The water is cold, clear, and deep enough for Gordon to dive- and he's wearing armor and covered in guns. There's nothing living in it, a fact for which he's fervently grateful. The last thing he needs right now are those leech creatures he remembers from Black Mesa- or a juvenile dinoshark. In fact, the only sign of life in the waters is a faintly swaying reddish thing dangling down from the surface as they make their way through to the light at the far end.
At the sight, Gordon stops and gestures to Dinah to move out of the way. Several pistol shots later, the red thing withdraws upwards like a suddenly-cut pulley cable, and several half-digested...it's probably best to think of them as things... tumble downwards. "Barnacle," is all Gordon says before pushing on.
The light, it happens, is from a small electrical rig on dry land. They've passed through the watery tunnels and come to the bottom end of a slanted mineshaft- one with a cart in it that bears one of Father Grigori's chopper blade rigs. At the far end of the tunnel, there's just barely visible-
"Daylight," Gordon says. "We're almost at the surface. If we can get that cart started we should be able to get there safely."
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Date: 2008-07-31 02:56 pm (UTC)The water is cold, clear, and deep enough for Gordon to dive- and he's wearing armor and covered in guns. There's nothing living in it, a fact for which he's fervently grateful. The last thing he needs right now are those leech creatures he remembers from Black Mesa- or a juvenile dinoshark. In fact, the only sign of life in the waters is a faintly swaying reddish thing dangling down from the surface as they make their way through to the light at the far end.
At the sight, Gordon stops and gestures to Dinah to move out of the way. Several pistol shots later, the red thing withdraws upwards like a suddenly-cut pulley cable, and several half-digested...it's probably best to think of them as things... tumble downwards. "Barnacle," is all Gordon says before pushing on.
The light, it happens, is from a small electrical rig on dry land. They've passed through the watery tunnels and come to the bottom end of a slanted mineshaft- one with a cart in it that bears one of Father Grigori's chopper blade rigs. At the far end of the tunnel, there's just barely visible-
"Daylight," Gordon says. "We're almost at the surface. If we can get that cart started we should be able to get there safely."