[ dear tsaritsa, how come it's got such a humanoid face?! that in and of itself is the most unsettling thing about its sudden appearance. ]
I think you'll find that it's going to take more than some disgusting molten slug to take me out. [ the platform rumbles as a surge of water rises up from behind him, childe jumping backward and into the wave to avoid the sludge. it crashes down on the creature, the sheer force of it probably knocking it back some as childe reemerges with a bow. he fires a concentrated shot of hydro followed immediately by several quick shots, a strange mark appearing on the caterpillar and causing water to burst out from it, slashing relentlessly. ]
I would hope so. I have high hopes, but I have been disappointed before.
[Now why does it have a face? Hmmm.
The caterpillar thingie slides back a few feet at being hit buy a wave. It doesn't roar as much as shriek though not loudly. Not loudly at all for something of its size.
At the water burst it seems to become a little distraught, flailing about and looking around for ... something. Part of its tactics is to drop crumbling walls on its opponents but its seems as if this flat surface has no such buildings. For shame!
So it summons meteors from the heavens upon him instead as it rushes forward full of teeth to bite.
Emet is absolutely not helping. Actually he simply tsks at the monster when it seems confused at the lack of building fodder.]
Now where did you get the idea that I enjoyed fighting?
I donāt do disappointment. [ and he figures itās probably made of people, but itās on the rode to ruin, because heās going to kill it, so he doesnāt actually care. ]
[ childe smirks as soon as it shrieks, reveling in the pain heās causing itā¦ though itās a little frustrating to see it suddenly distracted. ] Hey, ugly, Iām over here! [ childe dashes forward to meet it, activating his delusion and sending an enormous spark at the closest meteor and causing it to burst as he drives his electro laden hydro blades straight into the monster. ] Letās see what youāre made of.
But you said-! [ he grumbles, shooting a look in emetās direction despite being arm deep in monster guts. ]
[The interior of the monster is quite squishy as one would expect, warm, after getting through the leathery hide. But it has something else, something, cold. Not physically, of course. But that chill, that dread, what is it again...
Ah.
It feels like it is made of fear.]
I said exactly what I meant. Though I must applaud your resiliency thus far.
[And the creature does howl and shake at being stabbed so deeply and thrashes about. But then there is a tasty hydro user right there in front of him, so it tries to turn its head and bit him half at the middle.]
[ this is not what he'd been expecting and he's half tempted to abandon fighting the monster to strike at emet again for pitting him against a monster made entirely of fear, ESPECIALLY coming off dying and assorted *other* things. he hisses, ripping his hand out and causing an immediate burst of electro energy to ( hopefully ) stun the creature so he can temporarily retreat. it did manage to sink it's teeth into him before he could get off his electrical explosion, so he doesn't escape as cleanly as he would have liked, but at least he's not missing a chunk of himself. ]
[ childe darts backward, his hydro weaponry changing into a bow, as he quickly fires several arced shots to rain down relentlessly on the monster. once it's suitably soaked he spins the bow, turning it from hydro to electro and drawing back a charged shot. ] Take a bite out of me, will ya', ... [ pew pew pew, electro-charged go~ ]
[No one told him it was a murder double date, okay?
He can indeed stun it. Also while it has many legs, dexterity is not its best stat. Though it does seem to grow a little. Was it the fear it felt? Or perhaps the token damage that it did to him?]
Why would it not? You do seem popular in that regard. The irresistible urge to bite.
[Did he expect Emet not to give two bit commentary?]
[The First Doom does begin to look more like a porcupine than a caterpillar. And it hisses a great sound that sounds more like a chorus of human voices than anything. And then it charges, being faster than anticipated (wait, maybe dex isn't its dump stat), dripping water and spark so of electricity as it goes.
[ this is more of a dream tĆŖte-Ć -tĆŖte with a side of surprise murder maggot. emetās commentary isnāt appreciated, so childe sends off a splash of hydro to soak him. oops. that was totally unintentional and really just a result of bad aim. not. he shoots him a look, ] Just what are you trying to say? Are you, perhaps, interesting in sinking your teeth into me or something?
[ shit. it manages to ram him, which throws him backward and leaves him to skid toward the end of the platform. childe rolls to the side in case it tries for a follow up and then starts laughing. ] Oh, youāve finally decided to try? Iām almost touched. [ he summons a hydro spear and after heās infused it with electro he hurls it toward the monster, doing the same over and over and over. if it wants to mimic a porcupine, then heāll lend a hand, er, spearā¦ or twelve. ]
You are not that daft. I'm sure you can puzzle out the meaning.
[Though he makes the most put out sound at getting wet, giving him a look which he probably enjoys. Though he just wills himself to be dry because dreams and he's just like that.
He does look more like a spear museum as time goes one and it does continue to thrash and try to bite. A leg here. And arm there. His head. To all varying degrees of ... well ... not success. But one spear does get it in the idea and it does thrash about wildly and then uses the attack which was most effective.
Trample.
Though it can't see and this platform doesn't have guard rails, so the result is as expected. The question is does he get a +1 to this date.]
ā¦are you talking about sensei and his newfound disposition? [ his face falls flat as soon as emet makes himself dry again, so he splashes him again, because heās petty. ]
[ childe continues baiting the monster around the arena, making it seem like heās not going to be swift enough to dodge itās attempts, but then evading it at the last second each time ā laughter bubbling up until it becomes a touchā¦ unhinged. it tapers the moment the thing goes sailing over the edge and he follows to watchā¦ seemingly disappointed. ]
Is that itā¦? [ pouts, spinning around to face emet. ] An interesting opponent. Is that something from your home?
Hey! What's the big idea?! [ definitely going to move away from any parts of the platform that look like they're about to crumble away. ] What was the point of inviting me here? Are you pissed about something?
[The platform is becoming smaller and smaller! So come cuddle!]
I am actually not upset. I want him to flourish, however, he chooses.
[Okay. Maybe he is a little jealous but at least he's aware enough to know it is on him. But that doesn't mean he won't be a little petty.]
But you wanted something exciting to fight. Though truly I imagine you simply want adrenaline to pour through your veins. To bask in it. To feel that moment of uncertainty if victory is assured.
[ he does inevitably move closer and closer, finding himself more or less flush against emet once the platformās become just a small floating rock. ] uhHuh, I donāt completely believe you. [ HE KNOWS JEALOUSYā¦ being a jealous person, himself. ]
I did, and you delivered, so thanks for that, but you didnāt need to do something like this to get my blood pumping. [ snickers. ]
[ childe laughs, the contact to his chest spurring a sudden change. hydro swirls and electro sparks as he morphs into something much larger, his foul legacy. good luck shoving a brick shithouse backward, emet, but a valiant effort nonetheless! ] Hah. Iām wounded. [ except, you know, not really. ] And here I thought we could have a little bit of fun~
[Well, the shoving is unsuccessful, but the rest of the platform does give away, but Emet has a feeling that he won't be the only one floating in midair.]
[ sets a clawed hand on emet's head for a quick pat as he leans in, mask splitting apart to reveal a number of razor sharp serrated teeth. ] I have a number of definitions of fun.
I think at some point I might have said that I'm full of surprises... but if not, well... surprise. [ sneers, the sound coming out akin to a guttural purr. ]
I had hoped you'd cross blades with me, but it seems like you and Five are similar in regard to wanting to keep away from all the bloodshed... I imagine for different reasons.
Would you believe I came from a peaceful utopia? Battles such as this were for recreation and academics only.
Besides, I would hardly play fair.
[And he won't! Caeli will feel something in his head trying to 'push' his personality down. Not squash or destroy it, but simply wrap it in a cocoon. An inaccessible cocoon.]
...uhhuh, [ he's calling bullshit. ] and that thing you'd summoned for me to fight was just something you made just for me? pah, I'm not buying it. [ laughs. ] At least your honest, but now that I know I have no reason to play fair either.
[ alexander will find that's not easy. there's already a thick layer of something sinister having not only encased his personality, but started melding with it and it doesn't appreciate the intruders. the fact that he's transformed into his foul legacy makes it that much more prominent, so he'll feel a push back. ]
A guy wants confirmation when something attempts to grope around in his head. And, hn, speaking of whichā¦ [ heās going to see if he canāt influence the dream a little. sure, Alexander may be more skilled, but childe knows nightmares and thatās exactly what heās going to try to force on him. ]
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childeishly) wrote2021-02-25 12:10 pm
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[ dear tsaritsa,
how come it's got such a humanoid face?!
that in and of itself is the most unsettling thing about its sudden appearance. ]
I think you'll find that it's going to take more than some disgusting molten slug to take me out. [ the platform rumbles as a surge of water rises up from behind him, childe jumping backward and into the wave to avoid the sludge. it crashes down on the creature, the sheer force of it probably knocking it back some as childe reemerges with a bow. he fires a concentrated shot of hydro followed immediately by several quick shots, a strange mark appearing on the caterpillar and causing water to burst out from it, slashing relentlessly. ]
Aren't you going to join in on the fun?
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[Now why does it have a face? Hmmm.
The caterpillar thingie slides back a few feet at being hit buy a wave. It doesn't roar as much as shriek though not loudly. Not loudly at all for something of its size.
At the water burst it seems to become a little distraught, flailing about and looking around for ... something. Part of its tactics is to drop crumbling walls on its opponents but its seems as if this flat surface has no such buildings. For shame!
So it summons meteors from the heavens upon him instead as it rushes forward full of teeth to bite.
Emet is absolutely not helping. Actually he simply tsks at the monster when it seems confused at the lack of building fodder.]
Now where did you get the idea that I enjoyed fighting?
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[ childe smirks as soon as it shrieks, reveling in the pain heās causing itā¦ though itās a little frustrating to see it suddenly distracted. ] Hey, ugly, Iām over here! [ childe dashes forward to meet it, activating his delusion and sending an enormous spark at the closest meteor and causing it to burst as he drives his electro laden hydro blades straight into the monster. ] Letās see what youāre made of.
But you said-! [ he grumbles, shooting a look in emetās direction despite being arm deep in monster guts. ]
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[The interior of the monster is quite squishy as one would expect, warm, after getting through the leathery hide. But it has something else, something, cold. Not physically, of course. But that chill, that dread, what is it again...
Ah.
It feels like it is made of fear.]
I said exactly what I meant. Though I must applaud your resiliency thus far.
[And the creature does howl and shake at being stabbed so deeply and thrashes about. But then there is a tasty hydro user right there in front of him, so it tries to turn its head and bit him half at the middle.]
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[ this is not what he'd been expecting and he's half tempted to abandon fighting the monster to strike at emet again for pitting him against a monster made entirely of fear, ESPECIALLY coming off dying and assorted *other* things. he hisses, ripping his hand out and causing an immediate burst of electro energy to ( hopefully ) stun the creature so he can temporarily retreat. it did manage to sink it's teeth into him before he could get off his electrical explosion, so he doesn't escape as cleanly as he would have liked, but at least he's not missing a chunk of himself. ]
[ childe darts backward, his hydro weaponry changing into a bow, as he quickly fires several arced shots to rain down relentlessly on the monster. once it's suitably soaked he spins the bow, turning it from hydro to electro and drawing back a charged shot. ] Take a bite out of me, will ya', ... [ pew pew pew, electro-charged go~ ]
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He can indeed stun it. Also while it has many legs, dexterity is not its best stat. Though it does seem to grow a little. Was it the fear it felt? Or perhaps the token damage that it did to him?]
Why would it not? You do seem popular in that regard. The irresistible urge to bite.
[Did he expect Emet not to give two bit commentary?]
[The First Doom does begin to look more like a porcupine than a caterpillar. And it hisses a great sound that sounds more like a chorus of human voices than anything. And then it charges, being faster than anticipated (wait, maybe dex isn't its dump stat), dripping water and spark so of electricity as it goes.
In other words, it uses 'Trample'.]
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[ shit. it manages to ram him, which throws him backward and leaves him to skid toward the end of the platform. childe rolls to the side in case it tries for a follow up and then starts laughing. ] Oh, youāve finally decided to try? Iām almost touched. [ he summons a hydro spear and after heās infused it with electro he hurls it toward the monster, doing the same over and over and over. if it wants to mimic a porcupine, then heāll lend a hand, er, spearā¦ or twelve. ]
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[Though he makes the most put out sound at getting wet, giving him a look which he probably enjoys. Though he just wills himself to be dry because dreams and he's just like that.
He does look more like a spear museum as time goes one and it does continue to thrash and try to bite. A leg here. And arm there. His head. To all varying degrees of ... well ... not success. But one spear does get it in the idea and it does thrash about wildly and then uses the attack which was most effective.
Trample.
Though it can't see and this platform doesn't have guard rails, so the result is as expected. The question is does he get a +1 to this date.]
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[ childe continues baiting the monster around the arena, making it seem like heās not going to be swift enough to dodge itās attempts, but then evading it at the last second each time ā laughter bubbling up until it becomes a touchā¦ unhinged. it tapers the moment the thing goes sailing over the edge and he follows to watchā¦ seemingly disappointed. ]
Is that itā¦? [ pouts, spinning around to face emet. ] An interesting opponent. Is that something from your home?
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[Well, he's not a person that expends effort if he doesn't have to so he'll keep the wet rat look for the moment.
The creature does fall further and further and further away. Maybe it hits the planet below? Who knows!
He was about to say something, but gives him a look for the last comment and snaps his fingers.
The platform begins to crack pieces breaking off.]
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[ who knows!
who cares! ]
[ GOOD RIDDENS. ]
Hey! What's the big idea?! [ definitely going to move away from any parts of the platform that look like they're about to crumble away. ] What was the point of inviting me here? Are you pissed about something?
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[The platform is becoming smaller and smaller! So come cuddle!]
I am actually not upset. I want him to flourish, however, he chooses.
[Okay. Maybe he is a little jealous but at least he's aware enough to know it is on him. But that doesn't mean he won't be a little petty.]
But you wanted something exciting to fight. Though truly I imagine you simply want adrenaline to pour through your veins. To bask in it. To feel that moment of uncertainty if victory is assured.
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I did, and you delivered, so thanks for that, but you didnāt need to do something like this to get my blood pumping. [ snickers. ]
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[He leans in tilting his head and speaking directly into his ear.]
... You are a bit too young for me.
[And then he puts both hand on his chest and shoves.]
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[Well, the shoving is unsuccessful, but the rest of the platform does give away, but Emet has a feeling that he won't be the only one floating in midair.]
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[ yep! he's just floating there along with him. ]
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How curious. You grow more intriguing.
[Guess the both of them are simply going to float in the air.]
You seem under the impression that I'm going to make a good playmate for fighting.
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I had hoped you'd cross blades with me, but it seems like you and Five are similar in regard to wanting to keep away from all the bloodshed... I imagine for different reasons.
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Besides, I would hardly play fair.
[And he won't! Caeli will feel something in his head trying to 'push' his personality down. Not squash or destroy it, but simply wrap it in a cocoon. An inaccessible cocoon.]
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[ alexander will find that's not easy. there's already a thick layer of something sinister having not only encased his personality, but started melding with it and it doesn't appreciate the intruders. the fact that he's transformed into his foul legacy makes it that much more prominent, so he'll feel a push back. ]
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[That is curious! The thing in his head circles it, more academically than trying to injure it, poking and prodding.]
Now what is this?
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[ it's going to lash out in an attempt to smother the intruder. ]
What's what?
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[He'll pull back when it gets agitated enough to lash out not wanting to dig deeper into that for the moment.]
The blight surrounding your soul.
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