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Started February 23, 2018 by @_sleeby_rat_

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Back in the casino, Damascus sips a glass behind the bar with Arik. "I almost feel bad for the poor guy. You really sent him on a death mission," the bartender says. The god rolls his eyes. "Oh, like you care. Besides, I still have to activate his key." He dips a finger in his drink and stirs, and the liquid rises and swirls into a circular shape. Damascus keeps twirling his finger in front of the circle of liquid, the alcohol spinning faster and faster

Mike boards the helicopter and goes to see the pilot. "Hey, I'm back."
Jacob waves at him. "Hey, boss. Where to?"
Mike places the key down on the dash board. "Follow this. We could be talking another dimension, so be ready for a rough ride."
"You got it." Jacob takes the controls and lifts them into the air. "Anything else?"
"Nope." Mike sits down, his eyes on the sky outside. "Let me know when we seem to be getting close."

The helicopter starts to sway back and forth. On the dash board, the key has started to rattle and the eye's hourglass starts to swirl

Jacob yelps. "You weren't kidding about the rough ride!"

"Try and hold her steady, shouldn't last long."

The rocking gets worse, and the key starts to wildly spin on the dash. The helicopter's lights flicker madly, and in the flashes of darkness glowing eyes seem to watch the two. Suddenly, the key stops spinning and points forwards. A massive inky creature covered in glowing eyes appears right in front of the helicopter, its mouth open terrifyingly wide

Jacob screams–in a manly way, of course. "Is this supposed to happen??"

"I have no idea! Hopefully!"

The creature swallows the helicopter, and suddenly they're flying above the most clear water they've ever seen

"Whew!" Jacob shakes his head. "Okay…that was way too weird."

(No problemo my dude) Below them, a massive creature that seems to resemble a water dragon swims just below the water's surface. Its body is covered in bioluminescent markings, and it flashes them repeatedly at the helicopter

Mike whistles. "Now, there's a valuable creature, I'll bet. Imagine how much the rich snobs back home would pay for a handful of scales."
"I hear ya. Too bad we're busy, eh?"
"Too bad. Why don't you take her up a bit, in case we look tasty." (I'll be back in a hour-ish, see ya!)

The sea monster's flashing increases, and it swims in quick circles. Seemingly distressed, it dives down underneath the crystal water

(I'm back!)
Mike shrugs. "Okay then. See land anywhere?"
Jacob scans the horizon. "I'll let you know."

Suddenly the sea monster leaps out of the ocean and grabs the helicopter by its tail

"Oh for–"Jacob wrestles with the controls. "Gimme a hand, boss?"
Mike throws open the bay door and sends a bullet or two down at the monster, aiming for the face. He has no idea how effective this will be.

The bullets bounce off the monster's face guard. The monster splashes back down into the ocean, but instead of trying to cause any damage the creature flashes the lights of his eyes at the helicopter. A garbled, staticy mishmash of voices crackles from the creature's face guard. "H-H-Hello. Nice to m-m-mee ee t you. My designa-a-tion is Light-h-house."

Mike catches his breath before responding. "Hey. This is Mike. Do you know a place where we can land, Lighthouse? We're getting low on fuel."

The creature's eyes continue to flash. "P-Please turn off your eng-in-ne to conserve f-f-uel. I will ta-ta-take you to the nearest lan-n-nding zone."

"Jacob, gently land on the dragon and turn her off."
"Is that smart?"
"We don't have a choice."