Had to flesh this out a little more for my own satisfaction. Enjoy!
Wallis was pleased. The corrupted rat was gone, reduced to sweet, sweet mana which he could use to improve his cave. The tainted energy… he had no idea what...
2020-05-15 07:06:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Following the scent trails the scouting parties had put down, it didn't take long for us to make our way through the twisting tunnels to where the Goglari would soon pass. We positioned ourselves in cover at an angle where we could see them coming from a good ...
2020-05-14 07:25:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The training regime was brutal, and the hatchling ate it up. Lectures, followed by practice drills, followed by live practice, followed by a review. The brood tenders patiently explained every mistake, and stepped them through every decision, questioning the y...
2020-05-12 05:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor - This was fun, I had to make a part two.
She wasn't sure who began it, but the new hatchling was only too willing to join in the cry along with her siblings.
"FOR THE COLONY!"
"FOR THE COLONY!"
"MY LIFE FOR THE ...
2020-05-11 08:17:53 +0000 UTC View PostPart one of the reward! Enjoy!
The Queen almost felt young again as her mandibles crunched through a writhing shadow centipede. The experience notification rang in her mind but she hardly listened, too eager to ch...
2020-05-11 03:31:40 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note: I was reading the excellent 'There is no epic loot here, only puns' for the second time recently (I highly recommend it), and then saw 'Dungeon Pearl' pop up on royal roads trending list. Dungeon stories are an odd genre but strangely enjoyable and I started to wonde...
2020-05-10 11:13:56 +0000 UTC View Post
When the Colony gathers in the tunnels outside the ravaged outpost, we quickly take stock before we march through the tunnels. It's quite an inspiring sight to me, the long column of ants pouring through the tunnels, obliterating everything they find. My pets ...
2020-05-09 10:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The leading triad each stare daggers at me as my siblings sweep through their office, crawling over the walls as they probe every surface for potential valuables. Already various items have been snatched up in greedy mandibles and carted away under the disbeli...
2020-05-07 08:32:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Anger boils inside me at the thought that these moronic Shapers would dare to kill my siblings! Outrageous! They've nobody to blame for their current circumstances but themselves, I've no pity for them at all. My attitude toward the Golgari is hardening at a f...
2020-05-06 11:11:09 +0000 UTC View PostWe have two clear standouts with nary a vote between them, so I shall write both! The ant Queen will receive a POV chapter to see what she's been up to, and we will follow the story of a new hatchling emerging within the colony and undergoing training!
Th...
2020-05-06 05:27:36 +0000 UTC View Post
We get in and we get out. That's the fundamental truth of this raid and I'm going to stick to it like a sticky substance applied to another, less sticky thing. There must be a better analogy, but I'm too pumped up to iron it out right now. It takes a little co...
2020-05-05 07:15:34 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note: Hey all! Thanks to all existing patrons for sticking around and to all new patrons for jumping on board! You're the BEST! I really can't say that enough. We recently passed 200 patrons and I really want to do something to celebrate the milestone. Leave it with me! :D...
2020-05-03 11:48:25 +0000 UTC View Post
"How was I supposed to know he was going to escape?" Granin said. "You think he was likely to admit such a thing right before he attempted it?"
"I've had reports of much of the mental communication between yourself and the ant were shielded from prying. ...
2020-05-01 12:34:34 +0000 UTC View Post
When I finally come across Jim, he's shivering up against the wall of the tunnel as dozens of ants keep watch on him, some literally on top of him.
[Jim! You made it out alright, I see!]
[Anthony! Thank the- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!]
[You mean Crinis? She's my ...
2020-04-29 11:14:25 +0000 UTC View Post
[DAMMIT CRINIS! I can't see!]
[It's fine!]
[How is it fine?!]
[IT JUST IS!]
[No! How the heck can I fight I can't see the enemy?! What is even happening?!]
[I'll fight for you! You don't need to do anything!]
[Are you kiddin...
2020-04-29 06:26:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The proud Golgari scion charges headfirst toward me, his fancy blade dancing in his hands. This guy really is stupid. Baited so easily, by a monster no less. I suppose I should consider myself lucky that he's diving in so recklessly, it's what I want after all. What I ...
2020-04-28 07:34:23 +0000 UTC View PostEdit - was late to release this chapter, apologies to patrons! :(
Gah! This is just getting worse and worse. I refuse to get pulled down by these damn Golgari again. I can almost feel the stony morons closing in from every direction. The tunnels must...
2020-04-27 10:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Of course they don't want to fight, why would they want to fight? All they have to do is keep us here until more of their stupid triads show up. If I was them, I wouldn't fight me either! Argh! What the heck am I going to do know? My mind spins as another tria...
2020-04-26 12:37:34 +0000 UTC View Post[Haul that monkey butt, Tiny! We need to move, move, move!] I shout as I zip after my pets.
Invidia has seized hold of the big ape with his stick-thin arms and clings to his black fur as Tiny leaps and bounds forward with all of his strength, making the little demon flap like a...
2020-04-23 08:06:50 +0000 UTC View PostWe make good time as flee once more, this time with the hulking form of Tiny stomping along behind us. It's nice to have the big guy's powerful presence with the group once more. Sometimes a problem just needs to be hit really hard, and while Tiny might have his faults, that is certainly somethin...
2020-04-23 07:04:21 +0000 UTC View Post
For the next ten minutes we make our way through curving tunnels, obliterating monsters whenever we come across them and leaving the Biomass on the ground. It hurts to leave food behind but what can we do? The Dungeon will feast on the remains of my hard work ...
2020-04-22 10:32:49 +0000 UTC View Post
[Worms are stupid.]
[I said I was sorry already…]
[They look disgusting and they eat dirt.]
[I know, okay? I know.]
[They're soft and don't have a carapace which makes them less shiny.]
[Not all ants are shiny! Only you are shin...
2020-04-21 12:33:14 +0000 UTC View Post
A crash resounded through the room as Irrette Plamine hurled her glass across her private study. The crystal vessel struck the ornate carved stone bookshelf built into the wall and shattered, flinging shards across the room. The only other person present, the ...
2020-04-21 07:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I scramble to right myself just as Invidia drops down the tunnel and into my back. Luckily that extra-dimensional heft of his doesn't translate to actual weight, otherwise he might've put a crack in my carapace.
[Which way?] I say to Jim.
[Um… Um...
2020-04-20 11:18:35 +0000 UTC View Post
The plan isn't complicated, which I hope means it's more likely to succeed. Once I have the room to myself, Invidia begins to weave an illusion around me. The image I ask him to create isn't anything too fancy, just a shell of myself, cast around myself. The only part of the spell th...
2020-04-20 06:28:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Shapers are professional monster wranglers with over a thousand years of experience in the craft. They're smart, industrious, coordinated and would have put an extreme amount of thought into ensuring that none of their captives escape. Which raises the que...
2020-04-18 08:19:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It wasn't easy to explain how they knew, but they did. A tantalising feeling, as if their minds were connected across a great space to something that collected all those thoughts like a whirlpool of the colonies wants and needs. The moment Vibrant placed a leg...
2020-04-17 12:27:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Booms and thuds shake my cell as the battles continue out in the arena. With my Meditation Skill blunting outside influences my magic practice continues smoothly as Torrina batters my mind with her expert magical handling. To make things even more rude, she su...
2020-04-15 10:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostPeople seemed to enjoy what I put of Against Fate (working title. Give me something better if you got it, I hate naming) so after a bit of stuffing around here is the rest of what I have. Pretty much everything regarding this story is up for change. The Attributes I stole from DnD and I'm not sur...
2020-04-14 05:37:46 +0000 UTC View Post
That's two of my mutations out of the way, time to bring it home with the final play. This one's straight forward. The infrared detection has been useful, there's no denying that, but the future-sense has been literally life-saving. In the unfolding menu their...
2020-04-13 12:03:20 +0000 UTC View Post