Re: The Grand Battle [Round Five: Battleopolis!]
11-28-2009, 10:20 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.
"What the hell is that thing?"
"I think it just moved!"
"I bet it's some teenagers playing a prank! Looks like some kind of vacuum cleaner. Those bone arms are just glued on, I bet."
"Yeah? You want to take a closer look and make sure?"
"No way."
"I say we call the cops. Maybe it's a bomb."
Eximo was unsure what to make of the group of lifeforms that were watching it. The strange helmets they wore were unfamiliar to it; as were the large machines in the area.
There were also large quantities of exposed dirt. Eximo considered cleaning it, but the lifeforms seemed sufficiently alarmed already. It would be better to wait - perhaps they would lose interest if it stayed still long enough.
In the meantime, it occupied itself by scanning. As it widened its search, it noticed there were rather a lot of lifeforms in the area. It could not pick out Amethyst or Aeon easily.
Nathan was another matter - the oddity in his signal was still present. He barely registered at the outer range of Eximo's scans. He was some distance away, clearly, and Eximo was not sure it wanted to find him in any case. The boy had been unstable lately.
There was also a significant oddity with its scan: a large, circular area where there were no readings whatsoever.
"What the hell is that thing?"
"I think it just moved!"
"I bet it's some teenagers playing a prank! Looks like some kind of vacuum cleaner. Those bone arms are just glued on, I bet."
"Yeah? You want to take a closer look and make sure?"
"No way."
"I say we call the cops. Maybe it's a bomb."
Eximo was unsure what to make of the group of lifeforms that were watching it. The strange helmets they wore were unfamiliar to it; as were the large machines in the area.
There were also large quantities of exposed dirt. Eximo considered cleaning it, but the lifeforms seemed sufficiently alarmed already. It would be better to wait - perhaps they would lose interest if it stayed still long enough.
In the meantime, it occupied itself by scanning. As it widened its search, it noticed there were rather a lot of lifeforms in the area. It could not pick out Amethyst or Aeon easily.
Nathan was another matter - the oddity in his signal was still present. He barely registered at the outer range of Eximo's scans. He was some distance away, clearly, and Eximo was not sure it wanted to find him in any case. The boy had been unstable lately.
There was also a significant oddity with its scan: a large, circular area where there were no readings whatsoever.
Spoiler
There's no reason for this | Or this | Death is inevitable | You can't challenge fate | The smallest change | I'm overwhelmed
I'm serious | It makes perfect sense | Easy as ABC! | I can't even explain it | Cleaning up someone else's mess
I suck | I rule | I've got it made | Really, I'm serious | This bugs me | It's all lies | I want to believe | Beauty is a curse
I'm serious | It makes perfect sense | Easy as ABC! | I can't even explain it | Cleaning up someone else's mess
I suck | I rule | I've got it made | Really, I'm serious | This bugs me | It's all lies | I want to believe | Beauty is a curse