The great bat looked over the readouts, looking over monitors built for someone of his ghoulish anatomy, stooped forward, his face low to the ground. He used his wings as extra legs to support its great frame.
"These readings don't match what we got earlier," he hissed. "The radio wave readings spiked off the charts when we got within two light-years. You can't expect me to believe this planet doesn't have fully developed technology at this point? We have no idea how old those readings were."
"These readings don't match what we got earlier," he hissed. "The radio wave readings spiked off the charts when we got within two light-years. You can't expect me to believe this planet doesn't have fully developed technology at this point? We have no idea how old those readings were."
"Fine," the bat rumbled. "But if we get atomic beam fire sent after us, I'm holding you personally responsible." He tapped the screen with the large, clawed thumb of his winged hand. "Follow these coordinates. There's a set of islands more than large enough to hold us right next to the largest body of water on the planet. We're hiding our ship at the sea floor. I'm not risking being caught by Skeggs, a transtellar scanner, or even a child's toy satellite, do you hear me?"
"I'm not setting foot off this ship unless it's absolutely necessary, much less to go play explorer." The bat switched the monitor feet to immediate surroundings, taking in the murky darkness of the sea floor. "At the very least I'm going to wait until nightfall. You do what you like. We need to lie low until our trail grows cold."
The bat glared at the centaur, its narrow eyes like razors.
"Tell me you did not do anything to call attention to yourself," he hissed. "I am not in the mood for bad news."
"Tell me you did not do anything to call attention to yourself," he hissed. "I am not in the mood for bad news."
The bat glared at her, crawling up on his leathery wings, his colosal ears rolled far back. "Only local bugs, huh? Not very advanced, huh?" He crawled around the centaur, never taking his beady gaze from her. "Then why so frazzled? You didn't, by any chance, pick a fight you couldn't finish, did you?"
"Oh," hissed the bat. "Now you want me to go out there just because some bugs made a fool out of you? You want me to compromise our cover because you humiliated yourself in front of a population of mites? Think again, fool!" He crawled back to the control console. "I'm plotting a course for somewhere else. Thanks to you, this spot has probably been compromised. I've been doing some atmosphereic analysis." He began tapping away at the controls. "It turns out this planet has a sophisticated global communications network in place. The entire planet probably knows what you've done now, and I'm certainly not about to help you rid us of seven billion witnesses to your stupidity!"
((Sure. Post it in the OOC discussion thing.))
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"The bugs started talking to each other," hissed the bat. "They summed the strongest of their ranks and are now trying to kill us! We were supposed to lie low, you idiot!" He hit a button on the control panel, and a large dome rose up from the ground. "Step into the safety chamber. I'll take care of these machines quickly myself before they do any irreparable damage. In the water, an wave of Ultrasonic Doom should do the trick."
"Just get to the safe room!" the bat snarled. "You've caused enough trouble for one day. Stay out of my way and let me handle it before you call down the entire planet's military foces on us!"
He returned his attention to the dome in front of him. "No. I shouldn't kill them, just disable their equipment. The last thing they need is extra motivation to bring down the big guns."
He returned his attention to the dome in front of him. "No. I shouldn't kill them, just disable their equipment. The last thing they need is extra motivation to bring down the big guns."
When the ship shook, the Great bat slammed its forelimb against the consol. "Damn it! I'm going to kill that woman!" He brought the dome to his lips and took a deep breath. A moment later, he let out a cry into the dome, and the entire ship shook.
Outside, the vibrations tore through the water, shaking the surrounding submarines, disrupting all manner of electrical systems inside of them. One ship actually wound up exploding in spite of the bat's care.
Outside, the vibrations tore through the water, shaking the surrounding submarines, disrupting all manner of electrical systems inside of them. One ship actually wound up exploding in spite of the bat's care.
The bat turned around and grabbed the centaur by the neck. "Now, thanks to you, we have to abandon ship before their systems come back online! Hurry! Which way is land!? It'll be sunset soon." He tapped more buttons on the console, opening the pressure door once more. "Get moving! We need to hide now!"
The bat snarled. "I'm guessing this is where you were found. It can't be helped, though. We need to stay in the darkness." His giant ears turned and rolled around his head. "They're still talking about you. The moment either of us are spotted, we're finished. What possessed you to smash so many things in the first place?! This place looks like a war zone!"
"You really need to watch your step around these bugs," said the bat. "When they swarm, they can be deadly. I'm hearing talk of nuclear weapons on this planet. Those things hurt like you wouldn't believe!"
He lifted his incredibly large wings, getting ready to flap them down. "Walk around the town and find a place to blend in. Maybe they'll mistake your giant posterior for a mountain or something." He beat down his wing, displacing hurricane force winds underneath, lifting him into the air. Once he was high enough, though, the winds were harder to feel. Luckily they were not too close to the town, or else more roofs would have been blown off than actually were.
He lifted his incredibly large wings, getting ready to flap them down. "Walk around the town and find a place to blend in. Maybe they'll mistake your giant posterior for a mountain or something." He beat down his wing, displacing hurricane force winds underneath, lifting him into the air. Once he was high enough, though, the winds were harder to feel. Luckily they were not too close to the town, or else more roofs would have been blown off than actually were.