by muffinstud » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:30 pm
(How is Brianna able to whip up a dust storm in the middle of the ocean? Not much dirt to have fly around...)
Heather giggles and gives Matt a friendly nudge with her elbow. "What, you don't want to be girlfriends? I was going to braid your hair and everything!"
The bartender jumps from the blankets. "Don't let them touch me! We might need them later!"
Hilda bows her head for a moment. When she looks up again, she is visibly younger, has radiant blond hair and a certain vacancy to her eyes. "This boat must move swiftly, else all aboard will be lost. Krystia, child, the rear is safe. You must guard the front from the imminent evil. All else must aid in moving the boat, for no water is safe. I will tend to this one." She pulls on Kimiko's leg, and with a nasty popping sound sets the bone. She takes the oar from the bartender and ties a blanket around the leg and oar, all while looking straight ahead.
Andy is about to make another strike, but the tentacle moves out of the way at the last second, then sinks quickly into the water, victims still in tow. An arrow seems to have sunk into the thicker part of it, coming from one of the boats. She can sense the creature heading back to the boat with Kimiko just as her charge takes one last ragged breath before going still.
Bill takes his oar and places it in the oarlock nearest the back of the boat. He pulls another (there are now 3 free oars) and sets it in the oar lock. He braces a foot against the rear and starts pounding away at the oars like he's in some kind of abusive gymnastics program. *Mike can tell that Bill really wants to get away, and the words "It's not supposed to happen this way..." float into his mind. He is focused, determined, and kind of annoyed at how useless the other people on his boat seem to be.
"Well, you'll have plenty of time to live in a van down by the river, when you're living...in a van down by the river!" --Matt Foley, motivational speaker