"OI! LIL' PUPPY!" It's--oh stars, it's one of the Pirates again. Ridley couldn't be bothered to come in person, apparently, sending a Zebesian in his place. The massive thing staggered over, lugging a metal-topped cylinder full of... preservative? A bulb-shaped creature bobbed within, floating and--oh gods, he got her a Metroid. "Boss told me you'd like this lil' kitty roight good! Here ya go, lil' puppy!" It set the cylinder down in front of Isabelle with a hefty THUD. The glass held, at least.
Oh dear, were those Ridley’s Space Pirates? She had thought she’d seen the last of them, but it seems now they’re back with a vengeance presents. Announced by the large grunt was a message that suggested that Ridley, the god of death and and sole reason Samus has so many mommy and daddy issues (or lackthereof), had gotten her a present.
… What the present was, however, was something she had never once laid eyes on before. The creature was almost translucent and reminiscent of a jellyfish, though it bared fangs and a visible membrane and three strange fleshy bulbs that looks dangerously similar to a brain.
While normally the sight of the baby metroid would be absolutely horrifying and give people nightmares, Isabelle was actually quite fascinated with it, and actually got closer to the glass case to inspect the creature within. It moves frantically around the glass container, pulsating and chirping as it remains hidden within the strange preservative that it rests within. It seems semi-dormant, but the jostling appears to have woken it up.
And already, it looks pretty angry that it’s being jostled around.
“Uhm - well - thank you, Mr. Space Pirate.. maybe I’ll ask someone what kind of food it eats…”
“I guess if I’m going to take care of it, I should probably give it a name…”
“I’m gonna name you… Chumbles!”
