"Hey, I've got good reason t'be proud," Tal pointed out to Sah, wicked grin still in place. "Clearly I'm a great teacher!"
But before the teasing could go any farther the group was called to report on their findings and Tal's grin slipped away like mist in the morning light.
Or maybe more like sunshine being devoured by storm clouds.
Especially when Ellyra gave her decidedly unsettling report and the courier nodded grimly. It made the most sense, but it still wasn't good to have it confirmed that the void spread by direct contact, one way or another. Listening to Maea's directions, the old scowl returned to his face and he crossed his arms over his chest, tense and unhappy with the direction the experiment was taking, but he couldn't argue with the logic of it. With obvious reluctance he stepped forward to pick a medium sized crate and, after a moment of hesitation, a wriggly Hanging Snake. With the easy part sorted out he dragged his feet over to where the Voidweaver spiders scuttled and hissed, lunging after their uninfected counterparts.
"Okay, this seems... real not-great," he muttered, but he swallowed hard and pulled on one of the heavy work gloves that had been provided before sticking his hand into the enclosure. Sure enough, a Voidweaver swerved to pounce on it, its fangs sliding harmlessly off the hardened leather. Tal got his hand around it and shoved it into the crate with more force than was technically necessary, jerking his hand out and slamming the lid down before it could regain its senses.
Then he settled down to watch and wait, glaring daggers at the spider as if daring it to make a move on the hanging snake.
Tal grabs a crate and a Hanging Snake before retrieving a Voidweaver Spider and shoving it with extreme prejudice into the crate.
But before the teasing could go any farther the group was called to report on their findings and Tal's grin slipped away like mist in the morning light.
Or maybe more like sunshine being devoured by storm clouds.
Especially when Ellyra gave her decidedly unsettling report and the courier nodded grimly. It made the most sense, but it still wasn't good to have it confirmed that the void spread by direct contact, one way or another. Listening to Maea's directions, the old scowl returned to his face and he crossed his arms over his chest, tense and unhappy with the direction the experiment was taking, but he couldn't argue with the logic of it. With obvious reluctance he stepped forward to pick a medium sized crate and, after a moment of hesitation, a wriggly Hanging Snake. With the easy part sorted out he dragged his feet over to where the Voidweaver spiders scuttled and hissed, lunging after their uninfected counterparts.
"Okay, this seems... real not-great," he muttered, but he swallowed hard and pulled on one of the heavy work gloves that had been provided before sticking his hand into the enclosure. Sure enough, a Voidweaver swerved to pounce on it, its fangs sliding harmlessly off the hardened leather. Tal got his hand around it and shoved it into the crate with more force than was technically necessary, jerking his hand out and slamming the lid down before it could regain its senses.
Then he settled down to watch and wait, glaring daggers at the spider as if daring it to make a move on the hanging snake.
Tal grabs a crate and a Hanging Snake before retrieving a Voidweaver Spider and shoving it with extreme prejudice into the crate.
