fighting fire with fire [garbage fire v mutts, day 2]
Feb 27, 2021 16:16:43 GMT -5
Post by Lyn𝛿is on Feb 27, 2021 16:16:43 GMT -5
Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.
The sudden noise and shaking earth woke Blaze from her napping spot, curled in the warmth of loose dirt and softly smoldering embers that had piled up inside one particularly thick tire. The location had been a lucky find. She and Haze had spent a full two days scouring the landscape for shelter that was both easily defensible and could sustain the flames they needed for their eggs, and while shelter itself was plentiful, she'd determined that far too many would be too thin and flimsy to withstand the extended heat of incubation without collapsing in on itself.
The ground rumbled again. A chunk of dirt the size of Blaze's forefoot jostled loose from the wall she'd been leaning against and slid down to press against the mass of eggs, hard and foreign amidst the soft gelatin. The rest of the earth shifts and wiggles beneath her feet. Whatever was approaching them, it was huge, and getting far too close for comfort, and she's reminded of the saw-mouth centipede that had driven them from their last home, with only Blaze's clever distraction saving them both from falling victim to its vicious jaws.
Her tail was still growing back after that one.
But this time, it was more than just the two of them, together since time immemorial, and with their eggs on the line, Blaze hissed as another tremor shook their home, clambering onto its roof to get a better look at their invaders. Haze slunk in beside her, taking in the monstrous forms of four towering giants, lumbering ever closer, the earth itself trembling in their wake.
Blaze does not tremble. She feels the fire forming in her lungs, her teeth baring in warning against her foe. When none of them acknowledge her warning, she lunges.
[Blaze attacks Syd with flaming teeth (knife)]
D5JYOKIatKknife
1-50
[2051 -- Shallow Cut on Right Thigh -- 3.5 damage
(Knife)]
[FIRE EXTINGUISHED, +0 dmg]
[Haze attacks Benedict with flaming teeth (knife)]
knife
1-50
[2091 -- Shallow Cut on Right Hip -- 3.5 damage
(Knife)]
[MINOR BURN, +2 dmg]
The sudden noise and shaking earth woke Blaze from her napping spot, curled in the warmth of loose dirt and softly smoldering embers that had piled up inside one particularly thick tire. The location had been a lucky find. She and Haze had spent a full two days scouring the landscape for shelter that was both easily defensible and could sustain the flames they needed for their eggs, and while shelter itself was plentiful, she'd determined that far too many would be too thin and flimsy to withstand the extended heat of incubation without collapsing in on itself.
The ground rumbled again. A chunk of dirt the size of Blaze's forefoot jostled loose from the wall she'd been leaning against and slid down to press against the mass of eggs, hard and foreign amidst the soft gelatin. The rest of the earth shifts and wiggles beneath her feet. Whatever was approaching them, it was huge, and getting far too close for comfort, and she's reminded of the saw-mouth centipede that had driven them from their last home, with only Blaze's clever distraction saving them both from falling victim to its vicious jaws.
Her tail was still growing back after that one.
But this time, it was more than just the two of them, together since time immemorial, and with their eggs on the line, Blaze hissed as another tremor shook their home, clambering onto its roof to get a better look at their invaders. Haze slunk in beside her, taking in the monstrous forms of four towering giants, lumbering ever closer, the earth itself trembling in their wake.
Blaze does not tremble. She feels the fire forming in her lungs, her teeth baring in warning against her foe. When none of them acknowledge her warning, she lunges.
[Blaze attacks Syd with flaming teeth (knife)]
D5JYOKIatKknife
1-50
[2051 -- Shallow Cut on Right Thigh -- 3.5 damage
(Knife)]
[FIRE EXTINGUISHED, +0 dmg]
[Haze attacks Benedict with flaming teeth (knife)]
knife
1-50
[2091 -- Shallow Cut on Right Hip -- 3.5 damage
(Knife)]
[MINOR BURN, +2 dmg]