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    Reinholdt folds her arms in front of her and grumbles and mutters.
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    "Oh. That explains..."

    Then suddenly: a commotion!

    Jamie frowns, and looks over to the SPICE MARINES!

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    Stompstompstompstompstomp.

    Something massive is walking around outside Trog's. Something huge. Something terrible. Any psychics or empathic magic users will feel it. It's huge, it's ungodly, it's the sheer opposite of a magic user. It carries with it a field of nega-magic, a huge, sucking hole. It is the Hive Mind.

    The Hive Mind tickles at Jeany, wraps around her, looks at her. Thousands of eyes examine her as one and pass a judgment.

    Hello, love.

    Stompstompstompstompstomp.

    The door swings open. A massive creature steps into the tavern. It is easily fifteen feet tale. It looks largely similar to Jeany - a chitinous reptile in nature. But this one stands on it's back two legs. It is covered in thick, carapace-like armour, a large and heavy, arced shell covering it's back and making it stand in an S-like shape. Its head is close to the shell on a short neck, with a foot-long bone horn protruding from the top of its head. It is a six-limbed creature, each of it's limbs covered in thick, shell-like scaled armour. It's upper limbs end in two massively clawed, three-fingered hands with opposable thumbs, the fingers each ending in ten-inch long claws of a super-hard, super-sharp claws. In it's lower limbs is a massive symbiotic gun, which looks out amongst the tavern with two massive, slit-pupiled yellow eyes. The gun is about the size of a short man, and seems to be moving of it's own accord.
    It also has a little top-hat resting on its head. Right below the horn.

    The creature pays no heed to the rest of the tavern, turning to face the jeanstealer and the Derp Marines accosting her.
    Well well well. What have we here. A run-away child and a pack up schoolyard bullies? It's voice is the opposite of telepathic. It is terrible and nowhere and... foppishly British?
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    The little white cat glances over at the giant Tyranid with barely a spark of interest in its eyes. The feline gives a nonchalant meow, like its not even surprised to see such a monster in the tavern. After giving the Hive Mind a few seconds of attention, the cat looks away with an arrogant flick of its tail. It glances around the tavern again and settles its gaze once more on Reinholdt. The black and white feline pricks its ears up and angles them toward the catgirl and Jamie, trying to listen in on their conversation.
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    The SPESS MEHREENS look about as sharp as a bag of spoons.

    But unfortunately they're zealous spoons. Which is the worst kind. Nice laid back spoons are totally okay. But as soon as spoons become zealous then you've got trouble.

    Jeany gets a hand up, now glaring rather venomously as the MEHREENS. Huh...

    Since when was one of her four arms some kind of weird bony rifle? That must have been a pretty recent development. Hmmm... And it would appear as though her other upper limb has been replaced with a rather unfriendly looking scythe blade.

    "That was really rude," the defective genestealer snarls, a rather murderious edge creeping into her voice. "I really think you shou-GUH!"

    Guh? She thinks they should Guh? That doesn't make any sen-

    Oh.

    She just collapsed on the ground in the fetal position, tail wrapped around herself and all four hands clutching her head as she shivers in absolute terror as a bodiless malevolence peers through her bone and flesh and mind and soul.

    The Hive Mind is met with one tiny, lone voice muttering over a broken Synapse. Oh gods oh gods oh gods oh gods oh gods oh gods...

    As soon as the massive insectoid being shows up a cry of, "FOR DUH EMPRAH!" rises from the four MEHREENS! Three of them level their heavy DERP guns and open fire while the fourth charges up his HUURP cannon!

    DERPADERPADERPADERPADERPADERPADERPADERPA!

    HUURRRRRRRRRRRP!
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    "Oh. That explains..."

    Then suddenly: a commotion!

    Jamie frowns, and looks over to the SPICE MARINES!
    "Don't worry. You didn't know me from before the stupid gender swap anyways. Separate timelines will do that."

    Reinholdt for her part, is doing her best to ignore the commotion.

    Because, well... it's just more than she can handle right now. She mutters to herself in thought, just audible if Jamie pays attention. "Think I should stick to cat form. Probably won't be so... noticeable. Mmm... but no alcohol tolerance. Well, once I'm good and tipsy I guess." Doesn't want to get absolutely drunk, cause that's just silly.

    Oh. Nope. Now it's time for diving behind the counter and shifting into a cat anyways, because guns are being fired and that's bad.
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    Ashley starts to feel a little nauseated as the Hive Mind enters, and she notices that her sand is no longer magical. She looks at Ally with a pale face. "Can we go? Please?"

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    Jamie completely agrees about diving under the table and hiding.
    So that's exactly what she does!
    "Eeek!"

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    Ally fidgets anxiously, then stands up and nods, staring cautiously at the gunfight. She tries to take Ashley's hand and lead her up to her room, where it's only a short jump out the window to Inside.
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    There are no gods, love. Comes the hive mind's cool and horrible response, with an almost amused tone. There is only the Hive.

    As the Derp Marines turn their attention to the hive tyrant, it grins at them. It is a terrible grin that exposes three rows of impossibly thin and long teeth, designed for impaling, not eating. The lighter bullets hit it's chitinous shell and ping off ineffectually. Making a noise that could be a laugh and could be a primal hunter's cry of fury, the hive tyrant crosses the room and walks over to the Derp Marines in one short step. It's tail, tipped in a massive scythe blade, swishes behind it once, before darting out at blinding speed to trip one of the marines. Meanwhile the tyrant reaches out with one of its hands, bending over slightly to pluck the Hurp Cannon out of the marine's hands, likely crushing it as it does so.
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    Ashley allows her hand to be taken, though she can't do much about it anyway. She gets a little better as she gets farther away from the hive mind.

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    Eep! Turns out the Xeno wasn't as defenseless as previously thought! She starts hastily making her way towards the exits.
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    Jamie, meanwhile, picks a side!
    Slams her hands into the floor of the tavern!

    And Dire Kudzu springs forth, with inch-long thorns sharp as razors and hard as adamant!

    Attempting to entangle the Hive Tyrant and slash at it while doing so!

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    The fallen Derp Marine's mini-freezer grieves prove to be highly resilient, protecting his limbs from being sheered off by the tail blade. He's still on his back, though. Floundering like an up-ended turtle. Refrigerators really aren't that easy to right once knocked down.

    Doesn't stop him from keeping up the fire with his derpa-gun! Regardless of how ineffectual it might be.

    The Hurp Cannon is stolen and crushed, causing it to explode in a violent blast of pure internet stupidity and rage.

    Seeing that their weapons have thus far proven ineffectual the SPESS MEHREENS draw their deadly Troll Blades! The vile, rotten teeth of thousands of forum trolls roar to life in a flurry of gnashing ass-hattery! Their roar fills the air with cries of ancient and potent troll topics.

    It is with these relic weapons that the three standing Derp Marines move in to assault their foe!

    Jeany, meanwhile, is trying really hard to shut the Voice out of her mind. Sadly she has absolutely no idea how to go about doing that. So instead she's just settled with causing her active camouflage to make her blend in with the floor and vanish from sight.

    Maybe it won't see her...

    Maybe if it can't find her it'll just go away.
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    Female Fez Hat Reinholdt kitty who... I really don't know how different she'd look to be honest, hisses at Jamie.

    "What're you doing?! Stay as far out of it as you can!"
    Especially when you don't know which side is the wrong one!

    Those Troll Blades are pretty evil.
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    The black and white cat leisurely drops from the counter and pads over to where female!Fez Hat Reinholdt is hiding. This cat is also female, and definitely smells and looks like Chione with a few differences. She wrinkles her nose as she sniffs at the other cat, then sits down in front of him. Completely ignoring the gunfire and monsters a couple of feet away.

    <"Well hello there.">

    She speaks in cat language! Whatever that sounds like. The feline's gaze flickers to the battle, but she only looks amused, as she does when she returns her gaze to the cowering fear of the other cat.
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    Femmeholdt looks over at the new cat and calms down a little when she sees how calm the other one is. The bullets and crazy monster fight IS over there, and they are cats with a fair amount of cover. They'll probably be alright.

    <"Ummm, hi. Kind of awkward timing, isn't it?"> She asks.
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    <"If you think so. I see nothing wrong with the timing.">

    The other cat twitches her whiskers, then sniffs at Reinholdt again.

    <"Are you... usually female? Chione described you as a tom. You are Reinholdt, right?">
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    The woman in the corner watches the fight. If the fight was a bit less one-sided, involved more thinking, it might be interesting. But... it's not. This will probably end quickly. Unless someone really backs the despicable internet constructs, the hive-minded abomination is sure to win.

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    Why do you hide, love? You are family. You are us. Our will is your will.

    The hive tyrant's tail swishes, gathering itself up above the fallen Derp Marine. The scythe tip turns momentarily, hovering above the marine like a guillotine over his head, before slashing in a short, sharp downwards motion powerful enough to gouge into the floor.

    You've been away for a long time, love. We missed you. Tell us, what have you learned? As the Hive Mind speaks, Jeany will feel an invasive set if fingers rifling through her thoughts, her memories, absorbing her knowledge and adding it to a great collective.

    The heavy gun explodes in the hive tyrant's hand. The shell is scorched, chipped in a few places but still largely intact. The hive tyrant brings his hand up before its face, wiggling the massive claws as it inspects the damage. It tilts its head for a moment, but it seems to disregard the damage soon enough. Once the Derp Marines draw their Trollswords, the hive tyrant's claws begin to move a flurry of deadly motion. It grabs the helmet of one of the marines, flexing its claws inwards to puncture and crush the helmet over the marine's head. It slashes across the face of another of the helmetless fools, claws digging in through flesh and bone and brain.

    Oh dear. What is this now, love? It looks like we've been making friends with food! Oh dear, oh dear. We can't let that happen, love. Come now. Kill one of these creatures. We're leaving one just for you, love.

    And the jeanstealer as all the more time to do so, now, as the hive lord finds itself entwined in a leafy metalic vine. It glances down, examining the thorned vines that entrap it. The thorns themselves don't seem to be doing much - evidently the creature's armour is thicker than an inch. The hive tyrant begins straining, it's muscles swelling as it tries to burst through the vines.
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    Reinholdt narrows her eyes, this cat's attention all hers now that she mentioned Chione.

    <"No, not usually. I ran into a crazy human at the park who wanted to 'Share the Joy of Shape Changing!' I have no immediate way to revert to my normal gender, so I have to experience this life for a few days.">

    Hasn't been horribly different so far. Some differences, certainly, but not as drastic as she had expected.

    <"And yes, I'm Reinholdt. And you are?">
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    The cat chuckles at Reinholdt's predicament. Well, it's more like a purr. But the amusement is clearly there.

    <"Oh dear. That sounds bad. I am Akila, Chione's sister. She told me how you helped her avenge Anippe's death, and I must thank you for that.">


    Akila controls her laughter, and dips her head in thanks to Reinholdt.

    <"I'd help you with your gender problem if I could, but neither I nor my sisters can reverse such a curse.">
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    Underneath a nearby table, Jamie concentrates, attempting to summon more vines to entangle the Hive Tyrant in!
    Were she older and more powerful, she could probably succeed.
    Were she at her peak, the Hive Tyrant would never know what hit it. >_>
    As it is, though, after some straining the big bug will probably be able to break free!
    The vines will probably remain a movement hazard for it though.

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    <"No thanks necessary. Really.">

    Reinholdt says in a tone that implies she's displeased with that entire incident. Because she is!

    <"I'll handle the few days of the curse and then manhandle the shapechange if it doesn't change me back."> She says.
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    Memories of the original Jeany being born into the Genestealer Cult. Defective. Useless. But with a powerful adaptation brought on by exposure to the strange energies of the Nexus. Keep it alive to be retrieved and absorbed by The Hive.

    The Cult is exterminated.

    Including Jeany.

    But Jeany is of the Nexus now.

    And the Nexus survives.

    A parasite crawling away from the dead genestealer and burrowing into a new host body. Jeany is born again.

    The incarnation cowering before the Hive Mind is the eighth host in this series, preserving the unique genetic code for use by The Hive. Memories of this host are clear. Memories of weak, pitiful human life. Tainting and dulling the living weapon's purpose. Freshest are the memories of flying for the first time this afternoon, the sheer exhilaration of it. And now all that fills the poor creature's mind is stark terror that she's going to lose herself amidst this sea of voices.

    But... somehow... That single, weak little mind has a strange assurance that she'll remain. That she'll continue. That she'll survive.

    If there's one thing that will be gleaned from Jeany's memories about the Nexus it's this.

    Everything.

    Everything.

    That has tried to take this world has been repulsed or destroyed. Because this is the Nexus.

    And the Nexus survives.

    Jeany rises shakily to her feet, her camo flickering away as her two right arms begin to meld together. A process she watches with equal parts fascination and horror. "Oh gods no, please. Don't make me do this! Get out of my head!"

    The arms meld into a long, wicked looking weapon of bone and muscle and a nearly black crystalline sac attached to the base. The air around the gun crackles with energy and fills the tavern with the scent of ozone.

    Jeany finds herself pointing the weapon at the marine, unable to stop herself. "Please..." she sobs, tears refusing to come to her eyes. "Please don't make me-"

    kraKOOM!

    With a sound like a clap of thunder an iron-encased spike of crystalline acid is hurled from the weapon at several multiples of the speed of sound. It punches clean through the Derp Marine's armor, passes through his body, and then explodes against the inner wall of his suit.

    The shrapnel and toxins prove instantly fatal.

    The marine drops to his knees before toppling forward, dead.

    Jeany drops to her knees before keeling forward, vomiting onto the floor.
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    Akila nods understanding. Chione pretty much used mind control to get him/her to help her kill a cyborg and a young far chimera! The cat does not approve of her sister's use of the magic, as she obviously didn't do enough to fully convince Reinholdt that their side was right. Silly Chione.

    <"Very well. If you need help with the shapechanger, or just wish to see Chione or I again, we're living in an animal shelter in the Yellow Zone. You could come visit.">


    The last sentence has a bit of magic woven into it. It's not a powerful command or urging if it does work and get into Reinholdt's head, but after a while it'll create a simple thought nagging him/her to go visit them. Just in case the fez-wearing cat doesn't actually want to visit the murderous lioness and her sister.

    The cat continues to pay little attention to the marines and monsters in the backround. Akila doesn't seem to think their squabble is worthy of her attention. Silly cats.
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    flip flip flip.

    The woman in the corner is now playing solitaire. If anyone wants her, they know where to find her. It's not like she's moving.

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    She did enough to help him/her be an accomplice to murder. That's a fair bit! Not having reinforcement that it was the right thing to do afterwards and staring at the bodies did help in dealing with that magic though. A bit. There is a part of him/her that thinks they still deserved it and that worries her!

    <"I'll be sure to drop in for catnip and salmon some time."> Reinholdt says. Doubt she means it, but she says it.

    She jumps and hides a little more when the big old kraKOOM goes off though. Loud noises of death rays were scary!
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    Oh, bravo! Excellently done, love! Such excellent form, such beautiful carnage! The Hive Mind cheers Jeany along, viscerally excited.

    The hive mind lifts one hand, claws retracting into chitinous fingers. It gently lifts its little top hat, to reveal a ripper hiding inside it. With a squirrrr, the ripper crawls, slug-like, over the hive tyrant's body, and begins to devour the vines encircling it.
    As it does this, the hive tyrant turns to face Jeany, tilting its head at her.
    And such an interesting technique, too. We must get you back to the hive so that your DNA might be more thoroughly examined.
    There is a short pause, and a feeling of immense disgust creeps over the hive mind.
    What are you doing, love? It asks. Are you upset? That was food, love. Nothing more. There is nothing to mourn. It lifts a hand, motioning towards the corpses. Get off your knees, child. Feast on your kill.
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    The jeanstealer rises to her feet, her right arms already separating apart again into individual limbs. She takes a single step toward the marine corpses. A single, ponderous step as the voices echo in her mind.

    Feast.

    Another step closer.

    That was food.

    And another.

    Feast on your kill.

    She stands over the corpse, still hot and sizzling from the toxins and friction. The scent makes her feel nauseated. The biggest thing she had ever killed before was a rat in her apartment. And that had made her feel terrible.

    She just killed a person.

    A mean, stupid person. But a person none the less.

    What are you doing, love?

    The jeanstealer's fists ball tight as the human flesh tone returns to them. Returns to her face. It isn't a very good disguise, but she certainly looks more human than her kin.

    "What do you know about love?"

    Feast on your kill.

    She turns toward the Tyrant, shaking with rage and conviction.

    "No. Now get out."

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