Post by Tenshi the Sunkern on Jan 1, 2013 3:00:01 GMT -5
With the Nature Zone having been open for a small while, monsters were beginning to flood into it to hunt and exercise. Among these was the Gatekeeper of Makai, Otalsys. The massive worm was a flesh-eater by nature, and though the soil in his room was able to sustain him, he desires flesh... bloody, raw flesh. The worm was laying low beneath the soil in the forest area, undetected, and waiting...
He didn't have to wait long. A small herd of Lancastor deer emerged from a grove of trees, the giant herbivores grazing on the grass and trees. With the prey before him, the trap was set. Slowly, otalsys swam through the soil toward the herd, moving low enough and slow enough to keep the herd from detecting him.
And then, when he was close enough, the giant worm charged forward. The ground rumbled as a massive ridge in the earth rose up, signaling the oncoming killer. The deer turned, and ran for it. The herd of 7 were moving fast, faster than Otalsys could keep up... but he didn't need for catch up to him...
Rather, the trap he had set earlier was about to-
As the farthest of the deer ran, the ground beneath it gave way. Braying in alarm, the Lancastor and the one behind it were helpless as they plummeted down the 200 meter sinkhole. The rest of the herd managed to run around it, bu tfor the two deers, they were now trapped and flailing around in the pit...
And then, Otalsys struck from the side. The giant worm barreled out of the side of the pit and latched onto the Lancastor, teeth digging into the neck of the deer while his coils wrapped around the deer's side. The lancastor tried to get free, but Otalsys's grip was inescapable... and the area around it's neck was dying as th epoisonous bite of the worm did it's job. The other Lancastor lowered it's horns and prepared to charge, to pierce the worm and free it's fellow herd member... but a second attacker struck right then. thorny vines wrapped all around the deer, constricting it and keeping it restrained as the vines began to haul the animal out of the pit. The deer thrashed around and flailed, trying to free itself like it's brtherin, but this too was hopeless. Blood now ran down the gashes where the thorns had pierced as it was being dragged off... Someone had use for this animal, to replenish their meat storage... for them, this place wasn't for hunting, but was more like a personal farm of meat for them to use... so long as they obeyed the laws of the UCA.
As for Otalsys, he didn't notice what had happened. No, he was too caught on with his Lancastor, who was now dying within his grasp. With the deer and him at the bottom of the pit, it looked like he would have a meal all to himself in peace...
He didn't have to wait long. A small herd of Lancastor deer emerged from a grove of trees, the giant herbivores grazing on the grass and trees. With the prey before him, the trap was set. Slowly, otalsys swam through the soil toward the herd, moving low enough and slow enough to keep the herd from detecting him.
And then, when he was close enough, the giant worm charged forward. The ground rumbled as a massive ridge in the earth rose up, signaling the oncoming killer. The deer turned, and ran for it. The herd of 7 were moving fast, faster than Otalsys could keep up... but he didn't need for catch up to him...
Rather, the trap he had set earlier was about to-
As the farthest of the deer ran, the ground beneath it gave way. Braying in alarm, the Lancastor and the one behind it were helpless as they plummeted down the 200 meter sinkhole. The rest of the herd managed to run around it, bu tfor the two deers, they were now trapped and flailing around in the pit...
And then, Otalsys struck from the side. The giant worm barreled out of the side of the pit and latched onto the Lancastor, teeth digging into the neck of the deer while his coils wrapped around the deer's side. The lancastor tried to get free, but Otalsys's grip was inescapable... and the area around it's neck was dying as th epoisonous bite of the worm did it's job. The other Lancastor lowered it's horns and prepared to charge, to pierce the worm and free it's fellow herd member... but a second attacker struck right then. thorny vines wrapped all around the deer, constricting it and keeping it restrained as the vines began to haul the animal out of the pit. The deer thrashed around and flailed, trying to free itself like it's brtherin, but this too was hopeless. Blood now ran down the gashes where the thorns had pierced as it was being dragged off... Someone had use for this animal, to replenish their meat storage... for them, this place wasn't for hunting, but was more like a personal farm of meat for them to use... so long as they obeyed the laws of the UCA.
As for Otalsys, he didn't notice what had happened. No, he was too caught on with his Lancastor, who was now dying within his grasp. With the deer and him at the bottom of the pit, it looked like he would have a meal all to himself in peace...
