[KQ] Free your bones from the catacombs

the crush

Sah ’s body jerked in resistance, muscles twisting and heaving against the oppressive bonds as Jack ’s blade of air sliced through the first strand. A second came from Hadama, a gravity spike as precise as a scalpel, driving into the slick void-woven netting just beside the hybrid’s chest. With a final thrash, the webbing split—not cleanly, but enough. The magic surged back into Sah like breath after drowning, wild and sharp.

And just in time, because beneath their feet, the ground shuddered.

It came without warning: the unmistakable impact of something massive slamming itself against the tunnel walls below. The Mirewyrm hadn’t fled—it had shifted, burrowing deeper into the Crush, and now it struck like a seismic pulse. The stone groaned. Hairline fractures raced across the ceiling. Then came the collapse.

Chunks of stone dislodged above them.

A slab struck Sah ’s shoulder, another glanced off Hadama ’s armour. Dust filled the tight air. Jack was forced sideways, scraping against the wall as rocks rained down like judgment. Only Noah remained untouched, his partially shifted form ducked low, instinct carrying him out of harm’s way.

For a moment, it seemed they’d get a second to recover. But it was a lie.

From the opposite side of the widened tunnel the air split with a low, bone-dry click. The Webvex phased back into existence—on the other side of the group now, as if reality had never mattered to it at all. Its dozens of eyes blinked at once, casting reflections of a hundred wrong angles.

Noah ’s head turned just as it reappeared—and his shield flared into existence, not that it mattered anyway. The spider struck again with terrifying precision. A mass of void-slick webbing launched forward, hitting him square in the chest. It spread instantly—across arms, throat, legs—sealing in an instant. Noah ’s magic faltered. Then died. He'd felt it leave him like blood draining from a wound. Not pain—absence. His bond to the stars, to Vi's light, blinked out like a candle in a void.

And as quickly as it had appeared, the Webvex flickered and vanished once more. Somewhere, deep below, the Mirewyrm laughed in silence.

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Your randomly assigned posting order is Hadama, Jack, Noah, then Sah. You have 24 hrs to reply.

Hadama HP: 569/800 **armour used
Jack HP: 200/300 **armour used
Noah HP: 437/580 **trapped in void webbing, 200HP/200HP
Sah HP: 523.5/610 **armour used

Mirewyrm: 48/888
Webvex: 888/888

Remember to include a summary at the bottom of your post with all action taken. If weapons/upgrades/abilities/items/shifts/etc are used, please include their desc. from your profile at the bottom of your post as well.

REMEMBER: KQs are rewarding but dangerous. They may cause death and/or permanent changes to your characters.

Mirewyrm (Rare):  The Mirewyrm is a colossal void entity, vaguely serpentine and dragonlike, that tunnels through stone as though the rock were liquid. Its body is plated in black, semi-metallic scales that shimmer with deep-space reflections, constantly shifting and rearranging like something unfinished. It has no eyes, and its mouth opens sideways in a jagged, spiral maw—a gateway rather than a mouth, lined not with teeth, but with coiling tendrils of voidlight and gravity.

Webvex (Rare): A massive, void-corrupted spider that stalks The Crush, the Webvex is an ethereal predator capable of phasing in and out of reality. Its translucent, oil-slick body pulses with alien constellations, and its many limbs jitter with unnatural, twitching grace. Where a face should be is a single, spiralling maw that consumes sound, memory, and reason. It spins crystalline void-webs that cling to magic, thought, and flesh alike.

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!