Re: Pitched Combat [Round 3: Overtime]
02-13-2010, 09:48 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by MalkyTop.
"I-I think we can stop running," Jordan huffed and the two slowed to a walk. Neither of then knew where they were going but if it was away from violent dragon heads, then that was fine by them.
Vasily and Jordan walked down the hall of cubicles, the boy watching out carefully for any signs of movement, the pirate muttering darkly about what he'd do to those traitorous wretches once he figured out a way to kill them and not get burnt to a crisp.
Suddenly, that deformed rabbit from before shot past them. They quickly turned around, but were unable to see where the rabbit bounded off to. What they saw instead was where they had started. It looked like they had made no progress whatsoever. But...that didn't make sense...
Soon after, they saw Alex pass. Apparently, he had not expected the rabbit to suddenly turn around. He looked a bit around before continuing down the hallway.
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Though Eemp seemed to be taking pains to stay quiet as it slowly went up the stairs, Rong seemed to have no such restraint. She talked loudly about how annoying chasing down people was and they should really just stand still so she could aim better and so on. Right wasn't really listening. It wasn't anything important anyways.
None of them were expecting a giant beetle to attack them from above.
With the element of surprise, the beetle-Manikin easily worked its mandible around Eemp's head. The cloth, unfit to resist a giant beetle, ripped easily. Eemp stumbled and finally fell back down the stairs. With a yelp, Right lost concentration and the water fell on everybody, making them all rather wet. The ball of tangled dragons and bug legs bouncing off the wall and down the next flight, trailing even more hay and almost crushing the rabbit-Manikin on its way up. In the struggle, Eemp's head almost ripped completely off so that when they finally landed and separated, it hung from a flimsy patch.
While Rong snarled at this giant bug and immediately tried to, what else, set fire to it, Right stared in horror at the nearly-headless Eemp. And then, suddenly, the hay in the neck and head seemed to be moving. After a bit of rustling, some small spiders revealed themselves before swiftly threading silk apparently through the fabric and carefully sewing the head back onto the neck.
Once the spiders were out of sight, Right said, "Where...where did those come from?" before suddenly remembering the giant spider made of spiders. He didn't know how he could have forgotten that. Though it did seem like such a long time ago.
He tried not to think about how creepy the thought of spiders being inside him was. Though technically it was just Eemp. But still.
Rong apparently was oblivious about all this spider crap, still trying to roast the bug. The pincer strategy having backfired, the beetle seemed at a loss of what to do. It settled for trying not to get set on fire.
Right tried to collect the water again, though with much of the water on a different floor and out of his sight, he ended up with less than before. It wasn't a very useful amount.
"I-I think we can stop running," Jordan huffed and the two slowed to a walk. Neither of then knew where they were going but if it was away from violent dragon heads, then that was fine by them.
Vasily and Jordan walked down the hall of cubicles, the boy watching out carefully for any signs of movement, the pirate muttering darkly about what he'd do to those traitorous wretches once he figured out a way to kill them and not get burnt to a crisp.
Suddenly, that deformed rabbit from before shot past them. They quickly turned around, but were unable to see where the rabbit bounded off to. What they saw instead was where they had started. It looked like they had made no progress whatsoever. But...that didn't make sense...
Soon after, they saw Alex pass. Apparently, he had not expected the rabbit to suddenly turn around. He looked a bit around before continuing down the hallway.
----------
Though Eemp seemed to be taking pains to stay quiet as it slowly went up the stairs, Rong seemed to have no such restraint. She talked loudly about how annoying chasing down people was and they should really just stand still so she could aim better and so on. Right wasn't really listening. It wasn't anything important anyways.
None of them were expecting a giant beetle to attack them from above.
With the element of surprise, the beetle-Manikin easily worked its mandible around Eemp's head. The cloth, unfit to resist a giant beetle, ripped easily. Eemp stumbled and finally fell back down the stairs. With a yelp, Right lost concentration and the water fell on everybody, making them all rather wet. The ball of tangled dragons and bug legs bouncing off the wall and down the next flight, trailing even more hay and almost crushing the rabbit-Manikin on its way up. In the struggle, Eemp's head almost ripped completely off so that when they finally landed and separated, it hung from a flimsy patch.
While Rong snarled at this giant bug and immediately tried to, what else, set fire to it, Right stared in horror at the nearly-headless Eemp. And then, suddenly, the hay in the neck and head seemed to be moving. After a bit of rustling, some small spiders revealed themselves before swiftly threading silk apparently through the fabric and carefully sewing the head back onto the neck.
Once the spiders were out of sight, Right said, "Where...where did those come from?" before suddenly remembering the giant spider made of spiders. He didn't know how he could have forgotten that. Though it did seem like such a long time ago.
He tried not to think about how creepy the thought of spiders being inside him was. Though technically it was just Eemp. But still.
Rong apparently was oblivious about all this spider crap, still trying to roast the bug. The pincer strategy having backfired, the beetle seemed at a loss of what to do. It settled for trying not to get set on fire.
Right tried to collect the water again, though with much of the water on a different floor and out of his sight, he ended up with less than before. It wasn't a very useful amount.