Post by Meta Autunite on Mar 17, 2016 17:40:21 GMT
Meta slammed into the mossy dirt of the forest floor hard, and skidded back, tumbling head over heels, nearly losing her axe in the process. Great clumps of dirt and debris were torn up with the impact of the much more solid Crystal Gem leader, and when Meta finally rolled back to her feet, axe in hand, she was coated with dirt and bits of moss and roots, eyes narrowed in determination, brow furrowed.
The same tendril that had sent Meta flying a moment ago slammed into the dirt where she stood, but missed this time, as Meta jetted sideways and upwards, a beam of searing plasma lancing out from her free hand as she maneuvered, and severing the lower half of the pale, tapered limb.
Its owner bellowed in rage, its remaining limbs flailing and thrashing at the forest around it, the hooded cap of its head trembling with the force of the vocalization.
This was the first corrupted Gem Meta had sensed in over a month, and it wasn't Magnetite. That put Meta ill at ease. To a lesser extent, the fact that the enormous corrupted Gem she was currently fighting wore the form of a tentacled mushroom also put her ill at-ease. Meta dodged neatly as another limb whipped through the air, scoring its length with her axe as it passed her by. Meta considered once again targetting the mushroom's central body, but remembered the way the thing's cap-like head had lowered to absorb the beam with no effect last time.
Perhaps she could simply overwhelm the creature's defenses, and perhaps she couldn't. All the same, it seemed prudent to simply bide her time and wittle the monster down, instead of wasting unnecessary energy dispatching it all at once. Though, all things considered, she had all the energy she could need in the thick, muggy heat and dappled sunlight of the waterlogged state of Florida....
((Feel free to join, but have a reason for your Gem's presence ready. It's unlikely that any Gem that isn't A: a Crystal Gem under Meta, or B: capable of sensing the energies of corrupted Gems, or possessed of some sort of sensor.))
The same tendril that had sent Meta flying a moment ago slammed into the dirt where she stood, but missed this time, as Meta jetted sideways and upwards, a beam of searing plasma lancing out from her free hand as she maneuvered, and severing the lower half of the pale, tapered limb.
Its owner bellowed in rage, its remaining limbs flailing and thrashing at the forest around it, the hooded cap of its head trembling with the force of the vocalization.
This was the first corrupted Gem Meta had sensed in over a month, and it wasn't Magnetite. That put Meta ill at ease. To a lesser extent, the fact that the enormous corrupted Gem she was currently fighting wore the form of a tentacled mushroom also put her ill at-ease. Meta dodged neatly as another limb whipped through the air, scoring its length with her axe as it passed her by. Meta considered once again targetting the mushroom's central body, but remembered the way the thing's cap-like head had lowered to absorb the beam with no effect last time.
Perhaps she could simply overwhelm the creature's defenses, and perhaps she couldn't. All the same, it seemed prudent to simply bide her time and wittle the monster down, instead of wasting unnecessary energy dispatching it all at once. Though, all things considered, she had all the energy she could need in the thick, muggy heat and dappled sunlight of the waterlogged state of Florida....
((Feel free to join, but have a reason for your Gem's presence ready. It's unlikely that any Gem that isn't A: a Crystal Gem under Meta, or B: capable of sensing the energies of corrupted Gems, or possessed of some sort of sensor.))