don’t know if being alone would make things come up and gobble you up.”[/color] Roland said with a tinge of dark humor to his voice.

Therion raised an eyebrow and gestured to the small, colorful, general area. [color=BC8DBF]"Up here? I think I'll take my chances."[/color]

[color=D34C25]"I doubt we're actually going to spend the whole time down there submerged,"[/color] Primrose said. She tapped the side of her helmet, the same one they all wore. It was hardly watertight. [color=D34C25]"If it takes underwater, it will most likely bring us to some cave or sunken building, with a pocket of air."[/color]

Her fellow Orsterran still didn't look convinced enough, but used her words as a segue to get off of the topic. [color=BC8DBF]"Speaking of, inside there are three places listed inside that thing: factory, cruise ship, tunnels."[/color]

[color=d7d7d7]”If my experience means anything, either the factory or the tunnels should have the ‘scariest’ things. Cruise ships probably just have sharks or jellyfish or octopi.”[/color] Roland said, voicing his opinion. Sectonia didn’t really have much of an opinion herself, as no matter what they were going to see down there, it was going to be ugly no matter what.

[color=D34C25]"I would veto the 'tunnels',"[/color] Primrose said, sure she wasn't alone in the opinion that most of them had seen enough tunnels for a long while.

[color=BC8DBF]"Which leaves the factory."[/color] 

With their course of action figured out and everyone agreed, the filed into the diving bell (with some great reluctance from Therion), sponsorship item in hand and started to head down.