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Not exactly enthused with his new assignment, a rather fluffy and unkempt wizard timidly goes about studying whether or not giants possess any magical prowess whatsoever. Courtesy of his superior/employer, an unwilling test subject has been provided. In the process of his experiments, the bobcat stumbles upon a rather peculiar fact regarding the giant's large stature...
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Chapter 31
Body quaking with every step he took, Ignavus shivered in the winter air as he approached his query. Caliginous and increasingly creative threats bellowed out from the forest, every syllable uttered causing his gait to slow every time he set one foot in front of the other. He trudged on however, even though conflicting sets of fears motivated him to run away in both directions.
“What have I gotten myself in to?” He whined as his legs began to tremble and hobble beneath his weight. In one direction was a livid and ensnared giant who would rend him to chunky meaty pieces if he was careless enough to give her the opportunity. In the other was his superior, who would without a moment’s hesitation beat him to the point between dead and dying and proceed to bury him alive should the feline return empty handed. Ignavus patted at his large and lumpy satchel uneasily, the cloth container packed to the brim with magical crystals, journals, and pens. “What does he expect me to even do? He’s insane to think that a giant would simply lie about as I conducted my tests. And should my tests come up empty handed, what then? What am I supposed to do with an enraged giant? I… oh goodness. If she’s left there on her own thrashing about, who is to say that another giant might not come along and assist her? By then it’s all but guaranteed that she would visit upon me, bearing gifts of malice and destruction. Oh Lord. He probably had that in mind should I not find anything at all. That I’d simply be wiped out, leaving naught a trace.” Running a hand through the matted and oily fur atop his head, Ignavus stumbled back into a pine tree, the rough flakes of bark scraping against the back of his coat. Breathing in deeply through his nostrils, the dulled and frost ridden scent of the forest drifted towards him and did little to put him at ease. The giantess’ ravings continued to assail his ear drums, intermittent pauses coming about more and more frequently.
“At least she sounds to be calming down,” he sighed as he pushed off from the tree. Shaking his shoulders to and fro, he resumed his descent into the depths of the woods as the sun shone brightly high above, the forest canopy soaking up most of the light. Squinting his eyes as he drew ever closer towards Kendra, the bobcat grew more and more paranoid as his head jerked about back and forth, every perceived movement sending a chill through his frame. His teeth chattered as he came to the realization that the giantess had gone suspiciously quiet. The innocuous shadows of the tree branches lazily swaying over-head danced upon the forest floor, causing the bobcat’s aging frame to overflow with paranoia as he kept a frantic sentry for his subject’s jet black form. A sudden and infuriated roar that rattled Ignavus’ body sent him skittering back a couple hundred feet. Clutching his clawed finger’s across his heart, it felt as if the muscle were about to burst out of his chest as he sank to the ground. Shivering uncontrollably, the bobcat breathed shallowly as he struggled to regain his composure.
“I-I take it *wheeze* th-that she is still in her confines.” Shuddering, Ignavus repeated that assumption to himself over and over again, the presumed belief putting his mind at relative ease. “J-just think. If he had really wanted me dead, he would have done the deed himself the first chance he had, not lay out a convoluted trap. That control freak doesn’t like leaving anything to chance if it can be helped.” Grunting, the feline still couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that the black knight intended for the giantess to kill him should he fail to find what the armored individual was looking for. That bastard could be subtle when he wanted to. Patting a hand against his chest as his thumping heart subsided, Ignavus swallowed hard as he set about once more. In short time, the German Shepherd’s writhing form came into view as the bobcat made his silent approach. He didn’t know whether to sigh in relief or in dread at the sight.
Grunts and heaving drawn out breaths were the only sounds to slip forth from the giant’s mouth as Ignavus timidly drew closer and closer to the gigantic fur. Fists and toes clenched tight, Kendra feebly tried pulling up and up with all her weight, desperate to break free from her craggy clay confines. The latest round of struggles left her exhausted, her loud panting attesting to her expended strength. Puddles of blood had pooled around her wrists, ankles, and neck, the crags having dug deep into her furred form. With a weak growl she attempted to crane her head towards the unfamiliar scent taking its sweet time sauntering up to her.
“My word,” Ignavus marveled as he gleaned over the giantess’ battered form. He had read and heard plenty about the imposing size and stature of these creatures before, but to see one in person was something else. Sakes alive, her paws were nearly bigger than he was! And heEENNNNGGHH! Yelping, the bobcat leaped back as her body convulsed about violently, no doubt as she made another escape attempt. Coughing in between bouts of heavy breathing, Kendra’s eyes tilted towards the right side of her head as she tried to get a better look at the insect cowering before her. Sucking in air between her teeth as she bit back the pain, she began to speak in slow and measured breaths. “And just… who the hell… are you?”
“I’d prefer to keep that tidbit of information to myself, if you don’t mind,” Ignavus muttered as he trembled. Hands shaking, he frowned as he heard the giantess rumble in bemusement as he warily walked towards her side. Setting his satchel down upon the bare forest floor, he flipped it open and began to rifle through its innards. Very carefully he plucked out a translucent black crystal, a faint glimmer of indigo shining brightly inside it.
Straining her eyes, Kendra snarled as she observed the tiny fur. “What are… you… up to?”
“That’s for me to know and for you to find out,” he grumbled under his breath as he gripped the crystal delicately between his thumb and index finger. That and he’d served under the knight long enough to know that those with loose lips tended to disappear under circumstances that were dubious and implied macabre violence. Closing his eyes and drawing in deeply from the air around him, the bobcat tried to calm himself once more. With measured and calculated steps Ignavus made his approach, holding the black crystal as far out from himself as was physically possible. “J-just a few dozen more feet…” he whispered to himself as he began sweating bullets. His composure quickly crumbled as the black German Shepherd’s side lurched towards him as she struggled about in her confines once more. Feet slamming to a stop, Ignavus immediately turned tail and retreated back a good twenty feet. His ears burned up as Kendra loudly chuckled to herself. “Dammit, think! She’s made absolutely no progress in the few hours she’s been out here. The gigantic bitch isn’t going anywhere.” Grumpily trudging towards her, the feline still couldn’t help but flinch as she shook to and fro.
Exhaling in exasperation, he paced over to the side of her stomach and pressed the peculiar crystal against her fur. Nigh instantaneously, the indigo glimmer within exploded in radiance as the translucent crystal began to spin rapidly in the air. Eyes wide, Ignavus looked on astounded as visible wisps of magical energy were drawn off her body and sucked into the crystal. Within moments magical energies saturated the vessel as the once translucent crystal shone a bright purple. Vibrating with furious intensity, a blinding white light radiated out from the tiny crystalline, momentarily blinding both observers. As he slowly creaked his eyelids open, Ignavus was greeted by the sight of a dull blue crystal tinking against the forest floor, the once drained crystal now completely recharged.
“Wha… whuh was that?” Kendra groggily demanded as the implications of the bobcat’s experiment flew right over her head. Grunting, she tried shifting her arms and legs, her limbs having taken on a dull weight.
“Ohhhhhhh shit,” he cursed to himself under his breath as he plucked up the fully charged magical vessel. “It doesn’t look like I’ll be able to kick this back to someone else now…” Rocking his jaw back and forth, he did have to concede that the rate of drainage indicated the giantess housed a preposterous amount of magic within her. That was certainly worth noting. “*Huff* Even if I haven’t the slightest idea as to how to test for what he’s looking for, at the very least I’ll have something to show him,” Ignavus sighed as the dull blue crystal rolled around in his palm. Turning his gaze back towards his satchel, he hrrmmed as he pondered his next course of action. “Depending on how much I can suck out of her… maybe I could propose the prospect of using giants as magical batteries?” Shaking his head and smirking at the thought, the bobcat was quite pleased with his bullshitting as he paced back over towards his satchel. “Damn that Argost,” the feline mouthed as he lugged his satchel towards the German Shepherd’s immobile form. He dared not speak the name aloud. That was the only thing he knew of that could immediately shatter the knight’s cut and dry down to business persona and flip his kill trigger. No idea why the knight was so damn paranoid and secretive about it, but if he had a reason to be, Ignavus would much rather remain blissfully ignorant of it.
“Let’s see just how much magic you have hiding away in there,” Ignavus thought out loud as he gently set the satchel beside her form and began flicking one transparent crystal after another at her. Hell, couldn’t hurt to stock up on magic crystals when the opportunity presented itself. That and the more samples he had to study, the better. Bouncing softly against her side before wavering and hovering in place beside her, a row of floating black crystals lined up adjacent to the giantess, steadily drawing out wisps of magical energy from her body.
“Ungghhhhh…” Kendra moaned softly as her body numbed and felt like it had taken on the properties of lead. Paying no heed to her health or physical state, the bobcat continued emptying his satchel in his efforts to bleed her dry of any and all magic. “Whuh…” the giantess wheezed as she barely registered the feeling of her constrains loosening around her ankles, wrists, and neck. Mulled and murky, Kendra’s thoughts failed to coalesce and make sense of the fact that the crags pressing against her neck ceased to do so as they grew larger and loomed ever higher and higher in her field of vision. “I liked it better when they just knocked me around and let me go on my way. Then I didn’t have to think so much,” she mused as her eyelids shut tight, the simple strength required to lift them having long left her.
Hmphhing as the bright bursts of light signaling a crystal had fully charged came to an abrupt halt, Ignavus raised his brows and looked on at the shimmering blue rocks littered about the forest floor impressed. “My word, cheap as these are, I could fetch a pretty penny for these just from the sheer volume she provided! These will keep me going for months!” The bobcat grinned excitedly as he began shoveling them back into his satchel. To heck with investigating the prospects of giants changing sizes, there was money to be made here! Magic crystals were innocuous as they were, it wasn’t like they were black market goods. It was all but impossible to trace the source of the magic contained within the crystals anyway, that and there would always be a demand for them! Just set up a couple non-descript vendors with them and watch the funds flow in. “Ahhh I’ll mull it over as I write up my findings. No way in hellllllllllllllllllooooooooo.” Lips pulled taught and ears perked straight up, Ignavus looked down blankly at the naked fur passed out before him that looked suspiciously like the giantess he had been flinching away from not that much earlier. “My god, my peripheral vision has just crapped right out in my old age,” he mumbled as he tried to make sense of the scene unfolding before him. Glancing to his left he spied her tattered and patchwork bra, and to the right was what could barely pass as women’s wear. So… yeah. Chances are this was the same female, just now noticeably… smaller. After he had drained her of every last drop of magic she was good for. Letting his eyes wander here and there as he gathered his thoughts, the feline sighed as he scratched at the back of his head, knocking loose a fair amount of dandruff from his scalp and matted fur. “I’ll be, so he was on to something after all. There really is a link between giants shifting sizes and magic.”
Tapping a finger against his furry chin, the bobcat tried to remain professional and refrain from jumping to conclusions. “It’s too soon to come to any definitive answer about what that link is though,” Ignavus thought as he slipped the shoulder strap on his satchel over his head. Gritting his teeth, he squinted his eyes as the sun began its rapid descent down the winter horizon, the trunks of the pines having begun to cast long, thin shadows across the forest floor. “Urrgh darn these short winter days.” Even if he left now, it would surely be long past nightfall by the time he made it back to his cabin. Regardless of what her size was, there was no guarantee the German Shepherd would still be here come tomorrow morning. “He’ll probably kill me if I ask him to capture another giant for me…” Furrowing his brows, Ignavus lightly tread towards the passed out fur and grabbed hold of both her arms. Possessing little to no concern for his subject’s well-being or dignity, the feline began to drag the former giantess across the frigid and bare forest floor towards his secluded abode. With any luck, if she survived through the night, he was certain he’d have cooked up a couple new tests to put her through to validate his superior’s theories. Chuckling softly to himself, Ignavus eagerly looked forward to putting his thoughts to paper. “Oooog,” he grunted as he unceremoniously let Kendra flump against the ground as he firmly pressed his hands against the base of his spine. “Provided I don’t throw my back out first,” he whined as he felt a spinal disc pop as he punched at the base of his back. Growling pathetically, he grabbed ahold of her once more.
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Aw hell it's been a while since I did something stupid like this. For the sake of ambience, imagine that a dark and sinister cutover takes place, accompanied by the appropriate sound effects as provided by a DOLBY Digital Sound Analogue Stereo System: Evil Edition. Shit let’s throw in some buckets of dry ice too, get a spooky misty feel going on in the forest.
FIRST, PREVIOUS, NEXT
Note: Icon is © to Radku
FIRST, PREVIOUS, NEXT
Chapter 31
Body quaking with every step he took, Ignavus shivered in the winter air as he approached his query. Caliginous and increasingly creative threats bellowed out from the forest, every syllable uttered causing his gait to slow every time he set one foot in front of the other. He trudged on however, even though conflicting sets of fears motivated him to run away in both directions.
“What have I gotten myself in to?” He whined as his legs began to tremble and hobble beneath his weight. In one direction was a livid and ensnared giant who would rend him to chunky meaty pieces if he was careless enough to give her the opportunity. In the other was his superior, who would without a moment’s hesitation beat him to the point between dead and dying and proceed to bury him alive should the feline return empty handed. Ignavus patted at his large and lumpy satchel uneasily, the cloth container packed to the brim with magical crystals, journals, and pens. “What does he expect me to even do? He’s insane to think that a giant would simply lie about as I conducted my tests. And should my tests come up empty handed, what then? What am I supposed to do with an enraged giant? I… oh goodness. If she’s left there on her own thrashing about, who is to say that another giant might not come along and assist her? By then it’s all but guaranteed that she would visit upon me, bearing gifts of malice and destruction. Oh Lord. He probably had that in mind should I not find anything at all. That I’d simply be wiped out, leaving naught a trace.” Running a hand through the matted and oily fur atop his head, Ignavus stumbled back into a pine tree, the rough flakes of bark scraping against the back of his coat. Breathing in deeply through his nostrils, the dulled and frost ridden scent of the forest drifted towards him and did little to put him at ease. The giantess’ ravings continued to assail his ear drums, intermittent pauses coming about more and more frequently.
“At least she sounds to be calming down,” he sighed as he pushed off from the tree. Shaking his shoulders to and fro, he resumed his descent into the depths of the woods as the sun shone brightly high above, the forest canopy soaking up most of the light. Squinting his eyes as he drew ever closer towards Kendra, the bobcat grew more and more paranoid as his head jerked about back and forth, every perceived movement sending a chill through his frame. His teeth chattered as he came to the realization that the giantess had gone suspiciously quiet. The innocuous shadows of the tree branches lazily swaying over-head danced upon the forest floor, causing the bobcat’s aging frame to overflow with paranoia as he kept a frantic sentry for his subject’s jet black form. A sudden and infuriated roar that rattled Ignavus’ body sent him skittering back a couple hundred feet. Clutching his clawed finger’s across his heart, it felt as if the muscle were about to burst out of his chest as he sank to the ground. Shivering uncontrollably, the bobcat breathed shallowly as he struggled to regain his composure.
“I-I take it *wheeze* th-that she is still in her confines.” Shuddering, Ignavus repeated that assumption to himself over and over again, the presumed belief putting his mind at relative ease. “J-just think. If he had really wanted me dead, he would have done the deed himself the first chance he had, not lay out a convoluted trap. That control freak doesn’t like leaving anything to chance if it can be helped.” Grunting, the feline still couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that the black knight intended for the giantess to kill him should he fail to find what the armored individual was looking for. That bastard could be subtle when he wanted to. Patting a hand against his chest as his thumping heart subsided, Ignavus swallowed hard as he set about once more. In short time, the German Shepherd’s writhing form came into view as the bobcat made his silent approach. He didn’t know whether to sigh in relief or in dread at the sight.
Grunts and heaving drawn out breaths were the only sounds to slip forth from the giant’s mouth as Ignavus timidly drew closer and closer to the gigantic fur. Fists and toes clenched tight, Kendra feebly tried pulling up and up with all her weight, desperate to break free from her craggy clay confines. The latest round of struggles left her exhausted, her loud panting attesting to her expended strength. Puddles of blood had pooled around her wrists, ankles, and neck, the crags having dug deep into her furred form. With a weak growl she attempted to crane her head towards the unfamiliar scent taking its sweet time sauntering up to her.
“My word,” Ignavus marveled as he gleaned over the giantess’ battered form. He had read and heard plenty about the imposing size and stature of these creatures before, but to see one in person was something else. Sakes alive, her paws were nearly bigger than he was! And heEENNNNGGHH! Yelping, the bobcat leaped back as her body convulsed about violently, no doubt as she made another escape attempt. Coughing in between bouts of heavy breathing, Kendra’s eyes tilted towards the right side of her head as she tried to get a better look at the insect cowering before her. Sucking in air between her teeth as she bit back the pain, she began to speak in slow and measured breaths. “And just… who the hell… are you?”
“I’d prefer to keep that tidbit of information to myself, if you don’t mind,” Ignavus muttered as he trembled. Hands shaking, he frowned as he heard the giantess rumble in bemusement as he warily walked towards her side. Setting his satchel down upon the bare forest floor, he flipped it open and began to rifle through its innards. Very carefully he plucked out a translucent black crystal, a faint glimmer of indigo shining brightly inside it.
Straining her eyes, Kendra snarled as she observed the tiny fur. “What are… you… up to?”
“That’s for me to know and for you to find out,” he grumbled under his breath as he gripped the crystal delicately between his thumb and index finger. That and he’d served under the knight long enough to know that those with loose lips tended to disappear under circumstances that were dubious and implied macabre violence. Closing his eyes and drawing in deeply from the air around him, the bobcat tried to calm himself once more. With measured and calculated steps Ignavus made his approach, holding the black crystal as far out from himself as was physically possible. “J-just a few dozen more feet…” he whispered to himself as he began sweating bullets. His composure quickly crumbled as the black German Shepherd’s side lurched towards him as she struggled about in her confines once more. Feet slamming to a stop, Ignavus immediately turned tail and retreated back a good twenty feet. His ears burned up as Kendra loudly chuckled to herself. “Dammit, think! She’s made absolutely no progress in the few hours she’s been out here. The gigantic bitch isn’t going anywhere.” Grumpily trudging towards her, the feline still couldn’t help but flinch as she shook to and fro.
Exhaling in exasperation, he paced over to the side of her stomach and pressed the peculiar crystal against her fur. Nigh instantaneously, the indigo glimmer within exploded in radiance as the translucent crystal began to spin rapidly in the air. Eyes wide, Ignavus looked on astounded as visible wisps of magical energy were drawn off her body and sucked into the crystal. Within moments magical energies saturated the vessel as the once translucent crystal shone a bright purple. Vibrating with furious intensity, a blinding white light radiated out from the tiny crystalline, momentarily blinding both observers. As he slowly creaked his eyelids open, Ignavus was greeted by the sight of a dull blue crystal tinking against the forest floor, the once drained crystal now completely recharged.
“Wha… whuh was that?” Kendra groggily demanded as the implications of the bobcat’s experiment flew right over her head. Grunting, she tried shifting her arms and legs, her limbs having taken on a dull weight.
“Ohhhhhhh shit,” he cursed to himself under his breath as he plucked up the fully charged magical vessel. “It doesn’t look like I’ll be able to kick this back to someone else now…” Rocking his jaw back and forth, he did have to concede that the rate of drainage indicated the giantess housed a preposterous amount of magic within her. That was certainly worth noting. “*Huff* Even if I haven’t the slightest idea as to how to test for what he’s looking for, at the very least I’ll have something to show him,” Ignavus sighed as the dull blue crystal rolled around in his palm. Turning his gaze back towards his satchel, he hrrmmed as he pondered his next course of action. “Depending on how much I can suck out of her… maybe I could propose the prospect of using giants as magical batteries?” Shaking his head and smirking at the thought, the bobcat was quite pleased with his bullshitting as he paced back over towards his satchel. “Damn that Argost,” the feline mouthed as he lugged his satchel towards the German Shepherd’s immobile form. He dared not speak the name aloud. That was the only thing he knew of that could immediately shatter the knight’s cut and dry down to business persona and flip his kill trigger. No idea why the knight was so damn paranoid and secretive about it, but if he had a reason to be, Ignavus would much rather remain blissfully ignorant of it.
“Let’s see just how much magic you have hiding away in there,” Ignavus thought out loud as he gently set the satchel beside her form and began flicking one transparent crystal after another at her. Hell, couldn’t hurt to stock up on magic crystals when the opportunity presented itself. That and the more samples he had to study, the better. Bouncing softly against her side before wavering and hovering in place beside her, a row of floating black crystals lined up adjacent to the giantess, steadily drawing out wisps of magical energy from her body.
“Ungghhhhh…” Kendra moaned softly as her body numbed and felt like it had taken on the properties of lead. Paying no heed to her health or physical state, the bobcat continued emptying his satchel in his efforts to bleed her dry of any and all magic. “Whuh…” the giantess wheezed as she barely registered the feeling of her constrains loosening around her ankles, wrists, and neck. Mulled and murky, Kendra’s thoughts failed to coalesce and make sense of the fact that the crags pressing against her neck ceased to do so as they grew larger and loomed ever higher and higher in her field of vision. “I liked it better when they just knocked me around and let me go on my way. Then I didn’t have to think so much,” she mused as her eyelids shut tight, the simple strength required to lift them having long left her.
Hmphhing as the bright bursts of light signaling a crystal had fully charged came to an abrupt halt, Ignavus raised his brows and looked on at the shimmering blue rocks littered about the forest floor impressed. “My word, cheap as these are, I could fetch a pretty penny for these just from the sheer volume she provided! These will keep me going for months!” The bobcat grinned excitedly as he began shoveling them back into his satchel. To heck with investigating the prospects of giants changing sizes, there was money to be made here! Magic crystals were innocuous as they were, it wasn’t like they were black market goods. It was all but impossible to trace the source of the magic contained within the crystals anyway, that and there would always be a demand for them! Just set up a couple non-descript vendors with them and watch the funds flow in. “Ahhh I’ll mull it over as I write up my findings. No way in hellllllllllllllllllooooooooo.” Lips pulled taught and ears perked straight up, Ignavus looked down blankly at the naked fur passed out before him that looked suspiciously like the giantess he had been flinching away from not that much earlier. “My god, my peripheral vision has just crapped right out in my old age,” he mumbled as he tried to make sense of the scene unfolding before him. Glancing to his left he spied her tattered and patchwork bra, and to the right was what could barely pass as women’s wear. So… yeah. Chances are this was the same female, just now noticeably… smaller. After he had drained her of every last drop of magic she was good for. Letting his eyes wander here and there as he gathered his thoughts, the feline sighed as he scratched at the back of his head, knocking loose a fair amount of dandruff from his scalp and matted fur. “I’ll be, so he was on to something after all. There really is a link between giants shifting sizes and magic.”
Tapping a finger against his furry chin, the bobcat tried to remain professional and refrain from jumping to conclusions. “It’s too soon to come to any definitive answer about what that link is though,” Ignavus thought as he slipped the shoulder strap on his satchel over his head. Gritting his teeth, he squinted his eyes as the sun began its rapid descent down the winter horizon, the trunks of the pines having begun to cast long, thin shadows across the forest floor. “Urrgh darn these short winter days.” Even if he left now, it would surely be long past nightfall by the time he made it back to his cabin. Regardless of what her size was, there was no guarantee the German Shepherd would still be here come tomorrow morning. “He’ll probably kill me if I ask him to capture another giant for me…” Furrowing his brows, Ignavus lightly tread towards the passed out fur and grabbed hold of both her arms. Possessing little to no concern for his subject’s well-being or dignity, the feline began to drag the former giantess across the frigid and bare forest floor towards his secluded abode. With any luck, if she survived through the night, he was certain he’d have cooked up a couple new tests to put her through to validate his superior’s theories. Chuckling softly to himself, Ignavus eagerly looked forward to putting his thoughts to paper. “Oooog,” he grunted as he unceremoniously let Kendra flump against the ground as he firmly pressed his hands against the base of his spine. “Provided I don’t throw my back out first,” he whined as he felt a spinal disc pop as he punched at the base of his back. Growling pathetically, he grabbed ahold of her once more.
…
Aw hell it's been a while since I did something stupid like this. For the sake of ambience, imagine that a dark and sinister cutover takes place, accompanied by the appropriate sound effects as provided by a DOLBY Digital Sound Analogue Stereo System: Evil Edition. Shit let’s throw in some buckets of dry ice too, get a spooky misty feel going on in the forest.
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