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

didn’t look great, but I had to test it out against the lizard

I probably should have held off until I found a way to achieve a more graceful hovering pose.

that in… goodness, I can’t remember how long. When did

she mentions the floating, but manages

after I evolved. I can create localised gravity wells with it that I use to pick myself up, cancelling out the gravity of

neat. Really. I-I’d

a

on… the dis-distribution of… of the gravity… across… across your b-body. That way you’ll

standing on end and the expression on her face, as if she’s got a fat salmon wedged in her throat, she’s working hard on

it looks dumb, alright! I just wanted

It was

imagine. I need to try and steer this conversation back to more serious topics.

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

my 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, there was always something

rising here when I left for the 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 the Mother Tree was

going to batten the hatches,] I predict. [We’ll be the same. After all, we can experience explosive growth during a

gotten word of this wave faster than ever before. A huge win! There should be enough time to get our farms and defences ready for the insanity to come, though it’s likely

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

it. I’m… happier now than

[Sounds good to me.]

friendly wave, and a wave to the rest of the patrol as well before I head on my merry way. There’s a ton of things to do around the place, and I'm having trouble

You’d think the pain would be getting better over time, or I’d be getting used to

just so persistent, it

deeper into the Dungeon. If I’m not careful, I find my feet are