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Vagrant-Verse — Go G: Ebirah

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Description (10/4/09 update: I got rid of the dorsal fins on the tail, improved color contrast, things like that.)


The Tight Leashed

Ebirah

Length: 75 meters

Weight: 17000 tons

BIO

Eric checked his watch. It was 2:21 in the morning. "dang!" he thought, "And the funny thing is I can keep going for hours more...."

Tatsuo peered over with the same wry smile he had earlier.

"Losing focus already? I can keep going for days on this, you know."

"You think I can't?" Eric returned wry fire, "Then anwer me this. Discovering an ancient, lost kingdom is cool and all, but what about Godzilla? Did you ever find out how he and Manda's fight came to a close?"

"The jury's still out on that one. But, we do know where he was next seen. You see, there was a terrorist orgnaization out in the Pacific called Red Bamboo. They had, of all things, nuclear weapons at their disposal."

"Never heard of them."

"A lot of people haven't. They were downplayed by the media, when in reality they were extremely dangerous. Oh, and not only that, they had monsters at their disposal. A whole flock of little ones, and one big one."

"What kind?"

"The small ones were birds, mutated by irradiated meat. The big one was a giant shrimp, called Ebirah. The creatures simply hung around the islands perimeter, unable to leave."

"They wanted to leave? Why couldn't they?"

"The Red Bamboo had a strange sort of 1-way shield barrier aroound the island. At the time, the technology was a mystery to us. But, anyway, Godzilla."

Eric was willing to let him go as he willed as long as it had to do with Godzilla.

"It was really weird. Godzilla came to the island by, apparently, sheer luck. More likely than not, he was driven by the energy from the nuclear weapons they had stockpiled. I can honestly say, from what I've heard, it was over almost too quickly. Ebirah was almost killed, but managed to dive into deeper water. The giant birds were unfortunate victims of circumstance, but a few managed to fly away once Godzilla took down their control towers. And that is, in a nutshell, how Godzilla destroyed a terrorist organization. The group disbanded, the shields were studied, and Ebirah, strangely, never left that cove. Although, considering what that island later became..."

Eric yawned, even though he didn't want to. Tatsuo had to stop and look at him with a puzzled expression.

Eric spoke, " Listening to this is interesting and all, but if this is all Godzilla did around this time, I'd rather hear something more interesting. Y'know, to wake me back up."

Tatsuo pondered, "Interesting, huh? Well, how's this sound?"

ABILITIES

-Capable of living at intense depths

-Can loosen its body to swim like a shark, or tighten its body up to walk like a shrimp

-Armed with a powerful claw and a claw similiar to a pistol shrimps, mantaining all related abilities

-Intense dislike of a chemical compound created from a rare tropical berry.
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Comments: 4

KaijuX [2009-10-17 22:37:18 +0000 UTC]

Shrimp!

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The-Final-Wraith [2009-09-06 03:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Huh, before I read the description I was thinking the gaps in the armor were impractical, but now... This is a pretty creative idea, I like how you managed to convey a sharklike sense to Ebirah in the pose, but the dorsal fin feels almost too much, though the tail fin looks neat. In addition, while cool looking, it's big claw seems almost too calcified to even be usable, except as a blunt instument. That aside, kudos for proving that there can be a fresh take on what was essentially just a giant shrimp.

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Vagrant-Verse In reply to The-Final-Wraith [2009-09-06 04:16:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the kudo's. And, as for the big claw, it's in a cocked position. I based it on a pistol shrimps, who, if you didn't know, can produce the loudest noises on the planet. I put it in to serve as a way of removing the 'I'm a good punching bag' aspect of his character. I've never drawn one before, so, I probably did make it look a little too, as you said, 'calcified.' Nice word.

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The-Final-Wraith In reply to Vagrant-Verse [2009-09-06 04:58:15 +0000 UTC]

Ohhh... Now I see what you're going for... Comparing the claws, I withdraw my earlier comment, as it looks pretty accurate.

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