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Post by Flare on Feb 26, 2023 5:18:45 GMT -6
As the dust settles, the two 'humans' and one camel horse can see... orbaru. Several, several orbaru. In suspiciously straight lines. Between the straight lines is a ...very wrong-looking toy orbaru? Like its fluffy plush body had shrunken in the wash and is much more... wrinkled looking. Bright red optics blink in the sun as it walks out, slapping its large feet like a duck would. A dull dragging noise of a thick chrome flaked ball on its tail behind it. ...were those SPIKES?! Pointing a paw, the fuzzy fabric punctured by three loose wires curled like claws, the toy points at them. Making an eerie BOOPing noise. Other toys start BOOPing in procession as several swarm the three of them, pulling on limb and clothing alike. The 'human' screams like a female and tries to run but a toy trips him. Three or four are proceeding towards Flare and the afraid baakir from sound. 15
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Post by Flare on Feb 26, 2023 5:19:02 GMT -6
To be frank, these orbaru look nothing like Cinnabon back at the kennel. They're... smaller. SImple faced. Those eyes though, are all red. Like rubies in the sun. They keep BOOPing ominously, in sync. Evil toys much? And he can't back up, the baakir is trapped between the rope and his foot unless she manages to free her face... and the animal is throwing her head around, making distress noises. I WAîted FOR sº LoN©... There's words? He looks sideways, around the panicking baakir as the mutant toy shuffles forward, dragging. Was something wrong with its movement program? One foot drags oddly. Another toy is hopping rapidly beside it as it proceeds, holding... is that a human's portable radio? Totally ignoring the tumaian and his pet, the mutant toy is going for the stupid man on the ground, pinned by several toys now. wh¥ wønT u FiX m3? It has a HORRIBLE voicebox. 16
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Post by Flare on Feb 26, 2023 5:19:18 GMT -6
The 'human' is clearly terrified of this toy as it approaches him. "Nobody wants an ugly toy! I won't fix what won't sell!" he shouts at it, eyes wild. Like a panicked beast. "Production is ending soon, and this shipment must gooo ouuuuut!?!" The toy's head turns eerilly to the side, like a headtilt. A wrinkled tear beneath its eyes splits open like a maw and it screeches. î wånT 2 bé f1x3D! m@ké m3 l1k3 Othe®s! It cries out at him, shaking its worn through clawed paws at him. "I have no more tiiiiime! G-go back to the scrap heap, reject!" M@k3 hIm ügl33! The toy declares, pointing at the 'human' and backing off as he is covered in toys and starts screaming louder. Flare can smell burnt wool. The scent of burnt flesh makes him wince and back up a step. CRUNCH. He looks down. His wooden heel has stepped on the tail of one of the toy army. He and the baakir freeze. 17
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Post by Flare on Feb 26, 2023 5:19:34 GMT -6
Like one of those creepy dollies, the mutant Glowstick toy's head slowly rotates 90 degrees to look right at him as he cautiously lifts his foot, finding a sizable dent in the toy's tail structure. POP And before he can do anything about it, the toy, damaged by his step, has its tail orb burst and shower its fellows in shards of plastic. It makes a horrible squealing noise as it falls over, twitching from the burst orb. tøY müRd3rE®! It points at Flare, anger in those red optics. Like looking a mad animal in the eye, except there is no animal here. Br3@k h1M! 'Run!' The toys are surging for him now, forces split into half as the other half makes the 'human' suffer. The taiga is dragged along against her will as Flare has no choice but to run into the factory to escape the toys. Well now he's in the thick of iT! 18
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Post by Flare on Feb 26, 2023 5:19:48 GMT -6
BOOP BOO BOOP BOO BOO BOOP BOO BOO BOOP... BOOP BOO BOO BOOP BOO BOO BOOP BOO BOO BOOP. If it was a show for children, it might have delighted them to see so many toys in synchronization, but the ominous sounds they made as the group after the tumaian and his creature were just plain frightening. And these were even animals, but metal puppets! Dolls! It takes a few tries to clamber up onto the landing with his wooden limb's limited flexibility of joint of ankle and knee, but he coaxes the taiga up onto a metal platform that toys can't easily climb, as they don't have grips on their feet. Or actual 'toes'. He's not even sorry for leaving that selfish 'human' to suffer at the 'paws' of those evil toys. But if he's gonna get home in one piece, that button needs to be pressed now. Now how to get over there among the sea of black fuzz and rainbow fabrics swarming beneath him? 19
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Post by Flare on Feb 26, 2023 5:20:35 GMT -6
Murrrgh! What even was going on now! The whole ground is swarming with stupid bunnies! Taiga doesn't even like bunnies! She keeps shooing brown bunny at home away as she keeps pulling on her leg hair and it does hurt! 'You stay here, I will go stop the factory.' he tells his creature, patting her soft nose. She shakes his hand off, almost swiping at it with her head. Mrrrrgh! NO, she will not stay... PUT! The rope pulls out of his hand and she clambers off the stupid cold ground to stand on the stupid bunny covered ground and they are everywhere! Well that was NOT GOING TO PLAN. He was trying to avoid her getting hurt! And it was so much willpower to not- oh for the love of the Sun. He removes the sling and navigates his way down to the floor of the factory. Its a sea of angry toys, all in every direction, and more coming out of the giant hole in the wall with a big red button.
'STOP!' He calls out in native Tumaian, voice raised over the ominous songlike boops. He can feel a heat welling up inside of him, building and heading downwards, exiting his body through his wooden limb, which feels distinctly hotter than normal. The ground at his feet shakes as many toys are ensnared in the vines sprouting from the ground. Their programming doesn't process snaring, and subsequently panics. They squirm and boop and squeal and as they are just toys for kids, have no ability to free themselves. Wooo... that was a rush. He doesn't understand the sudden lightheadedness as he grabs to the railing with his bad arm- ow. $tøP H1MMMM!# The evil toy outside commands more toys to come after him, but through the rushing of blood in his ears, he's set on hitting that button. He MUST hit that button... and lunges for it... SMASH and crashes right into it. The button isn't glowing anymore, and neither is he, because the tumaian slides to the floor, in a great deal of shoulder-checking pain. ~ The dockside security was summoned by a passerby who heard screaming, and found a traumatized man fitting in front of the open factory, with frozen scattered toy orbaru everywhere. No sign of the hero who had finally stopped the machine.
Where was he, and his fluffy monster... and what happened to that evil toy? Flare casts major entangle 20 End +4 levels Taiga 96 7.20
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Post by NPC on Aug 4, 2023 7:36:35 GMT -6
Congratulations, you have successfully completed the quest! Your QP will be added to the bank, and your prize will be sent out shortly.
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