He'd thought Roland was behind the rustling - that that was the answer to that particular mystery. Evidently that's not the case. Great.
He feels that bloom of alarm in the back of his head - Athena found something bad, and moved on instead of confronting it - before Roland calls a warning and the voidblob comes into view, a nightmare mishmash of creatures screaming for blood from way too many mouths. There's a few animals involved in here that Wash can't identify, but he definitely recognizes...a warthog, and a puma.
(The universe has to take a break from laughing at him sometime, right? At some point the joke has to get old.)
Instead, he takes a split second to send a command to Athena - when you find the survivors, lead them to the road. Get them away from this thing - and draws his sword. "Athena will lead the survivors out." It's up to Roland whether he wants to cover their retreat or tackle the voidblob. As for Wash...well, distraction duty isn't anything new. He runs around the creature's side (there are too many sides), casting Thaumaturgy as he goes, and a high, sharp whistle splits the air. "Hey ugly!" he yells as the sound ends. "You hungry?" If he can keep the creature's focus on him, then he can keep it off the people who need to be defended. Priorities.
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He feels that bloom of alarm in the back of his head - Athena found something bad, and moved on instead of confronting it - before Roland calls a warning and the voidblob comes into view, a nightmare mishmash of creatures screaming for blood from way too many mouths. There's a few animals involved in here that Wash can't identify, but he definitely recognizes...a warthog, and a puma.
(The universe has to take a break from laughing at him sometime, right? At some point the joke has to get old.)
Instead, he takes a split second to send a command to Athena - when you find the survivors, lead them to the road. Get them away from this thing - and draws his sword. "Athena will lead the survivors out." It's up to Roland whether he wants to cover their retreat or tackle the voidblob. As for Wash...well, distraction duty isn't anything new. He runs around the creature's side (there are too many sides), casting Thaumaturgy as he goes, and a high, sharp whistle splits the air. "Hey ugly!" he yells as the sound ends. "You hungry?" If he can keep the creature's focus on him, then he can keep it off the people who need to be defended. Priorities.