Chrysalis

Coolant looked out from her perch next to the upper sally port of the great gate and felt nothing but confusion.

"Do you want to go tell him, or should I?" she said to Sloan who was clinging to the wall next to her.

The general shook her head, bewildered.

"I mean. They have to know, right? There's no chance that they don't know."

"I assume they know. I mean, what are the odds the two forces aren't communicating to this extent?"

"Almost none, surely. Such a lack of organisation in our foes would throw our plans way out."

"Hasn't this thrown them way out anyway?"

Sloan hesitated.

"That's… true."

The two of them looked out in silence for a few more moments at the totally unexpected scene before them.

"What do you think we should do?" Coolant asked, her scent as calm and unruffled as it always was.

"I don't know!" Sloan fretted. Why would these idiots perform this sort of moronic action now of all times? It didn't make any sense!

again that strange, undirected mental communication washed out over them, rippling

one here, or this one, a friend of that creature,

a procession of golgari stood with one of their own forced to kneel on the ground at sword point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in

the Eldest… Who else could

but the Eldest isn't here. There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't

the golgari wanted to kill another golgari for some reason, why not let them do it? One less for them to fight when they made

we don't understand," Sloan sighed.

reason, the Eldest gobbled down trouble like a Queen taking in

"I'll need to move a little closer, I don't think I

"I'll arrange an escort."

ready to escort the mage closer to the enemy in

thousand may send the wrong

"What do you mean?"

quickly, "eight golgari over there. If we walk closer

thousand is too many?" Sloan rubbed the top of her head with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel like

a healthy mix of mages, for raising shields, scouts, for detecting foul play, and soldiers, to hold the line in the event the others needed to retreat. Once they had covered half the ground toward the first gate, they very obviously stopped and parked themselves for a moment.

greet you on behalf of the Colony,] she started off formally, [I have

all communicated with each other for a long

We want you to bring them here so that they may duel the High Blade Balta. He wishes to expunge the shame the creature

by this. This guy came all the way out here chasing the Eldest? For what? Some imagined insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend the meaning behind such actions, but she didn't let