[X] Is that some sort of animal jail over there?
-[X] Ask them do they have any eggs(reptile,butterfly/moths,etc).
--[X] And get some rats. And bonus if they happen to have fleas and/or ticks.
We need more data.
[x] Your friends say they are hungry. This means that they will die if they do not consume food within the next five minutes
-[X] But ask them what they want first. And try to calm Mineta down,and try to talk to him. He seems.... fidgety.
--[X] While they're eating,tell them you can potentially make them stronger than all might. If they don't believe you. Have Izuku back you up. Ask them not to tell anyone.
We got to eat a good sized chunk of Nomu at some point.
[x] Your friends say they are hungry. This means that they will die if they do not consume food within the next five minutes.
[x] Books are good. Better than embarrassment
additional actions.
[X] De-kun would definitely appreciate an All Might body pillow from that store he's looking at quickly go in there and buy it for him and when you come out give it to him
[x] Your friends say they are hungry. This means that they will die if they do not consume food within the next five minutes
-[X] But ask them what they want first. And try to calm Mineta down,and try to talk to him. He seems.... fidgety.
Gr-Mineta was hungry. Therefore he was on the verge of death, and must consume… er, cakes. Yes. Everybody likes cakes. Lots of useful things in cake, like glucose and fats and- damn, now you wanted one. You set off for the second floor, dragging Mineta along with you; the others followed once it became clear that he was going to be left all alone with you if they didn't.
Minata had stopped trying to run at this point, and instead resigned himself to his fate of being fattened for his near-certain demise. Despite the overwhelming terror, he held onto the hope that if he ate enough, the demon might not be able to fit him inside their mouth. Unless they cut him up first - but then they'd need to find a proper saw to get through the bone, which would leave him enough time to run for it! He paused. When did he get so good at working under pressure?
While the others were catching up, you decided to pick something out for De-kun; on those boring adverts, [token midlife crisis woman] would always end the ad by curing all their life's problems through the power of
[overpriced new lifestyle choice]. It wasn't as expensive as, say, a lifetime supply of Greek yoghurt, but it might help:
"Here, De-kun! I got this for you."
"Oh, t-thanks. Look, Ibara: Mineta's fine." Said plant-girl sighed in relief, a confused Pony following her into the shop. Great, they were already getting along (to stop you, but it still counts)! Izuku finally tried some of the pastry - technically not a cake, but whatever. "Is this cinnamon? It's goo… why are you laughing like that?"
Nothing expanded one's horizons like a bit of cannibalism, after all.
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"That was a good… suggestion, Kaede. Thank you."
Ibara finished off the last of her fancy strawberry thing, and turned to the rest of the group. She'd taken the longest to eat, actually bothering with manners and all that the whole time - not even De-kun had managed to keep it up after he realised that nobody cared! Yes, you were still a little annoyed about Mineta of all people telling you off for eating the cutlery. She continued:
"So, where should we next?"
Pony chose that moment to speak up.
"C-could we go back to the bookstore downstairs? I need to practice reading in this language, if that is not… if everyone is happy with that."
Ah, she was still embarrassed about accidentally ordering coconut cake. She was allergic to coconut, which apparently meant that she could have died. Allergies were weird like that; why did they even exist if they were so useless? Maybe a bookstore would be helpful for you, too.
At least, that was your intention. However, you spent the majority of your time poring over a picture book on arthropodology - the close ups of praying mantises gave you an overwhelming urge to replace your hands with chainsaws. Ibara cut short your fun by pointing out how both inefficient and illegal it would be to do so in a public place. At least she made up for he killjoy attitude by handing you a stack of books on various subjects: a few on human and animal biologies, one or two psychology textbooks, and a certain book, which she flipped open to the page that described the difference between centipedes and insects. You bought all except that one, which was discretely slipped back onto the shelf while her back was turned.
You'd have to talk to her about eating her hairvines soon. It seemed as if she already knew enough about your quirk to be a security risk, and yet nothing had happened… If she could be trusted not to do whatever it was your parents were concerned about, you could probably eat her without any repercussions.
You also teamed up with the plant-girl in question to select a range of books to help Pony gain more experience with the language. In this case, 'teamed up' meant slipping manga you liked into the stack at the checkout. Helping!
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Izuku watched the others split off and go their separate ways. He hadn't expected to get along with any of them, but he and Mineta shared similar tastes in books, so at least he'd had somebody to talk to without looking like a flustered idiot.
"Are you alright Izuku? You've been kind of off lately."
He opened his mouth to answer, and stopped - was he really alright? He was maybe a little shaken by the… events... of the exam, but he'd thought that it wasn't anything serious. But then… if Kaede was picking up on it…
No.
He didn't have a problem. So what if he couldn't sleep, and his mom kept worrying over him more than usual, and he couldn't stop obsessively replaying the day's events over and over again in his head until- Okay Izuku, just try what the internet recommended: tally everything that's bothering you, and rationalise them one by one and something something profit.
One: you've probably failed the exam and will never achieve your lifelong dream because you're such a failure at life.
Two: your entire worldview is in question, because the 'heroes' you've looked up to all your life are apparently sadistic enough to kill you. Albeit unsuccessfully, but that's besides the point!
Three: trying to pretend the whole thing never happened by doubling down on the fanboying wasn't helping with the anxiety.
Four: your only friend is probably about to swap you for some other, better, actually useful friends. Well, 'only' if you don't count Bael…
Five: you are actually considering including the giant demon spider as a friend.
Great, now just try and work through those, and everything... will seem…
Six: Kaede's is walking towards you, carrying an All Might body pillow.
Being an official product, it wasn't anything particularly obscene, but it was still something most non-catlizard people would be uncomfortable showing to their parents.
"…why?"
"Well, if I know emotions, you looked like you wanted to simultaneously hug and strangle something, and this thing's to scale and it's actually really comfy and, um, can you hold this a minute? I'm going to see if they've got another one of these…"
It was twice his size, and he nearly fell over once Kaede dropped it onto his head. He watched in vague disbelief as they ran back the way they'd came, crashing headfirst into a wall when they got distracted by a passing toddler. They were probably fine - they'd gotten over their asking random people on the street if they can eat their children phase a few months ago.
He sighed, and dragged the purchase over to a nearby bench while he waited. A year or two ago he'd have been dying inside to be seen in public with anything even half as weird as it, but he was far beyond caring about other peoples' opinions at this point. At least, when it came to people he didn't know. Or find attractive. In those areas he was still a gibbering wreck.
Still, Kaede wasn't the sort to just drop someone like… well, like everyone else he'd ever been friends with, right? As long as he wasn't an inconvenience, he'd be fine.
He just had to hope against all odds that he'd somehow passed the exam.
…
...
Seven: he appreciated the All Might body pillow.
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The two of you walked back to De-kun's house, because it was closest, and because you, in a stroke of pure genius, had forgotten to arrange a pickup time. Public transport was great and all, but as was the case with many things in life, there was never enough room for your tail. Your cargo drew its fair share of stares, likely from people jealous that they didn't have their own giant pillows to practice-disembowel.
De-kun had stopped holding himself like a nervous grape, partially because he wouldn't be able to carry the pillow if he did, but there was still something bothering him. What had that psychology book said, again? Try and think of shared values - he was… a negative emotion… because…?
Start from the beginning: what made you upset? The thought that you'd never be able to fly, of course. That wasn't exactly applicable to him though, but it was close. 'Not being able to do what you wanted to do': that was the root of it. So, what did Izuku want to do?
...Be a hero. It was all he'd ever wanted.
But that didn't make sense; he was going to be one.
You would make sure of it.
Which was why, the next evening, you found yourself approaching the wall that surrounded UA. You were prepared - your claws had already been added, your stomach reduced for a larger circulatory system, and also, Bael was there for some reason. You had also asked...
Main Action:
[ ] ...your dad for advice before leaving.
[ ] ...your mom for advice before leaving.
[ ] ...your stalkers for advice before leaving.
Additional Actions: Write-in
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AN: The escalation begins! Also, some character development, maybe.
Honestly thought there'd be more to write, but I guess not. Anyway - onwards to the poor life choices!
Self Enhancements:
Toothy secondary mouth - looks good Internal organ optimisation - stomach is good, but being able to run for ages is more practical right now
Kitty ears of intimidation - can hear a greater range of frequencies, can eavesdrop easier; have to manually account for air pressure changes
Tail, lightly armored - increased defenestration potential, does not like impact damage
Digitigrade legs - look good, keep breaking though, should probably do something about that
Venom - your friends just love giving you some! Now, what to do with it…
Tall - you are very tall for your age, laugh at the peasants beneath you
Air sacs - more efficient breathing, can hold breath/exercise longer, airborne toxins have greater effect
Pneumatic bones - less fragmentation, denser and stiffer than regular bones Claws - the best multipurpose tool
Save data:
Japanese grass snek (partial, not useful for full creation, but at least it tells you how to make scales)
Neighbors' genocidal pet cat
Tortoise
Giant centipede
Deku Scrub
Huntsman spider
Bullet Ant
Rhinoceros Beetle
Jungle crow
Friends:
Omu, Lindsey, Ankheg, Three Seven Eight, Tina, Jenney, Daigankai - clingy giant centipedes, much anger, much venom
Bael - big floofy huntsman spider Deku Scrub - a rare lifeform composed entirely of cinnamon, will be very buff, is sad
Not crows - they hate you now
Horse with horns - you need those legs Vine girl - she may be interpreting your advances the wrong way, can probably be trusted
Grape - suffering for the crimes of his alternate universe counterparts, is growing a spine?!
The stalkers seem like useful minions to have when we finally become a supervillianHERO, i bet we could recruit them with enough vaguely unintentionally intimidating speeches.
[X] ...your mom for advice before leaving.
-[x] she knows what it's like to be normal ask if she can give Deku Advice
[X] Hero's are dangerous use that snake data cover yourself like dad for more protection.
[X] ...your mom for advice before leaving.
-[x] she knows what it's like to be normal ask if she can give Deku Advice
[X] Hero's are dangerous use that snake data cover yourself like dad for more protection.
[X] Let Dekun know that he his the best science buddy a girl could ask for. And that you appreciate him for other reasons, like his hair-shrub and not being dead. You absolutely like it when Dek-u nnn, friend Izuku is not biological remains. Yes.
-[X] Was Dekun even aware that he was part Deku Shrub?
[X] ...your mom for advice before leaving.
-[x] she knows what it's like to be normal ask if she can give Deku Advice
[X] Hero's are dangerous use that snake data cover yourself like dad for more protection.
Nah, that won't work; the best thing they cound defend from would be friction damage, which would be done much better using some ablative layors of feathers (or fur if you want to use your second best option), and then, if you really want to, adding some harder layors on top. Scales are the thing that feathers are derived from anyway, so it shouldn't be hard to work our a sliding scale of padding to hardness until we get the optimal combination.
[X] ...your mom for advice before leaving.
[X] Let Deku know that he his the best science buddy a girl could ask for.
Nah, that won't work; the best thing they cound defend from would be friction damage, which would be done much better using some ablative layors of feathers (or fur if you want to use your second best option), and then, if you really want to, adding some harder layors on top. Scales are the thing that feathers are derived from anyway, so it shouldn't be hard to work our a sliding scale of padding to hardness until we get the optimal combination.
[X] ...your mom for advice before leaving.
[X] Let Deku know that he his the best science buddy a girl could ask for.
I'm using the scales as a stepping stone into giving our entire body simular properties to a turtle she which is much better defensively we have all this data I want to use it before we get more plus every bit helps
I'm using the scales as a stepping stone into giving our entire body simular properties to a turtle she which is much better defensively we have all this data I want to use it before we get more plus every bit helps
Turtles are lizards with their ribcage on the outside. We would be much better served by developing a tough hide, and then if we really needed to we could probably manage to fuse out ribs inside of us if we used a two stage lung with dorsal tubing for exhalation. We might be able to manage it if we can handle having two sets of ribs, but that seems like a larger project that we might want to manage differently.
