Note: Going to retcon the Vestibule mutations, specifically the ones that allow him to turn Will into physical strength, since the altar allows him to do that, and he’s basically never used it.
It’s been a long time since I went on a mutating spree, and if the fo...
2024-06-26 00:33:09 +0000 UTC View PostWell, if everyone else is winding up to go the distance, how can I do any less?
“Solant, I know you’re busy, but can you get a message out? I want some hunting parties to rustle up some Biomass for me and the gang. It’s time for us to get mutating.”
She nods slowly.
“T...
2024-06-26 00:19:02 +0000 UTC View PostI've gotten so regular at posting people message me when the chapter doesn't show up on monday. PROGRESS! T_T
Sorry, slow on the chaps this week.
After my brilliant ruse with The Queen, Tiny, Crinis, Invidia and I manage to sneak into the brood...
2024-06-26 00:18:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe wagon rattled over the uneven backcountry roads as Tyron slept. Twenty skeletons were hitched to the front, pulling it along while drawing on his magick, but he could maintain that sort of draw forever, even in his sleep.
Walking alongside the wagon, two large, armoured figures, ...
2024-06-25 02:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWell, Morrelia has gone back to the Legion, Brendant has said they won’t be launching any more tests for the time being, and the subjugation of the lower tunnels is almost done. So… I find myself kind of rudderless and without purpose for the time being.
Which means, of course, t...
2024-06-21 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Nameless who had been Emelia allowed her senses to roam across the room, taking in every possible spectrum of sensory input. Like a hawk, she watched, like an owl she listened, like an ant, she scented.
There was nothing, of course. The Nameless were not so careless as t...
2024-06-20 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostGeorg lifted his head from the notes he’d been poring over as he heard someone rush down the vacant street toward the half-collapsed house he’d chosen to occupy. There were only a few people who came to this deserted part of town, and most of those didn’t run, narrowing the list of s...
2024-06-20 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJern opened his eyes, though he wondered, not for the first time, why. It wasn’t as if he could see anything. He hadn’t seen anything in… days? Weeks? Months? Who could say? It was almost impossible to keep track of time here, and he’d stopped trying long ago.
He felt somethi...
2024-06-19 02:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAlis went to scream, but something was placed over her mouth, preventing her cry from escaping. She struggled, but it was useless, she was gripped tightly by invisible forces.
Were they invisible? Or was it that she had gone blind?! There was nothing but darkness around...
2024-06-18 02:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn such dense, concentrated Death Magick, every word he spoke, every sigil he formed, resonated, like hot metal struck by a hammer. He could see it react, shift and mould itself at the behest of his words, and he carefully studied it, eyes unblinking, lest he miss the key moment.
Onc...
2024-06-18 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThree little squirts are kneeling in front of me. Honestly, it’s kind of hard to tell how old they are. Recognising human features gets harder and harder the longer I live this new life. They’re older than ten, but not eighteen. Probably.
These three have lived interesting lives ...
2024-06-18 00:58:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe Templars of the Great One emerging among the followers of the New Path lent greater weight to their words and deeds, a manifestation of their belief and vindication for their methods.
The acknowledgement of the system had blessed the allies of the Colony in many ways...
2024-06-14 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostA whirlwind of activity, a frenzy of organisation, and at the centre of it all, Solant dwelt, the eye of the storm, a calm and steadying presence who brought order to the chaos.
Washingtant rushed forward, a team of scouts behind her.
“General, we have three detachments...
2024-06-13 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWithin the Ossuary, Tyron worked at a feverish pace. The space within the pocket dimension he’d created had seemed absurdly large at one point, but now, he didn’t have enough room for all that he wanted to do.
The equipment and tubs he had used in his study beneath Almsfield Ench...
2024-06-13 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, I don’t like this. I don’t like this at all,” Brilliant muttered.
“What have you gotten us into this time?” Experimant groaned looking over her leader’s carapace.
“Th-th-that… looks nasty,” Assistant agreed.
Brilliant clacked her mandible...
2024-06-12 03:11:25 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s difficult to believe they were so successful.”
“You call that successful? Weren’t they supposed to conquer the fifth?”
“You know very well that it was just an exploratory mission.”
“Being able to survive down there for a few days is not nearly the ...
2024-06-12 03:10:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Is your man going to make it?”
Rell stiffened and Banner glared at him sourly.
“If I said he wasn’t, what would you say?”
Tyron shrugged.
“Waste not, want not. I wouldn’t take his spirit or anything, but the remains would be useless to everyone except me, ri...
2024-06-11 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostFighting for several days down in the fifth is a truly unpleasant experience. The only thing that makes it bearable is seeing the gradual transformation taking place within the purified area.
Unable to survive without native, fifth stratum mana, the poisonous moulds, toxic flowers, s...
2024-06-10 03:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, posted wrong chapter! I'm all over the shop this week.
“Shame you can’t raise it as a minion.”
“For whatever reason, the Unseen doesn’t want me to raise anything other than humans. I’m not sure why.”
“Seems like a bit of a wa...
2024-06-06 02:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostLast one for the week. This is five.
Things were not meant to have gone this way.
Zluth compressed himself a little as he slid to the side, carefully not looking at the gruesome scene taking place nearby. Though, try as he might, there was nothing he cou...
2024-06-06 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time we manage to isolate some small pieces and place them into the wuffer intake pipes, several of the lousy monsters have pulled themselves back together and I’m forced to chomp them again. Repeated exposure to toxicity and acid is really starting to take a toll on me, and I’m going ...
2024-06-06 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThese things seriously don’t want to become biomass so bad they’re going to reconstitute themselves from tiny chunks of goop?! How are they even alive?! I feel like I’m fighting the fifth stratum equivalent of Leeroy and the Immortals. Did this monster put all of its evolutionary points int...
2024-06-04 06:41:19 +0000 UTC View Post“I can’t believe you survived all this time. You’ve lived quite an interesting life, Rell.”
The young man, still as stone-faced as he ever was, merely quirked up one corner of his mouth and smirked.
“I find it a little difficult to take that from you, Tyron S...
2024-06-04 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Crinis can dive headlong into the enemy and give herself a terminal case of toxic mana poisoning, I rush back to the safe-zone, alerting the ants as I go.
“We’ve got an attack! Weird… things coming out of the river!”
Once I’m close enough, I use my antennae to try and...
2024-06-04 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Accidently posted 1381, so I did as usual, deleted it and rescheduled it for tomorrow. I have put this note here for those who have come looking for it. Sorry about that!
The nature and origin of the Krath has been a matter of debate for many years w...
2024-06-03 04:18:18 +0000 UTC View PostI thought it would be funny if, in the future, the Colony had a tradeable collection of plushies made to resemble notable ants.
I did not expect so many comments demanding such objects for sale!
So... I guess we're doing this.
Being frank, I'm a disorganised mess a...
2024-06-03 04:17:04 +0000 UTC View PostAh, the fifth. Such a lovely place to be. I mean, the acid isn’t all that enjoyable, but what this stratum lacks in good atmosphere, it makes up for with hospitality.
A disgusting, bloated lobster comes running at me, its eyes boiling with rage, and hissing globs of unspeakable goo...
2024-05-31 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRichard ran a critical eye over his zombie. He wasn’t sure exactly what he was looking for, but he knew his teacher had extremely high standards and was careful to iron out every flaw he could find in all that he did, so Richard aspired to do the same.
The problem was… he wasn’...
2024-05-30 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs I’ve come to expect from the Colony, their hospitality was exquisite, just exquisite! After arriving via the gate, Emilia led our little group to what I can only describe as an ant concierge (complete with an adorable little hat), who directed us to the most fitting place of resid...
2024-05-30 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear readers! It has been some time, but I greet you once more from the pages of my tome, the record of my grand adventures!
It is I, Travelling Tolly, and I continue my amazing journey in the lands of the Colony, the remarkable species of monsters who have captured imag...
2024-05-29 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post