Abathur's introduction to Gensokyo is already heating up. What kind of adventures will continue on from here?
When reading the previous chapters, remember Stukov and Dehaka's accents, and the strange echoing of the voices of Kerrigan, Abathur, Izsha, and Zagara. It'll be a while until we see anyone from Starcraft other than Abathur, but I felt that I should remind you that all of the Zerg sound funny.
And to respond to some reviews:
Guest:
"villainous Abathur doesn't work"
Why?
-I probably should have clarified. My original plan was for Abathur to start out totally villainous, and have Gensokyo change him. However, while I was writing, instead of writing, "Evil, intimidating Evolution Master," I ended up writing, "Evolution Master in an existential crisis."
-In other words, I can't write him well enough as a villain without sacrificing an interesting viewpoint of Gensokyo and the Koprulu Sector, and that viewpoint is a lot more important to me than his villainy, especially since, while I still love it a lot, it's my least favorite part about his character. The fact that the part I like the least is still special to me just shows how much I love Abathur.
Dead Pann:
That scene with Abathur being carried around by other Zergs was pretty funny to imagine.
Abathur's mini-leviathan is toast, although I assume not all of the Zerg with him will die.
I hope he doesn't kill anyone.
Will Yukari give him a more... humanoid body?
-That's a big part of why I included it. The other part was to break up the monotony of "These Zerg saved him. These Zerg saved him." I can also safely say that Abathur won't kill anyone, this story isn't that dark, but injury is still a major possibility. As for a humanoid body and the Zerg with him dying, those are spoilers. I will say, however, thatsomethingwill happen to the mini Leviathan.
On another note, I'm waiting for FF to add the HotS characters to the character listings. It annoys me that you can list L80ETC as a character but not Abathur.
DISCLAIMER: Touhou Project belongs to Team Shanghai Alice, and Starcraft belongs to Blizzard Entertainment.
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As the trio neared the human village, Keine pointed at the behemoth in the sky.
"Holy-!" Marisa grimaced. "That thing's the size of a building!"
"And it's covered in weapons," Reimu pointed out. "Look- those are spikes at the ends of those tentacles. Danmaku might not be enough to take this thing down."
"I don't like the sound of that," Marisa sighed. "We haven't used anything other than Danmaku since before the Scarlet Mist Incident. You created the system just after we lost Mima in Makai, right?"
"That sounds like it was about the same time, yeah," Reimu returned. "It's been years, but we may have to resort to tactics we haven't used since the Mystic Square Incident."
"If you do that," Keine piped up. "Be sure not to destroy the Village. I'd like to keep the place I'm protecting safe from Youkai. Not that I know what kind of Youkai this thing is."
"I wouldn't be sure that it's even a Youkai," Reimu groaned. "Looks like something out of Makai. Which sounds like another reason why Danmaku might not be enough, the denizens of Makai were tough."
"Well, let's start with Danmaku and see if that's enough to hurt it," Marisa grinned. "We might end up taking it down quickly, ze!"
"Don't do that!" Keine shrieked uncharacteristically. "What if it landed in the Village?! That thing could land and destroy someone's home! It could kill at least five people by falling alone!"
"Yeesh, Keine," Marisa responded, wide-eyed. "Didn't take you for much of a panicker. Don't worry, we'll make sure it doesn't die or anything. Unless it's too dangerous, in which case we'll blow it into so many pieces that each one'll be smaller than a person!"
"I don't understand how that thing flies," Reimu decided, ending that train of thought. "There's no way that's physically possible!"
"Ignoring the fact that we're flyin' right now, ze."
"Shut up, Marisa!"
"Guys?" asked Keine. "Not to interrupt your incredibly important conversation… but is that who I think it is flying around that thing?"
Reimu and Marisa turned away from each other and looked ahead, and both lost all color.
"She's… still taking pictures at a time like this," Reimu moaned.
"Shameimaru'll never change, da ze," Marisa agreed.
Indeed, Aya Shameimaru zipped all around the floating behemoth, taking as many pictures as she could.
"She's going to get herself killed."
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Abathur couldn't help but be confused at the strange girl flying around the Leviathan. She appeared to be a Terran, except for the large crow wings on her back and speed rivaling the fastest Protoss scouts. She appeared to have a camera, of all things, and was taking pictures of the Leviathan from all angles, with complete disregard for her own safety.
And then, Abathur remembered.
Kerrigan had described the Youkai as humanoid. Humanoids were creatures in the shape of Terrans.
The Evolution Master realized that the girl before him was a Youkai.
And he knew what his job was.
"Releasing Mutalisks," he said. "Collect essence of female Youkai."
And with his command, the three Mutalisks sent with him flew out the "airlock" of the Leviathan.
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When three winged creatures came out of a hole in the side of the behemoth, Reimu's panic increased.
"That thing has other creatures inside of it?!" she shouted. "What the hell is that thing?!"
What made her blood truly boil was that the creatures were headed for Aya.
"Oh, no, oh nonono…" Reimu grimaced. "Shameimaru!"
Reimu increased her speed tenfold, going faster than she had ever gone before. Before long, she had knocked Aya out of the way, and the pair rammed into the side of the creature.
"Aya, what the hell are you doing?!" Reimu shouted. "Do you not understand the gravity of the situation at hand?!"
"Ayayayaya!" Aya grimaced in pain. "That hurt, Reimu! You pushed me too hard- my side'll be bruised for a week!"
"Answer the damn question!" Reimu snapped. "I don't have time for games!"
"I was taking pictures, of course!" Aya grinned. "My latest headline- Weird thing appears over Human Village! Could this be the work of the Gap-Hag?"
"There's a time and a place, Aya!" Reimu snapped. She pulled Aya out of the way as one of the three-winged creatures shot some sort of green projectile at them- but to Reimu's horror, it sliced a small gash in the creature before bouncing back at them. She dodged again, but it harmlessly bounced off of a spike before zooming back at them.
"Ricocheting bullets?!" Reimu cried in outrage. "No! I don't have time for this!"
She shot a yin-yang orb at the projectile, destroying it. However, all three of the winged creatures fired them at once.
"Damn!" she shouted, flying out of the way. "Aya, get the hell out of here! You're hurt!"
"I'm still the fastest thing in Gensokyo!" Aya boasted. "I'm fine!"
"Alright, fine, but your first priority is your safety, not your pictures! Got it?!" Reimu groaned. She was going to lose her voice from shouting this much, she could tell.
"Reimu, you've never gone that fast before! Ever!" Marisa shouted as she got closer. "You were really worried about Aya, eh?"
"I would've done the same if it were anyone else in that position," Reimu sighed. "I don't want anyone to get hurt by this thing, or the things that come out of it. And seeing other stuff come out of it put me into panic-mode. Fear can put your body into overdrive, you know?"
"The chemical that allows you to perform great feats when scared is called Adrenaline," Keine commented. Everyone turned to stare at her. "What? I'm a teacher. I thought Reimu should know."
"Hmmm…" hummed Aya. "I know! I can distract it by flying around and taking pictures, while you guys bombard it with Danmaku!"
"You just wanna take more pictures of it, ze," muttered Marisa.
"Even so, it's the best plan we've got," Reimu sighed. "Aya, don't get yourself killed out there."
"Won't do!" Aya saluted, flying off.
"Alright, you two," Reimu grimaced. "Let's take this thing down. Except, you know, not literally."
"Way to kill the mood, Reimu," groaned Marisa.
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Abathur was slightly alarmed. When he tried to attack the Youkai girl, another one came up and actually destroyed a Glaive Wurm. Then, when she retreated, two more arrived. Were none of the Youkai male?
Whatever was going on, the mere fact that they could destroy Glaive Wurms was awfully telling of their power.
It was going to be tough collecting essence this way.
"Will take into account for future plans," he stated. "Mutalisks, not enough. Must take into account ground units. Must prepare drop-pods…"
Abathur had a lot of work ahead of him.
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