The Essence of Souls [Open, PM me for bio submission]

[MenaAthena]

Oxryklne made a few small tendrils to secure his grip on the tail.

[Blewcheese]

With a quick jab, the shadow bits stabbed themselves into the lure. The worm shrieked and began tunneling quickly, rising to the surface. Soon he was rather high in the air, his whole body propelled upwards by the momentum.

[MenaAthena]

<THIS WAS A BAD IDEA!>

Clara screams her head off.

[Blewcheese]

The whole group, besides Barry, who was still in a trance, and J, who seemed rather calm, were screaming. Spiderlike limbs emerged from J's back, and he began climbing about on the worm towards the lure and Clara.

[MenaAthena]

It was odd, hearing screaming coming from a still blank-faced statue. None the less it was happening. Clara pulled herself closer to the lure so she wouldn't fall of.

[Blewcheese]

As the worm finally reached its peak in the air and began descending, J arrived at the lure. "Brace yourself." At that, he severed the lure from the depths beast's head, causing it to send a horrifying shriek of pain throughout the air.

[Quiet]

(For a sun-eating worm, this thing isn't putting up much of a fight.)

[MenaAthena]

Clara went into shear panic, so terrified that she couldn't even make herself scream. Still blinded by the lure, she saw nothing, but heard J speak, the sound of the lure being severed, and the feeling of starting to fall very quickly. That man was completely mad! Was he trying to get her killed!?

[Blewcheese]

(Phase one, Quiet. Calm down.)

 

Austin began shouting in terror as they fell, struggling. The shadow bonds, however, held tight, and begun to expand around the group.

 

Meanwhile, J leapt from the worm at Clara, his spidery limbs extending towards her.

[MenaAthena]

(I hope Battal lets you take control of Oxryklne soon. I keep being paranoid about if I'm rping him consistently or not.)

Clara remained completely frozen by fear and panic.

You better know what you're doing! I am not dying while strapped to a giant worm!

[Blewcheese]

(You're doing fine. Those shoes aren't that big. Get it? Because he's a beetle. And beetles wear tiny shoes.)

 

J's shadowy limbs brought him to the lure, and his arachnid body began releasing small, web like shadowy threads around Clara.

 

Meanwhile, the shadow bindings continued growing larger. Take a deep breath...

[MenaAthena]

Oxryklne took as deep a breath as a little, tiny, puny, microscopic, small, insignificant insect can.

[Quiet]

(ARE YOU TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN!?!?!?!?!?)

[Blewcheese]

(Yes.)

 

And at that, the bindings enveloped the group protectively, sealing them off. J continued covering up Clara.

[MenaAthena]

Wait, what was going on? She couldn't feel the webs, but they were starting to cover her eyes, blocking her vision. This wasn't helping her calm down.

[Blewcheese]

Soon enough Clara too was completely enclosed and protected. And good thing, too, because they landed on the ground shortly after. The shadow barrier seemed to catch the allies, and slowly opened once they were safely on the ground. Meanwhile, the worm began writhing and screaming out in pain.

[MenaAthena]

Clara forcefully pulls one hand at a time out of the detached lure and crawls away from it. She would be shaking right now, if she had mussels, but she wasn't, which she would be grateful for if she wasn't recovering. Here, showing weakness ment death. So she sat stil, giving herself a moment to pull herself together.

Oxryklne fell out gasping and crawled a little bit aways. He stopped and caught his breath.

[Blewcheese]

The other members of the group climbed out of the bindings as well, watching as the worm writhed about. "Well, for a sun-eating worm, that didn't put up much of a fight..."

[Quiet]

(Oh, come on.  He could have said something way cooler, like -)

 

"HERE COMES THE SUN, DOO-DOO-F*CK YOU!"

 

"It just dawned on me that YOU GOT WRECKED!"

 

"Shoulda brought some sunblock, cause you just got burned."

 

 

[Blewcheese]

(I leave the puns to Oxryklne. I couldn't make one like that without hating myself a bit.)

[MenaAthena]

(SEE!? That's why I'm nervous about controlling Oxryklne. I can't do his brand of puns.)

It's not long before Clara stands up and speaks in her typical even toned voice.

"So now do we have to get the sun out from inside it, or is it's lure the sun? If it is the lure, I might have broken the sun."

[Blewcheese]

(Ah.)

 

"I'm not completely sure..." J observed the worm as it began coughing madly.

[MenaAthena]

Clara and Oxryklne observed the worm coughing as well. Perhaps it was doing their work for them?

 

(how do you even pronounce Qxryklne anyway?)

[Quiet]

Ox-ree-kiln.

[Blewcheese]

(I've been pronouncing it Ox-ree-clean)

 

The worm continued coughing, and sparks began flying out of its mouth. More came out over time, and eventually a cone of flame erupted from the gaping jaw of the Depths Worm. Luckily, it wasn't aiming at the group, but it then decided to, rather comically, flop somewhat like a fish in an attempt to point his jaw at his foes.