Deeper Bloom: Chapter 4
Mutation Updates Part One: Stellan and Sam
Adjusting to life in Sandal Sole has had varying degrees of difficulty amongst the other land-dwellers and myself.
Stellan Patricks: Stellan Patricks is slowly but surely being transformed into what can only be described as some sort of meta-human. Caught halfway between man and God, science and magic.
Professor Patricks’ height has drastically increased, being 7'3" now, and, unfortunately, he is now partially unrecognizable. Stellan’s skin has become a rough hide similar to that of a rhino or elephant. The main distinctions from normal animal hide are twofold: one, being that the hue of the skin is most definitely pink. A muted mauve. The other distinction is that all across his body, in a seemingly random yet evenly displaced fashion, are silver dollar sized mounds with large craters in them. They have quickly been identified as barnacles. The same type that Seniorem prophetispinus grows during molting. It is due to this that professor Patricks’ is thought to be infected with the very fungus he helped discover. His entire appearance is that of a colossal, bipedal starfish.
We have used Stellan’s mutations to learn more about both the fungal and the godhood indoctrination process.
Needless to say he is not the only one experiencing mutations.
Samuel S Levi: Sam has not been spoken of much here. Samuel is the youngest of the group and is, in fact, only 17. Sam’s focus is marine wildlife aid. He’s like a vet for the mutated sea creatures and has been a huge help to the Sandal Sole doctors in exchanging information as the other survivors and myself transform.
Sam, unlike Stellan, has experienced no pain during his mutation. Instead, his pain quickly disappeared as his body jaundiced. Now, like Stellan, Sam is growing the strange barnacles and fissures all over the course of his body. This all but confirms that Samuel was infected with Samboforma deusglomerforum. The next side effects were worrying, but quickly became manageable. Samuel began nervously laughing and wheezing like the lab rats that were exposed to Samboforma deusglomerforum, but quickly learned to manage it like stifling a cough. Sam can now squeeze through small areas and stretch his body into slightly impossible shapes. His skills are much more akin to a contortionist than Mister Fantastic.
Chad and I are going through mutations as well, however there is still quite a bit to unpack and I will separate them into another post.
