“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.
yourselves and
just long enough for the vines to surge up the tunnel once again to snag Advant and
your fault,” Propellant
icily. “The creature is
its vines. You could
just being petulant because you’re mad the Eldest didn’t teach you
because they didn’t have a mega-ice spell for
use it. Go help Advant
“Maybe I will!”
to see
off for a long moment, staring at each
Eldest were here to see your incompetence, you’d be back in training before you
defended herself icily. “Propellant, on the
it,” the soldier cut
to go to work, repairing the extensive damage done to Advant’s carapace. There were a number of smaller wounds as well, places
have a disagreement of any kind. Beyond unusual, exceedingly rare, but it did happen. Then again, two individuals with such diametrically
letting their argument get in the way of their task, which
agreed to come with so few in the team because I assumed you two would be such an asset that it
antennae drooping with shame, though neither willing to admit fault in
let out a frustrated
Eldest is out of commission for who knows how long, and we have a ton of things to do,
quite right,” Coolant said. “We are not performing our tasks
say,” Advant remarked, still picking chunks of vine from gaps
do my best not to set you on fire. I can’t promise you won’t
sincerely hope that whatever is bothering the two of you is resolved as soon as possible. For now, let’s
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