Subject: Itrav - The game 1,109 views

[Shiv]

Your body uncoils beneath you, a metallic spring launching the deadliest jack in the box, hands slicing thorough the air in double crecents, moving in against the creature from either side.

Time slows.

Your blows connect simultaneously, eyestalks slammed aside and curling under the strenght of the blow. The monster recoils from your assault, its two remaining stalks focusing on you as blood red whips lash in from every direction, pelting you and trying to wrap themselves around you. A stinging pain shoots across your back as one of the larger tendrils lash out and welts you from behind. Twisting and coiling, you dodge back from the creature, ready for another attack.

[Racer Xonclar]

"Again!" his mind screamed, though this time not in his own voice. It was the voice of his first instructor, as cold and crisp as the fridged winds outside these caves. A brief memory of rigid hand attacking in and around the wooden arms of the dummy flashed across his eyes before the dummy turned back to mandibles and tentacles.

A moment to regain balance after the hit across his back and Itrav lunged again like a cornered rat, making another strike toward the creatures eyestalks.

[Shiv]

Again your fists lash out, aggressive, precise movments with years of practice behind them reaching for the last two stals as the shelled monster tries in vain to keep it's tentacles between you and it's face. Though as if guided by Sehk your arms snake out again, hitting one of the eyes squarely with a wet sound, and your other fist grasping around the final eyestalk, while giving it a good yank. The first eye bursts like a over-ripe tomato, showering your hand in mucus, while the second stalk, much like that of a snail, tries to roll back into itself for protection.

The creature, starts trying to back away, crawling towards the tunnel whence it came and towards the water, you now standing shakily on top of it, using the one eyestalk you grasped as a handle to keep you balance at the shell shakes beneath you.