Re: Pitched Combat [Round 3: Overtime]
03-29-2010, 12:09 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by MyifanW.
A useful ability that the Manikin parts have is that they always know where its other parts are. As such, regrouping was easy! Somewhere along the stairwell, the two parts met and joined together. Quickly, the two became one, and became the Manikin again.
Fully formed again, the Manikin tested out it's digets, unfamilar with them after so long without use. Pondering its fingers lead it onto another train of thought- why was it so inclined towards its manikin shape? Honestly, it did not know. After thinking about it for a while, it eventually decided that the reason it felt that way was
that the form was the most familiar, and closest to its perception of true self. Yes, that must be it, the Manikin thought, mentally congradulating itself on beginning to realize the philosophical instances of self perception.
Leaving it's own little mental world, it scanned the area for life again. Easily, the locations of the others appeared. The green one was still where it was, probably still wandering that infinitely large cubicle space... The dragons and the boy were above it somewhere, although it could not tell how far- it's ability did not work perfectly on the vertical plane. However, more pressing than the other lives was the life that it did not recognize, the one heading its way...
First, the Manikin felt fear. It had not previously known to fear the unknown, but upon facing death, the concequence of not knowing to protect itself properly, fear was indeliably engraved into the Manikin's psyche.
Then, it remembered hunger. It was pretty hungry now, and not because it wasn't full- it was actually very full- but because it realized that this was a chance to eat something new. Its hunger fermented inside the Manikin's simple mind, quickly overpowering its fear. Yes... It would eat this unfamiliar life.
But how? It had tried to eat two lives already, both to no avail. It had barely been able to even touch its targets. Yet, it had touched its target, once! The Beetle, the dead one, had managed to sink its teeth into the dragons' body. How... Right, it surprised the dragons. Surprise was the answer, with surprise the Manikin could disable the life before it reacted. Almost gleefully, like a child playing a trick on it's parent, the Manikin leaned against the wall of the stairwell, next to the door, hidden in the darkness. Absentmindedly, it formed the beetle's pincers on its arm, and anxiously waited for the life to pass by.
And then, Joe did pass by. And, the Manikin thrusted its arm out, and the pincers met each other with a "snip" sound. And with that, Joe's head rolled. Surprised at how easy that was, the Manikin paused for a moment before leaning over to take a bite out of the newly dead.
That pause ensured the Manikin never managed to eat Joe. Before the Manikin's razor teeth clamped down on Joe's body, the corpse melted into the floor.
Losing it's meal, the Manikin felt incredible dismay. However, the dismay was mitigated by fear, as it realized the floor was melting as well...
A useful ability that the Manikin parts have is that they always know where its other parts are. As such, regrouping was easy! Somewhere along the stairwell, the two parts met and joined together. Quickly, the two became one, and became the Manikin again.
Fully formed again, the Manikin tested out it's digets, unfamilar with them after so long without use. Pondering its fingers lead it onto another train of thought- why was it so inclined towards its manikin shape? Honestly, it did not know. After thinking about it for a while, it eventually decided that the reason it felt that way was
that the form was the most familiar, and closest to its perception of true self. Yes, that must be it, the Manikin thought, mentally congradulating itself on beginning to realize the philosophical instances of self perception.
Leaving it's own little mental world, it scanned the area for life again. Easily, the locations of the others appeared. The green one was still where it was, probably still wandering that infinitely large cubicle space... The dragons and the boy were above it somewhere, although it could not tell how far- it's ability did not work perfectly on the vertical plane. However, more pressing than the other lives was the life that it did not recognize, the one heading its way...
First, the Manikin felt fear. It had not previously known to fear the unknown, but upon facing death, the concequence of not knowing to protect itself properly, fear was indeliably engraved into the Manikin's psyche.
Then, it remembered hunger. It was pretty hungry now, and not because it wasn't full- it was actually very full- but because it realized that this was a chance to eat something new. Its hunger fermented inside the Manikin's simple mind, quickly overpowering its fear. Yes... It would eat this unfamiliar life.
But how? It had tried to eat two lives already, both to no avail. It had barely been able to even touch its targets. Yet, it had touched its target, once! The Beetle, the dead one, had managed to sink its teeth into the dragons' body. How... Right, it surprised the dragons. Surprise was the answer, with surprise the Manikin could disable the life before it reacted. Almost gleefully, like a child playing a trick on it's parent, the Manikin leaned against the wall of the stairwell, next to the door, hidden in the darkness. Absentmindedly, it formed the beetle's pincers on its arm, and anxiously waited for the life to pass by.
And then, Joe did pass by. And, the Manikin thrusted its arm out, and the pincers met each other with a "snip" sound. And with that, Joe's head rolled. Surprised at how easy that was, the Manikin paused for a moment before leaning over to take a bite out of the newly dead.
That pause ensured the Manikin never managed to eat Joe. Before the Manikin's razor teeth clamped down on Joe's body, the corpse melted into the floor.
Losing it's meal, the Manikin felt incredible dismay. However, the dismay was mitigated by fear, as it realized the floor was melting as well...