<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/95/Atoll-donut900web.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>The expedition<br/><strong>Location/Date/Time:</strong>Somewhere on the Western Ocean, 8 Resplendent Earth, Early afternoon<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Any<br/><strong>Notes:</strong>None<br/><br/>After an hour or so of explorations, several hatches had been unearthed from under the sands of the atoll. It took a bit of effort, but eventually, two of them were prised open. The air that wafted out from them was stale, those nearby coughing and waving their hands to clear the smell away. It was decided to let the hatch sit open for a while before anyone proceeded within, to let fresher air inside.<br/><br/>Another larger hatch was found, this one perhaps some kind of cargo hatch, but it resisted attempts to get it open. Perhaps from the inside, it would prove easier to crack open.<br/><br/>Underwater, the exploration teams managed to find one hatch that still worked well enough to allow them entry to the main ring without risking further flooding. It was large enough to accommodate half a dozen people at one time. The interior of the main ring, at least in that area, seemed to be almost pitch black. A few crystals still provided a faint light, but it did little more than define the gloom, rather than dispell it.