[closed] There is a terrible cost to dark magic, but you know what they say

[spellslots]

who: Taako + various others (if u want something hmu!)
what: What it says on the tin! Catch-all for the next few weeks to save spamming y'all
when: mid July - when I decide I need a new one of these
where: Arounnnnnd
warnings: None yet, will update if necessary

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[The bird takes off, though it goes slower than it could, not wanting to lose Gamora.

The creatures aren't lost so easily, Taako can hear rustling following them, moving through the trees, but the other great thing about the polymorph is that it comes with all sorts of changes, including better senses. So when one of the things leaps at him, he's ready for it, manoeuvring in the air to catch it in his talons, quickly tearing through it.

There's a whole lot of blood, but Gamora might be more concerned with the handful of creatures still tailing her.]

[godslay]

[ Blood? No big deal. She's more than used to blood, and whatever comes down from above thanks to the injured creature is hardly any concern to her (though she'll definitely want to wash it out of her hair later).

Instead, she's much more preoccupied with another beast blinking into existence behind her, jaws opened and aimed for her head.

She immediately hits the ground, spinning with her sword in hand and thrust into the air, and as the creature sails right over where she was just standing, Godslayer carves through its belly.

... Now she's covered in blood and viscera.

What a lovely day. ]

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[On the plus side, there's significantly less of them now?

With a hard flap of his wings, Taako flies up to clear the tops of the trees, taking a few seconds to check their surroundings, and then he drops back down to Gamora's level. He can't actually tell her to keep following him, but he flies to the right and hopes she'll keep up.

They're not too far from the barrier now and he's hoping the electricity in the fence will keep them out.]

[godslay]

[ Gamora is at least decent enough at taking cues, and she darts to the side with Taako, following after the eagle towards the barrier.

A few undisturbed moments later, and they're in view of the fence. Close enough that Gamora feels a brief flash of relief – just in time to see one of the creatures blink into existence right behind Taako, leaping for a wing with jaws wide open.

Gamora launches herself forward, stabbing downward with Godslayer to slam the creature into the ground with the sword buried in its back.

Her head snaps back up, immediately aware of her surroundings, but looking for Taako. ]

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Ow.

[Taako announces himself very eloquently, where he's landed on his back in a somewhat unforgiving shrub, both his arm and leg bleeding, though the arm wound doesn't look as bad as it potentially could've been.

He could get up, but he's just going to chill for like five seconds.]

Are they all dead?

[godslay]

[ It would probably be helpful if she went to offer Taako a hand up, but for now, she's still on alert, glancing from the elf to the rest of their surroundings. There's no telltale snarls or the snck-snck-snck of the creatures teleporting, so... ]

Possibly.

[ She doesn't want to say "definitely" because she could be wrong. Without putting away Godslayer, she finally goes over to where Taako looks half-crumpled in the shrub, this time extending a hand to help pull him to his feet. ]