Random Changeling Green


                                            This was originally in my snippets paste, but I figured it was long enough to have it's own


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                                            >Be Drone SCT-17395

                                            >And be hiding in one of the unfinished nurseries

                                            >You pray to Locust it doesn't come in here

                                            >You and some other drones found this...thing

                                            >It was just wandering around the forest, on the brink of death

                                            >You and your fellow scouts had detected a freakishly high Love potential within it, even in its emaciated state

                                            >It was higher than you'd sensed in your entire life!

                                            >The soldier accompanying your group had protested when the three of you tried to take it back to the hive

                                            >"Too dangerous" he had said

                                            >You were the one who had convinced him to bring the thing back

                                            >You were a fool

                                            >The setae on the back of your neck stood on end as you tasted the waves of fear and panic pouring in from the more populated sections of the hive

                                            >It still hasn't stopped

                                            >After dragging the pitiful thing back to your hive, it was decided that the sheer amount of Love this creature was capable of made it good for only one thing

                                            >A meal for the Queen Herself

                                            >You had watched as the hive's top amormancers gathered for the preparations

                                            >They had only just began to pour their Love into the thing when it attacked

                                            >After that was all a blur

                                            >Lings swarming in every direction

                                            >Elites being thrown like twigs

                                            >All that blood...

                                            >You repress a gag as the scenes flash before your eyes

                                            >You have to be quiet

                                            >It's still out there


                                            >Be SCT-17395

                                            >After about a day and a half, the coast was finally clear

                                            >Trekking through the hive, you gawked at the true extent of the thing's damage

                                            >Whole chambers were thrashed, passageways littered with rubble and blood

                                            >You can make out the occasional chunk of chitin in the debris

                                            >According to a worker you'd asked, it tore through nearly half the hive before it found your Queen

                                            >And thank the Mothers it did

                                            >While everyling had either tried to detain it or flee, it was the Queen who had finally brought a stop to its rampage

                                            >She was, of course, completely unharmed

                                            >Though terribly exhausted

                                            >Turns out the thing hadn't been fighting for its life, but was instead on the hunt

                                            >His life, you guess would be more accurate

                                            >You probably wouldn't have survived if he were a female

                                            >Once he found the Queen, he had put all his energy into breeding with her

                                            >It was a truly formidable sight, from what you hear

                                            >You hadn't been there to see it, of course, but even from your hiding place you were overwhelmed by the excess Love spilling everywhere

                                            >If he hadn't taken out so many amormancers at the start, all that spare Love could have fed the hive for a solid year

                                            >Oh well, no use dwelling on the past

                                            >You had to focus on navigating what remained of these tunnels

                                            >Despite being a scout, you were still having trouble finding the amphitheater

                                            >The chamber was only ever used for great ceremonies, but never during your lifetime

                                            >Until now

                                            >The Queen had an announcement that was far too important to be distributed by pheromone

                                            >As you finally come to the right tunnel, you merge with the swarm of lings filtering into the massive chamber

                                            >As you were led by the flow of the swarm, you eyed the various tapestries adorning the wall behind the stage

                                            >Expertly-woven silk icons of the three Mothers who came before the current

                                            >Locust, Mother of Famine

                                            >Mantida, Mother of Death

                                            >Vespi, Mother of Hate

                                            >Smaller, equally beautiful tapestries hung beneath them, showing Mothers from even longer ago

                                            >Soon enough, everyling had found a spot in the amphitheater, the various clicks and buzzes from your anxious siblings melding into a deep, monotonous drone

                                            >The sound quickly tapered off into nervous silence as the Queens personal guard filed onto the stage, followed by one of the higher ranking elites

                                            >You were taken by surprise when the elite levitated a scroll that was tucked under a wing

                                            >He must be very high ranking to have enough Love for magic

                                            >You listened intently as he read from it, his voice booming across the chamber

                                            >"You have gathered here today as per the decree of Her Royal Highness, Mother of all, Daughter of Locust, Daughter of Mantida, Daughter of..."

                                            >This was going to take a while