What to do? Do I tell them I can’t remember the plan? Would that impact my dignity as the Eldest? Maybe I’ll just play along and hope for the best. What’s the worst that could go wrong?
“Do we all understand?”
“Of course.”
“No problem.”
“Simple.”
….
“It’s straightforward, I like it,” I declare with every scrap of confidence I can muster. “I’ll leave it to you to coordinate with the generals at the front.”
“I understand.”
Solant is all business, solemn and serious as she goes about plying her particular trade. When we arrive, she goes straight to the generals and begins an in-depth conversation about what she wants to do that I immediately lose track of, but they seem to follow okay.
Following that, she moves around the resting troops, ensuring they understand what to do, drawing little diagrams and even running a few drills until she’s happy that they’ll move the way she wants them to.
The entire time, all I hear in my mind is static. This is a problem.
the soldiers, scouts, mages
could go
you’ll lead the way,”
“O-of course!”
the way literally, as in, move forward at the head of the troops? Or do we start with an acid barrage? She talked about acid, I’m sure of it…. Or magic? Was I supposed
take a few more. The troops behind me begin to shuffle forward
creep forward a bit more. They creep
that I’m moving too slowly, or is
ahead of me turn and
NOW WHAT?
Do I strike?
the plan? I don’t want to unravel the strategy!
I won’t bite. Maybe I should unleash some gravity magic, slow the enemy down
DAMMIT! This is giving me a headache. The monsters are almost on top of me
a move, I do the only thing I can think of: I tuck my legs under my body, bury my head in the rock and accept my fate. If I can’t decide what I should do, then I shall do nothing! Clearly, this is the best
scrape, blows rain down on me ceaselessly. Protected
little more calm knowing that I won’t get instantly annihilated at least. I can feel the ants engaging the enemy around me, acid fills the air,
love to meet them. In fact, it’s possible a nice acid wash will give my exterior an
and every second, I question whether
OOF!
like a mountain just collapsed on me. What the heck? Judging by the mana I can feel, an earth elemental just clobbered me with one of its boulders, hard enough to create some cracking in my shell. Lousy sentient
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