Creatures in the Depths (Open to all)

Maybe licked his lips? This job came with free food too? He liked the sound of that. An extra slab of meat! He could taste it now. His motivation for the job doubled!

Mayze continued on with everyone, bringing up the rear of the group. As they proceeded ever deeper, fresh claw marks could be seen along the greenish walls. It seemed they weren’t alone. Some sort of creature lurked these depths, and given how far down they were, it might be… hungry. Mayze made sure to be on his guard, and surveyed the environment intently. He didn’t feel like being something’s lunch today.

So caught up in making sure nothing was stalling their group, Msyze didn’t notice Pitt fall back next to him. When his fellow saiyan tapped him on the shoulder, Mayze nearly jumped out of his shoes.

“Shi- Oh that was you, Pitt,” he gave a sigh of relief, before giving a small frown, “Sorry, just uh, give some warning next time,” he grumbled, “Yes I can go on ahead with Vennel? Although,” he hesitated for a moment, before continuing, “Would it not be best to stick together? If we operate as a team, we have a better shot of taking down anything dangerous,” he wasn’t scared, honest, he just thought splitting up might be a bad idea. Okay… maybe he was a little on edge , “Vennel’s got the light too, you guys would be left in darkness if we move away,” he finished after a long second. He thought it was reasonable.

He turned to Vennel, “What do you think?”

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Mayze was about to follow behind Vennel after she spoke, but a commotion from behind distracted him. He swiveled around just as Pitt retaliated against whatever struck the larger saiyan. The faint glow from Pitt’s red blast didn’t illuminate much, but Mayze swore he could see the tail end of a black creature scurrying out of view. What in the hell is that? A small feeling of fear creeped up, he hadn’t even sensed the thing and it made Pitt bleed… He would have to be on guard.

Vennel seemingly had to leave within a moment's notice, citing conflicting and prior obligations which she had forgotten about. Mayze waved goodbye, somewhat wishing he could leave himself. Of course, with her leaving, that meant they were left in darkness, but only momentarily. He thought up an idea after watching Vennel using her powerball as a light source, so the Saiyan extended a palm and formed a bright white ball of ki. He let it float off his hand and up till it levitated right above his shoulder. It didn’t let out a lot of light, but it would do. The orb would follow as they continued to journey the depths.

Mayze nodded at Pitt’s words, “Yea! I just caught a glimmer of it. Freaky. Couldn’t even sense the damn thing. Dunno what the hell it was, but hope we don’t run into it again,” Of course, they likely would.

He trailed slightly behind Pitt and Rensou, bringing up the rear. The saiyan made sure to glance behind from time to time, but had yet to spot anything. He cursed under his breath, wishing he had just elected to sit in the rain. He had a terrible feeling about this job.

As M ayze turned from checking the back, something slimy wrapped around his ankle. He yelped in surprise, eyes wide as he stumbled and landed flat on his stomach. His head hit the ground hard, momentarily disorienting him, and causing his concentration to break. The ball of ki he used for light winked out of existence, leaving the trio in suffocating darkness. He felt whatever held his ankle begin to pull him away, but stunned as he was, it took him a moment to do anything about it. He gave a strangled cry, desperately trying to grab some sort of foothold with his hands, but none were to be found. The floor of the cave was smooth as silk.

He tried kicking too, but no matter the force the steel grip on his ankle never faltered…

Fear outweighing pride just this once, he shouted, “GET THIS THING OFF!”

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OOC: It's nice to be home!