Day 9 part 5
So when was the last time you rammed a rock wall with your face? I do it far too often of late...
For me it was all of five seconds ago, even bailing off the whale still only slowed me down a little.
So I'm seeing stars that don't exist in this world, but for the first time in a while I'm back to being me, completely.
Too bad I have a seriously enraged, yet eloquent sperm whale seeking as he put it as he crashed:
my 'extirpation'.
So to myself a belated and sarcastic clap is well earned. I made the stupid whale smarter. I actually fixed his thick head! So now not only will he spout barely comprehensible phrases, now his tactics are better than 'charge' and 'kill'. Oh, I can hear the thunderous ovation!
I am a dead squid floating.
I can barely move under my own power.
I'm more bruise than muscle and I'm mostly muscle.
I think even one of my hearts isn't working properly any more.
“Spermy? Really!” The whale responds, disgusted. “I am Francis P. Barington of the Barington-Smythes. You do me a dreadful disservice with your shoddy names.”
“You are referring to our pluck and verve?” [Whale]
A blank look. Fine, humiliation it is then, fancy-pants whale.
“How can you not know your entire species is named after ejaculate? You know, jism, man juice, tadpole soup, splooge... baby gravy?” [Squid]
“It sounds like you mean...” [Whale]
“Yes, the birds and the bees... um... clown fish and anemones?” [Squid]
“You mean we are known as...?!” [Horrified Whale]
“Yep. You are a Sperm whale. It is what you are called by every race that knows of you...”
“No...!” [Crying Whale]
“Yes, so behind your back every non sperm-whale you ever knew was thinking about how much you resemble a penis.” I add. “You're even full of white fluid under pressure...”
“But... I'm a girl!” [Traumatized Whale]
“You are? I can't really tell... but regardless, they were and still are.” [Squid]
Please give me a few more moments to recover a little, using my cold aura and cold recuperation...
“So that was why they laughed at me...” [Suddenly Angry Whale]
“Are you laughing at me too? Because it seems like you are.” [Furious Whale]
Oh damn... I messed up...
“No, no. I wanted you to know, it was like that with me too, you know... demon, devilfish... it is hurtful...” [Squid hurriedly]
“You're comparing?! I'm named for the disgusting gunk that...” [Very Angry Whale]
“...is the source of life?” [Squid]
“So you wouldn't be upset by a name like this?” [Whale]
“I'd... I'd be proud of it!” I lie through my beak.
“I don't really want to intrude, but neither of ya noticed me and I was so entertained... I'm giving you a heads up. I'm feeling hungry and I got a good smell of whale blood... but to think I'd willingly be swallowing sperm...” [Mysterious creepy voice]
“What did you say?!” The furious whale replied turning to the source of the voice.
I'm not liking that voice... if Spermy had been a ten on my sixth sense, this was a seventy.
A shark.
Sure enough the teeth of this thing are the first thing I notice; huge triangles the length a human hand.
He has a piggish look to his eyes and snout.
Big.
Slightly more than half the size of Spermy but even so, massive.
This wasn't some kind of illusion, right? I mean even Great White Sharks and Whale Sharks don't get this big... and he is eyeing Spermy like a freshly grilled steak.
“Huhuhu... but then what will I have as an appetizer?” [Megalodon Shark]
“I can suggest siren... I do have a few spares stashed away...” [Squid]
“Dessert too! Oh, what a fine meal...” [Megalodon Shark]
“Spermy? Truce? I think this guy is a titan...” [Squid]
“Yeah... you're just slimy, he is genuinely cruel... we have a truce.” [Whale]
“I'm pretty banged up, so I won't be very fast moving... but I'll offer any support I can.” [Squid]
“I have confidence in my body; if you have to hit us both at once.” [Whale]
“Are you two serious? Usually my food runs, ya'know? I'd certainly catch ya, but that's part of the fun... well if ya wanna fight it will be a nice change. Haven't had enemies team up in a while either... this is refreshing...” [Megalodon Shark]
“Shark, you do realize the whale isn't injured any more, right?” [Squid]
“What difference does that make? Death is death, a meal is a meal.” [Megalodon Shark]
“You don't even see her as a challenge?!” [Squid]
“I only see meat. I like whales, fleshy and rich tasting.” [Megalodon Shark]
“I've killed sharks before...” I bluffed.
“So have I.” [Megalodon Shark]
“You don't know us; we won't be easy meat.” [Squid]
“If every meal was easy I would have been bored to death centuries ago...” [Megalodon Shark]
“So let me get this straight... you're smaller and you're older than me and still think I'm just food? I'm insulted, grandpa...” [Whale]
“Uh, I should mention I can tell how strong enemies are... compared to him, you're a pushover...” [Squid]
“You are serious?” [Whale]
“Like a giant shark that wants to eat us, serious.” [Squid]
“Huhuhu.” [Megalodon Shark]
“All out attack?” [Whale]
“Agreed.” [Squid]
“HAHAHAHAHA!!! Come die, young ones.” [Megalodon Shark]
“After you, piggy.” [Squid]
“Piggy? What is a piggy?” [Mega Shark]
“A gluttonous animal that is butchered for meat. In other words... you.” [Squid]
“Ya aren't funny at all now. I let ya keep talking for that reason only... but now I'm takin' offense. Ya'll have no value ta me as anythin' but meat now.” [Mega shark]
That casual remark, a statement of his thoughts was enough to make me shiver. Even so, I replied defiantly: “Funny, I was going to say the same thing about you, piggly wiggly shark.”
“Just fer that, I'm eatin' ya by nibbles.” [Mega shark]
“You've only ever eaten things in big bites, pig.” [Squid] “Oink, oink, oink...”
“Yer dead!” [Mega shark]
“You're bacon!” [Squid]
Oh shit, he's charging me!
Reflection Field activated~
I jam the empty barrier into the sharks jaws but he crunches it like candy. Soft candy.
Fine, quantity over quality...
Reflection Field activated~
You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.
Reflection Field activated~
Reflection Field activated~
Reflection Field activated~
Reflection Field activated~
Layering multiple barriers around myself still isn't enough, he bites through them all and manages to take several legs in the process. Damn you! I got those working only recently!
Ah, he's coming back around for more...
As he closes he gets introduced to the bullet train whale. She even uses her teeth to tear into him. The gashes are less than I would expect... perhaps he has a physical resistance skill like my water and ice versions? But even the bite and that resistance doesn't account for his utter confidence.
Spermy backs off as the shark catches her with a bite. It heals again, slowly filling in the lost flesh. The bigger the injury the slower the regeneration, huh. I should be taking notes...
Wait... the shark is healing too... oh crap, I know that skill... he has vampiric regeneration?!
He pauses, instead of charging in and biting the whale... what the heck is he doing?
I can feel something...
This is strange. This isn't my sixth sense. This isn't the current or temperature... I can feel some thing happening...
Passive Ability: Mana Sense learned~
“Whale, evade! Now!” [Squid]
“Why in this blue ocean would I...?” [Whale]
…
Did I just see what I thought I saw?
Spermy's down!
That shark bastard just conjured five duplicates of himself out of water and set them all on that poor mammal... they did real, physical damage too! If I'm really unlucky, as usual... he can use those in conjunction with his vampiric regeneration too.
The shark's going after Spermy to finish her off!
Permafrost Barrage activated~
I send the spray of javelins toward the shark's nose but he avoids it... an attack he couldn't even see.
He even has a sixth sense-like skill?!
This isn't a shark, its a damn living dreadnought!
Without Spermy around it'll be over in a second for me...
“Here little miss piggy... come on... that's a terrific pig...” [Squid]
Well I got him to change targets... not sure how smart it was, now that I'm only going to die sooner at this rate.
What the hell, you only live twice.
I need to stop him... the barriers aren't effective enough... I need...
Ability: Frozen Spike Barricade learned~
Yes. A wall of spikes. He avoided it!
He didn't try to break through... he must be more fragile than Spermy after all.
Now I have something that'll make him back off I have to use it properly...
Oh... I just had a very nasty idea...
“Come get some pig!”
“RRRAAARRGH!!!”
I think I broke the shark...
Well... lets see if your danger sense can detect traps within traps...
I let all my aura out. Come get some ice...
Ink Cloud (Greater) activated~
Reflection Field activated~ x 10
Yes! Got you now...
Shark comes out of the cloud with a nifty new present; a ring of barriers around his neck, all connected and as I add the finishing touches... frozen to his skin.
Using a combination of cryokinesis and my tractor beam hydrokinesis I pull him to a halt.
Do you by any chance know what the main weakness of a shark is?
If they don't keep swimming most will drown.
I connect a parachute of ice to the ring. He isn't going anywhere.
“Whatsamatter porky? You're turning blue...” [Squid]
He's readying magic against me... huh. He's desperate.
Time to end this.
Ability: Frozen Spike Barricade activated~
Ability: Frozen Spike Barricade activated~
I create two domes with the spikes inside and seal sharky into the Iron Maiden v2.0.
His spell stopped, magic disrupted!
Being stabbed will certainly distract...
I form large holes in the ice and circle the bubble.
Permafrost Pike activated~
Permafrost Pike activated~
Permafrost Pike activated~
Piggy's got a tripod now, emerging from his belly.
He's still wriggling! He survived all of that!
Fine, I have to take it to the next level...
I send a thin blade down the center of the bubble and then pull the two halves apart, like a capsule with a toy inside.
Sharky goes in two directions at the same time. His tail is going south, his head north-north east.
Fatality!
“That'll do pig.” [Squid]
What we learned this chapter:
Squid took down a Titan!
Spermy is really pitiful.
It seems having a your brains scrambled slightly and then regenerating restores personality to normalcy too...
If anyone noticed the Charlotte's Web references.
What we don't see:
Gratuitous twins bathing scene...
Snails playing hide and seek to pass the time... on Yumi.
Yumi is not amused... until they allow gambling...
The snails losing their shells due to bets...
The snails now do her bidding...
Yumi ordering the snails to paralyze the other sirens for a week...