>>5843418“So. Darutanias.” you address as you look at him underneath your mech’s arm. “You gonna explain why this thing’s so angry with you?”
‘Well… I admit I have no… personal awareness of what that is.’ he very obviously lies. ‘But perhaps it sees the form I am in and finds it repulsive, dangerous, even! All the more reason to return me to a human body.’
There’s a screech of rage, followed by a psychic message of ‘KWOYNEH’ that’s just filled with dripping malice and hatred, a message it repeats as it starts to approach.
“See, it has its target, and it clearly wants some kind of revenge on it.” Haru Haru comments. “Almost tempted to just say we leave the thing as bait for it elsewhere so this… whatever it is doesn’t bother us.”
‘Wait wait wait! I uh, just remembered! It might be… some kind of experiment performed by, uh, the followers of the mad prophet that wish to bring about the demise of the royal family?’ he speaks up pleadingly.
“My, what excellent timing to recall such a piece of information.” you say in an emotionless monotone that’s still filled to the bring with sarcasm. “Whatever. Leaving it alone could give us problems, but as it is now, it’s no major threat. I’ve got another idea: let’s capture it!”
‘...What?’ Darutanias asks in utter bewilderment.
Piccolo gives an approving nod, while Haru Haru rolls her eyes. “Fine, fine, capture it.”
It finally leaps with surprising speed at you, though you still dodge its attempt to stab your mech with the device on its other arm. It then holds up the shield, expecting a retaliatory strike. Instead, Piccolo holds it in place with telekinesis while you form a large, reinforced sphere around it, doubled up to keep it from breaking out. Sorta transparent at the top so you can keep an eye on what it’s trying to do. As Piccolo’s hold on it loosens, the thing immediately tries to break out, even releasing a powerful pulse of energy against the sphere, but you’ve reinforced it enough that it’s able to hold.
…You’re almost tempted to add a big stripe around the middle of it, and then another circle in the middle of that stripe, and then show it off to Peppa. Ehh, let it calm down first. Then ask your cousin the name of the thing you caught. Hehehehe.
“If you’re done playing around with the mannequin demon, I’ve got some good news.” Haru Haru’s voice calls to you. “There are more of these in here. A good deal more.” You and Piccolo approach, and see several more devices like the one the mannequin was holding. It’s still trying to break out, releasing pulses of energy into the sphere you imprisoned it within.
>A. Let’s look over the energy containers, see how they work>B. Take a moment to get the thing you’ve captured to calm down, show it you don’t intend harm>C. Gather the stuff up and let’s keep going, we still have a job to do>D. Something else? 