TENTACLE...ATTACK!

[npc_kun]

Characters: Bernard (NPC) and OPEN!
Date/Time: June 18th, afternoon
Location: The Wilderness - On the Ark
Rating: PG-13??
Summary: BERNARD HAS ARRIVED
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Oh this was perfect! It had been years and years since anything not fishy-like had ventured into her ocean. But this ark, she could tell was full of robust and youthful individuals. Perhaps

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[hatnclogs]

Finally accustomed to the sea and the movement of the ark, Honest was free to move about and explore. Among the things he had found when he woke up under the deck were the things he had secured from the wilderness: odds-and-ends, clothes and a striped bucket hat he was quite proud of. Dressed in a new pair of jeans and a button-up shirt, Honest found his way onto the deck.

The breeze caught him off guard and he had to bring up a hand quickly to hold his hat onto his head. "Ooh~ this is interesting." He smiled at the fresh air, basking in it as he walked at an easy pace. Squish, squish...he paused and searched for the source of the noise. He had almost overlooked the pink creature the first time. He regarded it carefully, glancing it up and down before taking a step closer, "What is that...?" Curiosity got the best of him...and the flailing gestures didn't help deter any. "Hey there~!"

[npc_kun]

Could...could this be true? Could this be REAL? This man did not seem threatened by her. No, in fact he - she dare say - approached her with that single step. Bernard felt her heart flutter with hope. Not only that, but he was wearing a HAT. Bernard had a serious thing for hats.

Undulating her glorious body, Bernard hurried with a squishy fish out of water movement as best as she could.

[hatnclogs]

He leaned back slightly as the creature stopped flailing and wiggled a little. He was not prepared for anything, but he had a great desire to move closer and investigate the cephalopod...that was at least what she looked like. He inched forward slowly, continuing to grin a little. "Should you even be out of the water?"

It seemed the thing was not capable of speech (...there had been stranger things, it was worth a shot), but still demonstrated some kind of emotions. It certainly didn't appear aggressive.

[npc_kun]

Oh, it was even better than she imagined! He was speaking to her, and he moved closer still! Could this be it? Could this be what she had been waiting all those lonely years, complaining sharing her tales of woe to oysters and cuttlefish? No, no it was even better than that...

THIS MAN MUST BE HER ONE TRUE LOVE! HER SOUL MATE!!

Bernard made a happy chirping noise. Of course, she had a squid-like beak and was not capable of human speech, but being a tentacle monster, she magically understood all human language all the same. She was almost dancing, her suckers dilating in glee. Oh, she must hold him close to her soft, wet, and sort of squishy body!

[hatnclogs]

The chirping noise seemed to be a good indication for the next movements out of the creature radiated pure joy. "Guess you'll be fine. Interesting..." He laughed, turning slightly to see if anyone else was near to notice the sea creature or if there was someone behind it.

[npc_kun]

It seemed that turn would be his downfall. Bernard did not slow her pace at all, moving as quickly as her tentacles could drag her blubbery body across the deck. When she finally reached him, Bernard only continued to chirp, wrapping her long, wiggly appendages around him in a happy hug.

OH LOVE, she thought, WE FINALLY MEET!

[hatnclogs]

Before he could turn around he felt the tip of something cool brush his arm. If that wasn't enough the cool, slippery tentacle was coiling around him and he was starting to be pressed to it's body. "Uh-!" he shifted his body a little in the hold, leaning away from the fishy odor ensuring he kept away from her beak. So far he didn't seem to be a meal...this behavior was peculiar.

"Got a grip...on you," he wheezed out and tried to free his arms from the hold to free himself.

[npc_kun]

Bernard, of course, would have none of it. Not when they were just meeting! They had so much to talk about, so much to experience together! So she was chirping away like a 14 year-old american girl on her new cellphone. She would start with her childhood, explaining how she had been longing for this moment for what felt like eternity...

[hatnclogs]

Honest flinched at the chirping noises that were possibly some powerful underwater radar to communicate with other members of her species...who apparently were deaf or did not exist judging by the lack of response. He continued to flail a little more desperately when the feeling in his legs started to dissipate. "A little help here?!"

The look of desperation was swept from his face when he managed to free one of his arms. Grinning proudly he gripped onto the tentacles and tried to pull himself free.

[npc_kun]

While Bernard was happily hugging and cuddling her one true love, she began to notice some...resistance. What was he doing? Trying to escape the circle of love she had created? She hadn't even gotten to the good stuff yet! What was he so afraid of...was it too soon? Was he nervous?

Was he...trying to get away...?

He called for help, that must be it! He was just like all the other men in her life, leading her on and breaking her heart just when she was ready to give herself!

The chirping stopped...and instead she gave a low-pitched cry of sorrow.

[felinemystique]

Bastet could not believe what she was seeing.

Most people would go in the opposite direction when a tentacle monster appeared. In fact, that was exactly what she had planned to do when she saw Honest approach it. She stopped to watch out of sheer curiosity...was he cooing at it?

She wasn't at all surprised when it launched itself at him, although he seemed to be. She crossed her arms over her chest, standing just outside the thing's range. He finally seemed to realize this was all a bad idea, and started to struggle in its grip.

"Oh, you need help?" she called in response to his cry. "I thought the two of you might want some privacy."

[hatnclogs]

He stopped in his escape effort when he heard the lower-pitched noise. He turned his head slowly back towards the creature. Before he could say anything a familiar voice caught his attention and he saw Bastet standing nearby.

"Bastet~!" he almost smiled but the situation did not call for it. "I could use a hand, here," he tried to lower his voice a little noticing the demeanor of the animal had changed.

[npc_kun]

If Bernard could speak, she would have said 'YES!', of course they wanted to have some privacy! At least, Bernard did. It seemed her one true love didn't really return her feelings, with just broke her little squidy heart when she thought about it.

Her tentacly grip only tightened, not wanting to face the sad reality of her situation. Not only had see been let down, but there was even another woman!

[felinemystique]

"Is that right?" she said dryly. "But the two of you seem so cozy."

She would have been happy to stand there and continue to talk shit--he really did deserve it for being stupid enough to get himself into this. But the monster's whole demeanor was changing, and by the look on Honest's face, its grip was tightening. She didn't want him dead, after all.

She sighed, rolling her eyes. "Moron," she said loudly. Might as well test out her newly-discovered speed. She shot forward, aiming a strike at the nearest tentacle.

[hatnclogs]

"Gehh..." he cringed as the tentacles tightened around him. He kept one eye open, watching Bastet. He probably deserved the delayed rescue force, but his body was begging otherwise.

Suddenly she was incredibly close. Surprised, he flinched, hat tilted down over his eyes to protect his face from bodily harm...or at least that was a comforting thought.

[npc_kun]

Bernard was not prepared for an attack. She was emotionally vulnerable right then with her realization, that a fight with the other woman Jerry Springer-style was the LAST thing she wanted to do. The woman hit her tentacle, causing Bernard to cry out in pain.

But more so...from the pain of her heart.

All her tentacles released her long lost love, her beak snapping as she emitted the sound of a whale dying of misery, or something like that. Mortified and heart-broken, Bernard covered her eyes with her longest tentacles, slopping her way to the other side of the deck.