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!

remarked, her scent flat and

“they only need to score against us once, since we

them. She almost couldn’t find a word

Despondent?

that was true, but more than

But she did.

“Solant. What’s the plan?”

had

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

Leonidant was confused.

a plan, or isn’t

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

“But can we score?”

she said, emphatically. “Believe that

at

that will disappoint yourselves. At the very end, have

their resolve. The Endless took their positions for the final play of the

~~~

this. One final offence, one final attack, to save the unbeatable reputation of the Endless. They can no longer win the game, but by forcing a draw, they can avoid

that doesn’t seem all that likely. Staring them across the pitch, the Eldest is clearly done with this game. All the antics, the strategies, the tactics, so far, it hasn’t meant anything

end of an era. No one will ever be able to say that the Endless didn’t lose to a worthy opponent. There isn’t a single team I’ve ever seen, not the Pink Blitz at the height of

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

Endless are lining up now, taking a… surprisingly generic formation. I’m sure they have something planned, but this is about as plain an attacking look as I’ve ever seen from them.

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

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

GO! The Endless charge forward, rushing to the midline, and the Eldest waits in their own half. I can feel mana churning once again,

of her two charging