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You are a strange creature, capable of taking over other lifeforms to serve as your vessel. Your current host, Jack Winters, was unbeknownst to you a drug addict, and overdosed on speedball. To survive, you bonded with him, but this damaged you, leaving you separated from the bodysnatcher command structure. An individual by accident, you are hunted by the cyborg aliens, the forces guided by the illuminati called the Wise, and your own kin.

The battle is on the way, and Cath, while very efficient and deadly, seems to have reverted to the "monster" persona. Only a minute has passed since you engaged your enemies, and two Overseers have already fallen, but a Dragon has been sent to deal with you.

Your known abilities are:
- reinforcing your muscle and bone tissue, making you several times stronger,faster and tougher
- growing weapons from your arms, limited to one on each arm in any combination:a hooked, double edged blade on your forearm, claws, a spike that springs out from your wrist underneath your palm or launchable bone spikes
- hardening your skin into thick,segmented bone plate armor resistant to heat and energy weapons, and growing a membrane under your skin, that contains fluid that hardens on impact
- absorbing ingested organic material, that you can use to increase muscle and bone density(animal tissue is the most effective)
- the ability to call forth your host's memories, skills and knowledge
- altering your appearance, includin skin\hair\eye colour, facial features, height, build, and gender, though the more elaborate the change is, the more time and effort it takes.
- producing almost any kind of drug,poison or acid in liquid form, including sedatives, that you can deliver either at high pressure from an opening that can be created anywhere on your body, or through the wristspike.
- emitting pheromones that influence humans
- sensing the mind-link of bodysnatchers
- enhanced senses, capable of switching to different spectrums (infravision, ultrasound, noise filtering, etc.)
- fiber-optic nervous system, allowing you to ignore pain to some extent, and speeding up your reflexes by orders of magnitude
- a pair of leathery wings growing from your shoulder blades, with a bio-fuel fed jet system underneath it, allowing you extremely fast aerial movement
- superhuman sense of balance
- four combat tentacles

Mutations:
-Perfect Predator
Noise-level sense, body better optimised for stealth, invisible to digital sensors and leaves no scent
-Monstrous Strength
Increased strength, speed, and leaping distance

You are a strange creature, capable of taking over other lifeforms to serve as your vessel. Your current host, Jack Winters, was unbeknownst to you a drug addict, and overdosed on speedball. To survive, you bonded with him, but this damaged you, leaving you separated from the bodysnatcher command structure. An individual by accident, you are hunted by the cyborg aliens, the forces guided by the illuminati called the Wise, and your own kin.

The battle is on the way, and Cath, while very efficient and deadly, seems to have reverted to the "monster" persona. Only a minute has passed since you engaged your enemies, and two Overseers have already fallen, but a Dragon has been sent to deal with you.

You look at the creature hurtling at you, the visor displaying a dizzying array of information. Apparently, it's top speed is Mach 3, and it's capable of bone spike, flame, poison, and sonic attacks, and two more, their icons strange. One displays an explosion with tiny dots in it, while the other one has curvy lines like roots, whith similar dots on it. Their titles say S-EX and S-ENT, respectively.

The line drawn by th smart-link point unwaveringly at the Dragon, and you feel a strange disconnect to the situation, the incoming bodysnatcher outflying the sound of it's jets, appering to be tiny on the horizon. A quickly flashing sign reminds you that you have command over twelve KP-21s half a click south of you, still cloaked. It seems that Wise command has also assigned you three cruise missiles, and two LEDS, or fun packs as the techies called them.

The Dragon arrives at your current location in a little less than four seconds.
Wat do?

>>16005191
Whoops. Ignore the first two paragraphs, they're this: >>16005176
Copying error.

Mary-Sue Quest: The Not-Snatching-any-Bodying

Honestly, why would you start a quest based on SNATCHAN THE BODIES, then snatch a JUNKY and make him a pimped-out killdroid?

This shit was stupid 15 installations ago, and it's stupid now.

Come along, pony.

>>16005191
>Wat do

Double team that fucker. Cath and we should be able to finish him easily.
Otherwise, let's see if we can jump on top of it and put that monstrous strength to good use.

>>16005191
>an explosion with tiny dots in it, while the other one has curvy lines like roots, whith similar dots on it
>S-EX and S-ENT
S-EX probably means "spikes - explosive". I have no idea what S-ENT stands for.
We have our gun and Cath has whole arsenal inside her (at least it seems so) but it still may be not enough. I mean, holy shit, that thing is big as eight-wheeler, armored, and still moves with speed rivaling our own, if not faster.
Distract it, then call KP's for help.

>>16005217
Honestly? Because I didn't want the quest to be about eating, killing and possibly raping people, then jumping bodies. I mean, there were two or three other quests around about being horribly evil when we started out.

Also,
>Mary-Sue
inigo_montoya_youkeepusingthatword.png

rolled 34 = 34

>>16005217
>The Not-Snatching-any-Bodying
>Honestly, why would you start a quest based on SNATCHAN THE BODIES, then snatch a JUNKY and make him a pimped-out killdroid?
Because abandoning our host would take days? And another days to come back to full strenght? Switching to someone other than aggresive, drug dealing addict was considered, but ultimatetly anon decided agaisnt it, and now it's simply not worth it.

>>16005308
Oh yeah, I guess you want a roll.

>>16005414
>Your known abilities are:
- reinforcing your muscle and bone tissue, making you several times stronger,faster and tougher
- growing weapons from your arms, limited to one on each arm in any combination:a hooked, double edged blade on your forearm, claws, a spike that springs out from your wrist underneath your palm or launchable bone spikes
- hardening your skin into thick,segmented bone plate armor resistant to heat and energy weapons, and growing a membrane under your skin, that contains fluid that hardens on impact
- absorbing ingested organic material, that you can use to increase muscle and bone density(animal tissue is the most effective)
- MEMORY THIEVAN
- FACE CHANGEN
- producing almost any kind of drug,poison or acid in liquid form, including sedatives, deliverable through jets or wristspike
>PHEREMONES
- sensing the mind-link of bodysnatchers
- enhanced senses, capable of switching to different spectrums (infravision, ultrasound, noise filtering, etc.)
- fiber-optic nervous system, allowing you to ignore pain to some extent, and speeding up your reflexes by orders of magnitude
- WINGS, RENDERED VESTIGIAL BY YOUR INEXPLICABLE BIO-JETS
- superhuman sense of balance
- 4 COMBAT TENTACLES

Mutations:
-Perfect Predator
Noise-level sense, body better optimised for stealth, invisible to digital sensors and leaves no scent
-Monstrous Strength
Increased strength, speed, and leaping distance

Oh, of course, OP, how could that be construed as a Mary Sue?
Flaws? The junky is soo klutzy sometimes! She's bad at math too.

rolled 84 = 84

Seems we're in for another slow night. Is there nobody here but me and one troll?

>>16005414
>And another days to come back to full strenght
translates to:
>I want to act out my weeaboo fantasy with no possible negative outcomes

oh yeah, and if you were an aggressive, drug dealing addict, shouldn't you be suffering from WITHDRAWAL at some point? Oh right, none of you know what addiction means. Carry on.

>>16005547
>Seems we're in for another slow night. Is there nobody here but me and one troll?

I'm here, but the guy with the pained butt is getting annoying.

>sorry, left the kettle on
>>16005308
You press a button on the visor, designating the Dragon as a target for the KP-21s. Opening fire on it, you see Cath doing the same, shells and energy projectiles streaming towards it. It bobs and weaves, the distance and it's speed more than enough to avoid all of the incoming fire, and you leap to the side as it soars towards you, letting loose a barrage of bone spikes the size of your arm that tear up the roof. It continues on it's path, turning around a few hundred meters behind you to strafe you again. A moment after it's shadow passes over you, the roar of it's jets lagging after it fills the air, louder than anything you have ever heard before.

You jump over the edge of the building, scrambling for cover, and see Catherine doing the same. Settling on an alley, you reach it just in time to avoid the next barrage, this time accompanied by the globs of fiery material it spits out.

It turns around for another stafing run, when the VTOLs de-cloak, and let loose on it with their chainguns and missiles, the latter a weapon that you haven't seen them equiped with.
(cont.)

>>16005552
>>16005487
Mr. Troll, if you would stop trying to sabotage things and/or incite rage with your obviously faulty knowledge of the quest, I would be very grateful.

>>16005575
The Dragon roars in defiance, and shakes the missiles by ducking into the streets. Dissapearing for a second, it emerges behind them, shredding two with bone spikes, engulfing one in flames, and trailing some kind of brown dust over three that comes from slits on it's side and stomach. The ones covered by it seem to sprout pale white vines or roots all over, the strange growth blocking the rotors less than half a second after it first becomes visible.
The remaining aircrafts retaliate, the creature now unable to dodge them so easily, and two of the missiles galnce it, enough to send it crashing into the ground.The bodysnatcher stands, six legs working to lift it's mass, and four tentacles grow from it's back, shivering into the form of the sonic drums. Eight eyes glow with malice and rage as it's head snaps toward you.

Wat do?

rolled 93 = 93

>>16005690
He noticed us. Good. Keep his attention on us, dodge his attacks, dance around him, shoot him. That should give Cath an opening. Then, when it turns its attention to her, jump on its head and just punch it as hard as we can.

>>16005780
Raising your cannon, you fire a short burst at it, ripping fist sized chunks out of it's shoulder, one of the wings on it's back hanging limply in tatters on it's side. The Dragon screams in pain, and the shockwave from the large drums only hits the ground you stood on a moment ago. It turns, raising two more tentacles, striking at you in alternate with sound and bone, missing you only by inches each time as you jump from cover to cover.

You dodge again and again, and are forced up to a balcony on the side of an apartment building, when Cath appears from the side, her hands twisted into the barrels of energy lances. With apparent manic glee she shoots at the bodysnatcher, the crackling rays cutting it's middle pair of legs off, the flesh sizzling as the heat cauterises the wounds.

It turns back, only to see that she has disappeared, and you land on it as it cranes it neck trying to catch sight of her. You lift your hand, then hammer a fist into it's head, striking with enough force to slam it into the ground. It's legs claw at the concrete below, trying to find enough purchase to lift it back up, only to be struck down four more times, each blow stronger than the last as you explore the new limits of your strength. It shudders and collapses, and you jump back off, taking your weapon off a car's hood where you placed it when you saw Cath, and send shell after shell into it's appendages, until it lies crippled and helpless on the ground.

Wat do?

>>16006031
Question: how big is that thing? I assumed that it's size of eight-wheeler (I think it was mentioned in the previous thread), but now I'm not sure.

Okay, so obviously we want to absorb it. I suppose that our punches shattered armor on its head, so nothing stands in our way. Just be careful. It doesn't have limbs, but that doesn't mean it's not dangerous.

>>16006031
>Wat do?
Give a thumbs up to our girlfriend.

See if Cath's okay, ask her to check the downed aircrafts for survivors and help them, if possible.

Let's try to absorb the dragon in the meantime.

>>16006168
>>16006171
"Cath, you okay?" She appears beside you, the din of the battle hiding any sound she might have made. "My condition is satisfactory, yes." You flinch back a little, startled, the grin. "Great. Could you see if the downed crafts have any survivors?" She tilts her head quizzically, then nods. "Of course." She heads off towards the smouldering debris of the VTOLs, and you have to shout after her. "Real nice work, by the way. Saved my bacon." She turns for a moment, eyes serious and unblinking. "The same to you."

Shaking your head, you step towards the Dragon, and it tries to bite you, forcing you to lean back a little to avoid it. It's jaws snap together in front of you, and you grab it's snout, slamming it against the ground a few times, grinding the pavement to dust in the process. Holding it against the concrete, you look into it's eyes and say "You done yet?" It whines, and tries to back away from you, only managing to break it's legs further. "Yeah, you're done."

Lightly jumping on it's head again, you morph the blades, and jab them into the cracks on it's armour. It tires to shake you off, but the tendrils swarming out of the bone keep you hooked to it. Finding the real creature inside, you greedily devour it, the flow of genetic material like a stream of fire inside you.
(cont.)

Stepp

>that's me, by the way
>>16006354
Choose a mutation:

-Armoured Juggernaut
Your body alters to create a multi-layered protective armour, making you a walking tank, though stripping you of some mobility while using it.

-Protean Nature
Morphing becomes second nature, your form freely flowing between states, the energy and time required to do so significantly reduced.

-Mental Fortress
You raise layer upon layer of protection in your mind, making you immune to all but the most powerful malicious mind-link powers.

-Lord of the Skies
Your form adapts, granting you near unparralelled mobility and speed in the air, allwoing you to keep up with any manmade aircraft.(allows limited flight with Armoured Juggernaut)

-Deadly Spores
You are capable of emitting spores, simply letting them fall out or delivered either by spike or blown out in a cloud. They can be poisonous, flammable, they can grow to entangle and entvine what they attach to, or they can explode like a cloud of tiny bombs.

-Mental Fortress
You raise layer upon layer of protection in your mind, making you immune to all but the most powerful malicious mind-link powers.

-Lord of the Skies
Your form adapts, granting you near unparalleled mobility and speed in the air, allowing you to keep up with any man made aircraft.(allows limited flight with Armored Juggernaut)
ether is good

>>16006412
I vote Protean Nature. We do a lot of morphing, and we could REALLY use a decrease in the maintenance and overhead on our body.

rolled 78 = 78

>>16006412
Protean Nature.

>>16006471
Just one, mate.

Protean Nature has my vote. The other upgrades seem to be a lot mor circumstantial.

>>16006552
>>16006506
>>16006472
You stumble off the carcass of the Dragon, and lie on the ground for a few seconds, breathing hard, your body quivering and shaking. Rolling over on your stomach, you push yourself up to your feet, still a bit shaky. But you can feel the change, a strange force throbbing in every fiber of your being. The blades on your forearm melt back into you, and with a small effort, you cycle through every morph you have, digital cloaking switching on and off, wings, tentacles, spikes, blades, claws forming and remoulding in the span of a second, every possible combination tried out.

Grinning, you stretch, and your flesh flows and colours as you try on faces and appearances, Jacobs, Richard, Catherine, Michael, Lee, Megan, Doctor Smith, and even Daisy standing in your place for a brief moment before you switch to the next one. The girls form is the hardest though, as you need to compress yourself to approach her size. You look down at yourself, the torn cuffs of your uniform hangin loosely from your shorter arms, the legs ina folded pile around your ankles. "Daisy? What are you doing here?"

You look up to see Cath standing a few emters in front of you, looking at you with equal amounts of suspicion and confusion. You give her an embarassed wave, the cuffs swinging left to right with the movement. "Uhm, hey Cath, it's me, Jack. Just, uh, trying out some things." You morph back to your normal form, bones creaking and skin rippling as you grow back to proper size.

Overseers and Dragon are dead. If I remember correctly, we have one last objective: kill the Hunter.
Let's find him. If he deserves his name, he will us fist though. Ask Richard if they know where he is.

>>16006699
>Wat do?
Or are you still writing?

Totals were:
3 dragons
4 overseers
1 hunter
right?

>>16006699
Well, let's ask her how she's holding up. Having her in terminator mode all the time might be efficient but we really don't know the effect it has on Cath.

"Sorry, just pushing the limits of what I can do now. Any more incoming?"

>>16006776
>4 overseers
Oh, right. I forgot how many exactly were. Six, minus the two we killed. Ignore >>16006759 then.

>>16006856
Six? I thought there were four in total?

>>16006900
>Six Overseers will command from the field, there is a possibility of two or three Dragons, and one Hunter will be dispatched as well.
From thread 18.

>sorry, popped out for a quick cigarette and got roped into a conversation by the old lady next door.
>>16006776
Digging into the slayed Dragons memories, you come to understand that two Overseers were killed by the Wise forces at the start of the battle, leaving only two more. One is hiding from you in the kitchen of a restaurant, some seven hundred meters from here, and the other one is fleeing an armoured battallion a couple kilometers away. One Dragon was shot down by missiles, and another one is wounded and being harassed by a squadron of jets. The Hunters location is curiously absent from the information you gained.
>>16006803
>>16006840
"No, we are fine. The survivors of the crashed KP-21s are secure." You pick up the cannon again, reattaching the ammo feed, then turn back to Cath. "So. How are you holding up? I hope all this fighting isn't freaking you out or something." She stares at you, then averts her eyes, and sighs. "I'm fine. When there's danger it's... easy. I just let go of the wheel and the next thing I know it's over, and we won. And..." She balls up her hands into fists, and crosses her arms, still looking at the ground. "It feels good. No doubts, no concerns, just power and the rush of being faster, stronger, just plain better than my opponents." She finally looks you in the eye, and smiles sadly, raising her hands palm towards you into the air. "I'll leave the drama until we're not fighting slobbering monsters. Let's finish off these sons of bitches." She gives the dead bodysnatcher a harsh kick, and her leg sinks into the massive creatures side with a wet sound. "Awww, gimme a break." Removing her leg, she tries to get off some of the blood and slime stuck to it. "This never happens to you. Why always me? I mean, ewwww. These were nice shoes." She shurgs, and some of the cold seeps back into her eyes.

"So, what's next?"

>>16007024
>One Dragon was shot down by missiles, and another one is wounded and being harassed by a squadron of jets.

How far are these two away?

>>16007024
"One of the remaining Overseers is hiding in a kitchen about hundred meters from here. We will find and kill him. Another is fleeing from tanks a couple kilometers away. We'll chase him after we deal with the first one. One Dragon remains, but he's wounded and under fire. Hunter is... nowhere to be seen. If he deserves his name, he will find us, not the other way around."

>>16006699
>digital cloaking switching on and off
I thought we estabilished that we can't control this. Unless this is another advantage of Protean Nature.

How bout a mutation that allows us to take a different host?

>>16007127
I think we can already do it, it just takes a lot of time.

>>16007111
Should've made it more clear, the one that was shot down is dead. The other one is about three kilometers southwest.

>>16007113
It is Protean Nature that allows you to switch it off, yes.

>>16007127
We don't need a mutation to do that. To change host we must:
- "Untangle" ourselves from Jack's nervous system. Takes a few days, leaves us weakened.
- Leave our old host's body, killing him or making him braindead.
- Enter new host's body. Infection takes a few days. During that time we're weak.
- Also, there's a possiblity that we bond with our new host differently. How that will affect us? Nobody knows. Circumstances of Jack's infection were pretty specific and almost impossible to reproduce.

As you can probably see, it's simply not worth it in our current situtiation. We don't have any real reason to do that. Remember, everybody (well, maybe expect Daisy, but she's tvelve) still thinks we're just a human with a freaky body and maybe changed personality.

rolled 36 = 36

>>16007192
hunt down the nearby overseer.

>>16007192
Seems like we should go after the nearest overseer first and then either the dragon or the other overseer. Depending on which one is closer by then.

Anyway, the course of action is pretty obvious - kill the remaining Overseers (starting with the one closest to us), then kill the last Dragon (if it's still alive by then).

>>16007277
>>16007275
>>16007256
I say we be careful. An overseer is a bit of a prize. The hunter is supposed to be roughly our equal. In his position, I would masquerade as an overseer to get us close, then ambush us when we get close to feed. An unescorted overseer nearby with no help in sight? I smell a trap.

>>16007365
That's... actually a good point. We don't know the full extent of Hunter's abilities, only that they have all morphs, including those we didn't even know about. He may be screwing with our mind. Let's send Cath first and watch her back.

>>16007405
I'd say have cath at our side, not ahead of us. She fries off his limbs at the knees and elbows, then we ove in for the feast.

rolled 50 = 50

>>16007365
How would we masquerade as an overseer?
i think they would notice we weren't tuned in to the proper frequencies...besides, I think we can handle a hunter. They may have all their morphs, but we're mutated, evolved.

They will have no fucking idea what we're capable of.

>connection, cyborg jamming, yada yada
>>16007365
>>16007277
>>16007275
>>16007256
"We take down the next one. Follow me." You take to the skies, Catherine following you with the buzz of her strange propulsion. A few seconds later, you land on a street, the marks of fighting evident around you in the smashed cars, broken glass and scorched walls. You walk towards the restaurant, your steps confident, but your eyes dart around, looking for any signs of trouble or a trap. As you step through the door, you feel the camouflaging net of the Overseer parting, revealing it's position. It's a jibbering mess, frightened and wounded, and you can't feel any other presence around you.

The stainless steel door separating the kitchen from the restaurant front flies in with a single kick, and bounces off the opposing wall, the bodysnatcher hiding underneath a counter flinching from the noise. It tries to pull back even further into the corner, and looks out pleadingly from behind the eyes of an acne-ridden teenage boy. "Please don't kill me. I'll do anything, just don't kill me."

>>16007457
Crap, cath is right next to us. Is there any way for us to eat the snatcher and not rip this kid's brain in half? Maybe mix up another speedball in our toxin sac and dose him?

>>16007457
"Any opinions on this one, Cath? As far as I can tell, he is almost frightened to death."

rolled 21 = 21

>>16007457
hes a bio-hazard, as far as I'm concerned. Kill him.

Welp, now I feel like an asshole. But there's nothing he can do for us to consider sparing him. If we capture him, the Queen will just order him to kill himself, and he will obey.
Are we sure that he's the real one? Maybe he's like Daisy, human in mind? Probably not, but I want to check, just to be sure. What about Cath? Does she see the same thing we do (I'm still not rejecting the possiblity of someone screwing with our mind)?

>>16007496
>Maybe mix up another speedball in our toxin sac and dose him?
Bad idea. That only works during the bonding. Now it's too late, we would just kill him or leave him braindead, beacause alien tissue replaced most of his body, including brain.

rolled 90 = 90

Can we finally stop acting like a human and just eat the goddamn thing?

>>16007560
yes this

>>16007560
>>16007607
While it's obvious that we're going to kill that guy, I suggest that we shouldn't be all "well fuck you I don't give a shit" about it. Cath is watching.

rolled 99 = 99

Strip naked and violate its corpse.

rolled 42 = 42

>>16007629
shes not human either..besides, this is the enemy.

>>16007548
>>16007496
As far as you know, the kid is gone. The speedball mix would either do nothing, or damage the brain further. As of now, you have no idea if disentangling a snatcher without hurting the host is possible.
>>16007524
>>16007516
>>16007497
>>16007560
"Cath, opinion?" Her voice comes from behind you, and you detect and almost imperceptible edge of sadistic satisfaction. "A possible threat. I advise it's termination." You step towards the creature, crouching beside it, and it wails, shaking it's head. "Nonononono, don't do this to me, please!" You give it a lopsided grin. "You heard the lady. Termination." Your hand shoots out, and you grab the Overseer by the neck, fingers shifting into claws, leaving large gashes. It kicks out and tries to hit you through the mind-link, but you shrug it off easily, and tear it apart with your tendrils.

(cont. because field too long)

>aaaaand captcha ate my name
>>16007712
Cleaning your now normal fingers off on the jeans of the corpse, you stand back up. "We've still got one to go. Time's a wastin." Strolling out, you pick up an apple and start chewing on it, discarding it in a trash bin after it turns out to be too sour for your tastes. Catherine follows you without a word, quietly smirking. As you step out, you see a Canes Belli limping towards you, a large gash on it's thigh. "Sir, we heard from dispatch that you were here. We've got an APC smashed in and burning, and it's door is jammed stuck. Please, come quick."

Cath hisses behind you. "We don't have the time for this." You turn your head to answer, and a tingle runs along your spine. You are already moving when her eyes start to widen, and push her hard, then roll to the side. Looking back, you can see that the soldiers arm multiplied in size, ending in a massive pincer of sorts that's lodged in a wall that was behind your head before you moved. The weapon dislodges with plaster raining down from the hole behind it, and the wound on the fake soldier's leg knits itself together. The uniform ripples, and shifts itself into an elegant black suit with a white shirt, a tall, imposing black man underneath it. It smiles.

"Good instincts. I can see how you survived so long, Abomination."

rolled 52 = 52

>>16007716
>a tall, imposing black man underneath it

YOU ARE HUGE!
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HUGE GUTS!
RIP AND TEAR!

Do we still have our gun? In that case, less ripping and tearing; more shooting.

>>16007712
Ouch, that was mean. We should have simply asked Cath to taser it or something.

rolled 52 = 52

>>16007716
"You say abomination, I say next generation."

rolled 37 = 37

>>16007716
Do we still have our gun?
Okay, shit just got real. This is probably the most dangerous enemy we've faced. Our only advantages over him are mutations and Catherine.

I think it's safe to assume that with Monstrous Strenght we're stronger than him, but he has more weapons and abilities. To even the odds, use Protean Nature. Keep shifting everything, your body, your weapons, to make your moves harder to predict.

rolled 88 = 88

Not sure if I am going to be around for the whole thing but can I advise to make the priority to CONSUME our enemies? The previous thread we shredded hundreds of bodysnatchers but ate only one.

Anyway, we took the giant gun specifically to deal witht the hunter so shoot him with it while evading his attacks by jumping around. Since we can morph in split second, I suggest incorporating that into evading techniques too.

We should try to avoid melee as much as we can, only if it manages to close in on us will we fistfight

>>16007548
"All the power of the queens and beyond. I am what you would have been, in a dozen generations. Don't worry, I'll make it quick."

>>16007760
>>16007788
>>16007839
It laughs, a strange sound with no amusement in it. "You're delusional. You are a sickness, a cancer that refuses to die. I will cut you out, and we will be whole again." The three of you stand, tense, waiting for the other to move first. You and Cath move at the same time, you fire the cannon and she thrusts her arms up, the skin darkening and changing into weapons. The Hunter dodges the shots, armour replacing the suit and skin, eight tentacles bursting from it's back, four with blades, two with spikes and two with sonic drums. The balded appendages strike the ground with a staccato rythm, serving as extra legs for the creature, making it faster than you anticipated. You scythe after it, keeping the gun firing as it runs, until it sprays spikes towards you. You duck to the side, realising late that it was a feint, only meant to obscure Catherine's line of fire. She steps sideways to take the shot, and is hit by the sonic attack, the air vibrating and humming around her. She screams, dropping on her knees, and the morphed energy lances turn back to normal arms.

The bodysnatcher rushes towards her, and you fire again, only one shell clipping it, tearing off a drummed tentacle. Snarling, you charge to intercept it, barely getting out of the way of the blades in time as the Hunter changes course mid-stride. It presses the attack, the remaining drum still pointed at Cath, while the spike launchers are being replaced with claws. Blocking a flashing bone sword, you step inside the range of the weapons, sending a fist into the face of your opponent. It flies, spinning from the force of the hit, but catches the wall, scrambling alongside it like a spider. Cackling, it says before leaping towards you "Is that all you have, little monster?"

rolled 62 = 62

>>16007975
Well. He asked for it.

tentacles to blades, hands to claws, HES HUGE, THAT MEANS HE HAS HUGE GUTS! RIP AND TEAR!

rolled 38 = 38

We blew some pieces of it, didn't we?
Collect them amd use them as references to make custom paralyzing agent against this hunter.


Do this while shooting it for suppresive fire (how many round have we left?)

>you did not use my 88 :(

rolled 2 = 2

>>16008017
Oh yes, addendum, make ourselves larger.

rolled 29 = 29

>>16007975
How much ammo have we left?
Morph our own tentacles. Two with spike launchers, two with other weapons. Don't morph weapons immediately, wait for the last moment.
He's leaping at us? Charge at him, then morph the jets and move out of the way.

>>16008043
>Oh yes, addendum, make ourselves larger.
That will only make us a bigger target.

rolled 5 = 5

>>16008089
True, but it also makes us hit harder.

rolled 49 = 49

What kind of other weapons did we have which we can call upon with our visor?
This means to explain what they actually do since I dont really understand all of them.


Anyway, shoot him.
Prepare bonespikes filled with poison and shoot them to when he gets closer.

We know how to make a mental net making us effectively invisble to bodysnatchers, activate it and also puy Cath into its sphere of influence. When we run out of the bullets we can forgo yhe gun and the visor and when the hunter is distracted change our appearance to look exactly like Cath (I assume our superpower also chamges our clothes)

>>16008101
Well, the visor only really allows you to paint a target for a cruise missile or LEDS. Other than that, you have an energy lance as a backup weapon.

rolled 81 = 81

Morph our battle tentacles with blades to use them to parry his attacks

>>16008134
Oh, and you have about five seconds worth of ammo left, that's around 30.

rolled 75 = 75

What are LEDS?

Energy lance, huh?

Okay then, when he gets into range shoot that into his face.

Also make sure he doesnt attack Cath or guide you into attacking her with your weapons.

>>16008161
LEDS stand for Long-range Emergency Delivery System, a missile with a cargo hold in it that is launched to deliver stuff. No explosive warhead, of course, that would kinda defeat it's purpose.

>most votes and highest roll is for close combat
>>16008142
>>16008017
>>16008078
You lift the cannon at the charging Hunter, looking surprised. That is, until it almost reaches within tentacle range. The four limbs rip through the harness, and you meet the creature head on with a quick flare of your jets. Bladed tentacles flash out and sever two of the bodysnatcher's while parrying the other two. Your taloned hands clap on the side of it's head, clawing deep furrows into the bone. The wall of a building cracks as you slam into it, taking advantage of the short confusion by changing the blades into claws as well, and rip out the remaining tentacles on your enemy.

"You've seen nothing yet." The armour on your forehead reshapes itself into a sharp wedge, and you headbutt the beast, it's own defenses cracking open by the force. Before you could strike the killing blow, it sends it's hands into the wall for support, and kicks out with both legs, pushing you off itself. Charging it again, you flinch back as a light grey cloud erupts from it, your senses screaming at you to avoid the poison it contains. You send bone spikes into it, the cloud dissipating after a moment, but the Hunter is nowhere to be seen.
(cont.)

>>16008354
Cath stomp to your side, metal seemingly shivering, her voice a growl. "Where is he?" "Cath..." "I'll tear him apart. I WILL TEAR HIM APART." You have to outshout her. "CATH. SHUT. UP." She recoils from your voice, but keeps silent. You close your eyes, sharpening every other sense, small hairs growing all over you. Suddenly, you hear a very small sound, followed by a change in the air current. Whirling around, you grab at an empty space, feeling bone armour where nothing should be.

You strike with your tentacles, only for a small glob of acid to appear out of nowhere, hurtling towards your eyes. You turn your head to avoid it, and a cloud of brown spores puffs on you, the Hunter wiggling it's way out of your grasp. The spores quickly bloom into white vines, and you claw at them annoyedly, scraping them off.

Wat do?

rolled 10 = 10

Okay, tell Cath to provide suppressive fire while you charge in again.

This time try to restrain him anyway possible, break limbs, use tentacles to grapple him.

Then form your hand into a spike and pierce his head, pump him with a paralyzing substance (this can also be done througb the tentacles) then immediately start consuming him.

>does he not emit any bodyheat at all? We have heatvision and also infrared. Actually if he can be invisible to these too, we can just search for bodyshaped holes in our special vision to find him

rolled 97 = 97

>>16008417
oh fuck. Grow larger, and hope that knocks a tleast some of it off, and go for the kill

rolled 17 = 17

Use energy lance to shoot him. While closing in for more barrage.

Try to consume him at the first possible chance.

Attack together with Cath in pincer formation.

rolled 83 = 83

Catch him again and spit some acid on him. Try to hold him long enough to let Cath strike him. Just don't let her kill him - we want to absorb.

rolled 74 = 74

Use your visor to paint him as a target for cruise missle. Then let one of them shoot at him.

Shoot your body spikes filled with poison.

Use your awesome strength to kick off in his direction and then the turbojets to icrease speed and just body slam the mofo.

>All of our armor is on, right? Covering our body entirely?

We can generate plasma with our chem-gland. Spit 2 streams in a V shape on either side of him to hem him in, and sonic/bonespike combo down the middle. That should hold him in place long enough for cath to get a clean shot.

rolled 19 = 19

>>16008566
rolling.

>>16008566
Actually, you never chose another gland upgrade, only the basic one and the pheromones.

>>16008601
I thought we had fire as an option on our poison gland? My bad.

>>16008551
>>16008504
>>16008494
>>16008481

You whip your head around, feigning confusion, while scanning on the whole spectrum. "Come out you fucking bastard. Fight like a goddamned man." You spot a Hunter-sized hole, but keep turning to conceal the fact that you know where it is. As it sneaks closer, you morph, growing larger, muscles becoming like steel cables.

It leaps at you again, and you catch it, tentacles ripping away the four that have regenerated on it already. Your clawed hands close on it's elbows, crushing the bones into dozens of shards while four spikes laced with sedative stab through the joints of it's armour. A stream of acid hits it's eyes, melting them almost instantly, and it screams, it's neck extending with a sickening crack. Mouth bristling with venomous fangs, it closes around your shoulder with a chomp, injecting you with poison and a substance similar to your sedatives. You hold it like that, confident that you will outlast it, until you notice that it's pouring something else into your bloodstream.

It's head snaps back, and no longer bothering to conceal itself, you can see a toothy grin. An explosion rips your shoulder apart, your arm hanging by a loose strip of flesh. The pain is excruciating, the Hunter smashes you over the head with four more regrown tentacles, slipping free again. Cath fires at it, a wordless, synthetic shout erupting from her black form as the bodysnatcher takes wing to avoid it, practically slithering around in the air, dodging her every shot. You quickly paint it as a target, a cruise missile launching into the air nearby in response.

She kicks off, flying after it, and you can bareely pay attention to their fight as you attempt to close the wound. The poison makes your blood as thins as water, and you are forced to reattach the two halves with tendrils, sewing the parted flesh together.
(cont.)

>>16008745
After you staunch the bleeding, you look up in time to see Cath soaring towards a fleeing Hunter, screetching like an animal in victory. Straight into a brown cloud of spores. Hundreds of micro-explosions fill the air, and she plumets, her levitation device reduced to scrap metal. A warning flashes on your visor, and you keep the target pointed at the bodysnatcher as it zooms down to finish Catherine off. The cruise missile appears out of nowhere, sending the creature limply crashing against a balcony, the windows all around shattering to pieces by the explosion.

You morph out your jets, and charge the downed monster with a roaring cape of blue-green flame behind you. The Hunter jumps to it's feet, shakes it's head, and send a dozen hooked tendrils as wide as your little finger into your chest, pulling on them. Your speed allows it to slam you against a wall, and you can feel smaller tendrils questing inside you, searching for you in an attempt to absorb you. Gritting your teeth, you shift around the jets to your abdomen, and punch the tentacles into the crumbling wall behind you, extending your own tendril throughout the front of the building like tiny roots. Your hand on the combat tendrils, your push your own ones across it, the Hunter pulling on you with all it's might, eight jets screaming in protest at the strain.
(cont. because field two fucking long)

>>16008941

You stay like that, locked into place, snarling like caged beasts for what seems like an eternity. You have the advantage though, absorption being something you have extensive experience in, unlike your opponent. When it feels you reaching it, it tires to flee in a panic, tentacles flashing forward , bristling with bone spikes. A stop sign bashes it's head down to the concrete, and Cath throws the twisted metal pole away with contempt. Now that it is concussed, you overtake the Hunter quickly, the beatings and sedatives exhausting it's last reserves. You crumple, and lay down flat on your back, and watch Catherine limp closer, one leg and arm deformed beyond recognition.

>>16008941
two=too
I'm getting some coffee, we will continue in 15-20, post what you want to post in the meantime.
>oh, and don't worry, this was kind of a special thing, threads composed of 100% probably won't happen anymore

>Bodysnatcher Quest
Made it back in time!

rolled 73 = 73

100% Of what?

Did we absorb the hunter? No upgrades?
Alright.
Damn, I was hoping to get AJ

Ask Cath how she is holding up, can she fix the damage? Contact the wise and tell them the Hunter has been taken care of.
Actually, make sure the hunter is dead.
If we did absorb it, rummage through its memories for info

We can stilk fight, right? Just need few minutes to catch our breath?
There are still shit to fight and absorb.

Ask the wise the location of more targets.

rolled 26 = 26

Can we reach Daisy with our mental-link?
we should contact her to see how she is doing.

>>16009065
Well balls, seems like I really needed that break. No more threads completely made out of fighting. Yes, you did absorb the Hunter. Yes, you'll get to pick mutations in a minute. No, you don't have enough energy to fight. You just duked it out with one of the strongest creatures on the planet in physical and mental (well, sort of mental) combat, and it landed some cheap shots on you. The poison and sedatives combined with your wounds is enough to cripple you, add to that some exhaustion (not anywhere as much as you'd have without Protean Nautre, mind, without it you'd be unconscious) and you're out of the game for a while.

Normal post coming in a moment.

rolled 62 = 62

Okay.

Then jusy message the wise for pickup.


Actually I do not mind exessive combat. Feels badass when we do.

We're going to have to take some time at some point to determine how many more mutations it will take to lose what's left of our human side. I would advocate not losing it as that's what likely happened to Grey.

>>16009065
>>16009380
"Cath? How you holding up? Can you heal?" She glances at the malformed slag hanging from her shoulder. "In time. I think I'd like to sit out the rest of the battle." You let out a wheezing laugh. "No kidding. We're pretty beat." She collapses at the foot of the wall. "Yeah. But we won, didn't we. We beat the bastard." "Hah! Sure we did. You doubted me?" She snorts, and gives you a playful slap, both of you wincing from it.

You reach out to Daisy, and she greets you with a flood of chatter about how she's in a room with a lot of people and screens, Kellery's with her as is Doctor Scruffles, that she helped find the bad guys and that the men around her say they've won. You give her the mental equivalent of a pat on the head. "You did good, kid. Now, I'm going to need some rest, kay? We'll see you soon." Breaking off the link, you reach up to the surprisingly unscathed visor and earpiece, and report to command that you took down the Hunter, yes, you are beside it, no, it hasn't moved again, yes, you're sure it's dead, and so on. Apparently, Richard was on one of the VTOLs that got entwined by spores, and Cath forgot to mention it. He supposedly escaped the crash completely unharmed, though.

>mutation in next post

rolled 56 = 56

We do not actually have human side, we are 100% bodysnatcher.

>>16009534
No, we're a damaged bodysnatcher merged with a damaged human.

A heat builds up inside you, a faint discomfot at first, quickly turning into a raging inferno. You'd scream, but the air is constricted out of your lungs, your body spasming. You can hear Cath asking some question, her voice becoming more distant as your sight blurs. She turns hysterical, and you ponder what happened again, before realising that she's leaning above you, her concern directed at you. Your consciousness slips away, as she starts beating at your chest, shouting at you.

You face the two trees again, marvelling how much they've grown since you've last seen them. A low rumbling sound comes from behind you, and you turn to see two more trees erupt from the ground. One is skeletal, torns bristling on grey branches reaching out like the fingers of a dead man. The other is black as darkest night, it's bark richly textured with blue stripes, bloodred flowers blooming amidst circle-shaped purple leaves.

You open your eyes to see an army medic croaching over you, defibrilator pads whining softly in her hands. "Clear." Her voice is calm and professional, and there is a slight disconnect before you realise what she's about to do. Your hand shoots out, grabbing her gently but firmly by the throat. "Don't. Just... don't. I'm fine." You let go of her, and she walks away, grumbling. Catherine hugs you with her one good arm, pushing her head ahainst your chest. "Your heart stopped for seven minutes. We thought you were dead." You look at your upraised hand with puzzlement, strangely at peace.
(cont. with mutations, for real now)

>>16009742
Choose TWO, that is 2 mutations:

-Armoured Juggernaut
Your body alters to create a multi-layered protective armour, making you a walking tank, though stripping you of some mobility while using it.

-Mental Fortress
You raise layer upon layer of protection in your mind, making you immune to all but the most powerful malicious mind-link powers.

-Lord of the Skies
Your form adapts, granting you near unparralelled mobility and speed in the air, allwoing you to keep up with any manmade aircraft.(allows limited flight with Armoured Juggernaut)

-Deadly Spores
You are capable of emitting spores, simply letting them fall out or delivered either by spike or blown out in a cloud. They can be poisonous, flammable, they can grow to entangle and entvine what they attach to, or they can explode like a cloud of tiny bombs.

-Master of Arms
You master all of the conventional bodysnatcher bio-weapons, unlocking their true potential. Your weapons become even deadlier than before.

-Shrouded Terror
You are capable of becoming invisible, imperceptible on almost all spectrums.

>master of arms includes sonic drum, temporary muscle increase and all gland upgrades, only the spores and one more unrevealed weapon are left out

-Mental Fortress
You raise layer upon layer of protection in your mind, making you immune to all but the most powerful malicious mind-link powers.

-Lord of the Skies
Your form adapts, granting you near unparalleled mobility and speed in the air, allowing you to keep up with any man made aircraft.(allows limited flight with Armored Juggernaut)
ether is good

I vote Master of Arms and Mental Fortress.

>>16009799

Mental Fortress
Shrouded Terror

rolled 66 = 66

>>16009799
master of arms
armored juggernaut

>>16009843

Seconding this.

>>16009606

All that's left of Jack Winters is his memory. We are a new being, and while not exactly a bodysnatcher anymore, we definitely aren't human either.

rolled 22 = 22

Armored Juggernaut
Lord of the skies

AJ

Shrouded terror

JUGGETNAUT

We need fucking protection!
Don't care what we take next, just take the AJ

>master of arms and mental fortress it is
New genetic information courses through you, and you can feel the potential, new weapons at your beck and call, the older ones reinforced and enhanced until they reach perfection. You twist the mind-link around yourself, again and again, until it becomes close to impenetrable, layer after layer of defenses blocking any attempt to manipulate you or cause you harm. Catherine looks at you with weary concern. "Jack, are you okay?" You squeeze her working hand, smiling at the battered woman, her hair melted in patches, her clothes in tatters. "Yeah, just a little lost in thought. I'm fine."

The two of you climb aboard a VTOL, and soon are en route to the Wise base. Your earpiece buzzes with static for a moment, before Richard speaks through it. "Hey Jack, heard you guys took down the Hunter. Absolutely smashing. Now, there is a tiny complication, and we need your help." An accent that wasn't there before seeps into his words. "See, the cyborgs are coming. Two days tops. HKs mostly, but more than enough of 'em to make a chap uncomfortable." You chuckle, and when Cath looks at you questioningly, you say "It never rains, huh."

>>16010214
>>16010191
>>16010180
Really sorry, hadn't seen those posts. I am pretty much asleep already, so I'll archive things, but if you like, you can talk it out, since AJ, MoA, and MF all have three votes a piece.

AJ would be great except for the cut we'd take to mobility. We're otherwise geared for hitting fast and hard, so I'd prefer Master of Arms to take advantage of that.

I also agree with Master of Arms and Mental Fortress.

The only thing I might have voted for different is Lord of the skies instead of Master of Arms but there was less votes for that anyways.

rolled 33 = 33

>>16010264
Balanced out with monstrous strength. thats why we took that before AJ.

Thread is archived:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Bodysnatcher+Quest
I will check it later when I wake up for the final decision on mutations.

Thank you all for participating, you're swell, and I hope you enjoyed it. Voting is always appreciated, as is any input about things you especially liked/didn't like/loathed.

BiaJ out.

It will not take a hit on mobility because we have monster strength . This has been discussed before.

Stop taking gimmiks and choose a solid protection before anything else

If you guys had actually thought in advance you would have known we would need to fight cyborgs. MoA is a solid upgrade for that but Mental Fortress is not, we need AJ, an Upgrade that can make us take a heavy lance at face and shurg it off.

So yes, take AJ, it will be crucial for the next fight.
The only downside would be that we will not be able to use flight, theb again it takes the same time as it takes for you to blink to turn it on and off because of the Prometean Nature, so that is not a problem either.

Fortunately we are invisible to the robots unless they use optical sensors.

>>16010389
Mental Fortress is something we'll need the next time we run into a hunter or other bodysnatcher that knows what it's doing. Which could pop up at any time from now on, even in the middle of a cyborg attack now that we've become such a priority.

Then we can take AJ and MF
since we are carrying huge as fuck weapon and will have support, we don't need new weapons that much ....yet.
Besides even without firepower we are still a fucking steamtrain when it come to sheer power.

Well, it seems I'm *a bit* late (thread is on page 14), but I'll post something anyway.

I agree that we should take Armored Juggernaut. Our Strenght negates penalty to speed and Protean Nature makes switching it on and off trivial. Second mutation should be either Master of Arms or Mental Fortress.

>master of arms includes sonic drum, temporary muscle increase and all gland upgrades, only the spores and one more unrevealed weapon are left out
What about weaponized tendrills? Are they unlocked too?

>input about things you especially liked/didn't like/loathed
Well, the quest is alright, but I'm worried a bit about speed at which we're gaining power. Hunter almost killed us, but at this rate soon even they won't be a problem. No challenge = no fun. But if I remember correctly, you mentioned something about us needing increasing quality and quantity of samples required to gain new mutations. Is this true?

And last thing: when we begin the next part?

>>16013855
>when we begin the next part?

The usual schedule is Thursdays and Sundays. Yesterday was an exception because the session on Thursday fell flat.
So, I'd guess... today?

Hey, just checking in on the thread.
>>16013855
Yes, you will need more. You'll need several Overseers, a few Dragons, or another Hunter to gain a single more Mutation.
>>16013865
It's actually thursday and saturday, so no quest today. I'll try to run another one one monday, but I'm pretty beat, and it's going to be a long ass day. I'll post tomorrow night if I can't make it, but the regular thursday and saturday quests will definetely be held.

Oh, and if I might point it out to those who might worry about gaining more and more mutations, you had the chance to absorb bodysnatchers in about a third of the threads, and there likely won't be a large scale conflict like the one in the last few.

>>16014013
>and there likely won't be a large scale conflict like the one in the last few.

Supposed to read
>and there likely won't be another large scale battle like the recent one anytime soon.