His head was swimming, and he was no doubt bleeding all over the place, but at least he'd managed to cripple the damned thing so it couldn't just trot on over than stave his head in.
It took him a moment to gain his bearings, but with a groan he managed to rise to a kneel. Warm liquid flowed from the cut on his forehead, threatening to spill into his eyes, but he wiped it away with the back of a hand. The boar, for its own part, was still lurching awkwardly without the use of two of its legs. Well then, time to put it out of its misery.
Alabaster sprang, honestly with more vigor than he felt, using the fact that he'd ended up behind the boar to his advantage and hurling himself onto the creature's back. It tried to throw him off again, but only managed to teeter haphazardly one way or the other, or give weird little hops. Hauling himself along its back, Alabaster finally managed to take hold of both its ears for leverage as his mechanical limbs drove themselves into the beast's eyes, and then into its brain.
The boar shuddered, gave a final lurch, and died.
Alabaster slumped against the side of the store, breathing heavily. He kept an eye on Saga, and an eye on the boar, and hoped to Gods it didn't come back to life somehow.
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It took him a moment to gain his bearings, but with a groan he managed to rise to a kneel. Warm liquid flowed from the cut on his forehead, threatening to spill into his eyes, but he wiped it away with the back of a hand. The boar, for its own part, was still lurching awkwardly without the use of two of its legs. Well then, time to put it out of its misery.
Alabaster sprang, honestly with more vigor than he felt, using the fact that he'd ended up behind the boar to his advantage and hurling himself onto the creature's back. It tried to throw him off again, but only managed to teeter haphazardly one way or the other, or give weird little hops. Hauling himself along its back, Alabaster finally managed to take hold of both its ears for leverage as his mechanical limbs drove themselves into the beast's eyes, and then into its brain.
The boar shuddered, gave a final lurch, and died.
Alabaster slumped against the side of the store, breathing heavily. He kept an eye on Saga, and an eye on the boar, and hoped to Gods it didn't come back to life somehow.