Chrysalis

Right then. For the time being, my skills had been dealt with. Now for the juicy bit.

The Biomass.

But first.

[Crinis…]

When she received my mental communication the little ball shrinks in on herself, withdrawing her stalk until she's almost touching the ground.

[Um… Y… yes? Master?] she stammers.

…

[Is there something you want to tell me? Has some sort of milestone been achieved?] I enquire.

[N, no? I can't think of anything like that, Master]

So evasive!

[You wouldn't be worried about having to make choices for yourself again, would you Crinis? Panicked that you might make a selection that I didn't approve of? If that were the case, I'd be quite disappointed] my voice drops to a sinister low by the end.

[Hiiiiii!] she squeaks.

I can only sigh. Why are pets so weird? This should be a joyous occasion, the individual should be jumping for joy and as the master I would bathe in that reflected happiness, smiling deeply, feeling smug and satisfied that all things were travelling on the path that I ordained.

No.

Instead, I have to bully my own pet into evolving, or watch my pet evolve into an imbecilic lump of muscle meat. Crinis is just paranoid about having to make her own choices, not wishing to do something 'wrong'.

[Look, Crinis, I'm very happy that you are ready to evolve. It's a great thing! So as soon as we are finished speaking we will finalize your core and you will evolve. Okay?]

[…..]

[OKAY?!]

[yes… Master….]

Don't sulk!

When I recreated you from your core, I made sure to make adjustments so that you'd be perfect, the best little murder ball of boundless horror and death in

struck dumb, growing

that Master? For

evolution means I'm meeting you halfway on

[…. But!]

[No buts!]

THWACK.

an antenna around in a vicious arc I whack the little tennis ball right in the middle, sending her flying to the corner in which I keep my

[Let's do this!]

protests, I fuse together a special core and whack her on the head

[Now go evolve, dammit!]

[huuuuuu]

one side of the chamber and begins the process of her evolution. This is only her second evolution but it's going to be exciting

to be as helpful as possible, but she has to develop some independence,

still in the Dungeon after all and if anything spawns in here I need it smashed ASAP. I'm going to be busy mutating and don't want to be

Finally!

and three hundred and sixty

to go, I get that. I need to get all of my mutations to +15 before I evolve and I still

is going to cost me…

….

SIXTY FIVE?!

From five to ten is only forty

I can do about it but

Fusing is one part of this, where classes and skills can become combined to create a new and more

a hard and fast rule by any means, he said he knew of one class

upgrade won't be just choosing another mutation. I'm determined to find now before progressing

you like to upgrade Mandibles to +15? This will

You betcha.

choose to combine your