[Actually managing to hit the thing is encouraging. But then there's a flash of red on Zel's cheek, wrenching a choked gasp out of Emery. How?! This is Zel, a man who catches swords with his bare hands- How is the spring's guardian managing to do that-
-It's a guardian of the spring. That means it must be drawing power from the water. Emery turns sharply to look at the cliff wall, and all the various places water is spouting from.
He starts moving.
So while Zel is wrestling the deranged water monkey imp thing, Emery starts scrabbling up the side of the cliff. It's a slippery process but Emery grimly makes progress hard-fought foot by foot, until he's at a relatively stable position near the top. There, he gets on his knees and starts digging into the dirt with his bare hands, clawing at soil, stone, and root.
Come on... You need to move!
At first, he isn't able to cause much of an effect.
But then, above the din of splashing comes a hoard of creaking, popping, and cracking noises as roots stretch and grow across the rocky face of the cliff at an impossibly fast rate.
Wherever and however the guardian is in relation to Zel, it makes a startled "Wrh?!" noise.]
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on 2024-09-06 02:02 am (UTC)-It's a guardian of the spring. That means it must be drawing power from the water. Emery turns sharply to look at the cliff wall, and all the various places water is spouting from.
He starts moving.
So while Zel is wrestling the deranged water monkey imp thing, Emery starts scrabbling up the side of the cliff. It's a slippery process but Emery grimly makes progress hard-fought foot by foot, until he's at a relatively stable position near the top. There, he gets on his knees and starts digging into the dirt with his bare hands, clawing at soil, stone, and root.
Come on... You need to move!
At first, he isn't able to cause much of an effect.
But then, above the din of splashing comes a hoard of creaking, popping, and cracking noises as roots stretch and grow across the rocky face of the cliff at an impossibly fast rate.
Wherever and however the guardian is in relation to Zel, it makes a startled "Wrh?!" noise.]