06-02-2015, 12:33 AM
Harry didn't know what had happened. One minute he was with Mickey, Samus, and Erza, eating venison from the deer Samus had killed and sharing a nice, calm moment of camaraderie with everyone, and the next, there he was, on this beach. The disorientation, combined with his frustration at being alone and his shock at being so far from his original position, was enough to jar his instincts loose. For a while, Harry Dresden took a backseat to the Winter Knight.
And the Knight needed to move.
He grabbed his gun and checked his map and compass. He whirled in place and spotted a landmark that couldn't possibly be mistaken. Combining that intelligence with the position of Mt Blair, the Knight oriented himself due north and set off into the trees, keeping the danger zones in the back of his mind and scrambling through the underbrush with an ease of movement born of instinct; the sheer animal knowledge of Winter might not be an expert parkour user, but it could manage some twigs and roots just fine. A game trail ran through the woods, and the Knight picked it up swiftly. Continuing north for about an hour brought him to a clearing, and a sight strange enough to confuse the Winter Knight long enough for Harry to take control once again.
"Stars and stones, what the hell was that?" He muttered to himself. Looking into the clearing at the floating sphere of tentacles, he added, "And what is that?" He approached cautiously, BFG at the ready, only to hear a tiny little voice emanate from the floating mass of tentacles.
"Go 'way! Desco is a Final Boss! Desco will annihilate you!" Harry looked at the floating tentacles and sighed, kneeling down next to it. Whoever was inside might've been his enemy, by the rules of this game, but...
It was a kid. That much was obvious from the voice. Harry was not going to hurt a little kid just to satisfy Karl Jak. Final boss? That sounds like something from one of Butters' computer games. That thought gave him an idea. Harry reached out a hand and tapped on one of the tentacles. "Desco? My name's Harry Dresden. I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm a wizard. You know... I lost my boss. I could use another one to work for, at least for a little bit. Do you need a wizard, miss Final Boss?"
And the Knight needed to move.
He grabbed his gun and checked his map and compass. He whirled in place and spotted a landmark that couldn't possibly be mistaken. Combining that intelligence with the position of Mt Blair, the Knight oriented himself due north and set off into the trees, keeping the danger zones in the back of his mind and scrambling through the underbrush with an ease of movement born of instinct; the sheer animal knowledge of Winter might not be an expert parkour user, but it could manage some twigs and roots just fine. A game trail ran through the woods, and the Knight picked it up swiftly. Continuing north for about an hour brought him to a clearing, and a sight strange enough to confuse the Winter Knight long enough for Harry to take control once again.
"Stars and stones, what the hell was that?" He muttered to himself. Looking into the clearing at the floating sphere of tentacles, he added, "And what is that?" He approached cautiously, BFG at the ready, only to hear a tiny little voice emanate from the floating mass of tentacles.
"Go 'way! Desco is a Final Boss! Desco will annihilate you!" Harry looked at the floating tentacles and sighed, kneeling down next to it. Whoever was inside might've been his enemy, by the rules of this game, but...
It was a kid. That much was obvious from the voice. Harry was not going to hurt a little kid just to satisfy Karl Jak. Final boss? That sounds like something from one of Butters' computer games. That thought gave him an idea. Harry reached out a hand and tapped on one of the tentacles. "Desco? My name's Harry Dresden. I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm a wizard. You know... I lost my boss. I could use another one to work for, at least for a little bit. Do you need a wizard, miss Final Boss?"
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