Re: Pitched Combat [Round 4: Colossus Colosseum]
05-28-2010, 11:44 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by MyifanW.
Although it was hard to tell, the Manikin's mind was in gestation. Eating a personified figment of imagination was just enough to kick start this process. More complex reasons were spinning in the Manikin's solid head- well, no, not exactly. At least though, it could now make slight logical connections.
And, for some reason, those logical connections told it that climbing the giant was a great idea.
This all was incredibly scary, the manikin finally managed to acknowledge. Truly, it was irrevokably panicked. However, this was the very first state of mind it knew, as it's mind grew only while panic was a constant stimulous response. As such, panic was "normal." it had no great hold over the Manikin, and did nothing to hinder it's other strong inclinations, namely eating and... eating.
But! Eating for the manikin wasn't that simple. It was the junction of curiousity and growth! To it, eating was akin to "gaining." Devouring things just happened to always be the easiest way to gain. But at the moment, looking at the giant with it's life detection, it thought that maybe eating it wasn't the best thing to do. Yes, it was afraid of the giant, but that wasn't really why. For the Manikin right then, it felt that the giant was... Kin, or at least similar. It had concretely decided that eating the giant wasn't the best, that it would rather climb up and... help the giant? Ally with it?
The Manikin wasn't quite sure.
Although it was hard to tell, the Manikin's mind was in gestation. Eating a personified figment of imagination was just enough to kick start this process. More complex reasons were spinning in the Manikin's solid head- well, no, not exactly. At least though, it could now make slight logical connections.
And, for some reason, those logical connections told it that climbing the giant was a great idea.
This all was incredibly scary, the manikin finally managed to acknowledge. Truly, it was irrevokably panicked. However, this was the very first state of mind it knew, as it's mind grew only while panic was a constant stimulous response. As such, panic was "normal." it had no great hold over the Manikin, and did nothing to hinder it's other strong inclinations, namely eating and... eating.
But! Eating for the manikin wasn't that simple. It was the junction of curiousity and growth! To it, eating was akin to "gaining." Devouring things just happened to always be the easiest way to gain. But at the moment, looking at the giant with it's life detection, it thought that maybe eating it wasn't the best thing to do. Yes, it was afraid of the giant, but that wasn't really why. For the Manikin right then, it felt that the giant was... Kin, or at least similar. It had concretely decided that eating the giant wasn't the best, that it would rather climb up and... help the giant? Ally with it?
The Manikin wasn't quite sure.