Re: The Savage Brawl [Round 3: Abandoned Park]
05-26-2010, 11:13 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by slipsicle.
The ground collapses. Beneath him, Hoss glimpses an empty vacuum, suggesting the house was indeed enclosed in its own pocket universe. Before he can begin a more detailed examination, the vacuum beneath suddenly yields to an unkempt field.
For once, Hoss begins the round relatively intact. More importantly, he is easier able to get a bearing on the loca-
Distant grass is burbling, bubbling, sizzling, screaming as insanity incarnate slithers across the field, and the melody of madness reaches Hoss's audio pickups.
Hoss's head swivels towards the sound in the grass, knowing what approaches. A sudden urge to hide grips the ancient cyborg, and for once in a very long, long time, he listens to his instinct. Kinetic emitters fire, and Hoss shoots off, moving faster than he's yet moved in this competition, directly away from where his sensors say Ekelhaft approaches.
Hand of Silver, the pride of Humanity, shaper of galactic civilizations and possessed of billions of years of experiences, flees the oncoming madness, fuming all the while at Ekelhaft for reducing him to such necessary cowardice.
The ground collapses. Beneath him, Hoss glimpses an empty vacuum, suggesting the house was indeed enclosed in its own pocket universe. Before he can begin a more detailed examination, the vacuum beneath suddenly yields to an unkempt field.
For once, Hoss begins the round relatively intact. More importantly, he is easier able to get a bearing on the loca-
Distant grass is burbling, bubbling, sizzling, screaming as insanity incarnate slithers across the field, and the melody of madness reaches Hoss's audio pickups.
Hoss's head swivels towards the sound in the grass, knowing what approaches. A sudden urge to hide grips the ancient cyborg, and for once in a very long, long time, he listens to his instinct. Kinetic emitters fire, and Hoss shoots off, moving faster than he's yet moved in this competition, directly away from where his sensors say Ekelhaft approaches.
Hand of Silver, the pride of Humanity, shaper of galactic civilizations and possessed of billions of years of experiences, flees the oncoming madness, fuming all the while at Ekelhaft for reducing him to such necessary cowardice.