Re: Epic Clash Round 3 - The Ascended City
07-08-2010, 03:16 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by McBatman.
Spender descended through the air, the ground and dissolving world around them about to be his new best friend. He crossed his arms in front of his face, expecting an impact that never occurred. His entire body jerked from the sudden tension on his left foot, his left shoulder almost popping out of place, but he dangled safely, several hundred feet above the ground. His head shot back, looking at his unlikely rescuer. A lasso had captured his foot, thrown hastily from a shaking platform buckling under immense strain from several engines suffering, but on the edge stood Glere, grunting as he began to pull Spender back up.
"Glere? What?"
"Don't be so coy, Spender!" Glere shouted, grinning as Spender grimaced at the pun. He grunted as Spender was pulled back upwards to the platform, the ground below them beginning to splinter as white light flooded up from the growing abyss below them.
"One helluva light show, I'll give you that." Glere said, finally pulling the combatant onto the platform with a final tug.
Spender just stared in disbelief. Least of all Glere's rescue, but more at the sudden, and jarring, loss of his spellcoins. Without those... even the nightmare before him could...
He just sat for a few moments, blinking. Before he could finally cough out one question.
"Why?"
Glere shrugged, helping Spender to his feet.
"You're way too much fun to let you die like that! It may not be the best reason, but it's better than meeting terrafirma up close and personal." he peered over the edge, narrowing his eyes a bit.
"Or what's left of it at least. Seems we're all about to play the oblivion tango soon. Oh well, it's been fun." Glere said, pulling out the harpoon gun again and firing another wire line to another, more stable platform.
"You coming or what?"
Spender could barely utter another word before the platform rocked violently, almost sending him off again. Without a word, he jumped to the line as the platform gave way, both he and Glere swinging freely over the vanishing ground beneath them.
Spender descended through the air, the ground and dissolving world around them about to be his new best friend. He crossed his arms in front of his face, expecting an impact that never occurred. His entire body jerked from the sudden tension on his left foot, his left shoulder almost popping out of place, but he dangled safely, several hundred feet above the ground. His head shot back, looking at his unlikely rescuer. A lasso had captured his foot, thrown hastily from a shaking platform buckling under immense strain from several engines suffering, but on the edge stood Glere, grunting as he began to pull Spender back up.
"Glere? What?"
"Don't be so coy, Spender!" Glere shouted, grinning as Spender grimaced at the pun. He grunted as Spender was pulled back upwards to the platform, the ground below them beginning to splinter as white light flooded up from the growing abyss below them.
"One helluva light show, I'll give you that." Glere said, finally pulling the combatant onto the platform with a final tug.
Spender just stared in disbelief. Least of all Glere's rescue, but more at the sudden, and jarring, loss of his spellcoins. Without those... even the nightmare before him could...
He just sat for a few moments, blinking. Before he could finally cough out one question.
"Why?"
Glere shrugged, helping Spender to his feet.
"You're way too much fun to let you die like that! It may not be the best reason, but it's better than meeting terrafirma up close and personal." he peered over the edge, narrowing his eyes a bit.
"Or what's left of it at least. Seems we're all about to play the oblivion tango soon. Oh well, it's been fun." Glere said, pulling out the harpoon gun again and firing another wire line to another, more stable platform.
"You coming or what?"
Spender could barely utter another word before the platform rocked violently, almost sending him off again. Without a word, he jumped to the line as the platform gave way, both he and Glere swinging freely over the vanishing ground beneath them.