9. A Form You Are Comfortable With And An Epic Party
Well, I couldn't help but feel rather awkward in the presence of my creations.
Even after the initial encounter, things were...weird with them.
See, while having a bunch of followers that will be completely loyal to you sounds cool, but when you actually have servants who would die on command for you out of loyalty, you really end up caring for them. Not that they minded.
I can't believe that I actually found some that were both loyal and willing to tell me when I was wrong, but that was beside the point.
Anyways, back to making my body.
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I'm not ashamed to say that I missed the feelings that came with an organic body, even if it was vulnerable to many things that a machine could easily resist. I think I would have gone insane if I was in the Xenosentry forever.
But, first, I had to grow one.
Luckily, I was in the one universe where you could easily create everything.
I wasn't sure what to go with, at first. Should I go with one of the alien creatures I designed? Should I choose my normal human form? Maybe a new form made from the spore editors?
Eventually, I decided on a fourth option: go human, but not like my normal body.
Well, I used my normal body as a base, then I added in some unique traits: hair color that was impossible for humans (Black with red and blue), bioluminescent patches like the Na'vi, and a few stripes for good measure.
I also made sure to order a bunch of fabric to make into clothes, because I didn't want a draft between my legs. I'm pretty sure it would also have turned my followers into an empire of nudists.
I was still kinda surprised my followers had human DNA available to grow me a new body to work with, but I assumed that, since ROB had earlier given me my Christmas gifts, that he had given them the DNA. Still worrisome, but not something I wanted to focus on.
As I waited for my body to grow (it turned out that this would take a few hours), I decided to check up on my followers.
I think I almost had a heart attack when I learned what had happened.
IT turned out that every single sapient race I'd created in Spore had become an Empire in this universe. Apparently, they'd met each other and united as allies; in some cases, after nearly going to the brink of war. This gave me an empire of well over a dozen races to work with, with at least one example of each archetype in this federation. These guys had been united by one goal: find me.
Now, I'm not going to describe what these races looked like; they're already in a set of spore casts that I'd made a while ago, and you would save yourself a fair amount of time by just looking at them.
Any ways, these guys were from pretty much every single part of the morality spectrum: diplomats, entertainers, eco-nuts, warmongers, zealots, EVERYTHING. The only archetype not present was the Wander, which required you to start in the space age, which I never did (everyone needed a history, and starting in the space age leaves you without any nice bonuses to use). Somehow, though, they'd united to find me.
Well, better make sure they stay together.
Anyways, back to body building.
With my host body underway, I started adding in cybernetics: skeletal reinforcement, backup nerves, and a neural link to my commander chassis. If it weren't for the fact that there was a bots part pack released for Spore, I'd have been surprised I could add cyborg parts. Luckily, I wasn't.
Anyways, by the time my body was finished growing, I also had several set of clothes ready for it. I decided to try out a fashionable suit that I'd ordered, because party. It fit well, along with a set of shoes and socks I'd also ordered. Once everything was ready, I decided to make my grand entrance.
To say my followers were shocked by my appearance was an understatement. I think some of them were going to have heart attacks.
So, to ease things, I decided to speak.
"Thank you for waiting for me."
Then everyone exploded into applause and worship.
I wondered what I was supposed to do at the party. Then I realized it was New Years back home. So, I did the one things I could do:
Enjoy the celebrations!
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AN: I plan to expand on what happened in the party, but not until this story is up to date with the spacebattles version.
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