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

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

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

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

when she mentions the floating, but

gravity wells with it that I use

super neat.

takes a big

across… across your b-body. That way

and the expression on her

looks dumb, alright! I just wanted to test it when I had

sorry. It was just so

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

along the border recently? Probing attacks, that sort of

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

for the fourth and nothing had really happened to cool them down. If anything, me

be the same. After all, we can experience explosive growth during a wave if we manage our resources properly. We don’t want to be fighting external conflicts if we can

There should be enough time to get our farms and defences ready for the insanity to come, though

be then, Sarah. Good luck with everything out here. Don’t hesitate to come and find me

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 for a long time. I just want things to stay this way

[Sounds good to me.]

ton of things to do around the place, and I'm having trouble

time, or I’d be getting used to it, but that is just not the case. If

is just so persistent, it just never

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