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 around

provide me with Will. As long as the

presence still works on my other senses when they actively try to conceal themselves. I can’t see Protectant with my eyes, or even feel it when I poke her with my leg, or detect the scent when the guards communicate with each other, despite knowing for a fact exactly where

achieved is

it’s so fun to

stop it,” Guardiant

Heheheheheh.

push to tier six,” I tell the invisible squad of babysitters. “If I’m going to

if we evolve, we’ll be able to hide

her again, with both

You can hide from everything you need to hide from already. You need to seriously bump up your stats and combat prowess. That concealment organ has soaked up way too much evolutionary

Just stop

then I

need 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 the bottom of

unison. It’s rewarding having an audience of

a fair bit to get my mutations ticking along, but we should make sure to

species from the Dungeon! As it turns out, we don’t even make our way out of

the scout calls to me and I stop to let her catch up. “Eldest. They want to see you

get a foothold. I rumble down to

The leader, a fairly burly-looking golgari, almost seems happy when he notices my

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

latch onto the mercenary, then I bring his

I greet them. [Excellent,

impacts onto their own, and I make a conscious effort to tone it down. I can’t be scaring

question, the three of them begin unloading the cargo in their boat, depositing

be spitting them out at quite a rapid clip. We sailed two mountains west and tried our luck,

his love of centipedes. They’re probably being spammed everywhere on this level