un: eclipse | video

[soloritur]

[ The image comes up to show Marcos huddled behind a boulder near the water's edge with two figures nearby. He looks tense and keeps his voice low as he gestures to the others that he started the feed. ]

Hey. This is Marcos. I have Lorna and Wrench here with me. We uh... found something. [ He moves the device to show a cave, and the cluster of mermaids going in it. ]

Apparently some of the mermaids are able to use a siren call to lure people out here. There's a cave where they're gathering at night, but it's guarded. Most of them are in pretty bad shape, but we think what's in there might have something to do with what's making them... insane.

[ No offense, mermaids, but they did already try to eat him once. ]

//

[ lorna comes up to marcos's side after he shows what they've found, glancing over at him and reaching for his hand out of frame. when she addresses the camera herself she seems relatively calm, but serious. ]

We've got some experience dealing with mind control, but not enough to combat it. [ or block it to a degree any of them are comfortable with before they proceed. ] So whatever techniques you've got would be appreciated.

//

[Wrench, who's been practically vibrating this entire time, all but explodes at this point, albeit quietly -- or as quietly as he knows how to be, anyway] Otherwise, looks like meat's back on the menu, boys! [the mask displays a quick, angry face, mostly for show, before jumping to a bright (^_^)] Or, you know, sushi.

[yeah, he's been sitting on that reference this entire time]

Seriously, though. [help them, Obi-Wan Kenobi]


ooc: Marcos/Lorna/Wrench (if that's not obvious) any combination may reply!

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[sergeant_slick]

This planet really needs more benign magical weird shit, but hey, I'll take what we can get.

If there's only one then it's definitely down for the count, they completely space out when they've got the bait in-hand. But we've only ever seen them in groups, and they go berserk if they see another mermaid holding the bait. Keeps them distracted, but it gets messy.

[in_theworks]

I'm not against messy? [he shrugs] My noble companions, on the other hand? [a glances follows, over his shoulder] Eh.

[sorry, guys, but you strike him as cinnamon rolls]

[sergeant_slick]

You mean they're not okay with fish-lady carnage? [Nerds.]

Guess you're on bait duty, then. How's your throwing arm?

[in_theworks]

Possibly? [they're still trying to work out an actual plan. assuming he is serving as the distraction-slash-bait guy, though?] I'm pretty good with a grenade, at least?

[and boy, is he proud of that. (^_^)]

[sergeant_slick]

A man after my own heart. If you're near the beach, you've got to make sure it doesn't land on the sand, alright? We watched it sort of... eat a piece of bait.

This place is weird.

[in_theworks]

[(o_O)]

It ate a piece of glass? What happened then?

[and yes, he knows that Slick said powdered glass, but that shit's still sharp. also, knowing this place (and the way he put that), it was weird magic glass or something, and something terrible happened, after it ate it. like This Isn't Even My Final Form level terrible]

[sergeant_slick]

We found the bait later, but all the glass was gone.

So... yeah. Glass-eating beach.

[in_theworks]

Oh, my God, you meant the beach.

[he misunderstood, somehow. he thought one of the mermaids actually ate the bait. the fact that it was the beach makes it a thousand times worse. (O_o)]

What the fuck?

[sergeant_slick]

Yeah, the beach. No idea what that's about. Was not kidding when I said this place is fucking weird.

[in_theworks]

[from now on, he's going to tippy-toe The Floor Is Lava run across the beach any time he has to touch the sand, because what]

Jesus, dude. And I thought being mindfucked by the mermaids was bad.

[did any of them mention they were the ones that got mind controlled by the mermaids? no? well, now he has]

[sergeant_slick]

Wait, I thought you were just talking about the locals--you got mind controlled by these things? [Sure, anonymous civvies getting mind controlled is bad, but this is Wrench we're talking about.]

[in_theworks]

[(>_>) (<_<)]

... no?

[yes (>_-)]

Maaaaaaaaybe?

[very yes (-_-)]

[sergeant_slick]

Mate. You've got to lead with this stuff. [Don't just drop this stuff on him like this!]

[in_theworks]

I got mindfucked by a mermaid.

[ta-da! complete with jazz hands!]

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[chromiums]

[ hey now, they're not above getting messy if necessary. (that said, he's right, they'd probably prefer to avoid killing if necessary, if only because they're severely outnumbered and already having trouble.) ]

What about us?

[in_theworks]

You guys strike me as kind of cinnamon rolls?

I mean, no offense, but ... [he puts a hand to his chest (;_;)] Too good for this world, too pure.

[chromiums]

[ there's an expression on lorna's face that could read as angry, or at least offended, by the assessment, mouth tight and eyebrow raised. she holds it for about fifteen seconds before snorting with laughter. ]

Interesting assessment. [ she's not about to blow up marcos's spot, much less her own, but it's not quite accurate. ]

[in_theworks]

[Wrench blinks at her, the mask cycling from the default (x_x) through (!_!) (o_o) when she laughs, it blinks to (-_-) and he glances over his shoulder, stage whispering to no one in particular:] Hey, guys! I found the Sitara!

[whatever that means, it reads as a compliment, somehow. (^_^)]

[chromiums]

[ lorna's not sure what he means or how to take what he's just called her (though she doesn't react except to hold her raised eyebrow again), and when the mask ends up smiling she smiles similarly. ]

Whatever that means.

[in_theworks]

Trust me, it's a good thing. [and because he knows how much like bullshit that sounds, despite the fact (or maybe because of the fact) that the mask continues to look cheery, he clarifies:] She's a friend from back home.