Re: The Savage Brawl [Round 3: Abandoned Park]
07-17-2010, 04:15 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by MyifanW.
Diego looked sideways tentatively, as if giving Ziir's request thought. Leaning his head to one side, Diego muttered out a half hearted sounding response.
"I... I guess I will, but considering those stage gods or whatever have been no help so far... Well, those are my only hope to escape, huh? I don't really know how to kill things that are not human. Such is outside of my area of expertise. Right, please help me too then."
Diego hesitated momentarily, realizing the facts he gave also meant that he was essentially useless. Quickly, he attempted to patch up his usefulness.
"...But, I think I figured out how these dogs work. They are pretty simple. Their transformations are defense mechanisms, you know? I'm not entirely sure, but the collars either are the source of the transformation or are some sort of detector of the dog's fear. So long as we don't scare them..."
Diego looked Ziirphael up and down quickly.
"...We should have a relatively easy time getting through this round? Probably?"
Diego gave Ziirphael an uneasy look.
"...Yes, I understand that I would currently seem like a monster in their eyes. One moment."
Using some of his leaked blood, Ziirphael drew a rune extending from head to stomach. Several uncomfortable sounding minutes later, Ziir's bone structure had shrunk to that of an abnormally tall man, his arm grown back.
"There. I restructured myself. I should now have no problems?"
Diego had an uneasy smile on his face, awed at witnessing something so bizarre. Behind his awe, though, his murderous senses had calculated that currently, in such a form, Ziir could plausibly be killed.
"yes... no problems, at all."
Diego peeked outside the door. The dog seemed to have left.
"Alright, looks like the coast is clear. So... considering we haven't heard any 'Godly Announcement' like the last two stages, I'm going to assume we're going to lynch that blob before doing whatever you have planned?
"Probably. The Cyborg, though, is turning out to be a dangerous mischief maker. I have the inclination to end him quickly. However, first we must meet up with our ally."
Ziirphael edged past Diego and exited, heading for the maze.
Diego stared sideways as Ziir moved past, focusing in particular on his ear. Warily, he followed after.
"I... see. that's...Alright."
As Diego walked, he was constantly on the lookout. in the corners of his eyes he could see the glints of several pairs of eyes in the distance, and a few dogs chewing on corpses, but none particularly close to each other, which troubled him. These dogs were currently wild, yet there were several in the same area. Normally, this would result in a lot of battling, which it must have, considering the corpses. However, the corpses were old, deceased at least a week. Diego tentatively concluded that there was a pack- and in a pack, there needed to be a pack leader.
He wanted to find that leader. It would logically be the strongest dog, which in turn made it the most notable- a perfect thing for Diego to pretend was a god. Although his scheme had done nothing the last two times, this time he was going to put a slightly... different spin on it.
But of course, Diego had to find the pack leader first. Maybe Ziirphael could be of use here?
"Excuse me, Ziirphael. Whoever you're targeting here, wouldn't it be plausible to use the dogs to attack with? I'm not sure how, but if there was something we could use to attract them to a target, they'd probably be able to take care of the job easily."
Diego looked sideways tentatively, as if giving Ziir's request thought. Leaning his head to one side, Diego muttered out a half hearted sounding response.
"I... I guess I will, but considering those stage gods or whatever have been no help so far... Well, those are my only hope to escape, huh? I don't really know how to kill things that are not human. Such is outside of my area of expertise. Right, please help me too then."
Diego hesitated momentarily, realizing the facts he gave also meant that he was essentially useless. Quickly, he attempted to patch up his usefulness.
"...But, I think I figured out how these dogs work. They are pretty simple. Their transformations are defense mechanisms, you know? I'm not entirely sure, but the collars either are the source of the transformation or are some sort of detector of the dog's fear. So long as we don't scare them..."
Diego looked Ziirphael up and down quickly.
"...We should have a relatively easy time getting through this round? Probably?"
Diego gave Ziirphael an uneasy look.
"...Yes, I understand that I would currently seem like a monster in their eyes. One moment."
Using some of his leaked blood, Ziirphael drew a rune extending from head to stomach. Several uncomfortable sounding minutes later, Ziir's bone structure had shrunk to that of an abnormally tall man, his arm grown back.
"There. I restructured myself. I should now have no problems?"
Diego had an uneasy smile on his face, awed at witnessing something so bizarre. Behind his awe, though, his murderous senses had calculated that currently, in such a form, Ziir could plausibly be killed.
"yes... no problems, at all."
Diego peeked outside the door. The dog seemed to have left.
"Alright, looks like the coast is clear. So... considering we haven't heard any 'Godly Announcement' like the last two stages, I'm going to assume we're going to lynch that blob before doing whatever you have planned?
"Probably. The Cyborg, though, is turning out to be a dangerous mischief maker. I have the inclination to end him quickly. However, first we must meet up with our ally."
Ziirphael edged past Diego and exited, heading for the maze.
Diego stared sideways as Ziir moved past, focusing in particular on his ear. Warily, he followed after.
"I... see. that's...Alright."
As Diego walked, he was constantly on the lookout. in the corners of his eyes he could see the glints of several pairs of eyes in the distance, and a few dogs chewing on corpses, but none particularly close to each other, which troubled him. These dogs were currently wild, yet there were several in the same area. Normally, this would result in a lot of battling, which it must have, considering the corpses. However, the corpses were old, deceased at least a week. Diego tentatively concluded that there was a pack- and in a pack, there needed to be a pack leader.
He wanted to find that leader. It would logically be the strongest dog, which in turn made it the most notable- a perfect thing for Diego to pretend was a god. Although his scheme had done nothing the last two times, this time he was going to put a slightly... different spin on it.
But of course, Diego had to find the pack leader first. Maybe Ziirphael could be of use here?
"Excuse me, Ziirphael. Whoever you're targeting here, wouldn't it be plausible to use the dogs to attack with? I'm not sure how, but if there was something we could use to attract them to a target, they'd probably be able to take care of the job easily."