#trapped underground

[whumpsmith-participates]

Whumpay 2026

Day 2 - Sole Survivor / "Please don't leave me." / Trapped Underground

CW: cave in, trapped whumpee, uhhh separation anxiety (/j)

River coughed as he picked himself up — or at least, he tried to. His ears were ringing, he was dizzy, and his hands slipped on the dust, causing him to fall flat on his stomach. The dust was everywhere. In his lungs, his eyes, his mouth…

What happened?

He rubbed the dust out of his eyes and looked around. It was mostly dark, save for one tiny beam of light, perfectly visible as it reflected off the large dust particles that stifled the air.

River slowly took in the details around him. Rocks, mostly, crumbled concrete with rebarb sticking out. Two large slabs of concrete leaned against each other, forming the little dome that he found himself in. But he could tell it wasn’t sturdy. There was dust crumbling from teh spot where the two slabs touched.

“River?!”

River’s head jerked up towards the crack that the beam of light filtered through. He hadn’t even noticed that the ringing in his ears had died down, but he was glad it did so he could hear his friend call out.

“Ethan!!”

His voice was hoarse, so he wasn’t sure it was audible. He dragged himself closer to the crack, wincing a bit as he scraped his bare skin on the rough floor.

“ETHAN!!!”

“River?!”

Ethan’s voice sounded a lot closer now. And there were footfalls. The light filtering through the crack dimmed a bit.

“River?”

He was right next to him. RIver gasped relieved, coughing a bit as he inhaled some dust again.

“River! Are you okay?!”

“I-I’m here!” River croaked.

“Oh really?” Ethan said sarcastically, “Are you okay though?”

“I think so…what happened?”

“Place caved in.”

River looked around again.

“Oh really?”

“Let me see if I can dig you out…” Ethan said.

“B-be careful, I don’t think where I am is very sturdy.” River said, looking back at the two large slabs above him.

“I am, I am…” Ethan assured him, grunting a bit as he moved something heavy aside.

River flinched a bit at the sound of rocks crumbling and rolling past other rocks. He managed to sit up, hugging his knees as he sat close to the crack, which slowly grew into a hole as Ethan moved debris aside until he could stick his hand through.

“E-Ethan!” River gasped grasping for his hand, “Can you get through?”

“…I’m not sure.” Ethan admitted, “How’s it look in there? Are you alone? Do you smell gas?”

“I-I’m alone. And I don’t smell gas.” River reported, “I’m safe because two large pieces of concrete are leaning against each other, but there’s crumbs and dust coming off of them, l-like they’re slowly slipping.”

“Okay…” Ethan said, “O-okay. I need to go get help—”

“W-what?” River asked.

“I can’t move much more on your own and I don’t want to cause a collapse.” Ethan said, “I can see if I can find uncle Xan, he’ll get you out safely, okay?”

“I-is he around?” River asked.

“I’ll have to go find him.”

“N-no!” River said, clutching Ethan’s hand tighter, “No, don’t leave me! Please!”

“It’ll be okay, I’ll come right back with help, I promise.” Ethan said, carefully pulling his hand back and dislodging it from River’s grip.

But as he did, River reached through the hole also and grabbed at Ethan’s clothes

“Please don’t leave me!” he begged.

“River, I’m sorry, I have to!” Ethan said, squeezing his hand, “I’ll come back as fast as I can, just hang in, okay?”

“N-no—”

“I’m sorry…” Ethan repeated, before reluctantly letting go and running off to find help.

@whumpay

Ethan belongs to @illustriousshadow

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I'm sure he got out okay :3c

[onlythegoodpretzels]

I hate to see you like this.

Now in color! This is for the whumps of March day 14: trapped underground.

Sketched this out last year! So fun to make it colorful. __________________________________________________________

"I thought I would enjoy your defeat after all this time, but really it's sad, isn't it? Once so powerful, and now I can't even chain you properly."

Rauru's ears twitched, which was still a mistake. The Demon King's gloom stung cold and heavy where it smeared his face. Trying to leech in, sicken him.

Rauru bared his teeth. Even without his secret stone, the light in him seared the gloom back. Not enough to banish it. But enough to keep it from taking him. "You...have done nothing. Too weak to approach, perhaps? Your beasts' skills...do not impress me, either."

He focused on the slow hot pulse of energy from his missing right arm. Link was there, somewhere. Fighting. Using his magic. Listening?

"You, lecture me on weakness?" Ganondorf flicked his hand. In a flurry of gloom another small monster snarled into existence, standing menacingly over Rauru.

Provoking the Demon King, immobilized and surrounded with his foul creatures. Somewhere out there, Zelda was very cross with him.

Rauru pressed his elbow back against the rock. He thought vaguely he could feel a sword in his hand. Link's hand. The sword that seals the darkness?

He smiled. "Maybe...you will find where my power has gone. And we will see."

[flightless-stranger]

One of the things I did on my break and just never posted ^^"

These are two new characters, both for a new WIP I've been playing around with called Trapped Underground! (I say new- it's my second oldest im just actually working on it for once-)

There names are named Marciano (against the tree) and Teodoro (holding drums).

They're young adults who've been friends since childhood. Both are also aspiring musicians who play songs together for fun and to ease the burden of the long work days. Sometimes, they even sneak out in the dead of night to play their tunes and forget about their worries.

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I'm still working out a timeline and everything, but hopefully I'll be able to post more about this WIP and these two in the future!

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a great day! 💚💚

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“First Photos of Ohio Mine Disaster Which Killed 79,” The Border Cities Star. November 6, 1930. Page 01. ---- Seventy-nine miners, officials of the Sunday Creek Coal Company and visitors lost their lives yesterday afternoon when a gas pocket in the company’s mine at Millfield, Ohio, exploded and wrecked the interior of the mine shaft. These photos, the first of the disaster, were rushed to The Border Cities Star by airplane. The picture at the top shows a crowd of relatives and friends of the trapped men waiting at the mouth of the mine for news of the victims. The lower picture shows a rescue squad ready to enter the mine.

[blo0swing46]

Underwing Challenge Day 6!

What does your portfolio look like? Talk about as many other WIPS as you'd like here.

My portfolio is very mixed, but mostly contains different types of Fantasy or Adventure stories, occasionally drifting into side genres like Science Fiction, Actions, or Mystery/suspense! I also mainly write chapter books, as that's what I find most entertaining!

I have a few WIPs, so we'd better get started!

Quiet Instincts: Melissa is a young girl who's become good friends with a group of runaway kids who live in school that was abandoned after 5 students went missing nearly 30-40 years ago. Melissa starts feeling like she's being watched and sees shadows following her. While doing further research into this, she runs into an old man who gives her a book that details events very similar to her own. With the help of a few of her friends, she investigates an area near her town said to be connected with these strange events. Much to their surprise, they quickly end up in over their heads.

Trapped Underground: While exploring the outskirts of their city, Callan and his friend, Felix, find a strange cave. During school the next day, they convince two of their friends to join them in exploring it, and are quickly joined by the "teachers pet", as she thinks they'll just cause harm to the cave. They meet up later that night and go to the cave, only to be trapped inside by a sudden rockslide. The five of them, plus another student who'd accidently got caught in with them, try to find an exit before they run out of supplies. They soon start to think that the rockslide might not have been an accident, as strange occurrences start to happen and one of them seems to be the target. Callan.

Codename Starships: Overconfident, anti-villan, Ryker Clint, is half way between roaming the galaxy as an independent bounty hunter-type person and running around doing tasks for the agency that's been tasked with protecting the galaxy. He keeps his ship running with his self aware computer, Pigeon, and his young mechanic, Kayl. The two of them are going through their normal routine when one of their closest allies is attacked and robbed of a powerful item, one of many scattered throughout the galaxy. Seeking revenge, Ryker and Kayl try and find the people responsible, but their paths are crossed with the Agency's who are looking for the same people, and they quickly realize that these thieves are a bigger threat then they thought, as they've collected multiple of the powerful objects and are possibly putting the whole universe at risk.

*my less developed stories-*

Operation Magic (Working on name): In a galaxy full of indepent hero-like agencies who help defend the worlds their located on, three young students are trying to find a way to start up their own agency when they are suddenly wrapped up in another agency's conflicts. Two of them leave while the one takes on being an apprentice for that agency's wizard (All agencies have a mix of medical staff, wizards, and engineers, as well as fighters/defenders. They can all take on apprentices/interns.) However, when the apprentice is mysteriously injured just a few days later, the other two come back and try to figure out what happened to their friend. Suddenly, the whole agency is sabatoged, leaving them distraught and confused. However, they quickly get their act together and peruse the traitor to try to stop him from starting a civil war admist the very tense situation the solar system finds themself in.

Kingdom Siege (working on name): A story that takes place in a fantasy-Medieval setting. A jolly guard from a waterbased kingdom who came to one of the biggest, and most inclusive kingdoms on land to find work is now one of the highest ranking commanders. However, after the Prince is secretly kidnapped, the King is blackmailed by a group of extremists. The Water Guard and a few of his friends are exiled when they get suspicious of the King's changing behavior. However, they don't give up on the King and his family. Together with a few people on the inside, they plot to retake the kingdom and save the royal family, which includes endeavors little sneaking into the castle, spying, and even interrupting an execution.

I have more, but these are the ones I feel the most confident talking about!

That's all for now! Thank you so much for reading and I hope you all have great day!

[flightless-stranger]

Day 6: Spirits

"Was it worth it? Worth all the people you hurt- All the pain you caused?!"

[flightless-stranger]

Underwing question! Do you find yourself favouring certain characters above others? Who? Why?

Yay!

And yes absolutely-

There's not a definite who, as it changes frequently, but I think there is a why.

It's mostly based on 3 reasons.

1. Who I'm developing.

If I'm working on their backstory, or their role in the story, I find myself favoring them even for a while afterwards, especially as I develop their relationships with other characters! This is a lot more common with my less developed chargers

2. Tropes/relationship dynamics I really like!

If a character/characters have a relationship or trope I really like, I'll find myself toying around with it more often than other ones! For example, I really like more "fluff" and comforting relationships, so I find myself fixating on characters with those rather than characters with less happy relationships. (There's always exceptions of course)

3. I don't know/unexplained?

Sometimes I'll favor a character and I have no idea why! I don't really have an explanation.

Who's the fixation on right now? I have three-

1. Dillan, surprisingly- (I rarely fixate on this boio-). Right now, I'm working on lore for the story, and since he's the main character, he plays a big role in uncovering a lot of the lore, so he falls in line with it!

2. A completely different story here, but Andy and Finn from "Codename: Starships" have been my main fixation/favoring for a while now- Their relationship is just so wholesome, but also has a twist of angst in it, and it's just fun to work with!

3. The entirety of Trapped Underground, another story, though specifically a few lore-based characters from it! This is mainly because I've gotten some ideas for animations I want to do! (if I ever actually start them-)

Thanks so much for the ask! 💚

[insanelollypop]

Babys

I'll be writing the first chapter for this idea soon but in the meantime check out the fics I already have posted. My ao3 username is the same as my tumbler but with a underscore inbetween the words lol.