>>41282825
>Can you switch this thing off?

>>41282825
>>Can you switch this thing off?

>>41282825
>>Can we talk outside of the repeller thing?

"So, uh... can you switch this thing off?" I ask, rubbing one arm.

"Ah, you're..."

"Yeah."

There's a moment of awkwardness, then she nods, summoning a massive handgun, easily as big around the barrel as her waist.
"Just a second." she says, opening a panel and flicking a switch. The weird feeling dissipates. "So, uh... How are you finding the Haven?" she asks, starting to walk - towards a smaller building, looking like a garage.

>Eh, it's alright.
>Feels sterile. Don't like it.
>Some of the people could do with an attitude adjustment. But it's not bad.
>>After answering, leave.
>>Walk with her after answering
>Leave

>>41283154
>>Feels sterile. Don't like it.

>>41283154
>Feels sterile. Don't like it.
>>Walk with her after answering

>>41283154
>Eh, it's alright.

>>41283635
>>41283430

I walk beside her.

"It feels... Sterile. I'm not sure I like it all that much."

"You get used to it." she says. "So you've met the others, like Josie."

"...You mean the brat?"

"Well, she's more reason to fight than most. Don't be upset with her." she throws up the shutters on the garage, revealing...

Yeah, that's a tank. If tanks were built by magical summoning impossibilities. The cannon is way too widebore, and stout. It has six wheels, and is far too sleek. And...

"Wait, are those legs under there?"

"If the terrain is too rough, those extend. It's slower than the wheels, but more mobile, if that makes sense?"

"Hm." Neato.

She strokes the side of it, and then two things slide open, one on either side of the barrel.

"MISTRESS WHO IS THIS WHY IS HE IN THE GARAGE"

"Relax, he's a friend."

"GIRLS ARE FRIENDS MEN ARE DANGEROUS LET ME PROTECT YOU GIVE THE WORD AND THIS SCOUNDREL SHALL BE BLASTED"

"..." I can hardly understand, it sounds like Microsoft Sam with a hard british accent.

"Please, he's new..."

>You wanna go, tin can?
>Yeah, relax. I'll take her to dinner first, I promise. I'm a gentleman!
>You're just jealous because she didn't give you a robo-dick.
>I'll see you later.
>what
>Writein

>>41283942
>Yeah, relax. I'll take her to dinner first, I promise. I'm a gentleman!

>>41283942
>You're just jealous because she didn't give you a robo-dick.

>>41283942
>Writein
"I assume you never thought this thing would be fighting with anything other than magical girls?"

>>41283942
>Yeah, relax. I'll take her to dinner first, I promise. I'm a gentleman!

>>41283942
>>You're just jealous because she didn't give you a robo-dick.

>>41283942
>Writein
"And this thing is supposed to protect humanity? I mean I might be part Beast but at least I have thoughts beyond 'please let me kill this person I only just met'"

>>41284123
>>41284005

"Hey, I'll take her to dinner first! I'm a gentleman!"

She flushes, to her credit, face a little redder than her hair, and pushes you out, shutting the shutter on the shouting tank.

"Sorry!" she says hurriedly.

"Wasn't supposed to be fighting alongside anyone but other girls, I bet."

"Y-yes." she says, "Erwin's very protective. He's like a big dog."

"With a tank turret."

"Yes."

>Well, it's no harm. How about we get a bite to eat? You can tell me about Josie. I want to play a bit of a prank...
>No worries! Hey, I never caught your name?
>...Hey, how durable is he, anyway?
>>Because I want to practice and I'd hate to hurt a magical girl...
>It's cool, but I gotta head out.
>Careful with the man-hating war machine, damn!
>...When did you make that thing?
>Writein

>>41284356
>>Well, it's no harm. How about we get a bite to eat? You can tell me about Josie. I want to play a bit of a prank...
>>No worries! Hey, I never caught your name?

>>41284356
>...Hey, how durable is he, anyway?
>>Because I want to practice and I'd hate to hurt a magical girl...

>>41284356
>Writein
"...aaand you're sure he's not going to pull a Killdozer on us any time soon?"

Were we ever given one of the pagers that the girls use for receiving Monster alerts?

>>41284356
>No worries! Hey, I never caught your name?
>Well, it's no harm. How about we get a bite to eat? You can tell me about Josie. I want to play a bit of a prank...

>>41284356
>>No worries! Hey, I never caught your name?

"Don't worry about it. Hey, I never caught your name?"

"Casey." she says, "Casey Weathergreen."

"Joe."

"...Joe, really? The unprecedented mutant, the one breaking all the records... Joe."

I find myself laughing.
"Hey, if it's not bizarre enough, call me Jojo."

She stares at me, and I cringe from my own pun. "Sorry. Anyway, you sure he's safe?"

"Perfectly! His blasts can't hurt humans anyway. Just Beasts."

A pause. "oh... Wow, okay." she stares at her feet, uncertain. "I'll talk to him, later." she promises. "For now..." she ponders, as a flying girl in green wobbily floats over. Hand in her bag as she nearly misses the ground, she only barely misses the side of the porch, landing with a stumble.

"Package for a Joe?" she asks. and I take the box.

>Open it.
>Excuse yourself, head to the apartments
>Talk to Casey more
>>About...?
>Writein

>>41284927
>Open it.

>>41284927
>Open it.
>Talk to Casey more

>>41284927
>Open it.

>>41284964
Second

>>41284927
>>Open it.

>>41284927
>Open it.

>>41285161
>>41285094
>>41284999
>>41284956


I open it wide, looking at the packet inside. An employee handbook - with important points illustrated by a cute mascot - a pager, a badge, and a key.

'Joe, your apartment is on the fifth floor. I trust you'll find it accommadating.'

"So you're legit?"

"Apparentlly." I say, turning the pager over.

"A guy on the force. It's news, to be sure. Hope none of the ladies feels threatened."

>What, by little old me?
>Eh, the only thing in danger is - ... nevermind.
>Great, my own apartment. Hope there's internet.
>So when do I get to fight again?
>Writein

>>41285402
>>What, by little old me?

>Great, my own apartment. Hope there's internet.

Can we go on an ethnic cleansing and blame the monsters?

>>41285402
>>What, by little old me?

>Great, my own apartment. Hope there's internet.

>>41285402
>What, by little old me?
>Great, my own apartment. Hope there's internet.

>>41285485
What? why?

>>41285402
>"Hey, as long as they aren't a bunch of tumblrites, I'm good."

>>41285402
>What, by little old me?

>>41285451
>>41285493
>>41285536
>>41285731

"What, little old me?" I ask, grinning. She giggles, leaning back. "Well, great. My own apartment. Hope there's internet."

"I should get back to work." Casey says, rising, as I decide to head to my new home. It's not hard to find, and it's a pretty decent place. Bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, living room - already furnished and stocked. That's... pretty fast.

The pager buzzes and I look. An attack, larger than usual, at a mall in another city. Transit is offered and I'd be working with a larger group.

There's a button to decline.

>Decline.
>Accept and head out.
>Grab something to eat on the way.
>Really? So soon?
>Writein

>>41285402
>What, by little old me?
Dropped your trip.

>>41286096
>Accept and head out.

>>41286096
>Really? So soon?
>Grab something to eat on the way.
>Accept and head out.
>Welp Casey It's been a treat, but duty calls.

>>41286096
>Accept and head out.

>>41286096
>Accept and head out.

>>41286096
>Grab something to eat on the way.
Sugar is key here. We need at least a six pack of energy drinks before we start fighting.

>>41286096
>>Accept and head out.
YES
YES
MUST KILL

>>41286159
The caffeine won't do much good itself.
Grab a pack of really sugary soda

I grab a six pack of some cola, not even bothering to read the label as you kick the door back open. Fifth floor, eh? Location should e south of here...

I form Hands, pushing off high into the air and forming Wings, gliding to the meeting spot in short order, where a sleek-looking car awaits. An older woman sits in the driver seat.

Josie waits in the back, wearing a suit of futuristic looking armor, a long straight sword across her small lap. She glares at me again as I drop into the seat.

"Thank you for coming." she says, clipped. The tiny tiny tiger seems to still have her fury about her. In fact, I can feel it practically waft off of her in waves.

>No problem. Can you relax a little?
>We got this. I'm sure it'll be okay.
>So what do you do?
>Writein

>>41286552
Mission parameters?

>>41286552
>>No problem. Can you relax a little?
>So what do you do?
>What do I need to kill?

>>41286552
>>41286595

>>41286552
>"Look, I'm sorry for throwing you...not my brightest moment. Won't happen again."

>>41286552
>Writein
Lets go kill this thing.

>>41286595
Probably same as last time, as little collateral as possible.

>>41286552
I'm >>41286704
I would also like to support >>41286726.

>>41286552
>No problem. Can you relax a little?

>>41286726
Wrong girl, anon.

>>41286726
Sheeesh man don't be racist.

>>41286726
>>41286770
WRONG GIRL

>>41286799
>magical girl is now a race

>>41286808
>continue to act like we can't tell any of the girls apart
It'll be hilarious

>>41286552
>No problem. Can you relax a little?

"Can you relax a little?"

"How do I know you won't bring me harm?" she asks. "You have shown a propensity in the past do visit danger upon my friend."

"Look, I..." I groan. "I'm sorry, okay? It was a goof-up. I thought she was ready, she wasn't. I wanted to apologize to her directly, but I couldn't find her.

The stare continues, even as we head out. "I'm not used to my own power, yet."

"Then get used to it." she says, power thrumming heavily, suddenly. Red lines cover the skin I can see, her eyes turning a solid red color, glowing.

"Mission parameters?"

"Destroy all Beasts. Minimal damage required." she states, almost robotic. The mall approaches in the distance, and we're passing cars going the other wa- Wait, when the hell did we hit the freeway? We were on a dirt road before, what the fuck? I shake my head, clearing it.

Can't push off the car, yet. Then someone grabs my shoulder and lifts me, magic snapping around the location. Absurdly, Josie, half my size, is carrying me one handed.

"what"

"Relax."

"WHAT"

Josie grins, teeth like a shark.
"I'm sure it'll work itself out." she says, tossing me into the sky like a baseball.

>Writein only

>>41287021
>laugh like a madman and try to land on a beast.

>>41287021
..........Well this is going to be a thing isn't it? Greaaaaaat.

Land Fists first onto the biggest beast we see.

>>41287021
>Howl in glee
>DRILL HANDS DIVE BOMB

>>41287021
>Howl in glee
Glide over the thick of it and start fighting.
We get them from two sides.

>>41287021
>"Warp speed Mister Sulu"
>DIVE BOMB

>>41287021
>Aim for the beast
>Prepare fists for punching
>Laugh and yell, "Alright, you got me!"

>>41287074
>>41287186
I hope you guys know that divebomb will cause unforseeable colletral damage

>>41287211
>caring about magical bitches
Let em all burn

>>41287211
Which is why we need to test it now so we can forsee how much collateral damage it will do next time.

"AHAHAHAHAH, OKAY, YOU GOT ME!" I howl, forming wings and gaining as much hieght as possible - looking for a large Beast. Several ones the size of the large one from my first encounter writhe at the far end, and I drop into a dive bomb.

Like an arcing meteor, I slam into the mass of tentacles, severing many, splitting flesh before I'm knocked away, barely blocking the blow ith my arms. It roars, five or six heads like bears in a cluster, at the center of the hundreds of tendrils like a horrifying fleshy flower.

All right. All right! Now...

>Get your bearings.
>Forage for a weapon
>Grab a severed tentacle
>Shield up and charge in
>Throw lesser-beasts at it!
>Writein

>>41287292
>Grab a severed tentacle

>>41287021
>hurl obscenities followed by divebomb

>>41287237
>Caring about the state of the city, and being viewed as a hero instead of a destroying freak,
Silly me.

>>41287267
Well, I cannot argue with science

>>41287292
>Get your bearings.
>Shield up and charge in

>>41287292
>Forage for a weapon


We really need to get one of the technical people to make us a sturdy weapon, maybe a club, or sword?

>>41287292
>Forage for a weapon
>>By pulling apart one of the smaller beasts
>>>There has to be something useful in there

>>41287374
>being a white knight faggot over Worst Girls
Silly you indeed

>>41287292
>>Grab a severed tentacle
Beat it to death with itself.

>>41287504
Don't forget to wave it at the girls and make a tentacle rape joke

>>41287486
Anon, I didn't say anything about the midget, I meant the people who's streets we are about to wreck.
I rather not be chased with torches and pitchforks next time we go out for a burger

>Grab a severed tentacle

Don't forget to save the heart after we brutalize it to chew on later.

>>41287580
Didn't we learned, that eating things that doesn't have their expiration date on them, is bad for us?

>>41287605
But we know his expiration date: TODAY!

>>41287605
The doctor only recommended it because they don't know what it COULD do in the future.

I'm not going to stop our development on a COULD.

>>41287580
Doc said that's a no no. the MGs might just shoot us or shiv us if we try.

>>41287605
Naw, it can't be bad. The doctor's just being afraid of what we could become - fukken awesome!

>>41287626
Doc just said don't eat it.
He didn't say anything about suppositories.

>>41287626
That's why I said save it for later.

I am just really curious how "release" would turn out

I reach over to one of the tentacles I severed. It ends in a big, meaty lump, and I swign it around, battering away the lesser hound-like creatures. With a running start, I leap up and bring it down to slam into one of the heads of the biggest beast, which crushes satisfyingly, spraying gore all over. It changes tack, shinking, compressing, hiding behind shells. A big ball, about the size of a car, is what it settles on, surrounded by armored shell, and it bounces into the air to come at you.

And then Josie appears, seemingly out of nowhere, fist slamming directly into its shell and launching it away to scrape and bounce along the hall. She lands, back to you, sword at ready for seemingly anything.

>Writein

>>41287681
>Thanks for that.
>How about I take some of the bigger ones head on, while you use your speed to get around an flank them?

>>41287681
Maybe we could try to morph our arms into something better at piercing shields?

Drill?
Spike?

>>41287681
I distract em you thwack em?

>>41287681
>"Hey do the throwing this again. I almost got him last time."

>>41287681
>How tough these guys usually are?
>"Hey do the throwing this again. I almost got him last time."

I think we should name this manuver. I'm thinking Thunderhawk

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>>41287417
why make a weapon when we can turn our arm into one

>>41287885
we need to git gud first

>>41287885
>>41287885
We do already have a Shield so the Sword and Board combo may work, supporting mutating an arm into a sword,

>>41287948
I myself support to absorb the tentacle, and have a whip like appandage at our disposal

"I'll keep them distracted, so you can hit harder."

"that sounds like a plan, Dark One." she says, then leaps into the air to come down on a Beast, splitting it in half.

The big one comes rolling again, and this time she dodges out of the way - But I'm ready, Hands out, stopping it with both, feeling the rough surface chafe and peel at my palms. It hurts like a bitch, and I rear back and smash the shell with one hand. But it doesn't even buckle, bouncing away and rolling to come at me again.

>I need to make a spike, a lance!
>I need to make a blade!
>I need to make a club, a bat!
>I need to prise it open, with pincers!

>>41288062
>I need to make a blade!
Sword and board, classic combo.

>>41288062
>Dark One
ayy
we got a nickname now

>>41288062
>I need to make a blade!

>>41288062
>I need to make a spike, a lance!
Superior reach! Motherfucker

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>>41288062
>I need to make a spike, a lance!
>>no... a drill!

>>41288062
>I need to make a blade!
I like the idea of mutating sword and board.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>41288161
>>41288137

>>41288109
>>41288091
DICE TIME

>>41288311
Damn, I just started to warm up to the idea of having a drill

Rolled 90 (1d100)

lower is stronger

Higher causes additional mutations

>>41288401
OH SHIT
OH SHIIIIIIII

>>41288401
So... We supermutant now?

>>41288462
Maybe, but probably not in the SUPER kinda way

>>41288511
more like disfiguring face tumours/we become more insane.

>>41288526
Yes, and where is the super in that?

>>41288526
>we become more insane
I'LL TAKE IT.

>>41288401
You whip out one arm. A sword. A blade. An edge. I need... I need...

SHARP.

With a scream, the mutation spreads, from my shoulders, to my pectorals, to my shoulderblades. With a roar, three long tentacles blast from my back, pantful, as wide as my wrists, longer than my legs or arms. Each is tipped in a long, slender blade.

It hurts, it hurts, ithurtsithurtsithurts!

The blades punch into the ground, lifting me as the pain subsides, then withdraw, dropping me to my knees, panting. They slump to the ground, dragging behind me like coattails.

My arm...

My arm!

From the wrist, like a massive claw. A long, thick thing. One side bladed, the other side thick and rounded. As long as my arm, as wide as my wrist, tapering into a single point.

The ball is still coming at me. I can hardly think!

>Writein

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>>41288401

>>41288062
>I need to make a blade!
"Okay Shorty"

>>41288557
Shield arm block, sword arm cut the line.

>>41288557
Block the Ball with the spiked shield and sword arm.

>>41288557
Kick the ball!

>>41288557
Dodge and charge!

>>41288557
USE THE TENTACLES AS WHIPS AND WHIP THAT FUCKER AWAY

>>41288557
>BATTER UP

>>41288594
>>41288579
I raise my shield, the ball slamming into my shield and driving me back with a rumbling skid. Damn, it hurts! My legs and feet feel like there's swords cutting at them! I rear back my sword as it slows, and slam it into the shield - and a it sticks, jamming inside, cracking and snapping the shell in a big, wide, bleeding chasm.

The plate springs out, punching me away as Josie fills the gap, screaming. She's been disarmed - but it doesn't matter, her fist slamming home into the crack, shattering the plate and baring the heads again. She makes to leap inside.

The plates open, just a little.

>Josie, no! It's a trap!
>JOSIE!
>Leap after her, pull her out
>Leap in in her stead
>let her.

>>41288890
>slam your blade into the opening

>>41288890
>let her.
She's been doing this for longer than we have, she probably knows what she's doing by now.

>>41288890
>>let her.
Exploit the opening. She knows what she's doing.

>>41288890
>Leap in in her stead
With a Pirates yarp on our lips we jump into the Abyss we shall fear no evil, For we are Evil itself.

>>41288890
>>Leap after her

>>41288890
>Josie, no! It's a trap!


>slam your blade into the opening

>>41289021
>>41288939
You relax, allowing her to leap inside - and the shell contracts with sudden, almost catastrophic force. Moments pass.

Then the thing explodes, pieces scattering all over as bits fall, shells clattering all over. She slumps to her knees, and the lines vanish. From her knees to the ground, she slumps with a sigh, the beating heart of the creature beside her.

>CONSUME
>RELEASE
>DESTROY

>>41289341
>DESTROY

>>41289341
>DESTROY
we were informed not to consume until further notice

>>41289341
>RELEASE
I want to know what it does.

>>41289341
>>RELEASE
or
>DESTROY

Need to get our arm into shape before we eat another. BAD sword arm BAD!

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>41289341
>RESIST URGE TO CONSUME

>>41289341
>RELEASE

>>41289341
>>RELEASE

>>41289389
>>41289388
>>41289412
>>41289416

I... Don't do anything.

Something forms in the air near the heart, looking around. An eye. It narrows, glaring at me, before a hand drops something, then picks up the heart. The item left behind is a small black sphere, warm and soft to the touch. With one hand, I pick up Josie, the other, I pocket the sphere.

Walking back, you load up the car, then revert your limbs.

Only, the back-tentacles retract, feeling quite odd, the sword points sticking out of my back, pointed back.

Uh.


What?

I try again, and nothing happens.

>PANIC
>Sit down in the car. Pretend nothing happened.
>Relax. They'll go away eventually, right?
>Writein

>>41289558
>>Relax. They'll go away eventually, right?
Call Doc for pick up and examination.
"Yo doc, got an issue here. My arm's back to normal but my sword is sticking outta my back. You can fix that right?"

>>41289558
>Sit down in the car. Pretend nothing happened.
"Allright we won, and NOTHING happened. Right Josie?"

>>41289615
(Also go see the doc ASAP)

>>41289558
>Relax. They'll go away eventually, right?

>>41289558
>Sit down in the car. Pretend nothing happened.

We can desperately try to fix this later on, when nobody's watching.

>>41289615
If we say that, she'll know it was unintentional, if we say nothing, we can pretend we did it on purpose.

>>41289558
>It don't matter. None of this matters.

>>41289669
I'm not sure how appropriate that is in this situation, but sure.

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>>41289669
Is this specifically a reference to that one character, or Is it totally unrelated?

>all these tense changes
Fucking hell, I cant live like this.

I sit down heavily, acting like nothing happened. Taking her to the hospital, I move quickly, ignoring the glances at me.

"Yo. Doc." I manage, before he strides past to deal with Josie, "We gotta talk."

"Is this an emergency?"

"...Yes."

"...Very well. Wait in the room across the hall. I'll be there shortly."

The wait is horrible, but eventually, he arrives.

"What seems... oh." he blinks at the tentacles I let out, now at least they and their openings stopped bleeding. "Oh, dear." he sighs, looking them over, quietly dodging when they twitch and the blade snicks at him.

"Well. I have good news, and bad news. Which would you prefer first?"

>Good
>Bad
>Joke: "Ugly"

>>41290377
>>Joke: "Ugly"

>>41290377
>Joke: "Ugly"

>>41290377
>Ugly
>But no really I feel like Doc Oc this blows

>>41290456
>this blows
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF NIGGA

WE GOT FUCKING PREHENSILE SPEARS
ON OUR BACK

>>41290377
>>Joke: "Ugly"

>>41290642
A-anon, that's part of the write in. That's the joke.
Do you know who Doc Oc is?

>>41290377
>Joke: "Ugly"

On the bright side I've turned into a tentacle monster that can lewd the magic girls....

>>41290419
>>41290428
>>41290456
"What's the Ugly, doc?"

He smiles, the first time I've seen it.

"These won't go away."

"What."

"They are a reshaping, like your muscles or your height, among... other things. They're a part of you. Severing them could cause untold damage, most likely death by infection or internal bleeding." he sighs. "The good news is that the mutation, in your arms, extends to them. You could, feasably, change them as well, however you like, so long as you do not do so too extensively. How did this happen?"

"I tried to make a sword, and everything went... wrong."

He ponders.
"This will have a chance of happening, then, when you reform your limbs into something new. It is not a deep risk. But it is a risk, period."

"I feel like Doc Ock."

"Indeed. At least..." he adjusts his glasses, "You'll be popular with some girls, yes?"

...Was that a joke? You find yourself smiling at his straight face, and his hand lands on your shoulder. "Just be careful. Be mindful of them."

With some effort, I learn to make them into not-stabby tentacles, able to easily be hidden.

On the way out of the hospital, I run into Betty, blinking at me through big eyes under blonde hair.

"Joe!" "Betty!" you say, at the same time.

>Writein

>>41290718
>"Check out my tentacles!"
>Wave them in their faces

>>41290718
Yeah you guys ok now, not going to throw me from orbit or something? Also don't mind those, just side effects.

>>41290738
I'd like to imagine that's like whipping your dick out. So i'll back this.

>>41290738
This.

>>41290718
Check out these crazy tentacles.

oh god. where have all the non freaking everyone out for a laugh voters gone?

>>41290816
>>41290738
There's a moment where we're both apologizing, then I finally manage to get a word in edgewise.

"I really am sorry. I thought... Well... Look, it was a stupid mistake, right? So no more throwing each other around, right?"

"Not without asking, yes."

"Awesome. Hey. Check this out!" I grin, tentacles waving in the air ehind me. "Woogywoogywoogy!"

She yelps, backing a step away.
"What..."

I sigh, holding out a hand and high-fiving (one-ing?) myself with a resigned smile.
"They're permanent. Can't get rid of them."

"Oh. I..."

"It isn't your fault." I say, "I was an idiot. So..."

>Josie's inside. She should be fine.
>Your friend is kinda mean.
>Have you met Casey's tank?
>I out to head home...

>>41290865
Anon it's not that big of a deal.

>>41290869
>Your friend is kinda mean.
>Have you met Casey's tank?

>>41290869
>>Your friend is kinda mean.
>>Have you met Casey's tank?

>>41290869
We need to check out the mysterious sphere that the (monster?) gave us for sparing it's friend.

>>41290869
"So hey, what's this thigng?" Show shadowy orb.

>>41290869
You know I was worried that Josie is comletely missing her sense of humor, but I'm glad she proved me wrong

>>41290869
>Woogywoogywoogy!
That is EXACTLY the noise I was thinking when I did that write-in.
I didn't include it because I wasn't sure being that silly would gain traction.
I'm glad you did it, though.

>>41290869
>Your friend is kinda mean.
>Have you met Casey's tank?
show sphere.

>>41290973
>show sphere.
HOW BOUT WE FUCKING DONT

Also, can we all agree to destroy the next monster heart? I want to see if something special happens.

"Your friend's a little mean."

"Josie is... protective of what she has." Betty says as you walk into the building together, "She has lost too much. Far, far too much. So what she has, she holds tightly."

"...Ah. And... Have you met Casey's tank?"

"Edwin? Oh, he's very polite. He once said 'excuse me' while trying to get a shot over my shoulder at a Beast." she sighs. "Shame about him and men, though."

"...Yeah." I grumble. "So you're okay?"

"Mmmhm."

"ah, good."

>Stick around to see Josie wake up.
>Leave with an excuse
>Ask about weapons - who to see?
>Ask about armor - who to see?
>Writein

>>41291049
We are a living weapon, we have no need for anything manmade.
>Writein
Excuse ourselves and go fuck around with the beast gift.

Did the high roll make it so our sword is really weak?

>>41291049
>>Stick around to see Josie wake up.
>Ask about weapons - who to see?

>>41291049
>>Ask about weapons - who to see?
Because the only thing more horrifying than an edlritch abomination is an eldritch abomination packing heat.

>>41291049
>Ask about armor - who to see?

>>41291106
Yes. Below 50 and it would have basically been like Mercer's claws, and you'd have just split the shell. At 90 is just a big, singular claw whose only thing going for it is that it's sorta like a good claw hammer with a blade. Fun times!

>>41291149
Oh great. I'm assuming any attempt to fix it when times are peaceful will result in something horrible.

>>41291206
On the other hand, trying for new forms in more controlled situations may provide more controlled results. Or not.

>>41291439
I wonder if we could 'take 20' on fixing our horrible sword/club thing.

>>41291474
>>41291439
Did we roll for wings?

>>41291109
>>41291112
>>41291144
"So, uh, say I'd want to get some armor or weapons, so I don't have to morph it?"

"Oh. You'd see Casey." she says.

"Well..."

>>41291079

"I should get to that, or head home. I'll see you later."

I trot home, shutting and locking the door behind me as you place the sphere on a table.

It's bigger than before, about the size of a baseball.

Two eyes open on it, askew, and a mouth to one side.

)Hello.( it says, )I'm... Well, my name isn't important. I'm a messenger. Call me Eyes.(

..."Eyes?"

)Yes. They have me on you. Just in case. And when you acted appropriately, I acted as instructed, including this Pellet.(

"...What's... What does it do?"

)Lots of things. Mostly, it lets you improve Forms you have gained, or to forget them. Try again. Any mutations you've... earned will stay, though.(

"So..."

)You can IMPROVE a Form. In this case, the form becomes more suited to its purpose. You can FORGET a form. In this case, you lose access to it until you force it into being again. Finally, you can LEARN a form, though you can't know what, and it'll definitely cause a side mutation to occur.

of course, if you're intelligent, you'd do these sorts of things outside combat where the stress doesn't cause issues with compatability and restructuring alongside...( Eyes trails off, muttering.

)Anyway. Beast Pellets. That's what they do. Bye.(

The eyes close, the mouth closes, and it's gone.

>Eat the pellet.
>Don't eat the pellet.

>>41291586
>Eat the pellet.
Let's see if we can't fix our "back problems".

>>41291586
>>Eat the pellet.
Improve sword

>>41291586
'they' have 'eyes' on us?
the monsters?
someone else?

>>41291655
do this.

>>41291586
>Eat pellet

>>41291655
Agreed.

>>41291586
>>41291648
Backing

>>41291586
>>Eat the pellet.
Fix dem back tenderals

Sadly, pellets only interact with Forms, not mutations
>>41291648
>>41291731
>>41291655
I eat the pellet, feeling my body convulse and my Sword manifest without even thinking about it. It straightens, both sides sharpening, thinning. The bony blade shines blacker and blacker until it looks like solid char, not even glistening along the edge. A spike forms at your elbow, long and curving, and along my forearm, bony plating appears.

I remanifest it and hide it again and again, and it doesn't change. Neato.

Great. So...

In summary, eating hearts expands my Form-capable locations (Currently: Pectorals, Back, Left arm, right arm, left tentacle, right tentacle, central tentacle), releasing the heart allows me to redo or improve and make new Forms... But what does destroying them do?

I'm pondering this when there's a knock at my door.

>Writein

>>41291886
>Answer it

>>41291886
Answer it.

>>41291886
>pellets only interact with Forms, not mutations
hmm, let's just hope that destroying a heart gives the result we seek.

>>41291886
Yeah answer.

Destroy kills mutations maybe?

Why are we thinking of ways to remove tentacles, when our priority should be ensuring future mutations all give us more tentacles?

This is magical girls, isn't it?

>>41292174
Aesthetics

>>41292174
Aesthetics, We're already a ripped dude. Plus our co-worker can still gank us if we tried without consent.

>>41292257
>Plus our co-worker can still gank us if we tried without consent.
This problem, like all others, can be solved with more tentacles and tentacle upgrades.

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>>41292058
>>41291940
>>41291921
I get up and open the door, blinking at the one standing there, hands in pockets.

"You're Joe, right?" she asks, looking away.

"...Yes?"

She looks back up at me, not turning her head, then holds up a slip of paper and a key. "Mary. I'm apparently your roomie."

>What
>Awww, this isn't fair.
>Wait, is there two bedrooms here?
>Fucking sweet. You like Playstation? Or Xbox? Shit, we could get both with our wages, right?
>So I can't walk around in my boxers anymore?
>Writein

>>41292317
>>What
>Wait, is there two bedrooms here?
>So I can't walk around in my boxers anymore?

>>41292317
So I can't walk around in my boxers anymore?

>>41292317
>>What
>Wait, is there two bedrooms here?

>>41292317
>Fucking sweet. You like Playstation? Or Xbox? Shit, we could get both with our wages, right?
inb4 she is PC master race

>>41292317
>What
>Wait, is there two bedrooms here?

>>41292317
>What
>Wait, is there two bedrooms here?
>Fucking sweet. You like Playstation? Or Xbox? Shit, we could get both with our wages, right?

>>41292317
>Fucking sweet. You like Playstation? Or Xbox? Shit, we could get both with our wages, right?
Eh if we only have one bedroom here we can either get bunkbeds, or a fold out couch.

>>41292317
>Fucking sweet. You like Playstation? Or Xbox? Shit, we could get both with our wages, right?

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>>41292317
>Wait, is there two bedrooms here?
>smile
>I hope not.

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>>41292317
>tentacle rape

"...Wait, is there two bedrooms here?"

"There will be now." she says, and there's a soft popping sound. "See?" she waves her hands at the sides of her head without much conviction, "maaaagic. yay."

"So you like videogames?"

She raises an eyebrow.
"Fun to watch. Shit at playing." she says, "My shadows are better than me."

The shadow on the wall waves. "Anyway, I can shower at night and you get it in mornings. Shadow will block the door to avoid... misunderstandings." she puts her bag in the new room. "If there's a sock on the doorknob, do not open. Goes for me too, just in case."

"...Right."

"Great. ...I can't cook for shit, though, so I'm gonna claim most of the freezer for my snacks and shit."

"...Right."

"...So, uh..." she scratches the back of her neck, looking a little uncomfortable. "Can... I ask you to make me dinner? Only it's a long fucking way from Oregon."

>Writein

>>41292601
>>Writein
Suuuuuuuure,
Do we know how to cook?

>>41292601
Welp, bust out the Craft mac and cheese and get to "cooking"

>>41292601
>I can make cereal or instant ramen. Which do you prefer?

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>>41292601
tentacle rape

>>41292601
>it's a long fucking way from Oregon
My god, a kindred spirit.
Immediately a best.

Make some spaghetti, shouldn't be too hard, even if we don't into cooking.

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>>41292662
same anon here
come on guys shes kinda a bitch

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Is this us in the future?

>>41292601
>>41292653
This.

So, we're bat-shit insane, right?
That's what I'm assuming, anyway.

We've stopped even reacting to strange things.
I don't know how to play insane.

>>41292707
yes, so we should tentacle rape,
why is no one agreeing with me

>>41292707
It s not black enough

>>41292726
Just let it all flow anon

>>41292739
Because you're THAT guy.
No one likes THAT guy.

>>41292726
Pretty sure crazy things in this world are not the same as crazy things in the game's world.

>>41292601
No supplies, I could fix some spaghetti if we had the ingredients.

>>41292739
We don't have enough tentacles yet.
We need at least 10.

>>41292707
I bet the ladies LOVE those fingers.

"Well, I'm not so great either, but I can make some shitty ramen."

"Oh, that's fine. Just, like, throw some extra stuff in. Maybe carrots or hot dogs or some shit." she waves, and Shadow follows me into the kitchen, waving, then locates a pen and paper.

-I can help, if you want.-

"...Sure?"

-thx-

The two of you set about cooking ramen for two.

Soon enough I bring some back to Mary, who takes it with thanks.

The ramen tastes delightfully normal, wonderfully, perfectly... fine.

==End of Thread 2==

Next week: Sword Magus

>>41292981
I want to quit reality

>>41292981
thx 4 runin budi gud thred

>>41293029
thx 4 playn brety gud posts

>>41292981
Maybe this is the main goal of the beast's incursions.
To force mutations and create a new breed.

>>41292981
Can we turn into an evil tentacle monster?

>>41293138
or even better,
an evil RAPEY tentacle monster

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>>41293138
>>41293230
Or how about we just become Alex Fucking Mercer?

>>41293297
doesn't sound very appealing
tentacle monster way better
way more fitting for the genre too.

>>41293297
WE gonna need a lotta hearts to eat, that guy is 100% blacklight

>>41293401
>doesn't sound very appealing
hahahaha

>>41293297
I'd much prefer becoming someone who still retains some of their humanity, and try to do good, that become a tentacle monster.

>>41293452
So... James Heller?

>>41292981
Thanks for running.

>>41293496
Sure.

>>41293496
>>41293523
Are we black?

>>41293562
We're kinda turning black with the more monstrous features we gain, aren't we?