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!

Comments

[in_theworks]

... okay, that's kind of awesome.

[more than kind of, to be honest, but now's not the time to argue semantics]

[weifinder]

( as he's still playing, he mostly hears this over the pendant and is amused, only pausing song in a natural break to offer: )

Thank you, but please do what you must so we don't test at what point the resentment these mermaids have for a missed meal doesn't outweigh the sway over some of their dead.

( and it's right back to playing! because you've got a necromancer bard on your side, in a world of the dead, and that's actually useful from time to time. )

[in_theworks]

Oh, shit yeah, sorry.

[and he'll just turn to Marcos and Lorna, at this point]

Make a break for it?

[soloritur]

[ Of all the ways he's thought of them combating the dead, he never considered music. At Wrench's question he stop staring and glances between him and Lorna.

They've taken every precaution, and he's still unsure if it'll be enough to combat another siren call if the music doesn't work. All that and their plan is still to run in and hope for the best. Eventually he nods. ]

We've gone this far.

[ Then, to Wei Wuxian, he nods his appreciation. Then he raises one hand and releases just enough power to show his glowing palm. ]

We'll give a signal if anything goes wrong.