>>1073026
Later. If anyone's getting a fashion makeover before a boss battle, it's Magda.
Post-apocalypse Charisma requirements are still weird.

New nerves sounds good. Something to blind the necromancer too, might make it harder for them to attack your buds.

>>1073012
Lots of nerve gas.

>I think you guys would.
That's because we are moralists. Don't mind us, ultimately, it's your decision. We can only influence you that much. We wouln't make you do it for free either.

>... Weird. I thought I caught a flash of something from Mags.
She's smitten by you. She really cares about your opinions and what you think of her. You have to be very careful how you behave towards her.
>Not even sure what to ask for, though. Maybe a mouth that can ignore poison or new nerves? What do you guys think?
Well thank her, you dolt!
As for what we might need... I'm not sure right now. Does she have something new in stock?

>>1073204
Eh. It's her life. I think she's capable of doing good at the risk of her life but there's nothing shameful about running from a suicide mission.

Magda has low Humanity, so I would suggest a upgraded heart. A strong heartbeat should hopefully be soothing, and better blood circulation would make her more energetic and improve her stim-mask.

Ask C.C. if she has a blood powered turbine for Magda. That would pair with the heart, and allow the power of galvanism to overclock her mechanical parts, zap things, and possibly zap herself out of necromantic mind control.

For Gungrave, add more meat to the coffin in the form of cheap spindly limbs. As a sniper she might need to quickly reposition and this can be expediently achieved by riding the coffin like a sort of spider-horse. Also you can nibble on the legs in an emergency to heal.

For yourself, a gunslinger needs to be fast on the draw! Nerve upgrades sound great. Can you get ones that are a little haunted to give yourself a touch of precognition or extrasensory feeling?

I think we'd be resistant to it but for insurance against necromantic mind control, I'd suggest a secondary brain. It can have some simple reflexes and autonomous behaviour in the event you freeze up or your main brain is disabled. You don't want to remove any more internal organs, so put it in your boobs.

1/4 Jane 2023/10/31(Tue)20:21 No. 1076067 ID: 08229c
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>A discount? This is your chance to buy horse legs. Become a centaur. It’s the next best thing to being a cowgirl!

I mean... If you think about it... A centaur would be the ultimate cowgirl, no? Like... You're rider and mount... And it'd be so cool to gallop across the land, shooting a bunch of romeos...

But horse parts are so rare and-

Jane 2023/10/31(Tue)20:26 No. 1076068 ID: 08229c
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>A dick. You should get a dick. A nice big one.

...
No. If I wanted a dick I could have given myself one ages ago.

Where do you even put the dick on a centaur?

That wouldn't make any sense at all.

3/4 Jane 2023/10/31(Tue)21:08 No. 1076073 ID: 08229c
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Jane shakes her head to remove the intrusive thoughts.

"Uh... Wow. Thanks guys, really. I think we'll definitely take you up on that, right?" She looks around the room. Everyone but Lotte nods. "Can we get a moment to talk things over and meet you at the shop?"

"Of course, Jane~"
"Don't take too long. We have other work."
"We're free all day~"

She flicks her brothers cheek and the two excuse themselves.

"Well well," Lotte, grins wide and smiles at Jane. "Look at you. You've got a bright big smile on your face. That's cute. You look cute."

"I do..?" Jane touches her face. She was, in fact, smiling. Everyone else nods. "... That's not important. Look, let's discuss tactics. I have a few ideas for some mods. Let's try and limit to like one bio mod per person. I don't want them wasting all their resources on us."

The group agrees. Everyone, except Lotte, thinks about what they want. Jane brings up her (your) ideas to the group. There is some back and forth before everyone settles on what they want. They make their way to the Twins shop. Jane's up first.

She sits down at the twins' operating table.

"It's always nice to have you Jane~"
"Did you decide on what you wanted?"

"I got a few ideas. First I want my nerves upgraded. And I want them to attach to a secondary brain to help me fight against the necromancer. Is that possible?"

"Hmm. Well, it's untested~"
"But possible."
"At the very least we can give your nerves an upgrade~"

"Also, uh... I want you to remove a chunk of my brain. Let's see if we can spread these voices to others. Maybe that might help against necromancy?"

"That sounds dangerous~"
"And also untested."
"We can take out a small bit and run some tests. Is that fine~?"

Jane nods and tells them to do it. She feels a sharp pinch at the base of her neck and then nothing. Instead she can hear the sounds of flesh being cut and pulled away. If she focuses really hard she can feel her nerves being pulled out. The twins work their magic, letting the thin tendrils slip out of her skin and muscle without any resistance.

"Jane, we were thinking~"
"..."
"It's so unusual to see you doing work like this~ Dangerous work. And to ask others for help."
"And you have Magda back."
"Is all well~?"

"........."

"It's okay, you don't have to talk. Sorry for prying~"
"Ah, brother, I don't think she can move anymore."
"Oh. Right~ Hehe, we do have her half out so..."

4/4 Jane 2023/10/31(Tue)21:47 No. 1076076 ID: 08229c
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Jane is put all back together and fed some meat to help her recover to full. She stands up and flexes her limbs. She feels good. Better than good, even.

"Another wonderful project done~ We added what you wanted and made some modifications. You have new nerves, modified to allow you to move faster, react faster, and they're somewhat resistant to cuts."
"There's also the secondary brain you wanted to help facilitate all that."
"We think it might allow you to still move while under a necromancer control~"
"Maybe. Also I know you want to keep your body as close to baseline as possible so I stuck the secondary brain inside your chest. Your titties are haunted."

"..."

"She's kidding~ We just put it in your chest cavity~"

"Okay, good... Yeah, this works great."

Enhanced Nerves Obtained: Sometimes reacts to danger before even aware of it. Faster reaction time.
Secondary Brain: A small brain to help the nerves. Might protect against necromancers???

"We'll work on the others now~"
"Good luck with everything, Jane."

"Yeah. Thanks again."

Hmm. Is there anything else we need to bring up with the twins?
Or we could see C.C. for something.

>>1076076
>Hmm. Is there anything else we need to bring up with the twins?
Yeah, how did the thing with the piece of us go? Cause from our side it threw our time perception out of what, it feels like it's been over a month since we were in your house.

It doesn't hurt to ask if they have horse legs. For later.

>>1076076
Talk to C.C.: We're probably gonna need more bullets. Possibly an RPG.

>>1076076
For the record I am TOTALLY inside your boob right now. It's nice. You have nice boobs. I'm not leaving.

>>1076080
Forget the horse thing.

Lets see if we can get ourselves some pipe bombs or something.

>>1076068
>where on a centaur?
Between the rear legs.

Ask if they have horse parts.

So does having more brain give you more room to think or are we still taking up too much processing power?

Also can we choose where we’re stored? Can we, in fact, haunt your boobs?

>>1076076

> Inquire about our tissue sample.
> Inquire about what others are getting.

Then I think it's time we focus on tech. Also, thank the twins.

>>1076076
Ask the twins if they wanna smash
Waggle eyebrows

>Where do you put the dick on a centaur?
Based on research, any-@#$%ing where.

>What else
We need big guns. Artillery. A contingency plan, in case we need to cut losses and destroy the dungeon before the lich escapes.

Gotta find out about the experiment. Regardless they did a good job on everything else. Next up is... Time to double check supplies, get anything that's missing, and get extras with anything we have left.

The centaur will have to remain a dream for now. Maybe someday

>>1076105
Human one up front and horse between the rear legs.

>>1076105

Mortars are easier to make at a low tech level. Also good at flinging things around that might be magically tough; always useful.

1/3 Jane 2023/11/02(Thu)18:53 No. 1076276 ID: 08229c
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>Ask the twins if they wanna smash

I'm not horny. Also Olivia might still be mad at me... Maybe. It's hard to tell with that girl sometimes. Also they have work to do. And so do I, for that matter!
Get your thoughts out of the gutter, posse.
Cause then you put MY thoughts there too.

>So does having more brain give you more room to think or are we still taking up too much processing power?

Hmm... I don't FEEL smarter? But I definitely feel like some of the burden of hearing you guys has gone done. I'm not sure what that means.

>Can we haunt your boobs?

No.

>Ask what the others got.

I got the basics of what they want. I know Magda wants a stronger heart and Gungrave wants to upgrade her freaky coffin thing.

>It doesn't hurt to ask if they have horse legs. For later.
>Ask if they have horse parts.

"So, uh... Before I go a few questions. Do you guys uh... Did you run into any horse parts..?"

Horse.

2/3 Jane 2023/11/02(Thu)19:06 No. 1076278 ID: 08229c
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The twins have a big smile between the two of them.

"Hehe~"
"Snrk."

"W-what?"

"Ah, nothing~ We were just concerned about how your recent brain damage may have changed you~"
"But I guess we were worried for nothing."
"Still as horse obsessed as ever~"
"You asked us about it not too long ago. You know how rare foreign meat is?"
"It's okay, she has a dream~ She's gonna be the prettiest pony~"

"Stallion! Horse! Not pony! And they have strong muscles! It might be useful for the mission! It's nothing weird!"

"Mhmm, of course Jane~"
"It's not weird at all."

"It's not!"

3/3 Jane 2023/11/02(Thu)19:19 No. 1076281 ID: 08229c
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"Whatever! Is there anything on the brain experiment?"

"Ah, that~"
"We're still on the initial testing phase."

They reveal a minor chimera. Jane can see where the brain piece was grafted.

"I thought you said you were taking a small bit."

"It's the least we could take while still being effective~"
"The chunk is already regrown."
"We have a minor undead warding artifact, keyed to a specific phrase only we know~"
"To ward off thieves."
"And your brain doesn't seem to give it any innate resistance to mind control effects~"
"Which is half of what necromancy is, really."

>>1076281

Testing. Testing. Brain 1 to Brain 2. Condor to rat-tlesnake. Do you read?

Is there a tiny chunk of us in there too?
I dub thee 'Klaatu'.

>>1076281
<Imput Command: Move Foreword 1 ft, do a 90 degree turn to our left, move foreword 2 ft, face jane, Attempt a backflip.

>>1076278
Jane the 'Stallion' is the horse gender with the cock

>>1076281
Okay let's see if we can rig this
[Assign ID to Chimera: 31a99dc8-79f0-11ee-b962-0242ac120002]
[Assign Name to Chimera: Patarat]
[Patarat: Waddle Menacingly]

>>1076276
>No.
Aw, how cute, she thinks she has a choice. It's nice and comfy here, I ain't leavin'.

>>1076278
Oh? Not a mare? Then we're definitely gonna need that horse cock after all. Stallions are breeding males, after all.

Not to be weird, but I think your boobs look a bit bigger. I think the twins might have added some fatty tissue to them to make you -think- they put the brain in there. As a joke.

The twins sure are giving you a lot a shit when someone in town turned themselves into a train.

Also hello little buddy, can you wave please?

Cute. I'll try making it do a backflip but it's possible we didn't transfer, sorry for the brain damage then.

Anyway they did everything we wanted so that'll do regardless of initial success. Maybe they'll have more for us if we survive.

Eat some zombie kibble, little rat. You need to grow up big and strong with a fat snake tail.

1/2 Jane 2023/11/03(Fri)20:09 No. 1076385 ID: 08229c
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>Oh? Not a mare? Then we're definitely gonna need that horse cock after all. Stallions are breeding males, after all.

>Jane the 'Stallion' is the horse gender with the cock

Sh-shut up. I knew that... I'll be a... Mare?
Stallion sounds so much cooler though.

>The twins sure are giving you a lot a shit when someone in town turned themselves into a train.

Right!? And look at them! They're a two headed romeo!

>Not to be weird, but I think your boobs look a bit bigger. I think the twins might have added some fatty tissue to them to make you -think- they put the brain in there. As a joke.

I think you guys just have boobs on the brain. My tits are the same size as ever.

>Also hello little buddy, can you wave please?
><Imput Command: Move Foreword 1 ft, do a 90 degree turn to our left, move foreword 2 ft, face jane, Attempt a backflip.
>Waddle

"Hey, little guy. Can you move?"

"..."

"Do a wave? A backflip?"

"..."

Hmm. Yeah. Sorry guys. It's a bust.

>Testing. Testing. Brain 1 to Brain 2. Condor to rat-tlesnake. Do you read?


Actually, let's try that.

Jane focuses all of her mental energy to try and communicate to the chimera to move. She feels a headache behind her eyes from how hard she's thinking.

It doesn't move.

Nope. Nothing. Ah well.

2/2 Jane 2023/11/03(Fri)20:10 No. 1076386 ID: 08229c
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Actually... What if we both gave the same mental command at the same time?

>Waddle Menacingly

Waddle for me little guy.

The same headache.

The creature waddles.

Holy shit.

>>1076386
Ok. Connection established. Now let's see... <change POV to chimera>

>>1076386
...Now is it worth strapping a bomb to it and having it just RUN to the necromancer?

>>1076388
hey I'm in there don't blow me up!

Who else wants to try mind welding with Jane?

>>1076386

If the twins have an amulet of undead repelling, then the best object test is to try to command the little guy to waddle toward the thing while it tries to force him back.

If we want a simpler test for early mapping that is distinct.

> Cover your eyes with your paws until we tell you to stop.

sweet, now pet it as a reward

>>1076386
Ooooh. New tech unlocked! If you put that brain part in a body that's actually durable and dangerous, we could use it as another team member. Better focus on the durable quality though since it's going to be hard to give it detailed combat advice. The rat might still have some use though. Either as a disposable bomb delivery device or a scout, depending on how well it follows detailed instructions, and if it can communicate back in any way.

Anyway, tell the twins you can control it, and demonstrate by making it do a headstand.

Rat: Do a headstand.

You'll be a Night-mare! That's pretty cool.

Anyway. Does this make you a psychic? Guess it's got kind of an investment needed. I do think the initial plan won't work if both of us need to order simultaneously, and the others aren't going to like being puppeted. But still, an interesting and useful new trick.

>>1076386
This….

Means you/we can give mental commands to ourselves or anyone or thing that has bits of our brain in it. There’s strain to doing so. Maybe it uses magic for this persuasion of the self?

So maybe we can’t protect against the necromancer - we’re still undead - but we might be able to give suggestions you can choose to pick instead of their commands.

If we play that right, you might even trick them into thinking the control magic won’t work on you at all. That should proper terrify them. Or you csn pretend to be under their control and use that to get close.

All that remains is testing it against the repelling charm. Use the test subject - and yourself, for good measure. Move on through, past the effect. If the strain is much, we need to look into ways of lessening it.

>>1076385
You know, if you really really want horse parts, give yourself appropriately sized legs, tail, ears, and unmentionables and call it a day.

Staying bipedal is a must. You can lie down, sit down, easily take stairs, fit in elevators and vehicles, crouch, go prone, etc.
Plus you lose less humanity.

>>1076678
Yes to the first no to the second. Remember, sustaining humanity is linked to fetters, such as relationships and obsessions, so by feeding into her horse hobby she loses less humanity than her current bioware.

>>1076386
Well, we know what we're doing for the rest of the week. How much do low-grade brains cost?