[ john has not had a good time in these tunnels. this is actually horrifying. top 3 most disturbing ways to die-level stuff, seeing as most involve caving. caving is for idiots with a death wish, and john is a little too mortal and a little too low on the food chain right now to be remotely okay with this.
he'd managed to dig himself out eventually but has had the swarm to contend with ever since. being a necromancer doesn't automatically make you an expert in everything that's ever been alive and how to kill it. he didn't know much about ants before he got here — didn't know where the weak spots are — because that's all important now when even God's powers are diminished along with everything else. john is regretting every ant he ever tried frying with a magnifying glass as a kid.
john senses liem before anything else, the feeling of something that isn't an insect a very welcome presence. he doesn't register precisely who it is and, frankly, doesn't care; for the moment, it's worth it to survive long enough to hate each other later potentially.
he doesn't want to call out in case the sound attracts any more ants, so, in desperation, john reaches out a bloody hand to grab liem and drag him into a small chamber off of the main tunnel. hopefully, the fact that he's not a bug either will be obvious. ]
Hey, look, you want to get out of here, too, right? This isn't a good place to be alone.
[ as bad looks go, last Oracle was bad. this one is worse. maybe just a little traumatic, seeing as several things have actively tried to eat him. something almost succeeded and at least made off with part of one arm. it's fine, he just needs to walk that off. ]
cw: mild gore it's DARK anyway lol
he'd managed to dig himself out eventually but has had the swarm to contend with ever since. being a necromancer doesn't automatically make you an expert in everything that's ever been alive and how to kill it. he didn't know much about ants before he got here — didn't know where the weak spots are — because that's all important now when even God's powers are diminished along with everything else. john is regretting every ant he ever tried frying with a magnifying glass as a kid.
john senses liem before anything else, the feeling of something that isn't an insect a very welcome presence. he doesn't register precisely who it is and, frankly, doesn't care; for the moment, it's worth it to survive long enough to hate each other later potentially.
he doesn't want to call out in case the sound attracts any more ants, so, in desperation, john reaches out a bloody hand to grab liem and drag him into a small chamber off of the main tunnel. hopefully, the fact that he's not a bug either will be obvious. ]
Hey, look, you want to get out of here, too, right? This isn't a good place to be alone.
[ as bad looks go, last Oracle was bad. this one is worse. maybe just a little traumatic, seeing as several things have actively tried to eat him. something almost succeeded and at least made off with part of one arm. it's fine, he just needs to walk that off. ]