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Post by Liou on Nov 1, 2014 17:01:25 GMT -5
Is that garland supposed to look like Cthulu heads?...Well okay then. The tentacular catgirl flails at the garland. "MY BRETHREN!" She would like to take some of it home, (though not before treating it to some candy), but it looks much better on the walls of the aquarium-house, so she leaves it alone. She doesn't want to miss anything in the house, so she strolls down the halls, checking the tanks for anything fun there might be to see. She soon reaches the western hall and oops, slips in the puddles and slides almost to the edge of the trapdoor with a "Wheeee!" The cuddly-looking pirate tiger lady is there. The catgirl waves, glances at the darkness of the trapdoor, then at the pirate tiger lady. She reaches down with a tentacle to feel for a lightswitch, fearing that time might be running out for this fun exploring party. ^.^; |
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Post by Layla "Nimbus" Karimi on Nov 1, 2014 19:35:55 GMT -5
She doesn't want to miss anything in the house, so she strolls down the halls, checking the tanks for anything fun there might be to see. She soon reaches the western hall and oops, slips in the puddles and slides almost to the edge of the trapdoor with a "Wheeee!" The cuddly-looking pirate tiger lady is there. The catgirl waves, glances at the darkness of the trapdoor, then at the pirate tiger lady. She reaches down with a tentacle to feel for a lightswitch, fearing that time might be running out for this fun exploring party. ^.^; ((Thanks for that, I was really starting to worry that this bit wouldn't get completed in time ^^; )) As you explore the aquarium, you find all kinds of colorful creatures. In one of the main tanks you see: It's a stoplight parrotfish! A nearby plaque says that they like to live in shallow reef areas and can change from female to male. As you pass the "tidal" pool in the east hall, you think you see one of the painted starfish move. Weird. In the north hall, the name of one of the deep-sea critters catches your eye. It's rather appropriate for Halloween, actually. It's a vampire squid! According to a nearby plaque, these guys have the biggest eye-to-body size ratio on Earth and are named for their cloak-like arm webbing. The rumbling seems to have increased in intensity with the arrival of a second visitor. When you turn on the lights, it resolves into a sharp hiss -- or is that several hisses? One good look into the room reveals why: ...Well that's not good. You're not really sure how a hydra of all things got into the basement (the mermaid in the aquarium proper was weird enough), but now might be a good time to turn tail and -- Holy Seabiscuit is that a bowl of full-sized candy bars in one of its jaws?!Well. Hmm. Time does seem to be running low, so you'll have to decide quickly. Tiger, Liou, (or any other visitors who might want to join in,) do you choose to fight this dreaded beast in the name of candy? Or perhaps try and befriend it -- it does seem to be in the Halloween spirit what with that bowl of sweets, after all. Or maybe you should just cut your losses and run after all. Yeah, running might be a good idea. |
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Post by Tiger on Nov 1, 2014 20:13:33 GMT -5
Tiger is debating how to create some sort of light and regretting not dressing up as a dragon or Charmander/meleon/zard or even a lightbulb, when a familiar face appears above, wreathed by familiar tentacles. The tentacles prove quite adept at finding light switches. Hooray! Maybe tentacled creatures aren't all dangerous to pirates!
Tiger's excitement fades rather quickly when she realizes the room is occupied by a hydra. She has to admit she didn't see this one coming. She could probably beat a hasty and strategic retreat, but those were full-sized candy bars in that bowl, and what sort of pirate gives up the opportunity for treasure just because there's a dozen hundred zillion teeth between her and it?
There is of course the slight problem of Tiger's cutlass being plastic, her flintlock pistol being ammunition-less, and her claws being somewhat useless against such thick hide. When you can't fight fire with fire...use the aquarium and fight with the water around you, or something. Tiger loses the metaphor. Hydras are distracting that way.
She waves at the hydra and beams, showing off all her shiny teeth and standing on tiptoe, ready to dodge away if the heads start snapping at her. "Ahoy there! Happy Halloween! ...This your aquarium basement? Really nice place, very cozy!" ...Liou will probably help out if the hydra gets snappy, she figures.
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Post by Layla "Nimbus" Karimi on Nov 1, 2014 22:55:13 GMT -5
There is of course the slight problem of Tiger's cutlass being plastic, her flintlock pistol being ammunition-less, and her claws being somewhat useless against such thick hide. When you can't fight fire with fire...use the aquarium and fight with the water around you, or something. Tiger loses the metaphor. Hydras are distracting that way. She waves at the hydra and beams, showing off all her shiny teeth and standing on tiptoe, ready to dodge away if the heads start snapping at her. "Ahoy there! Happy Halloween! ...This your aquarium basement? Really nice place, very cozy!" ...Liou will probably help out if the hydra gets snappy, she figures. The hydra gives you a surprised look... or at least one of its heads does. Another gives a warning growl. It might be wary of your shiny teeth, or maybe it's just grumpy, but at least it's not snapping at you. The head with the candy bars seems very pleased with itself upon hearing your compliments. Happy to meet a friendly face (and in spite of the grumpy head's growled protests), it leans down and lets you pick out a candy bar. It looks like your compliments paid off! And you made a big new friend (well, a fraction of a friend at least) in the process. Hooray! |
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Post by Liou on Nov 2, 2014 3:53:07 GMT -5
Well. Hmm. Time does seem to be running low, so you'll have to decide quickly. Tiger, Liou, (or any other visitors who might want to join in,) do you choose to fight this dreaded beast in the name of candy? Or perhaps try and befriend it -- it does seem to be in the Halloween spirit what with that bowl of sweets, after all. Or maybe you should just cut your losses and run after all. Yeah, running might be a good idea. The catgirl chooses to hug that adorable cutesy hydra, because that is obviously the safest and most pleasant solution. ^_^ How many times a year do you get to hug a hydra? |
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Post by Layla "Nimbus" Karimi on Nov 2, 2014 8:06:30 GMT -5
The catgirl chooses to hug that adorable cutesy hydra, because that is obviously the safest and most pleasant solution. ^_^ How many times a year do you get to hug a hydra? The hydra head you chose to hug seems very pleased with your affection, and starts thumping the beast's shared tail like an excited puppy (much to the grumpy head's chagrin). The head that was originally surprised gives a toothy grin, apparently happy to see not one but two friendly visitors in place of would-be valiant warriors, and the head with the candy bowl swings it over in your direction to offer you a piece. What a (mostly) surprisingly friendly hydra! |
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