Timothy had plenty of cognitive challenges in the past, this was a part of his characteristic charm, even, as it was often funny. However, regardless of those challenges, he could still piece some puzzles together very well, and the intelligence upgrade he went through certainly helped him with that matter, it helped him analyze things better, he was more than alert now!
Specifically, he could see that a new wave of danger was developing in front of him, and the team! One could even say that he had a seventh sense for these sorts of things, he could very well sniff out any pending danger, especially if it was right in front of their naked eyes! He saw it best to point at the potential danger too, for alertness’ sake.
“I’m no exorcist, guys, but there’s a soul floating around over there, and it probably belongs to one of those dead bastards that I just killed. This can’t be peachy, so maybe it’s time we get out of here, because it’s becoming harder and harder to fight these diseased, athlete-foot looking motherfuckers! I hate the color green for life now.” He expressed.
Tim may be exaggerating things, but then again, the situation demanded it so. The green bits of light in front of them weren’t flying around for nothing, as he had pointed out, they weren’t trying to gather up together in a single cluster just for the fun of it. A strong soul tried to gather up enough energy for itself, and it tried to assume a dependable, transparent form too!
The concept of energy worked in a very unique way in this world, it was frightening. Raw energy itself wasn’t strong enough to be conscious, but, if a deceased creature was strong enough, it could gather up these tiny bits of energy together, and form a strong, conscious, and seemingly strong soul for itself! This was dangerous for Timothy and the team, because they’d rather not fight something that was strong enough to re-assemble its own soul, essentially avoiding the concept of death in its entirety!
If a soul was conscious, what did it matter if its hosting body was destroyed. In Timothy’s eyes, it simply was one more hostile entity! It refused to pass along towards any soul-based universe, so its strength should not be underestimated.
Skendus had seen several cases like this before, so he encouraged. “Tim’s right, we should get out of here! Those fish came out of this evil pool, so who knows what they’re really capable of? We shouldn’t disrespect them any longer, not in their own habitat.”
The team had observed their surroundings for a few seconds only, and they already felt intimidated, so he made a very good point. However, even though just a few seconds had passed, the cluster of green lights in front of them needed that same, minimal amount of time to make a move! The team couldn’t leave on time.
This entity quickly assumed the form of a single, large blobby soul. Then, all of a sudden, the three anglerfish carcasses started moving too, frantically, and in a terrifying manner! They expected this stubborn soul to be powerful, but this tipped the bucket.
Tim’s first thought was to attack the blobs, especially since the bodies in front of them weren’t swimming around just yet. He wanted to have the upper advantage by slaughtering them once more, however, he failed almost immediately!
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Tim didn’t have any points of mana left in his mana pool, because those blobs had taken most of it from him only moments earlier! This predicament wasn’t only demotivating, but it was absolutely frightening too, because he was naked out here. Since he ran out of mana, Tim couldn’t either attack or protect himself. Since these blobs seemed pretty brainless and undead, he started getting desperate.
“Well fuck,” He sighed, sharply, and then weeped. “Ortana, you were babbling something about protecting us, so, why don’t you do that, right now? This is your time to shine, show us all the tricks that you’ve been keeping up your… fin?”
“Oh sure! Leave it to me to fight the big green monsters, that’s fair.” She complained.
Tim expected an answer like this, so he wasn’t so surprised. He was a bit irritated, but that didn’t matter much, as the problem in front of them was still present, and erect. It seemed like the best idea to swim away and flee, but by all odds, the undead enemies could catch up to them easily! With that considered, he came up with a simpler plan, which was to stand and fight.
He asked, “Have you gotten used to your nose there, Skendus? Paired with my barb, I think that we can put up a good fight. Well, we may die, but this is our only option.”
“I’m growing aware of our options, kid.” The other followed along, and then he decided. “We’ll fight them, then!”
The little debates that they had may seem lengthy, but everything had happened within less than half a minute, so their panic-inducing arguments were excusable in a way. However, within the same time-bracket, the enemies managed to put themselves together as well, they too were ready to attack. They attacked instantly, even, which caught Tim and the team completely off guard!
The enemies attacked in a very unique way too, they attacked with fireballs, which was very unpredictable on their part. Out of all things, Tim didn’t expect to be overwhelmed by bright red fireballs, it seemed uncharacteristic for these blobby beings to possess such powers, yet they did. They shot tens of fireballs right out of their mouths, all within three seconds!
“Motherfuckers…” Tim said, sharply.
Fireballs were swift, so he and the team got overwhelmed by them quickly, it didn’t even take a whole second for the fire to reach them! Tim expected to be burned alive right then and there, so he started to accept his fate. This was a dumb way to die, but then again, he couldn’t recall any smart ways to die either, so he didn’t mind it much. Death was never out of the equation for him, after all.
Tim was ready to die, however, about five seconds later, after all the fireballs had clashed against him and the team, he noticed that he was still alive for some reason! He had felt the fire crashing on him, yes, but he did not feel the pain that was supposed to follow along. The fire had felt like a gust of wind to him, rather than a destructive force!
“What the fuck?” He grunted, “This is weird, why am I not all messed up & shit?”
While he asked himself that question, another wave of life-threatening danger was tossed against him and the team! Tim spotted and heard several bolts of thunder, they were beaming towards him, and even the divines knew how ruthless a bolt of thunder could be, so he expected to die. Yet, he didn’t die.
Tim then looked at his friends, who were also alive and well. As he glanced at them, he noticed a smug smirk on Ortana’s face. Then, something clicked, Tim realized what was going on!
“You…!” He huffed, with a hint of grateful irritation in his voice.
Ortana didn’t give much of an explanation to the other, her response was filled with giggles. Instead, she then encouraged the most brute of violence against these blobby fish! Her giggles, surely deadly.
She shouted, “Attack! Kill them, I got you!”