Doctor orders fungus deployed to repel maggots
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The Doctor instructs Sergeant Benton to scatter the fungus to kill the maggots, and Benton complies, throwing pieces of fungus for the maggots to consume.
Who Was There
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Eager frustration masking professional calm under pressure
Benton acts with disciplined responsiveness, executing the Doctor’s order without hesitation. His movements are sharp and efficient, a soldier trusting the unconventional expertise before him. His posture conveys readiness to adapt, though a flicker of grim resolve betrays awareness of the stakes.
- • Execute the Doctor’s instructions with speed and precision
- • Contain the threat before it overtakes UNIT’s position
- • The Doctor’s expertise is valid in this domain
- • Adherence to orders ensures survival and mission success
Controlled urgency masking deeper concern for the unfolding biological horror
The Doctor barks a concise command from his elevated authority, standing with the urgency of the moment, jaw set as he watches Benton move with immediate purpose. His tone conveys both control and underlying tension, a man who expects instant obedience without question.
- • Neutralize the immediate maggot infestation before it overtakes the team
- • Buy time for UNIT to strategize a cohesive response
- • Scientific solutions exist for extraordinary threats
- • Speed and decisive action outweigh procedural caution in this crisis
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Benton hurls clumps of the anti-maggot fungus from its container toward the onrushing maggots, who immediately swarm and devour it with voracious haste. The substance acts as an artificial lure and deterrent, disrupting the creatures’ coordinated advance and causing them to halt midway across the slag heap slime.
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The slag heap perimeter becomes an arena of desperate biology and chemistry. Its unstable, chemically slick surface forces urgent, measured footing as Benton strides out to scatter spores. The toxic mud sighs underfoot while distant refinery towers loom like silent judges over this human attempt at restitution against man-made disaster.
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