[ words doesn't seem to be the vendor's specialty, likely thanks to all the blood he's lost. but he's definitely trying to flag them away from something, which lance only finds more curious than anything else. there doesn't seem to be anything around, after all. he takes a tentative step forward, but only stops again when keith speaks up. ]
Yeah, you'd think he'd be a little happier to see us...
[ the low mutter is spoken while he turns, pivoting back towards keith with an idle shake of his head. he's just about to say something else about gratitude or the lack thereof, when he sees something out of the corner of his eye and— ]
Keith, watch out!!
[ he's not sure what it is, but something definitely whips out from a nearby brush towards keith. whether or not the other boy noticed (he probably did, considering how much more vigilant he'd been), lance throws himself in the way. in the process, his shield deactivates, allowing for whatever it was to — wrap around his middle?!
upon closer inspection it appears to be a vine, long and thick and angry, hefting lance high up into the treeline. he's shouting the entire time, hanging on for dear life.
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Yeah, you'd think he'd be a little happier to see us...
[ the low mutter is spoken while he turns, pivoting back towards keith with an idle shake of his head. he's just about to say something else about gratitude or the lack thereof, when he sees something out of the corner of his eye and— ]
Keith, watch out!!
[ he's not sure what it is, but something definitely whips out from a nearby brush towards keith. whether or not the other boy noticed (he probably did, considering how much more vigilant he'd been), lance throws himself in the way. in the process, his shield deactivates, allowing for whatever it was to — wrap around his middle?!
upon closer inspection it appears to be a vine, long and thick and angry, hefting lance high up into the treeline. he's shouting the entire time, hanging on for dear life.
this is not the tentacle porn we asked for...! ]