>inventory

To refresh our memories and to make it easier for new participants.
What's our biomass, energy resources not to mention our minions?

Okay so I'd like to get to studying the blood we took from the vagrants and research a way to overcome their immune systems and/or any diseases they currently have in their systems.

Inventory?
News on woodworm plan?

Current resources:

Virus hardcoded with EM communication, infectious bite, enhanced cortex, and automatic flying tic production.

4 Host-Rodents, each with the listed mutations above. They also contain 1kg of Biomass, and are all listed at Average for their energy supplies. Each rodent also has six "tending tics" that ensure it is fed and aid in biomass gathering.

2 rodents are above ground, 2 are in the sewers collecting waste.

There is one Queen Tic in the restaurant connected to the starting alley, controlling six pregnant tics that are producing workers that provide a steady 2 kg/hour stream of biomass.

There are three vagrants at the end of the alley, one of which is comatose and two of which are about to be assaulted by human-oriented infection tics.

Spending five kilograms, six of the foul vermin are produced by your glorious first host, now modified to extravagant heights of power. They quickly latch onto the homeless men, injecting them with a constant stream of your glorious form as they begin to itch furiously. If the infectors remain attached, the humans will be fully infected within the day. If they detach, the humans will fall under your sway within a week.

Their unconscious companion is being drained from the inside by the escort-tics of your two above-ground rodents, zipping back and forth with sacs filled with fresh DNA for processing into biomass. Three kilograms gained!

Total Biomass: 4kg
Average Energy: Average
Time: Five A.M.

>>5451867
The vagrants all have varying sexually transmitted diseases within them, as well as one of them appearing to have the beginnings of a neurally degenerative disease.

>>5451868
Inventory listed, and please restate wormwood plan?

Hmm.
As said in the last thread. start woodworm research.

>>5451932
The woodworm plan is to send a rodent over to a nearby tree in a park or some other sort to try and infect the nearby furniture store.

We're planning to find a tree on the sidewalk and look for some woodworm DNA. Send a rat out with some tics for scouts.

Are the tics EM-capable yet?

>>5451932
Any of them have the hiv? We could develop a strain of super-AIDS.

Requesting more details on the neuro-degenerative disease

>>5451936
You have yet to find any samples of wormwood. Or is there a general idea about wormwood that you are trying to accomplish, rather than how to replicate them to suit your needs?

>>5451957
think the idea is to replicate the ability of a wood worm or termites ability to process biomass from wood and then go to town on the Lumber storage house.

Perhaps that spider we ate has eaten a termite or carpenter wasp at some point?

>>5451953
I think it's Alzheimer's.

>>5451957
As far as I gathered we are trying to develop some kind of ticks that can hide in furnitures and hibernate there until they are transported somewhere else (changed air humidity, smell and temperature) where they can spread our glorious influence.

>>5451957
Basically we're sending 1 tic to a tree to find any woodworms, to infect and send to furniture store for EPIC BIOMASS WIN.

NOBODY TRY TO INCORPORATE ANYTHING DEADLY INTO VIRUS. THE GOAL IS TO CONTROL, SPREAD AND CONSUME. IT IS NOT TO KILL.

Assuming this thing spreads like the bubonic plague, it's time to attack us some humans, so I suggest the following steps.

Step 1: Find a nearby park
Step 2: Find some children
Step 3: Infect the children
Step 4: Parents will become infected due to contact with children.

>>5451953

Seconded this could be an asset to creating pawns, panic and chaos further delaying the efforts to contain our glorious pandemic.

You said we consumed some parasite worms at the beginning? Use them as a base, add capability to digest wood, and create a tic that can spawn them. Send it into the furniture storage area.

>>5451984
Death can be useful. Bodies have to be moved, ect ect. It's one of the faster ways to spread.

>>5451984
That's not to say they won't suffer. Since the poor rats seems to have contracted an uncureable case of diarrhea

>>5451984

I thought we were talking about Parasites nor Viruses...

>>5452000

The worms should have as long-range a wifi as possible, now I think about it. If they're too complicated, we'll have to get a rat in there to spawn them direct.

>>5451984

I second the idea of nothing deadly in the virus but a straing of Super-AIDS (An immunosuppresing disease) would help us overcome the stronger immune systems we will come up against.

>>5452020

By suppressing the immune system you make them susceptible to things like the common cold which will become lethal. You can't have one or the other...

>>5452007
Suffering matters not. The only thing that matters is the evolution of
the most glorious and pure form of life.

>>5451989
It spreads through bites or vomit. A rat would be spotted and killed before it gets to the children.

>>5451996
Those draw attention of the wrong kind.

And sexually transmission of a disease is rather ineffective, as opposed to infecting water supplies and becoming airborne, or something.

>>5452020
That itself is lethal. But let's say something that doesn't trigger the antibodies but instead is registered as a natural part of the body... Same effect but the hosts will live longer.

>>5452034
There are a few hours before the children wake up.
We could create a cat.

>>5452020

The reason AIDS is deadly is because it's an immunosupressant. So not too good an idea. Instead, create a strain similar to human gut flora and get it into the food at the restaurant. Make them do the same thing as normal gut flora, but be EM-capable so we can create a network.

Alright alright lets Table the Super-AIDS for another time when we've evolved some more.

For now lets focus on this wood-eating thing since thats a shit ton of potential biomass.

>Seconding the development of wood eating insects

>>5452036

People are already looking to find us, it's only a matter of time before we are found. The least we can do is buy ourselves some time to spread deeper and entrench ourselves firmly before they begin to sterilise our hosts.

>Use a tick to fly high above alley and look for stray cats for use on kids

>>5452052
What?
When did we attract attention?

>>5451951
The tics are indeed EM-capable, and as you send Ground Rodent 2 out into the pre-daybreak streets you discover a tree planted to the side of the street. Surrounded by a small metal guard, the greenery-covered fountain of biomass awaited harvesting for wormwood, biomass, and countless other resources.

>>5451953
None of them are HIV-positive (curse safe-sex practices!), but the one with the disorder has Alzheimers. An unfortunate turn of events, but nothing you cannot fix with sufficient amounts of biomass.

>>5452052
Err, I haven't seen anything that said that as of yet.

There are literally 4-5 beings in existence, not counting ticks, that have our parasite.

>>5452053
Seconded

I say go ahead with superaids research, but program our attacking organisms to use the superaids only to defend themself. Then once they're rooted within the system stop applying it.

>>5452055

I don't think we've done anything overt yet.

In other news, is there any way of reaching the rooftops nearby?

>>5452052
lolwut
I've missed this. Who's looking for us? Op never implied that they're looking, just that they could potentially kill us...

>>5452058
>Alzheimer's
Called it.

>Look for web-slinging superhero.

>>5452058
Add pheromones to all of the rats to attract other rats/mice, and embed it in the virus.

> send tic to infect woodworm
> Develop wood-eating/infecting mutation and hardwire

OKAY OKAY. STOP! Just STOP one second. I've just joined this thing...

What is your current Goal?
What is your current Plan?
What resources do we have at our fingertips at this minute? Including much of the stuff debated upon.
Where can we travel to within 30 minutes?

And lastly.

Potential water sources nearby?

>>5452087

No, we don't want everything we infect to attract rats. Too noticeable.

Infect the bums, take over their minds, use them to lure small children and infect them, this can only end well.

>>5452094
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/5450273/

If we get enough information on plants, I would suggest creating plants that could:

1 Get Biomass from Photosynthesis.
2 Release spores that cultivates the ground/earth for any form of fungus or plant life.
3 Devours the nutrients in the ground and converts to biomass.
4 Feeds on local plants, weed style, and converts them to biomass.

Any in favor? And how much biomass would it require to implement such a plant?

>>5452104

Yeah because children are naturally attracted towards bums.

Are you retarded?

>>5452117
Instead of making it flower, make it venus fly trap style, an extra source of biomass.

>>5452094

Check out >>5451918 for current resources. We are a self aware virus colony looking to spread ourselves across the world. We can mutate our hosts in various ways but this requires us to use up biomass.

>>5452000
Modifying the former parasite worms in this way will cost 1kg of biomass. If existing woodworms are found by the tics scouring the tree, those can be guided out and into the furniture. For one extra kilogram of biomass, a batch three woodworms can be spawned with natural EM communication for a grand total of 2kg (1kg for the modification itself and spawning+1kg for the EM communication).

>>What is your current Goal?
To spread our glorious children to every corner of the cosmos.
>>What is your current Plan?
Woodworms and cats as it seems.
>>What resources do we have at our fingertips at this minute? Including much of the stuff debated upon.
>>5451918
>>Where can we travel to within 30 minutes?
We're not traveling much. Sort of only using out alley to gather biomass, biological resources used for new strains and bodies. We have a sewer but other than that we're only beginning to leave our alley.

>Potential water sources nearby?
the sewer. Other than that we don't know.

>>5452118

you're a dickweed aren't you? Small children are /stupid/ we just need ONE moment alone, infect them, run away.

Then, when the parents start taking care of the crying child, it spreads.

>>5452116

Anyone got a less half assed answer?

I'm just looking for the jist of what we have thus far, I'm not reading through 50% of the post to root out the flaming and trolling to find out when I can find my answers from a credible source.

>>5452136

Thank you! Give me one moment.

>What is your current Goal?
To infect every living being on Earth
What is your current Plan?
So far? Look for a stray cat to infect kids to infect parents
What resources do we have at our fingertips at this minute? Including much of the stuff debated upon.
>>5451918

Where can we travel to within 30 minutes?
A restaurant and a furniture shop are nearest.
And lastly.

Potential water sources nearby?
We are not waterborne
Besides that would make things too easy and very hard to DM for poor old metamind

How is our rat recruitment sewer rape going OP?

>>5452131
Instead of that, how about an infectious type of sap, that infects any insect trying to feast upon it, and infectious pollen, for BEES.

>>5452154
That and the search for adorable kitten we can recruit and turn onto the small humans.

>>5452135

Okay I say we extract some wood worm from the tree and send them into the store. Just like the ticks we make one a queen and she starts reproducing more worms to devour all the lumber they can in there. (If we can't find any worms then we modify our own for the 1 kg)

Yeah can we have a simple status update?

All I need:
>How is woodworm plan?
>How is cat plan?
>How are sewers?
>Any luck with wood eating mutation?
>How is restaurant?
>Biomass?

>>5452145

If we are not waterbourne how do we infect creatures?

Any progress on reaching the roof? I seem to recall that rats are able to climb up brick walls. Oh, and as to the woodworms: fund it, then send a rat in to get to work on the furniture. Attack the most dusty, obscure bits of the storage we can.

>>5452173
We have an infectious bite

>>5452173
blood contact eg bite, sex (not yet tried) or vomit

So we are a creature and not a disease?

>>5452173
Bites and vomit. Also we have a healthy flying tick infestation that can spread our beautiful presence to wherever our oral spread can not reach.

>>5452193
We are a PARASITE
We're currently controlling 4 rats (atleast) and several tics.

>>5452190

These all involve liquids to transmit the infection. So I will ask again, why can't we use water?

>>5452201
And on our way to control 2 hobos, and searching for a cat.

>>5452204

because you touch yourself at night

>>5452193
FUCKING READ
>>5451918
ARGH

We are a virus which can control its hosts. We can develop mutations using biomass. Any mutation instantly goes to every creature we have.

>>5452204
Liquid borne != water borne
I imagine we just don't last long outside of a body, so the transfer must be quick, spending time floating in water would deprive us of our base needs and we'd die before we got too far

>>5452204
We may be sustained by our host creature/s.

>>5452204
Because our virus isn't potent enough to infect anyone when it's dissolved in water.

Imma be AFK for 10 mins so see yas in a bit...

>>5452214

So if we are a Virus why is it called Parasite Quest?

>>5452221
I'll see what I can do to keep things smoothly.

>>5452229
Virus and parasite are not mutually exclusive.

>>5452204
The same reason you cant get AIDS from swimming in the same pool as someone with it

You guys have fucked this RP beyond repair, no wonder the OP hasn't responded yet...

>>5452117
Loving this idea, really. To add other ideas to it...

1 Get Biomass from Photosynthesis.
2 Release spores that cultivates the ground/earth for any form of fungus or plant life.
3 Devours the nutrients in the ground and converts to biomass.
4 Feeds on local plants, weed style, and converts them to biomass.
5 Infectious Pollen that infects Bees and other creatures that need pollen.
6 Infectious Sap that infects any animal that attempts to feed upon the plant.

>>5452229
Please keep the thread on topic. Arguing over the title is silly.

ANYway lets wait for the status update before we do anything else and give OP a chance to catch up

>>5452235

Thats because there is chlorine you moron.

OP, any news on a Cat/kitten we can use as a lure?

It takes about half an hour to locate a woodworm finally, but it is quickly infected by the tics and smuggled into the alley. The bums, consumed with their constant itching and odd bouts of delusions, do not take notice as it is brought before the two rats that have yet to leave their alley for any reason. They nudge the nearly-dead body of their companion a few times before taking various items off of his unmoving mass. Thankfully they do not take any of his precious biomass! 1kg of biomass is expended to make the woodworm's burrowing power hardwired into all worm and tic-based minions.

>>5452053
One of the tics flies high above, and a stray cat is indeed spotted prowling along one of the distant alley ways further back. It is currently sniffing through the garbage, alone.

>>5452087
Another kilogram is spent to make the pheromones standard. No doubt more rats will soon be drawn by the powerful odor coming from the alley: The smell of cheese /always/ lured the little bastards.

>>5452117
Already produced. I should have mentioned that in my resources post. Spores were laid down yesterday, and a small amount of fungus is growing now along the back of the alley. If harvested now, you could collect about 1kg of Biomass. If left to grow, however, it'll continue to accumulate.

(If there's anything I missed, feel free to point it out)

Semi-off topic: This thread makes me want to play this in GURPS.

On topic

>>inventory

How much biomass to infect cat with ticks?

Once we have infected the tramps, can we use biomass to reshape their features (and general trampiness), thus allowing them to integrate into society?

>>5452259
The spores are in place, but a plant the produces and releases said spores, with all the other qualities listed. Such as Photosynthesis, which I think you said, gives us a 1 kg/h of biomass.

>>5452259
FUCK YES FINALLY
Get that tick on that cat!

>>5452259

Infect the cat as a priority.

Let the fungus grow for now. But leave one tic to monitor the growth.

Spend Biomass to trigger pre emptive breeding pheramones in the tics to encourage more tics to the area and create more through massed birthing. (An investment.)

>>5452259
Can we infect the cat easily or is it too large for a quick bite?
Or hell, send a rat the trick it into coming close then unleash as many ticks as possible. the cat should panic and have enough infections to become one of ours before it's able to damage one of our hosts beyond repair.

We can has time/biomass/energy level please?

Also
>Send those currently unemployed ticks/worms in to furniture store.
>Keep rest of ticks on trade route

OFF TOPIC: That was the fastest shower I've ever had. It's really a testament to how truly interesting this is.

Okay we should make the Woodworm a Queen who spawns other worms so they can all start chowing down on the furniture in that store. Biomass bonanza

>>5452321
Unless we give it asexual reproduction (costly) one worm can do v. little...

>>5452311
Ingenious!
>seconded

>>5452154
Infectious sap/flowering would cost one kilogram of biomass to properly introduce to the fungus's genetic code.

>>5452169
You have successfully produced your first working wormwood minion. They are still too simple for independent function, and as such a rat would be best for them to properly consume everything they need. However, their biomass-production ability is almost unrivaled when given access to sufficient quantities of wood.

>You have located a suitable cat by itself. Future infection required.
>You have two infected rodents and related tic-minions scouring the waste there for biological matter at a rate of about 1kg/hour. Further infection of rodents requires exploration to locate more rat gangs.
>Yes, template successfully created from base woodworm. 3 woodworms can be produced at the cost of one kilogram.
>It is providing 2kg/hour for your purposes. It has yet to even open, and the tics are continuing their steady supply runs of foodstuffs for your glorious form.
>3kg/hour, currently leveled out at 2kg of Biomass at the moment.

>>5452180
A tic has successfully reached the rooftop without any real difficulties. There is the standard assortment of air conditioner unit, vents, and sunroofs on the top of it.

>>5452340

Worms are asexual.... Take a Biology class.

Any pigeons? Getting some decent flight capability is a priority here.

>>5452369
Sorry. Stupid Scribble is stupid.

>>5452377
Rat + Pigeon = Urban Griffon

>>5452377
We have flying ticks that can not only infect but are also too small to be seen/recognized as a threat.
What has a tiny griffon got on that?

For a cat, like here, the tick is actually superior because it is not noticeable.

>>5452320
Time is about 5:30 AM

>>5452320
The unbusied worms and tics quickly enter through the crack beneath the door. Eventually they will have to be opened, but for now that can be overlooked. The creatures find a glorious discovery: Row upon row of biomass-recyclable furniture was available. Chairs, tables, couches, benches, and everything in between was present. Some made of metal or glass, but almost all of them made of wood. It was a treasure trove...but for how long?

>>5452321
Woodworm Queen would require 2kg (1kg for Woodworm, 1kg for Queen status) to produce.

>>5452292
Photosynthesis gives 1kg/hour of biomass, yes.

>>5452295
>>5452288
It should only take about three tics to fully control the cat, at which point a single kilogram of biomass can be used to reshape practically anything about its appearance: From how fluffy its fur is to just how loudly it goes "Meow!".

I'm namefagging for this one.

For the Tick on the roof. Head to the closest Aircon Vent unit available.
Where there is air conditioning, humans are no doubt close by.

>>5452421
Would it require the same amount of biomass to rehape larger organisms, such as the tramps, or more, in proportion to it's size.

Also, this should be a game. Fund It!

>>5452393
I'm so using that in a future campaign. Holy crap what a wonderful idea.
>>5452384
They still require a partner though. Don't they?
>>5452358
Did we get the cat? I personally think since it takes a week for a hobo to get infected without a constant stream a young child would take a bit longer. Do we know what the normal "mindless" virus strain has as symptoms? Flu? haemorrhaging?

>>5452431
Head to, or head /in/to and down?

>>5452377
There's one or two on the phone lines beyond the alley, taking the odd shit on peoples' cars and proving a general nuisance to the crazed vagrants currently being infected by your infector-tics.

>>5452452

Deeper into the Vent system. We are searching for a human host, someone other than homeless trash.
Let me know when we come across the first human or creature during our travels through the vents.

>>5452451
Assuming that you diverted three tics off from the furniture store to the cat, then yes, you would have full control of Mister Fluffy right now. Who is clearly unhappy with being hijacked like this for your silly games. Unfortunately, he has no say in the matters.

>>5452452
Sorry to keep bugging you about this, but I'd like to get more info on the plant life.

How much biomass would it take to construct such a plant, that looks like a small bush or tree, that releases spores, has photosynthesis, and leaches biomass from nutrients in the soil and other nearby plants?

>>5452421
Use three ticks to infect the cat

>>5452421
CAT IS MAIN PRIORITY
Overrule any other use of biomass until cat is with main creature unit and ready to go cute on some kids

>Examine cat
I want how fluffy the fur is, how young it is and whether it is fat or thin.

>>5452465
I would like to overrule that. A few children is one thing, they are usually sick and are bad at telling how seriously sick they are.
An adult can usually tell, they also have a much stronger immune system. We don't want to be discovered by the hospitals jsut yet.

Step 1: Complete infection of world
Step 2: Develop techno-organic robots capable of spreading infection
Step 3: Commence infection of starships
Step 4: ??????????
Step 5: SOMTAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!

Seriously, whenever I see one of these type of quests, I keep expecting this to happen.

>>5452483
The appearance doesn't matter, we can change it into a cute Cat anyway

>>5452485

You misinterpret my intentions.
I do not wish to infect.

I wish to create a carrier.

>>5452483
Seconed. Would also use any spare biomass at making him more visually pleasing.
More kitten looking if it's an adult, add some belly, shiny and fluffy fur, deep and glinting eyes.
Add infections to the claws for easier spreads. Cats rarely penetrate the skin with teeth when they are playing. Claws almost always.

>>5452514

Do we even have that much biomass????

>>5452499
the ticks are better at that. also in addition to rats. I see your point though. Carry on.

>>5452499
Anything infected is a carrier here
The virus has no negative symptoms apart from total mind control.

>>5452523
Good point

Metamind, could we have a biomass and energy count?

>>5452527
And really crappy shitting.

>>5452523
If not we can gather. We are making an elite trooper here.

why not create a infection host mini rat for the cat to eat instead of using ticks then use the infection to take over the parasites already in the cat to gain new abilities.

>>5452544
Waste of biomass.

>>5452469
Considering the size and generating qualities of it, it'd cost you about 3kg of Biomass. In exchange, it'd likely generate 2 kg/hour in biomass once produced.

>>5452483
The cat is relatively unkempt, as would be expected of a stray. It's only two years old, however, and has kept relatively slim with a stray's diet and exercise plan. Overall he could "go cute" on a fair number of kids, certainly.

>>5452465
>>5452485
Please resolve conflict of interests until decision is made. Tic will hover outside of vent entrance until that time.

>>5452557
Once again forgot your name.

I retracted my overruling. I'll let him carry on to see where he is going.

>>5452533
>shitting
only for the rats. When we get the cat we can harvest some of its intestines for use an claws, cuteness, etc.

Also, seconded on cost. Biomass is no object, this cat is our best chance at going human. Hopefully these kids will have infected loads of adults by the time one is diagnosed. After that, shit's gonna get REAL.

>Once the restaurant opens, get a tick to vomit on the salt to spread infection to diners

>>5452575

OP's also really gonna struggle keeping up

>>5452557
Create such a plant in the park, reserving that last kg of biomass for the cat, and any aesthetic alterations.

>>5452575
The hobos are actually our best chance. But they can only spread so much without drawing attention. We should as soon as the virus attention is inevitable let the hobos get as much attention as possible while having the children and the ones the infected get evacuated and continue spreading.

Are there any parks close by? Now that we have a sizable organism capable of traveling the city we can start emerging from this alley.

I recommend we move all rat hosts to the sewer and start amassing a rat swarm while the cat moves to the park.

Once at the park it can harvest new organisms and possibly even a larval human.

Question for Metamind: How much biomass to accelerate the time to completely infect an organism.

>>5452602
Good idea.

>>5452557
OK I say go onward with the tree plan
make cat look a bit younger and fluffier. Give it tortoiseshell fur (pic related) and give it infecting claws.

I'll wait for any other suggestions until I request to send it to the playground.

>>5452631
A tortoisecat? I'm highly curious for that image.

forgot pic, sorry

Group a few tics together and swarm a pigeon.

>>5452531
3kg/hour, possibly 5kg/hour if the plant mentioned earlier is constructed.

Current Biomass stores: 0 (Since Wormwood queen was spawned for the furniture store)

>>5452527

Okay I said it once I'll say it again. Biology lesson.

I'm not looking to infect the host. Just use it as transport. A human that does not look like a homeless vagrant adds more transport oppertunities and access to a far grander scope of prey.

That tick's measily wings will only take it so far, and taking root on any human with access to public transport and a day to day life will accomplish much more than any cat. And save biomass that we would expend by making it cute.

tldr: I'm using the human as a subway system.

Also, if the cat is female we could expand the womb and make her look like hse's about to have kittens to get sympathy points and maybe even get adopted.
In truth the womb will be a virus factory with the nibble having small barbs for bellyrubbings.

>>5452647
bit of clarification: Tortoiseshell, as many of you cat-lovers will know is a fur colour, not an actual indestructible shell. Kittens with that look sodding adorable to kids.

>>5452619

This is why I suggested the vents!

>>5452670
I SAY BOTH BE DONE

>>5452666

Genius. We need to get some biomass, though.

Whatever happened to the woodworm?

>>5452677
Ah, I understand now.
I approve heartily!

Question to Metamind.
I hope we're not drowning you in ideas here? I'm having too much fun to take a break and wait for you.

>>5452666
If it isn't female, make it female THEN do that because it is a great plan.

Better, actually ake it pregnant, then instruct tha kittens to be bastards. They're given away, ta-dah! more infectees.

>>5452711
Seconded, lets slow down a little to let Metamind catch up

We're a parasite.
We can't hijack things on a celluar level.
We can apparently control the minds of creatures we infect, but we can't turn an earthworm into a woodworm.

Somebody else archive this, I've used my archiving for the day on the first one.

>>5452722
Are we ready to sit down for a few years wile our cats spread then?

The way it's playing out, your plan is to let the worms harvest as much wood into biomass as possible? Then, as that is going on, the cat will be converted into a combination virus factory/trojan horse with which to infect the children?

Note: Symptoms shown in the hobo virus-test-subjects range from mild delusions to fever, as well as mild stomach cramps if their grunting is any indication.

Is this correct? Because, if so, it will take two hours to collect the necessary biomass. It will take 2kg to refit the cat in such a way, and 3kg to create the small tree that was mentioned before.

Post-project Biomass: 1kg
Average Energy: Near-Full
Time: 6:00 A.M.

>>5452711
Agreed. It's probably a bit much for poor Metamind.

>METAMIND, I suggest you note all your info down in Word to make keeping tabs on everything easier for you.
>I hope it's not too hard, if you like I could help you by keeping track of time and biomass, and energy level while you go on with the story and ideas, etc?

>>5452765
I've got it all set up. Just making sure that I understand what everybody is doing, then updating for my next post when everybody is posting while I'm typing stuff up. It's just playing catch-up, s'all. :P

>>5452762
Refit the cat first. Then the trees.

But trees are important. Steady income of Biomass is better than scrounging around for it.

>>5452729
Yeah we can, we can evolve and mutate our ho
sts, remember, or have you only just joined us?
>>5452762
Exactly.

Right. Assuming we're a parasite, I'm going to list what should and should not be possible.
OP may override this however he pleases, but I'm thinking:

The Parasite should have EM, or have an EM-capable virus symbiotic with itself. The parasite should not be in direct control of the viral evolution.
Rodents as carriers: doing it right
Ticks as carriers: doing it right
Worms as carriers: doing it right
Draining humans of their biomass while the humans are still alive: doing it very right

The parasite should be able to hold and perhaps grow viruses, but it should not be able to develop new ones, or produce a virus in an otherwise clean unit.
We shouldn't be able to control evolution, but should be able to infect woodworms (or anything else), and have the woodworms eat and reproduce normally.

>>5452762
Exactly like that yes.

>>5452792
Agreed. Make it happen

>>5452762

Okay, We are spending way too much biomass at this point in time. Time for recon.

Questions to OP.

In the last hour, did the fungus grow any?
Has the Tick in the Vents encountered any humans?
How have the hobo's thus far reacted to their friend's condition besides trying to rob him?

Progress on the Woodworms?

>>5452803
This is obviously working very well. Why change it?

>>5452787
Ok sure. Need any help, call me. I'm wordier and can type faster than you but am not as creative and storyteller-like.

>>5452803

bear in mind we are limited on a budget of Biomass and are in the very, very early stages of infection. Like a new disease suddenly coming to.

>>5452818
Agreed

>>5451951
A parasite should not be able to rewire DNA.
It should, however, be able to affect the growth of infected creatures.
>>5451945
We should not be able to infect wood unless we get a creature that can live inside of and eat wood - and get that creature next to the wood.
However we can easily get some small mammal or insect to hide in wood.
>>5451953
Parasites cannot "develop" new strains of virii. They do not control evolution. They can, however, hold viruses, grow viruses, and wait for the viruses to develop normally. We could create SuperAIDS by assimilating an AIDS virus, and consuming various medicines (or taking over the body of a creature that creates such chemicals).

>>5452803
It's fine as it is.
We are not a proper virus or bacterium, but an organism that works like both a virus and a parasite, and is also sentient.
Realism not required.

>>5452792
In a display of horrible mutagenics, a small piece of shrubbery was produced. Its green leaves were a tad too shiny, each one full to bursting with biomass. The blades of grass it once held root in were consumed by the morass of fungus, the spores filling the air around the parasites as a small artificial jungle sprung up around the alley-fortress.

In the meantime, Mister Fluffy was wrought anew in the forges of your glorious form's powers. Biomass engulfed it like some horrific ooze, the new creation absolutely adorable, burdened with "child", and turned into a soulless infection factory. All that was left was to guide it into the park and wait for unsuspecting children to invite a future of loyalty.

Total Biomass: 1kg
Average Energy: Near-Full
Time: 6:00 A.M.

>>5452841
read
>>5452844
This is /tg/. ooking for realism? GTFO. Looking for fun, storytelling, creativity and excitement without needing the bindings of realism, then stay and stop being a faggot.

>>5452841
Why not? The story is catchy, dynamic, and damn good. It doesn't have to be 100% realistic if it makes Logical sense

>>5452857
Brilliant. Our evil trap is almost complete.

>>5452841

Read the fucking treads.
This and the first one. We are a (parasitic) virus.
Virus and Parasite are not muturaly exclusive.
It has allready been stated what we can and can not do.
Now please fall silent.

>>5451979
The ability to infect insects and mammals at the same time can be retconned as this being a new parasite that effectively eats all kinds of animal meat.
>>5451981
Ticks hiding in furniture is perfectly fine.
>>5451984
The parasite may be deadly or it may be benign, but it will draw energy from its hosts nonetheless. A parasite cannot be entirely helpful - it will at least make a person hungrier, and will probably either damage their immune system or make their immune system overreact, with the vomiting/diahhrea/fever that usually comes with such.
>>5452005
You cannot survive forever in a dead body - but surviving for a week should not be an issue.

>>5452857
FUCK YES
NOW THAT IS FUCKING STORYTELLING RIGHT THERE.

Not samefag...

Alright, I say the cat is now fine as it is and we should send it out, but if anyone alse has any ideas, feel free to stall the big moment and make Fluffykins better.

>>5452886
Duly disregarded. Ignore this faggot, it's fine as it is.

>>5452813
The fungus grew, yes, but it hasn't expanded very far. It's only been given a few hours to grow.
The Tick in the Vent is paused in front of the vent, pending further confirmation that it should head out and infect a non-vagrant human.
They are currently too concerned with their own illness to worry about their soon-to-be-deceased friend.

>>5452886

This is done by the hour.

You realise how long this thread would fucking last if it lasted a week?

I don't honestly know if your trying to troll or just being plain dumb.

>>5452886
Just GTFO
The story rocks, and /tg/isn't about realism

I vote to wait until about 9 when the kids are out and the diners are in the restaurant, while the spores, the ticks, the worms and the plant do their beautiful work.

>>5452907
>>The Tick in the Vent is paused in
He should head in. All objections against it has been debunked as a misunderstanding.

>>5452886

Your "help" is uncalled for.
And you are annoying other posters.
Just stop it okay?
Anything else would be on par with trolling.
Are you a troll?

>>5452020
Storing an anti-immune virus is doable, but how will you keep a human-borne virus alive without humans to hold it?
>>5452038
Being undetected by an immune system is doable, but shouldn't be automatic. The easiest way to solve it is to have some kind of protective membrane that blocks blood.
>>5452053
A tick can indeed scale an alley and look for cats. The tick could then infect the cats.
>>5452046
Most gut flora are bacteria. However, things such as tapeworms exist, and would fit with what you're planning here.

>>5452907

Well as far as I can tell both myself and Wogsi want it to enter the vent to find non vagrants.

>>5452934
>are you a troll?
Almost certainly. Don't respond, even to insult him, it just encourages the faggot.

>>5452925
Seconded. Continue gathering biomass until 9

>>5452925
Motion approved by this entity.

>>5452948
Ok. I don't even understand the plan, because I only half-read what you both said, but if Wogsi also likes it, then sure.
Could you explain while our esteemed OP writes?

>>5452916
Actually, time-skips ARE planned for what goes on. Like the "wait until nine" thing. Speaking of which, I'd suggest thinking of some larger-scale projects beyond tiny bugs and cats to infect...if there's a timeskip until 9, you'll have a LOT of biomass stored up.

>>5452933
And thus the lone insect buzzed through the vents, darting this way and that as it prepared to unleash its deadly payload upon another human being! Time having gone on as it has, the early-morning shift was likely in. A lone man could be heard mumbling to himself through the vents, the apparent manager/owner of the restaurant having awoken a short while ago in the upstairs loft.

>>5452955

You are most likely right.
Blocking that Fag and advising everyone else on doing so.

>>5452948
Thirded or tick to enter

>>5452958
I third this decision. Of course, we better set up a base in the park before the end of the day.

>>5452087
Yes. You can control a rat's body to the extent that it attracts other rats. You can't, however, make a Cat attract rats, as that's something a cat's body cannot do.

>1 Get Biomass from Photosynthesis.
Technically this only grants energy, but biomass can be materialised from this, air, and soil. That'd make our parasite more of a lichen or fungus, in addition to its current mammal-infecting ability.
>2 Release spores that cultivates the ground/earth for any form of fungus or plant life.
Doable.
>3 Devours the nutrients in the ground and converts to biomass.
Doable.
>4 Feeds on local plants, weed style, and converts them to biomass.
Doable.
Again this all assumes the parasite, or something the parasite is able to control, can act as a fungus.
>>5452156
Infectious Sap and Pollen are not only doable, but incredibly effective. Pursue this idea.

>>5452975

1. Find human that isn't vagrant.
2. attach ourselves to human while he get's up for work. (To his work clothes since it's early in the morning.)
3. Let him take us to his workplace.
4. Continue Spreading and looking for additional biomass.
5. ????
6. PROFIT.

>Start upgrading our virus's virulence and transmission capability.

We should have the biomass for this. We need to get airborn or at LEAST mucous membrane contact. Our goal is to get to 28 Days Later levels.

OK Then. Looks like a consensus has been reached. We wait until nine, during which we have ... Wait, I'm not OP. Uh, just inform us how well we have done after 9 I s'pose.

>>5452975
One or more flying ticks latches onto a human or several humans to carry them to another district with the order to infect more. Preferably nothing outside the half mile control radius. As we are nearing the time when we spread to as many as possible this would seem to align with the cat goal although on a different scale. Less likelihood of infection but more chances of it. Quantity over quality so to speak.

>>5452978

Travel to upstairs loft. Attach to the inside of his trousers. Follow silently to his workplace.

>>5453000
Cool. Good idea.
>>5453013
COUNTERED. An airborne virus is too easy for us and too hard for Metamind. If I was him, I'd saddle the players with a FUCKING HUEG cost for becoming airborne. The best I'm gonna hope for is spreading through food like my tick is doing, or at the very most being waterborne for now.

I'll see if I can go and get some food.
Carry on fellas.

>1 Get Biomass from Photosynthesis.
>2 Release spores that cultivates the ground/earth for any form of fungus or plant life.
>3 Devours the nutrients in the ground and converts to biomass.
>4 Feeds on local plants, weed style, and converts them to biomass.
>5 Infectious Pollen that infects Bees and other creatures that need pollen.
>6 Infectious Sap that infects any animal that attempts to feed upon the plant.
Assuming this parasite can live in sap, pollen, in spores, and in plants, this is both awesome and practical.
>>5452663
Yes, you could potentially use anything as transport without infecting it, merely by having ticks or other small organisms ride on it, and having the ticks infected. Infection is not forced to spread by touch.

>>5453060
Fine then we should at least upgrade to mucus membrane contact. So what if the cost is huge, it'd be worth it.

In fact:
>Metamind, what would it cost to upgrade our vector to mucus membrane contact

>>5453089
>>mucus membrane
Not english native. Is this skin contact? Blood contact? or something else?

Also note to self: /tg/ is full of idiots. Good thing I wasn't trying to help them.

>>5453020
As OP pointed out, we are going to have A LOT of biomass. What should we do with it?

>>5453114

Lips, inside of nose, and the like are mucus membrane. Maybe not lips.

>>5453114

Blood contact, open wound contact, kissing, and sexual.

>>5453140
We already have that don't we?

And If we are going to have a lot of biomass we can shift some focus to what our sewer rats are up to.

>>5453080

reported

stop fagging up our thread

I'm telling ya, we need to upgrade our vector if we want to get anywhere.

I'm going out for a bit, are both of these archived anywhere? I expect us to have conquered the world by the time I am back.

Just had an idea. WAAAAY back in thread 1, Metamind told us that for 12kg of biomass will pay for total control and communication over a 1 mile squared radius. I would consider paying for that at this stage of infection, at about 9 when we can afford it.

And some better way to sense living things, eg infrared vision or improved hearing like that of bats.

Three hours pass by, the infectious ticks doing their work more beautifully than expected: Having latched onto their vagrant prey, the men were slowly starting to come into line. There was not /nearly/ as much struggling compared to when they had been first infected, the constant injection of the parasite eroding their defenses.

Meanwhile, Fluffy the Destroyer had found himself several human children that felt all-too-comfortable hugging the "Adowable kitteh!" in their midst. Infants were the best of the targets, though the majority were children in the eight-to-twelve range. So far eight human victims had been made, all of them eventually going to become hosts for your glorious new form.

Your shrubbery at this point is collecting glorious amounts of energy to convert to biomass, the fungus doing their work quite nicely as well. The woodworms and their semi-sentient queen add their own lot to the gathering resources. Several benches were now hollow, an ten kilograms of biomass added in their stead.

There is now twenty five kilograms of biomass stored by your loyal hosts. A glorious sum indeed!

But what to do with so much malleable material?

>>5453129
If I promise we're all totally impressed, will you go away?

>>5453156
>>5453157
Not to mention improve the infection rate of our flying ticks. 15 kilos I think were said.

>>5453156
Shameless self promotion here
READ WHAT I POSTED HERE. A GOOD USE OF ALL THAT BIOMASS.
ALSO WE ALREADY HAVE MUCOUS MEMBRANE CONTACT...

>>5453156

Seconded

In the meantime, the sole Tic in the Vent is now piggybacking upon the manager's back as he performs last maintenance upon his eatery before opening the doors. His own infection had been insured with a simple "mosquito bite" at the base of the spine. The customers soon to arrive would feel the parasitic doom upon them as well!

If the ever-righteous hivemind of the parasite decided such a course was prudent, naturally.

What would it cost to go short range airborn, like the common cold?

>>5453157
Are the tramps under our control yet?

>>5453139
gums count

>>5453157
One comment on all this:
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA IT IS ALL COMING TO FRUITION

Actually 2 comments: Great writing man. Really, congrats!

>>5451839
THEBESTHEBSESTHEBESTTHEBEST
--
http://www.ApeTalk.com/, Ape = Anon

Your are the best Quest ever

I suggest two trees, in the park. Each feeding off the ground for nutrients, and other nearby plant life, as well as cultivating a large area for fungus and other life, while not being all that noticeable.

>>5453200
It will take approximately a day or two before they're fully under your proper control. In the meantime, vague suggestions could be transmitted to the various children in the form of semi-delusional illusions. Imperatives like, "Play outside" or, "Go out to the restaurant you are infecting for food". Simple things.

>>5453224
That, maybe with infecting spores to get any nearby humans? That's pseudo-airborne right there.

>>5453187
I'll let namefaggot deal with this course of action as it was his idea.
How big are the "trees"? Like real trees or more of bushes or even closer to flowers?

>>5453246
Brilliant.

>>5453237

This is an awesome thread, Metamind

>>5453248
The trees are each the size of a shrubbery, but an actual tree-sized tree could be produced for an extra kilogram of material added on. Naturally, the park couldn't be populated during the time of its construction: Giant sprays of mutagenic material in the middle of a populated area by mutant rats? A quick way to get a flamethrower-armed group of military guys in your face...

Has anyone thought about calling the President of Madagascar yet...? Anybody?

>>5453248
Great! You're back! I think that now I have confirmation from several people, I think I'll go ahead and do this:

>Develop Phase 2 Eletromagnetic Comms.
>Develop epic 6th sense of win to detect lifeforms.

I'll leave the restaurant command to namefaggot and second the tree plan.

Wait, didn't Metamind confirm earlier that we can assimilate inorganic materials, and synthesise them for our own needs?

I suggest we search for some kind of metal for protection

>>5453283
Ah, I was just curious, personally, until we have our spread on a national or international I think every action should be with keeping carefully.

That said. If we DID make a tree, how much would it cost to make it work like a reciver and transmitter to increase the hivemind to a much larger scale? Just so we have something to strive for.

>>5453297
He already knows, and EVERYTHING was shut down. They now use Kenyans for messaging: The only thing fast enough to outrun the speed of expansion this virus has.

>>5453321
Nobody is attacking us. Maybe metal for the rats in the sewers to take over other rats through combat, but that's it...

>>5453334
Damn, how can we get into Madagascar?

Oh, wait. Waterborne illness.

>>5453334
Not understanding these 2 posts, wtf? Explanation?

>>5453248

very kind of you.

A quick question to the OP as it is pretty important. What kind of restaurant are we talking about? A greasy spoon diner? Something like a steakhouse? Or like five star dining sort of treatment?

Whatever happened to the sewer rats anyway? nobody's mentioned them for a while. They should be slowly ganging up and converting other rats, gaining a pack large enough to swarm other animals

>>5453334
Hahha..
Please tell me you're not serious?
>>5453338
Agreed, but if >>5453325 was implemented we could steal an antenna and refocus it to spread our commands on a global scale.
Once we have a few engineers mind controlled that is.

>>5453325
Good idea for transmitter, but let's get some infectious spores up in dis to infect any new kids in the playground.

>>5453355
Pandemic II reference. It's a game where you design a virus/bacterium/parasite and infect the world.

Madagascar has a nasty habit of shutting down all methods of entry, essentially rendering the game unwinnable if you didn't start off in there or you dont infect them before somebody starts showing symptoms.

>>5453383
They don't even have to show symptoms. You just have to infect a large number of people.

They shut down the port, the ONLY port, the ONLY way of entrance to Madagascar, relatively quickly.

>>5453383
Oh right ok then. I was frightened: HOW DUS THAY KNOW??????

>>5453380
Of course, I'm just thinking large so we don't evolve ourselves into a corner.
>>5453383
And if it's not madagascar it's Cuba.

>>5453401
You mean Greenland.

>>5453410
>>5453401
>>5453398
AND NOW BACK ON BLOODY TOPIC...

>>5453410
Any island really.

>>5453355
Sorry, just some meta-humor from Metamind. They're relevant to an old flash game and an old flash video. :P Don't worry about it.

>>5453320
What would second phase do? And what sort of sixth sense are we talking here? Thermal? X-Ray?

>>5453321
Indeed I did. You can mix inorganic bits with your organic bits however you want. Just need the materials on hand, and the biomass to work with.

>>5453325
Well, define "much larger" scale. If you're looking for something city-wide, it'll be a VERY large tree and resource-intensive. But as it stands, this 25kg boon of biomass is pretty much a "one kickass project free" card (within sane limitations, of course).

>>5453400

niggas be psychic I tell ya

>>5453400
No clue. The President of Madagascar may or may not be an oracle.

>>5453422
I'm saying plans.
Let's say we're discovered and then I don't want us to not have an escape plan or are unable to deal with it. The transmitter would be so we could contaminate someone on a flight to somewhere and we could still be in contact.

>>5453422
Why don't we try to figure out a way to suppress the appearance of symptoms?

>>5453422
You said 2nd phase is 1square km radius of total control and communication, and faster virus development for 12 kg.

Sense is an ability to smell blood far above anywhere else and locate where it is, whether or not it's in another life-form.

>>5453453
Painkilling substances for the stomach pains, convincing hallucinations and if they show fever with no other symptoms no one would worry for a long time.

Thread appears to be autosaging.

New thread, then

>>5453425

>>5453453
There are no symptoms except mind control...

>>5453498
Tell that to the hobos. With mind-control they will believe you.

Hey Metamind, did you come up with this yourself or are you using a game system?

>>5453513
What's happening to them, then?

I think we need a new thread, guys

>>5453527
Fever, hallucinations and stomach-pains as far as I've gathered.

>>5453533

Yes we do

AUTO SAGE IS NOW IN EFFECT!

>>5453536
yeah but they're hobos. They're probably drugged anyways...
Fine After this
>>5453320
has been done, we can use the rest to make the virus a bit less noticeable

It would be win if we spread it everywhere symptomlessly, then upgrade to death in 3 hours.

>>5453548
Lets post the link to the new thread, then

Metamind should make it, he's GM after all...

Has anyone archived this yet?

Yeah this thread needs archiving before we move...

>>5453466
Oh right.

With a sharp hiss, the sensory systems of the host organisms began to evolve. Control was much easier now, the creatures more obedient as their sensory organs began to rapidly evolve. Biomass transformed into additions to their current sensory organs, the magnetic pulses stretching out for a solid mile as they increased the radius of their near-telepathic hivemind.

To detect the flow of blood in a target, however, would require much more focused evolutionary aids in the host rodents. In particular, thermal imagery usually contained within machines. Such an evolution would require four kilograms to enact.

>>5453525
Pretty much winged it with Iron Quest and a faint like of how the Zerg were portrayed: Ever-evolving abominations that incorporate anything and everything into their anatomy. This is pretty much entirely driven by your choices and ideas, to be honest.

Now, a new thread will come up...archiving of this one would be appreciated.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/5451839/
It already is.
To the next thread we go!
(thanks to whoever did it)

Onwards to the next thread!

linky, please?

>>5453662
Don't think it's been created yet.

I don't think it has

What the hell is Mind doing?
I bet he's using this time to get some writing done ready for the shitstorm when the new thread comes...

>>5453677

Probably

>>5453677
Hahahah.
I wouldn't mind that really. He could do with a short break.

True. These two threads have been pretty amazing.

>>5453679
LINKAGE

Running to the store quickly. Kindly post a link when it's up.