⇨ SHINIES

[ringleaders]

Who: Anyone who wants to pick on Tamatoa.
When: Day 45 onward.
Where: In and around Tamatoa's lair.
What: People getting up into Tamatoa's grill for some reason or another. Anybody is welcome to participate, but please communicate with the mods first so that we can discuss how to set up the thread and what your characters are attempting. Tamatoa may attack people outside of his lair, too, but you'll need some kind of narrative hook to prevent him from just eating you if you want to engage him that way.
Warnings: Crab related violence.

TAMATOA'S LAIR↴ Tamatoa lives in a giant clam shell, inside of a mysterious cave that lies about a half hour's swim away from the city. This is also where he keeps most of his loot - either stashed somewhere in the lair or (mostly) sitting on the back of his shell. He hangs out in this cave most of the time he isn't stomping around looking for sunken ships. Tamatoa is gigantic. In fact, he's even a bit more gigantic than he appeared in the movie Moana - and those combating him will find that he also seems to be somewhat resistant to magical affects. A human is the relative size of a pen cap in his claws, and he could crush a normal person will trivial effort. He could also pretty easily toss them into his giant mouth - which he usually will, given the opportunity. Facing Tamatoa could come with great reward, but with equally high risk.

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[amusicaladventure]

[Ash shoots backwards, out of range of Tamatoa's claws like a tasty piece of bait, her tail flipping in delight. The girl legitimately thinks she's invincible, so long as he has her music.]

Call me Ash, but you're the one who's gonna burn!

[They're just here to distract and delay, so they needed to have the speed and agility not to get hit. That called for the kind of battle music that's actually battle music! Ash hit three notes on her guitar before backup bass, drums, and guitar thundered in to fill the water with sound, and herself and Strange with those necessary graces to speed them up.]

The wind blows hard in December
Our last fight, do you remember?
Counting the days, since we left
You and I, slipping away!

[And if she could bait Tamatoa into singing the other part of the song, well, victory would pretty much be theirs, right?]

[pipers_son]

[Hey, have you ever stepped on a thumbtack? Those can be a motherfucker. Although it should be said that… most people aren’t covered in a tough bit of natural armor. Pity.]

[Still, Joker rolls with it, grimacing and glad for what cover they’re hiding behind- that takes the brunt of the currents. After waiting to make sure that another one isn’t incoming and things have calmed down a little water-wise, he hastily gestures to Sherlock and Miko as he quickly tries to get up to the glitter-laden shell.]