Chrysalis

Hmph.

I have crushed their will. I can see it in their eyes, I can sense it through the Vestibule and I can smell it in the air. The hope has been drained out of the Endless and I take no joy in it.

A little pride, perhaps, but certainly no joy.

It would be a thing of Dark Anthony to enjoy the demolition of this team and their talented, skillful leader, humbling them in front of this enormous audience…..

Yesssssss. It feeelssss good!

NO! Down, dark one! I reject you utterly!

Next tiiiiiiiime. I’m alwaysssssssss waiiiiiiiting…….

Phew, that was close.

Can never be too careful in these situations. Dark Anthony never truly sleeps, but keeps one eye open, watching for a moment of weakness. I will not subject my siblings to that evil!

Still, it’s plain as day that the match is over. I have one more offence, which I will skip, thank you very much. I don’t enjoy the sensation of unbearable pain any more than the next person.

After that, I can stuff the Endless into their little box and drag them down to the fourth, where I can finally relax.

~~~

CRUNCH!

ROAAAAAARRR!

Solant remarked, her

the Eldest has proven their point,” Leonidant said, “they only need to score against us once, since we can’t

the unusual air around them. She almost couldn’t find a word to describe it. This

Despondent?

they had never lost before, that was true, but more than that, they had never been

But she did.

“Solant. What’s the plan?”

had a

do,” the little general said carefully. “There is no plan. Play naturally, in formation,

Leonidant was confused.

a plan,

said, looking directly at her scout, “is not a plan,

“But can we score?”

“Believe

at the

in a way that will disappoint yourselves. At the very end, have pride in your own standards, and your ability

resolve. The Endless

~~~

this. One final offence, one final attack, to save the unbeatable reputation of the Endless. They can no longer

with this game. All the antics, the strategies, the tactics, so far, it hasn’t meant anything

Endless didn’t lose to a worthy opponent. There isn’t a single team I’ve ever seen, not the

We may be siblings, but there isn’t a one of us who doesn’t know

but this is about

the overwhelming strength they’ve been fighting, but if there were one team who would rather their carapace break than lose,

high up in the formation, right behind the two soldiers.

Endless charge forward, rushing to the midline, and the Eldest waits in their own half.

the backs of her two charging soldiers in a classic chariot strategy, and the scouts