By the time we were done reading Worm and Ward, we had a very detailed 'sona developed for a possible selves-insert fanfic, or ridiculously OP TTRPG.
We're something very different, and would initially be classified as a Stranger, or set of Strangers with other powers. Or, eventually, a whole team or organization of such beings. And it would be very confusing and paranoia inducing to everyone else. Especially while they don't know whose side we're on.
But there's only ever one body present on Earth at any given time. It just seems to shapeshift to become another apparent parahuman with different powers. Sometimes even mimicking other people.
What we
are, however, is a hyper-dimensional colonial entity from
elsewhere, completely alien to Earth, capable of mimicking other life by creating new members of our collective that are modeled after subjects that we study. And to really get into how and why would spoil Worm and Ward, so we'll leave it up to the imaginations of other fans who've finished the stories. But what we do is, instead of shapeshifting, we swap out which one of us is present on Earth at any given time. Our powers work in a very similar way to parahumans.
We have figured out how to model this with some reasonable restrictions to powers in the Sentinels Comics RPG. So it's possible to not be OP about it. But we're daydreaming here!
And what we're doing is treating ourselves as individual people, and fulfilling each other's wish, but then adding this weird restriction where only one of us can interact with Earth at a time, and we have to tag-team it.
By the time we were done reading Worm and Ward, we had a very detailed 'sona developed for a possible selves-insert fanfic, or ridiculously OP TTRPG.
We're something very different, and would initially be classified as a Stranger, or set of Strangers with other powers. Or, eventually, a whole team or organization of such beings. And it would be very confusing and paranoia inducing to everyone else. Especially while they don't know whose side we're on.
But there's only ever one body present on Earth at any given time. It just seems to shapeshift to become another apparent parahuman with different powers. Sometimes even mimicking other people.
What we are, however, is a hyper-dimensional colonial entity from elsewhere, completely alien to Earth, capable of mimicking other life by creating new members of our collective that are modeled after subjects that we study. And to really get into how and why would spoil Worm and Ward, so we'll leave it up to the imaginations of other fans who've finished the stories. But what we do is, instead of shapeshifting, we swap out which one of us is present on Earth at any given time. Our powers work in a very similar way to parahumans.
We have figured out how to model this with some reasonable restrictions to powers in the Sentinels Comics RPG. So it's possible to not be OP about it. But we're daydreaming here!
And what we're doing is treating ourselves as individual people, and fulfilling each other's wish, but then adding this weird restriction where only one of us can interact with Earth at a time, and we have to tag-team it.
Part of the appeal of this 'sona (or set of 'sonas) is that while our presence could make for a very fun little side story, once the climactic battles of either Worm or Ward came into play, we'd probably flee, being out powered by the forces at play. So, while early in the story arcs we might seem OP, we wouldn't necessarily alter the history of the main stories.
