Zone D -- The Foam

[The Future Warrior]

Dragged back down into the depths (as much as they could be called depths), struggling the whole way,the water quickly grew cloudy from disturbed sand and mud from the bottom. In her mind, a chorus of "No! No! No! No! No!" competed in mental volume against the thought of "I'm gonna be late for the item drop, at this rate!" Her priorities were quite clearly in order and on the right track.

After a matter of moments, her already tenuous footing gave way, the shifting sand slipping out from under her feet and leaving her to tumble slowly backward. She was dragged further back, more firmly into the grasp of her (as of yet) still unidentified captor. Her teeth ground against each other, bared for anyone that would have been nearby to see, and her eyes were narrowed in some volatile mixture of anger and frustration. She just couldn't get any solid leverage down here to try and worm her way out of this awful, slimy grip. The only saving grace was that it wasn't particularly strong. All she needed was one good bit anchorage, one good second to tug and break free and she could get out of this mess.

But with the tentacles of this thing already having her arms more or less pinned to her sides, the odds of that happening weren't looking likely if she didn't get creative. If she had needed to breathe, she would have been a lot more urgent about her efforts to get out, but as it was she wasn't at risk of having the air squeezed out of the lungs she didn't have. All she had to worry about really was maybe the sensitive items she'd stored inside her body getting damaged if she didn't escape this deathgrip.

"Come on...think, think!" she mentally shouted at herself. She tried to take stock of her situation, eyes drifting closed to focus. She could probably manage to get off a couple ki blasts, but without being able to see what she was shooting at it would be blind firing. If she could shift slightly, she might be able to land a hit on the tentacles holding her... If she could even get a little wiggle room, maybe she could wrestle herself free enough to get into a position of leverage and really get herself loose again. And then she could blast this thing out of the water. She nodded to herself, agreeing with her plan of action, such as it was. It was simple, but it should work.

....of course, that well went out the window, when another tentacular appendage came slithering up, coiling around her neck and then up over her face. In a fit of aggression, she lunged forward and bit down, sinking her teeth into the slimy appendage. There was a deep, reverberating thrum and a thrashing spasm of pain, the injured tentacle withdrawing in a hurry. The sudden shock did far more than that, leaving the grappling creature stunned just long enough for the majin to wrench one of her arms free.

Her head twisted around on her neck, pink eyes glaring down at what she could now see as a massive octopus. Or...or squid? It was hard to tell. She didn't care what it was, she just knew she was going to blast it! Her free hand curled into a fist, and began to give off a glow of ki, flaring with a bright golden-orange light. Her eyes went wide as she thrust her arm forward, releasing the large ball of energy from her hand. It surged forward, through the mass of tentacles and hitting the aquatic beast square in where its face should have been, There was a deep, bass rumble and the entire creature shook and trembled in pain, the grip of the tentacles on her slackening. Just a little more!

She sank down fully to the bottom with the lack of support actively holding her up, and dug both of her feet into the sandy bottom. Baring her teeth in a snarl of effort, she pushed forward, her head twisting back around to align with the rest of her body. It was with a supreme effort that she managed to take one step, then another, straining against the slimy, tentacular grasp, feeling it start to slip and slide, loosening its hold on her. Another few slow, struggling steps, and she ripped her other arm free. Her legs came next, freeing her completely and she ran forward as quickly as she was able, out of reach of being grabbed again. Spinning around, she brought both hands together, gathering together energy for a quite familiar technique. She didn't have the air to vocalize the attack's name, but the mass of blue-white energy quickly began to glow brightly in her cupped-together hands, shining like a beacon and clearly illuminating the submerged pool.

The beam of energy surged forth, the kamehameha wave tearing through the water and striking the giant mollusc full-on in its center-mass. There was a brilliant explosion and the water filled with a massive cloud of sand and much, all tinged blue by the release of energy.

When it was all said and done, Graowr practically dragged herself out of the water, onto a rocky outcropping, coughing and heaving out what looked like a substantial lungful of water. Quite the feat, considering her lack of lungs. She shook herself off, staggering up to her feet and looking around. "I think...think I made it..." she said breathlessly. She stumbled over to a rock to sit down for a moment, retrieving her tablet to check her destination and current location. To her surprise and immense relief, she was actually right around where the item was supposed to drop. Talk about convenient!

She stowed the tablet away and sat back to rest for a bit, enjoy the rain, and wait for the item to drop.

Waiting for the item drop in D16.