Chrysalis

Hmmmmm.

The battle against the ka’armodo is over. Well, I say battle, more of a skirmish, really. They probably scried me acting all weird and thought they might as well see if they can knock me off. Capitalise on my apparent weakness.

I was able to quickly persuade them that I’m just fine and dandy, so they left without committing much. If I’d been a bit smarter, I could have flopped around some more and really baited them in.

My new mutations got a nice road test at least, can’t complain about that. The resonant properties of my carapace and inner plating were on full display, reacting to my gravity magic and empowering me further, creating a harmonious cycle that made that sweet purple mana so efficient to use.

I can create a well to lift myself into the air, and some of the energy feeds straight back into the mana gland, some of it hardens my carapace, some of it helps regenerate the carapace, and to top it all off, it gets slightly condensed for free on the way out.

I’ll take it!

My dream of becoming an all powerful gravity ant is well on the way to being realised, which is extremely exciting.

I still have a few issues that need to be tackled, some kinks that need ironing. Careful thought will need to be put in befo-

[Look, will you stop laughing?! I’m trying to think!]

Nearby, Sarah, the Asura Rage Bear of legend, is collapsed on the ground wheezing and huffing her massive bear heart out.

[Ha-hah! I mean… the legs… I can’t!]

Her stubby legs rise up and kick helplessly.

[It’s not that funny! Look, none of my siblings are laughing!]

They are, however, continuing to not look at me directly.

way… the way you drooped down…

from the bear as I stand nearby fuming. I knew it didn’t look great, but I had to test it out against the lizard

found a way to achieve a more

laughed like that in… goodness, I can’t remember how long. When did you even figure out

almost breaks again when she mentions the floating,

gravity wells with it that I use to pick myself up, cancelling out the

super neat. Really.

a

of… of the gravity… across… across

end and the expression on her face, as if

alright! I just wanted to test it when I had

was just so

can imagine. I need to try and steer this conversation back to more serious topics. The sooner we

have the ka’armodo been active along the border recently? Probing attacks,

tone. [Ever since we received word that a wave was coming, they’ve been much more quiet. If you’d asked me that a week ago, I would have had a different answer for you. Clashes between patrols, little forays into Colony territory,

fourth and nothing had really happened to cool them down. If anything, me getting the Colony involved in the little proxy war they had going with

same. After all, we can experience

There should be enough time to get our farms

everything out here. Don’t hesitate to come and find me if

know there’s no one to blame for it.

[Sounds good to me.]

a ton of things to do around the place, and I'm having trouble trying to work out on my

matters is the Call. You’d think the pain would be getting better over time, or I’d be

Call is just so persistent, it just never

to push it out of my mind, it comes roaring back when I least expect it, demanding I go deeper into the Dungeon. If I’m not careful, I find my feet