Re: Intense Struggle! (Round 4 - Old Salem)
10-23-2010, 02:20 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by Aryogaton.
As Aegis walked on towards the chaos, he examined his rifle, attempting to quickly figure out its proper way of use before attempting to fire a bullet. He personally favored his gauntlets over firearms when choosing a weapon—they were much more reliable, versatile, and easy to control, if perhaps limiting in their reach. Frustratingly, Aegis’ large and clumsy hands could barely hold the weapon properly. His gauntlets, fortunately, did not prove to be too much of a hassle—with a simple thought, they morphed back to Aegis’ wrists to allow his bare hands free, though this was hidden completely by the illusion.
Aegis stopped once he could see exactly what was going on. In front of the house before him, there was a very young girl, looking surprisingly innocent with no emotion on her face. It was easy to see what the commotion was about—the girl had several black tentacles sprouting from… somewhere? Visually, the point where ‘little girl’ ended and ‘nightmarish monstrosity’ was rather ambiguous, as if the girl’s form could not decide whether it wished to stay consistent with the innocent-looking figure, or go for broke by wrapping around all of the tentacles. To Aegis’ right, another girl—this time looking teenaged—was hovering in the air and tossing lightning about, clearly enjoying herself. Aegis decided to dismiss the second girl when a man sneaked up to her and hit her hard with a hammer.
Noticing that the tentacled girl still had not noticed him, Aegis raised his rifle. He was not particularly trained in marksmanship, but deducing that the two metal sights had to line up with the target for an accurate shot, he aimed at the girl’s head and pulled the trigger.
“No!”
The bullet hit the windowsill on the house behind her, missing its target by several feet. Immediately, the girl’s head jerked towards Aegis, who looked behind him with a face of wild irritation. The outburst came from a crying woman, inexplicably not fleeing.
“Don’t kill my girl…”
Aegis cursed to himself and fumbled with the rifle, not noticing a tentacle whip forward before it wrapped around his neck and pulled backwards. He stumbled for a moment, dropping his rifle.
Goddamn demon-child! I swear if I see any more sorceresses or-
…
I’m getting beat up by a girl. Aeon made it to the last round and I’m getting beat up by a goddamn girl.
Aegis righted himself, grabbing the tentacle around his neck. There was a soft cracking sound as Aegis swung it around and behind him, violently yanking the girl towards him. He caught her by the neck with the other hand, and the girl’s tentacles disappeared. Aegis picked up his rifle.
For a brief moment, the girl’s emotionless face gave to a subtle widening of the eyes, as Aegis threw her in the air and with a wide motion, swung his rifle around, hitting her squarely in the chest. She flew backwards and crashed through a window of the house. Aegis ran through the door immediately after, knowing that that would not have been enough to kill her.
If Aegis had bothered to check, he would have seen the woman behind him collapse to the floor, other Salemites rushing to her aid.
As Aegis walked on towards the chaos, he examined his rifle, attempting to quickly figure out its proper way of use before attempting to fire a bullet. He personally favored his gauntlets over firearms when choosing a weapon—they were much more reliable, versatile, and easy to control, if perhaps limiting in their reach. Frustratingly, Aegis’ large and clumsy hands could barely hold the weapon properly. His gauntlets, fortunately, did not prove to be too much of a hassle—with a simple thought, they morphed back to Aegis’ wrists to allow his bare hands free, though this was hidden completely by the illusion.
Aegis stopped once he could see exactly what was going on. In front of the house before him, there was a very young girl, looking surprisingly innocent with no emotion on her face. It was easy to see what the commotion was about—the girl had several black tentacles sprouting from… somewhere? Visually, the point where ‘little girl’ ended and ‘nightmarish monstrosity’ was rather ambiguous, as if the girl’s form could not decide whether it wished to stay consistent with the innocent-looking figure, or go for broke by wrapping around all of the tentacles. To Aegis’ right, another girl—this time looking teenaged—was hovering in the air and tossing lightning about, clearly enjoying herself. Aegis decided to dismiss the second girl when a man sneaked up to her and hit her hard with a hammer.
Noticing that the tentacled girl still had not noticed him, Aegis raised his rifle. He was not particularly trained in marksmanship, but deducing that the two metal sights had to line up with the target for an accurate shot, he aimed at the girl’s head and pulled the trigger.
“No!”
The bullet hit the windowsill on the house behind her, missing its target by several feet. Immediately, the girl’s head jerked towards Aegis, who looked behind him with a face of wild irritation. The outburst came from a crying woman, inexplicably not fleeing.
“Don’t kill my girl…”
Aegis cursed to himself and fumbled with the rifle, not noticing a tentacle whip forward before it wrapped around his neck and pulled backwards. He stumbled for a moment, dropping his rifle.
Goddamn demon-child! I swear if I see any more sorceresses or-
…
I’m getting beat up by a girl. Aeon made it to the last round and I’m getting beat up by a goddamn girl.
Aegis righted himself, grabbing the tentacle around his neck. There was a soft cracking sound as Aegis swung it around and behind him, violently yanking the girl towards him. He caught her by the neck with the other hand, and the girl’s tentacles disappeared. Aegis picked up his rifle.
For a brief moment, the girl’s emotionless face gave to a subtle widening of the eyes, as Aegis threw her in the air and with a wide motion, swung his rifle around, hitting her squarely in the chest. She flew backwards and crashed through a window of the house. Aegis ran through the door immediately after, knowing that that would not have been enough to kill her.
If Aegis had bothered to check, he would have seen the woman behind him collapse to the floor, other Salemites rushing to her aid.