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 through the ambient mana in the air and

or this one,

golgari stood with one of their own forced to kneel on the ground at sword point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in a chair next to him, watching all that occurred with an expression of detached boredom. Next to them a trio of mages worked together,

Who else could they possibly want?" Coolant wondered with

percent chance

for some reason, why not let them do it? One less for

be some element at play that we don't understand," Sloan sighed. "Anytime something weird

gobbled down trouble like a Queen taking in Biomass. The end result was something good, but the appetite appeared

to move a little closer, I

"I'll arrange an escort."

ants ready to escort the mage closer to the enemy in a matter of seconds. Coolant had a thought

you think a thousand

"What do you mean?"

a total of.." she counted quickly, "eight golgari over there. If we walk closer with a thousand, might they think

head with an antennae. A thousand didn't feel like many to

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

she started off formally, [I have come

all communicated with each other for

they may duel the High Blade Balta. He wishes

the way out here chasing the Eldest? For what? Some imagined insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend