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"...Sweep the area. This has to be a trap." You say, and the kobolts are quick to follow your command. But the lack of real cover makes it a quick sweep, and just a little bit later, it seems this place is as empty as it seems... Unless one were to find the frogs suspicious. The mosquitos are certainly not to be trusted, but they don't need to put up an ambush, they mostly just try to drain you and proceed to instantly die from the mana overdose.
It's been kind of amusing to see, to be entirely honest, if intensely disturbing at first.
With all that done, you figure you can move on to phase two of your master plan.You grab a nearby branch, and... poke the chest.
It doesn't do anything at first, so you poke it a little harder. That makes it shudder, and take a little step back, using the little nubs as legs.
ah.
You take out your shotgun, and poke the mimic against the lock, harder this time. That makes it wake up, two big eyes popping right open, along with the whole thing opening up its jaw. A huge, slobbery tongue flops out as well, revealing a giant mouth filled to the brim with teeth, popping out as if from nowhere compared to before.
Then the creature finishes yawning, and looks at you and the rest of the party for a moment. It leans forward, it's big slobbery tongue still hanging out, and makes a quick little squeak, like that of a hinge without enough oil.
It's just... sitting there, actually, it's little wooden nubs turning into proper legs the longer it's awake. It does a little trot, circling around itself, before it tilts it's torso (and head) at you and moves closer. On a hunch... you let it, and it just kind of licks your hand a little before hopping backwards and making another creaky hinge noise.
...This is the first time you've ever seen a mimic, and it seems almost criminally adorable.
>Shoot it with your shotgun.
>Leave it here
>Adopt it.
