Re: The Phenomenal Fracas! (GBS2G6): [Round One: Afterparty]
07-16-2010, 11:16 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Not The Author.
Miq didn't really have any clue what was going on. She'd been hanging around in a back alley when she was suddenly somewhere else; indoors, judging by the lack of airflow and sunless heat. But that hadn't lasted long, quickly replaced by some bridge high above some sandy wasteland. She'd dealt with teleportation before, and tended to get a bit fuzzy-headed afterwards. Still, it was a new place, with the promise of more shiny objects to add to her modest collection...
Some man continued to yammer away, and she found herself on the outskirts of a city. Kind of an odd city, what with the lack of noise. Usually there'd be people and cars and golems and probably an airship or two what with the apparent size of the place, but aside from a few distant shouts and odd cries bouncing off her aluminum exterior the place seemed abandoned. I mean, sure, there was that one kinda excruciatingly painful noise, but that wasn't really a noise because it wasn't coming from anywhere. And there were those other guys, sure, but there were only seven of them and didn't exactly constitute a population.
The fist thing Miq did was exactly the sort of thing she usually did when surrounded by people: stop smiling and blend in. It seemed to work; those around her quickly left to explore the city, and paid little attention to the innocent wastebasket.
"Hey!"
...Most of them, anyway.
The Lady that was a Swarm of Insects was difficult for Miq to gauge. She appeared to be a person, and Miq did not eat people without good reason. On the other, she seemed fairly angry and was asking for something and was also bugs! Miq tended to attract bugs, and while they weren't the tastiest of morsels, there were a lot of them just sort of floating there. And these ones were twinkly! That had to count for something. Maybe just a couple...
And then there was the other guy, the Man in the Coat. He wasn't angry, exactly, but he was more focused on Miq than the bug lady was. Miq did not like to be scrutinized; no Mimic did. It went against the entire point of being a Mimic in the first place! The man was a bit... disconcerting, as well; there was just some intensity about him that struck Miq as get away from this guy as quickly as possible. Also there was that nasty-looking blade thing forming up on his arm. That couldn't be good.
"Ah-ha!" The Bug Lady seemed to have shifted her attention to the Coat Man. "It figures you would be the first to move against me. Chancellor Miq was always... Always, um..." But the Coat Man wasn't paying attention to her. He was focused on Miq, who realized that just sitting there would probably not be conducive for her continued survival, and chose that moment to bound through the archway leading into the city proper.
Miq didn't really have any clue what was going on. She'd been hanging around in a back alley when she was suddenly somewhere else; indoors, judging by the lack of airflow and sunless heat. But that hadn't lasted long, quickly replaced by some bridge high above some sandy wasteland. She'd dealt with teleportation before, and tended to get a bit fuzzy-headed afterwards. Still, it was a new place, with the promise of more shiny objects to add to her modest collection...
Some man continued to yammer away, and she found herself on the outskirts of a city. Kind of an odd city, what with the lack of noise. Usually there'd be people and cars and golems and probably an airship or two what with the apparent size of the place, but aside from a few distant shouts and odd cries bouncing off her aluminum exterior the place seemed abandoned. I mean, sure, there was that one kinda excruciatingly painful noise, but that wasn't really a noise because it wasn't coming from anywhere. And there were those other guys, sure, but there were only seven of them and didn't exactly constitute a population.
The fist thing Miq did was exactly the sort of thing she usually did when surrounded by people: stop smiling and blend in. It seemed to work; those around her quickly left to explore the city, and paid little attention to the innocent wastebasket.
"Hey!"
...Most of them, anyway.
The Lady that was a Swarm of Insects was difficult for Miq to gauge. She appeared to be a person, and Miq did not eat people without good reason. On the other, she seemed fairly angry and was asking for something and was also bugs! Miq tended to attract bugs, and while they weren't the tastiest of morsels, there were a lot of them just sort of floating there. And these ones were twinkly! That had to count for something. Maybe just a couple...
And then there was the other guy, the Man in the Coat. He wasn't angry, exactly, but he was more focused on Miq than the bug lady was. Miq did not like to be scrutinized; no Mimic did. It went against the entire point of being a Mimic in the first place! The man was a bit... disconcerting, as well; there was just some intensity about him that struck Miq as get away from this guy as quickly as possible. Also there was that nasty-looking blade thing forming up on his arm. That couldn't be good.
"Ah-ha!" The Bug Lady seemed to have shifted her attention to the Coat Man. "It figures you would be the first to move against me. Chancellor Miq was always... Always, um..." But the Coat Man wasn't paying attention to her. He was focused on Miq, who realized that just sitting there would probably not be conducive for her continued survival, and chose that moment to bound through the archway leading into the city proper.