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!

rippling through

here, or this one, a

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

else could they possibly want?" Coolant wondered with

have no idea, but the Eldest isn't here. There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't know that! Surely!" Sloan said. "… We have to

In her opinion, if one of 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 a

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

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

me to reach out to them?" Coolant offered. "I'll need to move a

"I'll arrange an escort."

mage

think a thousand may send the

"What do you mean?"

of.." she counted quickly, "eight golgari over there. If we walk closer with

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

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

started off formally, [I have come to

for a long moment before a reply came

that they may duel the High Blade Balta. He wishes to expunge the shame the creature has cast

taken aback 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