“SHIELDS!” Advant shouted, her pheromones washing over the entire area in a mighty burst.
The two mages, thankfully, were quick to respond and a shield sprang into being around the large soldier, mere moments before the mess of vines engulfed her completely.
She lunged forward, mandibles snapping as she sheared through hundreds of the tough, living ropes, not noticeably making a dent in them.
“Need some fire?” Propellant asked, eager.
“Of course I want some damn fire! Why are you asking? Just cast it already!” Advant hollered.
An immediate burst of flame washed over her, igniting the vines and driving them back temporarily. Of course, it also set the fine hairs on her antennae on fire at the same time….
“Not me, you idiot!”
“Sorry.”
Unsurprisingly, Propellant didn’t sound all that apologetic as she watched the plant monster retreat, smothering the flames with its innumerable vines. Coolant sighed and conjured a jet of water to douse the singed soldier.
“Really now, you should be able to aim better than that, sister.”
Now dripping wet, Advant fumed silently for a moment before deciding she could no longer hold it in.
“You two have been useless since we got down here,” she sniped at the bickering mages. “If I didn’t know better, I’d think you’d had a falling out of some sort.”
Propellant and Coolant stood awkwardly for a moment.
shook her head. “Fine, whatever. You’re being ridiculous. Get over yourselves and stop making
for the vines to surge up the tunnel once again to snag Advant and
your
Coolant replied icily. “The creature is clearly weak to fire, you
has water within its vines. You could
petulant because you’re mad the Eldest didn’t teach you the
have a mega-ice spell for you
it. Go help
“Maybe I will!”
to
at each other until a bedraggled
here to see your incompetence, you’d be back in
haven’t done anything wrong,” Coolant defended herself icily. “Propellant, on the
want to hear it,” the soldier cut the
of smaller wounds as well, places where the vines had pierced flesh and inflicted harm. The healer grumbled to herself as she worked, ignoring the
members of the Colony to have a disagreement of any kind. Beyond unusual, exceedingly rare, but it
in the way of their task, which was
to come with so few in the team because I assumed you two would be such an asset that it didn’t matter. Not only are you not an asset, I
at each other askance, antennae drooping with shame, though neither willing to admit fault in front
a frustrated
for who knows how long, and we have a ton of things to do, but
are not
picking chunks of vine
set you on fire. I can’t promise you won’t get
singed,” the soldier replied. “The light roasting was the issue. I sincerely hope that whatever is bothering
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