Sea monster attack!

[kore_npc]

Who: The kidnappees, rescuers, and whoever wants to wait on the beach with towels. See here for an explanation.
When: Afternoon Day 102
Where: The beach
What: The device holding the sea monster at bay has been without power for two days, and now he's... lonely. Or angry. Angry and lonely. But now he's kidnapped some new friends!

The network has been spotty, cutting in and out for a couple days now, but luckily for everyone currently in the monster's grasp, Stane happens to be standing in the middle of a decent signal area.

"The sea monster is taking people! Hurry!"

Comments

[venatical]

Dean glances back to check on Rat too, and when he sees Jo's reached Shiala, he slows up a bit too to make sure Rat's going to make it okay. It's not that he doubts his ability, but this is about teamwork, and who knows who might get dragged down by this thing next. He reaches out a hand, offering it to Rat, not sure if he'll need to take it.

[bluesrat]

The primary problem Rat is having is that he was trying to wade in, rather than swim. While he's ridiculously tall, and that means he's capable of wading in further, he's also built like a beanpole and the huge waves and flailing tentacles soon make him lose his footing. He's only a functional swimmer, rather than a skilled one, having not had much opportunity for practice.

When a bigger tentacle lashes his way, it seems, at least at first, like a good idea to grab hold and ride it, stabbing with one hand while keeping the other arm locked around it.

Distracting to the monster? Yes. Safe? No.

He's flung loose after a few good slices, and if the tentacle wasn't badly injured he wouldn't be able to get safely free, but he does manage to flail away without much harm, coughing and focusing on keeping his head above water. When a hand comes his way, he takes it, gladly.

[purplishgreen]

Shiala starts struggling in earnest, now; she's aware of a fight going on, elsewhere, and maybe that's enough to let her squirm her way free, enough of a distraction to the tentacles that hold he captive. She's not going to wait passively, that's for certain.

She gives a cry of triumph as she slips through the coils, lands in the water with a splash. For a moment she drifts under the water, disoriented and still hazy from whatever venom has affected her, but she recovers quickly and swims to the surface.

[lightgunhustler]

Jo is prepared to abandon her blade and leave it jammed into the monster's tentacle when she sees Shiala drop beneath the surface of the water, intending to dive under and grabs ahold of her if she can, but just before she takes the plunge, she sees Shiala come up for air and gives a nod of approval, reclaiming her knife and taking another stab.

"You okay?!" she calls out, hoping their damsel in distress didn't end up with a lungfull of water.

[venatical]

Dean reaches Shiala just in time for her to already have come back up to the surface, and Dean punches a tentacle out of the way as it draws nearer to them.

He wants to hear what Shiala has to say about how she's feeling, but that tentacle he punched comes back, angry, and swipes Dean. He goes under for a few seconds, but is able to come back up again, shaking water out of his eyes.

He doesn't realize he's been hit with the toxin yet, but he'll figure it out soon.

[bluesrat]

"We need... get away..." Rat pants, treading water briefly, then he clutches at the clothes or whatever else he can catch of whoever's nearest, giving a little tug and trying to swim in the direction that would best get them out of the thing's reach. It's distracted still, after all, since they're not the only ones out there attacking it.