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trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · 18h

Somnia Bestiae Page 9-01
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Katie is inside the house, which is full of mediocre and unfinished paintings as she attempts to pick up a new hobby.
On a television in the background, a news report plays-
TV: "The uncontested passing of worldwide legislation forbidding funding of artificial-life experiments at such scale has been a major step in restoring the safety of our future. However, questions still remain as those responsible for the tragedy..."

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · 10d

-- SOMNIA BESTIAE -- CHAPTER 9 --
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Chapter 9
A small country home sits underneath the early dawn sky.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 11

Somnia Bestiae Page 8-31
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END CHAPTER 8

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Kila: "So how about we try this again?"
Sikso doesn't know what this means.
Kila: "My name is Kila."
She pauses and smiles. He remains quiet.
Kila: "What's yours?"

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Kila: "...and you're still you."
Millicent and Katie watch from afar.
Katie smiles, a tear forming in her eye.
Millicent puts her hand on Katie's shoulder, as Kila does on Sikso's.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Sikso: "I can never go back..."
Sikso: "I'll never escape them..."
Kila: "You're more than just what they think of you. You're more than just what they trained you to do."
Sikso: "So what... what am I going to do now?"
Kila: "I wish I knew. But I know there's a place for us out there... and we don't have to try and find it alone."
Sikso listens intently.
Kila: "The world is different now, but I'm still me..."

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Sikso: "Wh... why?"
Kila: "I think you said it yourself."
Kila: "Maybe I am 'just like one of them.'"
She sits down beside him.
Kila: "And maybe that's not always such a bad thing."

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 7

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The cloud created by the explosion remains over the horizon.
Sikso has seen the whole thing unfold, and is surprised and confused at what he’s just witnessed. He says nothing, while Kila looks back towards him.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Kila has reached the ship. She removes the weapon mounted to it and crushes it in her hand before heading back to the city. The people aboard are okay, but flabbergasted.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 5

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The ready light illuminates on the weapon operator's panel once more, this time alongside an error message about the targeting mechanism. He pulls the lever to fire it again without really looking.
Having been knocked sideways by the wave, the ship's weapon misses completely, instead causing an impressively huge explosion in the ocean far away.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Kila's snarling face emerges from the smoke.
The people on the ship are thoroughly frightened.
Captain: "Queue up the second! Give it all we've got!"
Kila pushes the water to make a modest wave in an attempt to destabilize the ship.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 3

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The weapon operator looks very uncertain.
Operator: "Sir, shall I adjust targeting?"
Captain: "No, we don't have unlimited shots. Focus only on primary."
They watch Kila keep getting closer and closer.
Operator: "Any closer and-"
A ready indicator lights on the operator's panel.
Captain: "Fine, do it!"
The ship fires its weapon at Kila.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Kila spots the ship in the harbor just before she reaches Sikso.
Recognizing the weapon pointed towards them, her gaze does not look away. She backs off from Sikso and wades into the harbor.
Panic ensues aboard.
Operator: "Shit, the other one is heading for us!"

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Sep 1

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A scary looking weapon is mounted on a ship in the distance.
Operator: "Visual confirmation. Engaging system now."
The weapon operator's confidence is broken after he looks at the targeting screen again and sees Kila approach Sikso. The ship's captain frowns.
Operator: "Sir, take a look at this. Aren't we only supposed to take out one of them? Should we hold fire?"
Captain: "Doesn't matter. Keep powering it up."

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Kila carefully follows Sikso's trail through the city, as if trying to sneak up behind him.
A far away weapon has Sikso in the crosshairs.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Kila, still worried, works up the strength to sit up and look nervously at Katie, who smiles at her.
She looks towards Sikso, who is now sitting quietly by the harbor.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Millicent: "Hey! It's only a matter of time before the military starts trying to take this into their own hands. And they won't hesitate to take this whole town down with him."
Kila is surprised to see Millicent there too.
Kila: "Millicent?"
Millicent: "That's right. Now show us what you're made of! Give him what he deserves!"
Kila: "What I'm made of..."

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Katie seems a little scared, too. Millicent stumbles along behind her.
Kila: "Katie...? You have to get out of here..."
Katie: "Get up, girl! You can do it!"
Kila: "I... I don't belong here..."
Katie: "Yes you do! You're my Kila!"
Katie:" ...and we need your help more than ever."
Kila: "And... neither does he."

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Millicent: "Dammit, Katie, wait!"
Millicent realizes what's going on and jumps out of the van too and chases after her. Katie stops and shouts up at Kila.
Katie: "Kila! Hey! It's me!"
Kila's frightened eye turns nervously to look at Katie, who is standing on the viaduct, waving her arms.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Millicent: "Did you feel that?"
Millicent and Katie, fleeing in the van, are forced to stop suddenly as crowds flee across the crumbling overpass at Kila's side.
Katie jumps out of the van and runs towards Kila.
Millicent: "Hey, I thought you said we were supposed to-"

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 25

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There is no reply. After holding the pose for a while, Sikso's anger fades away, and a tear rolls down his face.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Sikso: "AM I NOTHING TO YOU NOW?!"

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Sikso stops and stands on the freshly shattered ground, looking out over the ocean.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Sikso crouches close to Kila.
Sikso: "Now do you see? The little human world... so fragile, yet so hostile..."
Sikso: "For what they did to us... what respect do they deserve?"
He turns and casually heads towards the other side of the city. Still mortified, Kila doesn't have it in her to pursue.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Kila lands on her back. Her face, at street level, stops just short of the busy road she had been trying to protect. She exchanges a horrified look with the people on the bridge.

trizzapon @trizzapon.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Kila loses her balance and starts to fall over.