“Jack!!”
The yell burst through his senses, followed closely by another bellow from the beast. The pain ceased its overwhelming pressure, allowing Jack to finally process it all and realize he wasn’t incapacitated. He looked up to find Lateef dropping an empty bucket of water, running away from the big sweetum whose sides were now melting.
That was a body melting. Jack had to keep his stomach from lurching, electing instead to focus on the mad sweetum. It turned towards Lateef, spitting out the big pellets faster than it had at Jack.
Lateef ran away yelling, panicked. “Aaaahhh!!” Despite his vocalized terror, his lean athletic figure raced across the square with impressive skill, vaulting over unconscious bodies, skipping his steps, diving, flipping, and rolling to try and avoid the pe
