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