Freedom: Catch

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The group of four delivered the silk back to the Union, after which they headed back to Castle Light.
As they walked through it's halls, Faust explained to Pakki what they were doing. "You see.. Both the Union and the Divers have some unfinished business, that we want to solve before leave."
Pakki stopped. "Hey, what do you mean by 'we'? Are you trying to imply--"
Kevin nodded. "Yeah. I'm leaving with you guys." He looked forward, focusing on not getting lost in the Castle. "Your little... speech yesterday inspired me. You guys are all I've got left keeping me going. If you go, we go together."
Pakki quickly sped up his walking speed to catch up with them. "...Thanks..."

They soon reached the point where there was a massive, gaping hole in the floor. Klaris approached them. "So you guys are finally here..."
Kevin smirked. "Aww, did I keep you waiting?" He approached Klaris, who crossed her arms, unamused.
"I might just forget to give you your light hook..." She responded.
Pakki tilted his head. "A light hook..?"
Klaris groaned, obviously annoyed that not everyone knew the plan. "Alright, listen. As you learned here, the Depths is multi-layered. Not too long ago, we sent out a black diver by the name of Chaser on an expedition down there along with a bunch of divers he could take with himself. Chaser seems to have gone rogue, according to Ignition Union reports... It's going to be your job to go down there and deal with him. I'll equip you all with a light hook. It's made from something I like to call Radiance Magic. I invented it... But that doesn't matter right now. Just pull on the hook if you need me to get you out."
She explained as she pushed them above the massive, gaping hole in the middle of the room, so deep they could not see the bottom of it. The only thing keeping them from falling down was a thin layer of light, presumably made by Klaris.

Klaris readied them, putting a light hook on each and everyone one of them. "Oh and... I'll try to give you equal time, but since I have to focus on four of them they might not work perfectly."
She said, right before the group plunged down into the darkness.

Faust, Pakki and Colt awakened to Kevin waiting for them beside a massive doorframe, and the loud sounds of wind howling.
Kevin looked outside. "Be careful with the wind.. It might push you off the bridges."
The trio nodded, carefully going outside. There was snow piled up on some parts of the narrow bridge they traversed.
"It's cold... Really cold..." Pakki noted.
Faust looked at the white powder piling up on the bridge. "What's that..?"
"It's snow..." Colt responded.
Kevin shook his head as he led them, correcting him. "It LOOKS like snow. They're parasites..."
Pakki gasped, trying to get the snow off of himself. "they're WHAT?!"
Kevin looked back at him. "Don't worry... You're fine as long as they don't pile up on you. And if they do tell me. My sword can burn them away."

After traversing the harsh environment for a while, they rested in a small station of some sort, connecting bridges. Suddenly, there was noise from Kevin's radio. "Huh?" He picked it out from his pocket, trying to listen in. Through the crackle and distortion he was able to make out two words: 'Mayday' and 'Generator'.
Pakki tilted his head. "What do they mean..?"
Kevin thought for a moment. "The damn generator probably stopped working again... We'll have to go fix it. Come on, let's go this way." He said, signalling for them to follow him.
Kevin led them to a much wider bridge, however they were stopped when a rather large creature slammed down on the bridge in front of them.
Colt's eyes widened, grabbing his rifle spear. "W-What the hell is that..?!"
Kevin drew his railblade. "That's... A bonekeeper."
The creature was humanoid, yet.. Different. It had claws for hands, yet it wore clothing. It had no skin, no meat, only bones. It's head was a bone, shaped somewhat like a cylinder.
The bonekeeper stood into a pose before rushing at them. Faust, Pakki and Kevin dodged to the side, however Colt was late to react and was knocked to the side, off the bridge.
"COLT!!" Pakki yelled, nearly jumping off after him, but he saw Colt pull the light hook - and almost as if he turned into a yellow orb, he flew away. Klaris pulled him out.

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