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Magical G̶i̶r̶l̶ Servant Mordred-chan
- Location
- NEW YORK CITY!??
- Pronouns
- She/Her
It's in my signature, but 3.6k words. The first 'chapter' isn't even done. It's also very different from any Worm fic I've seen, so it's very much a test and exercise of my abilities. And melding and being true to Nihei's tonality and style in a written work is... hard.
Soon enough she was at the base of the wall, fully in its shadow as it loomed over her, looking all the taller and more impressive despite its hurried construction and appearing just a mishmash collection of steel plates and concrete on the outside.
With less than a thought, her armor thickened, spines becoming more prominent, fingers and toes becoming claws sharp enough to shear through steel like butter.
She crouched, artificial leg muscles coiling, and jumped less than a second later, clearing more than half of the distance up the wall before she dug her hands and feet in, rapidly climbing up to the top.
Her ascent was measured in seconds, rather than the minutes it looked like it would have taken, appearing like a spider scurrying on a wall.
She flipped over the edge, landing on her feet in a crouch before standing.
Then she was there. At the top.
She'd seen satellite images of it, of course. But there was a difference between simply seeing images and *experiencing* something.
It was simply… empty.
Largely just as it had been left, without any change at all: roads and buildings all still standing, alone. The only major difference was the vegetation, which had been allowed to grow unchecked, vines crawling across surfaces and sidewalks bursting from the expansion of trees' roots beneath them. [snip]
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The overgrown suburban areas gradually turned more urban as she moved closer to the center. The green overgrowth gave way to even more obvious signs of the infection: structures and lampposts draped in the thick white cord of the dead virus, buildings collapsed and torn apart from the outgrowths. And of course, the most obvious sign: the increasing number of creatures, in all shapes and sizes.
Almost no two were the same, though they all bore some superficial resemblance to each other. Some of the creatures were massive, larger than one of the abandoned minivans that littered the street, while others were smaller than a bicycle. [snip]
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The Revenant stopped, and then swung around to look at her, looking like some sort of dinosaur-lion with a disturbingly human facial structure. It stared at her for a moment, and she tensed, ready to move at the any sign.
But it just stared at her, and then turned back around and began walking away, continuing its previous path.
With less than a thought, her armor thickened, spines becoming more prominent, fingers and toes becoming claws sharp enough to shear through steel like butter.
She crouched, artificial leg muscles coiling, and jumped less than a second later, clearing more than half of the distance up the wall before she dug her hands and feet in, rapidly climbing up to the top.
Her ascent was measured in seconds, rather than the minutes it looked like it would have taken, appearing like a spider scurrying on a wall.
She flipped over the edge, landing on her feet in a crouch before standing.
Then she was there. At the top.
She'd seen satellite images of it, of course. But there was a difference between simply seeing images and *experiencing* something.
It was simply… empty.
Largely just as it had been left, without any change at all: roads and buildings all still standing, alone. The only major difference was the vegetation, which had been allowed to grow unchecked, vines crawling across surfaces and sidewalks bursting from the expansion of trees' roots beneath them. [snip]
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The overgrown suburban areas gradually turned more urban as she moved closer to the center. The green overgrowth gave way to even more obvious signs of the infection: structures and lampposts draped in the thick white cord of the dead virus, buildings collapsed and torn apart from the outgrowths. And of course, the most obvious sign: the increasing number of creatures, in all shapes and sizes.
Almost no two were the same, though they all bore some superficial resemblance to each other. Some of the creatures were massive, larger than one of the abandoned minivans that littered the street, while others were smaller than a bicycle. [snip]
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The Revenant stopped, and then swung around to look at her, looking like some sort of dinosaur-lion with a disturbingly human facial structure. It stared at her for a moment, and she tensed, ready to move at the any sign.
But it just stared at her, and then turned back around and began walking away, continuing its previous path.
