2nd Contraption - Oh, Worm?!

[pineapplesalmon]

Who: César Salazar (pineapplesalmon), YOU, and a giant frigging worm
What: The larvae inside César from the ship mutates into a giant EVO worm when it encounters one of César's nanites, which activates
When: May 1st (May Day) for fight; May 2nd for revival, May 3rd (late) through 9th for mandatory vacation
Where: Battle mostly in the field and forest nearest the path to Pumpkin Hollow from the nearest trolley stop to César's farm
Warning(s): giant green worm/larvae (MANY many eyes, fourth human arms around its mouth, rows of throat teeth), burning worm flesh does not smell like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
NOTES: Harvey has given sign-off that some of this can be canned for later. Because. It's a lot. So bountiful groceries for the price of basic! Or free if you are a food producer.

1. [CW: Debugging, chest-burster followed by crushing death, worm warnings (see above), fire, violence, o] A closed log to Magne and Dabi. César's death with potential haunting of Magne to follow. You stay by your soil-mate's side, you know?

2. [CW: worm warnings (see above), worm on people on worm violence, holes, only attempted vore because it's in too much pain (UPON REQUEST), can spew dirt on you (emeto, UPON REQUEST)] BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF IT. Shorter threads because that bastard is gonna run away.

The Floor is Larvae

A shrieking roar in the distance and yelling from people breaks the peace of the afternoon, followed by a spray of dirt as the ground shakes. More commotions ensue. Then sudden, the earth begins to tremble, then rumble, and then shake. It's coming towards you.

With another shrieking roar, a giant grub slams out of the ground, spraying dirt and rock everywhere. It's angry. It's hurt. And it has just spotted you.

Everything's been attacking it, and so will you, so it must attack you first.

3. [CW: (now dead) worm warnings, holes, likely someone eating it] GENERAL MINGLE THREAD. Touch the body. Be glad you can't get nanites.

The Still Worm Body

The worm finally dove down into the earth and came back up in a place without anyone to attack it. Unfortunately for the grub, it was only to die. The body lies still in a field. It's four arms around his mouth are slumped down, it's dozens of red eyes are open in a death stare. The tusk-shaped claws close to its body and its hundred or so of throat teeth are almost all attached. Some of its flesh is burnt, some of missing, some of it punctured such that it oozes.

The corpse is ripe to be picked over. After all, its not using it anymore. It would be a bad thing to let this much raw material go to waste, unstudied and unused.

4. [CW: Nonconsensual vacation] I'll post this one a bit later! But wildcarding will be heavily encouraged. :) César's getting a mandatory vacation because he died and WON'T FRIGGING REST.

WORM GENERAL INFO

32 second YouTube Video of the Worm EVO in action - Attempted VORE
Here's a reference to caterpillar anatomy! And also a picture of its head. This is what the caterpillar USED to be.

The caterpillar is as tall as a single story when lying flat. Segmented. Green with some fuzz. Many, many red eyes. Four human arms have replaced its maxillary palps, two on each side of its mouth which leads immediately into rows and rows of very pointed teeth down its throat. The spiracles have become engorged yellow sacks. The true legs and protolegs are now capped off with claws.

CW: Talking about butchering of the animal in this section!

Worm body scavenging

PER talking with Drake, the CW: DEAD ANIMAL AS FOOD DESCRIPTION FOLLOWING THIS flesh is definitely a bit similar to the internals of lobster. So. Uh. Someone please don't let all this high protein stuff go to waste. It will respond well to canning. And there will be no nanites in whatever is canned. It will also give you the bonus of bountiful groceries for the price of basic. Which means if you get free basic, you'll get free bountiful! Or it can be used later.

The claws of the legs (the length of an adult human forearm) and the teeth (many fitting well in a human hand) are big enough to be very useful. And also the eyes are solid, so they might... be interesting to keep around? The skin would be more mammalian, so it can be used for making green leather.

EVO WORM PICTURES

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[sistermagnetic]

Magne shakes her head, smiling warmly as she shifts where she sits and reaches to unlace and then shuck off her boots to put them aside on the lip of the spring, before dipping her feet into the water. She isn't moving to change just yet, preferring to stay here and chat with him for a bit.

"Have you ever been to an onsen before? Normally I would have to wash down first. And then...well. Go and try to find an isolated spot to soak, or else climb in with a bunch of men and you know how some men can be in those sorts of spaces." An eyeroll at the memories of some uncouth naked men older than her just doing the things that grown men tended to all do while naked in a space together.

[pineapplesalmon]

She caught his little hint that he'd love to share the hot spring with her! César can't brighten more than he already has. There is, however, a fleeting thought about how much easier Magne's smiles have gotten since he first met her.

"I've been to an onsen—during my weeb years." César makes fun of himself.

He brings up his hands and starts to massage one of her feet; César needs to touch her, it helps him focus, he simply loves doing it for her, and it keeps him calm so he doesn't go on a 'fuck your home' tangent (again) as he roll his eyes alongside her instead. "I do. Even I can be insufferably stupid in the right company."

[sistermagnetic]

Magne smiled quite a bit in her life leading up to now, but it's only recently that she's realized that she rarely ever smiled out of enjoyment or happiness, contentment, or really anything positive. She was a cruel and exacting person, and took satisfaction at making people pay for hurting her or the people that she cared about. She was happiest when doing terrible things in the service of a cause that she felt was right and just.

Here, she doesn't have to fight for a damn thing, unless it's...y'know, monsters coming out of the sky or the ground. Totally different vibe.

Magne reclines with the weight of her leg supported by César's hands on her foot, her head tilting to rest against her shoulder. It's one of those simple gestures that she's become so enamored of when he started to do it in his continued endeavoring to make her feel as loved and cared for as possible. Her toes wiggle as he hits a ticklish spot.

"Everyone can be, and you know it only seems to get worse when it's friends all grouped together. I don't blame them for being idiots, but goodness..." She shakes her head. "I've seen more than my fair share of hairy butts, that's for certain."

[pineapplesalmon]

César knows the type. Black Knight, except she enjoyed punching down. Rex had vindictive and angry tendencies himself, but Holiday, Six, and Bobo kept him on the right path and supported him. Both reasons why Rex would understand and get along with Magne—just like his brother.

The toes wiggling gets a giggle, but the hairy butts comment stops César's hands dead. Maybe it's because Magne's a woman, or the way she 'complained', or being alive again making everything brighter—

César bursts into loud laughter, bracing Magne's foot on his shoulder to keep himself from doubling over and accidentally drowning in his own mirth and idiocy. Now who's supporting whose weight?

[sistermagnetic]

Juvenile humor in the right frame of mind could be a hell of a drug. Magne laughs a bit in kind, more keen on watching the way that he lights up and needs to use her for support. Her weight shifts forward and she reaches to gently smooth his face between her hands before she withdraws her foot and moves to stand and finally change out of her clothes and join him there in the water.

"I'll be back, don't drown," she calls as she disappears over the stone bank to undress and leave her clothes hung neatly near where she'd left his.

When she reappears, she's quick to hop into the water and disappear under it. She would pop up again with her hair slicked back away from her face. She smiles back at him again and put her arms out.

[pineapplesalmon]

César sometimes watches her joy in exactly the same way. He's recovered enough from his laughter to just look at her with deep love and affection as she touches his face. Oh, how his heart starts beating when he realizes she's joining him in the water!

"Promise I won't!" César calls back, enjoying the view as Magne leaves, as she comes back, and... after she surfaces with her hair slicked back. Fuck. Hold it together, Salazar. Focus on the need to just be with her.

He half-swims, half-walks into Magne's inviting arms, and wraps his arms tightly around her mid-back, burying his face into her neck to take in her scent as he feels his body against hers. César's brain quiets. Except for one thought: Magne will someday be his wife.

"Te amo."

[sistermagnetic]

It's a testament to just how comfortable around him she's become in every aspect that she doesn't shy away from him seeing, or feeling her, bared before him. Her arms drape over his shoulders, and the side of her head comes to rest against his as her eyes close. One hand combs delicately through his hair as she lets herself relax back so that they've half reclined to drift in the water.

"Suki-desu...daisuki-desu..."

[pineapplesalmon]

César almost proposes as she says those words, here and now, as he drifts in Magne's arms and basks in her affection. Instead, he presses his mouth to the hard-won muscles that connect her neck and shoulder with open lips, reveling in how comfortable she is with him now. That is hard-won, too.

There's no need to say anything for the moment, and he can't, anyways. The love that rushes through him as rapidly as his heartbeat leaves no room for words.

wrap!

[sistermagnetic]

It's so warm and relaxing here that she could honestly doze off right here on the spot with him resting against her, head pillowed on her shoulder. She's happy here.

They don't have to say anything more. She's already planning to help keep him busy doing everything except for work right now, until his imposed vacation is done. They can work on how to prevent it happening again after the time limit is up.