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Recap:
You're a Biotech student and Bot-battle enthusiast who has awoken in a post-apocalyptic world, were you're last normal human alive. Other subspecies of Homo Sapiens now populate the planet.

- The "beautiful" Nymphs: Descendant of the rich crowd who favored gene-modding themselves, and therefore, have survived the biological warfare and artificial diseases without needing to depend on treatments.
- The stoic and strong Titans: Descendants of Super Soldiers, mass-produced superhumans to be used in the war.
- The powerful and wise Witches: Originally human, they originated from your time, before the apocalypse, and have sustained themselves until now by bio-engineering themselves to the extreme, and "eating" other humanoids to replenish their tissues.

Characters:

Red's City
-Red Witch: The first witch you met, and an expert in mechanical technology. Enthusiastic, arrogant and self-centered. Stole Witch-technology from Blue to make her what she is now. She has a harem of Nymphs which she uses as livestock, back at the city.
-Adam: The leader of the Red Witch's Nymph harem.
-Laura: Nymph child the Red Witch used as a human bomb which you saved.
-Pampi: Former member of Red's harem, Blue's current apprentice, and your main aid in healing Jenny. Insightful and affectionate, but easily gives into pressure. Ridiculously proportioned Nymph, and one of your lovers.
-Jenny: The closest thing you have to a daughter. Has a child-like passion, and loves books, but he can't read. She is a Nymph you've rescued from being fully digested by the Red Witch, and you've spent a lot of time trying to reverse the damage she has sustained.

Titan Village
-Blue Witch: The inventor of the Witch technology, and living patron saint of the Titan village. Old, patient and maternal. She is an incredibly powerful, but crippled ally, who needs to rest often due to her self-sacrifices for the greater good.
-Black Witch: One of Blue's former apprentices. A titan-witch. Tina's mother and an expert in psychology. Loving and kind but Machiavellian and cold to achieve her goals. Obsessed with the mental limitations Titans have, such as being unable to lie, and their lack of individualism.
-Keiko: A gigantic Nymph/Titan mix, larger than any other due to liger-like hybrid vigor. Naïve and impulsive, but with a good heart. Finds you immensely attractive because you're neither a Titan or a Nymph, but "right in between". Black's adoptive daughter.
-Tina: The Black Witch's daughter. Ambitious and insolent. Currently, the only Titan who can lie.
-Titan Elders: Religious group of aged titans which live underground, take care of Blue, and lead the younger ones above.
-Rodri: Gruff titan who went with you on an expedition. A trustworthy man.
-Charles Smith: An Angel. Historian who helped the Titans found their village and religion. Cowardly, but good-natured.

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(cont.)
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You've decided to go with Tina and the Demon Box in an expedition towards Glitter Island, to investigate the people who live there, who seem to be making some kind of deal with Red for Tizona, the only blade that can kill Witches, in exchange for something.

---*---

Together, you marched towards the sea line. Tina was bringing an inflatable boat, the Demon Box, provisions, well. Nearly everything. You couldn't bring your sniper rifle, it would be too heavy, and instead, all you had was rifle and ammo for the both of you. Despite Tina was bringing most of the load, you got tired more often than she did.

"You should train more." she told you.

You had. All of this adventuring and going from one place to another has given you the beginnings of a hiker's legs, but the natural physique of a Titan was just vastly superior to yours.

"J-Just... Just a moment. To... To rest." you stammered, and sat on the ground. You where both in a yellow-green field, dotted with olive trees. You would've preferred to go sit under one of them, but you were just so tired to reach one.

Tina shrugged, and sat as well.

"You know, I'm pretty glad to come along with you." she admitted.

"...Y-yeah?"

"The people back home are still, well. Not too friendly with me."

You looked aside. That was a bit cheeky of her to say, considering the ill she has done to Pampi, the tribe, and you.

"They feel betrayed. And scared." you explained. "You're the only Titan who can lie, and you used it against the common good. Those... Those are two things which aren't very 'Titan'."

"Do they really feel that way?"

You blinked. Tina, despite being special, was still as bad with feelings as any other Titan.

"Yeah. I believe so."

"Well. That's their problem." she countered "Heck, I can't change who I am and what I can do, now can I?"

"Yeah, but..." you started off and wove your hand in circles as you tried to think of the right words. "...I think the Titans would appreciate if you saw things from their perspective..."

She rose an eyebrow at you.

"...A bit." you added. "Give it a try."

Tina looked away and to the sky as she shrugged and stood up again. "We should get going again."

"So-so soon?"

"Yeah, c'mon, don't be lazy. You can rest at the beach."

(cont.)
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You're a Biotech student

and die of hunger before apocalypse
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Finally, after days of walking together with Tina, you arrived at the beach in the evening. You sighed out in relief, and smiled with a sense of victory. Across a large stretch of water, you could see a couple metal bits emerging from the waters. That had to be Glitter Island.

Tina tapped your head, and put her index finger to her lips, and then pointed across the sand, to a small, beached yacht. There were two Nymphs there too, a dark-blue haired girl who was particularly tall and exaggeratedly proportioned, and another light-blue haired one.

You both hid behind a cliff that bordered the beach. They didn't seem to have detected you yet. You then used your helmets enhanced hearing and sight, to figure out what they were up to.

"Siiiiss... I-I don't want to go into the water, it's coooold!" the taller one said.

"C'mon, c'mon now." the shorter one said, in a motherly tone. "You'll regret it later, we won't have time tomorrow. Just a dip. The seawater is good for your skin. You'll look nice and pretty for when we do business with the Glitters."

"But it's cooooold! I'll... I'll stay and keep guard of the cargo."

"Nobody is here." she then added, looked around. "See? C'mon, this is surely time the gods have given us to reeeelax, hrm? I'll go in with you."

>Go aboard their ship while they're away and distracted with bathing.
>Approach them in a peaceful way and present yourselves.
>Use your Demon Box to attempt to detect some kind of signal from the ship (takes about half an hour to and hour to set up and do)

>Write in
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>>641394
Go aboard their ship while they're distracted
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You decide to get aboard their ship. Silently, you both snuck into it, and then past the small hallway into a storage room in the back. There, you saw about five metal boxes, each plugged into the boat.

You tried to open the box, but you discovered that it was locked, but through your touch you felt that the boxes were very cold. They had to be coolers of a sort.

Tina looked at you. "What do we do?" she asked.

You attempted to lift a cooler, and couldn't. Tina could, however.

"I think I can bring up to... two." she said, as she lifted one with effort. "Maybe three if you help me with the third one."

You found that you could freely unplug the coolers as well.

Coolers?
>Take none
>Take one
>Take two
>Take three

Do?
>Get the hell out of there.
>Check the pilot cabin.
>Check the bathrooms.
>Inspect the deck.

I'll roll a 1d10 for the Nymph's detection after you've voted. DC to reach: 10, minus one for each cooler you decide to take and -1 if you decide to check an additional place.
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Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>641419
Check out the pilot cabin and try to Hijack the boat

Also, try to recall if the Nymphs had any weapons on them

Tell my companion to Keep an eye on the approach to the boat and be prepared to fire a warning shot if they attempt to make there way back onto the ship - to fire into them should they resist
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OP is kill
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Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>641423
so
-Just check out the pilot cabin.

I'll roll, DC:10
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>>641427
Actually DC:9, but you go undetected anyway, its just a 6. Writing.
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You go to the pilot cabin and try to hijack the boat, as you tell Tina to keep watch.

You soon notice that, while you could try to tamper with the boat's systems, it would take you a while to improvise something - this would be the first time you would attempt something like this. You were confident in what you were capable, but you had doubts about if you had time or not.

Tina hissed at you. You looked at her, and rose an eyebrow.

"what's taking you so long?" she whispered.

"No key" you replied.

Tina then gestured for you to come, gestured a circle around her neck, and then she pointed at the shorter Nymph.

You looked, and saw that the Nymph - who was now in bikini and chilling in the water - had a strap with keys on it, around her neck. Those were likely the ones that would open the coolers and activate the boat.

The numbers in (parenthesis) are the reduced DC the Nymphs will have to detect you, depending on your choices. The DC is 10 as usual, reduced by the (numbers) from your choices.

Coolers?
>Take none (0)
>Take one (1)
>Take two (2)
>Take three (3)

Do?
>Get the hell out of there. (0)
>Attempt to hijack the boat (5)
>Check the bathrooms. (1)
>Inspect the deck. (1)
>Assault the Nymphs and attempt to steal the keys by force.

>Write in
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>>641433

First we make sure to clean up all traces of our presence if there are any, then we go hide in the storage area and wait for the nymphs to come back and set sail

When one of them comes to check on the cargo we take them hostage and use them as a bargaining tool for control of the ship
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duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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I'm writinggggg

I'll be quicker next time.
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>>641448
yee
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You make sure that you leave no trace, and you both go to hide in the storage area. Within, you whispered to Tina the plan. She nodded, enthusiastically. This seemed to be the kind of thing she was in to.

---*---

After a while, you could hear the nymphs arrive.

"Siiiis...." one of them whined. "Are we going now?"

"Yes, we're going now." the other replied.

"Siiiis...."

"What now?"

"Can I go get a drink?"

"We didn't bring any."

"Can I get the keys?"

There was a moment of silence.

"You put drinks in the coolers, didn't you?" the older, but shorter, one replied.

"...Yes."

"Goddamnit, Lucy, those coolers aren't for drinks! They're really important, you know?..."

"..."

The older one sighed. "Fine. Go get them out of the coolers. All of them."

---*---

In a swift movement, Tina had suddenly armlocked the taller, more exaggerated Nymph as soon as she entered the cargo room.

"SIIIISSS!" she yelled, and immediately, started to try to flail and yell, but Tina easily overpowered her and quickly covered her mouth. "HE-HEEEEEL-MFFff!"

Lucy's sister stormed in, with a handgun, and pointed at Tina.

"Ooooh, I wouldn't do that if I were you." Tina taunted, as she tightened her grip on Lucy "You might shoot the wrong peeerson..."

She then turned to look at you. You had the rifle in your hand.

>Attempt to bargain with her
>Shoot her.
>Demand to know what is in the coolers

>Write in
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>>641456
Tell Nymph holding the pistol "Put down the gun or your sister dies, we are not interested in killing you.

Lay face down on the ground with our hands behind your head"
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"Put down the gun or your sister dies, we are not interested in killing you." you tell her. "Lay face down on the ground with our hands behind your head"

"Fuck yu-" she replied, and before she could pull the trigger, Tina interrupted by twisting the Nymph's arm harder, causing her to yell into the Titan's hand.

"Ah-ah-ah...! None of that." Tina teased. "Or she gets it."

You looked at Tina with concern. You knew she was a ruffian, but you were surprised at how comfortable she was with doing all of this.

"Do it." you then told her.

She glared at you, and then, tossed away the gun and laid on the ground, with her hands behind her head. Tina let the other down as well so that she could do the same, but she kept a foot on her. She looked at you with a grin.

"What now?" she chuckled.

>Write in
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>>641461
"We need to strip them to make sure they don't have any concealed weapons" I say with a wink

"After that a vigorous and lengthy interrogation to find out what's in these coolers"
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You're killing me smalls
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I'm writing, I'm writing
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You strip them down, obtaining the keys to the boat and the coolers as well. As it usual with Nymphs, their bodies were very femininely proportioned, especially the taller one's.

"What's in the coolers?" you asked.

"I don't know." the older sister said. "We don't know."

Tina rose an eyebrow.

"Whats. In. The. Coolers?" she asked.

"I'm telling you, I don't know." she replied, as she looked aside.

Tina flicked her finger into the sister's eyebrows.

"Hey, aaaanswer. The. Question. Where did you get them from? Who gave them to you?" Tina insisted.

The other didn't answer.

"Oh, I can do this all day." Tina noted. "And either you or Lucy here is going to tell me the fucking answers."

---*---

You had left Tina with the Nymphs as you checked the rest of the ship. There wasn't much: food, female clothing and handgun ammo, aside from the coolers.

When you returned, Tina had a wide smile for you, and the other two Nymphs had several bruises on their backs and faces.

"I know what they are!" she told you, triumphantly.

---*---

The coolers had within them something they called the "Super Serum". They didn't understand themselves what it was, they were just merchants, and they had gotten them from another trader. However, they did explain that Lucy, who was actually only 12 years old, had taken a dosage, resulting in how she looks now.

"They were looking if they could get a 'Dragonfly' from the Glitter peeps. You know, one of those Witchifier things, I believe." Tina also explained "Apparently, Lucy needs it. That Super Serum stuff is so strong, she needs it until her body can get used to the changes. Or, well. Get fucked, or something."

You had a total of five vials, one in each cooler. Tina further told you that the Serum needed to be kept chill. Outside of cold, they would only last for a couple days, and then, quickly loose effectiveness and expire. Additionally, that the Serums were worth a good deal, and that one vial was good for one Dragonfly for the Glitter's, which is pretty "expensive".

You gave the vials a look as well. Apparently, they needed to be injected, as they had a syringe with a cap taped to it. The fluid's texture and color was reminiscent of Witchifier juice, but much thicker.

"Sounds great, huh?" Tina grinned "So, how do we do this? Half for you, half for me?"

You knew Tina was dangerous. Immensely selfish as well. She had proven in the past that she isn't the kind of person who is the most adequate to have power - she had no qualms in trying to get Pampi into jail by using her special ability to lie, for her own interests.

"We'll... see." you told her. "Let's think this through, yeah?"

>Sail to Glitter island and attempt to do commerce.
>Return with the loot back home.
>Test one of the vials on Lucy's sister.

>Write in
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>>641481
"We're headed to Glitter Island to make a bit of dosh, but first let's have ourselves some fun" I say as I unzip my pants and pinch the the right nipple of the fat titted nymph
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>>641487
I won't write out any explicit smut, sorry. You're free to do it though, but I'll have to fade to black it.
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>>641490
How about implicit?
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>>641490
:^)
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>>641492
Has to be fade to black, sorry. I can write the moments before and the result as usual, but nothing more.
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>>641481
Return home with the loot, we should get the witches to synthesize more. Or at least study it.
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>>641495
I'm OK with that
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Well asleep, sorry. Awake now, and going to continue. Writing.
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You decide to return home. However, the coolers needed to be plugged in, so that they could continue generating cold. Plus, there were five coolers.

"How many days will it take us to get back home?" you asked Tina. "If we're really quick about it."

"Two days?" she shrugged "Like, if you don't stop for a rest all the time, bud."

"How quickly will the vials expire outside of cold. Exactly?"

"Four days." Tina said. "Like, I said, a couple."

"We're going to have to be quick then."

"What are we doing to do about them? About the yacht and all?" Tina added, looking at the two Nymphs.

"Let's leave them somewhere, with ties they can undo in an hour or so."

Tina shrugged. "Well, alright man. But I'm taking some of their clothing too."

They did have a pair of really fancy clothing, the kind they would do business in, likely.

---*---

After three days of travel, you managed to return to the Titan village, exhausted. Tina wasn't, though.

"I can take the vials for you,. you know." she said.

"Nonono, I'malright, ...huff...Tina." you exhaled. "I can do this."

Pampi, Keiko and Jenny were enthusiastically waiting for you, however, you didn't have time to attend them properly. You explained the situation, excused yourself, and stormed to the Witch's lair in the underground.

---*---

You presented the vials to Pampi and the two Witches. Blue was asleep, but Black managed to make superb progress in a few hours, often leaving Pampi on the sidelines, and bluntly pointing out how inexperienced she was. After swift analysis, you managed to reach to a conclusion.

"It's similar to Witchifier fluid. But concentrated, really, really concentrated... In a new way." Black determined. "An incredible health boost. Think of each dose being the equivalent of a couple hundred years of being hooked up to a Witchifier. Exactly how many, I don't know. I've already written down everything that can be figured out, but the molecular structure will have likely changed if what you're saying is true, that it doesn't last long outside of cold. It will take me a couple trials to reverse engineer that, and then I have to do reverse engineering again to figure out a way to make this compound. Plus figuring out where to get the chemical resources to actually produce it."

"But maybe I can make it." Black then nodded. "Just give me time. And luck."

"We have five vials right now, shouldn't we do something about them?" Pampi wondered.

"All five to Laura." Black said. "I can use her as a test subject like that, plus, she can be another Nectar cow for us like Pampi."

(cont)
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>>641746

"C-cow?... S-supplier would be a better term, Black, don't you think?" the Nymph stammered.

Black ignored her, and looked at you. "Up to you." she said. "I don't have enough diplomatic power here to really get my way here without any backlash, so it's up to you to make the right choice, and choose to give five to Laura."

"Have you talked to Laura about it?" you then said "Have you asked her? And wouldn't be giving five perhaps a bit dangerous?"

"Why does that matter?" Black replied. "If she says yes, we give it to her, if she says no, we convince her to, and then we give it to her? What difference does it make? And, yes, of course it will be dangerous. More than one will be really abrasive on the body to administer. But I'll keep her chock-full of morphine and regeneratives. Perhaps put her in Jenny's vat as well. The worst that can happen is that she balloons up and also ends in a permanent coma or something. Nothing to worry about, her mind and intelligence is worth less that the study material I can get from her."

You slowly wiped your face with your hand and sighed. Typical Black.

"I'll see what I can arrange." you said.

---

You decided to ask around to see what the others thought of the idea of taking the drug, and collected the following results:.

-Tina: Willingness: Very high. Potential benefit: Sheer brawn.
-Keiko: Willingness: High. Potential benefit: Sheer brawn.
-Pampi: Willingness: High. Potential benefit: Nectar production, eventual Witch transformation health and well-being in the super-long term.
-Laura: Willingness: Medium-Low. Potential benefit: Nectar production separate from Pampi.
-Jenny: Willingness: Low. Potential benefit: Nectar production separate from Pampi.
-Titans: Willingness: Don't mind. Potential benefit: Sheer brawn.
-Black Witch: Incompatible, and the Blue Witch likely as well.
-Yourself: Results cannot be predicted, could potentially be extremely dangerous.

You had the five doses. You didn't have to use all of them either, you could even just opt to use zero and wait for Black's investigation. But you had to use the ones that you had now if you were going to use them at all.
>Distribute the 5 doses of Super Serum

>Write in
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>>641752
I inject all five doses into myself
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>>641760
You're not suicidal enough.
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>>641766
Not suicidal, it's heroic confidence combined with not wanting to be the weak point of our duo
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>>641768
I'll do it as "as much as you can take, up to all 5"
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>>641770
yee
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>>641752
3 to Pampi
2 to Keiko
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Going to take a small nap, I don't want to fall asleep again, but I really want to continue this. I'll be back in a few hours.
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>>641752
Keiko
Pampi
Then three into us if we can handle that much.
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>>641752
It's been a long time since I followed this quest. I thought it was still on hiatus.

>2 Keiko.
>2 Pampi
>Test a drop on our blood or something. Don't just take weird drugs you crazy bastard.
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Heyo, thank you for joining in guys!

Going to continue in about an hour!
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You decide to give Pampi two, Keiko one and the rest to yourself, if you could take it. Before recklessly injecting yourself with the drug, you tested it with a sample of your blood. It had to be administered intravenously anyway - there had to be a relation with blood.

You mixed the two components, and studied it under the microscope. Nothing peculiar, you found, aside from the regular feeding Witchifier effects, but accelerated.

You held a fist to your mouth and gazed into the table.

Would you be able to handle it? Pampi had used it, but in the regular way, as progressive dosage - plus it was likely that it has been designed precisely for someone like her, someone who was a Nymph. Keiko had the physique to withstand using two at the same time, but that's because she's who she is.

What about you? Just a mere, regular human?

Pampi approached you with a warm mug of soup.

"Are you... alright, Purey?" she asked "Would... Would you like some soup?"

"Hrm? Oh, uh. Yeah."

"You've just arrived from your trip, and all of a sudden you're with this Serum thing. You would like to relax after it all, yeah? I... I can arrange that for you." she mentioned.

"That would be great, yeah." you replied.

She kissed you and then rubbed your shoulders. "Massage?" she asked.

"Later." you replied. "I... I need to figure this out."

---*---

After considering it very hard, you decided to take a dose. If you could take another, you would, and so forth, until three. You weren't going to be that dead weight on everyone in the dire moments. You would put yourself to level that the current circumstances demanded.

You tied a rag to your arm, until that vein in your arm slowly popped up. Then, you injected the serum into it.

You didn't feel anything at first. But then, you felt a shiver, and your heart racing, beating like a mallet into your ribcage. You endured it, and with your fingers trembling, started to inject the second one, but halfway through, your gaze started to go hazy, your consciousnesses wane, until you collapsed in the chair.

---*---

You woke up, in bed. You could smell Black's metallic scent, and Pampi, who you felt kissing your forehead. Your vision was blurry, but you could see that Black's metallic body was tending you, or something, along Pampi who was apparently much... larger?, but you couldn't make out any details.

"He's awake." Black blurted.

"P-Purey!" the nymph stammered, and leaned in. "A-Are you alright? How do you feel?"

You groaned, and attempted to sit up, but Black pushed you down again.

"Don't. Rest." she said.

"How... Did it go?" you asked, and tried to look at yourself, without much success. Everything were smudges. You could feel larger though, although, odd.
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"Your body didn't have the ability to process it all." Pampi mentioned. "You... Started to developed duplicity of tissues as well. Like, your were starting to grow another left pectoral muscle, and another pancreas.."

"I took it all out" she continued. "You... Still may have a couple left in you, but I managed to take out the major issues. Your hormone levels should be... Alright."

"You still need to be in treatment though." Black said. "Aside from needing some pills now and then, you should be fine."

"How... Successful was it?" you asked.

"Quite." Black said, then she pinched your arm, and then your leg. "You're almost like a kid Titan now."

"Just a kid Titan?" you asked.

"Hey, compared to how you were before, that's a lot!" Black countered. "I consider that a success, don't you?"

You stroke a hand across your chest. It felt sore from the stretched skin, and bumpy, as if you could feel the individual fibers beneath it. You had quite the athlete's physique now, although, slightly disfigured.

You sighed. Whatever cost this was, it would be worth it. You could be more useful to everyone like this, you hoped.

"I can't see well though." you mentioned.

"Your eye fluids have been contaminated." Black pointed out. "Delicate issue, but nothing we can't solve."

"I'll stay here with you, Purey." you could hear Pampi's voice say. "Y-you haven't rested, you deserve some taking care of! A little bit of... spoiling, you know?"

You sighed.

"You'll feel better in the morning." Black said. "Just take your treatments, and enjoy being partially blind and crippled until then."

You sighed harder.

At least this whole ordeal had been a relative success.

You had some time until morning. You had in mind to go to the Witch's den again and talk about any news related to Red, as well as properly inform about what you've seen at the beach, but until then, you had time to enjoy.
>Write in.
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>>642896
Work closely with Black to accelerate healing/development.
Get better ASAP. No, better than better.
We also need to learn how much different we are than titans on this stuff.
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>>642896
Focus on healing for now.
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>>642896
Start spending some time with Jenny and maybe teach her some stuff



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