Jabbercock

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The Jabbercock is a minor character in Ascent: Trials of Vore. It is a mysterious and unique creature who's history prior to it being on the 2nd Floor of the Tower is unknown, but that is considered to be among the kingdom of Chessboard’s most feared beasts.

It first appeared in Floor 2 - Mirror/Mirror, in which it was the primary hostile force and capture objective in the 2nd Floor's trial.

It last appeared on the 2nd Floor.

Appearance
At the time of its encounters with Ashley Gray, the Jabbercock was a giant, monstrous woman - the size of a house - sporting dragon's scales, a serpentine neck, the comb and large, heavy feet of a cockerel, and bat's wings in place of its arms. Between its legs is a truly giant - as well as long - member, thick as a cannon and covered in pulsing veins - head capable of opening like a vacuum.

Personality
The Jabbercock has little in the way of a sapient personality - aside from the occasional smattering of nonsense words (Jubjub, Gimble, Frumious, etc.) in their vocabulary - appearing to think largely on a primal and instinctual level. Much of its thought processes seem to bounce between lustful hunger, unwavering fury and insidious curiosity, its focus almost consistently on either the capture or trapping of its prey. Their vocabulary aside, it communicates mostly through loud, carrying hoots, hungry clucks and other, bird-like calls.

Background
The exacts of the Jabbercock's history prior to Ashley Gray arriving on the 2nd Floor of the Tower are unknown, except that it at some point came to reside in Morning Wood, and in at least one previous round of the 2nd Floor trial would manage to spray an unfortunate woman with its load, hardening her eternally into a statue fixture of the forest. (Floor 2 - Mirror/Mirror)

2nd Floor
The Jabbercock would first be mentioned to Ashley Gray, Syl and all else present on the evening of the full moon, at Chessboard Castle prior to the 2nd Floor trial. On welcoming everyone to the trial, Mirror would set their task: To brave the Morning Wood and catch the Jabbercock alive, its name garnering reactions from most present. The first to capture the creature would be allowed passage to the next floor.

Discounting mentions of the creature and encounters with its past victims, the Jabbercock's first recorded appearance to Ashley, Syl, Michelle L'Instar and Alice Little would come as it began hunting an unfortunate woman with antlers, who ran into the clearing where the former four were either standing or hiding. The Jabbercock would promptly knock the woman to the ground with a splatter of its load, trapping her with hardening white stuff as it charged out of the trees behind her with heavy footsteps, dragging its member along like a tail. The Jabbercock would nuzzle its victim's feet with its member's tip, before swallowing them up with its length - pulling her in like a vacuum - sucking her down the shaft, into its sack, and either absorbing or churning her. Though visibly satisfied, the Jabbercock would quickly go after whoever else it could see, coating half the clearing in white spray across multiple bursts as it bound around in pursuit - at least one release striking the hiding place of Ashley and Syl, forcing them out into the open. The Jabbercock would attempt to corner them, but would step on a trap laid by Syl, which exploded into a plume of smoke and dust, giving the pair time to get away even as the Jabbercock attempted to attack again.

The Jabbercock would attempt to close on Ashley and Syl, and would be briefly attacked by Alice with her blade - who momentarily sent it crashing into the trees - but quickly swatted her away with its member, sending her flying off over the treeline. As it turned back again, Ashley would prepare to defend with her shield before Michelle suggested a retreat from the beast. Ashley and Syl would beat a rapid retreat, Michelle keeping pace.

By the time they circled back to the Jabbercock, they would find it had been confronted by Alice again, the knight once more attempting to combat the beast, albeit with limited success as it repeatedly batted her away. As it cornered Alice, Ashley tried to draw the monster's attention by shouting and throwing rocks at it, and despite Alice's attempts to threaten her away - during which time the creature seemed to notice the potentially vorpal nature of Alice's blade - the Jabbercock would eventually become annoyed enough that it opened fire on her, allowing Ashley to deflect the beast's load back in its face with her shield. The not-wax rapidly hardened as it splattered the alarmed Jabbercock, heavily restricting its movement. Syl would then fire several nets woven from Michelle's butcher's twine at the beast, wrapping and immobilizing it, the Jabbercock unable to break free despite its struggles. Shortly after, the Jabbercock would release a splurt of load from under the net, momentarily trapping an enraged Alice's leg and preventing her from striking Ashley down.

The Jabbercock would remain trapped on the floor - its capture complete, and it settling down in captivity - until a suddenly giant Alice lifted it skyward in a fit of immature anger – away from those who had rightfully caught it. It would then subsequently be dropped as Ashley consumed Alice, falling to the floor again and remaining bound and compliant for the duration of Mirror congratulating Ashley and Syl. (Floor 2 - Mirror/Mirror)

3rd Floor
Ashley would later try not to remember the Jabbercock, avoiding thinking about it by name. (Floor 3 - Greed and Glory)

Abilities

 * Immense Strength: The Jabbercock possesses incredible amount of strength that was enough to match and more often than not overcome powerful opponents. Through this, it was able to almost effortlessly crash through trees without slowing, fight off Alice Little, and send her flying with "whipcrack" of its member.
 * Nigh Invulnerability: The Jabbercock - likely the result of its strength and thick scales - was shown to be almost entirely impervious to any attack leveled against it. This was most prominent during the 2nd Floor trial, in which it took multiple powerful sword blows from Alice Little - seemingly the most powerful climber present - and while it was repeatedly staggered, it did not seem to take any lasting damage, Alice's sword on at least one occasion bouncing off its scales.
 * Strong Lungs: The Jabbercock appears to have a great lung capacity, its hoots and warbles being loud enough to carry over a distance, as well as powerful enough to blast clouds of smoke away.
 * "High-Pressure Member": The Jabbercock's massive member is capable of both massive suction and massive pressure release. In the case of the former, the head is able to open and suck like a vacuum, pulling in prey to be dragged down the shaft and absorbed. In the case of the latter, it is able to unleash either a heavy torrent or individual money shots of load able to trap and harden on contact. The latter may look and sound akin to a fire-hose.

Prey Tracker
Total Prey: Unknown

Detailed Record

 * "Woman with Antlers" - 2F [Cock.] (Floor 2 - Mirror/Mirror)

Others

 * Ashley Gray: Food. Annoying. Captor. Alpha.
 * Syl: Food. Caught by her.
 * Alice Little: Food. Pest. Gone now.
 * Michelle L'Instar: Food.

Trivia

 * Like many other elements of the 2nd Floor's storyline, the Jabbercock is intended as a reference to and parody of the works of Lewis Carroll, specifically the fictional creature known as the Jabberwock from the nonsense poem Jabberwocky, as featured in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Similarly, its vocabulary consists almost entirely of made-up words Carroll created for their various stories.