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Post by Celeste on Mar 8, 2023 20:25:50 GMT -5
Oh, gods, the sound of the crunching, the smell of the burning… All of it combined would send anyone into a panic. Celeste covered her own mouth to muffle her panicked breaths as she watched. What was this, some sort of cult?! Celeste looked at Cirice, pulling her back as the thing took a bite of the researcher. “Well… We’re definitely not bringing him back alive,” She whispers to her cohort. Celeste was caught in her own mind, freaking out about what they would - or even could - do next.
What if they were it’s food? Celeste looked over at Cirice, almost frightened for a moment before she actually thought about it. “I-if… If we do this, then… Maybe that thing will let us go, right?” She mumbles. “We can grab something of the researcher’s, as… Like, proof that we saw him. Oh Gods, no one is gonna believe this…” Panic set in again for a moment, but Celeste took a deep breath, and sighed. “Okay…”
She looked at Cirice, and nods, trying to pull herself together. “Okay… Okay. We got this. We can get all of them in one swoop if I blow them and if you push them, with your wall thingy, yeah?” She looks once more as the creature takes another bite of the researcher. “Alright… We got this.”
Celeste nods her head as she confirmed the plan in her own head, and she stood up, and went around the corner.
“HEY!” she yelled, getting the chanter’s attention. They stopped, and looked over at her in surprise, and she pushed her hand forward, a gust of air blowing them back. She winced a little as some of them fell into the lava, and screamed.
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Post by Lady Cirice Lunestre on Mar 8, 2023 21:34:00 GMT -5
Cirice follows right behind her, summoning as large a wall as she can on the opposite side of the pool and using it to shove the remaining cultists in. The creature, being pelted with its own followers lets out a terrible cry, somewhere between a roar and a high-pitched squeal. Surrounded by food it spears the bodies on its sharp crab legs, filling its gaping maw with bodies. A cacophony of gnashing teeth and cracking of bones fills the air before it lets out another wail. Cirice tenses, moving the wall between the creature and the girls but it seems satisfied, tossing its head back before slinking back into the thick lava.
“It’s… Over?” Cirice huffs, “Oh goddess what the FUCK was that??”
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Post by Celeste on Mar 8, 2023 21:49:13 GMT -5
“An eldritch abomination?” Celeste jokingly suggested, laughing nervously. After everything was all calmed down, she walked a bit closer to the scene of the crime. “Were they worshiping this thing?” She asked, incredulously. She started looking around for the researcher, hoping that all his belongings weren’t burnt in the wake of the destruction. She made a small noise of victory as she picked up… a drawing.
She paused, and looked at it carefully. “Hey! This looks like… The thing. Wow, it’s super detailed, too…” Celeste moved it around as she looked at it. “I wonder what this thing is….” She mumbles, making her way back towards Cirice. “You did really good, by the way! Thank you.” She adds, smiling at her. “Now can we please get out of here because I am SO freaked out.” Celeste adds with a clearly panicked giggle.
“Actually wait, do you think there’s anything else we can grab…? I feel like the, y’know, the people need to know that there’s a cult worshiping what we can only describe as an eldritch abomination on the volcano mountain they love so much….” Celeste looks around, trying to find anything else that might be useful in proving their endeavor.
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Post by Lady Cirice Lunestre on Mar 10, 2023 23:56:57 GMT -5
Cirice follows her and rummages through some stuff until she finds a small section of shed crab exoskeleton and a dark cape. “I think this stuff will be enough to prove what was going on. We might have to deal with the hellhounds on our way out though…”
She shivers, but fighting hot dogs was a lot less scary than the fucking monster they just saw. “Let’s just go, if no one believes us they can come see that shit for themselves.”
The girls head out of the cave and Cirice has an idea, “Okay this is going to sound crazy, but trust me okay?” She walks them over to a sheer cliff face and takes Celeste’s hand. “Jump.”
She hops, taking the other girl with her and as they fall she casts fairy dust on them both, allowing them to float down safely, though aimlessly, cutting their journey down considerably1. 1 Fairy dust
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