A young man meets you at the gangplank, and leads you along the dock, into the leg of the Thames. You can see that it is slowly moving through the water, floating along, a deep bass thrum humming through your bones as the massive engines inside the leg slowly push the platform through the water. This is just another reminder of the incongruous amount of power that this base seems to possess.<br/><br/>You catch sight of a group of people preparing to leap into the water. They look, at first, reminiscient of the D'jella, but the eye quickly reveals inconsistencies with that idea. For instance, the large fluke tail that emerges from their back, and the seperation of colors on their body, splitting them between white and black, belly and faces a pale, ivory white, and their backs a rich, dark black. They look to be the beastmen you were told about. One of them sees you, and smiles, giving you a wave before she leaps into the water.<br/><br/>The man leads you into the Screw Elevator, a massive cage that, once the lot of you enter, begins slowly rotating upwards, looking to still be in decent shape despite a lack of proper maintenance. The man speaks over the loud sounds of the engine. " It's good to have you here. I'm to give you any information about the Thames or the surrounding environment that you may need for your mission." He waits expectantly for any questions you may have.<br/>