Re: Pitched Combat [Round 3: Overtime]
02-13-2010, 12:31 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by MalkyTop.
"Ha! See? Nothing to worry about!" Rong gloated as Alex ran away. Right sighed, wondering if he should point out that they had been having trouble with the swordsman for the past, say, five minutes without even managing to wound him. But it seemed that Rong probably wouldn't listen anyways.
As far as he could see, Alex and the rabbit were running off down the hall of infinite cubicles. He doubted that would lead anywhere. It was probably best to just let then go. It seemed like Eemp wasn't willing to go after them anyways.
"Alright, where're the two other losers?" Rong snorted, trying to peer in a few cubicles even though Eemp wasn't moving to allow her any advantage points. She was almost immediately distracted by, startlingly enough, an apparently exact copy of herself (and the other two). "Wha?"
The copy seemed to just stare at them for a while. Right, who had been paying a little more attention, knew that the Manikin had just apparently transformed into glass and then into them (so it does do something other than eat!) but didn't say anything, instead concentrating on keeping the water up and moving.
And then it attacked...or seemed to be attempting an attack. The Manikin didn't seem used to much else besides running, and Eemp sidestepped it easily before Rong unleashed a fiery torrent upon it.
The exoskeleton mostly protected it, though the inside was heated enough for the glass to grow soft. Still, it didn't melt or collapse but ran to the side, away from the fire. Before it could get any closer, Right whipped the water around its feet before the water froze and the Manikin tripped over its spontaneous restraints onto its knees. Though normally the glass would have at least fractured, it was softened enough to absorb the brunt of the floor. It carefully stood up and tried moving its legs, testing the strength of the ice.
But Rong immediately shot forth and tackled it, making it shoot out and across the hall into the stairs.
"Ow, ugh," Rong wrinkled her snout, unable to rub it. "I shouldn't've done that. Ow. It's so creepy fighting that thing like that!" Right knew what she meant. All three faces were disconcertingly blank and the whole copy was rather stiff.
They followed it to the stairwell, but it was already gone. They could see where it landed. Some bits of plaster were still plunking on the floor. It seemed to have run away or something.
If they knew that they were on the second floor, they would have found it strange that there were no stairs leading down. But they didn't. Instead, they quickly checked on Jordan and Vasily.
"Damn, they must've snuck away when we were busy!"
"It's fine," Right said distractedly, wishing he could retrieve the ice. It was never good to waste water. After all, it took a while for him to find any. "Let's just go up the stairs. We can explore and maybe find that mannequin."
And so Eemp went up the stairs, walking a little stiffly, trailing a little hay as water danced around it.
"Ha! See? Nothing to worry about!" Rong gloated as Alex ran away. Right sighed, wondering if he should point out that they had been having trouble with the swordsman for the past, say, five minutes without even managing to wound him. But it seemed that Rong probably wouldn't listen anyways.
As far as he could see, Alex and the rabbit were running off down the hall of infinite cubicles. He doubted that would lead anywhere. It was probably best to just let then go. It seemed like Eemp wasn't willing to go after them anyways.
"Alright, where're the two other losers?" Rong snorted, trying to peer in a few cubicles even though Eemp wasn't moving to allow her any advantage points. She was almost immediately distracted by, startlingly enough, an apparently exact copy of herself (and the other two). "Wha?"
The copy seemed to just stare at them for a while. Right, who had been paying a little more attention, knew that the Manikin had just apparently transformed into glass and then into them (so it does do something other than eat!) but didn't say anything, instead concentrating on keeping the water up and moving.
And then it attacked...or seemed to be attempting an attack. The Manikin didn't seem used to much else besides running, and Eemp sidestepped it easily before Rong unleashed a fiery torrent upon it.
The exoskeleton mostly protected it, though the inside was heated enough for the glass to grow soft. Still, it didn't melt or collapse but ran to the side, away from the fire. Before it could get any closer, Right whipped the water around its feet before the water froze and the Manikin tripped over its spontaneous restraints onto its knees. Though normally the glass would have at least fractured, it was softened enough to absorb the brunt of the floor. It carefully stood up and tried moving its legs, testing the strength of the ice.
But Rong immediately shot forth and tackled it, making it shoot out and across the hall into the stairs.
"Ow, ugh," Rong wrinkled her snout, unable to rub it. "I shouldn't've done that. Ow. It's so creepy fighting that thing like that!" Right knew what she meant. All three faces were disconcertingly blank and the whole copy was rather stiff.
They followed it to the stairwell, but it was already gone. They could see where it landed. Some bits of plaster were still plunking on the floor. It seemed to have run away or something.
If they knew that they were on the second floor, they would have found it strange that there were no stairs leading down. But they didn't. Instead, they quickly checked on Jordan and Vasily.
"Damn, they must've snuck away when we were busy!"
"It's fine," Right said distractedly, wishing he could retrieve the ice. It was never good to waste water. After all, it took a while for him to find any. "Let's just go up the stairs. We can explore and maybe find that mannequin."
And so Eemp went up the stairs, walking a little stiffly, trailing a little hay as water danced around it.