#mod bivekit🔍

[phightingaus]

AU where Scythe somehow ends up in Blocktales and has to navigate her way through the world feeling like shes in a literal video game with how everyone else acts around places that she knows the name of but looking nothing like what she knows them to look like (this may or not have formed bc my avatar is a scythe cosplay and ive been playing more blocktales-)

fellow Scythe cosplay avatar haver and fellow Block Tales player (/silly)

I need to see someone write this now

[phightingaus]

I love all of this (/gen)

I DEMAND MORE PHIGHTING TALES

Phighting tales weeeeeeeeeeee

YAY MORE PHIGHTING TALES!! If u wanna know about any specific characters or interactions lmk!!

I've put some dialogue concepts below the cut

[phightingaus]

Smiles

I'm normal about these characters.

Slingshot is the current head of Blackrock's Biology Division. He and Vine Staff used to be enemies during school, always competing and stuff as both of them were basically prodigies. However, over time they became friends due to the fact both of them kept getting pushed to more and more advanced classes until they eventually graduated early and were immediately picked up to work in labs. Slingshot used to be in a relationship with Skateboard, who is a Thieves Denizen in this AU. However, since Blackrock is stinky they kidnapped Skateboard and forced Slingshot to experiment on him.

Vine Staff was briefly the head of the Biology Division before Slingshot was, having managed to convince the higher ups to promote him instead after she did her things. She is responsible for building Tree Constructs (basically the "biografts" without Biograft in this AU). Her greatest achievement is the creation of Shuriken- or rather, her REcreation of him. Vine Staff managed to trade a piece of her own soul to Ghostwalker in exchange for a piece of Shuriken's, and thus used it to create the first and only sentient Tree Construct. However, she's a bit unstable as a result. Vine Staff developed a medicine for herself to make sure her curse stays in check despite it.

Shuriken is DEAD AS HELL. He was training to be an assassin, and was tasked with delivering items to Lost Temple as part of a trade and for a little infiltration. However, he was intercepted by Ban Hammer and got chucked into a river where he drowned. Katana located his body and brought it back to Blackrock, where it was kept by Vine Staff rather than experimented on. It took a few years before Vine Staff managed to revive him as a Tree Construct. He doesn't remember a lot, but Blackrock is even more interested in using him as an assassin than before.

Katana is just as traumatized as always. He used to be a member of Overseer's gang in Playground, defecting and going to take refuge in Blackrock due to personal reasons. Along the way he found Shuriken's body washed up in the river and took it with him. He basically used it as a bargaining chip to be allowed refuge by Vine Staff. There was a level of animosity between them at the beginning, but Katana has settled in relatively well. He eventually was "hired" as a mercenary, which he didn't appreciate at all. Katana primarily convinces his targets to stray away from doing things that caused them to become a target in the first place. Unless they are evil. Then he actually does his job. Aside from this, Katana is mostly doing his own things...and some investigation.

Sorry for yapping so much

As I said I'm very normal about these characters

Yooo I’ve never seen a faction swap AU where Thieves’ Den was swapped with Blackrock

Now I need to know the rest of your ideas

[phightingaus]

I honestly kind of forgot about my cloudscape / phightlanders au until mod captain showed up knocking at my door *scratches my head

so WOE... GO MY PHIGHTLANDER DESIGNS...

characters in order of top left to bottom: Light Blaster (Astroblast), Dark Hook (Nightfall), Gold Coin (Trigger Happy) and lastly Soda Potion (Pop fizz) This AU is also what basically got me into 3d modeling again, Light Blaster being what i'd consider my first proper (roblox) model, sorry this is getting long (also kick started my addiction to making phighting designs please help i have so many)

Yoooo these look really cool

I'm interested in hearing more /gen

[phightingaus]

My AU where literally everything is the same except Firebrand has a twin brother and also everyone is a variation of Green Firebrand. Here's the art we have for it so far. This first one is clearly better because it's more green.

Also one of my friends made a Green Firebrand sona that's named Greener Firebrand and he's a mix of Green Firebrand and Green Firebrand

He was made by Evil Green Firebrand who is evil because he has 1 blue pixel and he mixed the two normal Green Firebrands together to make Greener Firebrand

And of course we can't forget his grandsons Green Dombrand and Green Valkbrand who are my personal favorites in this AU because they are green

Also a free gif because I KNOW people will want Green Firebrand on their layouts

I'm crying what did I just read 😭 (/pos)

I love crack AUs like this, they're amazing LOL

[phightingaus]

Guess who has more lore for the phighting strom chasing au

Anyways so this just smaller things that I find funny and lore for the swords

Sword lore

Darkheart, he owns too many alt accounts and most chasers have him blocked becuse he makes the most bonkers predictions about where the stroms are going to be, the only one who doesn't is sword, don't ask why he just doesn't

Venomshank, he use to chase and is now currently running a brid sanctuary

Windforce, still chases, she sometimes chases with her son

Icedagger, he just exists

Firebrand, he runs the local news channel and umbrella is one of the metoraglsts on there, they were the one to get valk and dom into the field

Ghostwalker and illumna both are metoraglists, they work in the same place valk and dom do, they're there higher ups

Now funny lill lore things

Banhammer and sythe chasing is sheer chaos like am talking breaking road laws (on back roads ofc) to get to these tornados

Sythe also drinks after all chases and sometimes during chases, medkit wants to jump out the car when ever this happens

When zuka was chased, on his last day of chasing before he stopped, a Turkey flew into his cars windshield (this is based off of an actual thing that happened to a strom chaser I follow called high risk cris) and that was his sign to stop

Subspace and hyperlazer drive a mobile doppler radar called the biomoblie (thank my partner for that) and he also treats all his Biograft probes as his kiddos.

Princess can't come on hyperlazers chases because she scares off the tornados

Yeah all of those things check out LOL

Also this is some really good lore-building (/gen)

[phightingaus]

sorry to ppl waiting on phighting tales the demons (my fixation on stargazer egobworder follower sunburst eggbox etc) got me again.

ANYWAYS CHAT . ON THAT NOTE. WITH MY FANTASY AU (and it's multiple variations with different skins or story beats) HOW WE FEEL ABOUT BANDIT/WEREWOLF COIL. FOR A FANTASY SETTING.

One day I'll yell about (one of) the story I have with this au made up solely by me seeing phighting skins and going "I love you"

No one look at the fact I've been playing skateboard (as only egobworder) for a week straight. I'm so normal.

OH I LOVE THAT IDEA SO MUCH

fantasy AUs are something I'm super obsessed with you wouldn't understand

[phightingaus]

Heeeey, been a while since I popped in for a yap session.

Funnily enough this isn't a gear swap ramble, oh no no no. I GOT A NEW AU SUCKERS!!

It started with me drawing silly fusions of the phighting characters and then my brain said, "Hey we can make an au out of this." And so I did!

There's no story, it's more like an alt version of the Inpherno. Similar rules but a few differences. For example:

The Spawn works more like this: It takes two gears, doesn't matter if one or both have been used before and the inphernal spawned will have those two gears. The only rule is that there are no repeat mixes, so let's say there is an inphernal with a Skateboard and Sword gear. The Spawn wouldn't be able to create a new inphernal with those two gears until the inphernal dies.

Names: Instead of using the names of their gears inphernals pick a name they think suits them, mostly based on vibes and what they think is cool.

Anyway here are the characters I have in mind so far (not all are designed):

Agave: (Scythe + Vinestaff) Lone wanderer of Lost Temple and Thieves Den, while she isn't a part of the COTTE she does mercenary work for them. For a price of course. While to most she is an intimidating presence, to those that are close know her to be very kind but definitely snarky and a bit rude at times but that's part of her charm.

Sonic: (Coil + Skateboard and no not the hedgehog): Chill dude that's made his home in Playground, occasionally gets mixed with other gangs but he doesn't stay for long. Also he probably smokes weed.

Mal: (Medkit + Broker): Medic from TF2, they can and will steal your bones. Mal is short for "Malpractice" and they are 110% guilty of it. He is good at medical stuff, he just chooses to mess around and do things that most doctors definitely wouldn't do, that's how he lost their medical license. :P

Scourge: (Subspace + Darkheart): Menace to society, absolutely Bastard tm. They can and will curse you without warning and/or reason. Fun fact: I hc that Darkheart has four eyes like Windforce so all his fusions would have that design choice. Double fun fact: Scourge was spawned with three of his eyes on the left side of his face. But yeah, he's a bitch, not much else to say.

Frostburn: (Icedagger+ Firebrand): Very isolated, due to their contrasting elements their magic is very unstable. Their ice is unmeltable and their fire is unimaginably hot, because of this they stay far away from civilization in their tower. They don't mind because they're a massive introvert (just like me fr) but they do sometimes wish they could see other people purely because they haven't done it before.

Nova: (Rocket + Illumina): Overseer of Playground and honestly just done with everyone's shit, they don't interact with many other people and when they do they keep it short. Only one person has actually been able to keep a conversation with Nova but that's because they are a nosy little bitch that wouldn't stop bothering him.

Void: (Coil + Darkheart): The nosy bitch in question, he also oversees Playground but he's more like a local cryptid. Sometimes you'd see him sitting atop a building or in the corner of your eye, he very much enjoys messing with people but also keeps the peace by breaking up fights when they get too out of hand.

Lyric: (Valk + Rainbow (my OC)): Hermes from Epic the musical, gay little laugh and everything. Celebrity whose shows are always sold out, when they put on a performance they go 100% not much else to say but they are just Hermes.

Wave: (Boombox + Biograft): Literally N from Murder Drones, sweet lil guy that could absolutely kill you in a heartbeat but would rather not.

That's all I got so far, others I either haven't thought of lore and names for. :P

Oooo, I love this concept

Also glad to see another person who's both a MD and Phighting fan lol

[phightingaus]

Followers AU: an AU where Illumina and Darkheart argue, except it turns ugly and petty as all hell. Oh yeah, Firebrand is here too, so yay. (this also may or may not be inspired by someone on Sodas stream today ask if there was any plans/ideas abt other ppl getting follow skins)

BASICALLY, Illumina wants more followers and starts just like kidnapping a bunch of random Inphernals and making them into followers, then eventually manages to get Scythe. Banhammers sees Scythe looking very much not Scythe and tells his mom about is. Windforce gets a bit worried and goes to tell Venomshank bc he also has a kid in the Inpherno. Venom tells Darkheart that Illumina is doing stuff again. Darkheart actually tries to be civil for once and goes to talk to Illumina. Illumina responds with violence and Scythe attacks Darkheart on his command, Darkheart fights back and Injures Scythe pretty bad. Illumina gets petty about his 'most devoted follower' getting hurt and yoinks Sword. Chaos ensues.

The lineup is basically Firebrand/WIndforce/Icedagger(oldest/middle/youngest sibling codded fr. Sibling Trio.) VS Venomshank/Darkheart(chaotic Darkheart 'younger sibling' and supervisor 'older sibling' Venomshank. Chaos Duo) VS Illumina/Ghostwalker(coworker acting asses /pos. Eternal Duo)

Sibling Trio are mostly neutral, though they tend to lend help to Chaos Duo more than Eternal Duo. None of the three parties notice this SFOTH wise, but (some of) the Phighters do.

Chaos Duo and Eternal Duo is where the main beef is at. Darkheart and Illumina already hate each other bc of the wing/horn situation (iirc to current lore), so that disdain for each other right off the bat is what sparks things off. Venomshank is mostly there to make sure Darkheart keeps a level and objective-based head and make sure he doesnt go too far. Similar type situation with Ghostwalker to Illumina; Ghostwalker is there to make sure Illumina knows that these Inphernals are different and far more important than the others, and have to be treated with at least some care (which is ironic coming from the only Deity that literally cannot feel feelings.)

Sword is an Illumina follower (bc follower sword skin). The only reason he is not a Venomshank follower is because Illumina basically kidnapped and brainwashed him into being his follower before Venom could talk to Sword (Venom wouldn't force Sword into it if he didnt want to, but he would still try)

Skateboard is a Windforce follower. Both because Playground, and because she has been able to make him even fucking faster than he already was. And Skateboard likes going fast.

All Biografts are Venomshank followers, and that includes all models as well. They follow Subspace wherever he goes.

Katana is a Firebrand follower. Once he heard what was happening with other Phighters, Katana actually sought out Firebrand to become on of his followers. He knew he didnt want to be with the Dieties that were trying to get the strongest of the Phighters(cough cough ILLUMINA cough cough), so he went to Firebrand.

Banhammer is a Windforce follower. She didnt even have to ask him to be a follower either, he's just a fucking mamas boy (/pos). If anyone else even had a chance at getting Ban to be their follow though it would be either Firebrand or Ghostwalker probably.

Rocket is a Darkheart follower. Because chaos. And because Darkheart has been able to convince him that he can help Rocket save Sword from Illuminas control (swocket mention crazy)

Slingshot is a Firebrand follower. Part of others is because when Firebrand approached Slingshot (on Katanas recommendation probably), Slingshot thought it would be funny to bake things with Firebrand. Like, using his heat to bake them. Bc it would be a funny bit. The other reason is because Firebrand did tell him that Katana was with him, and that made Slingshot a bit more comfortable/safe

Hyperlaser is an Icedagger follower. Mainly because he's used to the cold, but also because Icedagger kind of just like. Appeared. In Hyperlasers house/apartment. To pet princess. That was litterally it. And hyperlaser just kind of stuck with Icedagger bc well they both like catto.

Shuriken is a Windforce follower. She was able to convince him to join her after some back-and-forth, and told him that she would be able to make him faster, jump higher, and move quieter. Whether she can actually do things, to be decided on if she feels like holding her end in full. Either way, Shuriken did go with Windforce.

Scythe is an Illumina follower. And not by choice. Her situation is similar Swords, except she came first, and she was brainwashed into being Illuminas follower. She wouldn't agree to be any Dieties follower if she were to have a choice, believing that they are fake gods(TRUE EYE stuff), and Illumina wanted her for her strength.

Medkit is a Ghostwalker follower. Medkit can revive ppl with his phinisher, Ghostwalker is litterally the diety of death, or at the very least Inphernal Souls. It fits me thinks

Boombox is a Darkheart follower. The only thing fueling this is an isekai fic where Boombox is Darkhearts son. There is no other reason for this other than that. (said fic is called "What do you mean im a phuckin criminal?" by crumbispoggers. You all should totally read it)

Subspace is a Venomshank follower. Because, poisons. Yeah that makes sense. Also Ghostwalker tried to get Subspace to be one of his followers, but he basically just said nah and went with the guy that does poison like he does lmao

Vinestaff is a Ghostwalker follower. He sought after her and requested her to join him because of her healing abilities (he also knew how large-scale Illumina could go, so he figured having two very capable healers would be very beneficial). Vinestaff accepted, but only after bargaining for some way to get rid of her curse if she did join. (Ghostwalker does eventually find a way and hold his word, it just takes a rlly long time)

Coil is an Icedagger follower. Partly because fusion mode is a ton of ice over his body, but also because the (irrc) younger mindset/behavior of Icedagger makes Coil feel kind of protective in this weird older sibling kind of way(?). He may be from Playground and steals from arguably one of the most dangerous Phighters(Subspace), but he's still got a big ol heart.

So we've got:

Illumina with Sword & Scythe

Ghostwalker with Medkit & Vinestaff

Firebrand with Katana & Slingshot

Windforce with Banhammer, Shuriken & Skateboard

Venomshank with Subspace & Biografts

Darkheart with Boombox & Rocket

Icedagger with Hyperlaser & Coil

Oh boy thats a lot of text, sorry about that lol (holy name color hell-)

- ☀️🌺 anon (I am also working on the other two AUs I've submitted... writing is hard-)

Yoooo this is cool

I love follower AUs like this

[phightingaus]

Truth within Regret au!

Scythe accidentally leads medkit to the elevator at one point and because he's running away from... MANY things he gets stuck on there and she's just like "ahhhh phuck. Howm'ah supposed to 'splain this in a way that sounds... sane-" while medkit is just staring off into space confused as fuck

Welcome to the regretavator medkit you're not getting outta here without making some new friends and foes sorry /silly

~ 🎩 anon

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SDHDSHDSH

why can I see him asking something like "is this purgatory?" LOL

[phightingaus]

glimpse at a WIP of the comic for Phighting Tales. o7

Yoooo, this is cool (/pos /gen)

[phightingaus]

I have an AU, a swap AU

This AU is a class swap AU, all the Phighters' classes are swapped

Support becomes Melee

Melee becomes Ranged

Ranged becomes Support

I will make the designs soon

:)

some of these cases are really funny to imagine lol

[phightingaus]

Am back with another au idea here we go

A strom chasing au

I came up with this while watching into the strom (fun tornado movie) and I got bored

Okay so am going to explain some words and what they are for those who aren't as metoragly like me

key terms

Mobile Doppler radar- a radar on wheels these scan for windspeeds inside the tornado

Interpreter- built to withstand tornado and uses spikes into the ground, they also can scan for windspeeds using probes

Probes- sensors placed into the ground to mesuser pressure, humidity and windspeed

Blue sky busts- when supercells don't form this typically means no thunderstorms and just blue sky

Ef- the enchaned Fujita scale is the scaling system

Risks aka how likely it is for severe weather to form based off of how the atmosphere acts on the day and what's present. So high risks are the highest level of risk

phighters/chasers

Banhammer uses an interpreter and is live streams 24/7 when he's chasing he will also chase the church crew off the road (he claims they did it first)

Sythe, medkit and broker are a chase team with broker in charge of the cameras and the narration ( he just uses it to shit talk other chasers), medkit is the brains and reads the radar, is the one to place probes (ripped off Biografts) and sythe drives and bikers with medkit, she also drinks on blue sky busts or on sceecsful chases.

Coil makes tornado jokes 24/7 and reads the radar he used to go uni at blackrock College. Skateboard is the only one to drive and boombox is the dj and a photographer they're all a chase team

Valk and dom run a strom chasing from called phighting the stroms and both work for the equivalent of the national weather severce

Sword goes chasing to gain data and hopes to save people, while rocket goes chasing to see tornados however he still wants to learn mainly about the more volient tornados I.E ef3 to ef5

Supspace and hyperlazer are both strom chasers with Biograft being the probes. Supspace is a metoraglist aswell he and medkit both studied at blackrock college before the fought with each other like cannon, I'll get onto this later

Zuka use to chase and tought rocket how to make interpet vehicles

Medkit and supspace both use to work for blackrock collage, medkit worked as a teacher and part time strom chaser for the collage, subspace is similar expect he focused on making probes i.e the Biografts

And Katana just sits there (I forgot about him) he probably just doesn't really like torandos and his husband hyperlazer has taken him on chases before

Lore and other things

Subspace wanted to use the data the probes got to company's that aren't the most moraly the best, medkit didn't think that this was okay and stole the data the probes had to go send them off to this aus equivalent to the national weather severce, but before he could subspace found him and they fought, similar to cannon both lost an eye. Anyways so that happens

Coil also ends up studying at blackrock collage but he finds out about what subspace has done and drops out he's currently looking into other metoragly courses

Blackrock collage in of its self is morally cruppt protazing profit over lives saved with data I.e they always sell the data to companies

The church of the true eye is a strom chasing crew that is known for breaking laws and being crazy like think sythe driving into torandos and getting broker to fire off fire works while medkit regets his life choices and sythe drinks a can of beer I can't think of their team name

Rocket oringaly chased with boombox and skateboard before they all had a falling out

And that's the au feel free to ask questions and I'll think on this more and add the swords at some point i just wanted to send this here

I really like this 👍

Feel like some of them would've had a field day with some events I've personally had happen too close to home (like the December 10-11, 2021 tornado outbreak)

[phightingaus]

hey its the composite au guy with a rewrite for the au of the curious cannibal Voidstar

Now, for those unaware, Voidstar's gear is the Dark Spellbook of the Forgotten, which would allow her to cast a variety of magical spells. Of course, her canon Phighting self isn't exactly capable of doing this, but her COMPOSITE form certainly can. Her namesake, the Voidstar crown, has quite the history, but one of its most notable appearances is in the famous myth Noli.

Now, in order to understand why a legendary hacker/ghost/cultist would have any influence in the Inpherno, we have to understand where the Inpherno actually is. Without revealing too many details, the Inpherno is a lower dimension parallel to Robloxia/Roblox universe where Robloxians exist instead of demons (which is actually the reasons they call em "demons" and not "Inphernals"). The Robloxians that descended into this lower realm gained immense power in the Inpherno and were heralded as gods (way above the status of *those* seven gods fyi). The Overseer, Telemon, and Korblox were all gods, but that's not important right now. All of these gods were *invited* into the Inpherno and were really just powertripping researchers that went a bit too far, but Noli was something else entirely. Nobody knew if he was a virus or an invader, but his presence permeated the dark magic of the Inpherno and spawned a bloodline of book-reading cult leaders that sought to "resurrect" him. Their claim of resurrection curiously does imply that Noli is/was deceased.

Anyways, Voidstar is yet another gear-descendant of that enigmatic bloodline, but instead of working in the shadows, she has chosen to become her own person as the chairwoman of Blackrock. She was in power for a rather peaceful era of the developing researcher-led faction, but she was shortly after overthrown by a council of five mysterious mask-wearing magic users. She remained as a representative husk for the faction, but didn't hold any real power despite the council claiming that they were serving under Voidstar. Eventually, she went publically silent as she delved into the dark magics the council was offering her, and it was revealed to her that the five masked figures were instead a small army of 50 cult members distributed and merged into 5 archbishops as a symbiote. As she realized that the cult was hailing her as a messiah, she lost her mind and began to worship the dark lord Noli and shortly after became his link to the physical world.

Aside from her usual magic granted to her by her gear, as a vessel for Noli she has the ability to transfer her soul to any of the 50 cult members and retain her life by retreating as another person. Personality wise, she's described as being "clearly fallen from grace" and often descends into rambling about her Lord Noli, praising him and expressing her love for him. Other than that, most of her intelligence lost from her madness is balanced by her power and assistance from the near-hivemind of the cult, which often conduct schemes of their own. Because Voidstar is a vessel for Noli, she often falls into trances where the god of the void takes control to tear flesh or knaw on bodies before she quickly snaps back to reality. She's only a tragic remainder of a once passionate woman of science and magic.

yoooooo, this is cool (/gen)

this is super well-written and I'm curious to know what else you might come up with ^^

[phightingaus]

Truth within Regret Au!!!

Concept: Scythe getting into the vigilante thing because she realizes just how fucked her world is via seeing that violence is actually WAY less common in other worlds- like the inpherno has needless violence everywhere and everyone else on the elevator is going like "okay so shit's fucked up over there?" And she can't help but agree.

This also means that Scythe eventually gets to say "Don't yah have a job ta do OTHER than chasin' criminals around? Like, I don't know, keepin' tha peace?" And banhammer then becomes so shocked that anyone would say that, that he ends up loosing sight of scythe and she knocks out like three highly-wanted murderers and ties them up for banhammer to find later. 💀

~ 🎩 anon

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I love the idea of her realizing that there's a world that's more peaceful than the Inpherno and having her eyes opened to how screwed up things are there

also I can only imagine the initial sheer confusion on Ban Hammer's side of things because of her going vigilante

[phightingaus]

More for that tree infection au- stages of the infection!

Stage one - Seeded.

The safest stage of infection is not contagious yet, but that's because the infection has yet to reach the vital organs or the central nervous system. This stage is when someone is first infected, so they are mostly asymptomatic and are able to have the tree seed removed and gain temporary immunity. Unfortunately, this is also the shortest stage, only lasting for one day at worst and two at best.

Stage two - rooting.

The seed has taken root in at least one major part of the body, be it a bone or an organ - or worse, the spine or brain. At this point, it's unsafe to remove the seed, and the demon is beyond saving, beginning to show the first signs of infection. Fortunately, they are not contagious yet, so many say their goodbyes as this stage begins. Symptoms are as follows: lowered energy, dry coughing, excessive need for water, constant hunger, and root-like markings spreading from where the seed entered the body first. Lasts for one week.

Stage three - spreading.

The stage where the patient starts to become contagious after the seed spreads to the brain itself and starts altering functions of the body, controlling it like a puppet similar to the well-known zombie mushroom within ant populations. Branches and brambles start to sprout from the demon's body, and their horns are often broken and turned to branch parts in the process. Symptoms are as follows: heavy and excessive coughing, eyes turning hollow and black with black tears running down their face, tree branches starting to sprout from the head and chest most likely, slow movement and refusal to leave one place. Lasts for 2 weeks.

Stage four - growing.

The point of no return. All who reach this stage are dead, if not from outside forces, then from living for more than two weeks successfully. The patient will go to a specific spot with a lot of parts - be it vegetation, buildings, creatures, it doesn't matter - and lay there as a tree grows from their body from the place the seed entered from, becoming nourishment for its roots. These trees are highly infectious, and any who touch it or the "fruits" it produces will become seeded via its barbs. This is typically the point of no return, but despite that, there's rare cases where this stage does not happen fully for one reason or another, and that leads into stage null.

Stage null - "nosoi" and the half infected

A "nosoi" is a demon that managed to not turn into a tree yet is still a part of the hivemind. They are highly dangerous, driven by only the need to spread and cause others to be infected. An indication of a "nosoi" is a large amount of branches or wood covering the body of the infected, with their eyes being covered by vines or branches. When "nosoi" gain notoriety, they will be given a title based on what they are most associated with.

Half-infected, for lack of a better word, are infected that through a sort of miracle survived all stages of infection and retained their mind and soul. They are not contagious and are immune to further infection, but do have a tendency to flinch at anything relating to the plight we have upon us now. An indication of a Half-infected would be similar to a nosoi, but their eyes will not be covered, and instead of being hollow voids, they will contain lights of a corresponding color to them. Very few Half-infected exist, but only one of them truly knows the gravity of the situation at hand.

~ 🎩 anon

Ooooo, I like this