Set up for Vadimir (don't peek in)

Marcus organises and sends out his teams. Once the group that was tasked with distraction is sent ahead, he goes with his group to advance forth after some time has passed. The streets are dark and lit up only by the leaning electric lamps along the cracked roads. The people are not seen around, as warnings of the Void Leak has been spread.

The church is just ahead. Signs of corrosion is scattered in the area, as if someone was splashing powerful acid about. There is no one outside of it. Your group approach the entrance, and the building look like a gothic catholic church, except that instead of angels or saints, dragons of all body shapes are decorated everywhere on it. You step through, and the atmosphere becomes heavy, as if the dark air has a different weight, although there is no smell except for hints of blood.

Here, you can see the pews in different states of damage as the stone ground is also melted, broken and blackened. Ahead of you, half of the floor is broken through, exposing a pitch-black basement below. You then see a flash of light and a woman's voice coming from the hole. "Hey! There is more of them here! Die, Ink-Shitters!"

One of your men then comments. "Oh crap, the exterminators are still here. I think those black materials are the leftovers of the Voidlings this time. Hopefully they are safe to pocket..."

One guy went to use tongs to pick up the black solids and place them into the bag that can be made to be airtight and waterproof. It seems to be similar to burnt ash, except it is not as brittle.

Two went ahead to look into the hole, careful not to fall through. While they watch, a couple more flashes are seen, and the voices of a man and woman can be heard as they order around each other.

The two then return to report to you that the exterminators are equipped with strange bulky gear that can shoot bright light. They can't see the Voidlings well, but they believe they small and fast-moving as they flee during the flashes. The two exterminators seem to be searching through the basement chamber and the side rooms of it, looking for more Voidlings to kill. They seem to be handling themselves decently, but appears slightly exhausted. One of your men comments that they are likely standing their ground and waiting for backup from individuals who have the ability to seal up the Leaks, or Reality Tears.

Meanwhile, the two last men with you are standing guard at the entrance to look out for anyone coming. None seems to be so far.

Two men prepare to carry back their decent haul of bags stuffed with the material.

Then a formation is made of two in front and one behind you. One scout is sent ahead to search for stairs down. She reports that she finds one next to the collapsed altar behind fallen rafters. She then proceeds down as you wait for her turn. A scream is then heard coming from her in the winding staircase. At its entrance, the scent of rot is stronger.

You speak your words of encouragement as your group passes through the debris and descends down into the dark. The person in the back has a torchlight in hand, and so shines it to see well in getting down the stairs. Then, you see that the female scout you sent is trying to fight against a moving patch of darkness that is standing over the badly decomposed corpse that is slump on the stairwell.

You watch as they exchange blows with each other. The scout manages to slash with her combat knife at the creature that is trying to avoid the light from her own torch, and the shadow in turn lashes out at her, causing the scout's body to appear darker.

At your command, the scout retreats away to your group, causing the monster to lash out as she turns. She winches in pain, but makes it pass the 2 frontliners that charge forth and aim to pummel at it with their crude weapons.

The Shadow creature give a pained hiss as it collapses under the shower of violence. As the front men back away, the light from the torch reveals that the monster is seemingly gone.

As that happens, you hear the distant voices of the people at the level below. Then, the air seems to grow somewhat dustier.

The one watching from the back tries to clean up and bandage the wound, despite that it is somewhat an unnatural one and may not be fully healed. As that happens, the tougher bodyguards stand around to watch the perimeter as you reflect on the monster that you saw.

It is cleary not a natural creature. It's size is that of a small child, and its form is cloudy and can form tendril-like appendages. It looks like it is attached to the corpse, perhaps feeding on it as the scout came by. It seems to react afraid of the light, or perhaps it is intelligent enough to attempt to remain in darkness as it fights. The way that it disintegrates from the assault of crowbar and hammer reveals that it has no real solid body, maybe even ghost-like. There is also a possibility that it may not be really dead, and is hiding somewhere, but atleast your group is not being harassed at the moment.

The scout is now patched up, but your watcher wants to tell you something. "I did what I could, sir, but she still is in pretty bad shape. Judging by how she complained to me about numbness, and how her flesh and clothing has turned black at her wounds, the Leakage that is happening here is caused by essense-vampire types. I am not a professional, only knowing bits and pieces, but these alien demons can do significant damage to a reality if not removed properly. However, the risk is somewhat worth the reward, as they can alter matter quite easily, giving us a good amount of unnatural resources to harvest from."

As you move on with the group, the feeling of slight vibrations can be felt, as well as the haunting sounds of inhuman groans. As you are reaching the basement level, you can see the flashing of lights lighting up the level's chamber from the strange weapons of the exterminators.

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