Chrysalis

Odren, the Father of Monsters, oldest and first amongst the Ancients, we beseech thee.

Grant us freedom from the prison that binds us.

Preserve us from the creations of your power.

Watch over and protect us with your omnipresent sight.

Save us from ourselves.

- Prayer of the Cult of Origin

Lost in my own thoughts, the next few hours blow past without me really noticing. The Colony finished setting everything up, setsulah arkesh came and haggled over everything, mostly the jewellery, also the end table, then it was time to pack up again.

The only thing that really jolted me out of my thoughts was when the table in question was eventually purchased. As the winning setsulah claimed the prize on behalf of his ka’armodo, he decided to open the drawers to make a full inspection of the purchase, only to recoil in surprise when a demon sprang loose.

Uncoiling himself and leaping in one smooth motion, Odin bellowed his fury, blade arms flashing with murderous red light.

[Anthony! I’m coming for your head!]

I swatted him out of the air with my mandibles.

you ended up? I could have sworn you were stowed

made to the client, of course, and Odin was rounded up without any

our stay on the mountain home of the ka’armodo, Desert Basin, has come to

Anthony! Don’t think that way! Expecting everything that happens to turn into an unmitigated disaster in one form or another is not a healthy way to

even know what it means for me, this so-called Truth. Is there

been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon,

from the Call? Perhaps the best solution is that I

certain the Ancients escaping wouldn’t destroy the planet. This is too much for my poor

Council until I know more. There’s nothing they can do about any of this in the present moment, and the Colony has enough

our own harvesting efforts, ensuring more young ants can grow and evolve with fully

about fixing the

nest is torn down in short order and the column of

crew works around me. There’s a lot that goes into

I need to focus on is not slapping any of the crew with my antennae accidentally.

every cabinet, which was clearly my mistake. I had no idea you were

unleashed rivers of blood for lesser insults than

but suspended above my head in his own little gravity

was sorry, now come on, let it go. We are out on the water, sailing! Great big adventure! Isn’t that