3476 nods, and tries to curl up behind the crates, then closes her eyes so she didn’t have to see whatever happened to her protector and his companions.
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this fresh air is nice.
Kanei draws his sword almost instantaneously upon hearing the representative’s panicked child screams. “What the hell is happening?”
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The figure lets how a rattling growl, and steps into the light.
It is a corpse.
Utterly desiccated, its eye sockets filled by two orbs of glowing yellow, letting off a purple mist. Its clothes and flesh are mere rotting rags, bones jutting out in horrifying places, but snapping into place each second. Its entire body is suffused with purple mist, which seems to be infinitely evaporating off of it, dissipating after a second.
Instantly, its head snaps 90 degrees towards you.
It leaps, impossibly high, directly at Representative Vaughn, its eyes never leaving yours.
Mid-leap, the three thick vines slam into the corpse and penetrate, holding it suspended in the air, letting out a punctured gasp.
For a moment.
The tips of the vines, where they touch the corpse, begin to blacken, and then pulsate, the exterior cracking. You can see purple light burning away the vines, spreading outwards, back towards you at a rapid pace, reaching out towards where you still hold the seed in your hand.
The corpse hits the ground on its feet, its eyes still locked with Callen’s.
It howls, high pitched and rattling.
Vaughn finally finds his voice, freeing his sword.
“R-reanimated!”
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“Well, that’s not good.” Callen says, “Now we have zombies to worry about.”
He fires several bolts into the corpse’s head for good measure.
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Kanei Shouts out a rapid series of curses. “OH FOR ■■■■■ SAKE, OF COURSE THERE’S REANIMATED!” He complains as he fumbles through his bag searching for his crossbow.
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The Verdant Paladin throws the seed away, careful to avoid hitting anyone, then he flips his axe out of his belt, ready to defend himself and those around him, though a little hesitant to engage the beast directly, seeing what it did to his precious seed.
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3476 huddled further and further down at the yells of the being. She didn’t know what a reanimated was or is, and she didn’t really care. She hoped the Masters would be okay.
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aw sweet a reanimated collab, I wonder what the subject is
Iosif’s pupils have shrunken to the tiniest they could physically be as he fell backwards in absolute terror. The most he could do was crawl backwards on his elbows at the horrible creature began its assault, trying to restart his brain and then after that think of a different way to panic.
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The first bolt slams into the corpse’s forehead, its head snapping backwards. With the time it takes to reload the crossbow, the next two that you fire are far less accurate, both going long, and you smell the gas of the machinery in the weapon.
The creature turns to fully face you, just as Vaughn’s sword pierces deep into its side.
Its reaction is for one hand to reach up to its head and rip the bolt out of its temple, the other limb to hyperextend, grabbing Vaughn by the throat.
It howls again, a roar this time, and throws Vaughn at you.
The purple light reaches the seed, and then burns it away, leaving nothing but rapidly dissipating purple smoke.
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Callen growls, “Will you stay still and die?!” He yells at the reanimated in frustration as he tries to catch Vaughn.
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Vaughn’s body slams into you, knocking you backwards and to the ground.
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“Ouch.” Callen groans as he feels the wind get knocked out of him. He tries to help Vaughn up, “You okay?” He asks.
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The undead lands on its feet two yards to your right.
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Callen draws his sword and tries to slash as he is drawing it with the intent to decapitate this corpse.
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From your position on the ground, you aren’t able to get enough power or leverage to accomplish this. As your weapon arcs upwards, the creature leaps onto you, grabbing the blade of your sword and pushing it downwards towards your neck
A crossbow bolt appears in the side of its neck, but it does not react. It roars, and you can feel rotted breath washing over you. In the back of it’s throat, you see a purple glow.
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Iosif began rapidly skidding backwards on his elbows and heels, making all sorts of metal scraping and groaning sounds until he hit the far wall with a thud.
The impact - and the realization that he literally couldn’t run away any farther - made him look around, scanning for a way to run away farther still. Giant evil purple dead but not dead monster thing. Attacking one of the Representatives and the creepy guy I don’t like. How did it get here how is it alive where can I go I need to hide. Hide. Hide. Stay hidden.
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To your left, there is a space between the wall and a crate palette.
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“You need a breath mint!” Callen yells and he tries to shove the zombie off using his sword for leverage.
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Are you holding the sword in one hand?
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Pushing with two hands.
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