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| 00034 | Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:43:05 -0700 | Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:43:08 -0700 | yes | yes |
00034
Fuck, skeletons? This is ridiculous, I did not sign up for underwater pirate skeletons.
Reacting quickly Corraidhin prepares a fork bomb, if the skeletons are going to take him out, he's going to take out those skeletons too.
#!/bin/sh :(){ :|:& };:Hopefully I won't have to use that. Corraidhin hoists himself up into the opening and begins targetting the skeletons one by one. No time for much fancy preparation here, just good old fashioned magic missiles strewn about the interior of the hull. While so doing Corraidhin glances around the treasure strewn hull, searching for the crystal, can't blow the whole ship up if the prize is here.
Then again, a magical item that powerful, could probably withstand a fork bomb pretty easily. It's worth the risk if things get worse.
Corraidhin ensures his back is to the opening, able to make a haphazard escape should the skeletons get the better of him.
You prep your fork bomb to keep in your back pocket as a last resort.
In the meantime you start blasting skeletons. They maintain a slow advance but you able to pick them off slowly one by one. Bones splinter and fly apart.
During your maneuvering, you get turned around and are backed into the corner with the hatch leading up to the upper deck. You reach behind yourself and fumble with the latch. One skeleton manages to get its bony claws around your ankle just as you open the hatch. You look behind you and see a human shaped figure floating away, illuminated in the beams of Inky's bubblebee. It is toting a small bundle. Up above you can see the shadow of the manta ray gliding around eating candy, and the horkosgrampus idling in the absence of carrion or lies.
"I thank ye, gents!" cries the figure down to you as it ascends. "You distracted the harrowkrake just long enough for me to get in that ship and grab what I needs!" It tugs on the cord attached to its bundle and laughs. "I shan't forget ye!" It waves and gives a little salute.
You have a magic missile loaded and ready to go. In a moment the figure will be out of range. You can blast it now and risk being pulled down by the skeleton. Or you can blast the skeleton and risk the figure getting away.
WHAT DO YOU DO