Reimi's spell was a success, the Light magic causing the shadows to physically recoil and relinquish their hold on their ankles, but the darkness hadn't left them unscathed. Kit was unable to move as the creature's form became more apparent, physically pulling itself into the dream and crawling like a massive squid across the open street and towards them.
Its size alone was greater than a truck, its many limbs flicking out like whips in different directions. Towards Orias and Reimi both...but also towards Kit.
She had told him to focus on his memory, but like this it was difficult. He wanted to help. To fight somehow. But what could he do? As he was, he was useless to Reimi...
...or was he?
Those tentacles continued to lash out, whip-like and unkind in the lacerations they left behind, but this time as that shadowy appendage shot towards him Kit's hand snapped out and caught hold of it. He had no weapons — but he had his two hands, and if this slowed the beast down long enough to allow Reimi to attack it, or even kept its attention off her, he would bear the brunt of its attack!
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Its size alone was greater than a truck, its many limbs flicking out like whips in different directions. Towards Orias and Reimi both...but also towards Kit.
She had told him to focus on his memory, but like this it was difficult. He wanted to help. To fight somehow. But what could he do? As he was, he was useless to Reimi...
...or was he?
Those tentacles continued to lash out, whip-like and unkind in the lacerations they left behind, but this time as that shadowy appendage shot towards him Kit's hand snapped out and caught hold of it. He had no weapons — but he had his two hands, and if this slowed the beast down long enough to allow Reimi to attack it, or even kept its attention off her, he would bear the brunt of its attack!