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As Art and Syb unload magical bolts from their staves and hands respectively, you prepare to give the approaching demons a free sample of their own medicine! Shoving an irate Talbot out of the way and drawing your trusty <span class="mu-g">BACKUUM 1000</span> from your pockets, you don the pack’s straps as if you’ve worn them every day of your life… you might as well have what with all the bone dust you’ve vacuumed up for the last few years!
“Eyes on da’ prize, cupcake!” Ly barks as Lil’ Stanley retreats to a safe distance. Taking his advice to heart, you brace yourself as you flick on the pack’s power–though Ernesto continues to move at a very determined snail’s pace, you still find it difficult to keep your balance even <span class="mu-i">with</span> those <span class="mu-b">BONEUSES</span> you picked up! As the cleaning tool roars to life on your back, you nearly topple off the golem when you feel something clasp around your shoulders!
“Sheesh Stan…” Talbot mutters, trying his best to avoid eye contact as he holds you steady, “Ya trying to crack your head again, or what?”
You’re gonna crack <span class="mu-i">his</span> head if he tries anything funny, you counter as you feel your cheeks warm up a bit! Now hold me steady, damn it!
There’s no time for practice here–leaping from wall to wall like crickets on a sugar rush, you finally get a closer look at your demonic pals! Where there once was mere bone and high-tech lab gear is now flesh–and lots of it! It ain’t exactly the healthy variety, though–covered in pulsating boils filled with hissing, steaming bile and fluids and razor-sharp bristles of hair, it clings to the owner’s skeleton like someone spilled a casserole on them! Climbing rapidly thanks to uneven muscles and curved, scythe-like claws and tendrils bursting from any hunk of flesh they can find, the demons close the gap with murderous intent!
One small problem, though: in their clear desire to tear you into shredded janitor, the brutes failed to notice what you’re holding! So much so that when one of them forms a ball of burning energy in their claw and chucks it your way, you take your chance and run with it! With a triumphant roar, the <span class="mu-g">BACKUUM</span> snatches the magical projectile up just in time for you to switch to ‘<span class="mu-i">blow</span>’ mode and send it hurtling back at them!
As the infernal aggressors dart out of the way of the fireball, one of them watches in shock as it realizes what you were <span class="mu-i">really</span> aiming for! Tough though it might be, a particularly-big hunk of wall didn’t try to dodge at all! And once that fireball hits it, well…
Your efforts are rewarded with a wave of hot water rushing past your face as a huge explosion rocks the ramps below you! The demons that weren’t caught in the blast aren’t so lucky when the debris heads their way, and despite Vivaldi and Ernesto’s complete and utter lack of urgency in their gait, your little trick puts some distance between you and the demons! Go you!
>CONTD.
