Nearly there! This construct has defeated me over and over again. To the point that this glittering shape of mana is literally burned into the insides of my eyelids. Except that I don’t have eyelids. Not the point! With every passing second the shape begins to come together, weaved out of threads of light, it shines brilliantly inside my mind. …

Gradually my mind begins to resurface. It’s a strange feeling, seeing as I don’t actually get to sleep as an ant but rather going into the stasis like rest of torpor so I’m not actually used to properly blacking out like this. The memory of what had taken place when I evolved still boils away in my mind. Gandalf? Is …

I always expect to get knocked out when evolving but this feels slightly different. I don’t feel like I’m being pulled downward into slumber but quite literally being pulled downward! I can feel my consciousness being pulled down into my core, dragged away from its home in my ant body in a non-pain free process. What the heck is going …

Dispersed Mind Ant? +20 to mental stats AND a free sub-brain? The sub-brain is probably another five Cunning worth of brain matter on its own! With this level of mental boost the things I’ve been hoping to achieve, mana transformation, working on the cores, all of these could be realised in one fell swoop! Not to mention this … Coordination …

I have to say I’m quite excited to finally be able to evolve again. I know I should wait and pile on the Biomass but I simply can’t contain my excitement. So I’m weak! Sue me! Everyone has to have a weakness and perhaps this is mine. Rather than shovelling my face full of monsters’ sticky insides, as delightful as …

Tiny’s bat face starts to exude more and more anxiety as I watch him intently. [Tiny] […….] [Tiny!] [……….. What?] [Time to max out that core champ! Get over here] …. With reluctance painted over every inch of his body, Tiny lumbers to his feet and then resentfully ambles his way towards me from where he had slumped himself against …

As I start to move over to the collection of cores in Tiny’s hands I notice something sending a shiny reflection onto the walls of the chamber. What the heck is that? It’s looking like a mini disco ball descended in the room! I almost turn my head to see if there is anything suspended from the roof before remembering …

GAAAAAAAH! The itching continues for a good long while and this time I can actually see my own mandibles changing shape during the process. They being longer, more vicious looking and heavier. To compensate for the increased weight the muscle density in my face is also shifted as part of the mutation, causing even more itching to consume me. After …

Our field trip lasts for four more days before we finally complete our shortcut tunnel and return to the surface. I was able to utilise my Tunnel Map to avoid crossing over any existing tunnels, though we did draw close a few times. With accurate planning and tunnel engineering we were able to break through only a few kilometres from …

HOOPAH! I snap to alertness hours later, ready for action. Vibrant and Crinis are still slumbering whilst riding on my back, the little ant using the ball like JellyMaw as a pillow. Before resting be had dug into the wall to create a resting chamber. I’d estimated how far the veins of light would be able to travel whilst we …