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Post by slicsinatra on Apr 7, 2023 1:35:53 GMT -5
“Good copy. You heard em guys. One of you take the lead when I leave. Wait for Captain’s orders. I’m gonna go quiet.” I continue to the brush and break off from the team. I go find a somewhat elevated position with a good line of sight toward the open area where we are being tracked. Once in position I set up my active camo and drone. I also maintain the FLIR vision and make note of my teams trail. I search my gear for a suppressor for my rifle and set up my bullet drop laser and scope.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Apr 7, 2023 3:09:59 GMT -5
Captain Davis: “Let me know what you find. We are monitoring the giants.” You reach a suitable location. It’s not too high of ground, since the high ground in the area looks covered in dense shrubs, but there is low ground and a clear line of sight to the path the team took. “Callus. The giants re-diverting toward the waypoint the team is going.” Within moments, a target appears, trying to keep up, and out of breath. Apparently the team is too fast. Upon closer examination, it looks like the kid from Jumanji after he turned animal like, at least it has a snout like it. The rest of the body is frail looking, has droopy pointed ears, and has teeth like an opossum. The nose is rodent like, but it’s hairless, other than the top of its head, which it has softly thin hairs there, and a narrowed chin that sort of comes to a beveled point. It’s definitely not human, but is bipedal. “They’ll be on you in 15 by my calculations.” The creature crosses the clearing, unaware of your presence.
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Post by slicsinatra on Apr 7, 2023 12:59:06 GMT -5
“Hyla, got someone tailing you. Bipedal, humanoid. Don’t know if he’s tracking or running away from the giants. Advise a diversion, if the opportunity presents might be good to keep eyes on them.” I watch through my scope for any secondary trackers other than the humanoid.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Apr 7, 2023 18:43:06 GMT -5
2nd Lt. Hyla: “Captain said keep going to waypoint, that’s what we doin, sir.”
Captain Davis: “Hold short of popping that first one. Hyla and Bardlaw, if it’s doing what I think, make marks on the ground and act as if you aren’t trying to cover your tracks. Camo up just in the next tree line, capture that lead one. Caston, if a second one passes, you’re cleared to fire if it’s holding something. If this is Bedtagon, these beings use a scented the giants are attracted to. At least that’s what it says on the report.” He pauses for a brief moment. “I wonder what the giants will do to it if it’s slowed enough for them to catch it ?”
2nd Lt. Bardlaw: “They armed ?”
Captain Davis: “The giants of the trackers ?”
2nd Lt. Bardlaw: “Both.”
Captain Davis: “Giants have tree trunks as their sticks. It sure about the others. Caston, they armed ?” You know the one you saw didn’t appear to have a weapon from your perspective.
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Post by slicsinatra on Apr 7, 2023 19:00:27 GMT -5
“I didn’t see one. They were moving decently fast, wouldn’t hurt to be cautious.” I keep watching the clearing.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Apr 7, 2023 19:53:14 GMT -5
Captain Davis: “The giants are pretty far from us. We are 20 out from the town. Giants should be close to you.”
2nd Lt. Bardlaw: “Auto-camoed up.”
2nd Lt. Hyla: “Positioned across the path. Draping E-Whip.” Bardlaw can be heard cracking up at what they’re about to do. “There it is.” The coms go silent.
You see another walk out in a run, and he for sure has something in his hand, like a bag of some sort. You have just a few moments once he’s fully in the clearing to take a shot. He’s in the clearing. If you shoot, too to hit and call what you are aiming at.
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Post by slicsinatra on Apr 7, 2023 19:54:47 GMT -5
I aim at the hip cradle to disable, not kill. 17 to hit.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Apr 7, 2023 21:14:27 GMT -5
That’s a hit. A chunk of flesh splashes away and hits a tree, and the figure drops on the ground on its face. The bag slapped the ground and rolls, resting at the base of another tree. The first sound you hear from it is a shriek of pain. It rolls to its side and examines the injury. It begins to painfully moan.
2nd Lt. Bardlaw: “Got one in custody. It’s very hostile and agitated. I just had the urge to punch him but didn’t. If you bite me-“ he pauses. “Zip tied his ass. They’re a**holes.”
A giant comes into view. It’s nearly as tall as the trees. It walks up to the small creature as it’s moaning. When the creature noticed the giant, it almost looks like it’s trying to beg. The giant chuckles and pinches the creature up, and punches one leg and then its waits, and you hear a crunch as the creature painfully yells out. Another giant comes into view. They resemble giant midgets, but are heavily built like El Gigante, just the stent up right and are not influenced by a virus. The giant shakes the creature while hanging onto his waist. The creature vomits and the giant gives a face of disgust, and then slams the creature on the ground. It makes a pop sound as its belly bursts upon impact. The giant then uses its heel and grinds it into the ground, then covers it up. It crouches down and looks at the bag, and sniffs it. The giant collects the bag and walks back the way it came with the others that seemed to have came into view, no longer being drawn or led somewhere. After a few minutes, you receive a message from the captain, asking status.
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Post by slicsinatra on Apr 7, 2023 21:18:03 GMT -5
“Took a shot to incapacitate. Giants caught up to the target and killed them. Took a bag they were carrying. No longer pursuing the team.”
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Post by Dragnoxz on Apr 7, 2023 21:28:19 GMT -5
Captain Davis: “And that, my friends, is how we use tech and smarts to overcome-“ POP ! “s*** !” He stops speaking momentarily. “Overflow popped. Under attack from somewhere ! Searching. Will get back to ya. Hunker down for 10, then regroup last waypoint.” You hear another pop on his end but it’s not from him. The creatures that wave their hands to attack with a wormhole like segment that warps spacetime when it hits is being delivered to him and the team with him.
2nd Lt. Hyla: “s***. Glad we have these on.”
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Post by slicsinatra on Apr 7, 2023 21:30:53 GMT -5
“Hold like he said. Regrouping in 10.”
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Post by Dragnoxz on Apr 7, 2023 22:07:35 GMT -5
Ten minutes pass. When you pass by the location the creature was, there is not much left to find. The chunk that flew and slapped the tree is a piece of flesh and bone that smells of urine. The shot must’ve bursted its bladder. You eventually regroup with the two of your team. They have the captive with them, and it’s fairly feisty. It speaks no language you know.
2nd Lt. Hyla: “Found this on it. Or him.” She expresses that it’s obvious he’s a male. “I don’t know what ot is but he’s not happy we have it.” It looks like a crystal of some sort but also seems like a metal as well. It’s chrome and indigo rainbow like hues.
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Post by slicsinatra on Apr 7, 2023 23:53:35 GMT -5
“Must be what the giants wanted. Or at least a portion. They grabbed the bag the other was carrying. Let’s head to the next point. Something still doesn’t feel right about this place.” I take my team to the next area.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Apr 8, 2023 2:33:18 GMT -5
2nd Lt. Hyla: “This is the last waypoint that I have in my system. We were already here.”
2nd Lt. Bardlaw: “Yes. Captain said he’ll meet us here. Shall we explore the immediate area ?”
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Post by slicsinatra on Apr 8, 2023 18:19:15 GMT -5
“My bad lost it for a second. Yea let’s explore a bit. Captain, you all good?”
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