>>23089944The tie was randomized."One of them nearly bit my hand off!" you exclaim while waggling your searing hand at him, "...But I'd say we're doing pretty good!"
The droid cranes his head, "Mm, so you have a dynamic with the cronies to a degree after all. That's great. It'll make the following all the more painful for you."
"E-Eh...? What are you goi-"
In retrospect, you don't need to ask anything, because you receive a visual answer almost instantly. Another deep, guttural roar tears across the cavern, except this one differs in that it brings forth an incredibly massive beast from the depths of the underground. It's been called out of hiding by the presence of bait.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
All of the helpless Gibles trapped in the quicksand pit are swallowed whole by something emerging from the rapidly swirling center. It rises and rises out of the ground, taking up a sizable chunk of the cavern, and stops only when it reaches its peak height. It marks its entrance by roaring again, sand spilling from its body. Grashglik leaps upon the mon, and ascends it until he reaches the top.
"W-Wha-WHAT!?!?!? WHAT THE-WHAT IS THAT!?! It's HUGE! T-That, that THING-THAT THING JUST ATE ALL THE GIBLES! JESUS CHRIST!"