Weapon UwU - who'd expect us to be a team of deadly mutant assassins with a name like that?
The Team:
- a trans boy ready for his glow-up into a leading man
- an undead sweetheart with a bellyful of acid
- a furious firebreathing girl
- a hive mind of very polite spiders
- an over-it aroace woman who knows how scared you are of her
- a group of increasingly unhinged clones
The Misson:
To cross into a parallel universe and kill a mutant as powerful as a god, then clean up any mess
The Complications:
Okay so yikes this has spiralled out of control and now there may be some other terrifying new threats to deal with! We're on it though, I promise. Weapon UwU!
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