Brute mentality. That is the limit to their creativity, and, because it would offend them, they believe that it offends everyone. Especially people that they don't consider a threat.
Anyway, the next chapter may come later on tomorrow, after work.
New book ideas.
- Book DCCLXXXVIII: "A Symbiotic Reach" -- The RAFians must deal with a hybridization of symbiotes and Reach beetles.
- Book DCCLXXXIX: "The Invisible Family" -- A father, a mother, and a child become inexplicably invisible.
There. Still working on the new chapter.
Done. New chapter.
CHAPTER NINE:
No Rest For the Weary
The RAFians won their first bouts with sentient beings, and they all won. Yet it was mostly hollow victories, as they still did not know precisely what repurposing was. From what the other kidnapped gladiators' intonations indicated, it was not an at all good or desirable outcome.
But their resting would not last for long, or, at least, as long as they would have personally liked. This battles were grueling for most, if not all, participants involved, but Gamemaster didn't care. As far as he was concerned, they were Realm Dwellers, and that made them lesser beings by definition. The concept of them having equal rights to a Realm Walker was patently ludicrous and utterly ridiculous in his eyes. He saw them as nothing more than a source of amusement, like a little boy playing with action figures.
He didn't even broadcast or record the match ups or the matches themselves. These matches were solely for his own entertainment -- for
him only, no one else.
The next batch of matches were to come -- the matches would increase with frequency until he found "replacement" fighters. Yet he never seemed to run short of them.
Underseen battled a
Polymorph. The Polymorph was a gelatinous, unicellular humanoid with a pointed head and an asymmetrical, drippy amoeba-like shape. Atop it's head was an anti-gravity generator in the firm of a minute flying saucer. It was because of this device that the goopy sentient being could survive heavier atmospheres.
It was also its greatest weakness, as Underseen was easily able to take advantage of. The Polymorph was going to be repurposed.
***
Helen was next and she was getting cranky. Her opponet was a
Petrosapien, a creature made of a green, diamond-like material. He are a little taller than an average human, with four digits on their hands and none on their feet. He looked as if he did not even want to be in this fight, and that it wasn't the first match he had to do.
"Look, Earth girl," he said, in a rather husky sort of voice, "I'm sure you're a good person, but I'm not about to be repurposed. I'll try and make this as swift and painless as I can -- maybe I can save you from the repurposing chamber."
"How?"
"There is only one way," he said, cracking his knuckles almost in a repentant way. "And I think you're smart enough to know what way that is."
She was.
"Sorry, pal. I don't have any intention on dying," she said, blasting him with all her might, the back of her mind concerned with her ring's charge. But she managed to charge it during the brief respite, having managed to pull her personal lantern from the pocket universe it resided (which actually looked like colorful pimples from Void Space). "Or being repurposed, for that matter."
She blasted the Petrosapien with violet light. But he had held up his hands and generated crystal in his hands so it looked like he was using the secondary fire of Ice Shield. This refracted and reflected the violet energy right back at the Star Sapphire, which took her by surprise.
She did not act fast enough, and was downed by her own blast. She was defeated. She was going to be repurposed.
***
Sam was next.
His opponent was a small, white creature whose body is a living amplifier. He was actually living sonic waves contained within a silicon suit with a square appendage resembling an MP3 player behind his back with a port on it - decorated with a 10 symbol and what looks like cassette tapes on his lower legs. He had circle-shaped indents on the back of his hands. The inside of his mouth is green with lines that give it the appearance of an amplifier. It was an adolescent
Sonorosian.
As the battle began, the Sonorosian immediately replicated himself tenfold, but Sam took to the air, watching the Sonorosian wearily. They attempted to knock him out of the air -- it didn't work. Sam made a green construct of headphone -- noise-cancelling headphones -- and placed them over his own ears.
The Sonorosian's sonics were now ineffective against Sam, as his green aura afforded him some blunt force damage from them. Sam made a green construct of a javelin and threw the javelin construct with uncanny (and sheer luck) accuracy.
The Sonorosian's replicants merged back with him, and he felt defeated. He would be repurposed. Sam was surprised that it was so easy.
***
GH was next.
His opponent was a silicon-based lifeform made of highly durable crystal. Most of his body is covered in a protective silicon-based rock, while the exposed crystal was magenta. He have purple bodies, legs and arms with several black lines and dots on them. He also sported magenta shards all over their body -- six on his back, two on his chest and one on top of his small, narrow, purple head, resembling a horn. He also has one large, cyclopean eye. He was a
Crystalsapien.
GH was emboldened by his success with the Kryptonian -- though he did not know why everyone always seemed call him a little boy. He did not look
that young, did he?
He unshouldered his guitar.
"You will not win against me like you did against the Kryptonian, boy," the Crystalsapien said.
"Oh, I wouldn't count your chickens just yet," GH said, deftly deferential, quickly tuning the guitar appropriately, as he had a sudden inspiration.
"What?"
"Nothing," GH said, swiftly. He strummed a little tune, and the Crystalsapien blasted a multicolored blast at him. GH deftly dodged it, while still strumming, proving that his training at RAF was invaluable.
He lifted his arm dramatically, and then began to play a very loud, very obnoxious heavy metal number, with a wee bit of grunge thrown in, which the Crystalsapien did not seem to like. The frequency of the music wasn't as erratic as it seemed. It caused the Crystalsapien's body to vibrate in a very discomforting manner. It actually seemed to make the magenta pieces to crack, and forced him to his knees.
GH was declared the winner, and the Crystalsapien was going to be repurposed.
***
Saffa as up, and her opponent was an Osmosian.
Due to RAF's previous experience with Psyphoon, she defeated him handily.
