Chrysalis

My first nap as a tier seven, a deep and satisfying torpor that I luxuriate in. Indeed, life is only complete when one gets their eight hours! I’ve been flat out for way too long, to the point I’ve started to worry that the Torpor Police might disappear me.

That would have caused quite a stir, I’ve no doubt.

They do an incredible job of hiding, those little ninjants, but ever since I picked up the Vestibule, it’s been impossible for them to conceal themselves from me.

Unlike my bodyguards. Whatever it is that they use to create the strange forgetful effect was powerful enough to give me trouble for a little while. Ever since my evolution, though….

I reach out with one leg and poke at the air.

….

I poke again.

….

Another poke, harder this time.

“... Is that really necessary, Eldest?” Protectant complains.

Gweheheheh.

“I just find it fun, how easily I can spot you now.”

The guard smells decidedly unhappy about it.

“We would like to know how you do it,” she grumbles, “out of professional courtesy.”

try and find a way

they will provide me with Will. As long as the energy is flowing, they’ll be lit up like a

my other senses when they actively try to conceal themselves. I can’t see Protectant with

stealth they’ve achieved is absurd. They’re

it’s so fun to prod at

Please stop it,” Guardiant

Heheheheheh.

six,” I tell the invisible squad of babysitters. “If I’m going to be rumbling with tier eight enemies, you’ll be flattened just by being

able to hide from

around and poke her again, with both antennae

seriously bump up your stats and combat prowess. That concealment organ has soaked up way too much evolutionary energy, don’t waste the next evolution on something you don’t

Just

I turn to Crinis and the

to get some Levels into you, pronto. Hunting in the fourth stratum is likely to be our best bet, but at the same time, we need to be on standby in case they need us in the third. There’s some funky business going down up there, and we may need to elevate up in order to get to

in unison. It’s rewarding having an

to get my mutations ticking along, but we should make sure to contribute to the Colony stockpile, since you three are all maxed

won’t abate until I wipe that species from the Dungeon! As it turns out, we don’t even make our way out of the tunnels before someone finds us with an

catch up. “Eldest. They want

let them get a foothold. I rumble down to the shoreline, my friends in tow, only to find the mercenaries from

three of them stand awkwardly, surrounded by a host of ants that watch their every move with preternatural stillness. The leader, a fairly burly-looking golgari, almost seems happy when he notices my approach, even as he winces under the effect of

radiate out around me like this. Weaker enemies can’t even stand up to

mercenary, then I bring

I greet them. [Excellent, excellent. I suppose your hunt

of them grimace as the force of my mind impacts onto their own, and I make a conscious effort to tone it down. I

their

to be spitting them out at quite a

his love of centipedes. They’re probably being spammed everywhere on this level of the Dungeon. New spawn points will