Re: Inexorable Altercation [Round IV - Hezekiah]
01-21-2012, 03:30 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.
The beast found itself in a long corridor, filled with identical doors. Its still-developing consciousness was confused, barely able to tell the difference between the door it had just exited and any other.
Its attention soon turned to the one part of the corridor that stood out: the rotting corpse leaning against one of the myriad doorways. Some memory that had once been Felix Atrum's told it that the man had died only two weeks ago, give or take; but this knowledge was meaningless to the beast's limited mind.
It touched the body. A moment later, it found itself running, alongside a group of other humans. They were its comrades.
"Captain!" a voice shouted. The beast somehow knew the voice was its own. "They've caught up with us!"
"Damn!" The man the beast recognized as his Captain pulled a laser pistol from his belt. "Then we'd best fight. Ready yourselves, men!"
The beast turned, as did his comrades. The enemy was upon them. There were three small lizardmen carrying rifles, lead by a hulking brute who resembled a crocodile. He wore a patch over his left eye, and carried a harpoon gun.
"This is the end, human," the crocodile-man growled. "This is where I make you pay for taking my eye."
He fired.
"Run, Captain!" the beast shouted, throwing himself into the harpoon's path.
And then all except the beast vanished.
"Captain," it said. "Captain?"
There was no answer.
What had happened to the Captain? Had the others escaped? And where was... the enemy?
Who was the enemy? The beast thought hard about it.
The dead prisoner had only been able to provide memories immediately surrounding his death. The beast had gained only a small portion of his knowledge. It did not know who this man's enemy had been.
But it did know who Sollipor Quostus' enemy had been. And its fragile mind could not tell the difference between one enemy and another.
Gias was the enemy. Gias would pay for what he had done to the Captain.
"CAPTAIN!" the beast screamed, charging wildly down the corridor in search of Gias.
The beast found itself in a long corridor, filled with identical doors. Its still-developing consciousness was confused, barely able to tell the difference between the door it had just exited and any other.
Its attention soon turned to the one part of the corridor that stood out: the rotting corpse leaning against one of the myriad doorways. Some memory that had once been Felix Atrum's told it that the man had died only two weeks ago, give or take; but this knowledge was meaningless to the beast's limited mind.
It touched the body. A moment later, it found itself running, alongside a group of other humans. They were its comrades.
"Captain!" a voice shouted. The beast somehow knew the voice was its own. "They've caught up with us!"
"Damn!" The man the beast recognized as his Captain pulled a laser pistol from his belt. "Then we'd best fight. Ready yourselves, men!"
The beast turned, as did his comrades. The enemy was upon them. There were three small lizardmen carrying rifles, lead by a hulking brute who resembled a crocodile. He wore a patch over his left eye, and carried a harpoon gun.
"This is the end, human," the crocodile-man growled. "This is where I make you pay for taking my eye."
He fired.
"Run, Captain!" the beast shouted, throwing himself into the harpoon's path.
And then all except the beast vanished.
"Captain," it said. "Captain?"
There was no answer.
What had happened to the Captain? Had the others escaped? And where was... the enemy?
Who was the enemy? The beast thought hard about it.
The dead prisoner had only been able to provide memories immediately surrounding his death. The beast had gained only a small portion of his knowledge. It did not know who this man's enemy had been.
But it did know who Sollipor Quostus' enemy had been. And its fragile mind could not tell the difference between one enemy and another.
Gias was the enemy. Gias would pay for what he had done to the Captain.
"CAPTAIN!" the beast screamed, charging wildly down the corridor in search of Gias.
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