After this busy day at Honiu's place, I can finally depart back home.
Yet before I come very far, my way is blocked by drones.
While the present guardians keep their distance the workers come quite close, surrounding me so I can't escape and a messenger approaches.
(messenger)
Is this a joke?
(F)
(messenger)
If I wouldn't know better about these insects' ability to lie I'd say this messenger is making fun of me.
(messenger)
(F)
Surprisingly, even though we are already pretty high up in the hive the way we go leads even further upwards.
The number of guardians rises significantly and I need to admit that they still manage to disturb me.
Those giant creatures with their blade arms and sharp tail spears are simply a bit intimidating and even their pheromones, which I can now receive, are very basic and determined to fulfill their purpose, which is to guard and kill anything that might try to slip past them.
However, they make way for the messenger and like this subsequently for me.
We enter some kind of giant gateway hall.
The guardians in front of it again allow passage through the biggest entrance I ever saw.
It feels almost uncanny to go through there into the dark.
Yet it's not like I had a choice in the first place.
And before I notice it, I'm left alone.
That messenger just abandoned me!
With some unease, I try to find my way in this darkness.
I know, logically I can be quite sure that it's almost impossible that any harm may befall me.
There is to consider that my role should be known to the insects and because I as well emit pheromones I can simply tell them, in addition, I have at the moment one of the most important jobs there is in the hive, so I should be safe.
However, logic only helps me so far when I think about being lost here in the dark with countless giant insects surrounding me.
It's simply a frightening thought.
(U)
(U)
This one has quite a thing for twisting the perspective on the situation in her favor.
I'd actually have to tell her quite a lot about not abducting my daughter and performing weird experiments on her, and all the rest, but the moment isn't great.
Maybe when she's not towering above me so high that it would only need a single move from her to kill me.
Yep, that would be better.
(F)
(U)
She almost sounds sad here.
Or at least distraught.
(U)
Aargh! My head! Too strong! Too strong! This was clearly too much! I, I...
"Blurgh" (F)
I've got so sick from this strain.
Damn, pheromones are something else.
The queen might have noticed that she kinda overreacted.
(U)
(U)
God, that topic.
Fine, I've already said enough to get executed for lèse majesté.
So why stop here?
(F)
That sounds kinda wrong.
(U)
(F)
(U)
(F)
(U)
It feels like genuine interest.
Which is kinda odd, considering who I'm talking to. She's even leaning forward.
Ah, whatever.
I had never too many chances to chat with someone else about my children as the farm was so remote.
And if Erys asks I'll simply blame the pheromones.
(F)
After this busy day at Honiu's place, I can finally depart back home.
Yet before I come very far, my way is blocked by drones.
While the present guardians keep their distance the workers come quite close, surrounding me so I can't escape and a messenger approaches.
(messenger)
Is this a joke?
(F)
(messenger)
If I wouldn't know better about these insects' ability to lie I'd say this messenger is making fun of me.
(messenger)
(F)
Surprisingly, even though we are already pretty high up in the hive the way we go leads even further upwards.
The number of guardians rises significantly and I need to admit that they still manage to disturb me.
Those giant creatures with their blade arms and sharp tail spears are simply a bit intimidating and even their pheromones, which I can now receive, are very basic and determined to fulfill their purpose, which is to guard and kill anything that might try to slip past them.
However, they make way for the messenger and like this subsequently for me.
We enter some kind of giant gateway hall.
The guardians in front of it again allow passage through the biggest entrance I ever saw.
It feels almost uncanny to go through there into the dark.
Yet it's not like I had a choice in the first place.
And before I notice it, I'm left alone.
That messenger just abandoned me!
With some unease, I try to find my way in this darkness.
I know, logically I can be quite sure that it's almost impossible that any harm may befall me.
There is to consider that my role should be known to the insects and because I as well emit pheromones I can simply tell them, in addition, I have at the moment one of the most important jobs there is in the hive, so I should be safe.
However, logic only helps me so far when I think about being lost here in the dark with countless giant insects surrounding me.
It's simply a frightening thought.
(U)
(U)
This one has quite a thing for twisting the perspective on the situation in her favor.
I'd actually have to tell her quite a lot about not abducting my daughter and performing weird experiments on her, and all the rest, but the moment isn't great.
Maybe when she's not towering above me so high that it would only need a single move from her to kill me.
Yep, that would be better.
(F)
(U)
She almost sounds sad here.
Or at least distraught.
(U)
Aargh! My head! Too strong! Too strong! This was clearly too much! I, I...
"Blurgh" (F)
I've got so sick from this strain.
Damn, pheromones are something else.
The queen might have noticed that she kinda overreacted.
(U)
(U)
God, that topic.
Fine, I've already said enough to get executed for lèse majesté.
So why stop here?
(F)
That sounds kinda wrong.
(U)
(F)
(U)
(F)
(U)
It feels like genuine interest.
Which is kinda odd, considering who I'm talking to. She's even leaning forward.
Ah, whatever.
I had never too many chances to chat with someone else about my children as the farm was so remote.
And if Erys asks I'll simply blame the pheromones.
(F)
