As Sebastian unloaded his gut of bile that bubbled and boiled and sizzled with heat all over its precious domain, the last remaining rat let let go of Amras and let out a throaty squeal of rage, but the sound was cut short as, in its moment of distraction, Khloros' hooves crushed it into the ground, ending its misery for good.
As Envy sank tooth and claw into the mushrooms, they would get a nasty shock. a familiar nausea would rise in their gut, along with a prickling sensation. whilst they might feel elated or a disconnect with reality, they might also feel their body moving and jerking, thrashing outside of their own volition as a jolting feeling rises in their gut. The only way to get rid of the feeling is to- as they have done many times before- throw it up, and then they might see the fluid buzzing and crackling with electricity. Though the vomit is real in this situation, the jumping lights and jolting electricity through their belly was all in their head. Envy has learned Electroball!
The mushrooms that Sebastian was focusing his attacks on hissed when the boiling liquid came into contact with them, soft flesh shriveling back and a foul-smelling smoke pouring out. those mushrooms shrivelled, and in time they would die. But there were a lot more of them in the hollow, and the efforts of a single gembound were unlikely to be enough. Perhaps they could find a way to seal off the hollow, somehow, so that Khloros' plague could do its work inside?
90% of mushrooms remain.
Red Rat has 0/30 hp.
Echoing Greys have 0/30 hp.
Pitch rat has 0/30 hp.
Any contact with the mushrooms will result in the learning of a spell of a random element, but the afflicted must roll successfully to shake off the effects.
Envy barely had time to analyze the situation- first, their vision blurring and their grasp on the current situation waning. Then the nausea caused them to choke violently, spitting out what little remnants of the mushrooms still remained in their jaws as they retched and arched their spine, stumbling back from the offending mushroom. That's when the pains started. They dropped to the ground as their body convulsed involuntarily, a shrill squeal emerging from their throat.
They tried to get back up, but found their limbs stiff, and eyes were wide with terror. They convulsed again, another strangled gag emerging. They tasted bitter bile in their mouth, and spewed fluid out onto the earth. Fluid that crackled and burned before their very eyes. They stared, transfixed, as they struggled to bring themselves back to their senses.
But gasping and thrashing, they failed to regain their feet or control of their mind, their vision blurring, and sides heaving, as their eyes flickered, glancing wildly around.
Before she knew it, Kin-Kin was on her side, and panting, struggling to get rid of the hallucination which had taken a hold. She was barely aware of the battle that raged around her. Barely aware of the Gembounds gaining the upper hand or the danger that she was in. At some point, the she-wolf lost consciousness, and when she came to, the world once more returned to focus around her, although there was some kind of a disconnect between the sensations she felt, and what she was thinking. Her paws slowly raised her into a sitting position, where she shook her head slightly, and stretched.
Looking around revealed several dead rats, and a few Gembounds- a tiny weasel thrashing on the ground seemed particularly afflicted, and a mountain lion whose friends clustered around, struggling to clean him of the spores. Kin-Kin was taken aback by what such a seemingly innocuous-... well... in this situation, not so much... -clump of mushrooms could do. Shaking her head, she rose to her feet, and paced around. Physically ripping up the mushrooms, it seemed, would not be an option, and that would likely only lead to the release of more spores. similarly, they couldn't exactly set the forest on fire... or could they? maybe they could.
Or maybe they could somehow seal off the mushrooms? Close up the hole, somehow. Kin-Kin began to clamber up one of the gulley banks, carefully avoiding stepping on any of those nasty mushrooms. for now, all she wanted was a better look.
