hugtopia | text | in which there was an adventure

hey everyone

me, pyra, and prompto were able to organize an expedition outside of the barrier, beneath the mines of the southern factory so idk this is basically an update on wtf is going on down there. we got a lot of photos, most are posted here, prompto has the rest & we'll put it on the network once we've organized it better & maybe gotten translations or w/e for the stuff we dont understand. there was a lot going on down there tbh

-the mines go down pretty deep, like deeper than we could explore. there's a map that lays it all out, and a lot of it was collapsed and empty. but some good news-

-we found a couple of veins of ore! the worms dug through new areas and its gonna take some time to stabilize and make it fully accessible, but there's stuff down there. we're getting it confirmed but the locals say it's almost def sildar and nicean. they're stoked tbh this is a big deal for them

-safety is gonna be an issue. worms are still digging around, tho looks like they can't access past the barrier anymore. the town is ok but anybody venturing below is at risk

-pyra's barrier crystal experiment is like… partial success? theyre gonna need more crystals and support throughout the tunnels, but with some more work we might be able to expand the barrier to get better access. so thats cool. uhh if anyone's out of the loop on that one she or honerva can tell you more, but basically they built a thing that's trying to help balance out the energy in town to support the barrer. if it can collect that energy the way the barrier does, maybe we can direct how it expands

-we caught some carrot and onion monsters. theyre pretty harmless for the most part, some are p aggressive and attack on sight. afaik you can tell them apart by the size and like. how angry they are. theyre like vegetable chickens, they lay nonsentient baby versions of themselves that i GUESS you can eat if you like that stuff

-we found a really freaky tunnel that looks like something out of a horror movie. train-sized, all blocked up on both sides. there were a bunch of weird patterns covering everything, kinda like graffiti but way more intentional. nobody knows what the signs mean yet but the temples are looking into it, its some kind of ancient language. if you ask me they look like "KEEP THE HELL OUT" tho. we didnt go much further, the whole thing gave off super bad vibes and we werent gonna break down the walls without knowing more.

thats basically it. uhhh q&a now i guess?

[Attached is a collection of photos: long tunnels underground, typical mineshaft scenery, darkly lit and dusty; a series of images of vegetable monsters; a grim tunnel blocked at both sides, covered in indecipherable red markings that paint an unpleasant picture of what may lie ahead.]