forum Fresh Character Chat

Started February 26, 2019 by @Kev

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I can delete my last one.

Might make things easier.

Rather than shoot, Guinevere lunged with a speed uncommon for someone of her size. She couldn't compare with Scorpio, but her legs found footholds in the soft earth that propelled her forward like a bird in flight. In tandem with the creature, she hefted her blade in an overhead slash mighty enough to cleave a tree in half.

(Wait is she attacking Scorpio?)

Raven frowned. Well, it's not like I can do anything now.

((Sinistra has no organs or muscles. She looks and acts as if she were humanoid, but she really isn’t human at all. Although she has what might be considered a brain it’s kinda weird how it works.))

Sinistra ducked backwards to avoid the poison. She stared directly at Scorpio, though it was hard to see due to her ‘helmet.’

At the same time, Nevihata fired his rifle at Sinistra. There was no way she could possibly dodge this.

With only seconds to react, Sinistra saw the incoming blade. To whoever was closest to her, they could see as she seemed to melt before their eyes. Melt into a thick, tar like substance, but it moved quickly, leaving no trace of her behind. No clothing, no body parts. No nothing. The liquid pulsed a blue colour as it moved away from its attackers, slithering up a tree a few feet away, then seeming to be absorbed into the tree. Within moments, Sinistra had vanished.

“Wait..what?” Nevihata was confused, for once.

Stardew raised a brow and sheathed her sword. "Did you know she – it – whatever or whoever – could do that?"

Scorpio stared in horror at the sludge as it moved and then vanished, flying back onto the ground. Not many things scare this big boy, but ever since getting beat up by a dragon where-beast, he was wary of them.

Guinevere growled and let loose a volley of bullets into the tree, piercing through the wood and leaving a baseball-sized exit hole for each shot. The poor tree looked as if a butterfly sneeze would knock it over.

Just for good measure, Scorpio flapped his powerful wings at the tree, knocking it over with a surprisingly strong gust of wind.

Nevihata held his rifle, still in a position ready for battle. He exhaled before answering. “I’ve fought her..it before. She’s..it’s done something similar to give herself weapons, but that.. Do you understand why I called it an it now?”

The tree didn’t leak any of the liquid at all. It seemed Sinistra was smarter than that, and had chosen to flee elsewhere, once she vanished into the tree. However, she was still close by, just waiting.

Stardew rolled her eyes. "I do believe that whatever they were, they're gone now. No need to waste ammo and kill that poor tree. Well?" she asked Nevihata.

Scorpio scanned his surroundings, searching for traces of the creature. He flapped his wings once more, hovering just above the ground.
“I don’t like shifters,” he hissed.

"If I didn't have to reload, I'd strangle you, Space Cadet!" Guinevere reached into a back pouch and reloaded six rounds with a fluid motion. She replaced the blade onto her shoulder and resumed her fighting stance. "Any idea how to fight her?"

“Well, for starters.. it destroys for a hobby. It goes from planet to planet, taking what it sees fit, and usually leaving the planet in ruins. That’s how I came into contact with it, and I stopped it; at least from destroying my home. It tends to underestimate its foes, but now that the lot of you have revealed your weaponry to it, it’ll definitely be more careful in the future. Also,” Nevihata turned to Scorpio, “it’s not a shifter. It’s not even from this reality, as far as I’m concerned.”
“When I fought it long ago I suppose it underestimated me, which is how I won. I don’t think we have that chance anymore.”

Scorpio roared into the sky.
“Show yourself, creature! Fight me!” He lashed his tail and limbs, twisting around midair to see if it would respond to his challenge.

"Fire might be great, but I don't want this entire forest burning down because of one gooey gun moll!"

“Fire doesn’t work. I’m pretty sure it won’t, but if you guys want to try, then go ahead.”

While the others seemed focused on a conversation, beyond them, Sinistra rose from the ground, still in liquid form. She crept under the door and into the house, then sank into the material that the house was made of. She waited.

Scorpio looked disappointed that the creature didn’t accept his challenge, and landed, folding his wings over his spiked back.

Guinevere patted the Scorpon on his back carapace, where the shoulder might be(?).
"There, there, bud. Something tells me she's around here somewhere."

Putting his rifle away, Nevihata turned back to the house. “I’m going back in.”

Scorpio swiveled his eyes to look at Guinevere, mildly irritated that someone other than his son had touched him, and took a step away.

Guinevere sheathed her weapons. "I'm coming, too. Just in case." Her eyes betrayed that she knew something was wrong, but hid her feelings well enough. Almost as if she expected an attack from something that tends to underestimate their opponents.

Scorpio shrugged, (or at least he would have if he had shoulders or literally anything to indicate a head) and followed them near the house. He didn’t quite fit through the doorway.

Aiday found a crate and sat on it, tucking her knees up to her chin. "I'll keep the watch." she said. "You go to sleep. I'll be fine."

"I don't sleep. I'll just walk around, I guess." (Was that to Raven? Idk)