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Unrelated, but the title was supposed to be Who's up Jucin' their jungle rn? 👀👀, but Webnovel doesn't support emoji's for some reason.
This is a commission from John_Asian over on Webnovel for 10k words. It's about Jungle Juice and a particular combination of bugs that will be explained later.
Hope you enjoy!
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Hate.
I navigate through the dark, standing up and walking towards the nearest wall before leaning on it.. My arms, all four of them reach up to my face, running my fingers over my pale skin and shaggy red hair.
Hate.
My hands clench down, my skin giving easily and being ripped off. I don't feel it, even when I reach up and continue to tear and tear, I don't feel it, why would I? In moments it grows back like nothing happened.
Hate.
Eventually my fingernails grow longer, becoming no different than claws as I try and take the thing I see in the mirror out back and kill it. My claws scar my skin exactly how I want it, chunks upon chunks of flesh being cut off from my body in bloody piles on the floor.
I continue, but it doesn't help. No matter how much I cry, no matter how much I scrape, no matter how much I don't want it, this is me.
This room, this void without the tiniest hint of light swallows me whole without a second thought. I know I was someone, I was a person, I was Darya… Darya Kim. I had a family, a mom, a dad, but I can't remember them, their voices, their laughs, their smiles, only blurry images…
God, I'm hungry, I'm so damn hungry I can't think…I eat.
This foul body becomes my sustenance, my teeth grinding down upon the flesh of my arm, using my crimson fluid as some sort of seasoning to help it.
I wasn't like this before, I was normal, I was HUMAN, I was FREE, but because of HIM, I'm like this. I could get hurt and I had to go to a hospital, I didn't need to sit around. Hell, I barely got to my thumb before my pinky was already coming back.
All of this, all of my inhumanity was because of some stupid fucking bug spray.
I continued the cycle, the loop of eating, crying, scraping, again and again and again until finally the door I had tried to break down oh so many times finally was busted down from the outside and it had light and within the light, a person came out, a woman.
"___!" I could barely hear her at all, my relief overwhelming me along with the light blinding my dark-accustomed senses. I could only rely on my hearing, more and more footsteps coming into the room and my body being picked up.
I opened my eyes one more time. The room I was in was covered in blood, but the only thing I could focus on was my savior, the most beautiful woman I've met.
Her name was…
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I shoot up from my bed faster than I ever have before. My heart beats out of my chest as I look around, seeing my bed being absolutely caked in my sweat all the while I'm still naked. "That dream again? Whatever, who's making all that goddamned noise!?" I yell out, groggily walking to my window and opening it with my top pair of hands, only to see a sight that made my heart drop to my A double SS.
I saw kids like me scampering around campus, some weaving through huge buildings using their wings, while others had exoskeletons and ran, bobbing and weaving their way through other crowds of people that had bug-like features. The only reason why people would be acting like this if it was…Registration day!
"Please don't tell me I overslept Please don't tell me I overslept Please don't tell me I overslept Please don't tell me I overslept" I repeated to myself, walking over to my desk and picking up my alarm clock that I didn't even pay attention to.
2:45 PM
Registration started at 3 PM on the dot…
F U C K ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I jump into action, quickly going over to my drawer and pulling out any clothes I can and throwing them on haphazardly. Thankfully, this place has clothes that automatically accommodate my extra arms so I don't have to cut holes in them. I settled on a plain black T-shirt along with some sweat pants.
I go over to my backpack and pack everything that I can think of in there. Random books that I haven't even read, glasses that I've never worn, a hacksaw for whatever reason, and a solid gallon of water.
After that, I did the only sensible thing I could do…I jumped out the window. My apartment was on the fifth floor, but I lived only a couple blocks away from the school registration, so as long as I didn't run into anything or anyone, I should be golden. I braced myself for impact and managed to roll on the ground and get to sprinting.
My upper shoulder is dislocated and I probably have a few cracked ribs, but both of those wounds were already on the way to healing, so I focused on just running my ass off. Since I have pretty good regen, I got buff and never skipped any leg day in the gym, so I managed to get to the school in only 5 minutes, my arm completely healed and my ribs already feeling better.
The registration begins on the fourth floor from what I'm told, so I decided to just chillax and walk up the stairs.I get to the registration room just 1 minute before the cutoff. The room was full with bug-people, some having wings, some having stingers, others having bug-like faces, but everyone no matter what was on a laptop. Thankfully, there was more than enough so I just sat down and fiddled with the laptop.
I wonder if I can take this home. Maybe I can take it to my room and get my freak on if you know what I'm talking about…I don't know why I said that, what else would I be talking about aside from sex?
Shaking off my horny thoughts, I booted the thing up and I only saw 3 boxes.
Practical Combat for Insects: Jun Ji
[0/1 USB]
Study of Genetically Modified Humans:: Hawnyeong Yu
[0/1 USB]
Understanding Nest Protection: Doheyon Ma
[0/1 USB]
Usb? Why the hell would we need a usb for? I try to look around and ask somebody if I just got the wrong computer, but before I could there was a loud ringing of a bell and after that…All hell broke loose.
In almost an instant the window that showed the forest outside just broke, almost everyone in the class hauling straight ass outside for some reason while only 3 people remained in the class. It was me, some dude that looked around my age with no discernible bug features and some kid that kinda looked like a bee.
"What the hell, why'd everyone just leave?" I asked out loud, walking over to one of the shattered windows and poking my head out. "You two, do you know anything about this?" I ask, looking at them.
"I'm just as confused as you are!" The other guy yelled while the kid looked completely calm.
"Ooohhh, you two are the transfer students, right?" He asked in a sort of airheaded tone. "I guess nobody explained it to you two then."
"Explained what?" I asked the kid who was approaching the window.
"You gotta fight for your USB's. All the teachers are in the forest and whoever makes it there first and makes it back to put it in and register for their class gets to be there. There are usually 16 spots in every class so some people get cut every year. What classes are you guys trying to be in?" He explained.
"I'm trying to be in Doheyon Ma's class." The guy next to me said with a determined expression. To be fair, that does sound like the easiest baby itty bitty witty class ever. Me personally though?
"I'm going to Jun Ji's class."
The kid looks confused at me for a minute before beginning to talk again. "Not many strive for Mr. Ji's class, it's usually just half-full and everyone who didn't get a USB just gets dumped there." He stopped, then turned his attention to the other guy. "Mr. Ma's class is different though, everyone wants to be there to try and be valedictorian. You're gonna have to beat up a lot of people."
The guy next to me gulped while the kid took his phone out. "I'm personally going for Mr. Yu's class. Let me give you my number and maybe we could help each other out if I or you guys need any backup. I'm Hyanbeol Lee by the way."
"Succhan Jang." The guy next to me introduces himself.
"Darya Kim." I say last, pointing at myself while taking my phone out. Thankfully when I first got here, everybody was given a phone regardless of who they were, so I was able to get Hyanbeol's number easily. After that, he said his goodbyes and flew out the window, leaving just me and Succhan alone.
"You wanna team up?" I asked him. "What're your bug powers?"
"I'm uhh…I'm a dragonfly." He said, looking to the side almost ashamed as he pulled up his shirt a bit to reveal two pairs of wings right on his lower back.
"That's soooo cool!" I gushed, walking over and lightly tapping one of his wings. I wasn't doing this to try and manipulate him or anything, I just thought that flying would be superdamn cool and I'm kinda jealous that I only got some worm powers. It was a 2 for 1 special, though, so I guess I can't be too mad. "Alright, idea."
"You can pick me up by my upper arms and carry me around and we can help each other. If we get into a fight I can be your support and back you up. I can't imagine a dragonfly really knows how to fight." I decide, pulling his shirt back down and walking towards the window.
"Oi, who made you the boss, you jerk!" He exclaimed, outraged by my take that the bug who didn't fight probably wouldn't be a good fighter, but he sighed and relented. "I don't even think I could lift you up if I wanted to. I've never lifted someone up while I'm flying before."
"Oh, it's just weight that's the issue?" I ask, placing my backpack on the ground and digging in it. I took out the hacksaw that I packed earlier and immediately got to work on cutting off both my left arms and my left leg. It was pretty hard since I'm kind of in a rush and I had to cut fast, but that was along with Succhan's screaming.
"OH MY GOD, WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE, STOP!!!' He yelled while I sighed and just kept cutting.
"Oh shut the fuck up you big baby, I'll regenerate." I mouth off to him, quickly finishing with the arm and sawing into the leg while my arm got put to work…Pause. I could make the fluids inside of my body either poison or very very sticky slime, so while I sawed my leg off, I spat out a glob into my lower right hand and weaved it into a web.
I got done soon, the blood nor the pain affecting me as I hopped over the Succhan, who still looked horrified, and put the webs in his hand and turned around. "There, I should be light enough now, hurry up and stick it to my back, it's an adhesive and shit. Stick it to my back and hurry up and carry me before I regenerate."
I didn't feel anything for a bit and was about to mouth off at him but was quickly shut up when I finally felt my cool webs being put on my back and Succhan lifting me up out the window…
Into the Registration Zone!
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THE END
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