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

stand nearby fuming. I knew it didn’t look great, but I had to test

until I found a way to achieve a more graceful hovering pose. Eventually, Sarah manages to contain herself

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

almost breaks again when she mentions the

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

neat. Really.

a big

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

like clapping. Judging by the way her fur is standing on end and the expression

I just wanted to test it when I had the

sorry. It was just

try and steer this conversation back to more serious topics. The sooner

been active along the border recently? Probing

more quiet. If you’d asked me that

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

I predict. [We’ll be the same. After all, we can experience explosive growth during a wave if

gotten word of this wave faster than ever before. A huge win! There should be enough time

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

Anthony,] she says. [I’m okay. I wasn’t happy about how things ended, but I know there’s no one to blame for it. I’m… happier now than I have been

[Sounds good to me.]

way. There’s a ton of

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

is just so persistent, it

expect it, demanding I go deeper into the Dungeon. If I’m