As soon as Gennadiya healed Varlum up as best she could the Ithecal nodded. "We'll worry about the rest later" he said, glancing forward to the area around them as Vega asked Varlum to fill the hole and Vivian offered a way. It was potentially smart, but they needed to fight off the creatures while doing it. It would be hard. Right now, however, it was all they had. He could try and collapse the tunnel in, but that much was a lot riskier. What if it broke the walls? What if it worked but only temporarily? There was a lot of uncertainty, more than he was willing to gamble with. Then again, once the tunnel was closed they could focus on something more.
As Varlum focused, his eyes began to turn blind, the mutation he first obtained coming through. With the loss of his sight, however, came a long-reaching tremor sense. It was easier than trying to see with the low light, but more important than that - it let him feel the tunnel and what was in it. Every small vibration became a sense for him, as if he knew exactly what it was and where. How big, how heavy. "Hold off any creatures, I'll worry about the tunnel" the Ithecal shouted, his now blind eyes apparent for any that took notice. Yet he ran forward despite it, avoiding collision with anyone else as he stood at the mouth of the hole, feeling what he feared.
More creatures.
With no time left to lose the Ithecal reached into his Defiance spark, calling to all the small stones around him in the underground. It wouldn't be enough. No matter what happened, he had to make sure he closed this off long enough. With a loud roar to the creatures, hoping to slow them down, the Earth began to shake. All the rocks he could feel came at him as fast as he could make them, forming a pile in front of him as he took chunks off the hole along with them. His head began to ache a little but he knew he couldn't risk stopping. Using his spark, he felt the rocks rise and form as much of a wall as they could, his grip on them shaking as one creature in the tunnel started to slam into the makeshift wall before he had even solidified it, only Varlum's defiance keeping it intact.
Once he had the rocks in place he reached for Fire, forming it in his mouth as he kept hold of the wall with all the power his Spark could muster. Finally, the flames burst forward, attempting to melt the stone enough that it would keep the creatures in. "This should keep them back, finish off any that are left" he shouted, finally letting go of his grasp as he felt the wall was sturdy enough, his eyesight beginning to come back as he paused for a breath.
As Varlum focused, his eyes began to turn blind, the mutation he first obtained coming through. With the loss of his sight, however, came a long-reaching tremor sense. It was easier than trying to see with the low light, but more important than that - it let him feel the tunnel and what was in it. Every small vibration became a sense for him, as if he knew exactly what it was and where. How big, how heavy. "Hold off any creatures, I'll worry about the tunnel" the Ithecal shouted, his now blind eyes apparent for any that took notice. Yet he ran forward despite it, avoiding collision with anyone else as he stood at the mouth of the hole, feeling what he feared.
More creatures.
With no time left to lose the Ithecal reached into his Defiance spark, calling to all the small stones around him in the underground. It wouldn't be enough. No matter what happened, he had to make sure he closed this off long enough. With a loud roar to the creatures, hoping to slow them down, the Earth began to shake. All the rocks he could feel came at him as fast as he could make them, forming a pile in front of him as he took chunks off the hole along with them. His head began to ache a little but he knew he couldn't risk stopping. Using his spark, he felt the rocks rise and form as much of a wall as they could, his grip on them shaking as one creature in the tunnel started to slam into the makeshift wall before he had even solidified it, only Varlum's defiance keeping it intact.
Once he had the rocks in place he reached for Fire, forming it in his mouth as he kept hold of the wall with all the power his Spark could muster. Finally, the flames burst forward, attempting to melt the stone enough that it would keep the creatures in. "This should keep them back, finish off any that are left" he shouted, finally letting go of his grasp as he felt the wall was sturdy enough, his eyesight beginning to come back as he paused for a breath.
