The water lapped at the runes while Jermaine shouted up at Finn, unable to parse what he was looking at at first. Had Finn not heard him?
"Now, Finn! We're running out of time!"
The shout had no effect. Finn remain still, sword arm poised to strike... then flagging. Jermaine could feel his own heart thumping in his throat, hands shaking. No, no, no...
"Finn!" He cried, less a prompt or instruction and more a wail. Something plaintive and scared. "Jake!"
What came next was an unearthly crack, echoing across the beach just as the ocean washed out Jermaine's runes. Sand exploded outwards, golem losing all organized form in the space of an instant. For that one still moment, all three brothers seemed to float in stasis. Jermaine, watching a huge wave crest high above where he stood. Finn, in mid air with sword still raised. Jake, twisted into an unrecognizable mass, holding a cracked sand pail.
Time restarts with three splashes -- Finn and Jake crashing into the sea, and the wave swell crashing onto Jermaine.
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"Now, Finn! We're running out of time!"
The shout had no effect. Finn remain still, sword arm poised to strike... then flagging. Jermaine could feel his own heart thumping in his throat, hands shaking. No, no, no...
"Finn!" He cried, less a prompt or instruction and more a wail. Something plaintive and scared. "Jake!"
What came next was an unearthly crack, echoing across the beach just as the ocean washed out Jermaine's runes. Sand exploded outwards, golem losing all organized form in the space of an instant. For that one still moment, all three brothers seemed to float in stasis. Jermaine, watching a huge wave crest high above where he stood. Finn, in mid air with sword still raised. Jake, twisted into an unrecognizable mass, holding a cracked sand pail.
Time restarts with three splashes -- Finn and Jake crashing into the sea, and the wave swell crashing onto Jermaine.