Fantasy The Underground

[Nobody Special]

ANT NEST - TEAM LUMEN

Oskar’s words prompted Min-su’s smile to progressively curve downward into a disappointed frown. As he listened to the scorpion’s response, he lifted his hand, and one of his idle blades followed– levitating upward so that he could drag a finger along its fine edge.

Maybe threatening him into joining would have been the better route.

“Woah,” He threw his hands up in protest and his playful smile returned. “Don’t get mad at me! I’m just following orders. I don’t even know why we’re doing this.”

Oskar’s last question confused him. Didn’t he know? Couldn’t he see? His irises shifted downward towards the Exterminator’s feet when he lifted them to take a step in his direction. Then, they flicked onto the one with the morning star– the first one aside from Oskar to officially catch his attention with the clanging of their respective weapons clashing.

Suddenly, Min-su threw his left arm out to the side, and the blade he had been fidgeting with earlier immediately followed suit, shanking itself into the dirt walls with precision accuracy. Then, he slowly brought the arm– and, in turn, the blade – to the opposite side. From the weapon’s tip, a hair-thin, silver strand of silk-like material emerged, forming a wire of web that ranged from one side of the tunnel to the other.

“What’s my thing with them?” He repeated the inquiry, dumbfounded as to why his fellow arachnid would ask such a foolish question. “Can’t you tell? I’m a spider. We’re the sa–”

BOOM!

Min-su was cut off by a blinding flash– which prompted him to instinctually shield his veiled eyes with his arms in defense. However, once he finally adjusted to the light, he was surprised to see that the attack was not meant for him.

“Shit, Mast…!!” He called out, snapping his head back only for his eyes to widen at the sight.

A cloud of dust quickly settled, a result of boots moving at a high speed having to quickly burrow their heels into the earth to come to a skidding stop. The flea was walled off. Callahan’s beam of light had successfully cornered the pink haired plaguer, much to the latter’s frustration. In an attempt to escape with the cargo still clenched in her arms, Mast lifted her right leg and attempted to force her foot through it, only to recoil back from the searing pain it immediately inflicted upon her skin.

“Shit..!!”

It was hot. Like she had stepped directly into a campfire for a split second. While she wouldn’t have hesitated to force her way through if she were alone, there was no way she was going to be able to get through the radiant blockade with the child in her possession.

Now in a standstill, it seemed Mast had no other option but to turn around. She pivoted, wincing as she put weight on her seared leg and set Karin down to stand on her own. Immediately, she identified Callahan as the culprit behind this newfound obstacle, and glared daggers in the Exterminator’s direction.

“Min-su. Kill the blonde one.”

Like a predator spotting its catch, the young plaguer’s dark eyes locked onto Callahan. A sadistic smirk twisted his face as he took control of the blade closest to the alchemist, slowly pulling it out of the wall it had been deflected into with a slow, suspenseful shhnk.

“Fine by me…”

Maybe cutting your friend’s head off in front of you will prove how serious I am…?

gxxberkit Flatwoods .sol. WhiskeyMarten Lucem Defender of Stories

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[Nobody Special]

ANT NEST - GUNNAR/BLOODWORKS/LUMEN

Matteo’s flashlight disappeared into the dark lenses of the merchant’s gas mask, but, skittish as ever, she still flinched anyway. She immediately regretted her comment as the collective mood of the Exterminators that surrounded her nearly visibly plummeted into the ground. The man who addressed her spoke with a cold tone; she could easily tell he wasn’t bluffing when it came to his warning.

“Hmph…”

Unaati attempted to put on a stubborn front, only to flinch yet again at the sudden arrival of the frustratingly bubbly Shocktrooper from the beginning of her hellish rescue attempt. More threats came her war, the true expression of the speaker once again veiled by the soulless eyes of a mask, much like hers.

She gave an exhale of relief when the soldier backed out of her face, only to shudder and jump back a step when the masked woman traced a finger along her skin through the mask. It was… scary.

Then, she looked at the rest of her supposed saviors. Then, she remembered the bloodbath weathered by the group she had been trapped within the adjacent chamber with mere moments before, and how quickly they managed to switch to a more laid-back ambience following it.

All of these freaks… are so scary!!

And then, the ill-mannered saleswoman’s mask was the first to come off. The facade that was her snobby attitude was quickly replaced with her true self– a spoiled girl who folded easily to threats.

“Fi-Fine…!!” Unaati spat, a cold bead of sweat silently running down her face. She continued to take small steps back from Karina. “I don’t care, I’ll pay you! Just... back away from me…!”

“A Shocktrooper, hm? And a feisty one.” Mars thought out loud, examining the woman’s uniform before coming to his conclusion. “Sure hope you aren’t the last livin’ one here…”

He playfully clapped his hands shortly after his fellow team leader had done so, sparks flying from his hands for added flair as he signaled his team with a relaxed grin. Bloodworks was okay– that meant that everyone else was most likely fine as well. By now, Shengyu was probably thinking of arrangements in the orphanage for this child– that is, if they didn’t have parents they could be returned to. Now, all they had to do was find them and head home…

After a minute or two, the combined teams emerged from the tunnel into a similar one of larger size– and there was a great surprise awaiting them. Not only had they found one of the two teams they were looking for, but they had also found the child– and the only thing in their way were two massively outnumbered pests.

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