Chrysalis

We warred for survival. That was our driving motivation for so long that when we eventually reached the point that survival wasn’t threatened, we almost didn’t know how to act. We had established enough power, enough allies, that the forces who sought to exterminate us were unwilling to pay the cost, and thus secured our ongoing existence.

Some theorise that it is only when one doesn’t have to struggle day to day that their true personality can shine through. In that case, this period would reveal who the Colony was, what our priorities were, and who we saw ourselves being in the future.

Even the Eldest, so often the driving force behind our development and direction, stepped into the background. Left to our own devices, the Colony had to search deep within itself to find a new direction, a new channel in which to place its bottomless energy.

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• Excerpt from the private notes of Historiant

Turns out, it takes a lot of mana to create a volcanic eruption.

[Stay away from the master you trash! Die!]

[GRAAAAAH!]

[Ssssurrender your livesss to me!]

BOOM! BOOM!

And it requires an extreme level of concentration and focus.

[Succumb to fear! Retreat from the shadows!]

[Ahhh. The experience isss mine!]

[HRAAAAAAAAA!]

[Can you keep it down, dammit! I’m trying to focus!]

[Sorry, Master!]

away my irritation. It’s not exactly reasonable to expect them to be quiet as they protect me from an unending torrent

Do your best up there and I’ll try

[Okay!]

the workers are capable of nibbling at the stone and tearing it down piece by piece. Since neither I, nor Invidia have the energy to spend on repairing it, we are becoming more

up some stone, but personally I’d rather

is such a freakin’

added to the intricate weave that is this spell. Its structure is almost like a spherical cake, one with dozens

goes off, but I don’t know how long it takes to detonate after I finish

Exciting!

more of

the name of all

know, but they managed

tunnel corner like literal water, a densely packed wave that sloshes and froths as individuals are sent tumbling or flying by the sheer weight of

threat. Naturally they drop everything, no matter what is happening, to come and defend the queen. In fact, the ka’armodo might

with mighty headaches out there right about

I tell

[I-I’ve got it, Master.]

Givesss it

it this time, the green light shredding through everything it touches. It looks like it’s shredding anything that even gets close

bleeding, thick ichor dripping onto the tunnel floor beneath his hovering

overdo it, Invidia,] I

be,] he replies

my attention into the spell, weaving threads with all the delicacy and speed I can muster. Within, the omni-elemental construct

managing the damn thing is taking me five

mana, just… frickin…

cry out in triumph. [I’ve got