Game Changer

[Dara999]

Wekesa desired she'd use a morsel to try and entice the humans over... As soon as Oxryklne arrived Wekesa set up a lure.

Edited October 26, 2014 by Dara999

[Quiet]

"Wekesa!  Hey!"  Oxryklne says, landing in front of her bulb.  "Hello."

[Auth]

 

Joe, can I make snow yet?

 

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Why not?

 

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Rrrrrrrrghh...

 

 

The frog looked longingly at the beetle. It looked delicious to the frog. Maybe just one lick- No. The frog instead decided to do the smartest option and stare at the bowl of meatballs.

[Dara999]

Wekesa grunted and pulled in her lure. "What does Moxie want? Wekesa is evaluating her prey..."

[Quiet]

"I, uh, just wanted to apologize for what I said earlier."  Oxryklne says.

[MenaAthena]

Wilson watched the beetle fly off before heading to one of the chests and looking through it.

"Um, shouldn't we be running?"

"Why, just because some insect told us a plant was going to try and eat us? I've been here for longer than I can keep track of, and I know of a large plant with carnivorous behavior, but it can't move. Besides, even if there it "something" coming this way I am more than enough prepared for anything this world can throw at me."

Out of the chest, he pulled a reed with a hand full of darts tipped with red feathers.

She still looked concerned, but saw the frog staring at her meal and devoured what was left before the frog got any bad ideas.

[Dara999]

"Wekesa accepts your apology... Moxie was in the human camp, are they easy prey?"

[Quiet]

"No!  Not at all!"  Oxryklne says.  "They'll, um, kill you right away."

[Dara999]

"Wekesa would like to at least try, maybe have an eyeplant try and not Wekesa..."

[Quiet]

Not having time to run back to the others, Oxryklne resorts to shouting.  "Run!  She's coming!"

[Blewcheese]

WX stood straighter, much more alert now. "POTENTIAL THREAT DETECTED. DEFENCIVE SYSTEMS ENGAGING."

[Auth]

The frog pouted then hopped over to the robot. He looked at it for quite some time. And decided: This was it's new best friend.

[MenaAthena]

Wilson moved over to the alchemy engine and quickly cobbled together another log suit and spear. He handed them to WX before heading off toward where the beetle was shouting from. Athena set the now empty bowl down and stood up, looking around for where her equipment might be.

"What are you looking for?"

"My spear and shield."

"You aren't thinking of coming along are you?"

"Well, duh. Yes I'm going."

He shook his head.

"Miss Athena, I cannot allow you to accompany me. You may be almost healed, but you nearly died just earlier today to a mere hound attack."

She crossed her arms.

"They caught be by surprise and surrounded me. There's only one threat this time, and even though I don't look like it I'm an experienced fighter. I'm not sitting here while you and WX go off to risk your butts."

He sighed.

"I will not prevent you from following, but I'm not telling you where your gear is either."

And with that he left.

[Quiet]

In Wekesa's pause, Oxryklne takes his chance to flee.  However, he does not take the eyeplants into account, and runs dangerously close to one.

[Blewcheese]

(If you want me to edit this one, Mena, let me know and I will.)

 

WX equipped the log armor, and held the spear. "SCANNING..." The robot's head swiveled, moved towards a nearby chest, and retrieved Athena's spear and shield, holding them both out to her.

[Auth]

With the sight of the weapons the frog thought "Mabee i shudint foloo hem" and decided to be Athena's best friend instead.

[Dara999]

The eyeplant snapped at Oxryklne but Wekesa was preoccupied listening to the approaching voices to warn the insect.

Edited October 26, 2014 by Dara999

[MenaAthena]

Athena equipped her gear and smiled.

"Thank you, WX."

She ran off in the derection Wilson went, but he was already far ahead of her.

Wilson came to where Wekesa was only to see a lure plant bulb and a few eyeplants. He signed and shook his head, taking out a fire dark and preparing to shoot it.

[Auth]

(Wilson's a moron)

[MenaAthena]

(Wilson's a moron)

(How so?)

[Quiet]

Oxryklne yelps as the eyeplant's jaws snap shut around him, plunging him into sudden darkness.  "Get off me!"  He shouts, pounding at the eyeplant with shadow tendrils.

[Auth]

(You use lureplants for farming, not for fuel!)

[Dara999]

Oxryklne got shoved forcefully into Wekesa's root system. The next thing he knows is the smell of meat, a faint light illuminating the morsels. The figure had stopped just out of reach of her eyeplants, it was smart she'd give it that. She doubted her tongue could reach that far either.

A new item became apparent in her bulb, she identified it as the insect she met earlier, silly bug letting it's self get caugh by her eyeplants.

Wekesa up-rooted and pulled the insect out with her tongue, she placed the insect back into her head and purred in amusement of it getting caught.

Wekesa then diverted her attention to the prey in front of her. It was bipedal and seemed smart enough the wield a tool, no wonder it stopped before getting close. She'd have to examine the prey more closely.

[Quiet]

"HELP-"  Oxryklne manages before he is knocked unconscious and dragged into her system.

[MenaAthena]

Wilson was shocked that the lure plant uprooted itself, so that's how it moved. He had never seen one do that before. He furrowed his brow at the sight of the beetle, unconscious and being held inside. It had tried to warn him about the danger, so he could not light the bulb on fire and let the beetle burn inside with a clear conscience, even though it wad a mere insect. He didn't know if the plant was capable of understanding speech, but if the beetle was he could at least try.

"Let the beetle go."

He aimed the dart at the eye plant furthest from the bulb when Athena came on the seen.