Team Crey: Bamzor, Shelly, Maximus
Shelly hears Raymond on the SG channel and immediately responds,
"We're staring down a Crey who's been infested with plantlife. Looks like some cross-breed. The place looks like what Raymond's describing. I advise you storm through there and look for anyone who might have survived. So far, this guy seems reasonable. Like being turned into Devouring Earth finally convinces people that working for Hammidon is a BAD idea."
The infested Crey says,
"...nothing can be done for me now besides a mercy killing."
Shelly says,
"No! Bamzor, knock him OUT and let's find out what else needs to be done here!"
Team Freakshow: Raymond, Raichel, Batsmash
...and nothing says updates can't change Primal Earth to be more like Praetoria. But the characters don't know that. They only can know Murphy plots against all living beings. Still, it is SOME comfort that so far, ambushes on Primal Earth are not like Praetoria or anywhere near as numerous.
Raichel says,
"You heard her... let's look for survivors and try to STOP this!"
Team Circle of Thorns: Emerald, Alloy, Mittens, Mocha
There are plenty of baddies for Mittens to fight off as it becomes an endurance mission to keep all the CoT at bay as they try to disrupt Emmy and Alloy. Mittens is having a bit of trouble in that regard as she can dish out damage like nobody's business, but is having trouble taking it. She then hears Mocha on the SG channel.
"Invite me, Emmy!" and her name soon gets added to the team roster in everyone's heads-up display. Then immediately, she pops into the mission.
"TP!"
Emerald was in the middle of a critical arcane gesture, but she pauses and uses her other hand to summon Mocha. Mocha immediately flies off to Mittens.
"Chang job!" the li'l brown bat-bunny-cat-thing yells towards Mittens while she flies in her direction. A tank job would fit nicely about now. Just the kind to hold attention.
Meanwhile, Emmy gets back to the arcane realignment with Alloy and the two are able to set all the runes correctly.
"...why isn't it working?" Emmy asks, fully expecting Alloy to say he doesn't know why.
"Theories?" she asks even as she looks around at the bodies of the fallen.
One of the fallen CoT chuckles darkly.
"To fully reverse it, you need a willing conduit.... and none of you can handle that much magic entering your feeble mortal forms."
Emerald looks at Alloy with a worried look, only to hear Raymond's description and Shelly's response.
"What Shelly said sounds good to me. Everyone, Alloy and I are working on a portal that may have been feeding Hammidon more magic power. My main thought is that Hammidon is likely drawing energy from the different factions in different ways. See if you can find anything that's feeding him and reverse it if possible. Then we strike."
She then looks at Alloy and in Team Chat, asks,
"Well... I'm willing to be the conduit. I don't know if I can share the blast of magic or not, but if I get knocked out of the fight because of this, make sure everything continues as planned."
Team Longbow: Liberty, Gadget Gun, Jake
Does this mean Liberty tastes like peppermint? Either way, she is pouting and looking ready to cry, a mix of hurt and angry (
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"...I'm stopping this operation with or without your help." she says with a slight quiver in her voice.
Duncan frowns at the reactions around him.
"You're all in way over your head!" He activates his jetpack and flies up and backward before pulling out his rifle and aiming it at GG.
It's not that the guy wasn't one of the more physical sorts. It's just that Liberty's so tough that sometimes, it's hard to tell if she's been hurt. By the time you glance at her HP bar, she's already fully healed. But yes... the guy made li'l miss practically immune to physical attacks cry.
Liberty hears the SG comm and says,
"Duncan, even as we speak, reports are coming in of people being turned into Devouring Earth! We NEED to stop this!"
Duncan just continues his assault without a word.