>How this works.
Suggest an action and then depending how feasible it is, the spider will act.

You are just an ordinary spider in moder day earth. You have no special powers, other than your intellect.

Making silk costs proteins, which you can restore by eating. Your mate has his own protein reserves. You both have currently 100% if your reserves.

You can upgrade your nest with silk.Your nest currently has the following improvements:
>Small rudimentary web nest:
>Storage chamber
-35 units of food, 0 chitin plates, 3 metal shards, 1 chitin armor, 2 unfinished chitin armors.
>8 slingshots.
>Trap webs near the base of the tree.
>Expanded Aphid pen.
-5 aphids. Can hold up to 10 aphids.
>Warning web at the entrance to the tree hole and warning lines.
>Drop down net attached to the ceiling at the entrance.
>Reinforced sticky webs at the entrance.

There is also a bird's nest which contains all kinds of stuff.

Your current skills:
>Efficient web architecture.
-The protein cost of your silk structures is reduced by 5 units. Structures costing 5 units will still cost 1 unit.

You also need to feed your family.
Your siblings, brood and Isaac combined require 15 units of food per day. They are fed for this day however. You and Dorpou require 4 units of food combined.

You are currently gazing over the world you know from a tree branch.
Webby is returning with the glass shard.

Spider bumb!

>>18987506
Well, proceed to cut that thing with the glass shard. I'm sure the people in the last thread had some kind of idea why we should do that.

>>18987512

You use the glass shard to cut the colored object. The thin yellow membrane gives in easily, allowing you to swiftly slice it.

>>18987560
Cut the membrane into smaller pieces you can carry back to the storage chamber for later use.

>>18987575

You cut the yellow membrane into small pieces and carry the them back home.

>>18987603
Excellent. Continue exploring the tree after we're done with that.

>>18987603

Back at the tree hole, things seem to be going on as usual.
Andor is returning with some leafs to feed the aphids, Ranou is admiring his scarecrow prototype, Dorpou is hanging around your nest, Bubbles and Kahless seem to be arguing near the entrance.

Damn spider quest is up right as I have to go to bed.

Anyway I think we should harvest more of that yellow thing, we might be able to use it for part of the scarecrow later, so talk to randou about that.

>>18987638

Bubbles, all the trouble in the world follows that one wasp. I guess we need to go see whats going on there.

Oh gawd Bubbles .. fine let's git in there before the big K gets riled up

>>18987644
>>18987652

After leaving few pieces of the yellow membranes for Ranou to investigate, and the rest for Dorpou to store away you quickly skitter towards Kahless and Bubbles.
You can't hear what they are talking about yet, but Bubbles seems to be buzzing around the dragonfly clearly irritated.

Hurry over to big K and the wasp

Bibi: "Gentlemen BEHOLD!" *dump*

Ranou: "More toys!"

>...and your pet centipede Isaac.

Isaac! Noooo! He's our bestest adopted son.

*Hug Isaac*

>>18987765

Also emergency food supply(though at this point it seems we are quite fine food wise), and experiment.

"This better not be some idiotic beauty contest thing."

>>18987765
Very much seconded.

>>18987715

Forgot mah name!

Anyways, you reach Bubbles and Kahless.

"That's like SOOO insulting! Like, how could you say that? You, you..you...!"

The two spot you observing their argument.

"Umm..Hi Bibi! Me and Bubbles were just..."
"Don't you speak over me you, you..!"
"Shut it you vapid little wasp! Be glad that I DIDN'T eat you!"
"That's like, so besides the point!"

Wat do?

"Well it's nice to see you two socializing. You want to enlighten me as to the topic or should I just don my armor and lay in with the biting."

>>18987844

( Additional: I think we need to go in strong here and act the dictator part but I'm not actually suggesting we get violent. )

>>18987861
I concur. we should offer a firm, guiding hand to make sure things don't get out of hand

>>18987844
>>18987861

"He like, totally insulted me!"

"No I didn't, you just took my remark the wrong way."

"Yes you totally did! You said that like, that I look exactly like the other wasps! That is SO WRONG! I look much different!"

"But you DO look like the other wasps!"

"No I totally don't! My antennae are much curlier!"

"Do you think I look at the antennae of the wasps I attempt to eat? You all look exactly the same to me."

"NO WE DON'T! See Bibi! See how he keeps like constantly insulting me!"


Your response?

I'm terrible at quests, so I'll bump this for the sake of bibi.

Aw.

I don't think Kahless was trying to piss her off. He just needs some coaching.

To Bubbles: "Wait here."

Let's drag Kahless aside for a chat. It's nice he noticed her and all but he needs some batter suggestions. Maybe he should study her. A fine warrior can always use some study time to good effect. He's got a magnificent opportunity here.

And for ancestors sake compliment her curls.

Something along these lines.

>>18988018

Yes pull Kahless over and tell him to apologize, and that that will have a great deal of effect on making this go away. Also we need to tell him to learn the differences between insects, as if we build an army he needs to be able to identify who is on which side.

>>18988018
>>18988045

You pull Kahless aside and tell him that he should probably apologize her.

"What? This whole argument is absurd. I mistake her for an ordinary wasp with no allegiance to you, so I tried to eat her. I only recognized her due to her voice. One can't forget that annoying sound.
Why should I apologize when I didn't even do anything to her? She looks like the other wasps, if anything, she should mark herself so I won't make this mistake again."

Well Kahless, maybe you should /nicely/ suggest some sort of body paint, and you should still compliment her antenna

"Not apologize, just compliment her. It's good to know about the vanity of a wasp, a weakness they may all share. So you've learned a bit about potential enemies. This is not easy but the more you sweat in peace the less you bleed in war right? It's all worth it to study one up close. And thank you for not stomping her."

His suggestion to mark her's not a bad idea. Anyone have a suggestion on how to go about this?

*idea* Maybe she could use some of the yellow material we harvested earlier, put a bow around her antennas?

( Note to self: No more allied species. It's all spiders all the time in the tree home from now on. *facepalm* )

>>18988149

Seconding .. good idea!

We should probably pull Bubbles aside and make the suggestion rather than Kahless. It's enough if we can get him to compliment her.

>>18988180

Nah bubbles is just, well, bubbles, also we need flyers. I can't think of any solution to bubbles being bubbles though.

You and Kahless return to Bubbles.
She seems still annoyed.

"What do I say to her?" asks Kahless under his breath.
"She might just get offended again."

Whisper back,"Suggest that maybe a bow on her antennas would make it easier to see how nice they are."

"After all, you are a bit old and your eyes not what they used to be"

>>18988149
Brilliant idea, secon... erm, thirded.

>>18988264

"....like, really? Ohmygod, ohmygod! I want bow! That is just like sooo cute! Thank you! You are the best Khal.. Kahl..Kahleee..what ever! Big sweet dragonfly dude, you are great! I like you!"

Kahless is quite confused by Bubble's reaction.
After all, they first met when he tried to eat her, and this whole argument started from a similar situation.
How Bubbles can so easily forget, forgive or simply ignore this fact is beyond Kahless.

"Is she insane?" he whispers to you while Bubbles is distracted by her daydreams about bows.

>>18988409
"Definitely, but in one way or another, most of us are."

"Nope, just a wasp, our wasp"

"She's fine. It's because you're magnificent bug guy. You just don't know how much."

*pat him on the back*

>>18988409

I'm not sure that is 'insane' but close enough. She is also simple enough as well.

Well time to go make her a bow, and leave Kahless with a comment about staying away from her for his own sanity

>18988435
I say this one

>>18988435
>>18988424
>>18988431
>>18988479

"....I see. I don't think that I really like to get to know my former prey personally. It causes things...to become strange... I am thankful for your assistance at resolving this mess with her...she is quite..peculiar. I don't know how long I could have resisted putting her back to her place.

Well, anyways, I am off for some hunting, I will return when I have fed myself"

With that, Kahless prepares to take off.

Have ourselves a good chuckle and go see Ranou. We want to ask him about the mysterious thing caught in the tree above. Plus he seems to be the resident master weaver, we need a favor in the form of a yellow bow.

Situation defused! Time to go retrieve some of the yellow stuff for Bubble's bow

we should give all our allies some kind of uniform, so as not to have a repeat of this incident. Maybe some kind of yellow item?

>>18988589
depending on how much of the material is available

You return to Ranou. He seems to be keenly investigating the yellow things you gave him.

"...hmm..interesting...I have never encountered stuff like this... it's like dry leafs, but still different..."

Tell him we need a special order, a yellow bow of domestic peace and beauty for a certain wasp. We could throw something together ourselves but we need a proper high quality item this time.

>>18988650

"A bow?
For Bubbles I presume, as I doubt that you have befriended another wasp. Why does she even... never mind, I couldn't probably understand the reason anyways. I'll make one quickly.
Meanwhile, could you tell me where you found this material. It's quite interesting. It's like a sheet of...of..I don't even know how to describe it, but I already know that it could be excellent building material. We might use more of this stuff."

>>18988758
Tell him you found it amongst the leaves of the tree and that there's still more of it.

How many threads has it been and we haven't cleaned our spinerettes?

Oops.

Never feed an engineer exotic material.

Bring him up to speed on what we found, a diamond shaped thing caught up in the tree. we can get more with another expedition. It would be good for the kids, take em with us. Frankly we were hoping he could tell us a bit more about it.

But first that bow ...

>>18988770
>>18988801

"Oh there IS more of it!
Good! I think that this will be very useful. I assume that you brought more of this stuff inside the web bundle your mate rolled into the storage. If that is so, I have more than enough of this for now at least. I'll inform you when I might need more of it, but for now, I need to figure out the best ways to utilize this material.

Oh, yes, right after the bow."

He begins to make the bow.

You ask him about the nature of the material.

"I can't say much yet, other than that it is light enough, and jet strong enough to be extremely useful for building stuff."

Let's get Bubbles squared away first then .. I dunno. Resource gathering expedition / family outing?

>>18988901
I kinda agree, let's go to the yellow thing, and put up some webs around it, maybe catch anybody else snooping around it?

definitely go to collect the rest of the material. IT could be useful in the future, and rival bugs may take advantage of it.

First off, you give Bubbles the bow.

You then head back to the treetop, in which the diamond shaped object was located. Do you take anyone else with you?

>>18989032
Well, it's probably bets for everyone to keep Webby busy for now. Let her come along.

>>18989039

You and Bubbles return to the strange object.
You are carrying a glass shard with you.
Bubbles seems to be daydreaming again.

What will you do?

>>18989164
Oh, sorry, I meant we should take Webby along.

Doesn't really matter now. Start harvesting the rest of the strange stuff.

>>18989039
>>18989164
>>18989196

DERP!
So you did!
I am sorry, my brains failed me.
Let's just say that Webby is also with you, and Bubbles just decided to join the fun. (or flaunt her new bow to your sister.)

>>18989220
Well, in that case have Webby harvest the stuff while we are explore the area around the strange object.

>>18989237
also have her harvest some of the other colours as well, since variety is the spice of life

>>18989237

You tell Webby to harvest the stuff while you investigate the premises.

"Alone?! No fair! There is loads of this stuff! There isn't anything to explore here!! You are just lazy big sis!"

"Hah hah hah haa haa! You have to woork! I have a boow! You have noo-u!" It seems Bubbles is teasing your sister.

"That doesn't even rhyme, you..you..!"

>"That doesn't even rhyme, you..you..!"? (SCRUFFY HEADED NERF HERDER!)

>>18989322
That doesn't even rhyme, you..you.. DOUBLE WASP!

Compliment Bubbles about the bow and how it suits her very well. Also we would be delighted if Bubbles would be on the lookout, while Webby and Bibi work on the strange magerial. We don't want to be suprised by someone who wants to investigate this thing themselves.

>>18989308
Keep an eye on the two while exploring. As soon as Webby finishes removing the green fabric, congratulate her on the good work and allow her to explore the tree for a bit.

Tell webby that this is an important job which massivly contributes to the defence of the nest. Thus it is a great responsibility and you are proud of webby helping you with it.

Take turns harvesting the color, while the other gets to explore/lookout, compliment bubbles on bow, ask he to be the purdiest lookout ever

>>18989390

After exploring a bit, but not finding anything really interesting you return to help your sister out.
You tell Bubbles to watch out for any trouble, after complimenting her on how her new bow looks good on her.

I suppose continue harvesting until we have a good amount that can be brought back to the nest between the three of us
>>18989447
.

While you are harvesting the colored sheets, Bubbles suddenly jells to you.

"I see mean wasps! They are like, flying over there!"

>>18989447
Get to know Webby a bit better while working. Ask her what she usually does all day, who her friends are and other such things.

We don't have to get it all but yes let's stock up.

Next: can we figure out a way to free it all? Let it drop to the ground. It attracts attention there, we don't want the giant to go poking about.

Right. We're outta here. Let's jet.

Tell Bubble to head directly back to the hole and fetch back a strike force.

ABORT THE MISSION and abscond the fuck out of there! If you won't make it back to the nest before they arrive here go into hiding and make sure that webby and bubbles are hidden too!

>>18989599

There is no strike-force! Kahless is gone hunting. Maybe Andor is home, but if it is a pack of wasps even he will not be enough. We don't even have our armor and spear with us. I say it is best to avoid confrontation for now.

Are they even heading our way?

>>18989571
we should also try to remain unseen. we don't want to lead this force back to our nest, in case a larger group is just behind.

Tactical retreat, and protect webby!

You take a quick look at the wasps.
The wasps seem to be carrying something.
They patrol is flying from the direction of the pond, back to their nest.

"Look they are flying over there! What do we do?"

>>18989699

Not a hell of a lot, we don't have any of weapons nor armour.

They're not heading this way? Lay low and observe.

>>18989699
What are they carrying / what does it look like?

>>18989631

I dunno. 180,000 or so bored children with some experience wasp hunting should make a good impression of one.

But it looks like we're out of danger for now, let's see what happens.

should we send bubbles to investigate? I'm not sure she wouldn't be attacked on sight, though.

>>18989757

You can't tell for sure from this distance.

Bubbles is reluctant to go near the wasps, as in the last time she tried to spy on them, one of the wasps beat her up.

They aren't heading in your way. It seems that they are returning from somewhere.

I think no - while she can spy on them normally the bow is a dead, and I must emphasise DEAD, give away.

Maybe, *maybe*, if we can pry her away from it for a quick looksee.

>>18989807
Nah, the last time we tried that the wasps caught Bubbles and beat her up pretty good. Even without the bow.

>>18989825
let's not do that to poor bubbles again

not much else we can do then. let's continue with what we're doing, but with an emphasis on looking out for trouble.c

Yeah, I'm not if favour of sending her into harms way again.

Meanwhile WE MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PY .. I mean Ranou needs more Resources.

Let's finish up and jet.

Well as far as we know they return from the Bees hive. I sure hope 321 is okay. We shouldn't have left her like that. Maybe we should check on the bees. Discretly of course, we don't want to be spotted by either the bees or the wasps for now.

You quickly finish up collecting the green sheet.
Will you attempt to get the red and blue one too, or will you get the fuck out now?

(can't draw right now. Gotta eat ice cream!)

>>18989884
>Well as far as we know they return from the Bees hive.

Hate to say it, but does bibi know that?

>>18989896
Let's get out for now. We already have enough of the stuff anyway.

If we need some wasp recon we could always ambush one and interrogate. Muh huh hah HAAA, etc.

Or we could ambush some random bee, similar deal. We don't have to be mean to them but we don't have to play nice any more either. ( What with that ambush. )

Well hey, Spider Quest is back! Good to see you, OP!

Gimme a minute to catch up.

Ranou said we have enough for now, we're just being greedy. Let's return.

We could also hold a council for this worrying development.

my personal opinion is to send webby back with the green sheet (it's not so safe anymore) but continue harvesting the red and blue just us and bubbles, ready to leave at a moment's notice.

So, what's the plan fellas?

>>18989900

I think so, yes. I am sure 321 said that part of the plan to get rid of the waps is to feed them drugged nectar and that the wasps would collect the nectar from them.

>>18989967
let's go back and see what else is up

>>18989967
back to base seems to be the larger concensus

Well there is some shit going down here and it will sure as hell affect us in the future. And it was us who gave the bees the nectar in the first place, we are kinda to blame for this mess.

We should try to right it and if we are not able to or it is to dangerous, we should at least spy around a bit to stay informed what exactly is going on and if danger is aproaching on the horizon.
So spy on the bees hive I say. Maybe...and that is a big maybe...there is still something that can be done to befriend the bees. Well or at least save 321. She did us a solid one when she warned us about that ambush. She did not had too, she was in no way obligated to or owed us something, but she DID warn you and endagered herself by it. I really think we should try to return the favor if possible.

You return to your base with the green stuff, store it away, and then start a council regarding the movements of the wasps.

"We have gone over this before", says Andor.
"The defenses of the tree hole, although improved, are still inadequate for deterring a full blown wasp assault."

"The scarecrow project is going splendidly. With the new materials you brought here, I can probably finish the full blown version within few weeks, assuming the wasps don't attack first", ads Ranou.

"The wasps, like don't really care about spiders, I think," says Bubbles, "They like to steal from the bees and stuff, they usually don't bother others, unless they want to be mean, which is like kinda often, so they like actually do bother others all the time."

"I have nothing to say here, that hasn't already been said" Dorpou says, "Although we could make our nest larger and sturdier, so that if the wasps invade, we can retreat inside and defend ourselves from there."

You hear the signature sound of Kahless as he returns.
Just in time to join the council.

What will you say?

We don't need to involve ourselves in a war just yet. If we're hell bent on getting info let's go out and ambush something.

Anyone have any comment on that thing stuck in our tree? Ranou's our sum total of wisdom on it so far.

We need more spiders for this council of doom, for instance one of those spiders that mimic ants or a wolf spider that acts like solid snake.

>>18990200
Having a Solid Snake spider would be awesome.

>>18990200
>>18990221

I agree.
Unfortunately, I have never played any of the metal gear games.
My only knowledge off solid snake's personality is from the hazy memories I have from watching my neighbor play metal gear solid when I was a kid, from /v/, some random youtube vids and from super smash bros.
I don't know I could portray him properly.

>>18990285
Just have the wolf spider carry around a tiny cardboard box it keeps on its abdomen.

>>18990285
just watch metal gear awesome and you get the main idea, but more members for the council of world (backyard) domination.

>>18990285
Yeah well just think of a spider that manages to hide everywhere, every time.
Suppose he's kinda gruff and a loner as well.

I vote to for us to have a solid snake spider friend join us in the treehouse, one of those white/brown speckled ones, that instead of webbing hunt by jumpings

>>18990285
Combine what you know about Wolf Spider behavior with those vague memories and we will be alright.

>>18990356
and don't forget he likes to eat anything

I agree with box on abdomen, but he also must smoke cigarettes....somehow....

the nest's location should notbe compromised, and defense is our main concern. I also agree about recruiting a larger, more powerful spider, since jumping spiders are very small in comparison to wasps. Defense, and recruitment, with maybe a bit of ambush thrown in, for information.

>>18989967
Clean our spinnerets, obviously.

Plot detours ahoy!

We should take centipede and one other with us, to go recruit, whilst others work on defense, while out we can try to find us a big boss spider, and get any resources we might need for boosting defenses

I am kinda confused.
What is it that you wish to do now?
Remember, Kahless returned from his hunt just moments ago. He hasn't jet participated in your council.

OK. Ask Andor and Bubbles about other spider sightings.

>>18990389
A spider who knows how to make fire seems a bit overpowered.

I think what some of us might be trying to say is we need more people before we can fight the wasps.

Fill Kahless in on what happened and ask for his opinion.

>>18990471 Noone knows how they get lit....they just are...even he may not know

Consult Kahless then. He was hunting, so maybe he even saw something out there that we missed.

And I still say we should check on the bees and try to find and help 321

>>18990463

Once again ask about the Kite thing, anyone else besides Ranou know anything.

Then ask about other spider sightings.

We're stalling a bit until Kahless makes an appearance.

Wait to hear Kahless speak!

to make it easy on the op, we want to
A. hear Kahless's input on what he saw while hunting
B. discuss other spider sightings and possible recruitment options
C. discuss the object with rahou.

or so I gather. this fit with everyone?

>>18990533
sounds about right

>>18990533

We already know what Ranou thinks about it, just want to know if anyone else has any ideas.

>>18990533

Do this

In light of the recent happeninng we should make the construction of armor/weapons for our heavy hitters Kahless and Andor a priority in the near future.

>>18990533

Kahless lands and inquires you about what you are discussing.
You inform him that the topic is the recent wasp activity.
You also ask if he saw something suspicious during his hunt.

"Yes, I actually did. I saw the wasp swarm flying from the bee fortress back here, that is actually why I returned this swiftly. So that I might inform you about this, but it seems that you noticed them without my help. The bee hive seems to be unusually inactive right now. I couldn't see many guards or gatherers flying anywhere."

You ask Ranou about other spiders and how to gain their allegiance.

"Not easy. Spiders are loners. You and this setup you are building is quite an exception. Though you might gain their aid if you provided them with something they want. In my case, that is food an company, but I am quite old my self, so I have developed my own quirks that can't be applied to all other spiders.
It might highly depend in the individual you are asking.
As for where to find them, think where you would hide, that is the best advice I can give to you."

You also bring up the topic of the strange new material.

"I already told you what I can tell about it right now. I need some more time to figure out the rest of it's properties. Recovering the rest of it should be done though, I think that this material might be truly revolutionary for our construction efforts."

"I want that we make bows from the other colors as well! They would look so cute!"

"You want to waste valuable material on such trinkets? What in the world is wrong with you?"

"Well, it's not my fault if you don't want to look pretty, but I sure do! It wouldn't like take much of the stuff anyways!"

Bubbles and Ranou begin to argue about how to use the colored sheets.

>>18990654
Tell Bubbles that if she finds any material like that on her own, we can use some of it to make accessories for her. Maybe this will motivate her.

Not bad, It'll keep those two gainfully occupied for the moment.

Spider hunt? Or back to gather more of the good stuff?

Also, anyone given any thought to putting an outpost up there? It's a good lookout position it seems.

For a course of action, I think we should put some hardcore time into securing our position, and I like the idea of outfitting our 2 heavy hitters with armor and weapons. Thoughts?

I knew it :-(

As I requested several time, we really should check out the bee hive. Maybe there is something we can do to better the Situation. It seems like the bees plan backfired. If there are survivors we should go and help them. They could be more then valuable allies. Thats why we went to deal with the bees the first place.
That and we really owe 321 one. The least we could do is find and help her, if it is not too late.

>>18990711
Don't really have anything else to do right now, do we?

Maybe send someone to scout the Bee hive? Would a wasp patrol mess with Kahless?

>>18990725
oh, yep, I agree. I have a sinking feeling that I know what the wasps took...

I'll wait for you guys to decide what you want to do.

Bee hunt then. We could use some information on current events.

Let's get kitted out first, armour, slingshot, etc.

>>18990725

As a side-note. This could even help us with Kahless. Don't forget he takes honour very seriously and repaying our debt to someone who helped us, even if it is dangerous might really impress him. He is the greatest and deadlies ally we have right now and a more the valuable asset to our defence (and a cool guy). Tightening his ties to us would be a great thing.

We should ask Kahless if he wants armor, and how he wants it built. Then ask if he'd be up to scouting the bee hive.

>>18990790

Do this

>>18990790

You decide to go and investigate the bees.
You put on your armor and pick up your glass shard spear.

You also ask if Kahless would like to get an armor for himself at some point. He politely declines, saying that he trusts his speed and agility for his protection, and that he fears that the armor might reduce his flight capabilities.

Any other preparations before departing to the bee hive?

Tackle / hug / glomph Dorpou for good luck.

>>18990990
seconded

also, ask andor about the armor/weapon proposition

>>18990990
Don't forget Isaac either.

>>18990990
>>18991037

Done!

Andor, while being skeptical about the armor, seeing how he already has quite mighty one, is somewhat interested in weapons.

"The reach of my attacks too shot. You saw it when we first met. I couldn't defend myself against the faster and smaller ant bastards. Had I had a weapon that allowed me to kill creatures from larger distance, I could have fended off the damned ants."

Well, shoot, he should have asked sooner.

No biggie, let him grab what he wants. We have more spears, yes?

Here's a thought - let's take Andor and Kahless along for this one.

>>18991088
We could make him some bolos. Or perhaps a slingshot.

>>18991088

Oh, right, we're covered in armour.

Delicately >Done!

>>18991125
Riding out in full force with our best fighters for a scouting mission is a good idea? Leaves the base kinda helpless, no?

>>18991058

Isaac has grown somewhat.

>>18991155
So is Isaac more like a dog or does he not talk because he's still young or something?
Is he gonna get smarter as he grows?

>>18991183

You'll see.
Right now, he is smart enough to learn and listen to orders, and to not to eat your offspring. He instead plays with them.

So, are all preparations done. Who will you take with you on your mission?

>>18991154

180,000 bored screaming child soldiers remember? It's not like they hang out there all the time on guard duty anyway.

If we're worried we can have Bubbles on stand by to warn us to return, she knows were we'll be.

And .. um .. have you seen the size of Isaac? Damn.

They'll be fine.

>>18991228
child soldiers you say?

#bibi2012

>>18991228

Umm, just to make it clear, the current number of offspring you have is somewhere around 30.
You and Dorpou have been busy, but not in that way.

>>18991287

Sorry, yes, I was humorously exaggerating the number.

My comment stands, they can defend themselves at least for a while.

as for the mission, Kahless should be enough. Andor can guard the hive, and Bubbles is... not welcome in the bee hive I think.

Very well then.

Once again, you fly on the back of Kahless towards the territory of the bees.

>>18991369

There really are no bees in the flowers, or anywhere else in sight.
How do you proceed?

Yep take Kahless with you. Even if we plan not to fight, a Dragonfly is like one of the fastest and most agile fliers the insect world has to ofter. Maybe even one of the most agile fliers of the whole animal kingdom.
Riding on Kahless we should be able to evade and shake off any pursuer.

That and as was said earlier, the whole paying our debts of honour business might impress him.

Fly an oblique course towards the hive?

Just don't head directly there.

Proceed to the hive I say, but with all neccessary percautions. We have to be especially carefull, maybe there are still some Wasps hanging around and pillaging...or the bees may have reorganized and see us as an attacker.

You can't spot any bees.
Fly to the hive yes/no?

A judicious question to Kahless first: "You can our run Bees, right?"

( Remember he's got us to carry. )

If so, take us in. TRENCH RUN HO!

>>18991529
"out run"

derp.

>>18991529

"Off course I can."

You head towards the hive.
There seem to be few disorganized guards flying aimlessly around the nest. They are ignoring your approach.

I don't like the idea of barging in at all.

Can we nab one of the guards?

>>18991583

hurrrr.

Try to grab the one on the right and drag him ( yah yah her ) under the hive.

>>18991615
>>18991716

You snatch one of the guards and bring her under the hive.
She doesn't seem to be doing very well.

>>18991785
Poke her with the blunt end of the spear. Hey, what's up with you?

>>18991785
Wow, she look likes shit.

We will save them and help rebuild. Then will become their god, an angry god!

"I'm on your side and it would behove you keep it that way. You can do this by telling what happened."

Love dat spider helmet lol

You poke her with the blunt end of your spear.

"..what..? ...bzz! Where am I ...zzz"

She seems messed up in her head.
You inquire her what the heck happened.

"zzz the wasps...took the cargo...like ...like the ...plan worked...did it?...something...something...in the honey...everyone....chaos...321...zzzz"

She is fainting again.

>>18991929
I think they will definitely need lots of water. If we decide to help them, we should probably get them some rather sooner than later.

Nice, it looks like the wasps force fed the mix to the bees first.

See if we can gently revive her once more and ask about 321. Otherwise let's lift her to the ledge off the grass so she's out of reach from the ants.

She passes out before you can ask anything else.

>>18992049
Check if she's still alive.

Fine, get her out of immediate danger. In fact, screw it, let's drop her off right at the entrance. Have a look around - are all the other guards this messed up?

Ok, yeah, that's a good idea too.

She seems to be alive, although barely.
You carry her to the entrance of the hive.
The other guards still fly around in circles.

Do you enter the hive?

>>18992131
Does Kahless even fit inside?
Also try to get anything useful out of the bees.

Drop her off at the entrance, peek inside.

>>18992151

No, he doesn't. His wingspan is too large.
The other bees seem to ignore you. They are even less lucid than the one you already interrogated.

Dem girls is cranked out.

Problem is we need info.

Second problem is the normal workers could still bum rush us. And the workers might not be twisted like the guards. We know there's plenty more bees around here somewhere.

Are there any bodies about? Where are they?

>>18992197
This. Don't go too far in tho. We need to get away quickly if Kahless sees something he can't handle.

You peek inside.

>>18992280
Check if those bees are dead.
Also, are they missing wings?

>>18992280
kinda look like ants

Dammit this does not look good.

Take a chance - check the nearest one.

Could be ants. We can handle a few even without armour or weapons. We can do this.

She seems to be in a similar coma like state that the other bee fell into.

Dammit, we have to find someone we can speak too. :-(

Seems like we missed the party.
Let's see if we can find any trace of 321.

Whatever the plan was it went zits up. The bees are fubar.

Go back to Kahless and ...

We have a choice at this point:

a) Jet. The bees will eventually be fine, not our problem.

b) Tell Kahless to wait unless the wasps or something come back then head back to the tree. Shall we explore a bee hive?

( question to OP ) Thing is - if the wasps fed them the smak didn't 321 say they poisoned it? If that's not the case the bees will recover and there's nothing much for us to do here, except leave a calling card?

>>18992415

I am afraid that I can't answer that question.
There are still things you don't know about what happened here.

Wut if the wasps kidnapped the queen?! EXPLORE!

Based off our own knowledge of the nectar I don't think the bees are in any real danger.

But we're not 100% sure of exactly what effect it has and in what dose and .. this sure is a hell of a lot of bees whacked out for what we gave to them. Maybe the wasps did something more?

We're kinda screwed here guys. The only other thing I can suggest is to nab a wasp and interrogate.

Or take one walk to the end of this hive and back. Remember the bees are hostile to us mostly so they won't care why we're here.

Remember we're an empire builder, or a builder in general at least. Not a rescue service.

I say we scout the room we're in, then get back outside and see if Kahless found anything.

You hear the bee besides you wheeze something.
"....sszzz..the honey...wasps took..bad..bad..taste...overseers....put it in....zzz"

So, what are you going to do?

Vote time,
A-Explore Room
B-Explore Hive
C-Capture a Wasp
D-Pillage Nest for Supplies for our Glorious Empire!

>>18992506

I think this is the best we can do. Wandering around in here is madness.

Even if the bees are doomed we have no antidote, no nothing.

I think they're just twisted with a grade 5 hangover on the horizon but they'll survive.

>>18992545
A, with C if possible.

>>18992545
A
See if there's anybody around who isn't totally drugged out.

>>18992545
A, and if things look good, B, looking for 321

( oh yeah - if anyone wants a pet bee to take home to the kids, now's the time. )

>>18992627
:3

You investigate the large chamber you are in.
The bees you encounter are mostly comatose, but eventually, you spot one sitting at the end of one of the wax corridors.

How do you proceed?

D?

Someone's got to have their head screwed on straight, and that's enough excuse to stay for me.

"LET'S LOOT!" ( It might stir up something. )

>>18992640
Call out to the bee:
"Hey, you there. Are you alright?"

>>18992627
the thought crossed my mind. maybe we can take a few, and convince them that we are their queen, and make them build us bulding on wax :3

>>18992640
she seems a little less doped up, lets see if she can tell us anything

Let's nab her - it's safer that way if we maintain control. It makes a good point too when we don't hurt her and just let her go.

Otherwise approach cautiously, and see if we can chat.

>>18992656
I agree. too vulnerable inside the hive.

You get very close to the bee, before she notices you.

"Who comes there!? Get away! I don't have any more honey!"

She seems to be quite disoriented.

>>18992695
d'awww can we keep it

>>18992695
Time become everyone mother figure. We gave birth on the battlefield, we are The Boss

"Don't want honey, just want to know what happened here. Why is everyone messed up?"

I think we found a hatchling, let's take it slow here we can do the motherly thing.

Aww damn my eyes are failing me, I have to go to bed. Just...please be nice to the bees and try to safe them...or at least 321, can you do that for me?

Anyways, thanks for the awesome Quest OP! Spiderquest is best quest. Spiders and insects were never this cute before.

"Do you know 321?"

>>18992761
seconded. spiderquest is best quest

>>18992761

Save them? Grrrrr. We. Are. Not. A. Rescuse. Serv .. alright, fine. Dammit. We'll see what we can do.

>>18992761
I have no idea how OP manages to continue drawing at this point. He's been at this for nearly 9 hours.

>>18992724

You ask her what happened here.

"Wha.... The.. the wasps came and took the honey..the honey the overseers brought to them...then the wasps left....One worker got angry at the overseer ...I don't know why, but they argued ...fought..then when...when we ate....the honey...the honey was...it was .bad...made us see bad things....they wanted more but I didn't have any...so I went to hiding..."

(FUCK! I need to go to sleep soon, and I am in this kind of spot. Wat do?)

>>18992795
Anything we can do to help?

What the bees need is a proper dictator obviously. But that's a full time job for someone else.

We know they have a queen, right?

Ask the little one where the queen is. IF we're going to get started saving these twerps we need to know if anyone's left in charge.

>>18992795
Take her, get back outside, check with Kahless, take her back home with us (to wrap it up)?

>>18992794

Well, I barely can anymore.
Not to mention that I have been drawing sprites and posted ideas on the gigerverse thread going on currently while running this thing.

It's 4 am and I have lost the control over my life.

Every good setting has cliff hangers, it's not like we're gonna snub you for taking a break.

Call it a run when you're ready and we'll all be here next week.

Seems a couple of people decided to pull out for sleep now anyway, break here. It's cool we'll pick it up next week.

Consensus seems to save them so I'll take that to heart when I jump in next time I see it.

Yeah, I'll stop here.

Have this cliff hanger.

See you next week.
And as always, input is welcome.

>>18992907
I love this quest. You're awesome OP.
I'm going to bed now.

I think we were more on top of our game this time around.

Well done and quite enjoyable as always.

Thank you OP.

>>18992920

Thanks.
That is all the input I needed right now.
I need to sleep.
Later gents!

>>18992907
op, you are a god among men to keep posting and drawing for 5 hours. we salute you, and your amazing quest

>>18992907
Fucker is in for a nasty surprise.
Can't wait.