Re: The Grand Battle S2G1! [Round Three: Water...place!]
06-11-2011, 10:29 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.
Arkal had by this point completely given up on understanding what was going on.
Xadrez had to be stopped, but Arkal didn't even know exactly what he was stopping. Kracht had gone crazy, and was now standing eerily still. Jen was apparently Maxwell. And the Ovoid didn't even begin to make sense in the first place.
What had he gotten himself into?
Frustrated with sitting around on the ship and watching whatever Xadrez was talking about with whoever he was talking to, Arkal turned his attention to the body of the late Edward Crossbones.
"You poor bastard," Arkal said to the dead man. "It may be presumptuous of me, but I assume you've done your share of misdeeds. You still didn't deserve this."
He looked out over the edge of the boat, looking for a moment at Xadrez' continued conversation with the stranger. Then he turned back to the captain.
"You died because some lunatic thought it would be funny to take us from our homes and send us traipsing around in other people's backyards. And apparently if we stop the lunatic, this 'Hand of Silver' takes over absolutely everything."
Arkal sighed.
"And none of that should have mattered to you in the first place. But now you're dead because of it. Because of the Observer - and because of us."
He looked back at Xadrez and his conversational partner. This time, he blinked. Was Maxwell Jen again?
"See?" he asked the corpse. "You died because of whatever nonsense is going on down there. Or something else which makes just as little sense. With no clue of what it's about. And you're not the only one. You probably won't be the last, either."
Arkal shook his head in frustration.
"I think I need a drink," he grumbled.
Arkal had by this point completely given up on understanding what was going on.
Xadrez had to be stopped, but Arkal didn't even know exactly what he was stopping. Kracht had gone crazy, and was now standing eerily still. Jen was apparently Maxwell. And the Ovoid didn't even begin to make sense in the first place.
What had he gotten himself into?
Frustrated with sitting around on the ship and watching whatever Xadrez was talking about with whoever he was talking to, Arkal turned his attention to the body of the late Edward Crossbones.
"You poor bastard," Arkal said to the dead man. "It may be presumptuous of me, but I assume you've done your share of misdeeds. You still didn't deserve this."
He looked out over the edge of the boat, looking for a moment at Xadrez' continued conversation with the stranger. Then he turned back to the captain.
"You died because some lunatic thought it would be funny to take us from our homes and send us traipsing around in other people's backyards. And apparently if we stop the lunatic, this 'Hand of Silver' takes over absolutely everything."
Arkal sighed.
"And none of that should have mattered to you in the first place. But now you're dead because of it. Because of the Observer - and because of us."
He looked back at Xadrez and his conversational partner. This time, he blinked. Was Maxwell Jen again?
"See?" he asked the corpse. "You died because of whatever nonsense is going on down there. Or something else which makes just as little sense. With no clue of what it's about. And you're not the only one. You probably won't be the last, either."
Arkal shook his head in frustration.
"I think I need a drink," he grumbled.
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