[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

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili is always to blame for this. Not to mention it had started out as a challenge, goading Bilbo and teasing him about his little letter opener of a sword.

Not that he has much to fight with at the moment, just a dagger that he's fairly certain was Fili's to begin with. He grins back at Bilbo, his eyes bright and glittering with something dangerous and rather fey, teeth bared. There's blood on his dagger already, splattered across his face, but he doesn't seem to care.]

I told you it would be fun.

[somethingprecious]

This is not my idea of fun! [At least Sting isn't a dag... Well.]

If you injure yourself again I will never let you hear the end of it, is that understood? [Of course Bilbo has a higher chance of getting hurt than Kili, which he is well aware of.]

[kilimanjaro]

Aye, mother. [Kili rolls his eyes at Bilbo.] You watch yourself too, mind. Thorin would have my hide if I let something happen to you.

[somethingprecious]

The same could be said for you as well... [Because Kili is worth much more to Thorin than Bilbo is.

When a worm lunges close to them his hand nearly slips into his pocket for the ring, the movement almost unconscious. It would be bad news if he slipped it on and disappeared into thin air next to Kili after all.]

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili is a bit too distracted to answer, plunging his dagger hilt deep into the creature's belly and dragging it down. Blood spurts out in every direction, and he merely laughs.

Mahal, it's nice to kill something that's little more than a beast. Helps to make up for his failure with those damned orcs. His leg twinges in reminder and he stumbles.]

[somethingprecious]

[Bilbo doesn't share his mirth in the spilling of blood and he's only thankful that his own stomach is empty or else he might be sick right now. Even after everything he's been through so far he doubts he'll ever have a taste for fighting.

The gutted worm still has a bit of fight left in it and rears up again to attack Kili when he stumbles, but Bilbo is quick. He puts himself in between the creature's very sharp teeth and Kili and throws all of his weight into driving Sting up into the worm's throat.]

[kilimanjaro]

[Kili blinks in surprise at Bilbo's brave charge, successfully managing to lay the worm down for the time being. Crowing in triumph, he grins at the hobbit.]

I owe you one for that. Seems that little sword can do some good after all!

[He's mid-celebration when there's a strange noise, and he turns to see the worm's wounds are healing, the beast starting to wriggle once more. His eyes widen.]

Durin's beard, what sort of creature are these things?