Snake? !gwSNAAKE5k 2008/07/14 (Mon) 05:17 No. 48552 ▼ File 12160378412.gif - (58.46KB, 320x240 , _shambler.gif)
Snake here. So I spent the night playing some old video games. One gave me this crazy idea for a side story. It's completely unrelated to GiG, and as such it'll follow the usual method of voting. To avoid cluttering up the board any further, I'll keep this really short. One thread, no more than five posts of material.
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It hurts.
You pick the metal slivers from your bloodied arm. A battle well-fought, you'd say. Your brethren could not defeat the interloper. Yet because of your skill in battle, it lays in a bloody heap at your feet, dead by your hand. It quivers once, the electric current still surging through it's body. You pull the last shard of metal out from under your thick skin, and make your way back to the gate. The Mother, she calls to you. You must return.
You wish for nothing more than to be back by her side. You long to hear her voice, praising you for a job well done. You have killed the final threat to her--the one who killed the God-Beast of the pit, and you now wear it's spine as a trophy around your neck. The wind whistles ominously through the corridors, carrying with it the grunts and moans of the lesser ones. They too, are the mother's kin. Yet they are not your brethren. To you, they are little more than nuisances, or maybe a meal if you get hungry enough.
They continue to cry out, brainless and enslaved to the Mother's will. You however, are different. The choice to serve the Mother was one you made of your own free will, and you harbor no regrets. You move of your own power, linked to the Mother by nothing more than a shared goal--the subjugation or obliteration of the new realm.
Ahead, you hear the wind's howl grow stronger. The gate is near. Beyond it lies the path home. You gaze into the rippling surface of the dimensional rift it contains. The ancient power of the device is beyond you. Your kin merely inhabit this realm, the builders have long since vanished from it's halls. You approach the device. A flash of light from the rune in your grasp signals the gate's activation. You raise your arms ahead as you plunge forward into what lies beyond.
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You find yourself lying in a grassy field, bathed in sunlight. This is wrong, you should be underground. You raise yourself to your feet--if you could call them feet--and gaze upon this strange new world. You squeeze the rune tightly in your hand. It's power no longer speaks to you; it's now nothing more than an elaborately carved stone. You toss the useless object away, and stamp it into the dirt. It must be the cause of all this!
You allow the anger to pass, and you examine your surroundings. Lush forests of green, a sky of azure, and in the middle of it, you. This must be the new realm! You are alone, and your power against the vast armies of this world would be as nothing. Yet the Mother wishes for conquest, and conquer you shall. You make your way from the field, and stumble onto a long walkway just beyond it. As it appears to be intentionally laid there for passage, you follow it.
It continues for quite a distance, passing through forest and field alike. Eventually, it divides in two. Beside the fork, you notice an oddity. A long row of stairs climbs up a hillside. You decide to follow it, as it may lead to a settlement of other-worlders.
It continues upwards, much farther than you had anticipated. Somewhere along the way, the hillside had become a mountain, and you're too far along the path to want to turn back now. You push aside tree branches and overgrown bushes on your climb up, and the way eventually clears as the mountain suddenly flattens out. You've reached the summit.
Above you looms a red, wooden structure. You assume it to be a gateway of sorts, yet it appears not to lead to another world, but a small building straight ahead. A single living creature moves about the exterior of the building, it's appearance very similar to the interloper you eliminated in the last world. This is indeed the newly-discovered realm, and to pass up a change to destroy one of the inhabitants would be foolish. You approach the creature with the intent to kill. It turns to face you as you approach, showing little sign of fear, or even really acknowledging your presence. As you close the distance, it straightens out it's tiny body, and reels it's head backwards. It speaks.
"Uwaa~" It covers the organ on the center of it's face. "What a horrible smell!"
Your service to the Mother has paid off. Although you are unable to speak them, the primitive languages of these creatures are easy to learn and comprehend.
"Go away!" It waves a stick at you. "You stinking youkai! You'll scare off the customers!"
It shows no sign of fear, and it seems to treat you like one of it's own. Perhaps it's instincts has failed it.
[ ] Bat it around like a cat toy
[ ] Bolt it to death
[ ] Obey it's commands
[ ] Leave
[ ] Other (Specify Action)