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"I can't believe I let them talk me into this." Distorter grumbled, hefting the torch above his head as he carefully navigated the rocky surfaces of the cave. Caves weren't usually a problem, dark and creepy sure, but never usually a problem like this one. The villagers at the bottom of the cliffs had spoke about a sacred artifact that had been stolen a few years ago, by, of all things, 'some kind of creepy, slimy, black, mind-controlling night beast' as some of them so eloquently explained.
Okay, so a beast wasn't so bad, even one that haunted the night in a cliche fashion, but the mind-controlling aspect was what made Distorter slightly uncomfortable. He'd been under mind control before a few years back when Dr. Dire managed to get the upper hand in a fight, and though he couldn't remember clearly what had happened, he knew that the whole experience had been terribly uncomfortable; an entirely different feeling than when he was put under the not-violent-but-not-so-gentle-hypnosis of Count Fernr.
But then again, the man who had told the story (and was apparently given a lot of credit in honesty) was certainly one who acted like he had fallen off his rocker a long time ago, so maybe it was simply a dumb beast that needed to be put out of it's misery. Nothing a superhero with super powers couldn't handle.
The stoat continued along, taking great care not to fall within the narrow passageway as it's rough points and steep footholds threatened to bite at him. He paused for a moment at the bottom of the path, taking a deep breath and smelling...fresh air? There definatly seemed to be some kind of current through here, and from his past experiences a current usually meant an exit or tunnel system of some kind...though he was really hoping for an exit to this place.
He sniffed the air, sensitive nose catching the current and following slowly. It took only a few minutes before he found it: a large underground cave that shone with a bioluminescent array of plants, mushrooms, and even strange rocks that seemed to softly glow and sparkle like gems.
Taking a few steps in, he noticed the small pile of objects that stood apart from everything else; bits and pieces of various jewelry, fine clothes, metallic parts, and strange relic-looking objects that one surely belonged to the village down below. Torch aloft, he knelt down to grab the relics, grabbing gently....
"Thossseee don't belong to you...." a feminine voice whispered.
Distorter's head turned, he'd forgotten about the beast!
He didn't even have time to look around before a massive force crashed into him from behind, knocking him into the ground and across the glittering dirt in an instant. He stood, arms raised, fists curled, ready to strike out in an instant as his assailant.
But he saw no one. No beast, no person, no trace that anything had attacked him...
Until he looked down at the strange sensation around his feet and legs. The whatever-it-was was nothing like he had ever encountered before. It was bizarre, seemingly formless in shape and reminecent of oil and ooze, and whispered in a menacing voice.
"Trying to take my thingssss?" it questioned curiously, seeming to take on a false-hurt tone as the stoat tried stamping it's ever-crawling form off his legs.
"You stole them!" He growled, spying his still-lit torch and attempting to retrieve it. "I'm going to give them back to their rightful owners." He grunted as the ooze shoved the backs of his knees, forcing him to the ground with and wrapping it's body around his arms to prevent him from reaching the burning weapon.
"I didn't sssteal anything," it replied, "I took what wasss mine, what nobody appreciated...jusst like I'm going to take you asss well."
"No!" the hero yelled, his adrenaline willing his body to stand in spite of the beast's wishes. But it was too strong, even for his own great strength. It's tendrils crawled around his back and up his neck to cover his face, but still he fought, trying to wrench and pull the beast from his face and body.
"Heheheee, it'ss no ussse, little hero..." the beast taunted, it's mass forming into a crude draconic shape, "Your fire isss no help, your sssstrength is inferrior to me, and you shall sssoon know the ssame darknesssss as otherss before you have known it...You will be mine in body and mind!"
WOW, oh my goodness, what is this?!
It's an 'experimental' commission gone crazy that's what! And with writing?! HOO BOY WHAT IN THE WORLD!? (I thoroughly enjoy writing, just give me an excuse to indulge myself).
kuntos gave me a theme to work with his character Distorter, and I think perhaps I went a bit overboard. I mean, I had a lot of fun with it surprisingly, I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I did, but still...I'm disappointed with myself that all the experimentals can't all be this well done for the price... notthatI'mallthatgreatoranythingbutstillc'mon.Sorry ya'll but I think I need to take the rest of Saturday off from art; I think I strained my neck and back a little too much.
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aurion-magnusEDIT: Main experiment here was trying to texture the gooy slimy monster thingy to actually look somewhat...gooey and slimy? Eeeh...and I also tried to work better with better posing to keep the character from looking stiff; it's something I'm always worried about with my art so I wanna make it better.
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