[What is Emet-Selch doing?! What possessed him to think it was a good idea to stray from the group and do the equivalent of picking flowers in the deep dark forest all guileless?!
The light from the waterproof lamp on Hijikata's hardhat (he commissioned it over a year ago to tackle that nasty infestation of man-eating nudibranchs) doesn't reach far in the murky water, but it's enough to illuminate the small group of fuaths that have taken interest in the other cecaelia. Hijikata shoves a strong gust of water magic their way to deter them, but since they're spirits rather than physical beings all it does is draw their attention to him. Three noseless faces are turned towards him now.
He wonders if lightning magic would have an effect on the large beings, each 1.5 times as tall as a man, but it's dangerous to use in the water, so instead he readies an exorcism spell seal - a very poor one, honestly, since he usually draws them with his cigarette's smoke, which he naturally can't do down here. Luckily he recently read up on the creatures of the lake to prepare for the expedition, which refreshed his memory on fuaths being able to manipulate people if they know their names, so he calls out a general warning to Emet-Selch.]
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The light from the waterproof lamp on Hijikata's hardhat (he commissioned it over a year ago to tackle that nasty infestation of man-eating nudibranchs) doesn't reach far in the murky water, but it's enough to illuminate the small group of fuaths that have taken interest in the other cecaelia. Hijikata shoves a strong gust of water magic their way to deter them, but since they're spirits rather than physical beings all it does is draw their attention to him. Three noseless faces are turned towards him now.
He wonders if lightning magic would have an effect on the large beings, each 1.5 times as tall as a man, but it's dangerous to use in the water, so instead he readies an exorcism spell seal - a very poor one, honestly, since he usually draws them with his cigarette's smoke, which he naturally can't do down here. Luckily he recently read up on the creatures of the lake to prepare for the expedition, which refreshed his memory on fuaths being able to manipulate people if they know their names, so he calls out a general warning to Emet-Selch.]
Watch out!!