743 4.13 KB 65
-
1.
This was originally in my snippets paste, but I figured it was long enough to have it's own
-
2.
-
3.
>>40851205
-
4.
>Be Drone SCT-17395
-
5.
>And be hiding in one of the unfinished nurseries
-
6.
>You pray to Locust it doesn't come in here
-
7.
>You and some other drones found this...thing
-
8.
>It was just wandering around the forest, on the brink of death
-
9.
>You and your fellow scouts had detected a freakishly high Love potential within it, even in its emaciated state
-
10.
>It was higher than you'd sensed in your entire life!
-
11.
>The soldier accompanying your group had protested when the three of you tried to take it back to the hive
-
12.
>"Too dangerous" he had said
-
13.
>You were the one who had convinced him to bring the thing back
-
14.
>You were a fool
-
15.
>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
-
16.
>It still hasn't stopped
-
17.
>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
-
18.
>A meal for the Queen Herself
-
19.
>You had watched as the hive's top amormancers gathered for the preparations
-
20.
>They had only just began to pour their Love into the thing when it attacked
-
21.
>After that was all a blur
-
22.
>Lings swarming in every direction
-
23.
>Elites being thrown like twigs
-
24.
>All that blood...
-
25.
>You repress a gag as the scenes flash before your eyes
-
26.
>You have to be quiet
-
27.
>It's still out there
-
28.
-
29.
>Be SCT-17395
-
30.
>After about a day and a half, the coast was finally clear
-
31.
>Trekking through the hive, you gawked at the true extent of the thing's damage
-
32.
>Whole chambers were thrashed, passageways littered with rubble and blood
-
33.
>You can make out the occasional chunk of chitin in the debris
-
34.
>According to a worker you'd asked, it tore through nearly half the hive before it found your Queen
-
35.
>And thank the Mothers it did
-
36.
>While everyling had either tried to detain it or flee, it was the Queen who had finally brought a stop to its rampage
-
37.
>She was, of course, completely unharmed
-
38.
>Though terribly exhausted
-
39.
>Turns out the thing hadn't been fighting for its life, but was instead on the hunt
-
40.
>His life, you guess would be more accurate
-
41.
>You probably wouldn't have survived if he were a female
-
42.
>Once he found the Queen, he had put all his energy into breeding with her
-
43.
>It was a truly formidable sight, from what you hear
-
44.
>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
-
45.
>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
-
46.
>Oh well, no use dwelling on the past
-
47.
>You had to focus on navigating what remained of these tunnels
-
48.
>Despite being a scout, you were still having trouble finding the amphitheater
-
49.
>The chamber was only ever used for great ceremonies, but never during your lifetime
-
50.
>Until now
-
51.
>The Queen had an announcement that was far too important to be distributed by pheromone
-
52.
>As you finally come to the right tunnel, you merge with the swarm of lings filtering into the massive chamber
-
53.
>As you were led by the flow of the swarm, you eyed the various tapestries adorning the wall behind the stage
-
54.
>Expertly-woven silk icons of the three Mothers who came before the current
-
55.
>Locust, Mother of Famine
-
56.
>Mantida, Mother of Death
-
57.
>Vespi, Mother of Hate
-
58.
>Smaller, equally beautiful tapestries hung beneath them, showing Mothers from even longer ago
-
59.
>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
-
60.
>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
-
61.
>You were taken by surprise when the elite levitated a scroll that was tucked under a wing
-
62.
>He must be very high ranking to have enough Love for magic
-
63.
>You listened intently as he read from it, his voice booming across the chamber
-
64.
>"You have gathered here today as per the decree of Her Royal Highness, Mother of all, Daughter of Locust, Daughter of Mantida, Daughter of..."
-
65.
>This was going to take a while
by KodiaKowboy
by KodiaKowboy
by KodiaKowboy
by KodiaKowboy
by KodiaKowboy