"Stay still so I can hit ya!" Orco'Tuk yelled at the beast. This fight was going nowhere pretty quickly, in his eyes. He'd be a little less ticked if they were winning, he'd be a little less ticked if they were losing, but this was just an insult. Time to move things forward. Or backward, of course.
"This'll be fun" he muttered. He tossed his weapon aside as he ran towards what he assumed to be worms head. With every muscle in his torso and every pound of fat in his great gullet he grappled the worm around it's neck. "I SAID HOLD STILL!!"
I kick arse for the Lord!G-Go down...
She certainly did not want to. At all. It was dark and muddy and full of worms in there. She wasn't afraid of anything, of course she wasn't but that place was just too disgusting for a proper young mage lady.
Still...
It was Book who was asking for it. She just knew Book would never let her hear the end of it if she didn't help her companions down below.
With a little sigh, the small mage climbed on top of her lion and half heartedly instructed it "To the tunnels..."
Hearing those orders Leorium yawned... before it leap right into them.
edited 6th Sep '11 8:15:35 AM by daltar
The combined efforts of Iskar and Orco'Tuk managed to keep the worm still enough for Jester's slashes to cut into the side of its neck. Enraged, the worm began to thrash even harder. If any of the group were looking closely, they would see a number of cracks appearing in the walls and ceiling of the tunnel...
Huh, good thinking with the salt! ^_^
edited 7th Sep '11 5:09:25 PM by KiriAme
Anyway here's BlackwallIskar growled as the worm managed to push of from the wall a little. Iskar dug his feet the slimy floor as far as he could, then slammed the snail against the wall, as hard as he could. This action brought his eyes close to the wall... were he saw a web of cracks, which spread even as he watched. "Uhhhhhh... Guys? Guys!" He shouted "I think we really should be getting outa here... You know, before the tunnel collapses!"
I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!Inbetween getting slammed agianst the cave wall by the raging worm, the rumbling that was just barely louder than the ringing in his ears, and Iskar's fright, Orco'Tuk decided that this fight should be taken outsider.
"Sounds good to me! Lets kill it outside, like I've suggested!" With that he swiftly let go of the worm, and started backing away, ready to defend Iskar if the worm turned it's undivided attention towards him.
I kick arse for the Lord!"small sized people please exit the tunnel in a quick and orderly fashion, preferably without getting smooshed by the large worm" Iskar called, doing his best to hold the worm until everyone got to safety aboveground. As he did he noticed the cracks growing larger, a flake of slime breaking away. "Uh, yeah, forget orderly, just go really really fast."
Idily, between having to thump the worm against the wall to stop its struggles, and eyeing the growing cracks in the walls, Iskar wondered what the rumbling noise was.
I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!However, Clarice couldn't just run away right now. Jumping down from the back of her lion, the little mage girl grabbed a handful of the salt she had multiplied before.
With Book supplying the framework for the spell, Clarice just had to provide mana with one hand and then throw the salt at disgusting worm with the other for it to...
"Multiply!" The girl yelled as she threw her handful at it, the spell taking hold of the salt in midair making about a barrel full of salt.
Without waiting to see if she hit or if her horrible aim had failed her once again, Clarice tried to climb back into her lion.
"Leo, Leo! Run" The little mage yelled as she lie on her tummy over the lion's back, her little fists and feet kicking and punching softly at his flanks to make the lazy thing move.
No running for Orco'Tuk. Not agian. "I got your back man. Lets finish this thing, and if we still have our limbs, run!" Orco Tuk said. Entering back into worm-bashing, Orco'Tuk would see this battle to its messy end. Preferably the worm's.
"I got an idea anyway. A bad one" With his Tuk'ka in hand, Orco'Tuk struck the collapsing cave ceiling above the worm, again and again while Iskar distracted the the worm.
I kick arse for the Lord!The worm hissed and reared back as the salt struck it, beginning to retreat slightly as the web of cracks continued to spread above the pink coating of the tunnels, the process not hindered, but accelerated by Orco'Tuk's efforts. The rumbling sound grew louder and louder, until finally, a sticky pink glob peeled away from the ceiling...
...And dropped an enormous chunk of stone onto the worm's head with a rather gruesome squelch. With that, the cave seemed to stabilise miraculously; the rumbling sound stopped, and the group were, quite obviously, not being attacked any more. Seemingly on cue, Louis stood up dazedly and looked around.
"Ah!" he called. "I see fortune has smiled upon us, my good fellows! Now, let us away to the surface! This is not the place for introductions or farewells." Having said that, he began to saunter off in the direction that those fleeing the caves had begun to go.
edited 15th Sep '11 12:48:28 AM by KiriAme
Anyway here's BlackwallIskar stared after Louis for a long second. Finally his brain managed to make the necassary conections for him to change back to human and speak. "Hang on just one second, am I the only one who finds this a little too conveinient? I mean, the cave stops falling apart the very second the worm gets clobbered, and then you wake up like, maybe two seconds later? Whats going on here?"
I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!"I got your back anytime, shapeshifter..." Orco'Tuk said, painfully strething his arms. This was a hell of a fight. He possibly think to why Iskar would possibly not be happy right now. They could both be dead; worse yet, they could have had to retreat!
"But my mind is on two things right now. Gettin' out of here, and gettin' a nap!" He started moving towards the exit.
edited 15th Sep '11 3:05:24 AM by goodisgood
To the law and for the good of man. All I need to live by.Admiral watched the battle proceed, wondering if they should get out of the cave since it was rumbling more and more... Until a large rock simply fell from the cieling and crushed the worm, both stopping the rumbling and killing the worm. Admiral blinked a few times, then shrugged and headed over to the dead worm to see if his sword was still in tact.
You are reading this.Iskar stared for a second after everyone pretty much ignored the... odd, unexpected and suspicious luck they had just had. Then he rememberd seeing some beef jerky in his saddle bags just before they had found the tunnel.
Anyone watching the tunnel would suddenly find themselves confronted by a werewolf like creature that cleared the edge of the collapsed tunnel roof in a single bag and immediatly stuck its nose into the saddle bags on Stomps back. Iskar loved beef jerky. For his part Stomp surveyed the large, hairy, smelly creature snuffling around in the bags he had to carry... and deliberatley stomped on Iskars hairy paw. Stomp then returned to dociley chewing grass, ignoring Iskars glares, which were rather ruined by the strand of jerky draped over Iskars snout like a moustache.
I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!Admiral would find his sword safe, still embedded in the worm's side.
Meanwhile, Louis joined the others as they returned to the surface. Once the rest of the group were assembled, he would turn to them with an ostentatious bow.
"My good fellows, it is a pleasure to have met you all on my journey. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Crown Prince Louis of Trevene. Soon, I must depart you all, but I will leave you safe in the knowledge that you have aided your kingdom's saviour! In gratitude for the kindness you have bestowed upon me, fighting by my side, I shall redouble my efforts to break the curse upon your fair princess."
Meanwhile, on the steps of the palace...
Robert leaned against the side of the palace wall, yawning widely as he glanced at the sun, which was just now beginning to lower itself under the tallest buildings towards the west. He had only just now finished his shift for the day, and it was time to return home...
But his eyelids felt so heavy. He knew he should go home before he fell asleep, but the idea of taking a nap right here and now was completely irresistible...
With a dull thud, the young guardsman fell to the ground, utterly unconscious.
Anyway here's Blackwall"Of course ya' could follow us. It might work out, cause you wont die, ya' see." Orco'Tuk said to the noble idiot. His previously witheld protection instincts could only extend so far, and this guy was reaching the edge of it, and quickly.
He continued. "No offense or nothin, but your sword game against that monster was pretty sub-par, and I'm not even sure how ya got stuck behind that goo wall. Help us help you."
I kick arse for the Lord!

"Huh, there you are Book. That was quite some time you guys spent down there" Clarice said while Book transformed into her tome form in her hands "Hmm? What's this? A... worm...? W-What do you want me to do with such a... yucky creature?"