Divers of Bathys Deep

Hello? Team? I'm losing signal coher... Are you still.. me? Remem... ask is to retr... ger... g... luck.

— Your boss

You were barely keeping your head above the water, your supply of cash steadily flowing out with the tide and a wave of debt looming on the horizon. Luckily, a life ring was thrown your way in the form of the Inframarine Retrievals company. They were hiring new divers, and the pay they offered was simply too generous to pass up. It just didn't quite register that it was mostly hazard pay...
Basic training was a breeze, a nice relaxed week in a crystal clear heated pool. But now, you and your handful of teammates are being thrown in the deep end.

The Cast

The Burglar

Eh? No, this ain't the ship's silverware! I ain't knicked nuffin, chief!

The Engineer

Time for some precision guesswork. Trust me, I'm an engineer.

The Militiaman

The most important part of shooting, right, is to not get shot, ya know?

The Paramedic

The bleeding isn't, like, that bad. Stop being a whinge. What? Like, blood attracts sharks?

The Jack

Yeah, yeah, sure. I can do that. Probably. Maybe. Hopefully...

The Other Jack

Huh. Not many trees down here. Who knew? You all did? Oh, ok then.

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Bathys Deep. A seemingly bottomless abyssal trench on a world you've never heard of before. Apparently something is down there. Something valuable enough for your boss to send you into those inky black depths.
The diving pod groans and strains against the rapidly mounting pressure bearing down on it, as you descend kilometre after kilometre.

Plot type

One-Shot