Rolled 7, 10, 8 = 25 (3d20)

>>447985
Boy.
Coat.
Insects.

Rolled 9, 8, 19 = 36 (3d20)

>>447985
Girl
Uniform
Insects

Rolled 15, 1, 20 = 36 (3d20)

>>447985
Girl
Gown
Robots

>>447985
Boy
Coat
Robots

>>447990
>>447994
>>447996
>>447997
>>448010
So we got a GRILL, SCIENTIST COAT, and a tie between Robots and Insects.

ROBOTS OR INSECTS?

>>448013
>Girl
Dropping this /u/ shit.

>>448015
>Vote for grill
>Dropping for grill

Anon, I do not understand.

>>448013
Wow dropped
Insects

>>448013
Insects

>>448013
Robot

>>448016
>>>/u/

>>448018
>>448019
>>447990
>>447994
>>447996
>Average 9

...You sit and you breathe and you wait and you think but nothing comes to mind, nothing tangible at least.

You remember names. What you think are names anyway. Manu...and something that ends with a 'ya' sound. Katya? Matsya? You remember something that begins with a V. Viva...Vatta...Vira?

But Manu was something. That at least you're sure of.

Manu...

Naked except for a tattered once-white coat cold with mud and water you sit on the riverbank, feet dangling in the warm water. Your reflection shows an oriental woman, black hair disheveled and caked with grime, ropy strands dangling in front of brown eyes.

That's you, whoever that is.

"...Hello?"

At the sound of something other than insects and flowing water you nearly jump out of you skin.

"Hello? Can you hear me?"

You turn your head this way and that and see no one. "Who's there?" You call out, and the sound of your voice seems disturbingly unfamiliar to your ears.

"Okay okay...uh...I'm talking to you over the Besant. My name is Rook, Charles Rook. I'm here to help you. Can you uh...tell me your name?"

You shake your head. "Where are you?"

"I told you I'm on the Besant and...oh shit, I'm right aren't I? Automatic trauma screening is real...Jesus...Your brain is...it doesn't matter. I'm talking to you in your head, okay? I am in your head."

Nothing the invisible voice is saying makes sense to you. You feel your heart begin to race. You feel vulnerable. Whoever Rook is he can see you and you can't see him and he knows you and you don't know him and...

SAY/DO?

REACT CALMLY OR ANGRILY? THIS WILL DETERMINE PART OF OUR PERSONALITY.

>>448030
Tell him to fuck off. Angrily.

>>448030
I would like to know how you got that 9.

And tell that fucker to get out of your head.

>>448033
7, 9, and 12.

The 12 roll is deleted however and won't show up if you refreshed the screen.

>>448031
>>448033
What they said.

>>448034
That's 3 1d20, not 3 3d20.

>>448035
"FUCK YOU! You shout. "FUCK YOU AND GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HEAD!"

Birds dart out of the trees as you break the calm of the forest.

"Woah woah woah" The voice says. "Look Dr. Shriow you got to calm down."

Shirow. That sounds like something...

"Is that who I am? Am I Dr. Shirow? ANSWER ME DAMN IT!"

"Well yeah, you're Dr. Shirow. Oh man that trauma screening went pure overkill on you didn't it?" Rook says sympathetically.

"Look, what happened wasn't your fault..."

"SHUT UP!" You scream as you stomp the water. "SHUT UP AND STOP TALKING TO ME! I DON'T KNOW WHO CHARLES ROOK IS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT BESANT IS AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!"

"Look I don't know if you remember anything about what happened but if you do I swear it wasn't your fault Dr. Shriow, I swear..."

You feel a pricking sensation at the back of your skull. Reflexes are taking over. You know, as much as you know how to breathe or blink, that if you really wanted to you could shut up the invisible voice. You could drive Charles Rook out of your mind...if you want to...

SEVER BESANT CONNECTION?

>>448038
Yeah you got a point. I'll word the rolls differently from now on.

>>448043
Demand answers.

>>448043
Ask where who are we. Standard shit.

>>448050
>>448046
>Answers

"Tell me...." You say in between deep, angry breathes. "Everything that you can."

"You're near Fuji base...which is uh, off Mt. Fuji. You know where that is? It's a place called Aokigahara..."

You have no idea what these places are.

"No..." You respond over a stifled sob.

"Okay okay....lets talk basic stuff Doc. They aren't watching me closely but they do check up on me so I can't keep in contact with you all the time, in fact I'll have to drop communication soon, but I'll check in with you when I can. Don't be around people when you're hungry...I mean hungry hungry, regular human hunger is alright, that's just a vestigial thing we couldn't program out. But when you're HUNGRY hungry don't get around people. Just don't."

"I don't understand..."

"You will. When you're hungry enough the system takes over to feed you to prevent self-cannibalization. Don't let it get that bad though."

You think you're hungry now...the hungry Rook is talking about. It's not like wanting food. You feel that too but this is...different. It's like having an itch but not on any part of your body and its like being thirsty..."

"What do I do if I'm...hungry hungry?"

"Well just...just eat. I mean will yourself to..."

EAT NOW OR CONTINUE TALKING?

>>448058
Eat.

>>448058
Eat

>>448058
EAT find some thing to eat frist

>>448070
You...eat.

You just...eat.

The nature around you dies instantly. The grass turns bone white and crumbles to dust under its own weight. The trees rot and creak and collapse into splinters. A fish's skeleton trapped in the current bumps against your ankle.

It happens in an instant. You only have time to be afraid when you're sitting in a pile of dust.

STATUS:

SATIATED

MIND: 1
SENSES: 1
PHYSICAL: 1
LIFE: 0
ENERGY: 0

Your fear is short lived however. A feeling of warmth and wholeness washes over you. You feel strong. You feel calm. You feel good, really really good, and all the death around you can't take that feeling away from you.

"...I killed things..." You mutter.

"Just plants and trees though...right Doc?"

You look down at your feet. "And a fish..."

"Well that's fine. Okay, now you see why you don't do that around people right?"

You nod, then remember Rook is in your head.

"Yes...."

"Good. Now I don't have any contacts in Japan yet but I'm working on that. I'll find you someplace to live, someone to take care of you. I just need time. Until then avoid the police they'll be looking for you. Head to a city though. They won't send Manus after you if you're around people."

There's that word again.

"What is Manu?"

"It's what you are. A Manu. You're designed to pass through the gravity gate."

"I don't know what those things are..."

"...That's alright." Rook says consolingly. "It has to be a lot to take in. Just head to a city and keep your head down. You were apart of a great experiment Doc, an experiment to save humanity from itself...and as far as I'm concerned you're still apart of that experiment."

"Why can't I remember anything?"

"Because what just happened, which wasn't your fault and you should NEVER believe its your fault no matter what they tell you, was traumatic. Very traumatic. You and other Manus have this thing in their brain-"

"The Besant?"

"No. Not that. The Besant is like...a telephone if that makes sense. Just without a telephone being there. What I'm talking about is automatic trauma screening-ATS. You see the trip through the gravity gate is damaging both to the body and the mind so...you forget the trip. In fact you forget anything to psychologically traumatizing but for you, for what happened your ATS went crazy and now well...it'll come back. I'm sure of it. It'l just take time."

"Will it come back though?"

"Yeah."

It's hard to tell if he's lying without seeing his face.

HE'S KEEPING SOMETHING FROM YOU. SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT SET OFF YOUR ATS. DO YOU DEMAND TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS OR ARE YOU FINE WITH NOT KNOWING FOR NOW. AFTER ALL IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING PRETTY DAMN UNPLEASANT.

>>448087
MUST KNOW EVERYTHING.

>>448087
Not knowing is fine

Not knowing is fine...for now.

>>448087
>"Yeah, well, it sounds like the sort of thing that could get real important, real quick. Can you just tell me the broad strokes or something so I'm not flying completely blind?...Come on, include some specifics for the love of..."
Worse goes to worst we'll investigate this guy's claims later ourselves.

>>448107
>>448087

>>448099
>>448107
>>448109
>And not knowing is half the battle.

"Just...what is the gravity gate?"

"Do you know the cold war? The tension between the US and the Soviets?"

"It sounds familiar but...something like the threat of war right?"

"It's 1985 okay? At the rate we're going we're all going to be dead before 2000. Anyone can see where the wind is blowing. But we got lucky with the gravity gate. We found another world, another home. In the worst case scenario we send Manus to live there and carry on humanity while the rest of our sorry race burns in atomic fire. Project Vaivasvata remember?"

"No..." You feel a pressure steadily build in your head with every word he says. "Wait! I remember it...I remember...I was chosen right?" The memory breaks through like the first beams of a sunrise over a horizon. "I was chosen because I was going to win the noble prize in chemistry..."

"Yeah! Yeah! You're remembering things Doc! I told you that you would!"

"We were supposed to be like astronaughts. The best and brightest. Noah's ark..." You feel yourself start to cry streams of happy, joyous tears even as your skull throbs. "I remember!"

"That's it doc! Do you remember the Matsya? The old race trapped between worlds? The ones that showed us how to make the gravity gate? The ones that were always here in the Besant fields?"

You can't remember that much. Not now. But you don't feel sad. You're remembering. You're getting better. You think you'll remember everything before too long.

"No...No I don't remember all that. But it's okay. It's okay Rook." You smile until it hurts. "I'm a scientist....I was going to win the Noble prize!"

"You're one of the best scientists Doc..."

"Rook...do I know you? Were you someone I worked with?"

"No. Not that smart. I'm just a guy that knows how to mess around with the Bessant. I used to do phone freaking and hacking and now I do this...look, you need to get yourself to a city. The Matsyas, they betrayed us. Or part of them betrayed us anyway. The don't think we're worthy of having another world. They think we'll ruin it. And they're jealous we didn't fuck up and trap our own race between worlds in the Besant fields. They've infiltrated Vaivasvata, oh man it was like Manchurian Candidate meets Exorcist. They're in charge now. They're using our connections and secrecy against us. They want to change humanity, make us docile and stupid like lambs. They want to make us into bodies they can inhabit. They say its for our own good. They have traitors working for them. Manus like yourself."

"So we're supposed to...fight them?"

"I guess. I don't know. You can fight them. You're special but there's only one of you and it all happened so fast...just get to city and stay safe. I'm going tohave to drop the connection now Doc. I don't want to risk the chance of getting discovered....password is Karras okay? Say Karras when I talk to you again and if I don't say Reagan then its not me, it just has my voice...."
-cont

>>448127
You hear faint mutterings. Different voices.

"Rook? Rook? Is there someone else there?"

"Yeah Doc there's a team of us and...but that's insane check it again. They wouldn't risk...HOW many megatons?"

"Rook? What are you talking about."

"...Oh mother fuck me...." Rook whispers.

"Doc..." He says with a shaking voice. "Doc listen to me. It's going to get very scary right now. It's going to get very loud and very painful and I'm sorry about that. Whatever it feels like know it won't last and it won't kill you. I'm sorry I'm not going to be here to explain it to you."

"Rook what are you talking about? Rook?"

"I'm sorry Doc, please trust me to call back later. I cant' talk longer!"

"Rook!"

Your word echo in the empty forest.

"Rook!"

ROLL 3 1D20

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>448138
Usually one would say roll d20 best of 3.

>>448140
This is the 80's anon. We're playing on hard mode here.

Other rolls will have modifiers depending on the action and whatnot. But it will never be "best of".

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Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>448138

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>448140
>>448145
>>448149
>11

There's no shadow. No sound. No warning. The ICBM broke the sound barrier over Korea.

First the fireball. It blasts off your facade to reveal the chitinous armor underneath, your true skin. Your sense are overwhelmed by white hot light and heat. They incinerate and die in an instant. New, more powerful senses arise to take their place. They frighten you, these senses that let you watch the tornado that was once a forest in perfect clarity, that let you glance up and see straight through the fire to a perfect blue sky. Your sense of self is being incinerated just like your skin was.

You want to scream but your lungs are filled with fire. But then you don't need to scream. Instinct takes over and you haven't felt such calm and clarity sense you woke up.

Then the blast wave hits.

Your teeth explode into shrapnel and your body recycles the mess in an instant into a new mouth, one without teeth. Your eyes expand. Your vision becomes enormous. You cannot blink. You've lost that ability. The holocaust is in your face and you cannot blink.

And you don't need to. Not anymore.

When the nuclear fire dies you stand living. You stand on the black scar of Earth that was once a forest...and you scream. You scream a high wail of primal, life-affirming vigor that shoves the smoke away to uncover black ruination.

You unfurl your white wings, their hairs glowing an unearthly blue, ready to deploy against anything to follow the nuclear attack.

BIO-ARMOR MANU MOTHATRIX EPISODE ONE: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

THEME MUSIC:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTHJkeqRt-8

IS A MOTH THEMED BIO ARMOR OKAY?

>>448166
KABUTO BEETLE.

>>448166
Nope

>>448166
>IS A MOTH THEMED BIO ARMOR OKAY?
hmm idk its differnt but il roll with what ever
way did you want a moth one?

>>448180
Because we could shed scales charged with energy for a variety of effects of charge an entire wing with energy, rip it off, and throw it as a super attack.

>>448169
>>448177
BIO ARMOR MANU BEETALION OKAY?

>>448188
Hell yea!

>>448188
OKAY.

>>448188
ok well when you put it that way
im keen

>>448166
yes, we Mothra now

>>448197
that what i was thinking as well
so the person we fight will be godzilla then?

Okay. Final destination.

MOTH OR BEETLE?

Beetle will get a powerful horn that allows her to attract and repel objects and enemies. Super attack stabs enemy with the horn and shakes them to pieces with vibrations from the inside out.

>>448201
BEETLE.

>>448201
>with vibrations from the inside out.??? ahha oh lawd
MOTH
not keen to just skullfuck everything

>>448201
Beetle

>>448201
Beetle.

BIO-ARMOR MANU BEETALION EPISODE ONE: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

THEME MUSIC:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTHJkeqRt-8


You raise your thick neck and see the tip of your enormous horn burn white with energy, ready to deploy against anything to follow the nuclear attack.

"Heh...heh heh heh."

A voice. Not from the Besant. From around you.

Something is moving fast. You hear its footsteps crack the volcanic glass. Its using the smoke for cover. Your bulky shelled back snaps open and two part arch over your shoulders as you beat your wings fast enough to disperse some of the smoke.

You reveal cracked volcanic glass...

"He he he he..."

STATUS:

SATIATED

MIND: 5
SENSES: 5
PHYSICAL: 8
LIFE: 30
ENERGY: 20

ATTEMPT COMMUNICATION?

KEEP BEATING WINGS TO REMOVE SMOKE?

ATTACK THE SOUND (CHARGE, HORN ATTRACT, HORN REPULSOR BLAST,)?

>>448201
Is it too late to vote for something else?

>>448225
Kind of....but what was your idea, I might be able to use it for another character.

>>448223
Fly. If he can't then you have the advantage...maybe.

>>448223
>ATTACK THE SOUND CHARGE

>>448227
That's something I didn't consider. We aren't the most graceful flyer because of our armor and weight, but we CAN fly.

FLY?

>>448232
Fly.
Must later evolve to fly easier.

So far we stand at one vote for FLY and one for CHARGE AT THE SOUND.

>>448241
Fly, while charging up for an attack.

>>448241
Charge at the sound

>>448241
CHARGE

whatever the fuck survived a nuke is DANGER

Rolled 13 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>CHARGE

You lower your neck and charge forward at the sound. The ground quakes under your charge, smoking bits of ash leap around you.

ROLL 3 D20+8

I'm rolling once for the enemy. The result is what your average has to beat to be successful.

Rolled 2 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448262

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Rolled 8, 8, 9 + 8 = 33 (3d20 + 8)

>>448262
Get fucked

Rolled 1 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448262
inb4 dead in episode 1

Rolled 13 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448262

>>448264
>>448265
>>448266
... It was nice knowing you guys.

GG party wipe!

Rolled 19 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>448264
>>448265
>>448266
You see a blurring red streak rush past you, cackling all the while.

"Oh no no no Miss Shirow. None of that now...The little firecracker, not our fault. Because you had to have your temper tantrum back at Fuji base the world knows a little about us and Vaivasvata. A little..."

You dive again, and again whoever or whatever this is dances around you.

"Toro! Toro! Eh he he he he...to think you were Mensa. Now look at you. Can you even talk anymore?"

You beat your wings. Maybe a little more visibility will give you just enough of an advantage....

You push back the smoke. You're left in a wide black circle of volcanic glass.

This one if fast, whatever it is. It was able to keep himself hidden in the smoke even as you beat it back...

"I guess you were just a dumb normal in the end Shirow. Not good enough, not like us. Just as dumb like the idiots that thought their firecrackers could put one of us down. All those megatons, all that force scattered over miles. You need force concentrated to a point to break us. Let me demonstrate Shirow..."

ROLL 3 1D20+5

Rolled 1 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>448275

Rolled 19 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>448275

Rolled 16 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>448275

I got this guys!

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>448275

QM do you count crits or only by average result?

>>448276
>>448278
>>448279

LIFE: 26

A long red hand claw like a coil bundle or rope bursts through your chest.

It doesn't hurt, strangely enough. But you feel drip down your plated armor, pooling in the grooves.

"Tag."

Your enemy steps out of the smoke.

Its a red humanoid the color of freshly spilt blood. His mouth opens halfway up his long bullet shaped head. He has no ears or eyes as far as you can see. His body stretches and pulls as he move as if he were made of rubber. Jagged white teeth shine in his maw.

MANU TRAITOR BLOODION

"Oh, to think they told me you were going to be hard to kill genius. I guess behind the PHD you're just another normal after all.

TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO THE HAND STICKING THROUGH YOU?

IGNORE THE HAND, FUCK THIS GUY UP (CHARGE, HORN REPEL, HORN ATTRACT)

>>448283
No crits in this quest, but you can upgrade so that you deliver crits when certain numbers are rolled.

You don't have to worry about critical misses as well.

>>448297

A long red hand claw like a coiled bundle of rope bursts through your chest.

It doesn't hurt, strangely enough. But you feel your life-blood drip down your plated armor, pooling in the grooves.

MASTER WRITER

>>448297
Ignore the hand and charge.

>>448297
attempt to keep the hand where it is, effectively making a hand useless, how strong's this horn attraction/repulsion thing? can we pull/push his head off with it?

>>448305
Yes we can.

We can pull his head toward us our repulsor blast it Iron Man style.

Energy moves cost 5 energy to use, but you can spend additional energy to up its power.

You can recover energy by spending a turn recharging. This recovers 5 energy but leaves you vulnerable to an attack.

>>448297
Grab the hand to make sure that it can't be used against us. Use horn repel to throw the enemy away and hopefully it tears off his arm.

>>448309
headbutt of death?

>>448314
Our finisher takes 10 energy to perform and can be overcharged like other energy attacks.

>>448305
>>448312
Can I consider these "hold hand, repulse enemy" votes?

>>448320
eh, throw mine on the pile, and just spam the basic headbutt till something happens if we do manage to avoid rolling more one's to hold hands.

>>448320
hold hand and charge seems about right

Rolled 20 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

You grab the red claw and feel it flow between your fingers almost like water. You stare down your laughing enemy with the smile full of broken teeth and bring your horn to bear. You feel your horn start a tremor that rocks through your entire body and then a wave of repulsive force blats forward like a lightning bolt...

ENERGY: 15

ROLL 1D20+5

Rolled 5 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>448335

Rolled 13 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>448335
well fuck...nice roll OP I guess

Rolled 3 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>448335

Rolled 1 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>448340

>>448335
>>448336
>>448339
>>448340
>>448343
the dice really want this quest to die.

Yup. Mc ded!

Rolled 3 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>448335
>>448335

Welp. Good thing you guys only spent the basic energy amount on the attack.

You see Bloodion stretchhhhhhhhh across the wasteland, but his arm grows with him as he moves until he comes to a stop.

"Ahhhh. Not the touchy feely type? Eh he he he..." He retracts his arm out of the hole in your chest and you see it slither back like a snake.

He holds a hand out and waves at you.

Then his five fingers point toward you and extend...

ROLL 3 1D20+8

Rolled 17 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448348

Rolled 13 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448348

Rolled 9 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448348

Rolled 19 (1d20)

I have a new personal rule. never have players roll dice in the first 100 post of a new quest.

Rolled 19, 15, 14 = 48 (3d20)

>>448348

>>448350
>>448352
This already wins.

He's not hitting you through your vitals this time. You won't let him.

You block two fingers on one arm, two on another, and the fifth on your horn. They ping off your armor harmlessly.

He's not so tough when he can't line up a kill shot like last time.

His fingers flex in the air in front of you like kite tails. You could try grabbing them if you wanted to...

GRAB HAND?

CHARGE?

HORN POWER?

RECHARGE?

>>448364
Recharge

>>448364
Recharge

>>448364
GRAB HAND AND HEADBUT.

>>448364
>recharge.

after that I say we try and get in close.

Your horn sparks as it gathers power...

ENERGY: 20

"Tch. So you have tough armor beetle-bitch. So what."

He retracts his hand...and then he does something unexpected. He jabs all ten fingers into the ground as if to brace himself, then his body begins to shift and change. He leans forward, elongates, his mouth unhinges, you can see a faint purple light shine from his gullet...

It's like a cannon straight out of Hell...

"Eh he he he he...."

CLEARLY YOU AREN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH ENERGY TRICKS....YOU COULD GAIN A HUGE ADVANTAGE IF YOU PULLED HIM TOWARD YOU WHILE HE'S LIKE THIS. BUT IF YOU MESSED UP HE COULD SHOOT YOU POINT BLANK WITH WHATEVER IT IS HE HAS.

YOU COULD TRY TO REPLUSE HIM, MAYBE A BLAST WILL THROW OFF HIS AIM?

YOU COULD RUSH HIM DOWN. MAYBE HE WON'T SUSPECT SUCH RECKLESSNESS?

PULL, REPULSE, OR CHARGE. AND INDICATE HOW MUCH ENERGY YOU WANT TO SPEND IF YOU WANT TO SPEND OVER THE FIVE REQUIRED.

>>448389
>YOU COULD RUSH HIM DOWN. MAYBE HE WON'T SUSPECT SUCH RECKLESSNESS?

Jam his Barrel with the brunt of our horn and armor, point blank backfire damage!

>>448394
Hell yeah

>>448389
Charge

>>448394
FOR NARNIA!

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>448394
>>448395
>>448398
You lower your horn and charge with all your speed, all your strength.

Bloodion doesn't even have time to be surprised that you're rushing down with your horn aimed straight for his big mouth...

ROLL 3 1D20+8

Rolled 20 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448406
Ah, there is the Mechagirl quests rolls I expect from you QG.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>448406

Rolled 16 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448406
>>448410
>>448412
"EAT ME!"

Rolled 6 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448406

Rolled 6 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>448406

>>448410
Mother of god.

Are we doing the highlander thing after we kill him?

>>448419
no, we have a face horn, so were going to do the skull on a pike thing, with our face. XD jk, jk.

>>448410
>>448412
Holy God...

THEME MUSIC:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTHJkeqRt-8

"EAT ME!" You growl. Your mouth wasn't made for talking, but you can form words when you really want to try, and right now you really want to let Bloodion know just how fucked he is.

You spear your horn right down his gullet. He makes a horrible sound as you scatter red tissue and white teeth for miles from the impact.

Music to your ears.

The scientist underneath the monster gave you the idea and the animalistic instincts gave you the courage to do it. He's like a living cartoon. You can stretch him, bend him, probably even tear him apart and he'll still keep coming.

But what if you built up vibrations in him? Attracted and repelled him at the same time? That energy would build and build. You'd shake him to atoms.

And with the energy charge already building inside him...

HOW MUCH ENERGY DO YOU WANT TO SPEND ON HORN FINISHER (ANYONE GOT A BETTER NAME?)

>>448419
Something like that, yeah.

>>448426
The Penetrator gets my vote

>>448426
>HOW MUCH ENERGY DO YOU WANT TO SPEND ON HORN FINISHER (ANYONE GOT A BETTER NAME?)
15 energy to "Horniness"? "Curved terror"?

>>448431
>The Penetrator
Thank you!

>>448426
HEAT HORN

>>448426
Rhinosorus (Beetle) Charge?

5-10 energy, maybe?

The Climactic Thrust!

It's The 80's and mc is a female scientist. She's probably taken a lot of shit from men in authoritative positions. I mean come on guys! The Penetrator has to be the name of her finishing move.

>>448442
I actually like this one, I can switch to that.

Final Destination

The Penetrator

The Climatic Thrust

The Heat Horn

The Beetle Charge

WHAT WILL IT BE?

>>448449
I just switched, but I'll officially vote Climatic Thrust.

>>448449
HEAT HORN

>>448449
>Climatic Thrust

heh. let's go full fuckin ham.

>>448426
>ALL THE ENERGY
>ALL OF IT

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>>448454
>>448460
what have I done?

>>448449
Voting The Penetrator

For a scientist, we're not very sciency when it comes to naming things, are we?

>>448494
If you're gonna be like that, I'll change my vote to the HARDON COLLIDER

>>448498
Was that even a thing back in the 80's?

>>448498
Just a thought. We're going full shounen, so names like Electomagnetic Resonance Inducer or Strong-Weak Modulation Emitter would, of course, be out of place.

Also, was that deliberate, or just a typo?

>>448512
On purpose of course.

>>448505
Not the collider itself, but hadrons were known in the 60s.

>>448460
Yes

Rolled 14 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>Climatic Thrust

You lift Bloodion off the ground, his arms snapping like rubber bands as you lift. He gurgles something as you dump your energy reserves into shaking him apart.

"CLIMATICUUUUUUUU

ROLL 3 1D20+20

Rolled 4 + 20 (1d20 + 20)

>>448537

Rolled 18 + 20 (1d20 + 20)

>>448537

Rolled 12 + 20 (1d20 + 20)

>>448537

>>448540
>>448542
>>448543

The vibrations shake him until Bloodion looks like nothing human on the end of your horn. He's simply a mass of goo trying to hold itself together the best it can, not knowing how to stretch or bend to disperse the vibrations.

There is no way to bend. There is no way to stretch. There is no escape from this.

"THRUSTUUUUUUU!"

Purple veins creep along Bloodion, cracking him like a pane of glass. The tremendous forces inside him build until you can hear his very body begin to creak apart.

And then, for an instant, there is a purple sky.

And then red rain falls over the broken battlefield of black earth and white ash.

You let it fall over you. You embrace it.

Again, they send death against you and again, the only thing living is you.

The air around your horn chimes like a musical instrument as it vents off the final vibrations. Then it is still and you brace your body for the sickening crash of adrenaline-like substances modern pharmacologists only see in nightmares.

It comes, and it passes, and now you take inventory of yourself.

You are FAMISHED, one step beyond HUNGRY. And there's nothing in this dead landscape with any life left...unless you count the red mess you've left in the wake of your victory...

DEVOUR BLOODION?

>>448589
Sure. It's not like he tastes bad right, when we "just eat"?

>>448589
FEED ON REMAINS!

>>448589
>Devour
Rules of nature!
Be wary of tainted food in the future though.

>>448589
NO.

>>448589
No, we do not eat those who are like us.

>>448589
EATIT! ITS FOOD! WE MUST LIVE!

>>448589
Consume all!

>>448589
No.

We can't lose ourself to this.

>>448609
>>448621
All I'm saying is desperate times...
And beetles do feed on carrion...
But I suppose if you're that concerned we can skip it.

>>448589
Nah, I'm good.

>Devour

You reach out and feed.

The red remains hiss away into steam and you feel your wounds closing...and more. The remains that cover you turn white and enter your wounds forming pale scab tissue. Part of Bloodion becomes you, and the novel DNA is taken apart by your Manu body and put to use strengthening your tissues, making them stronger and hardier.

At the edge of your perception you think you sense motion, like something scurrying away...but its probably just the overwhelming feeling of satiation coming making you sense things.

You are stronger now.

UPGRADE A STAT OR UNLOCK NEW MOVE?

>>448630
Myself, I do not really mind. But our mind has already been weakened. We should take care not to let the hunger overcome us.

>>448638
Upgrade endurance. The ultimate stat. Or energy.

>>448638
Upgrade stat.
Become paranoid about cannibalism leading to hallucinations and/or bodyjackers.

>>448638
Upgrade

Give us a list of stats
>>448638

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>>448651

STATUS:

HUNGRY (Yes, even after devouring Bloodion. It took us down from FAMISHED to HUNGRY which is the lowest level of hunger.

MIND: 5
SENSES: 5
PHYSICAL: 8

LIFE: 30
ENERGY: 20

Energy Moves: Horn Attract, Horn Repulse, Climatic Thrust.

Devours: 1

Theme Song: Fairy Dreaming

>>448660
we should boost either life or energy. its what all our actions will run on, how much of a hit we can take and how long we can give hits.

>>448660
Life upgrade

>>448660
Upgrade energy or physical

>>448660
Psychical up

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>>448660
HUNGER LEVELS

HUNGRY: Can be ignored. You can function just fine at this level. Thing of this as the warning tier.

FAMISHED: You can't ignore the hunger you feel, but it doesn't impair you unless stressed or aggravated.

STARVING: You go to eat. Your judgement is severely impaired. You will prioritize eating over anything not of the utmost importance and have a chance of prioritizing eating over even these things.

AGONIZED: Doing anything but eating requires a tremendous feat of willpower.

INSANE: You are eating. Now. Your instincts fully take over and you have no control. Your body is cannibalizing itself at this point. Beyond this tier lies death.

>>448680
Let's just keep ourselves well fed.

>>448665
>>448667
>>448674
>>448675
Need a tie breaker here.

Sleep, eat, and screw around to our heart's content.

>>448691
I will switch to life, although I would ask that we don't focus on it to the exclusion of everything else in the future.

>>448695

STATUS:

HUNGRY

MIND: 5
SENSES: 5
PHYSICAL: 8

LIFE: 35
ENERGY: 20

Energy Moves: Horn Attract, Horn Repulse, Climatic Thrust.

Devours: 1

Theme Song: Fairy Dreaming

......

Your true form hisses away in a cloud of black smoke. When it clears your human disguise stumbles on shaky legs on a ground slick with ash.

You stand as naked as the day you were born, the only living thing for miles. You cross yourself with your arms as the wind blows rough ash against your body. You take one step, and then another.

There's a city somewhere on Earth after all.

......

You have no idea how long you've walked but you don't feel tired. You think you used to get tired a long time ago from walking, before you became a Manu. The world starts to look more like world the more you walk. You find black treestumps blasted over by the corners of the wind blast sphere. You go a little further and ah, grass beneath your bare feet. And its cool with dew.

You could eat up the grass, begin to sate your hunger as you walk...but you kind of don't want to. You just walked through a dead landscape and...you don't want to see anymore of it. And the grass is so soft beneath your feet...

DO NOT FORGET. MIND IS A STAT, AND ITS NOT JUST FOR PSYCHIC COMBAT.

FIND A NICE, QUIET PLACE TO REST. YOUR BODY DOESN'T NEED A NAP, BUT AFTER EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH YOUR MIND COULD USE ONE.

KEEP WALKING. EAT WHILE YOU WALK. YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG ABOUT THIS.

KEEP WALKING, BUT DON'T EAT. NOT RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE?

>>448732
Time to rest. Give our mind a break.

>>448732
>KEEP WALKING, BUT DON'T EAT. NOT RIGHT NOW.

Let us find somewhere where we can eat without destroying this.

>>448732
>KEEP WALKING, BUT DON'T EAT. NOT RIGHT NOW.

>>448732
>KEEP WALKING, BUT DON'T EAT. NOT RIGHT NOW.

>>448732
Rest. Give the mind a break.

>>448732
>KEEP WALKING, BUT DON'T EAT. NOT RIGHT NOW.

>Keep walking, don't eat

You continue your weary trek. But you don't eat. The grass is nice to look at, nice to feel. It becomes thicker. Soon you see trees merely bent by the blast. Soon you see trees untouched by the grass.

Soon you see flowers. And moss. And hear cicadas hum. And for awhile you walk in a place that doesn't know or care about the carnage, about Manus, about Bloodion, about any of that.

Your brief walking daydream ends when you find the highway. Now you have to think about things. Rook said to get to a city and lay low. If you walk along the highway someone is going to stop for a naked woman. And you wouldn't have to wait long for a car. People are going to be driving from Fuji trying to get away from the fallout. Country road or not you'll find a car in minutes if you kept walking alongside the road.

But maybe it would be best not to involve an innocent in your problems. They're going to ask you why you're walking around naked. That's not a conversation you're looking forward to.

STICK TO THE WOODS OR WALK ALONG THE HIGHWAY?

>>448813
>STICK TO THE WOODS

>>448660
>theme song is a stat

I find this hilarious, for some reason.
Is it possible to upgrade that?

>>448813
>WALK ALONG THE HIGHWAY

This is how you pick up your buddy cop in an 80s action flick.

>>448832
Totally. I suppose we could also have more than one song. Transformation theme, battle theme, rally theme, stuff like that.

>>448813
Walk along the highway.

>>448838
If it's a guy we can see what sex does to us if anything.

>>448813
>WALK ALONG THE HIGHWAY

Screw it, lets see what happens.

>>448847
If we have to spend upgrade points on it, then it seems like kind of a waste.

Personally, I'd prefer a system wherein we unlock more music as the story progresses, like when major events occur, but hey, you're the GM. What you say goes.

>>448870
Yeah, that sounds like a better way to do it. We'll do it that way, Every other fight or so gets us another song.

>>448847
>rally theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB511LE09js

>Walk along the highway

It's not long before a homely Toyota truck pulls along side you. As the window rolls down you do your best to preserve what little modesty you have left with your arms.

The face behind the window is that of youthful male, with a pale complexion unsuited for the countryside. He stares at you in horror and struggles to find words, eyes struggling and failing not to look at you.

"Ma'm...um....um....did something happen? Do you need the police?"

You suppose you do look like someone that was raped and left for dead.

"Um...um...I have a-a shirt here. My shirt...D-Do you want it?"

He seems to be a nice person. He's actually offering you the shirt off his back.

"Please get in my truck Ma'm. The news said you're not supposed to be out here. There's radiation. You know, from the bomb?"

You nod. Oh yes, you know about the bomb.

SAY/DO?

WHAT DO WE TELL HIM ABOUT US, IF ANYTHING?

DO WE ACCEPT HIS SHIRT?

>>448908
Take the shirt.
Ask what he is doing out here if it is so dangerous.

>>448908
thank him and say that we were hiking, our tent and equipment and even our clothes caught fire. we were just far enough to not be killed by the shockwave.

>>448908
Accept shirt. Tell him a half truth; there was a bright lightand a roaring sound when we woke up in a forest with little to no memory and we just picked a direction and started walking.

The amnesia ploy should work for a while especially since its true that we remember very little.

Getting some sleep now, will post more later. I tend to update /qst/ quests sporadically, but if I get a good chunk of time to work on BioArmor Quest I'll post something in the twitter.

There will be one more potential fight in this episode. Vaivasvata is going to send two Manus to negotiate with us. We'll also get a brief introduction to the third faction of the quest. But are they friend or foe?

>>448941
Seconding this.

>>448987
I missed the live thread but this was really interesting. I'll definitely try to catch the next one.

He awkwardly hands you his shirt and you put it on. You suppose its something for your dignity. You're a small slender woman. A man's shirt is just large enough to cover everything.

The shirt has a cartoon on it. Some kind of pirate looking character with an eye patch standing on a ship, but the ship is floating in what looks like outer space...

You don't know what it is. You don't watch cartoons. You grew out of that.

"I was out here." You begin to explain. "There was a flash and a sound like thunder and then I woke up."

Its not really a lie.

The young man nods gravely. "I understand...I think we should take you to the hospital though. They're crowded. It happened so suddenly and everyone's scared of radiation and I'm sorry about the inconvenience but you must go to a hospital." He says firmly. "Please get in my truck."

You do. A hospital is in a city. You probably won't stay there. But hospitals are easy enough to walk out of.

You cross your legs and smooth out the shirt. You're still a human woman, your Manu side be damned.

The young man keeps his eyes straight ahead and blushes. "Thank you for getting in. Its not safe out here in the woods. I'm sure the bomb has made the animals panic like its made us. Wolves and things are moving about, I'm sure of it."

No. Animals won't mess with you for 12 hours following a transformation. The lingering after-effects cause you to register as something strange and powerful to their senses. You remember that, in pieces. You remember a test they did with a recently transformed human Manu and a dog in a cage.

The dog threw itself against the cage until it died.

There's something else...something in what he said is sparking your memory...

ROLL 3 1D20 MEMORY ROLL

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>451118
>Think brain good! We're a scientist, probably, dammit!

also, what are the odds we're totally irradiated and going to get all of these innocent people killed?

>>451130
The area is already blanketed with fallout. We're not that much more harmful.

Cancer isn't as deadly in this world as in the real world because of genetic super science gained from the Matsyas. Still, if this guy gets sick or something we should probably foot his hospital bill (if we ever get some money), or at least send him flowers.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>451118

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>451118
Remember~

>>451163
that... drops our average down significantly

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>451118

>>451130
>>451163
>>451178
>13

Wolves! That's it!

"Wolves, right!" You shout at the man. "Talk more about the wolves!"

"Uh...." He blinks. "What about the wolves?"

"Talk to me about the wolves!"

"Okay well, I guess it was cool how they brought them back a few years ago. Real Japanese wolves, or at least as close as they could get them..."

"Who brought the wolves back?"

"Uh...Gene Mark. You know, that American company?"

Gene Mark. The word echoes in your mind.

That's one of the companies. One of the companies under the control of the Vaivasvata network.

Did you work there? You did biochemistry, you might have. It feels important to you...

"My name is Dr. Shirow." You say suddenly hoping he might know who you are. You were in line for the noble prize.

"You're a doctor? No way! I mean, you look so pretty for a doctor and um...oh..." He blushes in embarrassment.

So he doesn't know. You suppose its not so surprising. The Noble Prize isn't like a sporting event. Average people don't keep track of them.

"Um what's your first name Dr. Shriow?"

...Oh shit. You don't know. You can't remember!

TELL HIM YOU CAN'T REMEMBER?

MAKE UP A NAME?

>>451245
It's yuki

>>451245
>Ask him what he thinks it is

Maybe he'll say something that will trigger our memories?

>>451245
Marie

>>451255
this works.

>>451255
I like you.
Supporting.

>>451255
>>451284
>>451268

You stare intensely at the young man. He shrinks a little from your gaze. "What do you think my name is?"

"E-excuse me?"

"What do you think my name is?"

"Do you...do you not know your name?"

"Just tell me what you think my name is."

He looks away for a moment and thinks.

"Is...is Yuki an okay name?"

Yuki Shirow...it's not sparking anything for you.

"Why that name?" You ask.

"Well..." he scratches the back of his head nervously. "It's a pretty name...at least I think so...and if you're pretty I think you should have a pretty name."

IS YUKI A GOOD NAME?

ASK FOR ANOTHER NAME?

>>451302
>I like it
>Don't say whether it's our name or not

>>451302
In the meantime.
>a little brightly, as in "aaaaah, I was just fuckin' with ya"
I was just surprised you got it on your first try!
>laugh it off

>>451307
>>451310

CLAIM THE NAME?

OR LEAVE IT AMBIGUOUS?

>>451351
>Ambiguous

>>451351
Leave it ambiguous

>>451351
Claim It. Tell him he's pretty good with guessing names. It's a hobby you picked up of having people guess

>>451351
leave it ambiguous

>>451351
>OR LEAVE IT AMBIGUOUS?

>>451355
>>451369

You smile. You can't remember when the last time you smile was. "I like it. It is a pretty name, isn't it?"

It feels good to smile.

The young man awkwardly returns your smile. "Y-yeah..."

"What's your name by the way?"

"I'm Ishinomori. Leiji Ishinomori."

"What are you doing out here Ishinomori? Trying to escape the radiation?"

"No. I'm not from around here, I'm from Tokyo actually. I just have family out here and I was traveling out here to visit and...then the bomb hit. It's crazy to say isn't it? A third bomb in Japan. No one knows where its came from. We just hope it won't be the start to world war 3..."

There's no way that'll happen. Vaivasvata will find a way to spin the nuke into something palatable for the world. They have enough connections to do that. They won't let the world be destroyed. They need humanity to be their bodies.

"It won't happen." You say. "Humanity isn't going to kill itself over this."

"I sure hope so. I guess it could have been worse. If this had been Washington or Moscow I doubt anyone would be alive now...but anyway, I ran into some civil service people on the road and sense I know the area because I grew up here and I have my truck here I thought I could...you know, offer to help out a little. There are a lot of old timers out here in the countryside you know? They might not know what's happened, might need some help. Some of them don't even have cars you know?"

"That's very brave and kind of you." You compliment.

"I'm just doing what anyone does in a disaster like this."

A disaster that you caused.

You can't help but feel some guilt. They send the nuke after you. To kill you. It didn't do more than hurt a little like a bug bite.

But for all these other innocents it ruined their lives. God knows how many people are going to develop cancer from this.

This was all just for you...

"Hey...its okay. Don't be sad." Leiji says. "I know it seems bad but I think you're right. I really do. Humanity will pull through this."

"You're a good man Leiji. Not everyone believes in humanity like you."

Wasn't the whole project grounded in a cynical condemnation of humanity? We needed Manus to carry on the human legacy on the other side of the gravity gate. We needed another Earth because we didn't think we could protect this one.

You wonder what this optimistic young man would think about the Vaivasvata project?

You come across a roadside convenience store abandoned in the panic.You're hungry-not just HUNGRY. Your vestigial human desire for food is making your stomach rumble. You don't -need- food, but you feel like you do.

You could ask Leiji to stop and get some food. And if its electrically powered you could FEED and lower your HUNGER.

STOP AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE?

IF YOU STOP, DO YOU FEED ON ELECTRICITY COVERTLY OR DO YOU REVEAL YOUR STRANGENESS TO LEIJI?

>>451448
>Stop to feed
>Ask Leiji if he can keep a secret and drain electricity when we stop

Better to do it now before HUNGER escalates at the hospital

>>451465
Backing

>>451465
Thirded

>>451465
Fourth-ed? Is that a word?

"Stop right here." You say as you near the convenience store.

"Oh uh...okay." Leiji says stopping the truck. "It's probably locked though. Whoever watches the store would be long gone by now."

A lock won't stop you. Even in your human disguise you have enough strength to break down a door.

You open the door and step out.

"Uh hey, shouldn't we leave some money? I got some in my wallet right here, I can pay for it..." Leiji follows behind you.

"Stay in the car Ishinomori." You say.

"Why do you want me to stay Dr. Shirow?"

"Can you keep a secret?"

"A secret? Yeah I guess...I'm not sure what you're getting at though. You're acting kind of strange...I mean, even for a woman that came out of the woods..."

WHAT DO YOU TELL HIM?

>>451525
"If you knew your life would be in danger."

Why post twitter if you're not saying when you're updating?

>>451525
"Watch this."

Absorb electricity.

>>451525
>Tell him that's everything's okay, you don't entirely understand yourself, but you feel like this will be okay. Just... please don't leave.

>>451530
>>451534
>Why twitter?

Because I'm not in dedicated update mode. When I am I'll post on twitter.

>>451530
>>451540
>BE SECRETIVE

>>451534
>SHOW HIM SOMETHING WEIRD

So far its 2 to 1 in favor of being secretive.

>>451546
Ah, sorry, I meant for >>451540 to be more over, not secretive

just, like, trying to reassure him that this isn't something bad

>>451525

>>451540
Do this

>>451562
*overt

"Everything is okay Ishinomori...Leiji...there are things going on that I don't entirely understnad myself but everything is going to be okay."

He stares at you, fear creeping into his eyes.

"Just...please don't leave. Stay here in the truck and do not come out until I come back."

He nods.

"Promise me." You say.

"I promise."

You head into the store before things can get even more painfully awkward. Leiji was right, there is a padlock on the door. You grab it and it breaks apart like paper in your hands. You push the door in to find an old country store on the inside with wooden floors and glass jars full of cheap sweets. You start on your human hunger with the candy-taffy and kit kats and pocky, you aren't picky you just stuff your face with whatever is at hand.

It feels great to eat something again.

This is one of the fun things about being a Manu. Your metabolism allows you to eat anything and remain healthy. You haven't touched a salad sense you've became one, and you've developed a rather embarrassing sweet tooth.

They used to tease you about that...

You remember that they used to tease you about your sweet tooth...

They...who were they? Coworkers? Allies? Friends?

Gene Mark...and friends. And if not friends then at least people who know you.

You're going to have to investigate Gene Mark when you get a chance. Maybe the city will have a branch office somewhere?

You can feel your hunger kick up in the presence of the electricity running through the wires of the store. Its like how an animal salivates in the presence of food.

You see no reason to deny your hunger. You look through the window to make sure Leiji is still in his truck...and then you feed.

STATUS:

SATIATED

The light bulbs in the store explode with a loud popping sound as you tap the local power grid for energy. You're careful not to step on the glass as you make your way out of the darkness of the store and back into daylight, arms loaded with candy.

You feel great. Even the sight of the dead powdered grass a few feet from the building can't rob you of the feeling of SATIATION.

You climb back into the truck and find Leiji staring at you, face almost completely pale. "...What happened inside there?" He asks. "I mean to the lights?"

WHAT DO YOU TELL HIM?

>>451673
"I tripped an alarm and I kind of blew the fuses to turn it off."

>>451673
>I, um... I kind of.. used it?
>It's hard to explain, but it helped me feel better
>Sorry for asking to stop

>>451734
>>451749

I BLEW THE FUSES

OR

AWKWARD EXPLANTION

DECIDE

>>451930
>Awkward explanation

>>451930
>I BLEW THE FUSES

>>451930

>I BLEW THE FUSES

>>451950
how dare you, voting for your own option!

>>451930
>I BLEW THE FUSES

>>452034
I am a monster, truly

"I tripped an alarm and I kind of blew the fuses out to turn it off." You lie.

"It sounded like the light bulbs exploded..."

"They did. Must've been feedback."

"I didn't know that could happen..."

"World gets stranger everyday. That is a fact Leiji."

He drives on in silence, glancing back only once at the convenience store.

If he notices the ring of dust around it he doesn't say anything about it.

ROLL 3 1D20 CHANCE DIE

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>452162

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>452162

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>452162

>>452166
>>452168
>>452191
>10

Sucks bro. 11 and above would have given a different outcome.

You begin to look out the window and daze as Leiji drives on.

God knows what he thinks about you now. But it doesn't matter. Once he gets to the city you can leave him. You can bury yourself in the shadow war against the Matsyas and you'll be the weird woman he helped that one time.

It'll be better that way, you tell yourself. Optimists don't make it in your world. You have no memory, no image to connect to that sentiment but you know it to be true.

You'll be protecting him by forgetting all about him.

He slams on the brakes and you feel the seat belt jam into your chest.

You look out through the windshield and see a bald Caucasian man with sunglasses and a fine black suit with a red tie.

He stands on air a few feet off the road.

He straightens his tie and looks straight at you.

"He-he-he's floating!" Leiji stammers white as a sheet. "Floating off of the ground!"

The man points to you, then jabs his finger at the ground besides him.

He wants you to come out.

WHAT DO YOU SAY/DO?

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>452162

>>452220
tell him to back up as we hop out

>>452220
>Thank Leiji for his shirt and tell him to drive far away once we're out of the car
>This is probably pretty important
>And dangerous

What are these fucking awful rolls?

>>452220
Get out. Then tell leiji to fucking book it.

>>452238

Dicegods are fickle today.

>>452220

Thank Leiji for the shit and tell him to drive as far away from here as possible and as fast as possible when we get out of the truck.

>>452245
>>452243
>>452238
>>452236

"Leiji...thank you for everything you've done for me. But you're going to have to run now. When I get out you turn this truck around and you run, and you grow old and have a family and remember every day of your happy life that its all because you ran and did not look back, not even once. And there is no shame in running. Not from this. Not from this."

Leiji nods slowly. "Just tell me...what...what are you?"

"I was the last hope of mankind. And I'm hoping I still am." You fling the door open. "Goodbye Leiji. Go and live now."

The truck turns around and you hear the tires screech as Leiji takes off.

You stand in a cloud of dust wearing his shirt. A floating man looks down on you. His lips curl into a sneer.

You tell yourself that you just saved Leiji's life.

But you wish he was here with you.


"Why do you wear that ridiculous woman suit Beetalion?" The man says in a voice dripping with contempt.

"Who the fuck are you?"

He slowly brings his hand to his chest. "A friend."

"That means nothing to me who the FUCK are you?"

"I am what you told the human Beetalion. I was the last hope of humanity, and I hope that I still am."

"So you're what? Another of Vaivasvata's Manus? A traitor? You guys didn't get the message after I tanked your nuke and ate Bloodion?"

"I am not here to fight Beetalion."

"Dr. Shirow!" You snap. "My name is Dr. Shirow!"

"My apologies then." He gives a low, almost mocking bow. "Dr. Shirow. I am not Manu. I am Matsya."

You think back to what Rook said about Matsyas.

They're beings trapped between worlds. They showed people how to build Manus. How to build the gravity gate. They were always here on Earth...what did Rook mean by that?

It doesn't matter. They betrayed humanity. They think we're unfit go to the new world. They want to use our bodies to live again, change humanity to be better vessels. They took over Vaivasvata. "Like Manchurian Candidate meets Exorcist" Rook said. Many Manus have sided with them...

Nothing you know makes you want to trust this guy.

"And for your information that nuclear weapon was not Vaivasvata's doing. It was the Chinese. We would never have been stupid enough to use such a primitive weapon against a Manu. But your rampage attracted attention and humans being humans they went into a panic. I assure you we have the matter well in hand however. There will be no nuclear Armageddon on our watch."

"Don't want humanity to die before you can use it for our new bodies?"

"Ah...so you do remember some things. We were concerned the ATS..but it doesn't matter. Bloodion was our doing, yes, but not MY doing. There is division even among us. But you have convinced the more belligerent elements of our side that you can only be removed at a great cost. We no longer wish to fight you."

"Good. Then fuck off."

"I'm afraid I cannot leave. You see, we cannot trust you. You might join with the remnants or the others."
-cont

>>452322
Others? If Rook is apart of the remnants of pre-takeover Vaivasvata then who are the others?

"Join us Beetalion. Please. It would be such a waste for me to have to destroy you."

"You want to turn humanity into suits for your race to wear. That's not something I support."

"We simply wish to give them the guardian spirits and angels they've always wanted. We do not seek to replace them out of their bodies. We simply want to live within them, guide them, protect them, love them."

"A psychic master for every human? No. You guys lost your bodies. That doesn't mean you get to steal ours."

He frowns. ""Our"? Do not be absurd Beetalion. You are Manu. Not human."

"I remember I became a Manu to help humanity. Not to turn my back on it."

"What we seek to do is the ultimate help. It is no different than what you wanted to do. You wanted to save humanity from itself, and so do we. You sought however to treat the symptoms of the human disease. We treat the disease directly."

JOIN VAIVASVATA, HE HAS A POINT.

OR

RESIST. WE BELIEVE IN HUMANITY.

>>452355
>RESIST
fuck him we would be given up everything that makes us human free will to live as narthign more then pets both sides can go eat a bag of dicks.
or you know join him so we can take them out from the insdie and learn morr just an arfter thort

>>452355
>RESIST. WE BELIEVE IN HUMANITY.
For better or worse.

>>452355

>RESIST. WE BELIEVE IN HUMANITY.

He makes some good points, but fuck it. Humans are a stubborn bunch, after all.

>>452355
Join! JOIN! SEIG VAIVASVATA!