The Vorax has been practicing, watching the vids of the game, studying the humans movements and coordination. And they request a rematch, besides, that was.. kinda fun.
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Lesson one of the paint marker game: Clean camouflage colours are actually worse for you. The arena is marked with assorted paint splotches, and one's best bet is to also wear assorted paint splotches. Or get them, which is a losing condition.
Lesson two: Humans are the sneakiest sons of dogs to ever traverse the stellar gulfs.
Lesson three: Hunting humans and virtually killing them is more fun than could be previously believed. The Humans even supplied caloric supplements via their 'pizza' that were shockingly overabundant.
California Deep Dish with all the 'fixins'. What a rush.
The only real downside, if one could call it that, was the Human 'comedy'. It played with language, expectations, common history, common knowledge, and spelling. Especially spelling.
"What do you call a fish with no eyes?" said one Human over the celebratory pizza.
Vorax G'klyth paused in chewing some salami[1]. "Are there not some cave fish that have only vestigial eyes? I do not know the species?"
"A 'fsh', G'klyth. It's a joke. Let's try an easier one at a babier level. What do you call a deer with no eyes?"
"Deer does not have a spelling with the letter I. What is the answer?"
"No-eye deer."
"Ba-dum-dum tssshhh..." said a different human, deadpan.
G'klyth was still trying to parse the punchline. "Why would you ask a question that has no answer."
The assembled Humans groaned. "Babier than that, Doro."
"Not my fault these guys don't have comedy." Doro cleared his throat. "Let's try a demo knock-knock."
These words must have made sense the the Humans, but G'klyth was left baffled. More baffled. Intensely baffled.
"Knock knock," said Doro.
"Who's there," chorused the rest of the Humans.
"Lettuce."
"Lettuce who?"
"Lettuce in it's cold out here."
One of the responding Humans sang, "Ba da-da ba da dum."
"I do not understand," said G'klyth.
"Is it too late for chicken jokes?" wondered Doro.
[1] The less said about Vorax eating orifii, the better. Just... don't ask.
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