[He doesn't sound surprised or distressed. If anything, Turo seems excited. But the moment's brief, before the attack of the Orby Boi. The Professor's eyes narrow, and sharp crystal spires shoot up out of the floor around the flower-like structure, guarding it.]
So that's how it's going to be. You're still too attached to the way things are. Don't you see that the future could be better? [He sighs.] Well, never mind. Let's see if you can still fulfill your primary function.
What -
[The Figment yelps in alarm as there's a flash of light from where Turo's gripping its arm. Very quickly, it turns into a cry of pain. The crystals that make up its body start to grow and expand, tearing out of its false human skin and growing up Turo's arm instead. Soon, it falls silent. Soon after that, there's nothing remaining of it that looks remotely humanoid at all. The light builds, blinding.]
Ah...perfect. Initial recombination complete.
[As the light fades, Turo has changed.
He's well above the rest of you now, hovering over his crystalline flower with two pairs of huge crystal wings. His clothing, even his hair and beard, have gone white and opalescent, shimmering with as many colors as the dream crystals he's claimed for his own. There's another pair of arms and eyes, too, crystalline duplicates underneath the humanoid originals. The second pair of eyes is shut, but the arms move, all four hands spreading towards the group.]
Time for Stage Two. You all may want to wake up for this.
[But, if you won't go on your own...he summons a storm of shining, sharp-edged crystals, and sends them hailing down towards the group.]
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[He doesn't sound surprised or distressed. If anything, Turo seems excited. But the moment's brief, before the attack of the Orby Boi. The Professor's eyes narrow, and sharp crystal spires shoot up out of the floor around the flower-like structure, guarding it.]
So that's how it's going to be. You're still too attached to the way things are. Don't you see that the future could be better? [He sighs.] Well, never mind. Let's see if you can still fulfill your primary function.
What -
[The Figment yelps in alarm as there's a flash of light from where Turo's gripping its arm. Very quickly, it turns into a cry of pain. The crystals that make up its body start to grow and expand, tearing out of its false human skin and growing up Turo's arm instead. Soon, it falls silent. Soon after that, there's nothing remaining of it that looks remotely humanoid at all. The light builds, blinding.]
Ah...perfect. Initial recombination complete.
[As the light fades, Turo has changed.
He's well above the rest of you now, hovering over his crystalline flower with two pairs of huge crystal wings. His clothing, even his hair and beard, have gone white and opalescent, shimmering with as many colors as the dream crystals he's claimed for his own. There's another pair of arms and eyes, too, crystalline duplicates underneath the humanoid originals. The second pair of eyes is shut, but the arms move, all four hands spreading towards the group.]
Time for Stage Two. You all may want to wake up for this.
[But, if you won't go on your own...he summons a storm of shining, sharp-edged crystals, and sends them hailing down towards the group.]