"You ask too many questions for your own good, you know that? But, playing along, they caused the death of thousands of people, injured thousands more, and stole a valuable piece of tech." They say, sending the last refugee off halfway through the conversation, "And yes, the council jsnt putting this on the news for obvious reasons. We'd much prefer catching them off guard, rather then letting them run somewhere else." They say, their weapon clacking against their hip as their stance shifts to a different side
Insight: 21
This is true (or I guess more it's true to the soldiers)
"But you don't deny that you are mercenaries, not actual law enforcement? And if this person is dangerous, and killed thousands of people, what gives you the impression that anyone could be well-equipped enough to face them?"
"Because it's better to think that rather than thinking we're meat shields to stall them." They say simply, "Besides, you think Jeff the guard could handle that?"
"So, in other words, your employer is sacrificing lives when they could be hiring actual hunters like me to find this person? Seems like a waste to me. If they can equip you with that junk, surely they can hire someone who's faced down threats like this before."
"Ah yes, because so many people that have fought creatures that can level a city are trust worthy" one responds sarcastically
It's not toxic, at least not enough to poison even Hi, but it has a high level of spiciness even while partially neutralized by the marinade. The meat itself is fatty but doesn't have great marbling. Most of the fat is on the exterior and has been trimmed down to make it even slightly palatable. The meat is also weirdly crunchy despite being barely cooked, with a texture similar to dragonfruit.
'Hmm, it tastes pretty reasonable. Not sure I'd buy it though'
"That's the problem. It's not great. Most creatures from the Nightmare taste great, which is what makes them worthwhile to hunt. These things are just slaughtered and left to just... sit there. Not even rot will overtake their poisoned meat. There has to be some way to make these things edible..."
'Maybe there are other species that wouldn't mind so much about the taste? I bet that kobolds would love it'
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"Hmm... I have a question. What are you? My original guess was some form of Monarch Mold, but they can barely get along with themselves, let alone divide their consciousness. Of course, all my clues so far are speculation, so pardon me if I say something offensive."
"Wow! You know about hive minds?" The Red one asks. The Black one chuckles "We are what people would call a 'Hive mind'. More like.... I don't know." It says. Yellow nods "Yeah. Its like a hive mind but we still retain personalities and such but we are only one mind."
"I am a culinary biologist. It's my job to learn about monsters, mostly so that I can cook them effectively. However, most traits that monsters have easily extend to non-monstrous entities. The multiple personalities is an interesting adaptation. Diversity is one of the things that made mortals the top dogs for centuries, so replicating that in a hive mind is a brilliant move on the part of evolution."
R chuckles and hands back the plate "We are workers so to speak. We work and work much better when we have something to do." Y nods along "We work well due the fact we have the same mind!"
"Very, very interesting. Are you the only members of your... hive, so to speak?"
Nehir the cat is chasing a mouse around the tavern. He is a black cat with red eyes, and he has a bite mark in his left ear from a giant rat.
Luca the rat is watching in horror. He looks like a typical rat, but he is wearing a paperboy cap. The cap has a speaker in it, so Luca can speak and squeak since he is mute.
"Hmm... I have a question. What are you? My original guess was some form of Monarch Mold, but they can barely get along with themselves, let alone divide their consciousness. Of course, all my clues so far are speculation, so pardon me if I say something offensive."
"Wow! You know about hive minds?" The Red one asks. The Black one chuckles "We are what people would call a 'Hive mind'. More like.... I don't know." It says. Yellow nods "Yeah. Its like a hive mind but we still retain personalities and such but we are only one mind."
"I am a culinary biologist. It's my job to learn about monsters, mostly so that I can cook them effectively. However, most traits that monsters have easily extend to non-monstrous entities. The multiple personalities is an interesting adaptation. Diversity is one of the things that made mortals the top dogs for centuries, so replicating that in a hive mind is a brilliant move on the part of evolution."
R chuckles and hands back the plate "We are workers so to speak. We work and work much better when we have something to do." Y nods along "We work well due the fact we have the same mind!"
"Very, very interesting. Are you the only members of your... hive, so to speak?"
"Mhm." B said with a nod "They are few and far apart and not always in this plane but there are others of us." It said. Y stood up and looked up at Mr. Black "May I have more please?"
"So, in other words, your employer is sacrificing lives when they could be hiring actual hunters like me to find this person? Seems like a waste to me. If they can equip you with that junk, surely they can hire someone who's faced down threats like this before."
"Ah yes, because so many people that have fought creatures that can level a city are trust worthy" one responds sarcastically
"Think of this person like a cancer. You can use antibiotics, but that won't stop the problem. Or you could use poison or radiation, wich will kill the cancer. Either way you're going to get collateral damage. Wouldn't you prefer the damage to be exclusively collateral instead of compounding on top of the damage caused by the threat itself?"
Nehir the cat is chasing a mouse around the tavern. He is a black cat with red eyes, and he has a bite mark in his left ear from a giant rat.
Luca the rat is watching in horror. He looks like a typical rat, but he is wearing a paperboy cap. The cap has a speaker in it, so Luca can speak and squeak since he is mute.
'Hey Luca, how's it going?'
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You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
Nehir the cat is chasing a mouse around the tavern. He is a black cat with red eyes, and he has a bite mark in his left ear from a giant rat.
Luca the rat is watching in horror. He looks like a typical rat, but he is wearing a paperboy cap. The cap has a speaker in it, so Luca can speak and squeak since he is mute.
'Hey Luca, how's it going?'
Luca turns in the direction of the voice and stands up on his hind legs to hear better.
It's not toxic, at least not enough to poison even Hi, but it has a high level of spiciness even while partially neutralized by the marinade. The meat itself is fatty but doesn't have great marbling. Most of the fat is on the exterior and has been trimmed down to make it even slightly palatable. The meat is also weirdly crunchy despite being barely cooked, with a texture similar to dragonfruit.
'Hmm, it tastes pretty reasonable. Not sure I'd buy it though'
"That's the problem. It's not great. Most creatures from the Nightmare taste great, which is what makes them worthwhile to hunt. These things are just slaughtered and left to just... sit there. Not even rot will overtake their poisoned meat. There has to be some way to make these things edible..."
'Maybe there are other species that wouldn't mind so much about the taste? I bet that kobolds would love it'
"Kobolds are fungophilic. The only reason they enjoy chocolate snails is because they used to have a genetic dependence on truffles, mushrooms, and other fungi, and their bodies haven't gotten rid of the primal desire for them. The issue here is that this meat, given the skill needed to retrieve it and make it edible, could really only be served at high-end restaurants, which would never sell such average meat. It has to be delicious, or I'll be stuck eating it all."
Nehir the cat is chasing a mouse around the tavern. He is a black cat with red eyes, and he has a bite mark in his left ear from a giant rat.
Luca the rat is watching in horror. He looks like a typical rat, but he is wearing a paperboy cap. The cap has a speaker in it, so Luca can speak and squeak since he is mute.
'Hey Luca, how's it going?'
Luca turns in the direction of the voice and stands up on his hind legs to hear better.
”Who’s that?”
'It's just me, Flint'
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You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
"So, in other words, your employer is sacrificing lives when they could be hiring actual hunters like me to find this person? Seems like a waste to me. If they can equip you with that junk, surely they can hire someone who's faced down threats like this before."
"Ah yes, because so many people that have fought creatures that can level a city are trust worthy" one responds sarcastically
"Think of this person like a cancer. You can use antibiotics, but that won't stop the problem. Or you could use poison or radiation, wich will kill the cancer. Either way you're going to get collateral damage. Wouldn't you prefer the damage to be exclusively collateral instead of compounding on top of the damage caused by the threat itself?"
"Your comparison doesn't work in this case. The collateral is non lethal, if not completely unharmful in the end, while someone could still die from the poison and radiation."
It's not toxic, at least not enough to poison even Hi, but it has a high level of spiciness even while partially neutralized by the marinade. The meat itself is fatty but doesn't have great marbling. Most of the fat is on the exterior and has been trimmed down to make it even slightly palatable. The meat is also weirdly crunchy despite being barely cooked, with a texture similar to dragonfruit.
'Hmm, it tastes pretty reasonable. Not sure I'd buy it though'
"That's the problem. It's not great. Most creatures from the Nightmare taste great, which is what makes them worthwhile to hunt. These things are just slaughtered and left to just... sit there. Not even rot will overtake their poisoned meat. There has to be some way to make these things edible..."
'Maybe there are other species that wouldn't mind so much about the taste? I bet that kobolds would love it'
"Kobolds are fungophilic. The only reason they enjoy chocolate snails is because they used to have a genetic dependence on truffles, mushrooms, and other fungi, and their bodies haven't gotten rid of the primal desire for them. The issue here is that this meat, given the skill needed to retrieve it and make it edible, could really only be served at high-end restaurants, which would never sell such average meat. It has to be delicious, or I'll be stuck eating it all."
'Well, I don't know, I'm not a food expert'
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You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
"Very, very interesting. Are you the only members of your... hive, so to speak?"
"Mhm." B said with a nod "They are few and far apart and not always in this plane but there are others of us." It said. Y stood up and looked up at Mr. Black "May I have more please?"
"Yes, you may. On the subject of the meat..." he says as he serves a spiral of slices to Y, "How much would you be willing to pay for, say, a 400lb carcass of this? It is toxic when uncooked and contains bone spurs, but I'm wondering if you might be the proper demographic for it."
Nehir the cat is chasing a mouse around the tavern. He is a black cat with red eyes, and he has a bite mark in his left ear from a giant rat.
Luca the rat is watching in horror. He looks like a typical rat, but he is wearing a paperboy cap. The cap has a speaker in it, so Luca can speak and squeak since he is mute.
'Hey Luca, how's it going?'
Luca turns in the direction of the voice and stands up on his hind legs to hear better.
”Who’s that?”
'It's just me, Flint'
“Oh. Hi Flint! I’m doing okay, just hiding from that cat over there at the moment.”
The voice sounds to be artificial, and is coming through a speaker in Luca’s hat.
"So, in other words, your employer is sacrificing lives when they could be hiring actual hunters like me to find this person? Seems like a waste to me. If they can equip you with that junk, surely they can hire someone who's faced down threats like this before."
"Ah yes, because so many people that have fought creatures that can level a city are trust worthy" one responds sarcastically
"Think of this person like a cancer. You can use antibiotics, but that won't stop the problem. Or you could use poison or radiation, wich will kill the cancer. Either way you're going to get collateral damage. Wouldn't you prefer the damage to be exclusively collateral instead of compounding on top of the damage caused by the threat itself?"
"Your comparison doesn't work in this case. The collateral is non lethal, if not completely unharmful in the end, while someone could still die from the poison and radiation."
"You clearly haven't seen what stronger antibiotics do, nor what controlled poison- and radiation-based cancer treatments can avoid doing. Either way, you dodged my point. Would you rather have something completely inoffensive but ineffective or something dangerous but effective?"
"Ah yes, because so many people that have fought creatures that can level a city are trust worthy" one responds sarcastically
'Maybe there are other species that wouldn't mind so much about the taste? I bet that kobolds would love it'
You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
"Very, very interesting. Are you the only members of your... hive, so to speak?"
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
*Current characters*
Nehir the cat is chasing a mouse around the tavern. He is a black cat with red eyes, and he has a bite mark in his left ear from a giant rat.
Luca the rat is watching in horror. He looks like a typical rat, but he is wearing a paperboy cap. The cap has a speaker in it, so Luca can speak and squeak since he is mute.
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"Mhm." B said with a nod "They are few and far apart and not always in this plane but there are others of us." It said. Y stood up and looked up at Mr. Black "May I have more please?"
𝔾𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕗, 𝕕𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤, 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕥𝕔𝕙
𝕀'𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘
𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟, 𝕜𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕟 𝕦𝕡 𝕒 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕔𝕙
𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕕'𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘
"Think of this person like a cancer. You can use antibiotics, but that won't stop the problem. Or you could use poison or radiation, wich will kill the cancer. Either way you're going to get collateral damage. Wouldn't you prefer the damage to be exclusively collateral instead of compounding on top of the damage caused by the threat itself?"
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'Hey Luca, how's it going?'
You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
Luca turns in the direction of the voice and stands up on his hind legs to hear better.
”Who’s that?”
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Moderator for the The 2 Story Tavern and Return of The Spider Guild
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"Kobolds are fungophilic. The only reason they enjoy chocolate snails is because they used to have a genetic dependence on truffles, mushrooms, and other fungi, and their bodies haven't gotten rid of the primal desire for them. The issue here is that this meat, given the skill needed to retrieve it and make it edible, could really only be served at high-end restaurants, which would never sell such average meat. It has to be delicious, or I'll be stuck eating it all."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
*I shall attempt >:]*
*open chars?*
psychopath ^-^
'It's just me, Flint'
You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
"Your comparison doesn't work in this case. The collateral is non lethal, if not completely unharmful in the end, while someone could still die from the poison and radiation."
*>:D*
𝔾𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕗, 𝕕𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤, 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕥𝕔𝕙
𝕀'𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘
𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟, 𝕜𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕟 𝕦𝕡 𝕒 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕔𝕙
𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕕'𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘
'Well, I don't know, I'm not a food expert'
You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
"Yes, you may. On the subject of the meat..." he says as he serves a spiral of slices to Y, "How much would you be willing to pay for, say, a 400lb carcass of this? It is toxic when uncooked and contains bone spurs, but I'm wondering if you might be the proper demographic for it."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
*Heya! Hope you're all having fun*
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
“Oh. Hi Flint! I’m doing okay, just hiding from that cat over there at the moment.”
The voice sounds to be artificial, and is coming through a speaker in Luca’s hat.
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"You clearly haven't seen what stronger antibiotics do, nor what controlled poison- and radiation-based cancer treatments can avoid doing. Either way, you dodged my point. Would you rather have something completely inoffensive but ineffective or something dangerous but effective?"
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
*Lotta stuff going on and its fun to read ^^*
I put links to 2st and Spider Guild in my sig and extended sig :3
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