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[othellovonryan]

Noise

It starts as just irritation. A metaphorical crawling under your skin. Things are too noisy, too bright, there is too much happening all the time and you can't take it all in-

Then silence it, make it yours, make it you, take control and destroy what will not submit

It sounds so inviting, a freedom from the noise, but its wrong, its wrong, its wrong and the noise is getting louder, mechanical and foreboding as it sees you, it knows you are there, and it wants to make you apart of it.

Anatawa hitorijanai

For a moment, there is quiet.

You breathe.

And fall through water.

Comments

Kraang

[othellovonryan]

[There are whispers.]

[That is the first thing that happens when you enter the room. There are overwhelming whispers, they are filling your senses, and they promise so much. They promise knowledge, they promise power, they promise you death and destruction, they promise you the ability to shape the world how you want, they promise utter euphoric, all you have to do is give in and be one with them-]

[The roar of whispers taper off.]

[There is pink and metal and black and yellow. You find yourself standing on dark metal, that is interwoven with pink and blue tendrils of something pulsing and alive. Not simply existing in the same space, but truly fused together.]

[And there is a platform with something that may be a main console to this structure.]

[There is Donnie, sitting on the edge of it, eyes a vibrant yellow, sharp teeth even more prominent, arm pink and covered in something sharp and pink with a massive claw, a long tail curled around him with a scythe at the end.]

[He doesn't give you any attention yet. Tail flicking idly from side to side as his unclawed hand flicks through the air, working on something only he can see.]

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

[ Is this what Donnie hears all the time? Is this what he's hearing now?

Hunter covers his ears a moment until the murmuring dies back down. ]

D. Donnie...?

[ He takes a step forward towards the teenage claw pink ninja turtle. ]

Re: Kraang

[othellovonryan]

Is that the strong creature's name? How...unimpressive.

[That isn't Donnie's voice. Its something...deeper. More menacing. With an undercurrent of other voices.]

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

[ oh. oh shit. that must be - ]

You're not Donnie. You're that alien, aren't you?

Re: Kraang

[othellovonryan]

I am Kraang, correct.

The Technodrone if you wish for my specific designation.

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

Technodrone? What's that?

Re: Kraang

[othellovonryan]

[He gestures to the area around them.]

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

But - wait - that's you too?

Am I INSIDE you??

Re: Kraang

[othellovonryan]

Yes.

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

…

You’re not supposed to be here.

Re: Kraang

[othellovonryan]

I was invited in.

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

By WHO? Donnie?? When!

Re: Kraang

[othellovonryan]

When he connected. When he decided to be our pilot.

He could have been great if he was not distracted by the other creature, but that is a problem we can solve.

Re: Kraang

[bad_crowmance]

[ For reference. ]

[ Is Crow worried about the State of the Hunter? Absolutely. But he can't afford to waste the attack of opportunity, so he immediately takes some of the herbicides he grabbed earlier (more than he meant to, but not nearly all of it), and throws it Kraang Donnie's arm. ]

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

[ Hunter’s head snaps up when he realizes there’s someone else. ]

Crow?

Re: Kraang

[othellovonryan]

[The Technodrone is quite distracted with Donnie and Hunter. Running claws over the wall, looking for the weaknesses to take advantage of, to get back their desired target-]

[They don't expect the sudden other player, let alone the herbicide.]

[There is a Technodrone menacing-]

[And then screaming as the herbicide almost outright MELTS the arm off their body, jerking back from the wall, screaming an inhuman sound, fangs and serpentine tongue exposed, as they stumble back.]

[And lashes out at Crow with the other arm, a whip of a limb with a lot of power to it.]

Re: Kraang

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow moves to dodge the other arm (12), thowing more herbicides at it as he does. ]

We'll talk in a minute!

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

[ HERBICIDE YOU SAY -

Hunter wheezes a bit himself, not SUPER enjoying the splash damage here, but he startles into action. ]

R-right! okay! Let me help!

[ He turns and move to scrawl a fire glyph on the floor with his staff to help burn it away. ]

Re: Kraang

[othellovonryan]

[That 12 is probably why there's splash damage as Sacrifice lowers the wall to help Crow-]

[But the Technodrone is more away now and while the herbicide did get on that arm, its not as much this time around. The counteract however, is hindered by his dodging the fire. It doesn't hit the Technodrone, but it delays his own action.]

Re: Kraang

[bad_crowmance]

ARCUS, activate! Chrono Break!

[ Look, it's Crow's favourite Arts in this heart! He's using it to try and slow down Kraang Donnie. ]

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

—- was that time magic??

[ He’s going to MAKE MORE FIRE! And maybe try an ice glyph to further slow him down. ]

Re: Kraang

[othellovonryan]

[The Kraang certainly is slowing down.]

[And instead of waiting for you guys to roll when you're not both on, I just did and I got a 1 so like]

[There is a lot more inhuman shrieking. The fire and ice isn't as effective as the herbicide BY FAR, but its still doing a lot to distract what little attention he's able to give while slowed down.]

Re: Kraang

[bad_crowmance]

Arts isn't magic, but close enough!

[ Crow is the only person in Snek from his canon who cares about the distinction. ]

And yeah, it's a time-based attack.

[ Crow is hurling more herbicides at KraangDonnie, square at his chest (15). ]

Re: Kraang

[pyrighteous]

What?? I don’t understand that at all!!

[ Hunter skids forward along the ice he made, using it to draw up one massive light glyph and just pummel the Kraang with it. ]

Re: Kraang

[despitethenora]

[Player 3 putting a quarter in the slot.

Finding a fight already in process? That's definitely a Tuesday. Aloy's trying to use the chaos to sneak as close as she can before connecting the battery she got to her spear, and then come leaping in, trying to find a Kraang eye with the tip.]