You quickly check in with Buddy, asking if it’s okay after all that. Buddy says that it was kind of scary, but it did it! And it’s glad to be here, even if it’s kind of terrifying! Very! You praise Buddy for its bravery and tell it that you’re going to try and make this
You tell Jasper to go look around a bit, but to be careful. You need more information before you get moving- Buddy can stay behind the boxes.
Jasper floats around the pit, nervous and hurried. They say that there’s sheer sides to it, with a spiral staircase going all the way up…they fell a long way, there’s at least another floor or two. Looks like this is the only floor with an actual, well, floor. There may be other rooms around the spiral stairs, or something.
The barred passageway seems clear, the phantom type clenching their fists before getting a running start, phasing through the bars. They come back just as quickly, saying that there’s someone down that way- but they weren’t spotted. It was big, like how Seaspray was before getting changed, and had splotchy markings…it was carrying some kind of backpack, and they didn’t want to stick around to see much more. Sorry.
Jasper looks down the passage that Marvel was taken down, recoiling and pressing against the wall. Marvel’s out of the cage, but hooked up to some kind of thing, some kind of machine, one with a big black tank, and frankly they don’t like the look of it one bit. The cage didn’t see them, and was pressing all kinds of buttons.
They start fidgeting with their hands again, all anxiety and worry. Okay, okay. Okay, it’s gonna be fine, they’re gonna go check down where Seaspray is. They try not to look down at the fluid trail, peeking around slowly. They can’t see as easily into this one, but…there’s definitely someone in there, and they’re pretty sure it’s the TCP with the hook from earlier. They’re not very big, but they’ve got…Jasper peeks in a bit closer before scooting back. They’ve got Seaspray pinned to the wall. Definitely them.
They look like they’re going to be sick. None of these options are good. None of it, and it’s all, just…god, they don’t want to do any of this, but they have to save their friends. No matter what.