Dug Way Too Deep

"Dug Way Too Deep" is a [SEASON NUMBER] thread written on [IRL DATE].
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Juro itched to stay and comb through the entire place millimeter by millimeter, but Virion was already rippling open at the command, for some odd reason, having taken to the scout, whose hood it had nestled against. The Bookkeeper turned swiftly–embedding the images of the furnace and the mechanism and the engraving into his brain–to leap out of the lab and direct the portal outside where there was more space and clearer air, but not without leaning towards the ground with a hand and swiping at the bits of parchment that were scattered with a gloved hand to peek at them in better light… and perhaps show the Commander. If she asked. 
He stepped nimbly out of the room right on time. Space yawned open into a large circle of colour and light, big enough to let even their new companion through.
hubwalker1
Lila came through the portal, quickly followed by the rest of the team. She looked the door up and down in surprise. “Woah. What the Hel did you guys find?” She asked.
lbigreyhound13
The Chief smiled upon seeing the other team as she and Shadow followed Juro out of the room. “There’s a room behind these doors,” Grey said. “It looks like someone was working on something, and it got destroyed…like someone purposely destroyed it. I couldn’t find any records or notes in there, but it’s clear someone did not want this to be found.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Some type of laboratory, with a chain mechanism. I didn’t get a good look at it, so maybe someone else can study it… And a bunch of other… things… you can look at inside…” Juro replied, still very distracted as he scribbled across his journal at lightning speed, trying not to forget anything he had just seen or smelled or heard.
Simultaneously a small, quiet portal opened in the room, out of sight and earshot from the rest out in the tunnel, as Virion, finally available for the Bookkeeper’s use, warped into an opening that took the superheated dish and finger into the Library, far away. It dropped somewhat messily on a loose pile of dirt on a garden bed behind the physical building, simmering and smoking as it hit surface temperatures that were cooler than it. The golem instantly closed up again afterwards and settled itself back in a loose pocket of Juro’s scarf.
hubwalker1
Jari immediately steps up really close. “It was a lab?! Could you tell what they were working on?! Were there research notes?!” She grabs the bookkeeper by the shirt and shakes him back and forth. “Come on man, speak!” She then seemingly gets frustrated at his moment of silence as he tries to collect himself to answer, and immediately goes through the hole in the door to start poking around herself.
tree-the-cat
Kendra ran up and flapped her hands in the middle of them, separating them and signing “wait” and “stop” repeatedly, and when Jari zoomed into the lab, she turned to Juro, looking apologetic. Thank you for helping us down here. Can you take us back to the surface? Nala needs to talk to her brother and he needs to find a doctor! She pointed back at the mech-looking suit behind them, which looked alarmingly similar in style to the Construct, and also didn’t look like it was in any need of medical assistance.
akkeyagentofhelheim
Juro took a second to get himself together again from the barrage of reactions and new information flung his way, but it was seemingly nothing as he instantly slipped into the crooked grin and gave a thumbs up in response.
“One more, Vir,” he said gently, and the golem chirped, fluttering to an open space and rippling into a very large tear in the air that led to the surface entrance of their underground venture, allowing for everyone to file through one by one. The Bookkeeper motioned with a slender hand, acknowledging the mini Construct with intensely curious, amber eyes as he took in the appearance, “After you.”
tree-the-cat
Kendra took Zsil by the hand excitedly and walked through, the suit whirring and clunking as it followed, and Liam rolled his eyes and walked through as well, mumbling something about going to take a bath. Nala, got something to show you, he thought.
This had better be good.
It is. I think.
hubwalker1
Kettil followed through the portal and went with the demon to help care for his friend. Lila walked to the hole in the door but no further, the stench was awful. “Jari we’re leaving!” She called through clenched nose.
“I’m staying back here for a while!” She calls back, not even looking up from what she’s looking at.
Lila sighed. “I’ll drop a rope down the hole and send some of the Pooka down too. They’re better at tunnel warfare.”
“Sure whatever.” Jari called back, ignoring her.
The commander clicked her tongue and shook her head before going through herself.
lbigreyhound13
The Chief and the Night Fury looked at Jari before looking back at each other and nodding. Shadow jumped through the portal first, and sure enough Grey wasn’t far behind and jumped through the portal herself. 
akkeyagentofhelheim
Silence filled the tunnel again as the scout was the last to go through. Juro took a peek at the Pookan exploring what he had just done so himself, but she was so engrossed in her endeavour that she didn’t notice. He grinned, leaving her to her own tasks, and passed a hand in the air. Virion opened one last time underground that day as Juro headed for the Library.