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!

her scent

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

members of the team and noted the unusual air around them. She almost couldn’t find a word to describe it. This was something strange,

Despondent?

before, that was true, but more than that, they had never been in a position where

But she did.

“Solant. What’s the plan?”

had

carefully. “There is no plan. Play naturally,

Leonidant was confused.

a plan, or

at her scout, “is

“But can we score?”

“Believe that completely.

looked at

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

that was all it took to firm their resolve. The Endless took their positions for the final play

~~~

save the unbeatable reputation of the Endless. They can no longer win the

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 in the

will ever be able to say that the Endless didn’t lose to a worthy opponent. There isn’t

The Eldest is the oldest, wisest and strongest in the entire Colony. We may be siblings, but

lining up now, taking a… surprisingly generic formation. I’m sure they have something planned, but this is about as plain an attacking

disheartened in the face of the overwhelming strength they’ve been fighting, but if there were one team who would rather their carapace

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

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

Solant has climbed onto the backs of her two charging soldiers in a classic chariot strategy, and the scouts have