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Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 60

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  1. Battra (Keizer - Larval Form)
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  3. [Height]: 80 meters
  4. [Length]: 90 meters
  5. [Weight]: 60,000 tons
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  7. [Appearance]: Has a worm-like caterpillar form similar to Mothra's in basic shape; has several dull gold spiky protrusions from the head; has multiple large yellow claw-tipped legs running down the length of the body; possesses a pronged protrusion at the end of its tail; has a more jagged and uneven pair of tusks next to mandibles; has a large jagged horn jutting out from the top of its head; has red compound eyes; has an overall black skin tone with yellow stripes and red dots running down the length of its body
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  9. [Observed Characteristics]: Front half of body is upright compared to the larval Mothra's grounded form; is much more ferocious when engaging enemies; has great physical strength and endurance for its size; has impressive burrowing ability; can charge up horn with yellow electrical energy to enhance combat ability; can produce purple electrically-arcing beams from its eyes; has limited telepathic ability
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  13. [April 25, 2168]
  14. [Roth-Ma Island - Jiran Island Cluster]
  15. [Pacific Ocean]
  16. [Open Territory - G.U.D.]
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  20. The massive husk of an egg left behind by Mothra before she disappeared into the void of Transference Space has been completely destroyed, left as nothing more than scattered and broken pieces strewn throughout the jungle. In its stead is an equally impressive site: another larva that emerged from the great egg, though much later than Mothra did.
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  22. This one looks much more menacing, almost like the larval form of the Battra creature that Bagan created by corrupting Mothra ages ago, and is somehow even larger than its sister; it's obvious that the two grubs grew exponentially upon hatching.
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  24. This new incarnation of Battra has made its way to the peak of one of the mountains overlooking the island, an inactive volcano to be specific. Several G.U.D. research teams have followed the giant larva on its trek, both physically and with surveillance drones. Like Mothra is currently doing on Jiran Island, Battra is also scraping the crater walls and combing through the debris for stones with Hotua engravings.
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  26. Unlike Mothra, though, Battra is able to make use of purple electrical beams from its eyes as a form of partial gravity manipulation to carry the rocks; this is necessary given that the giant grub's stature prevents it from picking up the tiny-in-comparison engraved rocks.
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  28. The pattern that Battra's creating is identical to what Mothra is making on Jiran Island, though it's less complete than his sibling's mandala due to the fact that he became active much later. While the large dark larva continues to set up whatever it is he's making, a surveillance drone relays its video feed back to the ground teams and other G.U.D. research divisions across the globe.
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  35. [Jiran Island - Jiran Island Cluster]
  36. [Pacific Ocean]
  37. [Open Territory - G.U.D.]
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  41. Back on Jiran Island, the footage of Battra is being relayed to the primary surface outpost on the former island paradise. Among the crowd that has gathered around the holographic monitor are Wei Ho and Anna Maximoff; the latter has apparently still not decided to physically leave like she intended to yet.
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  44. (Wei Ho): It looks like that horrible Battra corruption years back, doesn't it?
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  46. (Anna Maximoff): Yeah, it does. But this one is Mothra's sibling. I think it might even be male.
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  48. (Wei Ho): Could be. How we missed him while we had the egg just sitting there this entire time, I have no idea. He's making a pattern like Mothra is right now.
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  50. (Anna Maximoff): The two of them are clearly coordinating their efforts to achieve something. Is there anything yet from the archives on the Jiran Island Cluster to inform us about what's going on?
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  53. Wei Ho's old Synthetic friend is swiping furiously through her datapad, but she doesn't find anything.
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  56. (Ruby-B2143): I've been looking, but the only relevant references I can find are these stones being important iconography during religious ceremonies and the symbol being made being the glyph for 'Mothra' in the ancient Hotua texts. Nothing about any particular purpose the two might serve.
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  59. Ruby-B2143 seems to be particularly frustrated at her inability to find anything to help inform the situation. Anna Maximoff turns her attention back to the screen, curious but also confused about what the two larvae seek to accomplish by setting up their own symbol. While she continues to watch, a notification rings on Wei Ho's datapad. He breaks away from the group and steps outside to take this COMMS hail.
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  62. (Wei Ho): Eobard, is that you?
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  64. (Eobard Thawne): [COMMS] Yeah, it's me. Listen, I might have an update on the Axis Alliance remnants/
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  66. (Wei Ho): Why not just bring it up with General Rasczak, then? He's the one heading the entire investigation operation.
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  68. (Eobard Thawne): [COMMS] I just did. Visited him personally, actually. I've been working as the Flash with the C.D.F. as support scout, and I think I have some intel linking them to the current movement of the Mothra twins in the Jiran Island Cluster.
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  71. At the mention of this, Wei Ho's expression becomes much more stern and focused. He's now listening intently, patiently waiting to see what important information could possibly link the Axis Alliance with the Mothra twins.
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  74. (Wei Ho): Okay, then. What is it?
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  76. (Eobard Thawne): [COMMS] There are some faint but noticeable shifts in the Ki readings on both of the primary islands. These shifts greatly resemble those of the leader of the Axis Alliance, Mary Stoker.
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  78. (Wei Ho): The Post-Human who can stalk from shadows?
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  80. (Eobard Thawne): [COMMS] Yeah, her. I'd hazard a guess and say that she's still active and scouting the islands. As well, the drone fighters lost track of the Destroyer recently. The thing is, it was in the midst of circling around back to the Cluster when they lost it.
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  82. (Wei Ho): You mean..... it might come back here?
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