The eels begin slithering in, across the deck and any other surface they can slide across, and he levels his gun at the nearest one. Takes aim, and he would have hit--he's a good enough shot, even if the things are moving targets, but the goddamn gun jams.
Back into his waistband it goes and he has just enough time to pull a knife before there's an eel wrapped around his ankle, trying to get up his leg. He tears it open lengthwise, kicking the carcass free. Then another, then another, before one manages to throw him off-balance.
He hits the deck, hard, back pinned against the mast, and the eels swarm. He goes into his coat pockets again--lighter fluid this time, desperate sloshes of it in between stabbings. One eel manages to get up his chest as he fumbles with his lighter but he can't pause, lighting up the nearest one and kicking it into the fray.
A group of them go up in flames. His shirt tears, then his skin, and he hacks and hacks until that one's dead too. He finds his feet and he starts kicking flaming bodies off the deck into the water, glancing around to see if anyone needs help--or how long he'll have to reset and maybe try this trick again.
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The eels begin slithering in, across the deck and any other surface they can slide across, and he levels his gun at the nearest one. Takes aim, and he would have hit--he's a good enough shot, even if the things are moving targets, but the goddamn gun jams.
Back into his waistband it goes and he has just enough time to pull a knife before there's an eel wrapped around his ankle, trying to get up his leg. He tears it open lengthwise, kicking the carcass free. Then another, then another, before one manages to throw him off-balance.
He hits the deck, hard, back pinned against the mast, and the eels swarm. He goes into his coat pockets again--lighter fluid this time, desperate sloshes of it in between stabbings. One eel manages to get up his chest as he fumbles with his lighter but he can't pause, lighting up the nearest one and kicking it into the fray.
A group of them go up in flames. His shirt tears, then his skin, and he hacks and hacks until that one's dead too. He finds his feet and he starts kicking flaming bodies off the deck into the water, glancing around to see if anyone needs help--or how long he'll have to reset and maybe try this trick again.