Thankfully, it doesn’t seem like the scythemaws are gearing up for anything just yet. My spoderfolk wanted to confirm if the scythemaws were even a thing, so they started baiting the shoreline. It would have been quite a fight if they weren’t prepared, but they were. Accordi...
2022-09-16 03:17:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe birds are making a racket, so that can only mean one thing: Elf Guy is back! I should get the aranea to make him a hat or maybe a shirt that says Elf Guy on it to give to him. It looks like he’s the one bearing gifts today, though. He’s got a backpack on, and I can tell ...
2022-09-12 22:43:18 +0000 UTC View PostRocky idly chews his mouthguard as he eyes his opponent. The match hasn't started yet, so he is free to let his teeth and mind wander. How did he ever get into a position to be sparring with Coach Thedeim's Conduit, let alone being securely in the lead for matches? A fo...
2022-09-11 22:16:24 +0000 UTC View PostI have an idea for how to help Violet. It’s not exactly the kind of thing I think my scions would expect of me, which is actually kinda hilarious. They’re all expecting something big and complex, or some strange concept that makes no sense to them. My idea is probably going ...
2022-09-08 22:29:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey Telar,” says Teemo, deliberately waiting for her to start to take a sip of her tea before he speaks up. She jerks to a more attentive position and looks around, but doesn’t bless him with the spit-take he so desperately wanted.
“Voice Teemo!” she says as she stands and ...
2022-09-05 23:51:18 +0000 UTC View PostGrim enjoys his work as the Groundsreaper. At first, he did the Master's bidding because he is the Master, so he must obey. The graveyard was a mess when he first got put in charge of it. Corpses strewn about, graves open, tombstones cracked and shattered, and possibly worst of ...
2022-09-04 21:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostI watch as Yvonne’s head emerges from the cave lobster pond, quickly followed by the rest of her. She stands by the pond as she considers what I’ve asked her to look into.
“What do you think?” asks Teemo, and Yvonne hums in reply.
“I think I’m better at stuff that li...
2022-09-01 20:59:14 +0000 UTC View PostTeemo lounges on Yvonne’s lap as she reads by the light of my core. It’s kinda adorable, watching the two interact. I’m tempted to just let them relax some more, but I really do need to ask her what she was doing with her ‘ranger duties’. They sound important, but I do...
2022-08-29 22:47:13 +0000 UTC View PostMoving parts... so many moving parts. Denizens, invaders, mana... her. The nuptial flight is just a blur, but the new queen ant has time to gather her thoughts as she rides the rat scion towards the core. She can feel the attention of the Emperor upon her. He must 2022-08-28 21:23:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Yvonne is back, and so she and Teemo are relaxing a bit. He demands belly rubs, and she’s more than happy to give them. I want to ask her about what her ranger stuff actually entails, but that can wait for now. She’s been on the road for a while, so I want to give her at lea...
2022-08-26 00:01:40 +0000 UTC View PostMana Gained!
Woah, it’s been a while since I got that popup. Last time was… the last time I got a new invader! I have a new invader! I have a new invader? I thought I basically already had all the invaders I was going to get.
Energy, endless... swirling. Filling the bar... filling him. Full.
Fluffles opens his eyes inside the snake den spawner, and his first thought is that this is only the second time he's actually been in there. The first was his creation, when the Denmaster brought ...
2022-08-21 21:44:42 +0000 UTC View PostMost of my current projects are proceeding nicely. The access tunnel from the caverns up to near the tunnels entrance should be done in a day or two. Sure, I could have just dug a straight line, but that’d hardly be useful as a way up and down. It kinda spirals and loops and w...
2022-08-18 22:45:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Over twelve…” says Vnarl, peg in hand at what looks to be the final puzzle for the gauntlet. Each previous room gave part of the solution, and now they just need to decipher the clues and put the pegs in the correct hole. The only problem is that the final chambers are all cove...
2022-08-15 22:30:13 +0000 UTC View PostOh hey, stuff! Oh hey, me! I'm a thing! When'd that happen? Right, dungeon. Protect the core, stop invaders, got it. A Voice! That's the dungeon! He sounds kinda busy, but he still gives me a name: Jello!
That's a fun name! Jell...
2022-08-14 20:20:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe aranea/spiderkin are developing a lot differently than the ratlings/ratkin. I don’t know why that surprises me. Basically the only thing they have in common is that they come from my spawners. I guess the biggest difference is the dimorphism… and trimorphism? Have ...
2022-08-11 22:57:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe caverns are coming along nicely. It’ll probably be a week or more before they’re truly ready for delvers, but they’re not barren anymore. The access tunnel is going well, Slash is being a great help, too! I can’t help but hum sixteen tons to myself as they w...
2022-08-08 23:05:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe threads vibrate and move into form... Existence. A small spider, in a small room under some stairs. A voice, muffled. It can only try to weave its intention with imperfect tools and materials
Yes... the Weaver. It has need of the unnamed spider, scion though he i...
2022-08-07 21:45:12 +0000 UTC View PostI was a bit surprised to get a notice to be a Mentor, but I accepted it without difficulty. What I had Teemo propose really was a mentorship, more or less, and Violet accepted. So now I have a Protege, which is interesting. I can take a look in on Violet’s territory, and it se...
2022-08-04 22:32:16 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Teemo and Aranya walk and chat, I use the time to go over what I want to do with the new expansion. One of the big things is to get the aranea Enclave going. I’ve been sitting on that for a while now, and now I actually have the room for them to grow. I’m also going to...
2022-08-01 20:07:23 +0000 UTC View PostI still go back and check the other Nudge posts for suggestions, so please do keep them coming! I also have a bit of a leading question for everyone: would you like to see other Peeks involving the various scions? If so: are there any particular events you'd like to see from their per...
2022-07-31 20:44:44 +0000 UTC View PostExistence. A mausoleum. The skeletal figure lays still for a few seconds, concepts forming in his skull, certainties and suppositions muddling together. The known is accepted: He is a scion. He is a skeleton. He will serve and protect the Master for his existence, an...
2022-07-31 20:41:07 +0000 UTC View PostTeemo and Aranya get ready to head to Violet, and I tell him they can loot a couple potions, just in case. Aranya also needs to go get the sword, so it’ll be a little bit before they head out. In the meanwhile, I look in on what Jello’s up to.
She’s been hanging out with L...
2022-07-28 22:04:09 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t know what I was expecting when I asked Leo to capture and try to turn a mole, but I’m pretty sure I wasn’t expecting him to get Jello’s help. The two barked and burbled at each other before she followed him, and now she has a mole in a little pocket of air inside her. ...
2022-07-25 22:42:07 +0000 UTC View PostPreliminary Inspection
Mana flows suggest nascent dungeon. Have tracked likely source to Hullbreak Harbor, so named for the large coral reefs that dot the northern portion of the bay. Any ship large enough to warrant a sail must be careful to not run aground on ...
2022-07-24 21:38:05 +0000 UTC View PostMan, have I really not expanded since I ate Neverrest? I had forgotten how much goes into actually making the new space livable. I didn’t forget about the new spanwer I get, but I’ll focus on that in a moment.
For now, I’m just taking a few minutes to get a feel for what I...
2022-07-21 22:47:37 +0000 UTC View PostHaving all this mana just sitting in my proverbial pockets is making me a bit antsy. I wonder if that’s a dungeon thing, or a me thing. Having a big bank account doesn’t make me want to spend it, but in games, I tend to spend my resources as I get them so I can get more resources....
2022-07-18 21:04:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we have an example of why I write instead of draw, heh. Fourdock and Thedeim are located in the Kingdom of Harlon, founded by Kind Roldow Harlon The First. The Lindow River is named for the queen of the founding king. It is a majority-elven kingdom, though the other races a...
2022-07-17 21:33:29 +0000 UTC View PostLooks like Honey’s working hard to prepare to talk with Leo and Poe. She’s doing something with her magic, but I can’t really tell what. Whatever it is, I don’t think it’ll be ready by the meeting, but I'm glad to see her practicing. I’m not sure that the graphs and ...
2022-07-14 20:18:08 +0000 UTC View PostI watch the terrible trio as they balance precariously on the salmon ladder bar. They still haven’t figured out they can do pull ups to raise it, so they’ve been working on their terrible trio tower technique. They’re actually at a point where they can all get on the bar, so now...
2022-07-11 22:30:12 +0000 UTC View Post