Re:Derelict: Season 1.

[Carthrat]

Luminous noted the sounds were louder from the sides. He also noted that all his 'companions' were within the control room, with Relm and Sebastian being near the control panel, and the bug-thing just milling about.

He could note that the corridor leading back into the holding pens they'd first come from could provide cover from anything that came this way, though he couldn't see anything usable as a weapon (except, of course, the bug-thing, which looked to have enough spikes to hold up an army).

[Anastasia]

Luminous turns to Relm.

"Do you know what this...sound is?" he asks bluntly.

[Rezantis]

"No, but it's coming from under the floor," she paused for a moment "it actually sounds almost like a large bug."

[Anastasia]

Luminous nods, trying to pinpoint the sound and not be under it or even close to it.

[CyMage]

Sebastian stood up from the computer and looked around for any loose small bits of junk before heading to the middle of the room.  "We staying here or going back that way?"

[Carthrat]

It was a little late for talking, as several *more* holes were burrowed straight through the floor in a cloud of dust.

Sharp, elongated pincers emerged from these holes, followed by several disgusting-looking bug-creatures.

They looked like overgrown beatles, but not *quite* like the earlier one seen in the picture. For starters, they didn't have fingers for pincers; they weren't quite as a large: a few feet long, and not very tall.

However, those pincers looked awfully sharp.

Two of them appeared near Relm and Sebastian; one happening to burrow rather close to the command console, which suddenly went blank.

Another one appeared near Luminouis, pincers raised to strike.

And still there was the sound of clicking.

[Rezantis]

Having known that they were coming and even roughly where it was coming from, Relm pivoted towards the nearest bug and thrust out an arm, compressing the air in front of her and using it like a battering ram to shoev the bug-thing away from her.

[Anastasia]

Luminous tries to dodge to where he has a bit of space, looking for an opening to counterattack if the thing does attack. (Assuming, of course, he doesn't get skewered or anything.)

[CyMage]

Taking a step back away from the creature, Sebastian concentrated on the thing and willed it off the ground and further away.  He was ready to duck any attack if his tactic failed.

[Carthrat]

Relm, having prepared herself earlier, managed to send the thing flying away from her as it burrowed through the ground, sending it into a wall.

Luminous managed to manuever himself somewhere near to the corridor they last left, but one of the bug-things was gazing at him intently.

Sebastian's mental attack was a little too slow, however; his efforts to duck didn't come to fruition as the bug thing stayed low to the ground and used one of it's pincers to slash him across the knee..

[Rezantis]

Relm drags the same arm through a short arc, releasing another blast of air at the bug - this one compressed into a blade.

As her arm finishes it's arc, she propels herself out of her crouch and to her right, trying to put some distance between herself and the bug she'd seen come up near Sebastian.

[Carthrat]

The blade slammed into the bug-thing, slashing apart a chunk of it's chest.

It toppled and landed on the ground, then remained still.

[Anastasia]

Wait a moment...

Luminous stops, takes a step forward back towards to bug in a manner that hopefully gets it's attention further.

[CyMage]

Growling at the creature Sebastian used the pain to fuel his attack.  "Grrrrr... Stupid thing..."

[Carthrat]

Luminous certain gets the bugs attention, as it lunges towards him, pincers raised..

Sebastian's attack is unwieldy, but seems to work, sending this bug flying into a wall as well..

However, another bug was coming from one of holes near him, and it seemed there were more on the way..