Beast form (Complete)

Arthur woke up in the middle of the night after having a dream about Allison. His heart started racing when he realized that something was staring at him. The scariest part was that he didn't know where the staring was coming from. He just knew that something was looking directly at him. Cold sweat trickled down his forehead as he looked around, trying to detect any movement in the bushes.

Suddenly, something hit his eyes, and he lost his vision. He panicked and started flailing around while yelling in frustration, "Who are you? Show yourself!" He shot out web-like abilities from his arms in desperation. His mind was filled with doubt and a tinge of fear as he continued to search for the source of the staring.

Then he heard some footsteps in the grass and turned towards them. "Show yourself now!" he yelled with more confidence. That's when he heard a lady's voice filled with laughter, "What will it change? Even if I were to show myself to you, you still wouldn't win." Arthur felt panic creeping in, and his mind started racing. He knew that he couldn't let this be how he goes out. He couldn't let this be what takes him out of this world.

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Warning: system overloaded

"Beast form" has been forcibly unlocked

Beast form (Complete) has been, through sheer willpower, activated.

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Arthur falls to the ground as he writhes in pain. The lady stares in shock and confusion as to what is happening.

New limbs dark as night protrude through the flesh on his back, creating new muscles on their way out. Eyes are forcibly grown in his face, eye sockets expand his skull, and flesh appears where there weren't any. Huge new mandibles extend out on either side of his jaw, and all his six eyes, including the sclera, turn blood-red.

The lady clicks her tongue as she realizes she has to fight the thing in front of her. She sighs as her deep orange eyes gaze over the boy, who seemingly has no control of himself anymore.

The boy stands up, his face riddled with rage, unbridled and uncontained rage.

She releases her weapon from a hidden compartment in her spine. Holding her battle staff firm, she steels herself as all the emotion from her face vanishes and, in its place, takes a cold and focused gaze.

Arthur leaps toward the woman, and her brown fedora flies off her head as she hits him in another direction. He spits blood on the ground, a tooth joining the blood pool before it starts sizzling like crazy. Her eyes grow wide as she realizes any fluid from his body, from his saliva to even his blood, could be acidic.

She tries to end it quickly as she pulls something out of her jacket and screws it on the top of the battle staff. After she taps it on the ground once, a massive spear tip extends from it as she gets into a battle-ready stance.

"Let's play vérlacho," she says in a foreign accent as she disappears before knocking Arthur in his face with the spear. Arthur grunts as his limbs grab the spear and throw it away. The lady cusses, "Enough games. I grow tired of you!" She bites down on a flask with a small note saying: "Ambroise" As it enters her mouth, an indescribable amount of pressure releases from her body. Arthur freezes up, and the lady doesn't waste a moment. In a flash, she has already knocked him out cold with a kick square to the forehead.

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Beast form (Complete) has been deactivated.

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His body returns to normal except for some bruises on the spots where the extra limbs and eyes were. "What a headache," The woman says as she puts the staff back into her spine. Grabbing his leg, she moves toward the horizon, Arthur in tow.

Arthur wakes up in what appears to be a prison. He tries shaking the bars of his cell, but they are made of a metal that feels unusually strong. Feeling angry, he screams passionately. "Woah woah woah, why are you yelling so much?" On the other side of the cage stands Bill, who snorts as Arthur realizes something he hasn't before - the man standing before him has the nose of a pig. "You're a beast-man?" he asks in a disdainful voice. Bill laughs at this and grabs a chair, placing it in front of Arthur's cell. "It's quite ironic that you're wearing that expression to me. Aren't you the same?" His laugh sounds like a pig's snort as he removes his hat and places it on a nearby table. "You remember my offer. Do you want to join me? I'll give you strength; all you have to give me in return is your loyalty." He smiles as his greased, dapper, slicked-back hair comes into view, in addition to his pig ears. His orange eyes glint as he pours himself a glass of liquor.