Of course, the moment Vita registered the death of something living nearby, it got gobbled up and added to the mass. But the mass only grew somewhat larger and with small bone spikes poking out from right underneath the surface. In case something just as stupid wandered nearby.
As the urchin looking Vita finished assuming a form, it started slowly moving deeper into the lake. Like an unstoppable beast of death, anything that got too close was killed and eaten, no creature spared. From the smallest plankton to the — oh? As one of Vitas bullets shot out to kill, a rather long fish with blue stripes covering its body like the stripes of a tiger, it managed to dodge out of the way with a small flex of its body. It turned around to look at Vita and started slowly swimming forward. While it moved forward, its stripes shed a soft light that pulsed with its movements. But whatever that odd magic was meant to do, it had no effect on Vita.
Another bullet shot out, and the fish managed to dodge it again. And then another and another. While the shots weren't being fired at a rate similar to a modern weapon, the shots themselves were still quick enough to pierce flesh. And yet here was a magical fish capable of predicting where the shots would travel.
Still glowing, the fish was technically within striking range for Vita. Yet the curiosity of how far this thing could push itself was of great interest and something to potentially implement into Wendigo-Vita. It kept getting closer, moving just enough to move out of the way from every bullet, but at this distance it seems to struggle ever so slightly. Finally, a line was cut out of its side, sending scales and flesh free. It reacted to this by attempting to turn around and potentially escape, but it was already too late.
By the time the fourth bullet had missed, Vita had covered the bullets with the most potent poison/venom Vita had. The skullshroom of death. Even the urchin-like flesh blob had gotten signs of this odd rot. But now that didn't matter, any damage taken was easy enough to recover from. There was after all a nice collection of meat right here!
All Vita had to do was reach out — And get it stolen by an even larger fish that swam by like a torpedo, eating both the dodger fish and the limb Vita had reached out with. And it wouldn't have been such a rage-inducing scenario if Vita had some Vita-cells in that limb. But there weren't any! All that, all that potential that could have gone to upgrading Wendigo-Vita, was wasted. But then Vita recognized the small pieces still floating around the water! Of course, while having more to eat would be better, the DNA was still there to be eaten!
Vita sent out multiple limbs, with Vita-cell filling, out to grab some samples. A fish similar to the previous torpedo snatched up the remains and broke off Vitas limbs. But there was no reason to get angry this time around, as Vita had successfully boarded the creature.
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*Vita*
Hey Vita, come check this out.
Fuck you mean, come check this out? Everything you see I see, just take a look yourself.
No, you have to check this out! Look, the fast-moving fish is barely a fish, it looks more like a hollow tube if these DNA-strings are correct.
How do you know what the fish looks like if ya don't have the eyes to look at it? Realistic, you shouldn't be able to 'see' what it looks like from just a line of protein. And even then, what you are saying is nonsense. It doesn't make sense for a living creature to be a straight-up tube, there is usually something closing off the tube. Even then, every creature is some kind of tube.
First off, I'm not the one that made the rules for what I can or can't see. Take that up with BRE if we ever meet that weirdo ever again. Second of all, this creature is quite literally a tube. Like a pipe made out of fish. It seems like it got some weird organs on the inside of the tube along its stomach that might be magical. While I or we don't know what the fuck that does for the tubefish, I am willing to guess it's the cause for its speed.
Well let me take a look then… Yeah, I have no clue from just looking at it. But it seems worth trying out some day, maybe later today, together with the DNA we stole from that doofus. In any case, let's get to work with this thing first. Never know if I might learn something new from it.
*World*
A peculiar fish, popular in The Kingdom amongst those that can afford them, called Pommer is easily spotted with its odd body. Instead of having a mouth or closed anus, this fish has formed its body into the shape of a tube over many years of exposure to magical energies. Despite its reliance on magic, it has not been labeled as a monster, it does not need it to survive and can in controlled environments thrive just as well as any other non-magical fish or aquatic creature.
The shape of its body and the magical organs in its body are able to rapidly suck in water, and in some rare cases air, with enough force to drive the creature forward and drive any food into its open mouth. Using these organs called by fishermen Inverted fins, the pommer moves with explosive speed through water and any prey animals it preys upon. It is therefore recommended that one uses bait that either produces light or reflects it to mimic the scales of smaller fish.
This peculiar pommer has just managed to catch a hurt Mezmer, but after a few seconds of flying through the water it experienced a seizure. The pommer, having lost control of its body, crashed into the ground and kicking up a large dust cloud. But a moment later, the pommer darted out of the cloud at a much slower pace compared to before.
The reason for this? An odd, almost cancerous, growth spreading from the lip of its mouth and to the brain that seemed to force its way into the skull of the creature. With a final spasm, it swam to where another ball of flesh had climbed up a dead stick and proceeded to swallow the little thing before moving towards the center of the lake.