audio (after shield is repaired and things are settling down at the end of the area)

[coffinturk]

[ Vincent isn't one to mince words. The message is relatively short and precise given its content. ]

We are all changing.

[ Yes. That is correct, Valentine. ]

The marks that appear are connected. But the changes are different even when two people seem to be becoming the same type of monster.

Contact me with the changes you are experiencing and the sigil's appearance. I will make a record.

Deliver it however you wish. Your thoughts on the changes are welcome.

Comments

TEXT RESPONSE OHOHO

[iron_stomach]

Aside from having access to healing mantras I never bothered to pay for, no noticeable changes. I'm going to assume the mantras are a side effect of this pending new demon. The sigil's definitely a unicorn, I've fought and devoured a few before. So that's probably what my new demon is.

Hooray.

HEAT STATEMENT IN EFFECT

[coffinturk]

I'll note it down. Changes seem to happen over time. Temporary changes may be useful to know as well.

[ Maybe it has to do with the biome or a moon warp but correlation is probably worth keeping record of. ]

Heat advisory!

[iron_stomach]

Nothing temporary. Just the healing.

Kind of feels like waiting for an interesting thing and then nothing happens.

AUDIO

[definitionofcrazy]

Guess it's a little complicated.

[Deep breath in, deep breath out. Her voice sounds odd, like it's distant and distorted- probably just the radio, right?]

Ever heard of a zombie? 'Cuz I'm pretty sure I'm like a zombie or something now.

[coffinturk]

[ Does he expect that Faith's definition of words is different from his by this point? Yes. Will he mention it? No. ]

Yes.

[ Then. ]

Traits? Instincts? What does your mark look like?

[definitionofcrazy]

Kinda corpsey. Gnarly cut around my neck that should kill me. Uh...

[Okay, she's not great at this sort of analytical stuff. What else-]

I don't think I have any instincts, but I am wicked hungry, like, all the time and nothing seems to make it better. Tried raw meat... hell, even tried blood. Nothing but nasty.

[Uh, mark.]

Already had a tat, but it changed when I got here. Looks kinda... spine-ish? And there's a skull now. And, uh...

[This is the one she didn't really want to talk about, but here it is.]

...My head falls off at night now.

[Which, yes, included this moment and this conversation.]

audio

[undyingcrow]

[Akechi hums softly. How to put this...]]

My sigil is a chimeric beast, not unlike myself. Horns, fangs, and a hooked snout... wings...

My own changes align well enough. Jet black feathers like a crow's cover my face and entire upper body, along with the wings upon my back. I have crow-like talons, with black, scaled hands, and my teeth have sharpened over time.

Ears like a big cat, a scorpion's tail before the water brought forth... alterations. At some point, I will grow a snout and my legs will take on the appearance of a white tiger's.

At the moment, they're more equine with bioluminescence.

Re: audio

[coffinturk]

[ He's definitely writing all this down. ]

Chimera, hm. You mentioned you were among the first group to arrive. I know temporary changes happen. Tell me about what you experienced and the environment it occurred in.

[undyingcrow]

Hmm... Well, my initial changes occurred in the heat of battle, not long after I arrived. In that time, I obtained the aforementioned talons.

[A small, simple change, but no less striking.]

In the following month, a Moon Warp occurred, and my entire body transformed. That's how I knew to anticipate the feathers, horns, ears, snout, wings, paws, and even a more bestial form that I could shift in and out of. I could also breathe fire.

When the Moon Warp ended, only the talons and my sharpened teeth remained. The following changes gradually occurred over the following months, and I suspect that once these more aquatic changes subside, my "intended" transformation will resume.

audio;

[propatriamori]

[The clipped nature of the message doesn't bother Edward. It's almost refreshing, having someone refuse to dance around any given topic.]

I couldn't tell you if I look any different. For awhile, in the water, I was half whale. But now I have legs again.

[He sounds disappointed over this, because he is.]

As for a sigil, it could be etched on my forehead and I wouldn't know it was there. If you've noticed anything, I'd be happy to hear about it.

[He is growing a sigil, but it's between his shoulder blades and so no one has noticed it.]

Re: audio;

[coffinturk]

The environment here seems to have a habit of bestowing aquatic traits. Temporary was probably good.

[ Imagine trying to travel with the convoy with a whale tail. ]

I haven't seen it yet. [ He doesn't bring up the reason why Ed can't tell him. That'd be rude. ] The next time you work with the guns, you can tell me what you should look like. I'll examine you for changes.

Permanent changes seem to manifest gradually. It may be another month before there's anything to notice.

[propatriamori]

Perhaps.

[Or, consider, he could have just stayed behind and been a whale forever.]

Well, you've seen my face and hands. I assume if it had appeared in either place, you'd have told me.

[And for as much as he appreciates Vincent, Edward isn't going to strip down in front of him. He's far too shy and post-Victorian to do something like that.]

I have noticed... tingles? In my feet. It's as though I'm picking up vibrations through the ground. I can tell who someone is based on their footsteps.

Audio

[solitarysoul]

The month we had that storm I grew bird wings. The next month I got pricked by a thorn and grew hooves. Then I had moth wings last month and thus month I, uh...well it's hooves when I'm on land but a fish tail in the water.

I can't see my sigil well, so I can't really describe it. It's a dog, I think.

Re: Audio

[coffinturk]

Hm. Hooves, but a dog's sigil? And you were able to transform the tail caused by the waterways?

[ Some seemed unable to do that. Or perhaps they didn't try to come back to land? Vincent will need to verify. ]

Your ears and nose. Are they normal for you or part of your transformation here?

it’s showtime!! aka time to be a troll } text

[phantomshow]

You’re assuming everyone is changing.

likewise a switch to text

[coffinturk]

Yes.

[ Is the simple answer because it's a silly thing to bring up? No. But it's all he gives Ren. Well, Vincent's earlier terse words suggest he's not one to speak much. Perhaps even less in text. ]

[firstsoldier]

I sincerely hope you remain the lone exception. This is not something to be wished upon anyone.

audio;

[faceguy]

Well, mine has a skull, and now most of my insides are visible, so... that feels pretty self-explanatory!

[So he says.]

Re: audio;

[coffinturk]

[ Scribble. ]

Unfortunate.

[ You have his sympathies, Leo. Probably mostly the bit about the visible insides. ]

Is that difficult to maintain?

voice to text response

[hexrot]

[ before messaging comes, a summary of jayce's first month of notes come in. ]

I attempted something similar the first month we were here with poor results. Not many were willing to expose themselves. Here's to your chances fairing better than mine.

I've also compiled a list of runes and their deciphered meaning that spread out across ten possible monster archtypes. I'm sending them to you now, and I've made them publicly available for study on the shared convoy system.

[ here. ]

Audio

[guidemyway]

I've got horns, sharp teeth, and razor sharp claws.

A little unsettling, but super cool!

Re: Audio

[coffinturk]

Interesting.

[ Clearly it will be noted down. ]

Any idea of what your sigil looks like? Instincts?

audio

[x2bet]

You wanna know what I'm changin' into?

Some bullshit, that's what!

[coffinturk]

[ Fortunately Vincent doesn't appear to be the type to take that literally even as a joke.

Much to the narrator's disappointment. ]

Describe it.

[audio]

[serialmurderbot]

[Well, one change comes through automatically, no matter what SecUnit's efforts to keep it from being obvious. Its voice crackles and hums with static more than the radio does for anyone else.]

I don't have an image of it.

[Seeing things on the back of its shoulders when ti doesn't have any cameras to look with is annoying, actually.]

The contamination effects seem to change depending on Moon Warp, location, environment, time, and potentially other variables. How much are you taking those into account?