The Savage Brawl [Round 5: Battletopia]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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Konka Rar slowed down as he reached the stairs, still trying to hurry - he was probably far enough from the explosion, but he wasn't in the mood to take chances on that fact.

He soon heard footsteps behind him, and made a quick glance to verify that the newcomer was Calm - this was exactly the wrong time to be ambushed.

Calm, moving faster, soon caught up to him. "What the hell did you do?" he asked, looking annoyed. "Are you trying to nuke us all?"

"Something interfered with my spell," Rar replied. "I haven't had time to determine precisely what it was. Now, keep moving. We're most likely safe now, but I would prefer to be even safer."

Then the two of them came across Gormand, still on his way up.

"More of you?" the meatball asked, in an exasperated tone. "What's with all the sudden interest in this cave?"

"It isn't so much the cave itself as the fact that being outside the cave is highly inadvisable at the moment," Konka Rar replied. "I suggest you turn around, unless you wish to be overcooked."

Gormand waved his tentacles in a manner mimicking a shrug. "All right, I suppose we can go play with the zombies and the mechanical fellow downstairs. Oh, by the way, there are zombies and a mechanical fellow downstairs."

Gormand could swear he saw the smile on Konka Rar's skull widening.

"Zombies, you say? How... interesting."

They continued down the stairs.