I'll drown eventually so don't save me
Her weapon flew wide off the mark followed by Liam's projectile, but fortunately the other men made the process short with their adversary. With a terrible crash the voidling toppled, leaving behind a terrible stillness counterpointed by lingering hissing and snapping of smoldering lumber.
With no more immediate need to shift, Maea heaved a breath and rolled her shoulders to ease the tension. Her heart kept racing as she stepped up to offer Noah a hand up, annoyance and gratitude warring with common sense - she was clearly not used to being in a party of combatants that cared anything for her wellbeing.
"I'm okay. You good, Noah? Thank you, for trying to help." Even if it hadn't been strictly necessary... Maea appreciated it all the same. Or would, when her blood cooled enough that her teeth didn't feel on edge.
Moments later she was headed for the thicket her weapon had disappeared into. It took a moment to find it, aided by the dent Liam's exploding arrow har made in the vegetation. Yanking the disc free from a normal tree trunk - as normal as anything came on this Island - she returned to the others.
"Should we dispose of this thing, or just leave it lying? I don't know if the corruption will seep into the earth as it decays..." Cautious, Maea approached the Voidbark Dude and crouched down uncomfortably close to it for a close up inspection, intrigued and repelled by its strangeness.
Maea retrieves her weapon and inspects the Voidbark Dude
With no more immediate need to shift, Maea heaved a breath and rolled her shoulders to ease the tension. Her heart kept racing as she stepped up to offer Noah a hand up, annoyance and gratitude warring with common sense - she was clearly not used to being in a party of combatants that cared anything for her wellbeing.
"I'm okay. You good, Noah? Thank you, for trying to help." Even if it hadn't been strictly necessary... Maea appreciated it all the same. Or would, when her blood cooled enough that her teeth didn't feel on edge.
Moments later she was headed for the thicket her weapon had disappeared into. It took a moment to find it, aided by the dent Liam's exploding arrow har made in the vegetation. Yanking the disc free from a normal tree trunk - as normal as anything came on this Island - she returned to the others.
"Should we dispose of this thing, or just leave it lying? I don't know if the corruption will seep into the earth as it decays..." Cautious, Maea approached the Voidbark Dude and crouched down uncomfortably close to it for a close up inspection, intrigued and repelled by its strangeness.
Maea retrieves her weapon and inspects the Voidbark Dude
Maea
