[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

[somethingprecious]

Is that a joke? [He raises his voice to be heard over the sounds of fighting, but his annoyance is clear as the expression on his face. Already he's covered in blood and worm guts and he looks none too pleased by it and just a little more exasperated. How did he get dragged into doing this again??

Oh right, Kili.

Bilbo takes another stab at the worm, trying his best to leave deep wounds to keep it from healing so quickly.]

[walkingarsenal]

You've taken to battle-- [For the next few moments, the worm's twisting and whipping back and forth to catch its attackers in its fangs or the coils of its body keeps Fili busy, and whether he'd spoken in jest stays unconfirmed. Of course, Bilbo has probably already made up his mind on that, and it doesn't take a long look at him to see that all of this does not fit his definition of fun any more than it did at the outset.

But just as he didn't leave the ponies or the Company to the trolls, didn't go home to his comfortable hobbit-hole, didn't watch idly as Azog demanded Thorin's head, just as he came through to get all of them out of their elven cells, he isn't running now. He should be pleased with himself.

A couple more stabs and slashes, and fresh blood and worse spills from the worm's belly. Blade glistening, Fili drops the teasing to glance over his shoulder and up for that large fire or one of those dragons or... any open flame close by, before the worm revives into several.]