Those up above are fighting hard to do what they can to defend the crucial people down below who this whole thing hinges on. What good is a big ol' bomb if nobody is down there to fire it? Or like, to make sure it works in the first place, which (until it does) is still a huge question.
Some types of spirits, the folks above with guns and blades just aren't always good at spotting, for the creatures that the many-eyed monster has picked and created and trained come in many forms. The one that works its way down the silo wall could be easily mistaken for some of the very materials they had been working with - if it lies still, it looks an awful lot like a pile of scrap. When it moves, it spreads itself thin and tumbles like leaves. It is a master at camouflage and infiltration; the only one who makes it this far down undetected.
It stretches alongside the cables, black and bundled, and by the time anyone notices, there's little time to react. It gathers its folded flesh into blades and tears at the people down here, catching Weaver low across the belly and Will across his chest. On the plus side, between the two of them they can manage to tag-team it, Will keeping it at bay and essentially kiting it around the control room while Weaver gets a hit in with something that seems a lot like a taser. The spirit goes rigid, enough for them to call for someone to help (or just beat it to death, I won't tell you how you want to do this).
Will is left with a set of five slashes from one bladed hand, two of which cut deep enough to have struck bone. Thankfully Weaver has a stash of Pudding and Kuai's healing salve down here but not only does it really burn sharply when applied, if Will tries to apply it himself it burns his hand, too - leaving Weaver (or someone else who comes to help) in charge of trying to fix him up a bit. It will be a slow, painful process, and getting up out of here via the ladder will probably suck, but good news - he'll survive.
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Some types of spirits, the folks above with guns and blades just aren't always good at spotting, for the creatures that the many-eyed monster has picked and created and trained come in many forms. The one that works its way down the silo wall could be easily mistaken for some of the very materials they had been working with - if it lies still, it looks an awful lot like a pile of scrap. When it moves, it spreads itself thin and tumbles like leaves. It is a master at camouflage and infiltration; the only one who makes it this far down undetected.
It stretches alongside the cables, black and bundled, and by the time anyone notices, there's little time to react. It gathers its folded flesh into blades and tears at the people down here, catching Weaver low across the belly and Will across his chest. On the plus side, between the two of them they can manage to tag-team it, Will keeping it at bay and essentially kiting it around the control room while Weaver gets a hit in with something that seems a lot like a taser. The spirit goes rigid, enough for them to call for someone to help (or just beat it to death, I won't tell you how you want to do this).
Will is left with a set of five slashes from one bladed hand, two of which cut deep enough to have struck bone. Thankfully Weaver has a stash of Pudding and Kuai's healing salve down here but not only does it really burn sharply when applied, if Will tries to apply it himself it burns his hand, too - leaving Weaver (or someone else who comes to help) in charge of trying to fix him up a bit. It will be a slow, painful process, and getting up out of here via the ladder will probably suck, but good news - he'll survive.