Masks 2

The party regrouped and followed after Finn, fighting their way up the steps and through the gate of the Botanical Gardens. With her telekinesis, Theraea  managed to deflect artillery and hand lampreys alike while Sam (from the arms of Maria) fired blindly at various fish with expert precision. Finn, her sword crackling with lightning, cleaved the way forward as the Demon and Jim came up to cover her flanks and press on. Mini-bombs were thrown into the midst by Nocturne, thinning the crowd as Ken's drone provided air support.

And then they went into the gardens proper. The coral reefs were at their largest here, towering above the group like a sickly, twisted forest. Polyps grew on their veiny exterior, and the fingerlike bits seemed like they could come down on them at any time.

And as they got closer to the temple, the water became clearer. The murk went away, revealing the building to be somewhat transparent. Before they could really put what was happening together, the temple tore itself apart into thousands, if not millions of individual aquatic monsters. Tiny twisted fish and the infamous hand lampreys all swarmed towards them, along with murderous, devious barnacles.

The fish storm, previously the temple, was now bearing down on them amidst a sea of giant, ominous coral.