>>28848106
[] China
[] boy

>>28848106
>[] Australia
>[] boy

>>28848106
>[X] China
>[X] girl

>>28848106
>[] Australia
>[] boy

...and the Captcha said Khephri. Should I be worried about that?

>>28848106
>[x] Australia
>[x] boy

>>28848106
>[] China
>[] boy

>>28848106
>>[] Australia
>>[] boy

All these votes for China... it's like they know it's a terrible place with very little detail other than "capes are tightly controlled and brainwashed by the government, and they're assholes".

>>28848715
extremely!
being associated with that character is suffering.

[] Australia
[] boy

>>28848106
[X] China
[X] boy

I'm doing the same shit in M&M. carry on OP

>>28848106
>[x] China
>[x] girl

Is the OP even here?

He is, the world's worst timing happened and his computer's graphics card died, he has grabbed a laptop

You look down and notice you are male, and notice that beneath you is the sea floor. You've appeared a long way below the surface of the water judging by the popping in your ears.

You can see light above you, and you are wearing fairly thick clothing which is weighing you down.

[] Try to get your clothing off, then try to swim to the surface
[] Take a few seconds to think and get your bearings
[] Try to judge which way is up and immediately swim for the surface
[] Do nothing, hope for a trigger event or rescue

>>28849941
>[] Try to judge which way is up and immediately swim for the surface

>>28849941
>[] Try to judge which way is up and immediately swim for the surface

>>28849941
[] Try to judge which way is up and immediately swim for the surface

>>28849941
>[] Try to judge which way is up and immediately swim for the surface

>>28849941
[X] Try to judge which way is up and immediately swim for the surface

You attempt to orient yourself, and as you do you notice another person in the water, several metres away and slightly lower than you, gently drifting in the current, dressed in a fine suit and holding a metal briefcase.

You get your bearings, and you're pretty sure your head is pointing towards the surface - your chest is feeling very tight, however.

[] Immediately kick towards the surface
[] Try to rescue the man (roll 1d100 if you do)
[] Swim over and take the briefcase, then head to the surface (roll 1d100 if you do)

Rolled 4

>>28850132
>[] Try to rescue the man (roll 1d100 if you do)

Rolled 42

>>28850132
>[] Try to rescue the man (roll 1d100 if you do)

Rolled 73

>>28850132

>>28850132
>[] Swim over and take the briefcase, then head to the surface (roll 1d100 if you do)
I do believe it's time to be the bad guy. Even if it does wind up costing us the awesome of Harbinger.

Rolled 79

>>28850193
Forgot to roll

Rolled 70

>>28850132
[] Try to rescue the man (roll 1d100 if you do)

Rolled 61

>>28850132
>[] Try to rescue the man (roll 1d100 if you do)

Holding your breath you swim over to the man with the briefcase and attempt to grab him and pull him up with you, but as you do so he panics and attempts to cling on to you, as you've read drowning people often do.

[] Kick him off and if possible attempt to pull him to the surface (roll 1d100)
[] Kick him off, head for the surface alone
[] Kick him off, take the briefcase and head to the surface (roll 1d100+20)
[] Attempt to swim to the surface with him clinging to you (roll 1d100-30)

Rolled 89

>>28850290
>[] Attempt to swim to the surface with him clinging to you (roll 1d100-30)

Rolled 51

>>28850290
[] Kick him off and if possible attempt to pull him to the surface (roll 1d100)

Rolled 31 + 30

>>28850290
[] Attempt to swim to the surface with him clinging to you (roll 1d100-30)

Rolled 89

>>28850290
>[] Kick him off, take the briefcase and head to the surface (roll 1d100+20)
Well, we tried. Loot grab!

Rolled 67

>>28850290
[X] Kick him off and if possible attempt to pull him to the surface (roll 1d100)

Rolled 65

>>28850290
[] Kick him off and if possible attempt to pull him to the surface (roll 1d100)

>>28850290
[] Kick him off, take the briefcase and head to the surface (roll 1d100+20)

Bastard is being an ass. We taking his stuff

Rolled 37 + 20

>>28850388
I'm crosseyed.

You consider trying to bring him with you, but your head's hurting, your arms are aching, your chest is very tight and you don't know if you can spare the time. You try anyway, but you kick him off a little too forcefully and he floats further away from you, leaving you with the briefcase. With regret, you grab it and head towards the surface (briefcasers rolled high, helpers rolled low and had a penalty to boot).

You get to the surface and gasp for air, the sun filling your eyes. The taste of seawater is in your mouth, you're having to paddle hard to keep afloat because your clothes are weighing you down and you have a briefcase of unknown origin which you aren't sure whether you want to hold onto - but hey, at least it's sunny!

You see a beach a while off crowded with people, and a bunch more in the water, though not quite as far our as you are.

[] Go back under immediately, try to rescue him (roll 1d100)
[] Spend a few seconds getting your breath back, try to rescue him (roll 1d100)
[] Wave for help
[] Head towards the shore
A word on how the rolls work - actions with uncertain outcomes are rolled for, with success based on how high the roll was. Sometimes a certain action will have visible bonuses or penalties, and often invisible ones, sometimes both, with invisible modifiers being factors your character is unaware of.

Unless you have the right kind of precog, you won't know exactly what kind of numbers you need to hit, but it's not just between 0 and 100.

Rolled 73

>>28850526
>[] Go back under immediately, try to rescue him (roll 1d100)

Rolled 66

>>28850526
>[] Go back under immediately, try to rescue him (roll 1d100)

Rolled 39

>>28850526
[] Spend a few seconds getting your breath back, try to rescue him (roll 1d100)

No point getting drowned, get some air first.

Rolled 74

>>28850526
>[] Spend a few seconds getting your breath back, try to rescue him (roll 1d100)

Rolled 98

>>28850526


[] Go back under immediately, try to rescue him (roll 1d100)

>>28850526
>[] Head towards the shore
Time to investigate the swag. Avoid leaving it where anyone might nick it.
You know, like we did.

You immediately go back under the water, but you just spent a long time stressed and holding your breath so as soon as you go back under you realise that you're critically short of breath. The seawater is murky, but after a few seconds you get lucky and spot the man, drifting back and forth and apparently unconscious several metres below you. You have very little breath left, you're tired and your clothes are weighing you down, you're not sure if you can make it.

[] The right thing to do is risk it anyway, you're the only one who can save him (roll 1d100-50)
[] The right thing to do is go to the surface, take a while more to breathe and make sure you have enough air to definitely get to him - if he dies in the meanwhile that's a pity, but this way is more logical
[] The right thing to do is get to the surface and get out of here - you're not sure you can make it to shore in this state in the first place and the briefcase could be important, risking your life for someone who is very likely to already be dead is an idiot's maneuver.

Rolled 39

>>28850717
>[] The right thing to do is risk it anyway, you're the only one who can save him (roll 1d100-50)

>>28850717
>[] The right thing to do is go to the surface, take a while more to breathe and make sure you have enough air to definitely get to him - if he dies in the meanwhile that's a pity, but this way is more logical

And if he dies? Well, we can take good care of the contents of his briefcase. Oh yes.

Rolled 78 + 50

>>28850717
[] The right thing to do is risk it anyway, you're the only one who can save him (roll 1d100-50)

Rolled 47

>>28850717
[X] The right thing to do is go to the surface, take a while more to breathe and make sure you have enough air to definitely get to him - if he dies in the meanwhile that's a pity, but this way is more logical

Rolled 51 - 50

>>28850717
[] The right thing to do is risk it anyway, you're the only one who can save him (roll 1d100-50)

>>28850717
>[] The right thing to do is go to the surface, take a while more to breathe and make sure you have enough air to definitely get to him - if he dies in the meanwhile that's a pity, but this way is more logical

>>28850717
[] The right thing to do is get to the surface and get out of here - you're not sure you can make it to shore in this state in the first place and the briefcase could be important, risking your life for someone who is very likely to already be dead is an idiot's maneuver.

Fuck this shit,we're outta here

>>28850717
>[] The right thing to do is get to the surface and get out of here - you're not sure you can make it to shore in this state in the first place and the briefcase could be important, risking your life for someone who is very likely to already be dead is an idiot's maneuver.
Yes, it's cold. But its also accurate. We're probably not going to save him. There's a good chance he's already dead. That case might be important, andf it is Harbinger, he'd want us to take the mathematically favourable outcome.
Also... I want the shiny.

>>28850717
>[] The right thing to do is go to the surface, take a while more to breathe and make sure you have enough air to definitely get to him - if he dies in the meanwhile that's a pity, but this way is more logical

You head back to the surface, trying to keep where he was in mind. The idea of risking it all to grab him immediately crosses your mind, but you dismiss it - it would almost certainly get you killed for someone who is probably dead already.

Breaching the surface you let out a ragged gasp and begin rapidly sucking in more air, trying to make the dizziness go away. You see a Chinese man swimming rapidly towards you with powerful strokes, but he's still quite a ways off.

[] Catch your breath, wait for him
[] Go back down now that you've recuperated a little

>>28850851
>[] Go back down now that you've recuperated a little

>>28850851
Wave to the Chinese man, point downwards to where the guy is so he knows there's another guy out here, get a couple more deep breaths in, and then dive.

>>28850851
[] Catch your breath, wait for him

We're seriously in no shape to go saving people here

>>28850851
>[] Catch your breath, wait for him

Better to get help.

>>28850851
>[] Catch your breath, wait for him
Just checking, are we in Australia or China?
Because if we're in China, it's time to swim the hell away from our 'rescue' party.

You're still gasping for breath and trying to keep your head above water when he reaches you. Up close, you see he's in his mid twenties, with short black hair and red bathers - he reaches towards you, but before he touches you you let out a wheeze and manage to speak.

"There's someone down there, I couldn't reach him" you say as you point to where you think the man in the suit is. Without a word, he ducks below the surface and heads in the direction you pointed.

[] Wait around to recover some more, you're still not in great shape and you want to know what's going on with the suited guy
[] Start heading to surface, you're tired and you don't want to risk staying where you are - plus you don't want to get involved in the event in the long run, there could be consequences one way or another.

>>28850988
>[] Wait around to recover some more, you're still not in great shape and you want to know what's going on with the suited guy

>>28850988
>[] Wait around to recover some more, you're still not in great shape and you want to know what's going on with the suited guy

>>28850988
>[x] Wait around to recover some more, you're still not in great shape and you want to know what's going on with the suited guy

>>28850988
By surface, do you mean shore? Because we're already on the surface. If so;
>[] Start heading to surface, you're tired and you don't want to risk staying where you are - plus you don't want to get involved in the event in the long run, there could be consequences one way or another

>>28850988
[] Start heading to surface, you're tired and you don't want to risk staying where you are - plus you don't want to get involved in the event in the long run, there could be consequences one way or another.

We got a replacement rescuer already, save our ass and check the loot out.

You're in two minds about things, both options look good. You paddle a bit further towards the shore, but slowly, taking it easy and getting your breath back, though the briefcase and your clothing are making it hard to go anywhere. You paddle back a respectable distance but not so far that it looks like you're trying to actually leave and stay there, paddling and gasping for breath.

After what seems like minutes the Chinese man bursts out of the water and gasps, though it's a measured breath, not ragged like yours was. He has the man in his arms and starts to try to resuscitate him, but it doesn't look like it's working.

[] Paddle over to them
[] Do nothing
[] Head to shore

also:
[] divest yourself of some clothing, make it easier to stay afloat
[] keep everything on

Yeah, meant shore - I typed our when I meant out earlier also. I'm currently going for a middle ground, would you guys prefer faster typing with greater chance of errors or slower but proofread?

>>28851112
>[] Paddle over to them
>[] divest yourself of some clothing, make it easier to stay afloat

>>28851112
[] Paddle over to them
[] divest yourself of some clothing, make it easier to stay afloat

Let's go check them out while casually stripping.

Don't think the errors matter much though.

>>28851112
[X] Paddle over to them

See if we can help the chinese guy get him to shore. It's a lot easier to treat someone who drowned with solid ground under you.

[X] divest yourself of some clothing, make it easier to stay afloat

>>28851112

[] Paddle over to them
[] keep everything on

Christ. You guys are really adamant on rescuing this chink for some reason. Very out of character for an Aussie.

>>28851112
>[] Do nothing
Don't get in the guys way, but stay close enough to help. He knows what he's doing.
>[] keep everything on
Not losing my kit.

Keep as you are - everyone has the occasional typo, and it was pretty clear what you meant. I only asked because... well, paranoid dream-sequence/lotus-eater/hypnosis/mind-control/etc check.
Seriously. Seen it way too often.

>>28851201

Hey, I'm cool with him drowning. The briefcase is the important thing.

>>28851201
>>28851220
Same. I really want that briefcase. The man? I can take it or leave it.

Paddle over to them.
Take off shirt and use it like a rope for them to hang on too.

You lose the outer layers, stripping down to the briefs and a singlet you had on and paddle over to where the Chinese man is alternating crushing the chest of and giving mouth-to-mouth to the guy in the suit. Moving through the water is a lot easier without your clothes dragging you down, and you reach him a lot quicker now that you're rested.

The Chinese man looks up at you with a sad look on his face and speaks in an accent you can't place. "Did you know him? Why were you both clothed?"

Freeform response! You're in shorts and a singlet, with a briefcase hidden behind your back, paddling water a hundred or so metres out from shore with a small boat rapidly approaching.

>>28851264
"No, I don't. Also, why wouldn't we be clothed?"

>>28851264
"I've never seen him before in my life. Not entirely sure how I got here."

>>28851264
不,我没有。
我是远距传

>>28851264
Nope! Also, no idea how I got here. Also, where is here?

>>28851352
Okay, I laughed.

He makes another halfhearted attempt to resuscitate the suited man, and after that fails he replies - "Williamstown beach mate, just off the Esplanade". As he does so and the boat arrives, the accent clicks - Chinese, masked with Australian. He turns to the people in the boat- a fit looking young man and woman, both blonde and bronzed - and helps them lever the body into the speedboat, telling them what happened as he does. The girl immediately begins to attempt first aid, while the guy reaches a hand towards you.

Take his hand, and...
[] Ditch the briefcase
[] Try to hide the briefcase
[] If asked, acknowledge it's not yours
[] If asked, claim ownership

Stay in the water, and...
[] Head back to shore
[] Stay where you are

Apologies for the post delay, a friend got my computer working again and I switched back to it.

>>28851453
If asked, acknowledge it's not yours

>>28851453
[] Try to hide the briefcase
[] Head back to shore

>>28851453
>Take hand
[] If asked, acknowledge it's not yours

>>28851453
>[] Try to hide the briefcase
>[] Head back to shore

>>28851453
>[] If asked, acknowledge it's not yours
>[] Head back to shore

>>28851453
>[] Try to hide the briefcase
>[] If asked, claim ownership
Nobody is taking our shiny, dammit.

>[] Head back to shore
While keeping a firm grasp on the shiny.

You cover the briefcase with the top you pulled off, wrapping the whole thing around your arm making a feeble excuse about wanting to feel better about yourself before turning around and slowly paddling back to shore. The boat stays where it is, the lifeguards trying to bring the man who you are sure is by now braindead back.

When you reach the shore, you note that the boat has just started moving. The briefcase is a lot heavier on land and is leaking water.

[] Wait for the lifeguards
[] Blend in with the crowd
[] Leave the beach
[] Try to find somewhere private to open the briefcase

>>28851588
>[] Try to find somewhere private to open the briefcase

>>28851588
>[] Wait for the lifeguards

>>28851588
>[] Blend in with the crowd
Until we get a chance to
>[] Leave the beach
then
>[] Try to find somewhere private to open the briefcase

>>28851588
[X] Blend in with the crowd

Blend in with the crowd, slowly move with it to get away from the beach, then find somewhere private.

>>28851588
[s] Blend in with the crowd

You quickly slip into the crowd, a barefoot guy in wet clothing being fairly usual for the area. Looking around you, there are a variety of (predominantly white) people lounging around and playing, and out of the water you realise the day is actually quite hot. You nonchalantly make your way off the beach, and reach a road - there are various shops to your left, a turn to your right and in front of you is a football oval next to what looks like a park or botanical garden, a fenced off area with open gates filled with tall trees

[] Head into the gardens, find some shade
[] Explore the area, wander around
[] Find someone to talk to for information

>>28851686
>[] Head into the gardens, find some shade

>>28851686
>[] Head into the gardens, find some shade

>>28851686
[X] Head into the gardens, find some shade

>>28851686
>[] Explore the area, wander around

>>28851686
>[] Head into the gardens, find some shade

>>28851686
Open that dang briefcase

>>28851717
Yes, we get it, you need your superpower crack-fix. Calm yo tits, we'll get to it.

You head into the gardens - it's all gravel paths and trees, with benches and fountains littering the area. There are families with picnics or playing games throughout the area, but you find a secluded nook and sit down on the bench.

As you do, you realise how exhausted you are - the struggle in the water took a lot out of you. You're damp, your arms are very tired, you're hungry and a bit thirsty.
[] Look in the briefcase
[] Rest
[] Try to find sustenance

>>28851752
>[] Look in the briefcase

>>28851752
>[] Look in the briefcase

You open the briefcase, and find that it is filled entirely with gold bars.

>>28851752
>[] Look in the briefcase
Examine the shiny.

>>28851774
How big are the bars and how many are there?

>>28851774
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42R0fQU6StU
WE RICH NIGGUH

Just kidding =D

You open the briefcase and water pours out, leaving ruined sheets of paper and four vials floating in the remaining water.

Each vial has room to spare, and the fourth vial - clear, and labeled 'balance', is much larger and has a spout meant for pouring, clearly intended to add to the other vials.

The remaining three are labeled 'Majesty', 'Disruption' and 'Aegis' and are red, green and purple respectively.

>>28851774
>ohsnap
Put them back in the briefcase.
Let's go back and get some information now.

>>28851752
>Let's get a snack, maybe take a rest.
No rush for that briefcase or anythi-screw it, let's open it to cut to the chase and stop folks from getting twitchy for powers. Not even earning them with physical or psychological trauma, then again, this isn't Bet

>>28851807
Drink all three. We're thirsty after all. Also fuck you.

>>28851807
Disruption

>>28851807
Don't drink multiple ones, we have no idea what that'll do.

Pour balance into Disruption, it seems like what you're meant to do, and drink it.

>>28851807
Chug all of them, fill balance with sea water from the case and consume, go get lunch.

>>28851807
Drink all of them. No regrets.

Getting the "Majesty"

Also what made so urged to have this briefcase.

>>28851807
ALL THREE! GO FOR FUCKING BROKE!

>>28851807

ALL FOUR LETS GO

>>28851807
Lets see... majesty's likely master, disruption trump, aegis brute.
Take disruption straight up. No balance. Uber-powered Case 53 time.

You pause, several ideas floating around your head. On the one hand, drinking strange vials found in the briefcase of a drowning man in a suit after being mysteriously teleported into the ocean seems fairly risky, but on the other hand there's a faint possibility that what you think might be the case is true, in which case it's worth the risk.

You like the idea of disruption, but what if you just chugged all three?
You unstopper the vials and pause, considering your actions

>>28851834
>>28851818

That is not a good idea.

The amount of Balance added to the vials affects how "stable" the powers they grant are. The less stable, the more powerful BUT the higher chance of turning into a mutant freak.

Aegis will be a tank power.

Disruption could be anything from disintegration beams to confusion rays.

Majesty is probably a Master power, possibly emotion manipulation.

>>28851874
Chug all three.

>>28851807
All of them. No "in thirds with balance vial" either. Full vial down the hatch. We goin' Splicer.

>>28851874
Just go with Disrupt

[] Take all three straight up
[] Take one straight
[] Take one, add some balance
[] Leave it for now
[] CHUG EVERY LIQUID IN HERE

>>28851818
>>28851834
>>28851843
>>28851858
>>28851868
Oh god we're dead.

>>28851874
Disrupt then, I guess

>>28851877
>>28851874
Yeah, whatever. Drink all three.

>>28851874

Do NOT chug all three. It seems like a spectacular way to commit suicide.

Do NOT drink partial doses either. That way is actually sortof worse.

>>28851874
NO REGRETS. BOLDLY CHUG MYSTERIOUS LIQUID BOUNTY FROM SEA.

>>28851891
>[] Take one, add some balance
Disruption

>>28851891
>[] Take one straight
Any of them, honestly. Just ONLY ONE.

>>28851891
>[] Take all three straight up
CHUG ALL THREE YOU FUCKER. IT WAS THE DECIDING VOTE ALL 3 TIMES YOU ASKED. STOP TRYING TO STEER US AWAY.

>>28851891
>[] CHUG EVERY LIQUID IN HERE
SEA WATER TOO.

>>28851891

>[] Take one, add some balance
Disruption

Yeah, lets go with this. Disruption sounds the least predictable.

>>28851891
[] Take one straight
Let's just drink Disruption and only Disruption.

>>28851891
Drink all three, the half and eat some sand for good fucking measure. And I'm not trolling. I seriously want this.

>>28851916

Please go straight to shut the fuck up. Some of us know what happens when you do that.

You pause for a second. The urge to chug everything is overwhelming, and you don't remember being this reckless back home in Montreal.

But hey, this kind of situation needs a risk - you take every coloured vial, clink them together and throw them all back at once, and everything goes black

>>28851891
>[] Take one, add some balance
Because overdosing is never a good idea

>>28851941
Awww yeah!

>>28851941
Oh god.

>>28851932
Fuck, we might become a majestic, indestructible sand creature that can counter powers or something.

>>28851891
>[] CHUG EVERY LIQUID IN HERE

>>28851941

You know listening to the retards is never a good idea?

Well, if you bend things to accommodate it... eh.

>>28851941
bollocks

>>28851941
Never give players in thread #1 choices that could murder the plot or protagonist.

They will take it.
Because /tg/ are assholes.

>>28851941
Fuck yes! ALWAYS GO FOR THE CHOICE THAT THE QM THINKS WILL NEVER GET PICKED, ALWAYS

>>28851941
YES. Yeeeessssss. We feel the warp overtaking us. It is a good pain.
Just as planned

>>28851941
...well, good quest. I think we all learned something wonderful.
Like the perils of imbibing strange concoctions made by combining numerous volatile unidentified chemicals.

>>28851941
If we live through this,
we're becoming a villain okay

>>28851980
>Like the perils of imbibing strange concoctions made by combining numerous volatile unidentified chemicals.
You don't even know that. Could just be water with labels for all we know.

You sit up and remember... something. Space? Unfolding crystals, moving together? Nope, it's gone.

You do remember tossing back the vials though, then pouring the balance formula into your mouth, the ocean water for good measure and the contents of the nearest fountain for some reason.

You immediately pitch over and vomit for what seems like minutes, with blood coming out at the end

>>28852003
It was a prototype cocktail mix collection. Delicious sensory overload overwhelmed us.

>>28852017
Awww yeah. This is going to be good.

>>28852017
...did we just waste three ridiculously expensive superpowers in a can? All that balance... even if we do survive, we'll be weak as hell.

You stand up and you feel... fine. More than fine actually, you feel absolutely fantastic! You step forwards, and suddenly you're on the other side of the park.

>>28852065
>We're the Flash
And you all doubted us.

>>28852065
JUST AS PLANNED!

>>28852065
Awesome! Let's go fuck around with the Speedforce

You didn't even see yourself move, you just raced forwards a little and instantly you were a hundred metres in front of where you had been.

You also feel... something. Like something is supposed to be different.
The sun also feels unnaturally nice, and you get the urge to just lie there and soak up its rays.

>>28852065
...we can't move any slower than that, can we?
Is this Chuckle's origin story?

>>28852095
Do we live off of the Sun instead of food and water now? ARE WE SUPERMAN?

>>28852071
>>28852091
It's not speed. We "teleported" to the location.
Or a better term, we shorten the distance between our destination and us WITH OUR SUPAH POWAH

>>28852114
>>28852110
>>28852095
Let us engage in typical Australian activities, which I assume are surfing and fight the local wildlife for survival.

You get the feeling that moving with any decent speed would see you at the other end of the park again, and with deliberation slowly step forwards. You don't go racing off, but you still feel... odd. You want to melt onto the ground, soak up the sun and wait.

[] Try racing somewhere
[] Give in to the call of sun and ground
[] See if you have any other powers

>>28852148
>[] See if you have any other powers
Then we'll go and wrestle giant spiders.

>>28852148
Give in the call of sun and ground.

>>28852148
[] See if you have any other powers
Maybe check out our sunbathing afterwards.

>>28852142
...screw it
Operation Kangaroo Puncher is a go.

>There are people who DIDN'T want to drink all 3 1/2
When will you faggots learn that Amalgamation is ALWAYS the best choice. ALWAYS

>>28852183
There were those that wanted to take only partial doses as well. Excess is the only way to go.

You try to find other powers, but despite dancing, waving your hands, meditating and making stupid faces, nothing else happens.

You decide to give into the feeling and melt closer to the ground, and you hear screaming around you. Your vision drops to ground level and you can't feel any of your limbs, though you know you can still move. You find yourself... content. You want to wait like this, wait for something to eat to come past.

>>28852213
Just eat some kids or something.

>>28852183
>>28852197
Wait until the downsides hit.
This is Worm. Always anticipate the path of most suffering.

>>28852230
The downsides appear to be babyeating.

>>28852213
Nah, let's move. Or check ourselves in something reflective. Did we just sink through the ground, or did we burrow a bit?

You move forward easily, travelling along the ground with your head bobbing left to right as you do so. Around you people are yelling and a nearby family is ushering their children away

>>28852213
Are we going for villain?
Go to shade.

>>28852230
>>28852238
Downside? We may hit psuedo-Endbringer. BEST CHOICE.

>>28852248
Fuck it.
We're already doing some fucked up shit.
Eat someone.

>>28852249
I'm also going with villain. Our master plan is to destroy all wildlife. Our tortured past as an Aussie, we were punched by a kangaroo and almost bitten by a spider.

>>28852248
...Are we a land shark? ARE WE A LAND SHARK? Oh god, we're the bunyips from Temeraire. Let's check our handsome self in some reflection.

>>28852277
I think we're more like a sentient pool of blood or something right now

You head into the shade, and this too feels natural. You aren't as warm, but there could be food here. As you head into the shade you see a possum skitter towards the safety of a tree and without thinking, lash out and bite it. It struggles and you bite it again, and as it slows you find yourself swallowing it - it's only halfway through the motion that you notice what you're doing, and only then because something feels off - you should be able to do so much more, but something's wrong.

You see a man approaching you with a big stick, holding it at the ready

>>28852324
Eat him

>>28852288
Well, we certainly had legs to step with.
>>28852291
And then do we have glorious realizations of our current monstering away from humanity?

>>28852324
Great this friendly fellow. Perhaps inquire about a mirror, so that you may check your visage. Or eat him, if we just monster murderhobo instead of doing something else.

>>28852324
NOMNOMNOM that guy

Looks like we're going for CONSUME QUEST 2.0

I'm perfectly fine with that.

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>>28852277
Jawsome!

Hunger fills you, and you decide to eat him. You grow, and you change - you lose that lightning urge to strike and don't want to bite to kill any more, but you feel stronger. A lot stronger. You want to crush him, swallow him whole.

You decide this is perfectly acceptable, and when he backs away as you grow you strike, coiling around him and squeezing him tight. You see yourself wrapping around him - a brown, yellow and black pattern of scales marks your body, squeezing him tighter and tigher. You feel ribs start to crack beneath you, and you feel hungry.

>>28852415
This is awesome. Swallow him!

He feebly twitches, and you see a woman watching start to scream as you wrap your body around him, crushing him further every second

As more people approach, the man's breath rattles out of him and he finally expires. Your jaw unhinges and you get ready to swallow him, but you're aware that there is a growing crowd, none wanting to get too close.

>>28852440
>none wanting to get too close.
Well then no one will interfere when we fucking SWALLOW him!

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>>28852356
Greet, I mean. Our monstrosity has clearly effected my typing. We should really give ourselves a visual once-over if we haven't yet.
>>28852415
We shapeshifting now? Sweeeeet, even better than I could hope.

Oh yeah, pic related is a bunyip from the Temeraire series, kinda like a burrowing croc-dragon in Australia (which is where the real bunyip myth is from)

Find a box to hide in.

You are most of the way through swallowing him when several people in blue uniforms with yellow reflector vests run up, pointing guns at you

>>28852440
Can we go underground with him? Hide our meals and everything.

>>28852463
...I reiterate my recent question.
>>28852466
Strenuously.

>>28852463
Oh fuck you. Just had to ruin our dinner, huh? Run or dig underground or whatever.

Guys, we can't feel our limbs cause we don't have any. We're not a land shark, we're a snake.

The original screaming woman talks to them, and you hear her tell them something about changing and biting. One pulls a small black box from his belt and yells something into it - your hearing is a bit distorted like this, but 'CAPE!' is clear enough

>>28852480
Let's try bringing dinner with us.
Afterwards, the hunt begins. Let's see how long we can evade capture by Cauldron or whoever.

>>28852485
Run, abort, abstain, refrain, GET OUT ALREADY

[] Keep swallowing
[] Try to turn back
[] Try to race off
[] Combine options one and three
[] Attack!

>>28852505
[] Combine options one and three

>>28852483
We did take a step earlier, also sharks don't have much in terms of limbs anyway.
>The thaboop
Yes captcha, we are now the thaboop who stalks Australia.

>>28852505
Combine 1 & 3, try dragging him down through the ground.

>>28852520
>Yes captcha, we are now the thaboop who stalks Australia.
Can we do that? QM, can you have us make a boop sound before you run. thaboop is a great name.

>>28852543
Or we just run up and boop people. With our face. And teeth.

You don't manage to get into the ground, but when you face the exit and move forwards you blow through the crowd, knocking several people down as you do so. You find yourself out of the park and on the street. There are yells from all around you, cars beeping their horns and people running everywhere.

[] Ditch body
[] Keep eating
and...

[] Head to the sea
[] Race off along the road
[] Try to turn back
FYI I never mentioned stepping post transformation.

>>28852520
>shark
>implying we aren't a fuck huge Snake

>>28852565
Ditch body and Head to the sea

>>28852565
>[] Keep eating
>[] Head to the sea

>>28852565
[] Keep eating
[] Race off along the road

>>28852565
Keep eating, flee to sea.

I was misled by this post:
>>28852065
> You step forwards, and suddenly you're on the other side of the park.

>>28852567
Sharks get pretty long. Kinda lacking the constricting method of killing though. What if... We're some kind of SNAKE-SHARK?

>>28852609
A Shake?

>>28852617
A snark?

You decide to ditch the body and head towards the ocean. As you do so the crowds clear, warning sirens sounding from somewhere. The police aren't following you any more - as you cross the beach everything seems to have gone silent, and then you realise why.

Rising out of the water, dressed in a khaki uniform is a face you know well - you used to watch him on tv all the time as a kid, and you were really sad when he died.
Hands on hips, concerned expression on his face, you see the only Australian superhero you remember from the news about Earth Bet - the Crocodile Hunter.

>>28852625
A snark is basically a shark without the upper part of the "h".

>>28852637
>You decide to ditch the body
No we didn't.

>>28852637
I think OP doesn't even care anymore.

Rolled 78

>>28852637
Stab him in the heart with a stingray.

>>28852643
Posts were slow, rolled it when there was only one of each. Not the world's most important choice anyhow.

>>28852653
What? Why? He's sitting on solid fucking gold here.

>>28852641
Also Tattletale's one too. The character, I mean, not the GM.
>>28852637
>Hands on hips, concerned expression on his face, you see the only Australian superhero you remember from the news about Earth Bet - the Crocodile Hunter
YEEESSSS!
But most of us wanted to continue our feasting. Let's go stingray mode

>>28852660
It's ok. Live prey is better, and here it is.

"Crikey!" He says. "You're a big one!"
You grab the body and resume eating it, and he continues.
"Can you hear me in there? Trigger events are traumatic, and new powers can be hard to deal with. We can sort this out, all right? Nothing has to go any further, you can spit him out and we can just talk"

[] Try to turn back into human
[] Escape into the ocean
[] Finish eating
[] Give him a sign you understand him
[] Fight!

>>28852702
>[] Give him a sign you understand him
If there is one person that I respect enough to NOT eat him, it would be the Croc Hunter. Let's hear him out.

>>28852702
[] Try to turn back into human
[] Give sign by dropping food.
This lowering his guard, I mean-

>>28852702
>[X] Give him a sign you understand him

>>28852713
>Not eating his heart to gain his courage and power.
But yeah, let us honor him and reign it in.

Rolled 26

>>28852702
>Escape into ocean

Where else are we going to find a stingray?

>>28852759
This is a super-powered probably-Steve Irwin. Maybe his trigger event was stingray related. Most likely it involved venom.

How many people are here? We seem to be getting a lot fewer responses, which is weird, there were heaps of replies during the boring intro stuff.

-----------------

You wave your head from side to side, when he asks for a sign, and he continues. "Now I don't know what's happened to you or what you're feeling right now, but I know it can't be good. That's no reason to let everything go to shit though, any bloke deserves a second chance."

He pauses. "Can you... control yourself? Try to stay calm, see if you can return to normal"

>>28852777
>How many people are here? We seem to be getting a lot fewer responses, which is weird, there were heaps of replies during the boring intro stuff.
They probably got mad that we drank all 3 1/2 vials and left.

Also try to turn back into a human. Tell the Croc that it's to late for us, but it isn't his fault. We were to weak.

>>28852777
Do as he says, it's a useful trick anyway.
(I know it's like 2am where I am, maybe it's the time?)

>>28852777
It's 4:30 AM where I live.

>>28852794
Never too weak. We were just impulsive and young and thirsty. We drank many treats from under the sink as a child.

Might call it a night and do it a little earlier next time then? like maybe start -8 hours from now on a different day if people are interested?

------------------

You calm yourself and concentrate on turning back, and the return comes naturally to you. He smiles a warm, genuine smile as your vision lifts back to its normal height from the ground - he's actually a bit shorter than you, which you weren't expecting.

"See? Told ya you could do it!" he says, cutting off your attempt to tell him that it is too late for you. Sensing you wanted to speak, he pauses and waits for you.

>>28852855
"It has to be this way"
Then fly into the sea.

>>28852855
Panic, probably vomit, stammer out that we just ate a guy. If we have any humanity at the moment.
Also different time might help.

>>28852867
Why? Let us join capes and fight other capes!

>>28852890
We're the villain. Our paths are set in stone

>>28852897
no it isn't, just look at Worm canon. the MC went hero>villain>hero>villain>civvie

>>28852897
No it's not, we just went crazy after ODing on super juice. We CAN move it in whatever direction by actually attempting to instead of "I must go, my evil needs me."

>>28852875
I'll second this.

>>28852912
>>28852916
We're not the villain yet, but I want to be.

A hundred thoughts cross your mind. It's too late, maybe you could help, that possum was really tasty - the urges to stay, to confess, to flee and to tell him that your path cannot be changed all conflict with each other, and you end up muttering something about having just eaten a guy.

>>28852927
Being the villain will be neat.

>>28852941
And it was delicious.

>>28852927
Bah. We need more than just three folks (or so) to decide. Or at least bide your time for him to introduce us to a larger hunting ground or good territory to take over.

He patiently waits until you regain your composure, and you...

[] Want to do the right thing, ask him how to fix things
[] Have already gone too far, beg his forgiveness and run
[] Finally have power, you can be a villain now.

>>28852941
Look at him, say "help."
Maybe we can get a better hang on our powers, plus unlock new ones.

>>28852980
>[] Finally have power, you can be a villain now.
This is my vote. Now and forever.

>>28852980
Finally have power, you can be a villain now.

>>28852980
[] Want to do the right thing, ask him how to fix things
I think it'll be fun to play, plus we can always break free later.

>>28852980
>[] Want to do the right thing, ask him how to fix things

>>28852980
>[] Finally have power, you can be a villain now.
If this quest turns into ANOTHER fucking white knight never do wrong hero quest, I will fucking punch my monitor.

>>28853018
Oh no, I just want to use their resources, maybe make an educated decision later. Possibly after getting in trouble for eating a bank robber.

>>28852980
>[] Want to do the right thing, ask him how to fix things

>>28853049
Ooh, we can use him to catch a ride to Bet, then inevitably become a member of the Slaughterhouse Nine!

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>>28852980
>[] Finally have power, you can be a villain now.
Do what we gotta do.

The urge to just come clean is tempting, but the urge to become a villain is just as strong. Power, respect, fame and fortune are all lovely things, and clever maneuvering now will set that up - either way you decide, you want him to be on your side for as long as possible.

[] Tell the truth about everything
[] Fudge the truth, make yourself look more innocent
[] Outright lie, say you don't remember anything
[] Use your power to race away
[] Dodge the subject of what happened, ask what happens now

>>28853101
>[] Fudge the truth, make yourself look more innocent

>>28853101
>[] Fudge the truth, make yourself look more innocent
As long as we fucking shit up.

>>28853101
Dodge the subject of what happened, ask what happens now.
We need more information is everything. I am currently clueless in what is happening besides we OD in super powers

Just arrived in this thread. What is WORMS exactly? I know it's a novel, superpowers, villains. I know nothing other than that.

>>28853101
[] Dodge the subject of what happened, ask what happens now
We just had a traumatic experience, so he should understand. Wouldn't want to accidentally provoke us into reliving murderfrenzy and actually go back to murderfrenzy. The thaboop bides his time.

>>28853131
http://parahumans.wordpress.com/table-of-contents/
great story, but you don't need to know it to play this - your character barely paid attention to this stuff, so he knows the same amount you do.

>>28853101
[] Fudge the truth, make yourself look more innocent

Really all we did was drink suspicious shit.

>>28853131
Worm is a web novel (seriously, it's book length) where being a magical girl is suffering, I mean being a cape is typically either from traumatic experience or buying vials from shadowy group that makes superpowers. Plus Kaiju fuck shit up occasionally.

>>28853159
what ever we do we do not mention gaining powers from drinking suspicious shit.

>>28853163
>where being a magical girl
Eh. I'll pass.

>>28853180
...Just stopped right there huh. I was making a joke/reference to something. It's not really a magical girl thing.

>>28853193
My mind shuts down whenever I read/hear the words "magical girl"

Sorry.

>>28853180
>>28853193
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/meduka-meguca-being-x-is-suffering
Is what I was joking about.

>>28853178
It was just a cocktail I swear! Pretty colors!

A phone rings, and he answers it, keeping eye contact with you while listening. After a while he hangs up, and asks you if you'd like to tell him what happened.

You evade, telling him you remember being wet and then hot and then hungry, trying to make it sound like you weren't really aware of what was happening.

Everything falls silent for a bit, so hesitantly you ask "so, what happens now?" "That part's really up to you" he responds. "We don't actually know where you're from or who you are or exactly what your powers are - the best option, the one that will make everyone most willing to forgive you, would be you let me incapacitate you and we head back to HQ and process you - make sure you're not a danger to anyone, help you find out what's what, that kind of thing."

>>28852855
Aww....I only just found the thread.
Anyhoo
Apologise for the incident and ask for his help in exploring your new abilities.
What do we look like?

>>28853201
Nah, it's understandable.

[] Surrender
[] Try to convince him to just let you leave
[] Ask for information (what?)
[] Tell him about yourself (backstory invention!)

>>28853216
>would be you let me incapacitate you and we head back to HQ and process you
Yeah, na.

>>28853216
Sure, whatever the croc hunter says.

>>28853233
>[] Try to convince him to just let you leave

>>28853211
we've effectively stolen millions of dollars in super powers from a shadow cabal by drinking that shit. if we're lucky then they just think it's at the bottom of the sea

>>28853233
Ask if you can go into Protective Custody instead.
We need to be protected from ourselves!

>>28853233
>"...incapacitate?"
>seek clarification about surrender, where we going, etc.
We're not likely going to talk our way out just yet, given we ate a dude.

>>28853233
>[] Try to convince him to just let you leave
When has being incapacitated and brought to a lab to be processed EVER been a good thing?

>>28853233
Ask how he's still alive

>>28853249
Hey, we drank sea water too.

Rolled 50

>>28853216
Nope the fuck out of here, if I know the crocodile hunter like I do, he will clamp an irremovable big ass yellow tag on our ear and show up every time we kick it into snake form. Fuck that we are a snake, we aren't fucking with the croc hunter.

>run. Run. RUN!

>>28853254
Also ask him about other people appearing in strange places.
And
Offer to share your knowledge of your abilities in exchange for knowledge on his as a sign of goodwill.
Animal Control?

>>28853265
Not sure he'll get that, mate. T'is a fictional, super-powered guy that might just use the name/persona for publicity.

>>28853263
>implying lab
local super hero HQ is morelikely

>>28853303
>local super hero HQ is morelikely
I fail to see how that's any better than a lab.

>>28853259
"Your choice. I could wrap you in water, cover you in containment foam or we could get Wicket over here to encase you in one of his force fields - it's mostly a formality thing, while you couldn't hurt me we don't know you won't snap and eat someone on the way there. Once you're there we'd interview you, try to find out everything we can about what you can do and hopefully at the end of it you're free to go or you can join the Diggers if you want to"

>>28853317
Mmm, foam party.

>>28853317
>hopefully
Not good enough for me. Run.

To buy yourself time to think, you ask him how he's still alive, and then volunteer to swap information on how your powers work.

"I'm not sure why I should be dead, to be honest" he replies

>>28853317
>"Diggers?"
Water might be fine, give us a chance to see if we could breath under it.