Start singing.
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Necromancer Studies, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on The Gestating God, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top Stabber in the entire drider race. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with strength the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me while I'm paralysed? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of demonic energies across the dwarflands and your soul is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, spiderling. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the The Unholy Powers and the dwarf SWAT and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comments was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.
You force out, straining yourself to even yell.
Hmmm? What is it? Please go on.D-don't you need more... data? First. I mean, I could tell you about the vampirism. There's some things there that you never heard of before, I guarantee it.But why would I need to wait around for that? You'll tell it all to me willingly, when we're safe. She seems genuinely confused about it.
That would... That would affect the results! You need to be careful with your research right? No bias, neutral work... That kind of thing. If you control me, I might not deliver you the full truth anymore!Hmmm... I hadn't considered that, you know. Have you done some studies? Most of the degenerates I have to operate on can barely walk and talk at the same time, you know... I've studied at the tower, yes. The Orc tower, topside.She gasps, perhaps a little exaggerated.
Oh my gosh! I was going to GO to topside when I get out of here! I have to tell you, those dwarves? Amazing technology, but so, soooo boring! Topside, however... things are always changing, not to mention the eastern lands have some very special people. How do you... know that? Have to keep her talking. Your arm is already regaining some feeling, so the sedative isn't working as well as she measured. Good, good....
Why, test subjects, of course! A hundred years ago we tried to make some driders with a transplant. It took quite a few tries, but I got it working. They were driders in all but name, but the age just didn't adapt. ah, the last one died about... fourty years ago? Humans are but mayflies. Still, the eastern touch really pleased the people here. Still got our needed population boom.That's... uh..Amazing, I know. She gestures to herself, placing her hand on her chest.
Of course, the aphrodisiac sweat I added helped, but they didn't need to know that, did they? As long as it gets these idiots breeding, I get funded. What was even going on here? That wasn't even to stretch time, you really wanted to know.
The "Queen" wanted to build an empire of superior driders. Of course, she just can't seem to gather up the idea that the mayflies won. They breed faster than us, are more social... And we have a tendency towards lazyness. Some exceptions, of course. I found that driders raised by the short-lived tend to be some of the best. I'm... flattered.Ahhh! I should have known. I'm pleased, you'll be a fine assistant when I'm done! Hmmm, maybe more? Ah, we've many years to work. Tell me, how old are you?M-my twenties.Really!? Wow. Wow. What potential, and what size you are, too! Hah! Plenty of mutations, isn't it? A life of strife works like that, I suppose. I've been quite limited on the physical mutations, you know. Plenty of magical ones, though I'm out of practice. Science really outstrips magic, in the long run. And I've been running for a long time. How old are you, even?Ut-tut-tut! Don't you know you can't ask a lady's age? Especially when they're pretty, you know... Ahhh, I'm getting distracted again. Come, Albus, we've an operation to work on. Damn, damn, damn!
I haven't explained anything about the vampirism yet! Hmm, not that much that I can't dig up within the reasonable margins of error. Vampirism isn't interesting, you know. It's static, nothing useful. I wrote that down in one of the copies of the tomes. I don't think it's your model, of course. ...What!?Oh yes! I'm a proud owner, well, ex-owner of one of the tomes of darkness. I left it behind, of course. Too much knowledge is a thin line, but I'm careful. Did you know it tried to tempt me with power? Silly little thing that it is. It took... exception to that. But after a few souls, it seemed satisfied enough to just disappear and try to find another host. You stare at her in minor horror. No wonder she knew so much, she essentially PLAYED one of those tomes. But she's distracted again. You need to keep her talking... You think you're feeling your fingers again.
What did the book teach you?Oh, that's a toughie! After so many years, even a drider's memory gets a little fuzzy... I didn't forget its info, but I can hardly tell what came from studies and what came from the tome. It tends to mix, too... Oh well! She continues pushing, and you see her open a door. A massive room, with a comparatively small table in the middle is shown. There's room for a damned audience! What the hell...
Do you like it? It was an old part of a university they were building, but an earthquake shunted the building underground. Plenty of other buildings are just... buried underground. Dwarven mistake from around 300 years ago. Buildings that were sturdier than their own foundations! Swallowed up by rock, but some parts... perfectly preserved! Ohhh, I love it so. Sometimes, I even find a few dwarf bones. *Gasp* Maybe YOU can work with that! I've never had a lot of necromancers available, and the queen uses her own program. I don't think it works very well, is it normal for them to faint?O-only if the mana is low. T-they're overtaxing!Overtaxing? Really... I thought spells just fizzled out.They should, but forcing it can still force the spell. I-it shortens... uh, L-lifespan.Those tools next to the table are sharp and terrifying. You see a lot of robotics and a lot MORE organs and tissues in jars. What the fuck are those things?
Right, here we are!What are you going to do!?You're reaching hysterics, at this point. You've never been in a situation where you're just INCHES away.
Albus? Keep watch at the entrance to the lab, would you? I can't work with you looking at me.The massive beast wanders out of here, meek as a kitten.
So... I'm going to add a few redundant organs, while I'm digging around in there. Then, I'm adding a few hormone emitters to make you a little more... agreeable. Nothing that would leave you as Albus, mind you.... Maybe add a few personal touches, as well. I like women like you, you know, but maybe there's a few things that I might just improve. But, ah! I should get started.Why would you do this? I... You don't need to change me, I've done so many interesting things.You can almost use the arm. Just a little longer. Dear gods, just a little longer!
Hmmm... Go on! I think we have a little time. Uh... I-I joined a bandit gang, early on. I-it was... It was horrid, and I... I developed a second personality.Ohhh, yes! Queen Alexia! I knew it had to be you! Oh, the drugs you've taken... And yet, you're fine! There are a few things I can give you, you know. Would you be happier if I just promised you a little more of... this!?She flicks up a vial of pink liquid, sending it spinning before she captures it. You don't recognize it, but...
You want it. Bad.
Hmmm, Dilation of the eyes, but no salivating. You're quite resistant. Probably the cleverest thing the Queen ordered, you know. It gets us so much funding, though I didn't expect a cult. Oh well, easy troops. Most of our servants come from there, you know. Unwanted pregnancies are so common, and we can just make it "Fwoosh!" She throws up her hands a little and moves her fingers, as if it's a magic trick
Disappear! Fortunately, the distracting vial of pink liquid disappears up her sleeve.
We're getting off track, no? T-the bandit group died out when the leader sacrificed everybody to the Gestating God. I survived because of the drider resitance, but I was burnt by the marks. He was going to make me a luitenant.Hmmm, yes. I have read the reports. Interesting creatures... Did you see a few.Y-yes. They're... THey're horrible. Powerful?Very.Do you have an example....Yes.Your hand shoots up, still a little sluggish, but fast enough. You close your hand around her throat, causing her to drop her things and try to rip away your fingers. She doesn't even come close, and you bash her against the cart of tools, sending most of the sharp bits away.
I think this will give you an idea.Squeeze.You'll figure it out when she's dead.Unparalyse me, and you get to live.You're walking out of here.Let's continue the talk, shall we?Without the upcoming distraction of being operated on.OtherBasic Stats
Level: 12
HP: 07/55 (Tranquilized, but your arm is free)
Stress: 50/70 (turning the tables really did wonders for your state of mind.)
Poison stings: 0/1
Restraint 2/3
Mana: 00/50
Corruption: 5/10
Thirst: Sated
Children (Where did THEY go?)
Adam
Alice
Cactus
Items and equipment
Equipment:
First Tome of Eternal Darkness
Skills and spells
Magic:
Resurrect vermin: Allows you to resurrect very small creatures such as rats(invests 2 of your max mana) (no mana cost)
Resurrect average beast: Allows you to resurrect creatures such as dogs, cats and other similar-sized creatures.(invests 7 mana) (no mana cost)
Resurrect Humanoid: Allows you to resurrect humanoid creatures. (Invests 10 mana) (Costs 14 mana)
Reshape minion plus!: Allows you to majorly change the appearance of your resurrected minions.
Control Undead: Allows you to attempt to control an undead that doesn't belong to you. (mana cost of 2 per second, unmastered)
Minion Vision: Allows you to see what a minion sees. The minion must have eyes.
Disintegrate undead: Delete a corpse you currently control.
Animate Piece: Allows you to animate just a piece of dead tissue. It requires your constant attention, and cannot act independently. (Drains 0 mana)
Graft: Allows you to use dead tissue as a replacement limb. Requires a lot of mana. (1 per second) (average limb takes around 20 seconds to properly graft)
Gather Soul: Allows you to make a soul visible. You could try putting it in a flame of some sort to keep it around. (9 mana)
Soul battery: Allows you to use a soul-infused flame as a small mana-boost. This snuffs it out, however
Undead flashbang: Allows you to blow up a minion for a flash-bang effect. (9 mana)
Stitch: allows you to close a wound and stop bleeding as fast as you can stitch. Costs zero mana, but requires something to stitch with.
Siphoning Cloud: Breathe out a cloud that drains the life from victims and gives it to you. Adds a LOT to intimidation (4 mana)
Smoke Cloud: Breathe out harmless but thick smoke. (1 mana)
Deathbolt: A bolt that hurts the body's connection with it's soul. Causes minor wounds to appear over the body as it attempts to compensate (1 mana)
Doombolt: A more powerful version of the above (4 Mana)
Pinworks: You can apply spells into a bone spike, relative to the size of the victim. You can also make traps if you use an offensive spell.
Companions
Tom(cat)
Poop Conductor (Pigeon)
Skills:
Claws: Your arm has been replaced with a powerful claw. This is BOUND to you, and cannot be removed.
Pride: You have a mind-controlling leech in your arm. This is so mindblowingly unethical/illegal it would put you in "kill on sight" status with a lot of organisations/people.
Broodmother: Once per day, you can sting something to create spiderlings, which are large, clever spiders that adore you by default. Your instincts cause you to be VERY protective of them.
Crossbow usage: Novice
Gun usage: Novice
Oral Fixation: Can cast spells spells from the mouth.
Draining: Can drain blood using fangs.
Major experience in blocking and swordplay.
Climber
Crafty: Bolas
Cooking skill: Excellent
Corpse Cutting: Quite Decent.
Animal handling: inexperienced.
Necromantic knowledge
Soul Sniffer
Author
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