Re: Intense Struggle Season 2! (Round 1: Training Facility ONX)
07-24-2010, 11:36 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Draykon.
If it hadn't been obvious that this laboratory had been an obstacle course before, it was definite with the hallway Dekowin had entered, and Lillian had followed. In fact, to call it a hallway would be an insult to corridors. Rather, this structure bore more resemblance to a large steel wall, that happened to have a couple platforms and two doors on the top inside of it.
Dekowin had already begun to fly across, but when she sensed the door open behind her again, she landed on the platform nearest the one the door led to.
Lillian came out into hallway, and looked down. It seemed that either way she went, she had to deal with one of these bottomless pits. This one looked just as deep as the last one, or rather, both were deep enough that she couldn't see the bottom. Really she didn't know which one was deeper but they were both obviously way too deep! As she gazed into the darkness below, she was almost certain she could see something moving.
After a couple minutes of staring, Dekowin began laughing.
"You really gonna let your fear control you like that kid? I get that you're so amazingly afraid of everything down there, but all that fear's only in your little head."
Lillian was taken aback at this one. Earlier Sarika had been praising her bravery, and now here this bug girl was saying the exact opposite!
"Fear's everywhere kid, and it doesn't go away. But still, you're sitting there and letting something that's only in your head control what you do. Don't you think that's a little pathetic?"
That was it. Lillian was a brave girl, and she knew it. She wasn't gonna let something like a big hole scare her, that was for sure! The Kindred Spirit shouted protests, but by the time Lillian acknowledged them, it was too late, and she was leaping over the gap.
She was only a fourth of the way over the gap, and already she could feel herself losing altitude. There was no way she was going to make it across. She looked down into the darkness below, and this time she was sure she saw something down there. Something with lots of arms and eyes and oh god so many teeth!
She shut her eyes, as the Talisman began to glow blue... and then stopped. It didn't have a reason to continue, because a chitinous hand had grabbed onto Lillian's wrist, and Dekowin now hovered above, holding Lillian over the pit.
Slowly but surely, she carried her across the corridor, and they touched down on the platform holding the door forward. Just before Dekowin let go however, she extended her claws, and cut slightly through Lillian's wrist. A small cut, that would definitely heal, but it HURT.
Lillian gripped it, and the Kindred Spirit moved to react, but Dekowin let go too quickly, and stood a safe distance away.
Then Dekowin spoke, with a fierce expression, and a scolding tone.
"I didn't save you just now. You fell down that pit, and got eaten by a horrible monster."
Lillian wore a meek expression, as she gripped her wrist.
"What I did, was reduce the amount of you that died. Before, it would've been all of you gone, and you wouldn't be able to learn anything. I made it so that it was just a little scratch on your hand. Compared to the experience you gained from the stupid act of jumping a long distance over a pit-of-obvious-death, you're definitely more now than you were before. You're welcome."
Dekowin didn't allow a response, and instead walked straight through the self-opening door.
The Kindred Spirit definitely didn't like her.
If it hadn't been obvious that this laboratory had been an obstacle course before, it was definite with the hallway Dekowin had entered, and Lillian had followed. In fact, to call it a hallway would be an insult to corridors. Rather, this structure bore more resemblance to a large steel wall, that happened to have a couple platforms and two doors on the top inside of it.
Dekowin had already begun to fly across, but when she sensed the door open behind her again, she landed on the platform nearest the one the door led to.
Lillian came out into hallway, and looked down. It seemed that either way she went, she had to deal with one of these bottomless pits. This one looked just as deep as the last one, or rather, both were deep enough that she couldn't see the bottom. Really she didn't know which one was deeper but they were both obviously way too deep! As she gazed into the darkness below, she was almost certain she could see something moving.
After a couple minutes of staring, Dekowin began laughing.
"You really gonna let your fear control you like that kid? I get that you're so amazingly afraid of everything down there, but all that fear's only in your little head."
Lillian was taken aback at this one. Earlier Sarika had been praising her bravery, and now here this bug girl was saying the exact opposite!
"Fear's everywhere kid, and it doesn't go away. But still, you're sitting there and letting something that's only in your head control what you do. Don't you think that's a little pathetic?"
That was it. Lillian was a brave girl, and she knew it. She wasn't gonna let something like a big hole scare her, that was for sure! The Kindred Spirit shouted protests, but by the time Lillian acknowledged them, it was too late, and she was leaping over the gap.
She was only a fourth of the way over the gap, and already she could feel herself losing altitude. There was no way she was going to make it across. She looked down into the darkness below, and this time she was sure she saw something down there. Something with lots of arms and eyes and oh god so many teeth!
She shut her eyes, as the Talisman began to glow blue... and then stopped. It didn't have a reason to continue, because a chitinous hand had grabbed onto Lillian's wrist, and Dekowin now hovered above, holding Lillian over the pit.
Slowly but surely, she carried her across the corridor, and they touched down on the platform holding the door forward. Just before Dekowin let go however, she extended her claws, and cut slightly through Lillian's wrist. A small cut, that would definitely heal, but it HURT.
Lillian gripped it, and the Kindred Spirit moved to react, but Dekowin let go too quickly, and stood a safe distance away.
Then Dekowin spoke, with a fierce expression, and a scolding tone.
"I didn't save you just now. You fell down that pit, and got eaten by a horrible monster."
Lillian wore a meek expression, as she gripped her wrist.
"What I did, was reduce the amount of you that died. Before, it would've been all of you gone, and you wouldn't be able to learn anything. I made it so that it was just a little scratch on your hand. Compared to the experience you gained from the stupid act of jumping a long distance over a pit-of-obvious-death, you're definitely more now than you were before. You're welcome."
Dekowin didn't allow a response, and instead walked straight through the self-opening door.
The Kindred Spirit definitely didn't like her.