Re: Pitched Combat [Round 1: Forêt Noire]
01-14-2010, 11:46 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by MyifanW.
Honestly, the manikin was failing to eat much. The trees here were too full of life- somehow, they had become harder than the manikin's teeth. It attempted to transform it's teeth into the hardest material it could, the beetle carapace, but the carapace teeth bent as the mouth bit down. The carapace was designed to withstand shock by distributing the impacts through the shell, and therefore could not apply force well either, the Manikin realized. It ran through the information it had... and found what would work. The manikin's arm split in two, each transforming into the pincers of the giant beetle. With one solid action, it jammed the pincers on the tree, crushing the bark. It quickly created a mouth with it's other arm and swallowed parts of the broken bark. That manikin stopped moving as it analyzed it's meal. It was similar to the wood it had eaten before... but mutated, such that the strands of wood wove though each other, and became much denser. Interested, it tried to get a larger piece, for a better analysis... when it's kaleidoscopic eyes saw movement near it. It turned, focusing on that movement.
Before the manikin was the bunny. It was bigger than it was before, maybe with a few extra eyes (the manikin never saw it without that many eyes) but still looked harmless. What bothered the manikin was that the bunny was not fleeing from it, like the other animals had. It tried to read the bunny's life, but the interference was simply too great. Unsure of what to do, the manikin approached the bunny- and froze. Again, the insect's survival instinct restrained it, but several times more severely than before. The manikin had no doubt as to what it was feeling now- fear. But why? Why fear the tiny animal... It focused it's life sense as much as it could, all on the rabbit. Suddenly, the reason why it felt fear was made clear. The rabbit had the densest amount of life in the forest- it was probably the most powerful thing here. It must have absorbed more life than anything else...The manikin couldn't even imagine what kind of Monstrosity the rabbit would turn in to if it allowed itself to mutate to fit the size of it's life.
Alex watched the bunny, feeling uneasy. There was something wrong with it- it had too many eyes, it's proportions were strange... had he seen it before? Either way, it didn't matter. He recalled the nature of the lifeforms in the forest- giant and mutated. He wasn't going to take a chance with this thing. He lifted his sword... although tired from his previous exertion, Alex was quickly recovering.
Slowly, the manikin. backed away and sat down against the tree, curled up as tightly as possible. Hopefully, hopfully... The bunny would have no interest in a seemingly inanimate object. With this idea, the manikin stopped it's every movement. The bunny watched the Manikin for some time... and dodged Alex's swing instantly. Aso soon as it touched the floor again, it flew at Alex like a missile.
Alex was slightly off guard, but quickly lined his sword up with the direction of the rabbit's charge and pressed forward, with the intent to slice it in half. The rabbit's Skull smashed into the edge of the sword, and the blade slid through the rabbit's head... and stopped. Alex swung the sword, sending the rabbit away. Something was wrong, he knew. The rabbit should have been in halves...
The corpse of the rabbit bounced on the ground, and came to a rest. for a moment, nothing moved. Then, it's body warped and bubbled, expanding it's mass. The cleaved head split apart entirely, and each half regrew the other side of the head, giving it two heads. It's once petite herbivore mouths expanded, growing down the length of each head, filled with razor sharp teeth. It's body did not stop it's change yet, but at the rate it was growing... Alex grimaced and charged. He needed to destroy the thing as soon as possible.
Honestly, the manikin was failing to eat much. The trees here were too full of life- somehow, they had become harder than the manikin's teeth. It attempted to transform it's teeth into the hardest material it could, the beetle carapace, but the carapace teeth bent as the mouth bit down. The carapace was designed to withstand shock by distributing the impacts through the shell, and therefore could not apply force well either, the Manikin realized. It ran through the information it had... and found what would work. The manikin's arm split in two, each transforming into the pincers of the giant beetle. With one solid action, it jammed the pincers on the tree, crushing the bark. It quickly created a mouth with it's other arm and swallowed parts of the broken bark. That manikin stopped moving as it analyzed it's meal. It was similar to the wood it had eaten before... but mutated, such that the strands of wood wove though each other, and became much denser. Interested, it tried to get a larger piece, for a better analysis... when it's kaleidoscopic eyes saw movement near it. It turned, focusing on that movement.
Before the manikin was the bunny. It was bigger than it was before, maybe with a few extra eyes (the manikin never saw it without that many eyes) but still looked harmless. What bothered the manikin was that the bunny was not fleeing from it, like the other animals had. It tried to read the bunny's life, but the interference was simply too great. Unsure of what to do, the manikin approached the bunny- and froze. Again, the insect's survival instinct restrained it, but several times more severely than before. The manikin had no doubt as to what it was feeling now- fear. But why? Why fear the tiny animal... It focused it's life sense as much as it could, all on the rabbit. Suddenly, the reason why it felt fear was made clear. The rabbit had the densest amount of life in the forest- it was probably the most powerful thing here. It must have absorbed more life than anything else...The manikin couldn't even imagine what kind of Monstrosity the rabbit would turn in to if it allowed itself to mutate to fit the size of it's life.
Alex watched the bunny, feeling uneasy. There was something wrong with it- it had too many eyes, it's proportions were strange... had he seen it before? Either way, it didn't matter. He recalled the nature of the lifeforms in the forest- giant and mutated. He wasn't going to take a chance with this thing. He lifted his sword... although tired from his previous exertion, Alex was quickly recovering.
Slowly, the manikin. backed away and sat down against the tree, curled up as tightly as possible. Hopefully, hopfully... The bunny would have no interest in a seemingly inanimate object. With this idea, the manikin stopped it's every movement. The bunny watched the Manikin for some time... and dodged Alex's swing instantly. Aso soon as it touched the floor again, it flew at Alex like a missile.
Alex was slightly off guard, but quickly lined his sword up with the direction of the rabbit's charge and pressed forward, with the intent to slice it in half. The rabbit's Skull smashed into the edge of the sword, and the blade slid through the rabbit's head... and stopped. Alex swung the sword, sending the rabbit away. Something was wrong, he knew. The rabbit should have been in halves...
The corpse of the rabbit bounced on the ground, and came to a rest. for a moment, nothing moved. Then, it's body warped and bubbled, expanding it's mass. The cleaved head split apart entirely, and each half regrew the other side of the head, giving it two heads. It's once petite herbivore mouths expanded, growing down the length of each head, filled with razor sharp teeth. It's body did not stop it's change yet, but at the rate it was growing... Alex grimaced and charged. He needed to destroy the thing as soon as possible.