Re: Inexorable Altercation [Round IV - Hezekiah]
12-18-2011, 02:06 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.
Memories Gias scheming battle escape modify others where ship?
The memory beast's mind was still forming. It barely even knew what memories were, only that it had a lot of them.
Being transported to a new locale mere moments after coming into existence hadn't helped; the idea that the cultist had moved it to another world entirely in the space of an instant was far, far beyond its current grasp.
After two minutes, its mind had settled enough to attempt a basic action: moving.
This became significantly less basic when it tried to follow Felix Atrum's memories of walking as a human along with Quostos' memories of walking as a Vorlon, let alone Voitrach's floating. Gias contributed two sets of thoughts, one that matched up with Felix and the other less so.
It tried to take a step, and fell forward on its face. Three minutes later, its mind formed enough to make it decide not to just lie on the floor.
Somewhere in its mind, the concept of numbers began to make sense. It counted one voice for most of its moving options, one voice and a little more for another, and less than one voice for another.
It opted to go with the one voice and a little more. It lifted itself up, and walked towards the door. Most of the voices agreed that a door was a way out.
Unfortunately, they couldn't agree on how to open a door. Quostos didn't remember doors at all. Felix remembered pulling a knob, Voitrach simply remembered making them open with gravity, and Gias remembered many ways of opening a door, having seen quite a few kinds over the course of his existence.
Another minute gave the beast the idea of trying to figure out if any of the voices had seen this door. It turned out that Gias had - or rather, one like it. The beast reached out its hand and pulled a small handle on the inside of the door.
It opened.
If the beast had sorted through its memories enough to understand the idea of a "prison", it might have been worried about that fact.
Memories Gias scheming battle escape modify others where ship?
The memory beast's mind was still forming. It barely even knew what memories were, only that it had a lot of them.
Being transported to a new locale mere moments after coming into existence hadn't helped; the idea that the cultist had moved it to another world entirely in the space of an instant was far, far beyond its current grasp.
After two minutes, its mind had settled enough to attempt a basic action: moving.
This became significantly less basic when it tried to follow Felix Atrum's memories of walking as a human along with Quostos' memories of walking as a Vorlon, let alone Voitrach's floating. Gias contributed two sets of thoughts, one that matched up with Felix and the other less so.
It tried to take a step, and fell forward on its face. Three minutes later, its mind formed enough to make it decide not to just lie on the floor.
Somewhere in its mind, the concept of numbers began to make sense. It counted one voice for most of its moving options, one voice and a little more for another, and less than one voice for another.
It opted to go with the one voice and a little more. It lifted itself up, and walked towards the door. Most of the voices agreed that a door was a way out.
Unfortunately, they couldn't agree on how to open a door. Quostos didn't remember doors at all. Felix remembered pulling a knob, Voitrach simply remembered making them open with gravity, and Gias remembered many ways of opening a door, having seen quite a few kinds over the course of his existence.
Another minute gave the beast the idea of trying to figure out if any of the voices had seen this door. It turned out that Gias had - or rather, one like it. The beast reached out its hand and pulled a small handle on the inside of the door.
It opened.
If the beast had sorted through its memories enough to understand the idea of a "prison", it might have been worried about that fact.
There's no reason for this | Or this | Death is inevitable | You can't challenge fate | The smallest change | I'm overwhelmed
I'm serious | It makes perfect sense | Easy as ABC! | I can't even explain it | Cleaning up someone else's mess
I suck | I rule | I've got it made | Really, I'm serious | This bugs me | It's all lies | I want to believe | Beauty is a curse
I'm serious | It makes perfect sense | Easy as ABC! | I can't even explain it | Cleaning up someone else's mess
I suck | I rule | I've got it made | Really, I'm serious | This bugs me | It's all lies | I want to believe | Beauty is a curse