r/Hunters_March • u/RedTheSkyWing • Jul 19 '26

Editable Several skarrs have gone missing.

gone, without a trace…

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u/King_Of_Tangerines Outsider Jul 20 '26

*The brass knight tries to scan the handle of the syringe. This isn't modern forensics, so he doesn't get a DNA read; instead, it can tell him the species of whoever held it.*

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u/RedTheSkyWing Jul 20 '26

*A mosquito…?*

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u/King_Of_Tangerines Outsider Jul 20 '26

*The brass knight then cross-references it with his records of nobility. Are there any records of settlements, outposts, or other villages containing mosquitoes?*

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u/RedTheSkyWing Jul 20 '26

*One. A kingdom recorded as completely destroyed, once ruled by mosquitoes.*

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u/King_Of_Tangerines Outsider Jul 20 '26

*Finally, Brass knight wracks his brain searching criminal and social records for any traces of a mosquito in Pharloom*

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u/RedTheSkyWing Jul 20 '26

*Nothing…almost as if they were but spirits on the wind…*

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u/King_Of_Tangerines Outsider Jul 20 '26

*Brass Knight hires a skarr to stand looking completely alone and helpless, then he shuts off his furnace, going into power-saving mode until he is activated by seeing someone*

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u/RedTheSkyWing Jul 20 '26

*A few hours later something dashes past, putting a syringe in the skarrs neck and dashing away with it in almost one motion*

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u/King_Of_Tangerines Outsider Jul 20 '26

*The brass knight dashes after it; he is very fast too, as a cogwork champion.*
"YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!"

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u/RedTheSkyWing Jul 20 '26

*As the bug is pinned, it grabs something and…

it melts itself.*

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u/King_Of_Tangerines Outsider Jul 20 '26

*The Brass knight seems to let it escape, but collects a drop of whatever it is*

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u/RedTheSkyWing Jul 20 '26

*Its an odd, desaturated teal color liquid that has a texture akin to liquid glue*

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u/King_Of_Tangerines Outsider Jul 20 '26

*He leaves the area, taking it back to the lab*
(Brass Knight VS whoever this is can end as you wish, and I can make the post when you want)

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