The Steward was a man of many many things, but now he was someone's lunch, or rather something's lunch. This much was for certain. He was not being digested by a sandworm. That much was for certain, mainly because the thing devouring him was ... somewhat fish-like and earthen-like. Most thankfully he his armour was not being melted... at least quickly.
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The Steward was originally sent to investigate a series of strange quakes. Most strange they were because they were occurring at night. At night at 11:47pm a quake would occur. It would only last a few minutes, but the quakes were getting worse. Thus the Steward was deployed to investigate these quakes. The Steward looked about the lower areas of the city. A few catacombs were where these quakes were going off. As the Steward entered the catacombs he felt a chill. He was wearing his armour, so he was usually used to a slight chill, but nothing like this.
Then the rumbling began. The Steward looked about as the place shook so slightly, but then it became more and more violently until the floor gave away. The Steward was falling, but then he grabbed onto a ledge. Upon grabbing the ledge Sousuke looked up to seeing that it wasn't quite a ledge, and more of a tooth really. In fact there were several large teeth surrounding him. Was he... in a mouth? The Steward's eyes narrowed. Oh. Yes it was... and then... the mouth was being closed with him stuck very much inside of it. Was this what it felt like to be at the bottom of the foodchain? Most interesting.
***
What next occurred could be described as something slightly disturbing. The Steward's consciousness was slipping in and out. One moment he was fighting his way out in the MkIII other moments he was subjected to terrifying images. Fear was something that Sousuke was not accustomed to. He was always able to gather himself and fight. He was able to put himself aside from it, but not now.
There were seven of them. Seven humanoid figures. One of them had a crown that was not of any known metal. It was a crown made of flesh. The head that it saw upon was of squid? Was it a squid? No it was now a lion. Now it was a fish. Now it was back to a squid. The rest of the body was monstrous. A chimera of sorts? The six creatures that attended this fiend, for that was what Sousuke could describe it was, were human but their skin was off. It was grey and decaying. They were attending to the fiend. Each of them presenting themselves to him and the great creature simply picked one of them up each at a time and devoured him. With each devoured being the squid headed fiend grew and grew in size. It then turned to face Sousuke, did it take him this long to see him? The fiend began to speak to him. It was a language that Sousuke could not comprehend it was maddening. Sousuke was used to processing information quickly but this was sheer nonsense being driven into his mind. It had meaning sure, if he bloody well understood what he was saying. "SHUT UP YOU HORRID NONSENSICAL THING FROM EARTHERN ORIGINS. YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT." Was that Sousuke shouting? He never shouted. "SCUM I WILL SEVER YOUR HEAD FROM YOUR SHOULDERS." Again. The shouting. The fiend simply shook his head. Again it was the maddening speech coming out of it. It wasn't going to end.
***
Sousuke woke up but now he was in his merged form. He was tearing out organs. He was fighting, and thrashing violently. He had new images in his mind now. Mainly they were of people he was fond of. Okibi. Tama. Yume. Koga. Shiori. Mikaboshi. Kuro. Was this what one saw when their life was flashing before their lives? Surely. This was not the end. Again Sousuke trashed and fought his way ... up was it? The teeth from before. They came into vision. Sousuke continued to fight and simply flashed through them. He ripped and tore them out. A deep echoing growl could be heard. Whatever he was doing it was hurting whatever he was trapped inside of. The shakes, the trembling. It was quite violent now. Eventually Sousuke found himself being pushed up. Was he being regurgitated? Well. That was happening it seemed. Apparently he was ... something not easily digested. Good.
Eventually Sousuke found himself out and covering in green gunk, and beside him a most strange creature. It appeared like a sand shark, but it was ... too large to be one. Sousuke rammed his hand into the ground and pulled himself entirely out from what jaws of defeat. Quite literally. He looked over the ... sand-shark mutation that was trying to eat him. It looked quite dead.
Time to turn this thing over to Keystone, albeit in peices.
After that. Sousuke felt the need to drink copious amounts of dark liquor. He was shaking, and not entirely in control of himself.
The images of the fiend. Those would have to be medicated with strong drink. It worked for some didn't? Drinking away one's problems?
***
The Steward was originally sent to investigate a series of strange quakes. Most strange they were because they were occurring at night. At night at 11:47pm a quake would occur. It would only last a few minutes, but the quakes were getting worse. Thus the Steward was deployed to investigate these quakes. The Steward looked about the lower areas of the city. A few catacombs were where these quakes were going off. As the Steward entered the catacombs he felt a chill. He was wearing his armour, so he was usually used to a slight chill, but nothing like this.
Then the rumbling began. The Steward looked about as the place shook so slightly, but then it became more and more violently until the floor gave away. The Steward was falling, but then he grabbed onto a ledge. Upon grabbing the ledge Sousuke looked up to seeing that it wasn't quite a ledge, and more of a tooth really. In fact there were several large teeth surrounding him. Was he... in a mouth? The Steward's eyes narrowed. Oh. Yes it was... and then... the mouth was being closed with him stuck very much inside of it. Was this what it felt like to be at the bottom of the foodchain? Most interesting.
***
What next occurred could be described as something slightly disturbing. The Steward's consciousness was slipping in and out. One moment he was fighting his way out in the MkIII other moments he was subjected to terrifying images. Fear was something that Sousuke was not accustomed to. He was always able to gather himself and fight. He was able to put himself aside from it, but not now.
There were seven of them. Seven humanoid figures. One of them had a crown that was not of any known metal. It was a crown made of flesh. The head that it saw upon was of squid? Was it a squid? No it was now a lion. Now it was a fish. Now it was back to a squid. The rest of the body was monstrous. A chimera of sorts? The six creatures that attended this fiend, for that was what Sousuke could describe it was, were human but their skin was off. It was grey and decaying. They were attending to the fiend. Each of them presenting themselves to him and the great creature simply picked one of them up each at a time and devoured him. With each devoured being the squid headed fiend grew and grew in size. It then turned to face Sousuke, did it take him this long to see him? The fiend began to speak to him. It was a language that Sousuke could not comprehend it was maddening. Sousuke was used to processing information quickly but this was sheer nonsense being driven into his mind. It had meaning sure, if he bloody well understood what he was saying. "SHUT UP YOU HORRID NONSENSICAL THING FROM EARTHERN ORIGINS. YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT." Was that Sousuke shouting? He never shouted. "SCUM I WILL SEVER YOUR HEAD FROM YOUR SHOULDERS." Again. The shouting. The fiend simply shook his head. Again it was the maddening speech coming out of it. It wasn't going to end.
***
Sousuke woke up but now he was in his merged form. He was tearing out organs. He was fighting, and thrashing violently. He had new images in his mind now. Mainly they were of people he was fond of. Okibi. Tama. Yume. Koga. Shiori. Mikaboshi. Kuro. Was this what one saw when their life was flashing before their lives? Surely. This was not the end. Again Sousuke trashed and fought his way ... up was it? The teeth from before. They came into vision. Sousuke continued to fight and simply flashed through them. He ripped and tore them out. A deep echoing growl could be heard. Whatever he was doing it was hurting whatever he was trapped inside of. The shakes, the trembling. It was quite violent now. Eventually Sousuke found himself being pushed up. Was he being regurgitated? Well. That was happening it seemed. Apparently he was ... something not easily digested. Good.
Eventually Sousuke found himself out and covering in green gunk, and beside him a most strange creature. It appeared like a sand shark, but it was ... too large to be one. Sousuke rammed his hand into the ground and pulled himself entirely out from what jaws of defeat. Quite literally. He looked over the ... sand-shark mutation that was trying to eat him. It looked quite dead.
Time to turn this thing over to Keystone, albeit in peices.
After that. Sousuke felt the need to drink copious amounts of dark liquor. He was shaking, and not entirely in control of himself.
The images of the fiend. Those would have to be medicated with strong drink. It worked for some didn't? Drinking away one's problems?