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Tweak says, "Wash behind your ears!!"

The Judges Of Sabra La Tau (sabra_la_iudex) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2010-12-12 20:21:00

Entry tags:

!history, edward elric, jace beleren, {iggy}, {{{date masamune}}}, {{{geddoe}}}, {{{toboe}}}

Who: Canis
Where: Canis, the great desert Arakis
When: King's Year 199, midsummer
What: nananana BOSS FIGHT

[Great plumes of sand have been seen rolling through the country all summer. Storms too, such that Canis has never seen. But the desert is not built to hold water for very long; instead, the waters have uncovered an enormous sinkhole in the great desert of Arakis, within which rests something very deep and dark and ancient ...

In the weeks leading up to this encounter, this enormous hole has been the epicenter of the numerous dust storms and other disturbances that have rocked the country. Even the minorly talented shamans have sensed this disturbance in the earth. However, getting to this place has been more than a little difficult. The winds buffeted anyone who came too close. Only now, as the summer approaches its apex, do the winds die down enough for shamans (and other talented folks) to approach. Lazy clouds of sand and grit obscure the mammoth shape ahead of you. And high above your heads fly a number of desert birds, their shadows making lazy circles in the sand far below.]

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	Re: [INSIDE] shedsthelight 2010-12-13 02:13 am UTC (link)
	I do love the silence. It makes it easier to find things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] howltoremember 2010-12-13 02:15 am UTC (link)
	It's too quiet. [following the others. On alert for any sound] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] sabra_la_au 2010-12-13 02:18 am UTC (link)
	[the more adept listeners among you may hear a faint skittering noise coming from the holes just up ahead.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: [INSIDE] max_fury 2010-12-13 02:20 am UTC (link)
	[derp derp not really contributing anything mentally] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] howltoremember 2010-12-13 02:24 am UTC (link)
	[His ears flick] Father, Fantian, something's moving in the holes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] shedsthelight 2010-12-13 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Something's there, I hear it, too. Skittering along. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] blue_mind_group 2010-12-13 02:36 am UTC (link)
	nods slightly Obelix, Fantian, stand ready. I'd rather not use our spells too early and risk waking something bigger. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] sabra_la_au 2010-12-13 02:37 am UTC (link)
	[the skittering continues. and then something pokes its head out near all of you. a fat, white grub-like thing with nasty pincers and beady eyes. it's about the size of the person, or so you think -- the front of its face being roughly twice the size of a humans -- but it's hard to tell with most of its body inside the tunnel. it chitters at you.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] blue_mind_group 2010-12-13 02:46 am UTC (link)
	...woah. that's new and unpleasant. Jace's eyes glow, faintly blue I believe we've just met our first obstacle. Let's try to handle it quietly, shall we? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] max_fury 2010-12-13 02:51 am UTC (link)
	[terse nod, and contemplating what his first shift should be] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] sabra_la_au 2010-12-13 02:56 am UTC (link)
	[before anyone else can prepare, it finishes coming out of the hole. this thing is at least eight long, with all manner of nasty-looking insectoid claws. it lashes out at whoever's first in line.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] max_fury 2010-12-13 03:00 am UTC (link)
	[blurs, and suddenly there is a large lion leaping over the first strike, intending to go take a big bite out of big nasty] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] doucheganryuu 2010-12-13 03:03 am UTC (link)
	following up from behind, sword out and aiming to slice into whatever the first attack doesn't take care of (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] sabra_la_au 2010-12-13 03:05 am UTC (link)
	[it rears up at that, clawing at the lion and screeching at the top of its bug lungs. the lion gets a big old bite of bug guts. eeeww. it tries to launch a counter attack, but the sword lops its head off in one swift motion.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] blue_mind_group 2010-12-13 03:12 am UTC (link)
	nods slightly, the smell of ozone around him fading slightly Nicely done. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] sabra_la_au 2010-12-13 03:21 am UTC (link)
	[as the first grub falls ... the rest of the holes begin to boil over with them. hundreds of the things are beginning to swarm over the path down.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] max_fury 2010-12-13 03:25 am UTC (link)
	[going to sweep at them with its paws] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] blue_mind_group 2010-12-13 03:28 am UTC (link)
	It seems we've awakened something. Altjira, we'll need to clear a path. a corona of blue fire begins to burn around Jace's hands, resolving into crawling tendrils of lightning that writhe up his arms. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] doucheganryuu 2010-12-13 03:31 am UTC (link)
	is gonna just try to keep them at bay while you guys do your thing (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] howltoremember 2010-12-13 03:34 am UTC (link)
	[also helping to keep the creatures at bay. Fangs and claws woo!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] shedsthelight 2010-12-13 03:36 am UTC (link)
	[the grin is positively wicked now as he prepares a considerable amount of fire in front of him, ready to send off at a moment's notice] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] sabra_la_au 2010-12-13 03:40 am UTC (link)
	[these bugs are not tasty. and their claws, when they reach the group, are not pleasant. but they are fragile and filled with goop that tends to pop out of their soft skins when cut or bit or exploded. also, flammable.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] blue_mind_group 2010-12-13 03:45 am UTC (link)
	hissing arcs of lightning lash out from Jace's fingertips, striking home among the bugs, but... Place it among the mass of them, and hold it. I have an idea. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [INSIDE] shedsthelight 2010-12-13 03:47 am UTC (link)
	You got it. [he takes a moment, listening to make sure to aim properly, and then sends the flames forth, holding it steadily] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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2010-12-13 03:51 am UTC (link)

*as bugs explode or burst into flame, Jace concentrates, reaching out to the air nearby, already agitated from the heat of Altjira's power. A localized wind stirs the dust and ash on the ground, slowly at first, but rising into a vortex twice the height of a man. The column of air touches the flame, merges with it...

...and then the flame roars as it, too begins to spin, a tornado of brilliant fire leaping up to half again its original height, lighting the walls with a hellish crimson glare as it moves forward down the path.*

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