Re: The Grand Battle [Starring Eximo Pulvis!]
11-21-2009, 10:01 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Aryogaton.
Aeon woke with a start, and saw the Chaos symbol in the sky in front of him. After silently cursing that this was not all a dream, he touched his left eye and remembered that he had fabricated an eyepatch from a piece of crystal-paper and a convenient string--the bit of crystal had just enough energy to stop the bleeding, but did little else. He was propped against what little bit of the crystal that still stood, and unknowingly fallen asleep after plucking a few crystal and metal splinters from his body.
Aeon, realizing that he may have been vulnerable for quite some time, stood up quickly and looked at where the metal cocoon was. Surely enough, it was broken to pieces, but when looking around, Nathan was nowhere to be seen. Somehow this concerned him more than assure him.
Dammit. He could be anywhere. Aeon looked around the void for signs of any change. Although he could see no trace of any other contestant, other than the broken cocoon, a certain island caught his eye. It had a giant whirlwind of sand above and around it, and did not seem to be there before. In fact, it seemed to be moving.
Assuming the worst, Aeon looked for means to get off the grassy island. There were three islands in total: the one he was on, the approaching one covered in sand, and a third, of which even looking at it caused a minor headache. The remains of the cube field, however, was that the cubes were dispersed throughout the field. There was his escape.
Soon, Aeon found himself directly under a familiar cube. After a bit of fumbling, Aeon created a crude ladder and climbed to it. Soon he was on top. However, when he tried to jump to the next cube as he did earlier this round, he just nearly made it. Clearly, the lack of depth perception and the headache from the previous attack took their toll. Instead, he slowly climbed between cubes using the crude ladder again. Within a few minutes, Aeon found himself level with the sandy island, and could barely make two human figures in the sandstorm, one with an oblong shape clinging to it, presumably Eximo. Finding his current condition unsuitable to intervene, Aeon sat down on the cube and opened a can of soup.
Spoiler
Aeon woke with a start, and saw the Chaos symbol in the sky in front of him. After silently cursing that this was not all a dream, he touched his left eye and remembered that he had fabricated an eyepatch from a piece of crystal-paper and a convenient string--the bit of crystal had just enough energy to stop the bleeding, but did little else. He was propped against what little bit of the crystal that still stood, and unknowingly fallen asleep after plucking a few crystal and metal splinters from his body.
Aeon, realizing that he may have been vulnerable for quite some time, stood up quickly and looked at where the metal cocoon was. Surely enough, it was broken to pieces, but when looking around, Nathan was nowhere to be seen. Somehow this concerned him more than assure him.
Dammit. He could be anywhere. Aeon looked around the void for signs of any change. Although he could see no trace of any other contestant, other than the broken cocoon, a certain island caught his eye. It had a giant whirlwind of sand above and around it, and did not seem to be there before. In fact, it seemed to be moving.
Assuming the worst, Aeon looked for means to get off the grassy island. There were three islands in total: the one he was on, the approaching one covered in sand, and a third, of which even looking at it caused a minor headache. The remains of the cube field, however, was that the cubes were dispersed throughout the field. There was his escape.
Soon, Aeon found himself directly under a familiar cube. After a bit of fumbling, Aeon created a crude ladder and climbed to it. Soon he was on top. However, when he tried to jump to the next cube as he did earlier this round, he just nearly made it. Clearly, the lack of depth perception and the headache from the previous attack took their toll. Instead, he slowly climbed between cubes using the crude ladder again. Within a few minutes, Aeon found himself level with the sandy island, and could barely make two human figures in the sandstorm, one with an oblong shape clinging to it, presumably Eximo. Finding his current condition unsuitable to intervene, Aeon sat down on the cube and opened a can of soup.