#kharra

Day 4, Creature

Sarah stopped short before going into the main lab.  Instead of the usual bright lighting, it was dark, with a haze across the floor.  “Kharra, are you there?”  She asked, eyes darting around.  

“Kharra’s not here right now”  A low, guttural voice answered, seemingly from every corner of the room.  “But I am”

Well, this was interesting.  Sarah took a couple steps into the lab, the deckplates suddenly feeling soft, almost like dirt.  

“Welcome to my lair, little one”  The voice again, closer this time.  Briefly, Sarah caught a glimpse of glowing eyes.  

“Now then, what are you doing here?”  There, right in front of her was a positively massive figure.  It looked like Kharra, certainly but was far taller, and Sarah would have definitely remembered if her assistant had glowing red eyes and… what that blood?

Sarah gulped.  This was definitely not good.

“Where’s Kharra?”  She demanded.  The monster laughed.  

“Oh, she’s not far”  came the answer, in the same deep guttural voice.  “She actually had a message for you”  Before she knew it, the wolf-like face was only inches from her.

“Did you want some candy?”

Suddenly, the lights came back on, and the mist dissipated.  There, standing on a pair of small stilts was, indeed, Kharra, her usually goofy grin on her face.  

“That was…certainly something”  Sarah felt her heart slowly begin to calm down.  “I’m glad it didn’t go much more, you have no idea how difficult it is *talking like this*” Kharra said the last bit in the much lower, intimidating register.  

“Still, you might want to tone it down a tad”  Sarah said.  “Remember, we’re looking for fun-scary not scary-scary”