Chapter 46 Promo · 4:36pm Jul 26th, 2018
Megalon perked up at its arrival. Seismic vibrations of an unusual variety. With his feet burrowed under the ground, he twitched to turn around and face where it was coming from. The fact he could sense something coming free of energy signatures that might be unreliable and could do so without the dense foliage or twisting roads obscuring his vision was one of the reasons he was left on guard duty for the camp; aside from the fact stealth wasn’t his forte and he wanted to keep an eye on his friend Sonata. If prepared, he was effectively impossible to sneak up on unless the target was flying, in which the situation was extremely rare in this realm.
Turning about and focusing on the sounds all around, Megalon was able to distinguish between the known sources and the new signal to figure out which direction the latter was coming from. He could perceive the few signals he expected to find at camp, such as Sonata inside her room pacing; so the new source was easy to pinpoint despite how weird it sounded on the ground. It wasn’t heavy enough to be a car and yet didn’t sound like footsteps. And it was closing in. Fast.
Closing directly in on Sonata’s cabin from the other side! Megalon jumped up and pointed his hands in front of himself, arching forward in midair like he was diving into a pool though in this case his ‘splashdown’ was in dirt. Able to move just as fast as he could normally run, but now free of obstructions once he diverted under the foundations a safe distance, Megalon rapidly tunneled through the camp and made a beeline for the signal. A very confused onlooker stepped out from a cabin, carrying a load of turkey chops, and felt the shaking earth underfoot while pausing in confusion.
Able to confirm the target was indeed heading directly for Sonata’s cabin at breakneck speed, Megalon accelerated as fast as he could.
-Aaaah no you don’t!-
It suddenly diverted course in a wide loop, forcing him to chase after it instead of the attempted collision he first sought. He neared the surface, going through the looser soil to keep up with it and making it look like he was a certain rabbit taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque. Able to close the distance, the cyborg burst from the ground in the manner of a land shark and tackled the intruder just as they started to make their way towards the cabin.
Can't wait to see 46.
You can count on me to be there to check out the action! And I'll be sure to behave myself properly too.
Also I really loved the Bugs Bunny reference you made in this chapter.
Finally, if you don't mind me asking, Trab, any progress with the Junior/Chibi Mariner side story?
Hype train!
Yes lord
Nice to see Megalon in action and zi love the Bugs Bunny reference considering that Megalon is one of the three cartoony characters alongside Pinkie and Sonata. Hope to see the new chapter soon.
Seriously? I just got caught up. I still have other things to catch up on.