[VIDEO] 9 April [SEELIE] A Call to Arms [OPEN]

[waterbearer]

[ The video is aimed largely past the speaker, to the twichting-writhing forms of three snake-like horned-creatures, the crackles of electricity still racing across their scales as they move. The locket is likely proper up on a rock or tree somewhere, as the speaker is turned to face the worms, his arms up and tattoos glowing electricity crackles from his hands. He is standing on land near a small river-stream near farmsteads. ]

Attention.

I am Kaldur’ahm, recently brought here with the rest of you. I was exploring the rivers and streams nearby and found that several had been blocked by these creatures, and that they were attacking the farms homesteads.

[ One of the worms seems to recover from the temporary paralysis, and lunges towards Kaldur, who leaps away and grasps two devices firmly in his hands. He jumps up again slams downwards on its tail with a water-formed spiked mace, inadvertently severing part of the tip from the worm. He bats the rest of the worm back further away and continues. ]

I am requesting assistance. Several of the civilians have been bitten, and are displaying signs of being in a critical condition due to the creature’s venom. I have been attempting to combat these worms for a few hours, and they grow more resistant to my electric paralyzation with each attempt I try.

[ The severed tail-end starts wriggling violently, and he forms a sledgehammer to knock it back several yards, closer to the still-paralyzed worms. ]

They are quick to regenerate from severed pieces, like echinoderms.

I need those who can help me combat these creatures and those who can help transport the injured to the castle, as well as individuals to help care for those injured by the worms.



{{ooc: The four first comments titled as "Alpha Squad", "Beta Squad", "Gamma Squad" and "Support Team" are for the 'action' part. (Where I will also attempt to GM as worms if people so desire). Feel free to answer the comm itself before immediately jumping into action, or to handwave being assigned to the team you are on and head straight for the action, as well as forming your own little threadlines!

They are more for organization purposes and keeping your squad-mates straight than anything else, and any number of threads can be started below the heading!

NOTE: IC'ly, the Squad assignations are happening on the spot.}}

Comments

[fizzlesfolly]

[As Garth attacked the worms, slicing and burning the best he could, he couldn't help but notice the other fighters around him. This one, while considerably shorter, was one hundred times the fighter that he was. His size was noted once, and then forgotten, as Garth didn't care about those sort of things.

Garth rushed forward, a branch that he'd lit on fire in his hand. He extended it towards the man.]

Here, this could help.

[walkingarsenal]

[That was a much better idea than a race against time to haul the worms over to the fire in pieces that might turn into new worms along the way. Taking the burning branch, Fili set it against scaly, blood-smeared skin.]

Thank you. Fire is their weakness, then? [Or would hundreds spring up from any ashes?]

[fizzlesfolly]

Burning them seems to stop the regrowth.

[Garth gestured towards the section of the worm that the other had burned.]

We've been slicing and burning them, and they haven't come back yet.

[Garth moved back to the fire, for his own branch, and quickly came back. He shoved his knife into the worm, and, with very little grace, sliced a chunk off. He pressed the the fire to the worm's flesh, searing and stopping it from healing itself.]