You see the tentacles before anything else–bursting from the treeline like vipers, you stand your ground, but duck to the side as a trio embed themselves into the side of the ledge next to you and bore a trio of deep holes into its surface! Ripping back out in an attempt to snag you, you dive to the ground just in time to avoid the shower of debris <span class="mu-i">and</span> being caught! Keeping your self positioned between the tendril’s origin and the snare prepared by your pals, you shout for Talbot to come on out–you know he’s there, <span class="mu-i">WUSS!</span>
https://youtu.be/POjZyOdYAx8What comes, however, <span class="mu-i">isn’t</span> Talbot… not anymore, at least. Emerging from the bloody blizzard like a predator on the hunt, a gaunt figure wrapped in a mess of pulsating metallic tendrils descends from the treetops like a spider with hollow, glowing eyes that bore into you like burning drills!
Tentacles extended like mattocks, the skeleton slams his metallic appendages into the ground upon landing–thankfully you had the foresight and the energy to dodge out of the way first! As he sends a few more after you, you give Kiki and Eddie the go-ahead before diving through the flailing appendages! Yanking their rope, the net buried beneath the bloody snow snags Talbot’s foot upon moving, causing him to tumble just as he sends an <span class="mu-r">EYE LASER</span> carving through the trees adjacent to you!
Momentarily toppled, the beast wastes no time in tearing the snare to pieces with a few more tendrils as you get into position away from Eddie and Kiki! He’s just about to follow the rope back to its origin when you ready the <span class="mu-g">GOO-COVERED ROCK</span>, and by the time he realizes what’s going on you’ve already chucked it at his foul mask!
A forest of tentacles rises to stop the projectile, but something about the Goodboynium gives them pause–stopping short of swatting it out of the air, the tendrils freeze as the projectile hits him square in the face, causing Talbot to reel in surprise!
Seeing his chance, Eddie opens fire from above with his <span class="mu-g">TRANQ RIFLE–</span>sending dart after dart towards the stunned figure’s body! Though the first volley plinks off of his skin, a few lucky rounds sail into chinks in his armor!
Hissing in anger, the ex-janitor wrenches two mighty trees free from the ground and chucks them both in Eddie’s direction! Struggling to dodge the flying firs, the film student half-stumbles, half-falls away from the attack and down the hill!
Talbot sees his chance. Before you can intervene, he sends a wave of tentacles rushing towards the downed student!
>CONTD. 