Pikmin: The Flora and Fauna
"It's Like A Safari of Doom!"
"Hello there! Thank you for joining us, Hocotate Freight, on this wondrous commercial tour of our new amazing attraction, the Piklopedia!" The ship spoke up, being just a floating nosecone.
Behind him, a few Pikmin shuffled about. The ship hovering and the Pikmin behind the ship were out and about in the great outdoors, with the blue sky and sun illuminating each step they took, or in the ship's case, each… Propellor spin. There was a distinct lack of lifeforms that shared ship's language, and by that, it meant that there were hardly any sight of the captains around.
"After an excursion from another planet, we have collected many species for your viewing pleasure! (So long as you pay a fee first, tax not included.)" The ship spoke up.
As the ship moved, so did the platoon of Pikmin with him. A few Pikmin fumbling in the front and the back suddenly gave way to clarity. The objects they fumbled with were a camera and a boom microphone, each directed at the ship. Though, considering that every five seconds they dropped the equipment due to the fact that their hands were the size of dust particles, it was a wonder why the ship was trying.
Scowling, or… At least whatever the ship can substitute with a scowl directed towards the Pikmin, the ship hovered up close to the cameramen.
"Stop fumbling or else you won't get the scraps of food left in the hull." The ship waned the Pikmin, who quickly regained any plant posture they had, while the machine cleared its throat, "Apologies ladies and gentlemen. We are just about to embark on a journey of epic, (and educational of course) proportions. Here at Hocotate Freight, we have a selection of different organisms for view."
The wind blew past, ruffling the stems on the Pikmin heads gathered around the floating metal piece. Sighing, the ship hovered away, the Pikmin following behind curiously, making sure they kept the camera pointed at the nosecone perfectly. Eventually, the ship halted, hovering in a single spot with the Pikmin following closely behind. However, the sight they had seen had them stop and practically shiver as soon as they spotted it.
While a few of the veteran Pikmin soldiers were rather used to the sight of terrifying enemy numbers, the fact that there were a collection of Dwarf Bulborbs all clustered in one hole was chilling regardless to some of the seasoned of the bunch. They sniffed around, and some of them attempted to climb out of the hole, but gave up rather quickly, boredly sitting by. Shaking, the Pikmin in charge of the camera turned towards the ship, their frayed nerves shaking the camera somewhat.
"Now, if you will look to the side-" The ship impatiently hovered over the hole, attempting to get the plant people to zoom in on the pit, which they tried reluctantly, simply swiveling the camera, "There are a collection of those… Creatures which dwell on the planet, captured with the assistance of our native cameraman. These… Things, are capable of munching at a rate that would put a Hocotatian buffet out of business."
The ship flew away from the pit of doom, all of the Pikmin present staring at him as it disappeared in the distance. They all blinked. They were somewhat skeptical on following the cone object, as the fact that it sped off through the air at the speed of sound as if had no place to go, adding onto the trapped predators was somewhat unnerving. As they saw the ship leave, they slowly began laying down the equipment.
"Hold on!"
The electronic voice prompted them to once more set up the equipment for use for fear of losing food. The ship had hovered back, with a collection of… Oddly shaped Pikmin. At least, so they thought. In actuality, they happened to be carrots from Hocotate. Dangling the carrots around in the air as it made its way back to the hole, the Pikmin watched as it did so. The ship promptly paused over the pit filled with predators and flung the carrots in. Curious, the Pikmin "production crew" leaned in to look. They were greeted with dismembered carrot parts and the munching of said vegetables going off from within the terrible spot in the ground. The Pikmin staring downwards immediately went white from fright, though the default White Pikmin simply stared without much of a change.
"As you can see, when exposed to a potential meal, the rabid creatures of this planet immediately savagely assault the morsels they have set their eyes on. Lucky for you viewers at home; this planet is essentially a safari of doom!" The ship stated proudly, "But it's nothing our company cannot handle to bring you high quality footage!"
Having jinxed itself unknowingly, suddenly the yellow behind the camera dropped it out of fright, the recording device rolling into the ditch. Perking up at the fact that company property was being mistreated, the ship turned around, glaring at the Pikmin. Or, at least, the ground. The remaining trace of Pikmin left was a stampede of footprints and an abandoned boom microphone left in the dust.
The ship shook itself, and if it had a neck, would have been shaking its head. "I should have brought Louie."
AN: With all the sales pitches thrown about by the ship, you would think that eventually it would try to capitalize on the business opportunity, hm?
Thanks Piston24 for reviewing! I apologize for the confusing writing, I hope that this chapter was a bit more clear.
Thanks for reading, this is ThePizzaLovingTurtle, off to OH GOD THE STEAM SUMMER SALES. Be back in a few hundred years after this shopping spree. As long as I don't run myself into debt.
