The tranquil sounds of the forest were obliterated when the giant monster landed with a harsh crash. Crouching just a bit to allow his body to absorb the impact the armored kaiju swept his gaze to the area around him. The place his meteoric prison had crashed was a miasma of valleys, cliffs, and small mountains. In his confusion and pleasure at being free he traveled through the air until the valleys were left behind to make way for miles and miles of trees and vegetation. The vibrations of his landing were felt all around with the force of a small earthquake, sending animals of all sorts running in primal fear.
Monster X had more important things to concern himself with than the local wildlife however. The dust spat into the air from his impact dissipated enough to allow him a look at his new environment. Blood red eyes scanned the vast expanse of trees around him. Trees that, to the people of this world would appear massive, near 50 feet tall, were nothing to the kaiju. Nearby was a large body of water, clear and clean looking, surrounded on all banks by the trees. Monster X decided to make that his priority, for while he could sustain himself on radiation and solar rays, his thirst could not be so easily sated.
The kaiju didn't really 'need' water to survive, such was his biology, but it was something to enjoy. One of the very few enjoyments he actually could remember. His large stride crushed trees beneath his feet or broke them and left them falling to the forest floor. Animals set to escaping the area narrowly avoided death by virtue of just being so small compared to the kaiju. Their cries and yells could barely be heard over the booming sounds of X's feet meeting the ground. All this was ignored by the monster. Coming to a stop at the shore of the lake Monster X bent down to one knee and stared at his reflection.
He looked the same as he always had before. Bone-like armor over black muscle, red eyes, the half skulls on his shoulders. Despite the unknown amount of time passing that he had been trapped his body was kept in perfect stasis. That was good. He didn't want to become free just to die of a failing body. Reaching down he scooped the crystal clear water into his palm and brought it to his lips. The water wasn't contaminated and tasted quite nice. Whatever planet he was currently on seemed to not be polluted to the point of ecosystem destruction like many of the ones he'd been forced to.
Several more mouthfuls of water were ingested finally ending his dry throat. Satisfied he turned his gaze to the shattered moon in the sky above. How queer that he could see it just as easily as the star lighting up the planet. While such a phenomenon had been experienced on other planets, none of them had a celestial body that was so damaged as this one. Whenever a moon or orbiting rock was damaged the pieces usually were burnt up in the atmosphere of their planet. To see the fragments just…...floating there was odd.
His inner musings were interrupted by a growling to his left. A slight tilt of his neck let him see two figures acting rather aggressive towards him. The two creatures had a rather striking appearance, at least compared to several of the species he had encountered. They seemed to be covered in pitch black fur and had numerous places all over their bodies that a white, armor-like material rested as well. How odd that he would find something similar to himself, even if it was just superficial due to how they appeared. Monster X was reminded of a lupine species when he looked at the growling creatures. Some kind of wolf or wild dog, which seemed to be part of the wildlife of many planets throughout the universe, only on a large scale and standing on just two of their legs. Leaning down he wanted to get a better look at them since in all his memories he had not once seen anything remotely close to himself.
When his gigantic head closed the distance the two creatures backed away for a moment before their built-in desire to kill steadied them. Monster X watched the creatures with what amounted to a squint. They continued to growl at him and employ what he supposed were intimidation motions; scratching at the air, standing as tall as their legs allowed, and growling aggressively. Perhaps that would work on smaller creatures, but to X, whose eyes were bigger than these wolves, it was almost laughable. Maybe they were defending their territory and felt X was an intruder to be dealt with. Maybe they were hungry and somehow thought they could eat him. Whatever the reason X wasn't bothered by them in the slightest.
Reaching his hand out towards the one closest to him X gently placed a clawed finger onto its back and pressed down. With just the barest pressure the wolf was laying prone on the grass, struggling its hardest to get out from under X's finger. Howling in anger and clawing up the dirt like a large mole the wolf could do nothing to free itself. X wasn't looking to kill the creatures, only show them who was boss and that their attempts to act like some kind of Alpha were not going to work. Whilst dealing with the two wolves, however, another native made itself known to X in the worst possible way. A screeching noise to his right caught his attention and as he turned his body several small projectiles of some kind bounced off his armored body.
Some kind of avian animal kept itself level with his head and was much the same as the two he'd already encountered. Like the wolves it had a black coloration with select places covered in white, bone material. It was mostly centered around the skull and beak area, with some light armor over scaled legs. Seeing that whatever it had done caused no damage X stared at the animal as if asking what else it was going to do. A flap of its wings sent razor sharp feathers at him with speed those living on the planet would call impressive. Just as before the feathers bounced off his body, unable to pierce either skin or armor. The avian creature seemed to not know what to do since neither attack had done anything to harm the kaiju. X had a solution to the problem though.
Bringing his right hand up to the bird X held his middle finger down with his thumb and after putting a bit of strength behind it, unleashed the 'attack' against the avian. Flicking the beast away with enough power to get rid of it, but not take its head off, the bird yelped like a dog with its tail stepped on. The animal went flying out of sight, disappearing into the woods on the other side of the lake, black feathers trailing into the air behind it. Seeing their bird friend getting demolished with no effort by the giant kaiju caused all aggression and fight to leave the two wolves. The one still held down by X stopped moving, afraid it would suddenly be pierced by the claw on his back. The other took a step or two back, wondering if it could get into the woods before the monster could kill him.
X was not particularly interested in killing either creature and instead went to get another handful water. He finally let up the animal he had been holding down and decided to ignore them. While he had no kind of psychic powers or abilities he did have an ability to sense energy within other beings. These armored creatures however….seemed to be empty of the life energy most animals contained. It was rather odd, but not something to worry about at this time. What was really on his mind was finding a place to make into a home of some kind. A place to rest and have space to relax. After being trapped for who knows how long, the chance to just be within the open was rather nice.
The two Beowolves eyed the monster that could have ended their lives, but let them continue to exist, then looked at each other. Contrary to what the humans thought they had some degree of intellect. They wouldn't be solving complex equations or thinking new philosophy, but Grimm could still think. This monster was not one of them, nor was it like the animals that roamed the world. It almost felt like the humans they hunted. The predator within each of them could feel the life within the monster and as such that had caused them to decide to attack it initially. It was their natural reaction. Now, however, they kept their red gaze upon the large monster. It stood back up to full height and started to walk away, feet crushing the ground below with thunderous footsteps. The two Grimm were curious about this monster and so set to a quick pace after it. Seeing how strong the monster had been was intriguing to the Beowolves and they wanted to see more of this giant.
Hawcell Dig Site
One could look left, right, front, and back and see, not the hustle and bustle of a quarry crew, but police, huntsmen, huntresses, medical personnel, government officials, and even some military troops. Interviews were being conducted, evidence was being collected, and plans were being formulated. A tent had been set up that was basically 'HQ' for the operation going on. Several photos had been pinned to a board showing the large Grimm that emerged from the mountain; photos of the Grimm looking at those within the quarry and even a photo of the monster flying into the air. Some notes had been written down on a whiteboard with theories on the Grimm. Why it had been inside the mountain, why it had not attacked, where it was going when it left, and what steps to possibly take in order to protect the people.
One person, however, was looking over something that had been brought into the tent half an hour ago. When a team of huntsmen had gone into the tunnel where the creature was first seen, they had returned with some items that blew the mind of many. Lights, speakers, wiring, computer chips, some kind of air system that contained a substance almost like liquid nitrogen, and other such things. The mystery of what these items were and what they were doing inside the mountain, with a giant Grimm thrown in to the mix as well, was just purely baffling. The investigation had really just begun, but already they had questions upon questions and not a single concrete answer to any of them.
One young scientist, a bearded dragon faunus, couldn't have stopped smiling if someone had put a gun to his head. The materials that he was given the chance to look over were amazing. Wiring the likes made out of a material the likes they couldn't identify, computer chips that made the most advanced Atlas hardware look like a toy, etc. Wherever these things had come from they wanted to learn how to make them and utilize them.
He himself had a small notepad that a few things had been jotted down into. The most important thing being: Grimm within mountain, mountain itself filled with advanced technology and materials. Connected somehow? Why did Grimm not attack?
His scroll rang then, signaling that he was getting a call from someone. Irritated with the interruption the young man grabbed his scroll and instantly went from irritated to happy upon seeing who was calling. It was his old headmaster from when he went to school before then going to university to become a physicist.
"Headmaster Ozpin how are you? Me? Well I'm doing pretty well for myself. I'm a bit busy right now, but how can I help you? Huh? Yeah I'm here helping with the investigation. How'd you know about it? It's supposed to be kinda secret. Oh. I've not got very far, but I have found some interesting things."
I'd been trying to get this out sooner, but have had some unfortunate things happen with my job that kind of put me out of the writing mood. Suffice to say that I'm going to another employer the first chance I get. Anyway, X will be doing some…..stuff here and there, and Remnant is just going to have to deal with it. If Ozpin somehow already knows about what happened, he'll explain later, then I wonder if Salem does too.
