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Post by Chromo on Jan 19, 2019 5:12:18 GMT -6
JUNK FOOD
CHROMO'S PL: 64,000
Time couldn't pass any slower. Day in and day out, everything grew repetitive for a certain small beetle. Look for food, eat, scream at some people every now and then, sleep, rinse and repeat. Sometimes the additional step of blasting off some rude folks who seemed to want him to go hungry, taking their stuff from him when he tried to eat it. But that always evolved into the screaming step after a bit. Then the eating step.
Today, however, was a little different. Chromo, still lurking in the Northern Reaches of Earth, had found a new village. He'd mostly resorted to raiding the smaller camps or settlements in the vast snowy expanses earlier, but a village this big? He clicked his tongue, perched atop a large bilboard advertising Hetap's newest product. He tried to eat the big Hetap on it, but it just tasted like cardboard, not "Doom Cherry" flavor! How rude!
Another truck had passed by on the roads below, this time with some "Freizy Cooler" flavor of Hetap, as advertised on it's trailer. Instantly, the bug's eyes widened, and he'd smash right through the back of the truck as it traveled along. The driver turned around at the sound of a thud and bonk, but presumed it to just be a small pothole and continued driving. It was a good thing the sound of the engine muffled the obnoxiously noisy slurping sounds in back!
Chromo threw empty can after empty crushed can out of the back of the truck, devouring the Hetaps like there was no tomorrow. This was all so much better than all the other dumb food he'd found so far! Steel beams, wall supports, and the occasional bullet could only taste so good. Chittering happily, the bug paid no mind to the growing trail of empty cans he'd left on the road...
By the time the truck came to a stop at a nearby gas station to refuel, and allowing the driver to leave to grab something from the shop nearby, Chromo had all but three remaining boxes left to drink down. He happily chittered and ate another can whole, not even bothering to open the thing this time... But then, his eyes trailed up, bursting into sparkles. A supermarket, just across the street? Was that better than a normal market with food? He grinned for the first time in ages, skittering out back and hopping over a few crumpled cans he'd left in his wake. If nobody came soon, then far more than one truck would have to worry about falling prey to Chromo's jaws...
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Post by Hale on Jan 19, 2019 8:28:47 GMT -6
"What in the hell was that?" Hale had been flying over by sheer coincidence on his way to find someone, and saw what he couldn't even describe fully flying off of a large sign by the road and flying into the truck and putting a hole in it. The fact that it kept going meant the driver was either clueless or in a hurry enough not wanting to stop and check. Hale's eyes narrowed as he followed after the truck, keeping his distance at first to see if the driver would stop, but pulled up closer trying to inspect the hole. After a few moments cans started to fly out of the hole and he thought at first someone was tossing them at him, but they kept coming and all of them seemed to be empty. Moving closer once more, he could finally hear some strange noises coming from inside, but couldn't see much inside as his eyes weren't adjusted to the darkness in the back, and the last thing he wanted to do was dive inside with whatever it was that was in there.
He had backed off once again noticing the truck slowing, keeping his distance about fifteen feet above the truck, and watching as the driver casually got out and walked into the shop oblivious to the situation still. Moving once more closer, the sound from the back was far more clear and it only made him want to even less crawl inside and see what it was, as it sounded like some sort of giant bug. His eyes went wide as whatever the thing was leapt out of the hole and started heading away from the truck, and there was no doubt that it at least looked like a giant beetle. He wasn't real sure what was going on here, but maybe it was time to at the very least distract whatever this thing was before it came across someone like the driver. Flying towards the strange bug monster, he landed right in front of it and put up both his hands. "Hey there big guy."
50,000 PL
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Post by Om-Yogu on Jan 19, 2019 14:44:58 GMT -6
Thread PL: 102,725
Yogu was wandering down some dirt road. It was cold, he was too tired to fly, and everything sucked! " Ughhhh... There's nothing to do anymore but sit around, train, and wait for the World Trade Fleet to make a move! THIS SUUUUCKS!" Yogu sits down on the side of the road and pulls out a map. " Alright let's see... Jingle Village should be just up ahead... Ooooh! A Gas Station! I can grab some snacks for the road! Oh wait, there's a Supermarket! Even better! ... Man, what's happening? The most exciting thing to happen for me in like, a week, is that I'm about to reach a gas station. This sucks- Wuh...?" A Hetap truck had just driven past him, and a giant bug monster just punched a hole in the back! " Woahhh... Guess I got something to do now!" Yogu jumps up and starts running after the truck! A few minutes later and Yogu finally catches up with the vehicle. It stopped at that Gas Station on the map and the Bug Creature had already crawled out of the back of the truck. " Where'd that thing go? How am I gonna find it now- Oh yeah I almost forgot that I kinda have a radar built into my brain." Yogu uses his energy sensing and feels two different pretty big energies. One that he's sensed before, and then one that was definitely the bug's. The energy was all out of control and jittery, exactly like a giant bug all hopped up on Hetap! " Why was that second energy so familiar? Weird." Yogu jumps on top of the truck to get a better view and spots the sources of the two energies. It was the bug, and that Arcosian from the Desert! The one with the big tower! The guy who was driving the truck spots Yogu on top of it and yells at him. " Hey! The hell're you doing- What'd you do to the back of my truck?!" Yogu jumps off and starts running after the bug and Arcoisan. He turns back and yells back to the driver. " Sorry, sir! It was the giant bug, not me!" The Truck driver just looks confused and starts walking back to his big truck. " What am I going to have to tell my boss?" Yogu catches up to the bug and Arcoisan. " Hey there whatever-your-name-is from the Desert! How ya been? Also, bug guy, why'd you go and destroy the back of a truck? And how've you been?" Yogu didn't really know why he asked the bug how it's been, but it seemed like the right thing to do.
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Post by Ashi on Jan 19, 2019 15:22:08 GMT -6
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Earth food was, uh, not great for your stomach, Ashi had found out. Although, maybe she wasn't exactly looking in the best places, but when you had a fairly limited budget, then you did what you could. The Konatsian had mostly been feeding herself off of cheap stuff she could find in local stores, like bags of crackers and microwave hot dogs. It was cheap and pretty easy to prepare, but, boy, was she starting to pay for it. And not in the monetary sense. "Uogh..." she groaned as she felt her stomach rumbling with dissent. And to make matters worse, she was already at another gas station shop to buy herself her next meal. "Okay, maybe... I should grab something healthier," she mumbled to herself as she reluctantly put down the box of Twinkies she'd been holding onto.
Although, there weren't exactly many healthier options at a gas station convenience shop, as she quickly found. There were... Questionable smelling salads in improperly sealed containers. Those were a no go. The next best option was a bad of "corn chips". They were made of corn, so they had to be healthy, right? "Ring me up, buddy," the Konatsian said as she plopped the plastic bag in front of the cashier, who quite unenthusiastically did so. Ashi quickly paid her fees, and then walked outside the store, popping the bag open and eating her first corn chip. She almost instantly flinched when she realized how salted they were. "Eugh, shit," she muttered as her stomach sent her another groan of 'I do not like this'. "I don't like it either," she grumbled down at her stomach, "But we gotta eat, so deal with it."
Maybe looking around for a real grocery store or a restaurant or something was a better idea. But uh, something kinda funny was going on at the gas station, in the meantime. There were some trucks parked for gas, but there were also piles and piles of cans on the ground, as well as some bug looking thing and his two big friends. Ashi recognized one of them. "Hey, you're the redneck demon's friend!" she said with a chip still in her mouth as she walked up and pointed up at Yogu. She looked over at the other two, whom she had no idea who they were. "These more friends of yours? Did you guys just rob this truck?" She raised an eyebrow and looked inside the back of the now very empty truck. That must have been where all these cans came from. "Could've at least saved a bottle for me, I'm thirsty as hell..."
TAGS: Chromo
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Post by Chromo on Jan 19, 2019 15:37:58 GMT -6
CHROMO'S PL: 64,000
Chromo was about to burst off again in chase of more food to fill his bottomless stomach, but of course, a voice piped up and stopped him in his tracks. Chromo raised his gaze and narrowed his eyes, but he did settle with a big ol' smile in the end. That was the first time anyone had called the one-foot bugger big. He liked being called big. "Well, thank you, but I'm Chromo, not Big Guy!" Being mixed up for this Big Guy person must be a compliment! He stood up on his hind legs, finally getting a good look at the man, and... "...Oh." The domed head that looked like someone stuck a rock candy in it, the pale bio-armor, the menacing eyes- it was an Arcosian!
Chromo jumped back, raising his antennae as his once beady pupils dropped to slits. "Oh no no nononono! Y-y-you rude Fleety-people AREN'T getting me!! Nuh-uh!" Chromo raised his body again, his fingerless, nubby hands raised like a pair of boxing gloves. "You wanna go?! Huh?!? I bet I can beat 'ya without that stupid gray guy around to defend your BUTT!" He hissed right at the scary-looking Arcosian, his childlike tone as squeaky and snappy as ever.
He reared back and was ready to pounce, letting his reddish ki flake off his body. However, he stopped and whipped his head around at the sound of a voice, accusing someone of doing something to the back of the truck. Chromo just opened the doors though. Opened them by punching a hole in them and knocking one off it's hinges, but he opened them! "Hi." He'd chime in response after being referred to as a "giant bug." Big was one thing, but giant?! These two were just feeding the bug's already massive ego- one might even say it was giant. Giant enough that he felt like being merciful and forgiving the two for calling him a bug when he very clearly was a bio-android.
Chromo turned his gaze at the human's approach, but he still wearily glanced to and fro to make sure Hale wasn't doing anything sketchy. He raised a brow with Yogu's question, looking genuinely confused. Wasn't that obvious? "I was hungry. Duhhh." He took a bite out of the door that had fallen off it's hinges, but perked up when seeing another spare can of Hetap roll out of the back. He pounced on it in the blink of an eye, starting to chug it down at a breakneck pace. In a second, it was almost empty, and Chromo was trying to lick the last few drops off it's crumpled interior.
While he was busy, he barely took note of a pointy-eared human's approach to the scene. What he did note, however, was the phrase "saved a bottle." He wrapped himself around the good-as-empty Hetap can, glaring daggers upwards. "MINE." Hopefully these guys would move along soon. Then he could slap away the Arco-guy and get even more snacks from the big market!
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Post by Hale on Jan 20, 2019 6:11:40 GMT -6
This situation escalated at an alarming rate, and now there were even more people showing up. First there was a giant soda drinking bug, a guy he had met in the desert, and some sort of pointy eared...cute...that wasn't important! Whatever was going on was getting awkward and now there was a small crowd forming and an angry trucker yelling. His eyes locked back on the bug in front of him, and despite how big he considered himself, he was pretty massive compared to any beetles he had seen. Perhaps giant talking beetles were normal for Earth and he had just never seen one before? "Alright Chomo, just not used to seeing whatever you are exactly being as big as you are. Usually they are a lot smaller." He was caught off guard a bit and almost looked offended at the response he got, then suddenly the full on rant started in and Hale slumped. So much for this guy just being misunderstood and friendly. "I'm not with the Fleet, ya giant giant bug...thing." Face palming and shaking his head with a heavy sigh. His brow shot up and he looked around at Yogu, then the girl, noticing neither of them being gray and was instantly confused. "What are you talking about? What gray guy? Is there someone else here I'm not seeing?" Turning around again he just kept looking for the gray guy and the best Hale could come up with was that this bug had drank way too much soda and was seeing things. The threats barely registered to him as he didn't seem as if he were being threatened and didn't look as if he was about to start a fight in response. His eyes simply went wide as the creature jumped over and pounced on the can of...oh Hetap, well that explained things. Hale took a moment to give a wave to the other two as the giant beetle seemed distracted. "I don't know what's going on here, but I found this guy in the back of that truck and before I could say anything he started sprinting across the street. Wasn't sure what he was up to so I stopped him. Or he stopped on his own, I don't know." Turning back to Chromo and staring blankly at the sudden angry scream of mine, and almost chuckled. It was almost like whatever this thing was, bug or not, was like a child. "I think it's fine. No one wants to take your can away, right guys?" Looking at the others over his shoulder. Om-Yogu |
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Post by Om-Yogu on Jan 21, 2019 0:58:59 GMT -6
The bug's answer made sense. Although the morality of the answer is where Yogu found the problem. " Ya know, you could always just ask the guy for a free can of Hetap. You don't have to break into his truck. Or maybe just buy one- Oh yeah you're a bug. Well, then I guess it makes sense that you'd have to steal things to eat. Also, don't eat chunks of doors! That can't be good for you!" A voice came from behind them, one that Yogu recognized. It was the Konatsian from the north. " Hey! Also, I am not that guy's friend. I'd much rather kick his teeth in than be called his friend!" The Konatsian looks at the two much stranger people right next to him and asks if they just robbed the truck back there. " Huh? No! I was just heading up to Jingle Village and saw this bug guy stealing Hetap from that truck. I followed it and this guy I sorta know was here too." Ashi mentions that she would've liked to have a can of the sugary drink, which the bug seemed to be very hostile about. Hale reassures the bug that no one wants to take the can. "Yeah! I'm not too much of a fan of Hetap. Knock yourself out, bug boy." Yogu was still thinking about how to get the bug to stop stealing food and drinks. If the bug kept at that rate, there'd definitely be a shortage of Hetap! Just imagining the riots that would take place because of the shortage made Yogu shudder. " Ugh... Hey bug guy! I have an idea! Instead of stealing from people, how's about we head over to that supermarket and I buy you some snacks." Yogu checks all of his pockets for some Zeni, but they're all completely empty. " Huh. That's not good..." Yogu looks over at the Konatsian and Arcosian. " Hey do either of you guys got some Zeni I can borrow?" Well, Yogu's plan was already off to a bad start. " This is what good guys are supposed to do right? They teach kids that stealing is wrong and stuff, I think? It's just like that! But with a bug that must come from somewhere deep in the Fukurou Forest. Or maybe somewhere on Mt. Paozu. Hmmm..." Yogu turns back to Chromo. " Hey bug guy, where are you from anyways? I haven't seen any beetles like you before..."
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Post by Ashi on Jan 23, 2019 14:51:10 GMT -6
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This was an odd trio that Ashi was content to sit back and watch as she munched on her chips. But she was thirsty, and wanted a free drink for herself, so that wasn't happening. The Konatsian shot a glare at the little bug creature hugged one of the few remaining cans that hadn't been emptied yet and declared it as his. "Oh, like hell it is," she grumbled as she marched forward to pull the can from his clutches, though she stopped when the Yogurt guy called back at her. Wait, so they weren't all together? Ashi eyed the Arcosian, then looked back down at the little bug guy. He was actually kind of adorable, now that she got a better look at him, hugging that can all close up to his chest. She wouldn't have minded spending a few bucks to get a little plushie of him.
"Huh? Uh, I'm pretty damn strapped for cash myself," Ashi replied, stuffing her hands into her pockets and turning them inside out, only for an empty gum wrapper to fall out of one and flutter gently towards the ground. "So, maybe the big muscle here can help you out," she added, jabbing a thumb over towards the space lizard. The whole conversation would hopefully have distracted the bug thing well enough for her to discreetly bend forward and snatch one of the Hetap cans for herself, only for her to grumble with disappointment when she realized it had been gnawed open, and the last bits of soda were dripping out the can onto the ground. Just how much stuff could that little creature even fit inside of his belly? Ashi would've exploded if she had drunk this much Hetap.
With a sigh, she realized that maybe there was still a way for her to get some grub out of this that wasn't just a bunch of salty (and shitty) chips, and it involved playing along with Yogu's attempts to get the bug to play straight. "But, yeah, you know, that grocery store across the street has all sorts of different stuff that's way better than these room temperature cans of Hetap here," Ashi urged the bug on, "I bet your stomach would explode with how much stuff there is over there for you to eat! You'd probably not go hungry for days on end with all the stuff you could eat!" She paused, then glanced over at Yogu. "I mean, if you have the money for it. Stealing is definitely bad, yes. Don't do that."
TAGS: Chromo
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Post by Chromo on Jan 24, 2019 13:58:44 GMT -6
CHROMO'S TOTAL PL: 64,000
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CHROMO 1'S PL: 16,000 | CHROMO 2'S PL: 16,000
CHROMO 3'S PL: 16,000 | CHROMO 4'S PL: 16,000
Chromo glared right up at the Arcosian who claimed he wasn't with the Fleet. The bug seemed to be staring into his very soul, narrowing his eyes. "Well, that gray dummyhead isn't here now. But he was the ONLY reason I didn't slap all those other Fleety nerds where they stood!" Without Mumbo around, Chromo could easily take an Arcosian. Right? The bug seemed very confident in his abilities, at least. "But fiiiiine. If you're lyin' and I see you doing Fleety things though, you're gonna get it!" He snapped his jaws as a warning, a small puff of steam flying from his flared nose. Chromo resumed munching on his Hetap, eating some of the can itself as well. He paused when Ashi began to approach, his eyes going red and munching silenting, simply staring at the Konatsian with a look of death in his eyes. He'd swiftly go back to eating the last bits of the aluminum can itself when Ashi stepped away, though, letting the others mull over the scene for a bit while he was distracted. Yogu's comment snapped him back into the situation when he slurped up the last bits of Hetap off the ground. "Snacks!?" He perked up again, darting over so quick it looked like he'd teleported. "Well, what are we waiting for? I've got mouths to feed!" Mouth s. As in, plural? As for where he was from... "Well, I remember waking up in a weird tube-thing somewhere in West City before anything else." Chromo was put together in CURE's depths, but the bug seemed to grimace in disgust as those memories resurfaced. "But I live out here! In a lot of places!" That was another way to say homeless. Ashi's explaination of the supermarket caused Chromo's eyes to sparkle, a bit of acidic saliva drizzling from his jaw at the thought of such wondrous snacks. He didn't know what money was, or why he needed it... Maybe that was some kind of sauce for the food to make it taste better? His expression shifted to confusion when that word was said, but he'd turn back around as another can of emptied Hetap was flung from the back of the truck, distant skittering heard inside.
"Wellll, thanks for the idea! Did ya hear that, guys?!?" Dozens, if not hundreds of more beady eyes shone from within the truck. "It's snack time! I hope they have barbecue chips!" Without so much of a thought, and in complete disregard to the others' insistence of not stealing, a swarm of similar-looking bugs stormed out of the vehicle, though the clones lacked the bright red abdomen and pointed horn that their more sentient leader had. As quickly as they came, the bugs were gone, plowing through the now rapidly spinning revolving doors to enter the large store. It didn't take long for them to scatter throughout the shop and cause panic and screaming. Some would fight in a tug-o-war over some steak while another flock of Chromos spun around in a cotton candy machine, and a few were even hanging on the light fixtures or racing in shopping carts, among other shenanigans. Their horned leader was seemingly lost in the swarm of lookalikes, but four of the bugs boasted larger powers in the crowd for those who could read their energies... This couldn't end well.
Chromo's shopping spree begins!
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[UT3] PANDEMIC activated! Chromo is in a FOUR-WAY multiform.
Each of the four scattered Chromos have 16,000 PL. The others have lower NPC-level powers.
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Feel free to make up some the NPC swarms' shenanigans or RP some of their reactions if need be!
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Post by Hale on Jan 24, 2019 18:01:30 GMT -6
His attention kept shifting between the small comparitively to them but massive compared to most beetles thing, the apparently broke pointy-eared lady, and the guy who seemed to be trying to teach a lesson to a foot tall energy drink addicted bug. Both of the humanoids seemed to assume he might have money and Hale wasn't really sure how to respond in a way that wasn't laughing or a blank stare. "I'm not sure if you guys noticed but I'm not wearing pants. Or at least not in the way that you other species wear clothes. I have sort of organic clothes, so no, no pockets and no cash on me." Shrugging a bit. "Sorry guys." He started to frantically wave his arms "No no, stay away from the grocery store. Or at least if you are planning on going in like you did that truck. That could end poorly if there are people in there." He turned back again to the large-eyed beetle as he spoke up, nodding softly. "Hey, if you want to slap them don't let me stop you. I'm more than happy to slap them right along with you. I hear they aren't all that smart anyways." Hale gave him an exaggerated nod and a thumbs up. "Deal. I don't want to get on your bad side, you seem pretty big and strong after all." He was being a bit patronizing, but not in any insulting way, but more like one might to a child to inflate their ego. The small guy was amusing at the very least, though there was something about him that seemed awfully dangerous and made Hale on edge. The way he acted, his mannerisms, eating whole cans, the surprising speed he possessed, it was all a bit unnerving. His head snapped over as he saw the can fly out of the truck and hear something coming from it he had missed before, and his eyes went wide as he had a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach suddenly. "Oh what the HELL?!" He screamed at the top of his lungs seeing all the bugs come flying out of the truck. "No no no no!" Running off, ignoring the other two in a sheer panic as he chased after the swarm of bug creatures trying to grab them up, eventually pulling around a shopping cart attempting to toss them in as he went. Om-Yogu |
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CHROMO - THE BEST BUG
