Re: Pitched Combat [Round 2: Cathedral of Glass]
02-03-2010, 08:55 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by MalkyTop.
When Right blinked, there was Lainey, suddenly standing across from him. Beside him was also Lainey.
Lainey seemed as surprised as he did.
Glass-Lainey felt her new clothes, her new skin, her new face. "Oh, this is so wonderful~!" It...she...uh...yeah. Lainey looked almost sickened as she watched herself gleefully spin around, arms outstretched, watching her skirt twirl. Even though Glass-Lainey looked as fleshy as the original did, her shoes clanked on the ground, sounding rather hollow. This...she...what...?
Rong reacted more quickly than anybody else and relented to her base instinct. She shot raging fire at the fake Lainey. Lainey, standing so close to the dragon, had to back away and cover her face from the warm blast of air and the light that was taken in by the walls and given back in different colors.
She looked up again when Rong was finished, but immediately wished she hadn't. The glass was still her, but deformed. Sagging. Melting. "Hello to you too!" Glass-Lainey warbled, its mouth going in strange directions as though it had no idea how it was oriented. "But please don't do that again, it makes me lose solidity!" Another thing Lainey wished she didn't see was Glass-Lainey reform herself. She couldn't help but have the disturbing feeling she was watching her death in reverse.
"Now. Who are you? How did you get in here? What are you?"
After a long silence, Right finally spoke. "We...are, uh, the same as you," he said before hesitantly shapeshifting to a likeness of Rong and back. Lainey realized what she was supposed to do and closed her eyes, letting herself sink back within herself as Yume, once again, pushed out.
This seemed to have convinced Glass-Lainey very well and she excitedly clapped her hands, which made a disturbing tck tck sound. "Wow! I can't believe you can do that! I never thought of making my own image! You two are so creative! But how did you get this to breathe fire?" Curiously, Glass-Lainey strode over and crouched down to examine Rong. Apparently oblivious to the fact that this is generally not a good thing to do to a dragon, she forced open Rong's mouth and tried to look down her throat.
Knowing that fire wouldn't work this time, Rong turned to another one of her base instinct. Biting.
"Oh!" Glass-Lainey giggled as she ducked out from Rong's snapping mouth.
"GODDAMMIT, I HATE EVERYBODY HERE! I NEED TO DEMOLISH SOMETHING!"
"Wow! Two heads! I never thought of that!"
"Get in my mouth again, I'll show ya what happens when ya piss off a dragon!"
"I wonder how that'd look on me..." Though thankfully, before the mimic could disturb them, Rong interrupted.
"Would you freakin' LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY!"
"Oh! I'm sorry! What were you going to say?"
"Nothing," Right quickly said, ignoring Rong's smoldering glare.
"Alright!" Glass-Lainey chirped, as though she didn't actually care what Rong had to say at all. Suddenly, her cheerful expression dropped. "Wait! What are you doing? I thought everybody would be at the sacrifice today! It's all the way on the other side!" Sacrifice? Yume and Right avoided giving each other questioning glances, but tucked the information away as something to talk about later.
"We...didn't want to see it...?" Yume almost smacked herself for sounding so questioning, but Glass-Lainey seemed as oblivious as ever.
"Oh! I know what you mean. The sound of the sacrifice shattering is just so...so creepy."
"We were actually going to go to the library."
"Oh! Cool! I'll go with you!"
"Oh great."
As Glass-Lainey walked in front and chattered and Rong moaned and complained, Yume decided to talk a little with Right.
"I didn't know you could shapeshift."
"Well, I can. That guy mentioned it in the very beginning, anyways." Now that he mentioned it, Yume sort of remembered the strange, apparently omniscient being saying that.
"Why didn't you do it before?"
"Why didn't you take the place of Lainey immediately?"
When Right blinked, there was Lainey, suddenly standing across from him. Beside him was also Lainey.
Lainey seemed as surprised as he did.
Glass-Lainey felt her new clothes, her new skin, her new face. "Oh, this is so wonderful~!" It...she...uh...yeah. Lainey looked almost sickened as she watched herself gleefully spin around, arms outstretched, watching her skirt twirl. Even though Glass-Lainey looked as fleshy as the original did, her shoes clanked on the ground, sounding rather hollow. This...she...what...?
Rong reacted more quickly than anybody else and relented to her base instinct. She shot raging fire at the fake Lainey. Lainey, standing so close to the dragon, had to back away and cover her face from the warm blast of air and the light that was taken in by the walls and given back in different colors.
She looked up again when Rong was finished, but immediately wished she hadn't. The glass was still her, but deformed. Sagging. Melting. "Hello to you too!" Glass-Lainey warbled, its mouth going in strange directions as though it had no idea how it was oriented. "But please don't do that again, it makes me lose solidity!" Another thing Lainey wished she didn't see was Glass-Lainey reform herself. She couldn't help but have the disturbing feeling she was watching her death in reverse.
"Now. Who are you? How did you get in here? What are you?"
After a long silence, Right finally spoke. "We...are, uh, the same as you," he said before hesitantly shapeshifting to a likeness of Rong and back. Lainey realized what she was supposed to do and closed her eyes, letting herself sink back within herself as Yume, once again, pushed out.
This seemed to have convinced Glass-Lainey very well and she excitedly clapped her hands, which made a disturbing tck tck sound. "Wow! I can't believe you can do that! I never thought of making my own image! You two are so creative! But how did you get this to breathe fire?" Curiously, Glass-Lainey strode over and crouched down to examine Rong. Apparently oblivious to the fact that this is generally not a good thing to do to a dragon, she forced open Rong's mouth and tried to look down her throat.
Knowing that fire wouldn't work this time, Rong turned to another one of her base instinct. Biting.
"Oh!" Glass-Lainey giggled as she ducked out from Rong's snapping mouth.
"GODDAMMIT, I HATE EVERYBODY HERE! I NEED TO DEMOLISH SOMETHING!"
"Wow! Two heads! I never thought of that!"
"Get in my mouth again, I'll show ya what happens when ya piss off a dragon!"
"I wonder how that'd look on me..." Though thankfully, before the mimic could disturb them, Rong interrupted.
"Would you freakin' LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY!"
"Oh! I'm sorry! What were you going to say?"
"Nothing," Right quickly said, ignoring Rong's smoldering glare.
"Alright!" Glass-Lainey chirped, as though she didn't actually care what Rong had to say at all. Suddenly, her cheerful expression dropped. "Wait! What are you doing? I thought everybody would be at the sacrifice today! It's all the way on the other side!" Sacrifice? Yume and Right avoided giving each other questioning glances, but tucked the information away as something to talk about later.
"We...didn't want to see it...?" Yume almost smacked herself for sounding so questioning, but Glass-Lainey seemed as oblivious as ever.
"Oh! I know what you mean. The sound of the sacrifice shattering is just so...so creepy."
"We were actually going to go to the library."
"Oh! Cool! I'll go with you!"
"Oh great."
As Glass-Lainey walked in front and chattered and Rong moaned and complained, Yume decided to talk a little with Right.
"I didn't know you could shapeshift."
"Well, I can. That guy mentioned it in the very beginning, anyways." Now that he mentioned it, Yume sort of remembered the strange, apparently omniscient being saying that.
"Why didn't you do it before?"
"Why didn't you take the place of Lainey immediately?"