[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

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[devotedqueen]

[A...huddle? Elincia is definitely looking very baffled about this huddling business but it does seem like it's merely a strategy meeting and that is familiar territory.

Still, being addressed so roughly is definitely somewhat strange]

I am adept with swords and I can heal. If anyone finds themselves injured or exhausted, they should come to me immediately.

[jaywalks]

[ mako nods as he listens, ]

Are you fast at it? I want you hanging back a bit more than the rest if you're our only healer, just in case.

[ BOSSY BOSSY BOSSY. ]

[devotedqueen]

[She raises an eyebrow but smiles, perfectly serene, even if Mako is usually bossy (she'll have to grow used to it she imagines)]

I am fast and I can heal at a distance. We'll manage.

[jaywalks]

[ even though he has no idea who this girl is, and he'd made himself the team leader, he apprecaites her reaction — she doesn't get huffy, nor is she arrogant about her own competency, both good signs in his eyes. if she thinks she can handle combat and healing, he'll take it. ]

Alright, you'd know better than me. Next?

[ SOMEONE ELSE COME IN THIS THREAD?? ]

JUMPS ON THIS

[rues]

[ clarisse holds up her sword, and it has a distinct gleam in the light. it's definitely not a regular sword, by the looks of it. she looks entirely too proud of this. ]

You got your secret weapon right here. I've taken down things bigger than those puny worms. You stun 'em, and I'll do all the rest.

[ she seems pretty confident about this, too. ]

Re: JUMPS ON THIS

[jaywalks]

[ mako is unimpressed, though he does consider her shiny sword thoughtfully. ]

What about when they regrow?

[rues]

[ oh ho ho mako... just you wait. meanwhile, she regards him with a look that says "are you an idiot?" but she thinks everyone is an idiot, so it's nothing personal. ]

They won't. This is a magic sword.

[jaywalks]

I'll believe it when I see it. Try not to chop off too many parts, regardless, and don't get eaten.

[ next? sorry, he so bossy. ]

[rues]

You'll believe it.

[ she just has one more thing to say before she jumps into battle ok she ain't gonna take ur shit mako. she points the sword at his neck, but not close enough that it pricks his skin. ]

And you talk to me like that again, I'll chop off your parts.

[ not that she could because the sword doesn't work on mortals but... shh. that would ruin the threat. ]

slides back in here temporarily

[devotedqueen]

[oh dear]

Lets try to keep our swords directed at the worms for now, shall we?

[Elincia is only mildly alarmed. Lets not start the in-fighting so early, ok ok]

[jaywalks]

[ meanwhile, mako is cautiously leaning away from the sword pointed at his throat. ]

[rues]

[ clarisse stares them both down, eyes narrowing before she decides neither of them worth her time. more important things to do, like slay worms. she doesn't lower her sword, but she regards elincia with a sneer. ]

How about you try not to get in my way. [ she glances back and forth between mako and elincia. ] Either of you.

[ and... then she's off. haha, yeah, way to be a team player, clarisse. but at least she's out of your hair... for now. ]

[devotedqueen]

[She stares at Clarisse's back and wonders if she had ever known anyone just like her. There were a couple of prickly figures amongst the Greil mercenaries but...hm.

She turns to Mako, making sure he hadn't already been injured]

That could have gone better.

[jaywalks]

[ he watches her go, expression wry. ]

Touchy thing.