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[bhaalyn]

I see introductions are all the rage these days. I'll make mine brief.

My name is Deimos. I've a tadpole inside my brain that threatens to turn me into a hideously horrid creature known as a mind flayer for those of you familiar with the term. My current theory is that due to being in this other world, I am now beyond the reach of the brain that can issue the command for me to transform. Additionally, I have no true recollection of my past before the tadpole; I am told the amnesia is unrelated. And to wrap up my honesty, I have violent urges that sometimes overtake me against my will. Again, likely to be unrelated to the tadpole.

I explain all this for two reasons:
1. Should any of the above be similar to your own situation, we might benefit from good conversation.
2. If none of the above is similar, you all deserve to know whom you sleep near so that you may take action should I ever become a threat and begin to transform.

Now, all that aside that does lead me to a question to help me better understand my new companions: what is your own strangest adventure you experienced in your own home world? I look forward to seeing your responses.

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[downswing]

( This... is a great wealth of information. )

What manner of horrid creature?

[bhaalyn]

( he likes to be helpful. )

A mind flayer. Somewhat humanoid except some vaguely exposed brain parts, large tentacles coming from the mouth, and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth.

[downswing]

( ...................allow him a moment further. )

Incontrollable?

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[bigsmile]

how did it get in there?

[bhaalyn]

A mind flayer themselves inserted it through my eye.

[bigsmile]

someone inserted a tadpole through your eye?



are you okay?

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[matermali]

May I suggest that you attempt to discover a way to restrain such urges?

Perhaps you will come across opportunities here that you never could before.

[bhaalyn]

I promise, all I do is fight them.

But if I were to be honest, which is the best way for me to go, there was an incident once... Where I woke in the night to find I had murdered an innocent girl with no recollection of doing so.

[matermali]

No one here is innocent.

That would be an unacceptable outcome, nonetheless.

What have you done to fight them?

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[vdovy]

Welcome, Deimos and tadpole. I am Yelena. It sucks not to be in control of yourself. Will you need to be restrained?

Oh, and to answer your question: lots of strange stuff happens in my world, but the weirdest thing I personally experienced was watching myself turn to dust in the bathroom mirror.

[bhaalyn]

It is my pleasure, Yelena. As for restrained, I believe currently I have control. But should I feel that slipping, then yes. I would appreciate some I could count on to restrain me. Or better, put me down should I be unrestrainable.

If you watched yourself turn to dust, how are you here now? ( like damn, he thought he had it bad! )

[vdovy]

You can count on me for both.

I was resurrected after five years. It's not quite amnesia, but I know how it feels to lose time.

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[revengeisalie]

[ Well, that is. Certainly something. He seems like a nice guy, though?]

Can you be restrained when you lose control?

And my strangest adventure, hmm... yeah, it's probably when I invaded Edo Castle together with another girl to save our men and end a horrible government experiment. I'd say that probably counts as pretty weird!

[bhaalyn]

( he does try. )

Whether I can or not mostly depends on if there are people who can restrain me. Normal rope should do it, so long as it is thick and tied well.

It sounds more brave to me.

[revengeisalie]

That's good, then! Surely someone here must be good at that kind of thing.

And thank you! I'd like to think so. Even though it was everyone else who really did all of the fighting. Though I'd like to think at least my wits helped.

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[traaaaaash]

Brain slug! Now that's a new one. Always good when life is full of surprises.

And hey, don't worry, there's a bunch of very capable people here who could put you down if it came to that.

[bhaalyn]

Surprises such as coming to a new world?

I am getting that impression, and it is more relieving than you might think to hear.

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[damnable]

Holy shit.

I've heard of open books before, and I strive to be one myself these days, but this is impressive. What do you transform into you, or is it still your general self but with the overwhelming desire to murder?

[bhaalyn]

It might be a bit much, but I've found being upfront is the safest way to go with it. Haven't been murdered outright for it yet, at least.

As for the transformation, it's unrelated to the murderous desires surprisingly. I don't know what happens the further those go, beyond more blood shed... but if the tadpole transforms me it will transform me into a creature called a mind flayer. Tall, kind of purple like with orange orbs for eyes, and tentacles and teeth on their sides where it's mouth is.

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[valeas]

[ Ah, if this doesn't speak to her.

She is taken aback by his straightforwardness. It's far more than she has managed, evidenced by how she ensures this conversation remains private. ] I'm sorry. I know what it is like to remember nothing of your past life.

[ To be consumed by violent urges that are frightening to the part of you that does not want to wound. ]

[bhaalyn]

I am sorry. You too suffer from it, then?

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[reparo]

This certainly explains why you took a wolf down bare-handed and were comfortable with blood. Are these violent urges something that happened before the tadpole, and how would you have found out about that?

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[reparo]

I once brewed a potion that was meant to transform me into someone else - a hair of the person you're intending to transform into is needed, but I unknowingly had stolen not a girl's hair, but her cat's - I had ears and whiskers and a tail for a good few hours. That was the same year I was petrified - literally, turned into stone.

And that's all before I turned fourteen. Beyond that time, all my adventures turn grim rather than weird.

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[silverneedles]

Can it be removed or does that involve too much risk?

The strangest... adventure that I experienced was transplanting a golden core, the source of cultivation powers in my world.

[bhaalyn]

I tried many healers, and unfortunately I've learned it's protected by a magic that makes it impossible to remove through magical or physical means.

That sounds intriguing with the little you've said. I'd love to hear more.