It's a dirty job but they're very suave.

[swordedpast]

WHO: Archer (swordedpast), Hank McCoy (professorlionface), Yako Katsuragi (topslug), Kurt Wagner (themisfit), Peter Parker (incywincyhero), Val Richards (smarterthandad), Saber (promisedvictory), Mordin Solus (heal_or_execute), Curt Connors (mostlyarmless), Minako Arisato (xxii_thefool), and Tony Stark (liverletdie).
WHERE: Near Esperanza Base, Antarctica; Belfast, Ireland; and the Cayman Turtle Farm, in the Cayman Islands.
WHEN: Starting Tuesday, June 18th, and extending over the next few days.
WARNINGS: There will probably be some violence!
SUMMARY: Three teams of plucky, or possibly foolhardy, researchers set out to uncover more about certain scientific anomalies they've found that may be linked to Vulcanus.
FORMAT: Quick-log.

For over a month now, the ragtag group of scientists, or at least science-minded people, gathered by Archer to hunt down scraps of information left by Vulcanus has researched and studied, studied and researched. Finally, by early June, they've narrowed their list of suspicious locations to a few targets, and by the middle of the month, they're ready to depart to investigate those locations up close.

In the tiniest hours of the morning on Tuesday, June 18th, they split off into groups and begin traveling.

Hank McCoy, Archer, and Yako Katsuragi head down to Antarctica, to get up close and find out more about reports of scientists inexplicably visiting a desolate location.

Saber, Kurt Wagner, Peter Parker, and (carefully watched by the adults) Val Richards head to Belfast, Ireland, to learn more about the city's peculiar flooding.

And Mordin Solus, Curt Connors, Minako Arisato, and Tony Stark take a flight to the Cayman Islands to see the truth of rumors about mutant turtles with human body parts growing out of them.

The intention is to be back by Saturday at the latest, and to share any important information found out there with the Network as soon as possible.

Comments

[topslug]

[ Well, there's nothing for it but to step forward, which Yako does without prompting, sliding into the gap in the ice without a word. She's relying on the blueprints on her visor to tell her where they need to go from here, though she waits until they've followed her through the ice before she starts squeezing past the doors. ]

If there's anything here, it's most likely in the main experiment chambers. [ She comments, a little out of breath. ] It shouldn't be too difficult to get to from here, as long as the rest of the hallways are still intact.

[professorlionface]

[Hank ambles in behind her, lifting his goggles and wiping the frost from his snout. He notices it's still too cold for any kind of real habitable comfort, though thankfully less exposed.]

I have heat signatures coming from a ways up. I take it that's probably the chambers you're referring to?

[swordedpast]

[ Now that he's opened the way, Archer falls easily behind the others, content to follow along. ]

It doesn't look like the snow came in very far--

[ He stops as the smell hits.

The whole place...

...smells like bird.

And indeed, there are feathers and droppings to be seen, but no actual creatures in sight. Yet. ]

[topslug]

[ Yako nods at Hank's question, picking her way gingerly along deposits of bird poop and feathers as she guides them onward. It's not that she's squeamish, as they look like they're a fall hazard; she's not sure her footwear was ever designed to be slip-proof under these conditions. ]

There's a stairwell not far from here. We could take that to go up.

[ And unless there are any suggestions to the contrary, that's exactly where she starts leading them to. ]

[professorlionface]

[Hank makes a face at the floor, then takes a glance around the rest of the hallway. The ceiling might have iced a bit, but he'd rather take his chances there, climbing his way around to avoid the floor.]

[swordedpast]

[Archer follows without a word.

The stairwell should lead up to a common area, but it doesn't seem like it's been used in some time. At least, not by humans. Downy feathers cling to the icy walls.]

[topslug]

[ It doesn't take long to get to their destination, and Yako looks around once they're there. There are doorways leading off the area they've come up in, and it takes her a moment to point towards one of them. ]

That way.

[ As she steps towards it, though, she could almost swear she gets the feeling they aren't alone. Just her imagination, maybe? ]

[professorlionface]

[Hank hops back down onto the floor, looking ahead at the door she's pointed at.]

I'm getting readings up ahead.

[He turns about the room, his dismay growing. For all the signs that this facility's been abandoned, there is definitely something here.]

A lot of them.