[ shadows and figures tell him that david's still standing. he can hear the weird sounds of something in pain that aren't actually anywhere near as serious as they should be, but he can also feel, and hear, and sort of see the wracking and recoiling of the thing in front of him. it might not be dying but it's hurt.
he can hear flesh ripping as david does something, so he doubles down and tries to bury his cleaver in the exposed part of what it actually is. the third tentacle lashes out, smashes into his jaw; no longer protected by the mask, it hurts, bad enough that he feels teeth come loose.
but it didn't hit its mark. he digs the cleaver deeper in, sawing at the base of the tentacles even as the body tries to close up around the blade. the whole shell jerks and flails, and it finally rips itself away from them, the tentacles coming loose to writhe around them uselessly as the stolen body collapses.
it jerks its head back, neck opening. evan can't see the details but then he's blinded again by something bright, a purple haze in the air, voices echoing in his ears - but there's no further attack. just something hobbling and clattering away into the dark. taking his traps with it. ]
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he can hear flesh ripping as david does something, so he doubles down and tries to bury his cleaver in the exposed part of what it actually is. the third tentacle lashes out, smashes into his jaw; no longer protected by the mask, it hurts, bad enough that he feels teeth come loose.
but it didn't hit its mark. he digs the cleaver deeper in, sawing at the base of the tentacles even as the body tries to close up around the blade. the whole shell jerks and flails, and it finally rips itself away from them, the tentacles coming loose to writhe around them uselessly as the stolen body collapses.
it jerks its head back, neck opening. evan can't see the details but then he's blinded again by something bright, a purple haze in the air, voices echoing in his ears - but there's no further attack. just something hobbling and clattering away into the dark. taking his traps with it. ]