Celestial Monster in DC Comics (Isekai/OC-SI)

[Phili]

Preface and Prologue (by Prologue, I mean Chapter 1, but I need to call it a Prologue for that sweet, sweet, superhero alliteration never mind, Prologue is quite fitting).



Hey all, this is a new story I'm trying out to try and break through my writer's block. I'm not quitting Wait a Minute, I'm just doing this for a bit because it's November and I want to get some writing done in the global writing event month (granted, this isn't exactly a novel, but still). Oh yeah, and it was just Halloween, and I like monsters.

Anyways, this story is done in the vein of things like the Celestial Forge or Celestial Grimoire, but with the theme of Monsters instead. Now, where am I getting all the perks/boons/powers and stuff you might wonder? Here: https://cyoa.ltouroumov.ch/viewer/ Yes, that's right, the big-ass Worm CYOA. I had a 'build' that I always intended to use for something like this, labeled 'Monster Build'. I last edited it in August 2026 until today (November 1, 2026 is when I'm writing this) when I opened it up, went through and added a couple new things I saw, but I have little doubt I missed a bunch of things that could go in based on how often that thing updates. I'll be adding the build that powers are drawn from to the thread soon, if you see or know of anything in the CYOA that you think should be added, tell me what it's called and I'll take a look and possibly add it to the list of things he can get (and update the list in the thread).

If you don't know how it works, a Celestial ____ story generally has the main character accrue "Celestial Points" through either deeds and events and accomplishments, or through wordcount of the story. While I prefer the wordcount method, I'll be using the deeds, events, and accomplishments because I'm too lazy Nevermind, I'll just do the damn wordcount method and make a new Word document with nothing but the story that I can use to keep track of the Wordcount without counting things like this preface or author's notes.

So, given it's been a few months, I have little to no memory of exactly what is actually in the build I'm using. I'm too lazy to use a random number generator to actually count out what power, so when the MC is 'rolling' for a new power, I'll open up the CYOA, load the build, open the backpack thingy, close my eyes, click and hold the scrolly thingy, and thrash around my mouse up and down for a bit, then open my eyes and pick from the things visible that can be afforded based on how many points the MC has (which will generally by 4 options, but could be 8, or maybe 12).

I've seen a lot of pacing issues arise from poorly chosen numbers for the wordcount-to-point ratio in Celestial ___ fics, so I will Leeroy Jenkins this and add to that statistic by saying the MC gets 2 SP and 2 CP every 3000 words… for now, and I'll adjust that as time goes on if that seems to throw things off by a ton.

Let's see, what else… oh yeah, I'll be using the same method of world entry and power-gain as my last story (which, if you want to take a look at, is here: https://forum.questionablequesting....-with-trouble-in-terrorist-town-powers.39758/ and here: https://forum.questionablequesting....-with-trouble-in-terrorist-town-powers.39757/ one of those is in the NSFW section of QQ, the other is in the SFW section of QQ). That method, is a friendly(-ish in this story's case) soul tentacle thingy noticing a stranded soul deteriorating in the "space" between universes, and saving it and giving it powers after depositing it into a nearby world.

This story is not going to be as light-hearted or comedic, reflecting the fact that DC comics, the world of Superman and Batman, is so fucking dark it makes Worm look like as light-hearted Teletubbies in comparison.

This WILL NOT BE AS DARK AS CANON DC, there will be no misery porn grimderp, the villains always win in the long run, the heroes always lose, the heroes can never be happy or they aren't heroes bullshit in this. No absurd levels of reverse-plot-armor for anyone that isn't a complete and total piece off shit.

Of course, the main character doesn't know that, teehee.

I will try to minimize angst, but if you thought Worm was a story of grimderpness, you've never gone on a deep wikidive into DC… I just wanted to write something that I would be happy to think about while listening to epic music, so that will be my goal for this story… not that I'm confident in that happening soon, I still feel like a pretty new writer even though my last story has gotten to a decent length.

Since this is so different from my last story, I fully expect some growing pains, if you spot anything major though, feel free to (gently) point it out. If you want to argue about DC… I'm happy to, but I have a feeling mods will be less happy about it, so my rule will be to back statements up with a citation, and an implicit understanding that there will be some deliberate changes to DC. This story takes place in a generic DC Earth, but a lot of elements will be taken from the DCAU (Earth 12, that is the Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Batman the Animated Series, Superman the Animated Series, Batman Beyond and a couple of other things' universe.), so we can call it Earth 12.5 if you like.

Anyways, this has the same disclaimer as my last story, that being, I can make no promises on updates, completion, quality, or anything else really, particularly given that I will be doing this in a more busy period of life for me than when I started my previous story.

With that said… on with the show I suppose.



Prologue



??/??/199? Several Miles Outside Gotham City, Slaughter Swamp.



Thug 1, aka Tony

Never let it be said Tony wasn't brave. You couldn't be a thug in Gotham and not be brave these days. It used to be the standard career path for certain types of people in Gotham, but nowadays—wait.

"Hey Al, did ya see somethin' movin' in the water just now?" Tony yelled.

"In the water? Probably the wind or something, I wasn't looking, I got three more bodies to unload. You're the damn lookout anyways Tony!" Al shouted back, like a prick. He was just asking. Grundy was a lot more obvious, and the Bat would be a lot less frightening if he ran around covered in swamp water.

Tony eyed the water consideringly, pointing his flashlight at it. Would the Bat hide in the water of Slaughter Swamp just to get the jump on a couple of low-level thugs dumping a couple of unimportant bodies into the swamp? He was probably crazy enough, Tony supposed, but Tony rather doubted the Bat would survive exposure to the Swamp's waters for very long. The crime families all knew safe paths through the Swamp, but everyone knew you didn't go very far in to dump your body if you didn't want to risk disappearing. But this far out was a standard body-dumping spot, used by at least four different families Tony knew of, there was even a truce around it if multiple families needed to dump bodies at the same time.

So, why was that water moving? It could have been his imagination he supposed, the swamp was dark underneath the trees even during the day, and when it was almost night like now you generally couldn't see something if you weren't pointing a flashlight at it.

There was another splash as Tony was thinking, a bit louder this time. Probably the fat body. Although, didn't Al say he was going to need Tony to help with that one?

Tony shrugged at the thought. The other lookout, Joey, must have helped out instead.

Suddenly, Tony heard a singular thud. He jolted, and took a quick look around. It didn't sound right for it to be Grundy, but it could have been the Bat knocking out Al or Joey, so Tony cautiously took out his gun and crept back to the truck where Al was supposed to be unloading the bodies into the swamp.

Except, there was no Al. Theo, the driver, was missing too. The fat body was still in the truck bed. Meaning the loud splash earlier was something else.

"Joey, get your ass over here, we got trouble!" Tony yelled. The truck had its door opened, which meant Theo didn't disappear from it for no reason, but other than that, Tony didn't know what it meant. He was supposed to be doing crime, not detective work dammit.

He kept a lookout in all directions, and noticed something in the water again. He couldn't quite tell what it was, so he shot it a couple times to be safe.

Shooting whatever it was didn't seem to do anything, aside from the splashes from the bullets hitting the water, but he didn't see movement anymore. Not that he was sure his eyes hadn't been playing tricks on him in the first place.

Then he found Al. He, or rather, his body, which was being dragged by the foot into the trees beyond the path. Poor guy looked like he had been squeezed like a tube of toothpaste. The thing that was dragging him looked like a snake tail. Now, Tony didn't know any biology, but he was pretty sure Gotham was too North and too cold for any damn snakes big enough to squeeze a man to death to live.

Then again, Slaughter Swamp had a lot of weird shit in it.

"Joey, get your ass over here, we're leavin'! Al's dead, and Theo probably is too!" Tony shouted as he scrambled into the truck.

"On my way!" Joey shouted, coming into view as Tony started up the truck. "What about the bodies?" Joey asked, like a moron, as he saw there were still three bodies left in the bed of the truck.

"Get in the fucking truck Joey! We're leaving, there's some kind of snake or something, it got Al!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming. Hey, was this log here before? It's like up to my knee, and I'm not a short guy—" Joey got cut off at that.

Tony turned around, and saw what Joey clearly thought was a log was quickly starting to wrap around him.

Tony hadn't survived this long by being an idiot, so he hit the gas and drove as fast as he could without driving into a tree or the water while looking at Joey in the rearview mirror.

The 'log', which was clearly the biggest snake he had ever heard of, instead of constricting or biting Joey like a normal snake, had only looped around Joey's body a few times to cover him up to his chest, and instead of strangling him or whatever snakes normal did, there was a loud snap Tony could hear from his truck, as the strength of the snake simply tore poor Joey in half.

At that point, Tony finally saw the head of the snake, looking straight at him, and he froze. He had been in shootouts before, he had even seen the Batman from a distance once, he didn't freeze. But he couldn't have even shot the thing if he had had a gun pointed straight at it. He only didn't hit a tree or the water because that bit of road was straight and it looked away after a moment.

He couldn't see the whole thing before it went out of sight, but the snake was at least thirty feet long from what he saw.

Hopefully Theo hadn't actually just gotten out of the truck to take a leak, then Tony would actually feel bad for the poor sucker.

On the bright side, as long as nobody told the other crime families for a while, they would definitely lose people too.

On the other hand, they were going to need a new body dumping spot, because he'd sooner shoot himself than go back into that godforsaken swamp.








Author's Note: This prologue takes place after Chapter 1 (and Chapter 2, but before Chapter 3), just so you know.

The relevant power shown in this is this one:

Primeval River-Titan

Cost: 8 SP

You become a Titanoboa. A typical adult length ranges from 12.8 m to 14.3 m, with body mass around 730–1,135 kg. Your strength reflects that size: constriction pressure is decisive against large animals and light vehicles, and you move smoothly in water or on land.

You operate best around water. You travel through rivers, swamps, culverts, and canals with minimal disturbance, can remain submerged for long periods, and launch from cover with a single burst. Banks, drains, reed beds, and flooded lots function as reliable routes. You can climb when needed, drop quickly when the path goes down, tail-flick from water to land, and roll a target under with little splash. Vegetation and debris yield when you push through.

Your sensory set is practical and precise. You sample scent with the tongue, track heartbeats through water and ground, and read heat and motion in low light or murk. Your jaws open wide for large prey and close with a controlled bite when you want a clean grab. Once your coils lock, resistance drops off rapidly.

You have durable stamina. Stillness does not fatigue you, and short, fast strikes don't leave you winded. Cold, rain, and shade don't meaningfully reduce output. Shedding clears injuries and venom, restoring clean, intact scales. Rough ground and impacts slow you less than expected for your size.

Your presence affects behavior. Animals fall quiet when your shadow crosses water, and crowds tense before they see you. You are not a dragon or a myth—simply the largest snake the world remembers. In tight alleys, reed beds, storm drains, and jungle rivers, you control the moment between first sight and final outcome.

Your thinking stays steady. You plan routes, time approaches, and maintain focus for hours. You decide how a scene ends: immobilize and warn, or finish cleanly and move on.





For certain reasons shown in Chapter 1, the MC is about half the stated size (which is still over 20 feet minimum).

 

[krahe]

Man, "I was turned into a giant snake" sure is one of the worst power up

 

[Archivum]

Definitely watched, I love stories that use the current Worm CYOA. Please don't drop!

 

[Phili]

So, this is the build I'm using to pick powers from in a semi-random manner. As I said in the Preface, I don't actually remember everything that's in it, so if I land on something that the MC can afford, but that I don't think would be good for the story at the moment, I'll try again, while if nothing in view can be afforded I'll simply bank the points.

The link to the CYOA is here: https://cyoa.ltouroumov.ch/viewer/

The build is in this spoiler box, just copy and paste it into the "Import Build" Text box that appears after you click the settings button in the upper left hand corner.

Spoiler: The Thing To Copy and Paste

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There's a lot in there, but probably could be more. If it had a theme of 'Monster' I probably put it in, as well as a few Quality of Life things.

That said, I'm naturally not familiar with every single fictional franchise in existence, and I only briefly added like 5 or so new things when I started this, so there will be some I missed on the original making of the build due to unfamiliarity with source material as well as things I didn't add because they were added since August when I last played around with the build itself.

Edit, because I forgot how unintuitive I found the CYOA controls at first. To see everything in the build after importing it, click on the little backpack icon in the upper right hand corner (there are three buttons and a search bar, it is the button furthest to the left while still being in the upper right hand corner).

 

[Billbo baggins]

Why did you post in both sfw and NSFW?

 

[Phili]

Why did you post in both sfw and NSFW?

Click to shrink...

The SFW section can be viewed by people that don't have accounts, and as someone unable to make an account on sites like Space Battles and Sufficient Velocity due to the way my internet works, I want to allow people that can't or won't make a Questionable Questing account be able to view the stuff I write, even if they can't comment on it.

The NSFW section simply has far, far, more viewers on the site itself, and I have to post it there if I want a significant number of people to see it and get feedback. Also, the story does include people being eaten, and while I think that's fine for a SFW section, I have no idea how other people would consider it, so I find it safer to already have it in the NSFW section as well just in case.

 

[Phili]

Chapter 1: A Monster is Born.



Date Unknown. Somewhere in an Unknown Swamp.



He came to consciousness with his eyes open. To be sure he could, he blinked.

He wasn't sure what his name was, or who he was, or even what he was, but he was pretty sure he was supposed to have arms. And legs.

Testing, testing, is this thing working? Apparently there were problems with this "box" method before.

He instinctively flicked his tongue out, before he realized he couldn't speak, and simply nodded. He could see the strange screen and read the words on it.

Great, great. Listen, I've gone through a lot of effort to save your soul. No, not that way, don't be stupid. It was drifting between universes, which, if you actually paid any attention in soul school, you know, is bad for an undefended mortal soul. Mortal soul as in the soul of a mortal, not the other thing. Anyways, since your soul was missing so much, I had to sort of, fill in the blanks, which, as you might guess, has consequences. You'll probably have a mix of knowledge and blank spots where knowledge should be, the mix will likely be fairly random, and will include both personal details and general knowledge as well as knowledge of specific subjects. There might also be side effects like personality changes or significantly different psychology, such as now having anger issues, or no longer having anger issues when you did before. Now, I saw a report recently about someone who did something like this with someone in a similar situation to you, so I figured I'd try my hand at it. Now, you seem like a big fan of monsters, which, coincidentally, are my specialty. So, I figured I'd make you into a sort of seed bank, or gene bank type thing, but for monsters. I guess Noah's Ark isn't a terrible analogy if you stretch things for what your purpose is going to be. So, a lot of monsters throughout the multiverse, have been going extinct, which I find a real shame. So, I've collected all sorts of data and soulprints of various monsters (no monsters were harmed in the making of these soulprints or the obtaining of this data), and I'm going to just stick those right into you, which will give you things. Mostly monster related, some are supplementary, or requirements for monster things, or just quality of life things… you're welcome. Now, why am I doing this to you you might ask? Well, I just plopped you into the nearest universe to where I found you, and uh… you're kinda stuck there for the forseeable future. That is a hard place to get in or out of, there's kind of a big-ass wall in the way. Now, the reason I'm so happy to give you all these monster template-power things, is because you're gonna fucking need them where you're at. Some of the people in your new local multiverse are, if you'll pardon my language, at a level of hot damn, you are fuuuuucked in terms of strength. So, I figure this is a multi-win method of dealing with the situation. You get to survive and grow stronger, the monsters in the multiverse sort-of live on through you, I get to help ensure the monster in the multiverse live on and see data on what happens when parts are mixed through you, and my people get more information and knowledge on a variety of subjects. Now, to start you off and tide you over for a bit, I've given your new thing, which I will be referring to as the Celestial Monster from now on, a bit of a kick. It has a bit of a drawback, but it will ultimately make you stronger, and it will simultaneously let me fit more stuff into you right away. Oh yes, I'll be able to fit more stuff into you as you do stuff, so do stuff if you want stuff I suppose. Whenever you've got a decent amount of room in you, I'll try and shove more stuff in, but I don't have total control of what exactly you get, though I can sort-of put my tentacle on the scale, so to speak, as needed. Don't expect too much though, the local high-level-entities aren't idiots, or blind, and some of them will notice if I'm constantly holding your hand and putting a tentacle on the scales of what you get. You do not want that. Try to avoid needing it. With that said, I did put my "thumb" on the scales a bit for what you got in this first bit after I saw what you started with. By 'what you started with', I mean the whole snake thing in case you hadn't noticed.

He pondered that for a bit. It was a lot to take in, but he felt surprisingly calm about it. He just wasn't sure if that was the soul damage the text box mentioned or if he had always been like that. Being a snake might also be affecting things. He felt like snakes were probably pretty chill guys in general.

Here are the things you currently have: POWER: Spoiler: Image: Primeval River-Titan Cost: 8 SP You become a Titanoboa. A typical adult length ranges from 12.8 m to 14.3 m, with body mass around 730–1,135 kg. Your strength reflects that size: constriction pressure is decisive against large animals and light vehicles, and you move smoothly in water or on land. You operate best around water. You travel through rivers, swamps, culverts, and canals with minimal disturbance, can remain submerged for long periods, and launch from cover with a single burst. Banks, drains, reed beds, and flooded lots function as reliable routes. You can climb when needed, drop quickly when the path goes down, tail-flick from water to land, and roll a target under with little splash. Vegetation and debris yield when you push through. Your sensory set is practical and precise. You sample scent with the tongue, track heartbeats through water and ground, and read heat and motion in low light or murk. Your jaws open wide for large prey and close with a controlled bite when you want a clean grab. Once your coils lock, resistance drops off rapidly. You have durable stamina. Stillness does not fatigue you, and short, fast strikes don't leave you winded. Cold, rain, and shade don't meaningfully reduce output. Shedding clears injuries and venom, restoring clean, intact scales. Rough ground and impacts slow you less than expected for your size. Your presence affects behavior. Animals fall quiet when your shadow crosses water, and crowds tense before they see you. You are not a dragon or a myth—simply the largest snake the world remembers. In tight alleys, reed beds, storm drains, and jungle rivers, you control the moment between first sight and final outcome. Your thinking stays steady. You plan routes, time approaches, and maintain focus for hours. You decide how a scene ends: immobilize and warn, or finish cleanly and move on.

Well that explained the snake thing at least.

Next one is how I'm able to give you as much stuff as I am without anyone noticing: PERK: Blank Cost: 5 SP Cost: 10 CP You become a blind spot for Thinkers. Powers that predict the future cannot account for your actions; clairvoyants that peer into the past or watch over the present cannot search for you; people trying to conjure up information about you using only their power would find nothing. Some powers will register your presence if their host can perceive you with their senses but they will be unable to gain further information, Gallant would be unable to sense your emotions, danger-sense would not warn their user of your actions, but they'd register your presence and show a neutral state. This does not, however, stop someone from noticing that the future they were expecting has changed or the result and ripple effects of your actions altogether. It does not block direct observation either — in person or via technological means — and does not prevent a Thinker from building a model using this information. Powers that work primarily through their user's senses can draw their own conclusions unimpeded. For example, if Tattletale sees you visibly getting upset at something she said, she would be able to tell that what she said had a negative effect on you. You can, at will, allow selected thinker powers to perceive you and can rescind this allowance at will at any time.

Huh, that description seemed… not exactly applicable to his situation. He certainly got the idea, but… wait, weren't those characters from that Worm story he read once? Was that where he was or did whatever put him here just crib the descriptions from something else?

And did he see something smudged out about price? Or was that just his imagination? His sight was pretty good now, so he wasn't really inclined to doubt it, but he wasn't sure if the screens he was reading from were physically present or just projected into his mind or something. It was even possible the whole thing of there being a price thing but it being smudged out or erased was a metaphor of some sort or something, either by the thing that put him here or by his subconscious.

Of course, that brought up the question of how he even knew he wasn't simply dreaming or something. Leaving aside all the other evidence against that theory, such as how strong his senses were and how clear his thinking was, there was the simple rule he had read about once that worked well in scenarios where reality is uncertain.

The first rule of practical philosophy, always treat the world you are in as if it is real. It applies to dreams, hallucinations, transmigration, the Matrix, sketchy conspiracy theory black-site virtual reality experiments, and brain-in-a-jar or brain-in-a-vat situations.

Leaving all that aside and going back to the boxes throwing information at him, he continued examining the information available to him. That snake one had said "POWER" while this one said "PERK", indicating they were two different types of… things. He couldn't think of another word to fit. Boons he supposed. Presumably there were other categories as well.

Here's how I'm fitting so much stuff into you from the start to make sure you don't die instantly. Well, this and the whole 'permanently (for now) a snake thing', which gives a surprisingly large amount of leeway considering how big of an upgrade it is in so many ways. It's probably the lack of hands and legal ID that comes with being a snake isn't it? Anyways, it's this one: DRAWBACK: Acclimation Gain: 20 SP Gain: 20 CP Your powers start 50% weaker and grow over time to 200% of their base power. Normally they will grow to 100% in 6 months and 200% in 12 months. The more you use your powers creatively the faster they will grow. In the context of powers with multiple numerical values (i.e. number of charges and strength of charges), the product of all the values doubles. This means either one parameter doubles, two parameters increase by 1.4, three by 1.25, etc. (the n-th root of 2 for n parameters). For frequencies, they are multiplied by the inverse. (2x becomes 1/2, and so on). You can choose which parameters are affected. This drawback progresses in "real" time, this means time as experienced in the same reference frame as everyone else in the solar system. Anomalies like localized temporal distortions, pocket dimensions, and the likes do not affect the growth in either direction. In summary: this drawback cannot be cheesed with time travel of any kind. Temporal rewind effects like (Thinker) Time Loop and Return by Death from Re:Zero reset your growth to where it was at the last checkpoint. True time travel, where you physically move from one point in space-time to another, does not change your progress.

Oh, another category. Wait…

Didn't that mean he was going to quadruple in length in at most a year? He quickly took a look at the Primeval River Titan box again. So, he was currently between 6.4 and 7.15 meters long, and 365 to 567.5 kilograms. He wasn't sure what exactly that was in imperial units, but he was pretty sure that put him at around a current 20-foot-long minimum and, after a moment of calculation, around 800 pounds minimum.

Getting a good look at himself, he was pretty sure he wasn't at the minimum end of things. Twisting his body around to look at himself was surprisingly fun though. His proprioception –his ability to feel his own body, in other words, like how someone knows where their hands are without looking at them – was also good enough he was substantially less concerned about tying himself into a knot like a cartoon snake than it was when he first calculated that he might end up eighty fucking feet long. You know, a few seconds ago.

Next up is this one. A little quality of life bonus you lucked into, and one of the strongest single parts of your current powerset in terms of 'price'. POWER: (Striker/Shaker) Cleanse Cost: 3 SP You can clean anything within a five-meter bubble of you and whatever you're directly touching, immediately removing any dust, dirt/mud, oil/grease, non-water fluids, and anything else commonly considered 'filth' from the area of effect. This also extends to some things not typically thought of as filth, such as scorch marks or tarnish on metals, or tire marks on asphalt and concrete. You may choose if removed filth is absorbed by your power or simply displaced to elsewhere.

Wow, that was fantastic, now he could be the first ever giant snake monster magical janitor of all time! In case you couldn't tell, that was sarcasm you stupid box! I'm clearly in a fucking swamp! If I tried to use that thing in here, I would destroy the habitat and ecosystem everywhere I went.

It was admittedly fantastic in most ways, and would probably save a normal person a fair amount of time and funds from things like a lower water bill from needing to do less dishes and laundry, depending on what exactly it cleaned and how good of a job it did, but it wasn't exactly useful for a snake in a swamp.

The range would also be limited to 2.5 meters instead of 5 due to that other thing, though after a year, or less if he used it creatively, it would increase to a ten meter radius from his body, which was actually a massive area considering the size of his body. And of course, area increased much faster from an increase in radius, so the increased radius would result in… quadrupled? Area. He thinks, he's not certain, and as a snake, in a swamp, he is having a hard time finding a pencil and paper to double check.

Did soul damage make him worse at math? He's pretty sure he should be able to figure it out in his head.

Next. I was originally going to put this one in the second batch, but I realized I could actually add it to you without it causing any problems in this first batch given how little your new body was being changed otherwise. POWER: Brute (Pink Muscles) Cost: 1 SP Your muscles have transcended their natural limits, seamlessly fusing the power of White Fast-Twitch fibers with the endurance of Red Slow-Twitch fibers to form a new, superior hybrid variant—Pink Muscle. This mutation grants you explosive strength, relentless stamina, and peak efficiency across all physical feats. Refined and densely packed, your musculature maximizes power without excess bulk, ensuring that every fiber is optimized for force and resilience. Yet, despite this immense strength, your dexterity and precision remain untouched, allowing for seamless, controlled movement. Remember, force is mass times acceleration—strength isn't just lifting power but an all-encompassing boost across every parameter.

Well, a general strength boost was nice, and it seemed like it gave him a speed and stamina boost too. He was probably going to need to go over all of these in more detail later on after he was settled in and in a slightly better headspace. Maybe after he had practiced with them a little too.

Next. This is one I put my tentacle on the scale for; you needed something like it to survive. POWER: Brute/Breaker (Iron Stomach) Cost: 1 SP You can safely ingest and digest anything you can physically swallow, regardless of material. From the moment an item enters your mouth, it cannot harm you anywhere along your digestive tract. This covers damage from sharpness, abrasion, punctures, caustic or reactive substances, extreme heat/cold on contact, toxins, and pathogens. You must actually eat the item. Size is limited to whatever you can swallow. Digestion still takes time, and tougher or denser materials take longer. It only provides nutrition if the material contains usable energy/nutrients, otherwise it digests harmlessly.

That hardly seems like a total necessity for him to survive. He could definitely find things to eat on his own! Things like… like… he seems to have forgotten what exactly large snakes eat. Didn't some of them eat crocodiles or something? Or was it caiman, the slightly smaller relatives of crocodiles? Glancing at his body again, he has a feeling that small snake food like mice wouldn't be enough for him. Ooh, the thought of eating a mouse makes him feel rather ill. They're just so cute, he couldn't bear to actually harm one. Actually… he is getting a rather concerning feeling that he is a vegetarian.

He glances at his body again. That makes things… awkward. Are there any plants snakes can eat?

I am rather smart. I know what I'm doing… to the extent anyone does when speaking about a procedure only ever done once before in all of known history at least. I assure you I am invested in your continued survival, and I wasn't going to waste the opportunity of maximum interference by not getting you something to avoid obvious issues. By the way, if you encounter any monsters, don't make them go extinct please. If you absolutely must though, make sure to eat one so I can have a soulprint sample for my collection and to preserve their soul data. Anyways, this is the last one for this batch, but your next batch will be loaded up a little, due to having some extra room. Don't get used to it. Brute (Genetic Template) Cost: 1 SP You possess the ability to heal flawlessly. Injuries like dislocated joints will reset themselves, and issues such as myopia-related vision loss will also mend. This power doesn't affect the speed of healing; instead, it ensures that any healing your body undergoes is precise. For instance, if it typically takes weeks for a wound to close, this healing process will occur flawlessly over those weeks. No more poorly healed broken bones causing future problems.

Oh, well that was convenient. Now he didn't need to worry too much about injuries from not knowing how to snake.

For now, he followed his snakey instincts, and slithered into the water, keeping his nose just above water for now, and occasionally flicking out his tongue to get a sense of things in the area.

Now, it was time to think. He's pretty sure he used to be good at that.





Author's Note: Here we are, chapter 1. The Prologue has now been edited slightly, I made it clearer it took place in the dark and slightly shrank how large the MC was described as.

The other Drawback that gave the MC points but wasn't directly shown was this one:

Case 53 Gain: 10 SP Gain: 15 CP Incompatible: No Powers Incompatible: Entity Your appearance(s) becomes non-human, whether this new look is based on your selected powers or not is up to you. The Appearance section in the Character section becomes available if it wasn't already. The choice you make in this section steers the appearance of your new form and determines how aesthetically pleasing it will be. It does not mean you will necessarily look more human but how monstrous or close to the uncanny valley your form gets. Average would place you in the same category as Newter, obviously non-human but not overly uncanny, while The Handsome and Beautiful choices means your form will be considered pleasing to look at, it could be that you look human but your skin is covered in mesmerizing patterns or that you are a lumbering six-legged beast with sleek curves and elegant horns. On the other hand, Ugly and Hideous would place you on the opposite side of the spectrum, where your features have elements that trigger primal reactions of fear or disgust in humans, such as the appearance of rotting flesh or proportions that are disturbing.

I figured the MC deserved it for 'rolling' the Primeval River Titan power first, which notably says nothing about being able to turn into a human or humanoid. So, I figured, if he was going to be stuck as a snake for any amount of time, he deserved points for it, and that fit pretty well. I set the difficulty of the CYOA to 'easy', which is why this and Acclimation offer so many points. Future drawbacks will only be used in an emergency when the Soul-Entity judges that the MC is unlikely to survive otherwise, and will all be thematically appropriate to Monsters.

Oh yes, this is a hidden Perk that the MC has, it did take points but not many:

Thematic Cost: 1 SP Cost: 2 CP Your powers take on a certain theme. Teleportation now melds with the shadows if you have a dark theme, and Tinker abilities can decorate swords without negatively impacting performance. This doesn't weaken or strengthen any of your powers, but it does make it more thematically accurate to whatever you choose. You can choose to follow or switch your theme whenever you wish. And rebranding yourself comes to you easier.

The Theme is "Monster".

The next few powers rolled are already decided, I just didn't want to dump them all in at once, and even after those ones, there will still be some points left over.

Name is decided/revealed next chapter.

Ah yes, for the word count to determine how many points he has to spend, it doesn't include author's notes or the preface, and any time a power's text is shown, the text itself only ever counts once for the whole story, and if it has an absurdly long text and/or a lot of it is permanently greyed out and can't be obtained, it won't count the whole thing. Some of these powers will likely be shown again in future chapters when the MC takes a closer look at them to figure out exactly what he can and can't do, but those won't affect the word count and cause it to inflate, they'll mostly be reminders for readers.

Remaining points (not counting any added by Word Count bonus) after all powers, including the powers that are decided but he hasn't received yet is: 2 SP and 24 CP.