TF Chapter 79 A Native Alien
"Yes, I am a native. A hunter! You call yourselves humans, an apt designation. To you all, our species is flawed, something I learned after using my methods upon a few humans...but that's all in the past. What I really want to know is this, how did you manage to awaken an intent, something we have tried through extensive means to hide from your species, HUMAN!!!"
At the end, its voice practically reverberated through the place, yet these animals, the intent constructs didn't seem fazed, another trait to add onto their fakeness.
"Oh! Your flawed species actually had beings like you, who have awakened intents?" Bora became curious.
"Curiosity...is your disease, humans. Its good that I have met you before you managed to get off this world of ours. I can't let an alien get away with this knowledge."
"Heh! Are you really capable of taking on all three of us?" Danny taunted.
"You dare to underestimate a hunter! Hahahahahahaha...humans! Humans! Humans! I have to say, you aliens are even more flawed than us..."
The constructs, which had been creeping towards us in a steady slow rhythm, abruptly sped up and lunged, forcing us to defend ourselves.
With a small movement, I leaned a little bit to the side, letting an insect which had hurled itself towards me, pass by, missing me, only for it to burn up before it could even reach one of the other two's backs. Its composition appeared to be interesting though. It was made up of an amalgam of molecules and trash, like dead leaves and what not.
With a thought, I took control of all the particulates with my intent and forced them to start spinning on their axis while their temperatures rose, effectively turning them into a plasma ball, which I kept suspended within my domain.
More were being created every second until I started feeling the strain when I got to just above 20. The others that made it were incinerated, while those large creatures that attacked were greeted with the plasma balls, like a creature in the form of a rabbit, which took a plasma ball to the thigh while trying to kick me, causing the rest of the foot to be severed from its body before, the other plasma balls tunneled through its body, doing so much extensive damage that it was forced to dissipate because the intent that had been driving it had been incinerated.
Even with a lack of intents of their own, my companions were handling the seige very well, managing to dissipate many of the creatures with their martial arts moves which were lethal enough to injure or outright kill the creatures.
"I have to say, you are good, but I have seen better. Now, let's really DANCE!!!"
The voice once again reverberated within the the air, with the creatures ceasing their attacks and withdrawing as if they had just been commanded.
"This is weird. I thought there was a limit to intent. I don't feel any sort of domain yet, these creatures are moving... What's up with that?" Bora pursed her lips after asking that question. I noticed that, because I had been paying attention to her, a habit that had appeared because of my budding romantic feelings for her.
"It looks like we don't know everything. We have to be careful. This alien's intent is different. Though, I have noticed a fact that it seems like its related to animation or something close. Definitely not illusions though." I spoke about a few of my observations.
A nearby branch had its leaves rustle as something with a significant weight landed upon it, drawing all of our attentions to it.
"Hahahahahahahahahahaha-kkuk!"
Danny's spittle went flying before it tried to prevent him from breathing aost choking him.
The reason he was laughing in such an unsightly manner was because of the lifeform that had appeared on a branch of a tree nearest to the one we were standing on.
Even I laughed at its appearance, with Bora also failing to keep a laugh from escaping her lips.
You know those animations and cartoons where some comical expressions, like eyes popping out of the sockets due to immense shock or surprise always happen, with a single muscle still attached, with the capability of pulling the eyes back into their rightfull place? This was that same scenario that was perpetually happening to the creature before us. It wasn't in a state of shock or anything, just that its eyes were somehow frozen with such an expression. It was gross, yet also funny.
"Hahhhhh...man, you just made my day! How did you come up with this...joke?" Danny spoke while recollecting himself, failing due to how comical the creature's eyes were.
"What are you talking about, alien? This is my greatest work, a being that could detect photons themselves, just like your race. Its modeled after myself after all. Do you like it?"
The words that came out of the creature's mouth caused all of us to pause in a moment of shock. This...alien had managed to somehow copy our visual prowess?!
Now this was troublesome. If I was thinking this right, then this lifeform which was attacking us had to be one of those natives. If it had managed to figure out how to see, what about all the others? This was very very alarming!
"Oh! Has this stopped being very humorous? Has it sank in that a native has managed to push evolution to its limits? You know, I had to pry apart most of this knowledge from the many humans I managed to capture, over countless years. It was a very hard and slow endeavour...learning all there was about your species, but I managed to piece together most of it, starting with learning the language."
It paced around on the branch, bringing it home how close it had managed to mimic the human behaviour.
"You don't capture a target or targets right away if you want to learn their culture. No no no...you first watch and take in everything before you get enough of the routine and capture to pry out that which isn't observable. I take pride in my methods of prying out information from your species. Through trial and error, mostly due to their fragile bodies not holding up, I have managed to create a few dozen methods which are all very flawless. Now, you human with the intent, my goal is to capture you. Those next to you are simply not needed, so, do you want to easily give up? Or struggle? Frankly, it would be a bit more interesting for me if you struggle."
The way its head tilted to the side alone was horrific enough to give us nightmares, but its monologue alone caused the chills in me and the other two, judging by the minute shifts in their facial expressions.
"...ah! I almost forgot. I do have to warn you that this body, even with it being a mere intent construct has many many modifications that can't otherwise be done to normal bodies, so be careful of your choice as it will most certainly lead to some sort of lost limbs, especially you, intent holder. I wouldn't want to capture you in pieces."
With a tilt, I leaned forward as if I was going to fall before pumping some force into my feet and a smaller controlled release of my intent below my feet, creating a small explosion, propelling me to the branch that the creature was standing on.
"Watch out for its true body!"
I shouted even as I reached the other side in an instant, where with a mental command, three of the plasma balls were pushed towards the creature with my intent domain covering it in my range.
Its body blurred, dodging the projectiles. Though one of my aims had been to take over its position, so I landed where it had been, releasing my domain to the limit, where I managed to sever one of its arms, turning it back into an amalgam of things.
"Interesting. If I am not mistaken that's plasma, a high temperature state of matter, right?"
Even while asking that question, it was looking at its stump of the remaining arm, which had been charred at the edges due to the high heat.
"Do you even know what Matter is?"
"You would be surprised by the broad uses of my intent."
My eyes narrowed at those words. An unknown intent. I had to be cautious. This creature hadn't turned tail. My intent was very destructive in nature. Since it had the confidence to even try capturing me, then it must have had some sort of insurance, or trump card.
With a thought, I targeted a few molecules in my domain and gave them another one of the things a star had, gravity!
After designating a few particles as an origin point, I activated my intent fully, causing all the particles around me to be sucked into those points, with the ability even yanking the beast towards me. A grin played across my lips as I directed every plasma sphere, even the gravity points, making a few singed holes to appear, not to mention those that twisted and became bigger due to being sucked into the gravity points.
Before I could rejoice though, I had leap further back as a kick aimed at one of my knees proved to be too dangerous for me to tank. It looks like I had to destroy this entire puppet intent in order to annihilate it.
TF Chapter 79 A Native Alien
"Yes, I am a native. A hunter! You call yourselves humans, an apt designation. To you all, our species is flawed, something I learned after using my methods upon a few humans...but that's all in the past. What I really want to know is this, how did you manage to awaken an intent, something we have tried through extensive means to hide from your species, HUMAN!!!"
At the end, its voice practically reverberated through the place, yet these animals, the intent constructs didn't seem fazed, another trait to add onto their fakeness.
"Oh! Your flawed species actually had beings like you, who have awakened intents?" Bora became curious.
"Curiosity...is your disease, humans. Its good that I have met you before you managed to get off this world of ours. I can't let an alien get away with this knowledge."
"Heh! Are you really capable of taking on all three of us?" Danny taunted.
"You dare to underestimate a hunter! Hahahahahahaha...humans! Humans! Humans! I have to say, you aliens are even more flawed than us..."
The constructs, which had been creeping towards us in a steady slow rhythm, abruptly sped up and lunged, forcing us to defend ourselves.
With a small movement, I leaned a little bit to the side, letting an insect which had hurled itself towards me, pass by, missing me, only for it to burn up before it could even reach one of the other two's backs. Its composition appeared to be interesting though. It was made up of an amalgam of molecules and trash, like dead leaves and what not.
With a thought, I took control of all the particulates with my intent and forced them to start spinning on their axis while their temperatures rose, effectively turning them into a plasma ball, which I kept suspended within my domain.
More were being created every second until I started feeling the strain when I got to just above 20. The others that made it were incinerated, while those large creatures that attacked were greeted with the plasma balls, like a creature in the form of a rabbit, which took a plasma ball to the thigh while trying to kick me, causing the rest of the foot to be severed from its body before, the other plasma balls tunneled through its body, doing so much extensive damage that it was forced to dissipate because the intent that had been driving it had been incinerated.
Even with a lack of intents of their own, my companions were handling the seige very well, managing to dissipate many of the creatures with their martial arts moves which were lethal enough to injure or outright kill the creatures.
"I have to say, you are good, but I have seen better. Now, let's really DANCE!!!"
The voice once again reverberated within the the air, with the creatures ceasing their attacks and withdrawing as if they had just been commanded.
"This is weird. I thought there was a limit to intent. I don't feel any sort of domain yet, these creatures are moving... What's up with that?" Bora pursed her lips after asking that question. I noticed that, because I had been paying attention to her, a habit that had appeared because of my budding romantic feelings for her.
"It looks like we don't know everything. We have to be careful. This alien's intent is different. Though, I have noticed a fact that it seems like its related to animation or something close. Definitely not illusions though." I spoke about a few of my observations.
A nearby branch had its leaves rustle as something with a significant weight landed upon it, drawing all of our attentions to it.
"Hahahahahahahahahahaha-kkuk!"
Danny's spittle went flying before it tried to prevent him from breathing aost choking him.
The reason he was laughing in such an unsightly manner was because of the lifeform that had appeared on a branch of a tree nearest to the one we were standing on.
Even I laughed at its appearance, with Bora also failing to keep a laugh from escaping her lips.
You know those animations and cartoons where some comical expressions, like eyes popping out of the sockets due to immense shock or surprise always happen, with a single muscle still attached, with the capability of pulling the eyes back into their rightfull place? This was that same scenario that was perpetually happening to the creature before us. It wasn't in a state of shock or anything, just that its eyes were somehow frozen with such an expression. It was gross, yet also funny.
"Hahhhhh...man, you just made my day! How did you come up with this...joke?" Danny spoke while recollecting himself, failing due to how comical the creature's eyes were.
"What are you talking about, alien? This is my greatest work, a being that could detect photons themselves, just like your race. Its modeled after myself after all. Do you like it?"
The words that came out of the creature's mouth caused all of us to pause in a moment of shock. This...alien had managed to somehow copy our visual prowess?!
Now this was troublesome. If I was thinking this right, then this lifeform which was attacking us had to be one of those natives. If it had managed to figure out how to see, what about all the others? This was very very alarming!
"Oh! Has this stopped being very humorous? Has it sank in that a native has managed to push evolution to its limits? You know, I had to pry apart most of this knowledge from the many humans I managed to capture, over countless years. It was a very hard and slow endeavour...learning all there was about your species, but I managed to piece together most of it, starting with learning the language."
It paced around on the branch, bringing it home how close it had managed to mimic the human behaviour.
"You don't capture a target or targets right away if you want to learn their culture. No no no...you first watch and take in everything before you get enough of the routine and capture to pry out that which isn't observable. I take pride in my methods of prying out information from your species. Through trial and error, mostly due to their fragile bodies not holding up, I have managed to create a few dozen methods which are all very flawless. Now, you human with the intent, my goal is to capture you. Those next to you are simply not needed, so, do you want to easily give up? Or struggle? Frankly, it would be a bit more interesting for me if you struggle."
The way its head tilted to the side alone was horrific enough to give us nightmares, but its monologue alone caused the chills in me and the other two, judging by the minute shifts in their facial expressions.
"...ah! I almost forgot. I do have to warn you that this body, even with it being a mere intent construct has many many modifications that can't otherwise be done to normal bodies, so be careful of your choice as it will most certainly lead to some sort of lost limbs, especially you, intent holder. I wouldn't want to capture you in pieces."
With a tilt, I leaned forward as if I was going to fall before pumping some force into my feet and a smaller controlled release of my intent below my feet, creating a small explosion, propelling me to the branch that the creature was standing on.
"Watch out for its true body!"
I shouted even as I reached the other side in an instant, where with a mental command, three of the plasma balls were pushed towards the creature with my intent domain covering it in my range.
Its body blurred, dodging the projectiles. Though one of my aims had been to take over its position, so I landed where it had been, releasing my domain to the limit, where I managed to sever one of its arms, turning it back into an amalgam of things.
"Interesting. If I am not mistaken that's plasma, a high temperature state of matter, right?"
Even while asking that question, it was looking at its stump of the remaining arm, which had been charred at the edges due to the high heat.
"Do you even know what Matter is?"
"You would be surprised by the broad uses of my intent."
My eyes narrowed at those words. An unknown intent. I had to be cautious. This creature hadn't turned tail. My intent was very destructive in nature. Since it had the confidence to even try capturing me, then it must have had some sort of insurance, or trump card.
With a thought, I targeted a few molecules in my domain and gave them another one of the things a star had, gravity!
After designating a few particles as an origin point, I activated my intent fully, causing all the particles around me to be sucked into those points, with the ability even yanking the beast towards me. A grin played across my lips as I directed every plasma sphere, even the gravity points, making a few singed holes to appear, not to mention those that twisted and became bigger due to being sucked into the gravity points.
Before I could rejoice though, I had leap further back as a kick aimed at one of my knees proved to be too dangerous for me to tank. It looks like I had to destroy this entire puppet intent in order to annihilate it.
