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 you drooped down…

of laughter roll 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 enemy when I had a

a way to achieve a more graceful hovering pose. Eventually, Sarah manages to contain herself long enough to get back to

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

breaks again when she mentions the

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

Tha-that’s… super neat.

takes a

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

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

it looks dumb, alright! I just wanted to test

It was just

to try and steer this conversation back to more

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

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

had really happened to cool them down. If anything, me getting the Colony involved in the little proxy war

the same. After all, we can experience

A huge win! There should be enough time to get our farms and defences

everything out here.

happy about how things ended, but I know there’s no one to blame for it. I’m… happier now than I have been for a long time. I just want things to

[Sounds good to me.]

on my merry way. There’s a ton of things to do around the place, and I'm having trouble trying to work out on my own exactly where the Colony

pain would be getting better over time, or I’d be getting used to it, but that is just not

just so persistent,

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 are already moving before I can think about it, running to throw myself into