——— Minho ———
What the fuck is going on?
I have no idea what Mira has done, but I saw the flames on my hands although I didn't feel any heat from them. My fangs hung outside my mouth, and my elongated tongue made me look like a hideous idiot on steroids with my body bursting with muscles like the Incredible Hulk.
Blood dripped off my horns and they were running down my head, not to mention the pool of blood that was forming below my feet from even more blood pouring out of the tip of my broken claws that poked out of my toes.
Man, Mira has some sick fantasies if she could think of such a monstrosity.
As instructed, I started counting 200 since my transformation, remembering that Mira said this illusion was time-limited.
While my 'look' wasn't going to hurt King Kong in any sense on its own, it certainly threw it off and made Tanguy guide his monster to retreat, distancing itself from me. I slowly approached it, acting and posing myself as a harbinger of doom, and it was working to an extent.
"I'm at the count of 160. Is that about right Mira?", I asked her quietly, as she was following me closely hiding behind my enlarged body.
"I'm at about 150. Did you think of something?"
"I have an idea… not sure if it's going to work though."
"What's your idea?"
"We need to get closer to that big monkey. And I need you to create a multiple for some time. How long do you think you can hold?"
"Imposing an image over you is not a big deal. But to create a multiple that is not my own image… if it's a single one I could probably do a few minutes at most."
"How are you feeling?"
"Pretty good."
"Time will be tight… but let's try this."
Against the massive monster - sorry to call you that, Mr. King Kong. I always liked you - that was now fully backed up against the boundary in Tanguy's half, I started to stomp my way closer to it. Mira was good with auditory illusions too and it was possible to amplify the sound of my every step.
When we were about 25 meters away from it, I let out another scream, which Mira quickly caught on and amplified.
Fuck, what's wrong with my voice… this sounds absolutely horrible, even to me.
King Kong had run out of patience. Although it didn't seem to want to approach the ugly creature he'd never seen before - me - it wasn't going to just stand and shiver in fear. This was the mighty King fucking Kong after all.
It stood tall on its two feet, let out a thunderous roar, and started to pound its chest.
Those who ran away from the battlefield boundaries were quickly rushing back to the front to observe the spectacle and loud cheers erupted as they felt they were about to witness an epic battle.
Sorry, guys. But I have something entirely different in mind.
"OK, Mira-. Now, make a multiple."
"What kind?"
"Place a hot, beautiful woman in front of it. After that, I will circle around to reach its back."
"What?! That's so random!"
"Trust me. Make sure she's attractive, pretty, sexy, all that."
"Sigh… fine."
I started to move slightly diagnoally, ready to sprint toward King Kong's back as soon as it'd get distracted.
The idea was simple. King Kong likes a beautiful woman, just like in the movies. I will get on its back as soon as it gets distracted -
"Bruh…", I stopped on my track and turned to face Mira.
"What is it now?"
"What the hell are you doing?!!!"
I pointed at Mira's double which was placed about 10 meters in front of King Kong.
"An attractive, pretty, beautiful woman. Isn't that it?"
"Bruh…"
"What?"
"That… ISN'T A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN!!!"
"HUH?!! What are you trying to say?!"
"Just how full of yourself are you?! I asked you to make a beautiful woman and you make YOUR multiple?!"
"YOU are the one who called me cute!"
"I take it back!!!"
"But look!"
As I turned to look again, I saw that King Kong DID seem interested in Mira Number 2. She was just as how Mira looked, identical, but wore a beautiful white mage robe.
OK, I'll give her that. The robes are beautiful, but…
To my surprise, King Kong knelt down and studied Mira Number 2 with great interest. His big eyes were fascinated by the little creature, his nose flaring and…
Then he shot back up to his feet and let out a roar that was even louder than before, pounding his chest in absolute fury.
He was enraged.
"Look! You pissed him off now!", I was right after all.
"That STUPID MONKEY!!! Go get him!!!"
King Kong, now super angry, started to inch its way toward us. We were running out of time and my illusionary facade was going to disappear soon too.
"OK, let me make it clear this time. Project a woman between us and King Kong. We are running out of time. Make her beautiful!"
"I did!"
"For God's sake! Make someone like Celestine!!!"
Mira went alll quiet, looked down at her toes for a moment, and erupted to throw a fit.
"You stupid Human! I will kill you!!!"
Then pop - the illusion around me was gone and I was back to my regular form.
"We are doomed…"
We both uttered at the same time.
"Could you please make someone up?!", I shouted at Mira.
"I refuse!"
"Please, we are gonna die at this rate."
"Why don't YOU do it then?!"
Ah fuck…
I really didn't want to do this…
I really, REALLY didn't want to do this.
But if there was no other way…. Then so be it.
"Fine. Do an illusion over me again. Turn me into a blond girl. Busty. Big boobs. Big butts. White dress. Oh fucking hell. Just make it up quick!"
Mira let out a sigh and closed her eyes and I…
Became a beautiful woman.
"Come and get me, baby!"
I turned to the massive monkey, making a pin-up girl pose.
I could die of embarrassment right now.
But voila - it worked.
As soon as he saw me, King Kong immediately calmed down and knelt onto ground again just as it did before, studied me from my head to my toe, and made what I could only guess to be a smile as wholesomeness spread over its face.
He then brought his hand forward and placed it in front of me, opening and showing its palm to invite me.
"You better keep this up until this is over or I'm frigging dead…"
I gave Mira my final words and walked onto King Kong's palm.