Re: The Savage Brawl [Round 1: Afterlife]
03-03-2010, 09:27 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by slipsicle.
Sanity, once lost, is excruciating to regain. It comes back in pieces, each a fresh wound upon the mind, lacerations freshly salted with hindsight.
As the ancient cyborg kneels amongst its wrath-wrought carnage, pieces of Hand of Silver begin to make their way back into its mind. Now free from Ekelhaft's influence, rationality begins to pepper the cyborg's thoughts. The process is relatively fast; a normal human being would have spent days recovering.
Unfortunately for the newcomers, it is not fast enough.
The sound of disturbed bodies draws the cyborg's attention. Remnants of Hoss are scattered through its mind, yet his indomitable rationality has not yet penetrated his vessel's higher thought processes. The billion year old machine turns towards Calm, who readies his hellknife, knowing what is about to happen.
The cyborg moves. It is a motion more sensed than seen; the portions of Hoss which occupy its mind have made it aware of its vast and nigh-unlimited power. It is a power which Hoss had previously used sparingly, since he could not use it for long before dying of "starvation". The cyborg, however, does not care.
It activates every gyroscope in its body, lending it unprecedented control over its balance, and allowing its center of gravity to change on a whim. A kinetic emitter on its back fires, instantly accelerating the cyborg towards a waiting Calm.
Konka Rar had begun animating the corpse at Hoss's knees before the battle even began, anticipating its inception.
He also knew that one corpse may not be enough. While he couldn't raise an army of intact corpses in time to support him during the battle, raising an army of partial corpses proved much easier.
As Hoss tears through the air towards Calm, fingers, feet, legs, even the rare lower torso which litter the floor of the cavern, tremble. An unseen wave seems to pass through them as each body part shudders, and then begins to move.
Sanity, once lost, is excruciating to regain. It comes back in pieces, each a fresh wound upon the mind, lacerations freshly salted with hindsight.
As the ancient cyborg kneels amongst its wrath-wrought carnage, pieces of Hand of Silver begin to make their way back into its mind. Now free from Ekelhaft's influence, rationality begins to pepper the cyborg's thoughts. The process is relatively fast; a normal human being would have spent days recovering.
Unfortunately for the newcomers, it is not fast enough.
The sound of disturbed bodies draws the cyborg's attention. Remnants of Hoss are scattered through its mind, yet his indomitable rationality has not yet penetrated his vessel's higher thought processes. The billion year old machine turns towards Calm, who readies his hellknife, knowing what is about to happen.
The cyborg moves. It is a motion more sensed than seen; the portions of Hoss which occupy its mind have made it aware of its vast and nigh-unlimited power. It is a power which Hoss had previously used sparingly, since he could not use it for long before dying of "starvation". The cyborg, however, does not care.
It activates every gyroscope in its body, lending it unprecedented control over its balance, and allowing its center of gravity to change on a whim. A kinetic emitter on its back fires, instantly accelerating the cyborg towards a waiting Calm.
Konka Rar had begun animating the corpse at Hoss's knees before the battle even began, anticipating its inception.
He also knew that one corpse may not be enough. While he couldn't raise an army of intact corpses in time to support him during the battle, raising an army of partial corpses proved much easier.
As Hoss tears through the air towards Calm, fingers, feet, legs, even the rare lower torso which litter the floor of the cavern, tremble. An unseen wave seems to pass through them as each body part shudders, and then begins to move.