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!

washed out over them, rippling through the ambient mana in

or this one, a friend of that creature, will

on the ground at sword point whilst an elaborately armoured figure reclined in a chair next to him, watching all that occurred

Eldest… Who else could they possibly want?"

here. There is almost a zero percent chance that they don't know that! Surely!" Sloan said. "… We have to

asked. In her opinion, if one of the golgari wanted to kill another golgari for some reason, why not let

at play that we don't understand," Sloan sighed. "Anytime

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

them?" Coolant offered. "I'll need to move a little closer, I don't think I can extend

"I'll arrange an escort."

and had a thousand ants ready to escort the mage closer to the enemy in a matter

think a thousand may send the

"What do you mean?"

over there. If we walk closer with a thousand, might they think

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

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

greet you on behalf of the Colony,] she started off formally, [I have come to clarify exactly what it is

all communicated with each other for a long moment before a reply came

that they may duel the High Blade Balta. He wishes to expunge the

the Eldest? For what? Some imagined insult? She couldn't possibly comprehend the meaning behind such actions, but she didn't let her confusion