>>6057677COMM successfully persuades.
"Listen, those are infrsound I hear from that Kaiju! This Kaiju can already hear it... hm, let's put codenames on. That Kaiju will be called Carpet, while the one we're on is Legion."
"Hmm... very good... we'll steal their secrets from the shadows... huhuhu, continue."
"So, Legion's instincts can already halfway decipher the general tone of what Carpet is saying, we just need a bit more resolution and analysis. May I deploy the antenna?"
"Yeah sure..."
Quietly, a silver rod extends from Legion's metallic cranial cap - as Carpet slowly moves closer, the antenna picks up a wider array of infrasound waves at the same time as Legion's jawbone does. Then, this jumbled cacophony of data is swiftly analyzed by COMM, who immediately AI-translated the vibrations into something the sub-AIs can parse.
《The orchards are growing nicely today... there haven't been any other trespassers seen since that last one some time ago...》
Seems like Carpet here is some kind of guardian of the mushroom forest - or maybe a caretaker? Tender?
Also, the way it talked about a previous trespasser makes you think. Didn't the humans sent a MEKK through some time before you did? Could it be that the 'trespasser' Carpet's rambling about be that missing MEKK? PTRT seemed ecstatic.
"We should find and retrieve that MEKK! Even if we're not doing it for the [DATA CORRUPTED], we could take and use it for our own!"
Anyhow, as you ruminated on this new intel, Carpet's making its way towards you.
《Hm? Something smells different...》
You and your fellow sub-AI went into alert. Seems like Carpet navigates by smell instead of sight! Whether this is because of the organic matter covering up its eyes, or it doesn't have eyes in the first place (let FLRA be giddy about it), your cover might be blown! But then again, those mushrooms you piled on Legion's back might still be some use - Legion might still smell like mushrooms.
>ROLL 1D100 FOR CAMO EFFECTIVENESS, BEST OF 3>MEANWHILE, CHOOSE ONE>□ PTRT "It can't see, you say? Then why don't we trip it! Then interrogate it!">□ FLRA "Hold on, I might be able to synthesize a pheromone that'll make it turn around!">□ ROAR "STRIKE IT DOWN WHEN IT IS CLOSEST! AIM FOR ITS THROAT, RIP AND TEAR!">□ SHDO "Sigh... keep silent. We'll either strike or escape when it is distracted... a shame we cannot teleport behind it...">□ COMM "We could trick it by saying we've just returned from Earth! We're laying here because we're tired after fighting a MEKK, yeah..." 