I have to say I’m quite excited to finally be able to evolve again. I know I should wait and pile on the Biomass but I simply can’t contain my excitement.
So I’m weak! Sue me!
Everyone has to have a weakness and perhaps this is mine. Rather than shovelling my face full of monsters’ sticky insides, as delightful as that sounds, I would rather be taking a brief nap and then waking up a whole new being.
It involves the consumption of less guts, for one thing.
I can’t help but get excited for the possible options that may be present to me when I evolve. The mind ant species has been good to me, dramatically increasing my strength and propelling me further along the path of magic. As great as it’s been, I feel like I need one more push in order to achieve a proper mastery of magic. If I have an option that will further enhance my mind I’ll be hard pressed to turn it down.
Before any of that though, I have to form the special core.
LET’S DO THIS!
.....
GAWD ALMIGHTY!
MAH BRAIN!
[Core Engineering has reached level 6]
Worth!
After all of my effort I’m finally done! In front of me sits a new shiny special core, the announcement from Gandalf still ringing in my ears.
[Compatible special core detected ...]
Yasssss!
This mental torture is finally over! Despite being as mentally fatigued as I am I eagerly begin the absorption process immediately. Not even a microsecond passes before the truly uncomfortable squeezing feeling erupts in my guts.
NOPE!
I remember this feeling! It sucks!
nowhere for it to go, the tightness swells until
Yeeouch!
good idea to do this immediately after wearing myself down, grinding my own brain against the stone to produce
mandibles Anthony, show what an ant you are!
first thing I try to do is look around the room for something to catch
the corner, still nothing going on there. Crinis is bobbling in the middle of the room on the floor. I’m not sure exactly when she wobbled
mental
making her own may onto my back where she wibbles a bit a settles into a seemingly comfortable nook between
how close you are to reaching fully grown?]
[.....] nothing.
with the least talkative of my gang this might have gone
really grateful if you would talk to me a little at the moment] I encourage
I don’t know
that she isn’t useful yet. I’m completely not fussed however. I was lugging Tiny around for ages before he was able to
and you’ll be back to shredding
ripping monsters apart and eating them
hope so master]
talking a bit little one. You don’t have to be so quiet you
[...]
be evolving soon Crinis, so don’t worry if there isn’t any movement for a bit or I don’t respond when you try to talk to me] not that it’s
master?] the little blob
evolving at the moment, Tiny and Vibrant have already started,
sounds
soon as you’re ready we’ll get you in the Dungeon and once you’re grown, getting you to evolve will be our
master] she replies, sounding
death would be this sensitive?!
DAMN IT HURTS!
....
core has finished being absorbed and my time has
feeling about this evolution. The Mind Ant was the first steps on a brand new path of evolution and the
anymore! Feels like
then Crinis, I’m going
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