Chrysalis
Chapter 954
I strain. I push. I fight with every fibre of muscle and every strand of brain matter to get my body to move forward! Nothing. As an experiment I try to move backwards and find no resistance, but once I move forward again, no dice. I'm frozen in place as long as I attempt to move forward.
This is crazy! The Dungeon is basically refusing to let me walk forwards?! Are you telling me I don't have control of my own limbs?
Dammit, Gandalf! Get your scrawny wizard backside out here and explain this. I won't take another step until this unpleasant phenomenon is spelled out to me. I mean… I can't take another step… but that's not the point!
[Master? Is everything alright?]
I realise then that my comrades have been watching me skuttle backwards and forwards, straining against an invisible barrier in front of the gate for over a minute now. I can imagine it doesn't look at all that sane, prompting Crinis to check in with me.
[I, uh, seem to be experiencing technical difficulties?] I reply.
Crinis is confused.
[I'm not sure what you mean. Is there a problem?]
[In a sense. I can't walk forward.]
[You can't?] She extends a tentacle forward toward the gate and meets no resistance. [I don't think anything is there?]
[This is a little hard to explain. It feels like the Dungeon itself is preventing me from going through the gate. As if it refuses to let me move somewhere that's going to take me up a stratum.]
[The Dungeon isn't letting you move?]
[Yeah, it sounds weird, I know.]
[CONTEMPTIBLE DUNGEON! UNHAND THE MASTER!]
Exploding with wrath, the tentacled shadow-mass unleashes her fury upon the Dungeon. In the literal sense. Stones fly and the bark beneath us splinters as Crinish lashes out blindly. Tiny, witnessing this chaos, naturally does the first thing that pops into his head, which is to join in. Chunks of wood start flying everywhere as the giant ape joyously smashes his mighty fists into the root beneath his feet.
you. That's not the Dungeon, that's the
two friends restrain themselves, Tiny much more reluctantly than Crinis. A Grove Keeper stomps over,
about that! Misunderstanding! We didn't mean to attack the Mother Tree at
Keeper one bit and he replies in
off this attack so brazenly? Hmmmmm. There must be
get your logs soggy,] I retort, [besides, since you're here I have a
help you?]
you'd be dead if I
much he can say to that. Still bristling with anger the Grove Keeper turns toward the bushes and engages in another rustling session with them before
her roots
Dungeon is preventing me from moving through the gate. Does she
Dungeon, you
get it. Talk to the tree
something else entirely. Now that I'm aware of it, I'm starting to think it's been there for quite a while and I just wasn't conscious of it. Ew, that's weirding me out. I have to wonder why it's so much stronger now than before, has something changed? In fact, when was the last time I travelled up
explain why I was so
as I am at the answer we get back. [The Call. She says that many monsters have felt it at one time or another, even Mother for a brief time. She believes that any monster with the
has acknowledged me or
doesn't now? What made
is an
sacrificing much of her potential to
on some useless options during an evolution I won't have to put
[Hmmm. Useless?]
Useless in the 'becoming an Ancient' sense. I like you
a long look before
on this matter. Please refrain from attacking her
was totally
extend
[Ha-ha! Friends!]
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