FILL: Reaper X Big Ben [1/?]
anonymous
July 3 2011, 16:16:15 UTC
On the eighth day of the invasion, following a week of missiles, riots and destruction, a fire broke out on the west side of London. It managed to obliterate what little they’d saved. The inferno spread through the city, tongues of flame flickering across the windows of any building that had been left standing, and completely consumed the wreckage. The surviving humans were sent scattering into the streets, but many never made it out of the flames: some fell choking in the smoke; others were crushed under falling concrete; and plenty were trampled to death as they battled their way to the exits.
Foolish, thought the Reaper, observing the panic. According to its extranet sources, a similar fire had occurred in 1666, so the situation was hardly atypical. Yet it seemed that the humans had prepared no suitable counter-measures in case of a second occurrence, or even followed any sort of procedure. They simply swarmed out of the rubble and charged as one for the river, where the squealing mass of flesh tumbled into the water, and corpses
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Re: FILL: Reaper X Big Ben [2/?]
anonymous
July 3 2011, 16:18:42 UTC
It seemed increasingly impossible, however, as the Reaper flew over more and more buildings that had already been flattened to the foundations. There would be no recovery of data without subtle sifting later on. Its inner processes buzzed and grated at the waste - while eradication was indeed necessary, it seemed alone in thinking that it would be more conducive to gather information first - but in the end it settled for marking certain locations for review, and moved on.
Its sensors immediately refocused, therefore, when it finally came across a local landmark that had somehow escaped both fire and weapons unscathed. The Reaper set about running extranet searches, trying to learn its significance. Big Ben. A large but primitive timekeeping device, inexplicably celebrated by local inhabitants. For some reason (hypothesis currently unavailable), it still stood intact, a spire on the horizon, while all around it such noteworthy buildings as the seat of this nation had fallen to its kin
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Re: FILL: Reaper X Big Ben [3/?]
anonymous
July 3 2011, 16:22:39 UTC
The Reaper descended, first examining the clock tower with visual sensors, then a probing claw. It recoiled as the claw scraped against the brickwork. It would not do to render the structure unfit for analysis. True, it had already somehow survived the surrounding destruction, but the Reaper could still make out the limits of its construction. The building materials were fragile, and the centre hollow. It was also not as unscathed as it had seemed at first. The frame of the clock was missing several shards of glass. An impractical building material at best, and the Reaper could not find a logical reason for its inclusion in construction
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(My first fill. What a weird way to pop my kink meme cherry 0 . 0)
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Foolish, thought the Reaper, observing the panic. According to its extranet sources, a similar fire had occurred in 1666, so the situation was hardly atypical. Yet it seemed that the humans had prepared no suitable counter-measures in case of a second occurrence, or even followed any sort of procedure. They simply swarmed out of the rubble and charged as one for the river, where the squealing mass of flesh tumbled into the water, and corpses ( ... )
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Its sensors immediately refocused, therefore, when it finally came across a local landmark that had somehow escaped both fire and weapons unscathed. The Reaper set about running extranet searches, trying to learn its significance. Big Ben. A large but primitive timekeeping device, inexplicably celebrated by local inhabitants. For some reason (hypothesis currently unavailable), it still stood intact, a spire on the horizon, while all around it such noteworthy buildings as the seat of this nation had fallen to its kin ( ... )
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Well done, anon!
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Nonetheless, that was a very interesting take on a reaper's point of view :)
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And welcome to the meme!
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