It was more than a little weird being connected to someone without a tangible means of monitoring it - no cables, no diagnostics or vitals to read and track. This was a lot more personal, and even worse, he had to depend entirely on Qilby to be able to fight. It'd be just his luck the old man would have been bluffing about his skills when it came to combat of any sort. At the very least he could pick up on the Meister's confidence in his own abilities, which was promising enough.
Most Kishin Eggs didn't operate under the guise of stealth, and this one was no exception. There was no telling how long it had lived in this cave, but it was certainly enough time for it to lose all resemblance to the human it had once been. It pulled itself along on two powerful front legs, with claws like daggers sinking into the dirt. Barricade had seen plenty of freaky organic aliens in his lifetime, but this one looked like some mutant cross between a snake, a skink, and a pincushion. The smooth scales that covered its body erupted in spines around its joints and all down its back, all of them shock white except where they'd been stained with the blue fungus.
"Why would it? Not like it has any natural predators down here," he finally replied. He watched the Kishin lumber up to a stop, tilting its head as it regarded them with hungry interest. A long, forked blue tongue took a lazy taste of the air between them, and that was apparently all it needed to confirm it wanted to kill them.
It moved faster than something its size should, powering forward on those strong legs and closing the last few yards between them. Opening its jaws, the Kishin roared, lunging to take a chunk out of Qilby.
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Most Kishin Eggs didn't operate under the guise of stealth, and this one was no exception. There was no telling how long it had lived in this cave, but it was certainly enough time for it to lose all resemblance to the human it had once been. It pulled itself along on two powerful front legs, with claws like daggers sinking into the dirt. Barricade had seen plenty of freaky organic aliens in his lifetime, but this one looked like some mutant cross between a snake, a skink, and a pincushion. The smooth scales that covered its body erupted in spines around its joints and all down its back, all of them shock white except where they'd been stained with the blue fungus.
"Why would it? Not like it has any natural predators down here," he finally replied. He watched the Kishin lumber up to a stop, tilting its head as it regarded them with hungry interest. A long, forked blue tongue took a lazy taste of the air between them, and that was apparently all it needed to confirm it wanted to kill them.
It moved faster than something its size should, powering forward on those strong legs and closing the last few yards between them. Opening its jaws, the Kishin roared, lunging to take a chunk out of Qilby.