- Pronouns
- He/Him
Clayface, but a good guy! Solid mixture of combat capability and espionage skill.
Ok, so where are we going…After Black Swan's explosive "debut", you're running out of clandestine locations to conduct potentially dangerous scientific experiments. It's embarrassing actually. Thankfully, your recent resurgence in popularity in the Worker's Mitt has paid unexpected dividends. As has Black Swan's childhood growing up here.
REI MENTIONED"Yeah, so this is the abandoned warehouse where everyone would come to drink after prom. Hey, that's where Rei threw up after chugging, like, eight beers! Wild!" Black Swan says pointing to a corner.
Well, Ibis is doing his best. And the found family grows…"You'll get 'em next time, doc!" Rhys says from where he waits, surrounded by curtains, "Keep your chin up!"
You turn your head from the disaster that is Dr. Ibis' social life, and step through the curtain to where Rhys sits in a Gatch bed in a hospital gown. Menagerie Witch has a death grip on his hand, a pallid complexion on her face, and her friends protectively huddled around the two of them.
Horizon natives yadda yadda always hot."I thought we weren't coming in! Can't you see Rhys' butt in that gown or something?" Black Swan chirps.
"Don't worry, I'm sittin' down!" Rhys calls, "Thank god it's sweltering outside. Otherwise I'd be freezin' in this flimsy thing."
Sick ass nickname!"Hey, gimme some credit, shortstack! I'm Rhys "Crusher" Gardner! I ain't afraid of nothin'!"
GaspFine . . ." Menagerie Witch mumbles, "Butthead . . ."
"Pardon me?!" You're glad she's feeling comfortable enough to assert herself, but she just called you what?
LMAO🤣Black Swan covers her mouth to hide her laughter as Menagerie Witch sticks her tongue out at you.
W-when . . . when did you stop being her favorite?!
That's one hell of a tone change.Vulcan? Yes, I was aware."
"Yeah, yeah . . . Gus was an Algernon-type. He told me what using his power was gonna do to him one day. I tried to convince him to stop, but . . ."
"He never would," you finish, with a painful smile. An argument you were well-familiar with.
"Yeah," Rhys licks his lips and looks away, "You think . . . you think he was scared when he used his power?"
Same here.You never really knew Vulcan, or any of SLAYERS for that matter outside of their leader. Augustus Schulte struck you as an ambitionless man, content to live a comfortable life in mediocrity. Still . . .
"Yes. I think he was, darling. But he pushed forward anyway."
". . .'cuz that's what heroes do," Rhys finished, squeezing his eyes shut, "Yeah, figured as much. Thanks, LL—um, Lady Leizi."
You nod at him. "Of course. And, Rhys, this is your last chance for second thought."
"Fuck that," he says with a grin that doesn't meet his eyes, "I hope I get turned into a dragon."
That's to be expected.
@BKNK.SHOP is going to have a crazy concept to work with.They boil and fizz and congeal into something else.
It's a matte, platinum-blue substance that almost looks like living stone. It bubbles up from Rhys' remains and consolidates into a solid, rectangular block. But even as it unifies, it starts moving again, thinning out at the corners and stretching into two arms and legs with sharp joints and claws on the hands. His feet only have two toes as a powerfully built chest stretches into a featureless head. The head's crown curves backwards into a crescent shape and two pits for eyes emerge.
The process takes minutes, and you left staring at a seven-foot tall facsimile of a man.
Same here, man. One day.Rhys holds up his hands in wonder and looks at the rest of his body. Then he falls backwards in despair and says, "Awwwww, I wanted to be a dragon!"
Bro's a furry? Not what I expected.Oh shit! I'm fine, Maddie! I'm fine! Just a fursona unfulfilled, sorry Gus . . . Anyway! How freaky do I look?"
Is this another Mona situation where he can do something to look like himself again?"I don't understand it," Dr. Ibis mutters, "The dosage wasn't potent enough to cause a dysmorphic effect. What in the world . . . ?"
Yup.Why you . . . !" Rhys mock shakes his fist, "What a shame, no one will see my beautiful mug again! I can almost remember what it looked like—whoa!"
As Rhys speaks, his head twists and shifts until you're looking at his face as it was again.
Henshin! (In reverse!)Rhys' whole body snaps back to its original shape, right now the scar on his abdomen. He raises both arms in triumph.
Instant pants. Very useful."Yes," you agree, looking up with a twitching lip, "And you're au naturale."
Rhys blushes and covers himself. He then squints his eyes and frowns. He screws up his face in concentration and—
"Hey, hey guys! Guess what? I can do pants too!"
Clay Crusher! That's a great name, Worker's Mitt dudes would love that.Chaucer clears his throat. "Well, yes . . . the report, Doctor?"
"Yes, yes, I'm getting to that!" Dr. Ibis says, flapping his arms, "Ahem. The Ambrosia appears to have permanently transformed Rhys' body into a malleable organic material denser than the human body. We've taken to calling it "clay". Like Adamant and his namesake metal, Rhys' body seems to produce clay in amounts without end."
Cool."No, I wouldn't say that. More . . . his entire body is one great redundancy. He's not only able to shape and mold the clay, but transmute it. During testing he was able to make scales, feathers, chitin, bone, bioluminescent sacs, secondary pairs of organs, and so on. He was able to make constructs in his body as well—we had him create organic pile-bunkers in his elbows that greatly increased the strength of his punches and, after being given a diagram, he could create crude crossbows out of his hands. He even at one point turned himself into a horse to amuse young Madeline—unfortunately her power did not work on him in that form."
Down to their voices? This is a crazy utility power."It is. He could reliably imitate people, down to their voices, once he figured out how to shape his vocal cords. He also has regeneration on an incredible scale. He's no Scarlet Maturity, but he would be exceedingly difficult to put down through physical means in a fight. Especially if he generated any organic armor."
…five keywords?[Transformation] + [Transformation] + [Regeneration] + [Regeneration] + [Fitness] = [Autobiokinesis]
@Bitterman, what's the largest number of keywords we'd need for a synergy? I'm curious now.
Well, now I'm curious.
Ok, we've got a changeling, a black hole, and a young shadow witch. We can probably fit a fleshshaper in somewhere.Honestly id cost a lot but Id love to give someone both fundamental manipulation and autobiokinesis
a Tolerance boost lets us give him the Wade Combo.Just checked front page, and yep, just as I thought. We'll need a cover for Reputation and Operations soon. In terms of stats, that best one would be Dr, Rhodes, who has the exact statspread we need. Any idea what to give him from list available?
[X] Flight of the Bumblebee (Apiary, Scarlet Maturity, The Defiance Unit)
So after doing this, I realized I made missions cost way too little in terms of stats. Especially Wider than a Mile. I won't change any of the stat requirements on the existing missions (except Wider than a Mile), but in the future they will be going up! Fair warning!
Wider than a Mile (AP 4, HIT 15, ESPIONAGE 19, REPUTATION 13, OPERATIONS 18)
Oh damn, you weren't kidding. We could get that at turn 5 and have an extra metahuman (John?) to spare.Total Available Stats: HIT 24, ESPIONAGE 26, REPUTATION 17, OPERATIONS 19.
[X] Popeye
-[X] Publicize the shapeshifting only insofar as it involves suddenly growing gigantic fists (and the big beefy arms and shoulders required to pound them into deserving faces).
[X] A can of spinach, crossed out with a 🚫 sign. Because unlike the original Popeye's megamuscles, no spinach is required.
That's a QM-veto hahaha[X] Popeye
-[X] Publicize the shapeshifting only insofar as it involves suddenly growing gigantic fists (and the big beefy arms and shoulders required to pound them into deserving faces). Should be a nice combo of iconic and misleading.
[X] A can of spinach, crossed out with a 🚫 sign. Because unlike the original Popeye's megamuscles, no spinach is required.