Bigger, Better, Stronger

At first, nothing would happen to the echo. The alchemist was probably too weak or too new to magic to do much of anything. Probably. But as he continued to pour energy into the device (although that was probably far too fancy a name for the disc) something shifted, a quality to the air that would be hard to identify, but both men would feel immediately. It was the feeling of a carefully constructed spell being disrupted by someone who had absolutely no idea what he was doing and shouldn’t have been messing around with forces outside his ken. Then, the echo would begin to whine, very very softly, but very very insistently. However, it would quickly climb in both pitch and volume until it became completely unbearable. At the same time, it would start to shake rapidly, until it actually started levitating from the force of it. By this point, both Ronin and Remi would be totally incapacitated by the sonic symphony assaulting their senses. At this point, the disc exploded, fragments pinging through the air, bouncing off various surfaces, and even cut both men’s exposed skin and clothes a little bit where they hit. Magic, wild and untamed crackled through the air. Then, all at once, the pieces stopped, shivered, and slowly came back to where the disc had once rested. They swirled in a vortex, slowly, but picking up speed, before they imploded in a flash of light. Both men, already temporarily deafened, would also be temporarily blinded. When their vision cleared and their other senses returned to them, they’d see quite the unusual sight. A lobster would be where the disc had once rested. It looked at them with beady but somehow cute eyes. As it raised its enormous claws, it hesitated, looking between Remi and Ronin, before lowering them it what seemed an almost plaintive and scared gesture. If the two men were baffled by the events that had just unfolded, the poor lobster was obviously even more terrified. Unfortunately, Remi's tinkering destroyed the Echo. You've found a regular companion! If you would like to try and earn the creature's trust (thereby 'winning' the companion, you have 3 days to post to try and do so! Be creative in your responses. If you would not like to try to win the creature, feel free to continue posting!)