The Inferi's gaunt, skeletal facial features twisted into a distorted version of a smile at the sight of the boy under the overturned table. Several rotting hands reached, but before they could grab him, the boy was on his feet and moving. The creatures gave chase. The human could run, but he couldn't hide! One of them climbed the table after him, but just when it got close enough to grab the boy's leg he jumped onto the tentacled thing. The inferi gnashed their sharp, decaying teeth in frustration. One creature smashed the table in a fit of rage while several others ripped apart the plant's tentacles. There would be mo more escape for the humans that way!
With the crackling sound of bones grinding against each other, the inferi's heads turned in the the direction of the grunt. There was that boy again, this time on his hands and knees and powerless to stop them. He wasn't getting away again! The creatures swarmed the boy before he had the chance to get up again, grabbing every part of him they could get their clammy hands on. One of them was set ablaze as it wandered into the path of the boy's fire spell, and it stumbled, landing right on top of him.
Elsewhere, the Inferi surrounding one girl (Vivian) continued clawing at her. The one grabbing her wand arm tightened its grip, slowly bending it farther and farther back. Suddenly, flames from one of the other girl's (Felicity) spells engulfed the creature's lower arm. In a desperate attempt to save itself before the fire spread to it's body, it ripped the arm off and flung it aside. It hit the ground with a dull thud, catching more of the plant parts on fire with it. The one-armed Inferius turned, its white cloudy gaze falling upon the other girl as it ran at her.
The adult human was finally on the ground! Her barrage of spells set fire to a couple of the Inferi surrounding her, but there were still plenty of them to keep her pinned. Some of the creatures grabbed onto her wand arm, trying to stop her form firing again, while others piled on top of her chest. A foot with nothing but bones remaining came down on her head, but before it could stomp down on her skull...
It was set aflame by a blast from... whatever animal that other boy (Ronan) was holding. A few of the Inferi broke away from the others and rounded on this new intruder. Two creatures grabbed onto his hands and pressed down with all their might. Maybe they could kill the fire animal he held and crush his hands at the same time!
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