Originally Posted by
Nik Hasta
As Nemo stumbles away from the pile of rotton and stinky enemy combatants, the Melty Man undergoes a strange transition in the composition of its body. It retracts and seems to harden, becoming denser and deep within it glows an ember of bright light, distinct from the flames that sputtered on the damp earth around it and muted amongst the dark green ooze that constitutes its body. But it begins to glow brighter.
Its face turns and it looks to its commander with a strange bubbling mewl, almost of pity or shame at this being the end of it. A gnarled and mutated mitt-like hand reaches up and grasps the globular face and cradles it as gently as such unweildy fingers can. The Commander stares into the eyes of his stricken soldier, with an expression that radiates a mix of sorrow and a kind of twisted pride.
"Xaric," he says, in a gentle rolling tone, "Yer've done me and the boys proud. Jimmy, Franky, Carmen... Ya didn't choose this life but yer pursue-d justice wit' der best of them," the Commander slurs. There is a whining noise emanating from the molten creature, gradually rising in pitch and volume in sync with the light that glows at its core.
"Whatever ya got left to give, I'll take it," the Commander says, pus-filled tears flowing from his bloodshot eyes.
Xaric, the molten creature, lets out low noise of perhaps approval or thanks for the Commander's words as abruptly the entirety of his liquid body glows and becomes less dark green and takes on the patina of a puddle of petrol, a bizarre rainbow patterning that makes him, for a moment, oddly beautiful
And then he swells and explodes with a thunderous burst of noxious liquid that flies in all directions, showering everything around his position in a near 50 foot radius.
The shockwave rips through the swamp, sending up a mud and debris as it does. Krys is struck by the wave of force, slightly ahead of the rain of liquid. They see the dwarven creature they had struck moments ago attempting to move its body but the result of their strike but moments ago leaves it paralysed and unable to dodge. The liquid lands on it along with the shockwave. The creature screams in curious mix of pleasure and pain. It is clearly struck and hurt by the shockwave but the liquid seems to have some kind of revilatising effect. The net benefit, with the damage from the wave seems minimal, the pint-sized monster is clearly worse off than before.
Krys doesn't imagine that they will enjoy the same benefits of this liquid striking them as it sails towards them.
Insulated within the wreckage of the carousel, Nemo is buffeted by the explosion but the shower of ooze spatters on the wreckage rather than her or Rae.
Kinu sees the two hulking brutes in front her. They take the explosion in stride, seemingly unbothered by the damage inflicted and grunt appreciatively as the liquid lands on their bodies, seeming to suture and close some of the damage she had done. takes the shockwave, planting her feet in defiance and sees the liquid likewise heading through the air towards her.
Much like Krys, she assumes that her human body will not take the shower of pungent liquid nearly as well and, even as the shockwave passes through her, she has to take action. As she prepares to move, she notices that her Hellhound is just out of harm's way.