thank fuck

what if there's a way to help you?"(fog)

"huh?"(woman)

"you might not like it."(fog)

"no please if there's a way I need to know."(woman) begged.

"well.....look there's no better way I can think of to say this but my offspring can overpower the one currently in you, look it's your choice I won't force you, at any moment if you don't want to everything stops."(fog)

[what about mercy being an accommodation being undeserved by some?]

*this isnt mercy, this is compassion*

[is there a difference?]

*I'll tell you later*

the robotic female voice in my head was growing annoying but I couldn't really do anything about it so I just let it go.

"would you mind freeing me first?"(woman)

"oh yeah right sorry."(fog)

using a blood dagger I cut the rope binding her with ease, I probably could've just cut them but it felt like making a new dagger just for this only, would be a waste.

once free she awkwardly covered her private areas one hand for boobs and the other for her lower self, now that I really looked at her she couldn't have been more than 19, what was she doing out here? more importantly why is she a commander of a militarized force? and from where?

ah doesn't matter.

"so....this 'solution' is totally my choice?"(woman)

"yeah."(fog)

a silnce permeated our corpse surrounded immediate area, honestly this whole thing just felt wrong.

"I don't wanna die."(woman)

"look why don't you come with me out of here and think about everything as we go."(fog)

I got an affirmative nod so I just gently grabbed her hand with my tentacle, something she nearly jumped backwards in terror from and started slowly moving out of the camp, which was situated in a shallow valley.

I cast glances back at her every once in a while she was holding her stomach which from what I could guess looked close to 6 months I think? and made this face of struggle and defeat.

I guess this really wasn't an easy thing, ask a stranger who saved you to kill you, bring a child of a rapey creature into this world, or replace that child with another, honestly I was glad I wasn't her right now, I didn't even want to do this but having her die seemed like a waste.

before I could say anything this huge snake, which was larger than a fucking school bus struck in our direction, I easily dodged it with my heightened agility stats but the girl wasn't as lucky, her head was thrown clean off as her body crumpled and the snake began to revocer for another attack.

"oh thank God for that, wow that would've been awkward, oh thank oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck."(fog) I started yelling as I desperately darted away from the snake chasing me.

my tentacles weren't helping much, even though I had raised stats I was more experienced In small movement combat, not moving in large areas, I was so fucked.

*how long does (blood shift) take?!*

[less than a second]

*(blood shift)-human*

[BP:90/105]

my body was almost instantly covered in a thick blood layer before it changed shape, hardening and cracking away into chunks smaller than fingernails leaving behind a naked human bodied me in the forest running for my life.

[are you ever gonna start your species?]

*maybe*

[you're Infuriating]

*I'm running for my life can't this wait?!*

the silnce I got in response was a yes, my head zipped backwards as I watched the snake coil, I launched myself airborne with as much strength as I could muster in my legs, being easily hundreds of feet above the snake, it changed direction easy, almost towards a slowly free falling me.

once it was close enough I twisted my body and rolled onto its body past its head, running down the length of it until I was near the canopy of the forest.

sensing another attempted attack before it could land again I jumped off of its body and back away from it, the snakes own fangs plunging into its body.

[BP:86/105]

two daggers were in my hands as I charged the snake, it's desperate attempts to remove its own fangs from itself was obvious as I closed the distance not hiding my intent to kill it.

it sensed this and began its escape attempts once more but this time more aggressive, actively tearing its own scales to free its jaw.

*am I stronger than this thing?*

[affirmative]

*what's its level?*

[16]

I stopped dead in my tracks, giving it a look of don't follow me as I walked away from it, I could almost swear I saw relief on the creatures face.

I would call it a monster but then what would I call myself?

a question for another day.

*ok what do I do about being naked?*

[just think about clothes and focus your blood]

following the voices odd words as I walked my blood flowed calmly out of my pores before covering my lower body in all black shorts, that was really all I needed for now, they were matt in color and went to right above my knees, they weren't loose at all and could be called form fitting.

glancing down in curiosity I was horrified.

I had no genitals in this form, I'd figure out why later, that feels like it might be a now concern but I was tired and wanted sleep, so a tomorrow problem it was.

thank fuck.