This Miasma does not make any semblance of sense. Those Monster have not even a full consciousness for one. They are not raging, they are just doing what the Miasma makes them feel and… go to town at everything and anything that is not like them.
“Snow? Can I make an experiment with you?”
“Sure, what kind? I am bored anyways.”
“I give you Miasma and you just absorb it, I want to see something. If I am right, then it may be interesting.”
“Okay? I usually absorb Miasma, so I can not really understand. Will you explain later?”
“Of course.”
With that I start giving her the Miasma in the form the Monsters had.
“This feels weird. I can let the Miasma in, but it does not do anything? It does not even mingle with my own Miasma. What is that?”
“Ah, let me explain. Do you see this tank?”
“The one with the Bladehoppers? Yes, what about it?”
“While there are three, only one was in the tank before. When I put the Miasma inside of it I thought it might start to go crazy like the other Monster, but it did not do that. The Original Bladehopper over there is different than the other two, right?”
Snow scrutinizes the Bladehoppers and nods.
“Yes, the one there is rather normal. The others are… dull? Maybe they did not have eaten right while growing up, and they have grown stunted?”
“Not really Snow. As I said only one was in here before. Those two I did not put in it.”
“I do not understand, where did those two come from?”
“That is the strange part. I put the Miasma in and when I took my attention from them later there were two. He just doubled. Both are tame and keep doing what I order.”
“That is weird. Did it just split in two?”
“No, another just appeared. I tried it again and looked intently while both were filled with the Miasma. I had thought I would get four, but the copy just dissipated the Miasma and it did nothing. The other held on to it.”
“And then he split again? Like pop, or rather like swosh?”
Um… How shall I answer sound effects Snow? Never mind, back to the topic.
“That is the strange part. It just did not appear. It held on to it but nothing. When I took my attention from it and then back a third was there.”
“So it is shy and does not duplicate while watching?”
“Yep, and that is why… Ah, there she is.”
“Is who, where? …WAH! Where did you come from?!”
Another rat girl is in my Laboratory. Instead of white hair she has black hair and gray fur. While she is similar to snow her face is totally different.
“So, there she is. The Miasma takes the form of the spirit and manifests it right after. It is not aggressive to the origin it seems and would just leave or maybe follow.”
“I have a sister now?!”
Um, that is your thought about it? Well maybe it can be seen like that but sorry Snow.
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“Not quite. While she is a monster like you… Let me show you instead. Can you speak?”
“Speak? ...yes.”
“What is your name? Do you know where you are?”
“My… Name? I am… no, do not remember… where? I… am here?”
As expected. She has fractured simple instincts the original has trained in her whole life. She can stand, talk, move and even understand her surroundings a bit, but she is not a carbon copy. The gaps would be filled by Miasma, but my filtered Miasma has nothing, so she has nothing in those gaps.
“She is a manifestation of Miasma. It just made a simple copy of you. The sad part is, she might not be able to grow and while she slowly becomes physical, her whole being is right now made out of Mana and Miasma.”
“And that means…?”
“That means the Monster we fought are all just some inferior copies of the original. Right now they multiply and the unfiltered Miasma makes them rage like crazy. They bundle together and just attack anything, the original did not like or was wary of.”
“So she will just run around and hunt snakes, because I do not like snakes?”
“No, as my Miasma has no anger in it. I filtered it out while I was at it. Never thought the anger would make them that different.”
“But Null?”
Snow is really inquisitive today. It is good, but the copy just wanders right now in my Laboratory… naked…
“What is it Snow? I think I need to study your copy before removing her.”
“Don’t remove her! She came from me, that would be cruel! I wanted to know why there is anger in Miasma anyways.”
It might be really cruel. If I just made an autopsy on her it might feel like I would cut open Snow… No, better I keep her around, yes. It would be a great Idea to see how she might live for a long time with us. Is there a limit or can she grow in some direction Snow cant? I will work on that.
“Understood Snow, I will not hurt her in any way, okay? And for your question, Magic is mostly used as a Weapon. The Miasma has so many intents inside, like how you found the intent of the body which used it and made your human form. As it is mostly used as a weapon it is often thrown with negative emotions or even rage. That sticks to the Miasma and makes so many Monster angry, as I at first thought it might just be the pain of absorbing Miasma.”
“So she is not angry? What is she then?”
“Confused? There was not much inside of the Miasma. She has no forced feelings right now.”
While talking I gave the rat girl my cape to wear. She seems to know how to put it on. Good she has many instincts of Snow in her, then she is rather docile and might learn quick.
…
“So Black One, how are you feeling today? Did you sleep well?”
“I am feeling fine father. Mother did play with me rather long and I fell asleep quickly last night.”
Ugh… I still can not understand why Snow did put that into her head. Well I am in a weird kind her father and she came from Snow so maybe mother, but…
“And what do you think about being around here? Do you not like something? Maybe you need something?”
“Can I have more tea? I do not like to eat much, but tea is nice.”
Wow, she does not like to eat… Totally different than Snow, that came from somewhere I can not even fathom.
“Sure, I will bring you more. Sorry for not letting you out of the Laboratory often, but I need to look if there might be a chance you might hurt someone.”
“I understand. I do not want to hurt anyone mother likes. Please make sure I am not dangerous father.”
“I do not really believe you are, you are a way too good girl for that. You were even sweeping my laboratory for me. I could not wish for a better assistant.”
giggle “Thank you father.”
Just to be safe, I have to keep her on the third floor for now. Luckily she is rather weak for a copy of Snow. That is true with all copies by the way. At first I thought they might not be able to fight like they used to do while raging, but they are really weak. No wonder we could eliminate so many Monsters without a sweat the other day.
The whole not looking at the Monster with that Miasma makes me think of some kind of… Quantum physics? She can not spring into reality if someone looks, but when no one looks she can be at a different place than her original and after the next look she is her own person? Magic is weird, but Miasma is even weirder!
By the way she can not transform into Snows original form. She can turn into some kind of were rat with longer nails and bigger teeth while her feet become elongated for extremely high agility, but otherwise she can not change much. Good thing I did not copy Snow when she was in Beast mode. Would be hard for a gigantic rat to hold a broom and sweep my Lab for me.
…
Experiments with humans and fully taken over Monsters was futile. The Miasma needs both a core and working brain. Walking around in the body myself does not count sadly.
The cores of duplicated Monsters are horribly crude as is their spirit body. Everything of them is more simple and inferior. The flesh itself might be classified as inedible, as it has more Miasma than Mana and might really be poisonous.
The only real plus for the creation of them is the sudden ebb in Miasma around them and the ability to digest more Miasma like the original. There might be a diminished digestion of Miasma, but it is negligible.
While the copies can eat they are not comfortable with it for now. It might be easier for them later, as their bodies are only forced physical form from the start. Black One is the first child in training for now, but Snow is nagging me to make another one, and I believe she will want more friends over time.
Luckily she was abated with the reasoning, that we need to see if she gets sick or something before we can make more. I already have an Idea what I want to do with those children, they might be a great workforce for us while also being a great way to keep Snow happy.