>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, 15 sheets of both green and yellow membranes.
>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.

This is where we left. The bee you were questioning seems to be scared of something. You can also spot faint movements behind you, but your armor is somewhat blocking the view.
What do you do?

>>19078033
Jump to safety and see what's behind you.

fuck yeah! spider quest is back! i cant be the only one reading this but if i am i say we jump backwards into the shadow behind us and make the motherfucker stumble so we might get a kill in easier

>>19078188
>>19078208

You quickly jump backwards, up to the wax structure above you.
Your sudden movements seem to confuse the large bee which stalked you.
It too seems to be in an intoxicated state.
"zzss szdss! hhhhhooo...neyyyy..."

The smaller bee seems to be horrified.
"No! Go away! I don't have any more honey!"

>>19078288
Wait and see how the situation develops.

aye... wait and observe... but if the bigger bee starts being violent then jump it and trap it in web

"zz...you...you...hiding...the..honey..zzz!?!"

"NO! Go away! Please, don't hurt me!"

>>19078367
Knock the big bee out, using the blut end of our spear.

jump on her back and knock her out useing the spear. then web up her arms and ask if the worker bee knows our bee contact (the one who came to collect the nectar)

You jump down and knock the lights out from the larger bee.
You tie her up, but she seems that she'll be out for a while.

"T-thank you?"
The smaller bee is still rather perplexed, but her state isn't as bad as the rest of the bees you have encountered.

Question the little bee some more.

*sigh*

"Well, we can't just leave you here. Do you know who's in charge now?"

You ask the bee if she knows where your contact, 321 is.

"zzz...321...How do you know her? She...she argued with the overseers, warned us about the honey....zzzs..I don't know where she is ....they took her....zzz"

Wat do?

"The overseers took her?"

If yes than where are the overseers?

>>19078552
"Queen, of course. Who else would be? She has been strangely absent from us during these past few days though..."
>>19078564
"...I don't know..In the officer lounge?"

OK, I'm up for an officer chat, maybe find 321 and put her in charge or something. Not much of a plan but they clearly need someone sensible put in charge.

Anyone?

>>19078588
Well, off to the officer lounge. Take the small bee with us.

>>19078618

You tell the smaller bee to take you to the officer's lounge. She obeys meekly, and after a brief walk, you enter a large chamber with numerous doorways.
"This is bad place....everything started here..." She says while gazing nervously at the doorway to your right.

Suddenly you hear someone shout from a distance.
"Halt! Who comes there!"

Can't quite see clearly but is that a wasp? Need a better look.

"Daily clean up crew!"

The bee comes to investigate you, along with it's few buddies.

"A Spider in our nest?! What is this? Why did you allow a spider here 522?"

"I-I didn't! And she saved me from one of the insane bees!"

"Very well then, why are you here spider? This isn't a place for you, and if we didn't have other, more pressing problems right now, we would probably kill you for this kind of transgression."

"The Queen sent for me. In better times I'd complain about not inviting me to the party but her message was urgent if somewhat garbled. So no time for that. Where is she?"

>>19078775

"Who? The Queen? Why would she even associate with a spider like you? I don't believe you!"

The bees start to circle you more aggressively.

>>19078869
"We controlled the honey, we controlled the universe. you owe me, bees. Remember that."

>>19078869
"From what I've heard, her majesty hasn't been herself lately. So who knows?"

>>19078884

"What...? Never mind, sisters, take this mad little spider to 313, maybe she will be able to figure this one out. Will you come without a fight spider?"

The bees begin to approach you.
Wat do?

"Lead on."

Guy, what if Kahless starts to get nervous outside?

He'll just snack on a few bees I'm sure.

>>19079001
That's kinda not what we want now is it?
It'd be okay if he was snacking on wasps or ants, tho

"Oh, you aren't going to fight? Very wise of you. Follow then."

The bees take you trough the furthest left opening. There seem to be few non nutty bees buzzing around. You can hear scraps of conversations when the bees escort you, though the speakers shut up when they see you.

"-the loyalists are guarding the entrance hea-"
"-we must secure more untainted hone-"
"Our scouts think that they have located 32-"

The bee in the center of the chamber notices you.
"Spider?! In our nest! What is the meaning of this?"

"522 claimed that the spider saved her, big sister. We think that she might know something of use."

"Very well then, come with me spider, we will discuss this in private."

She waves you to follow her into one of the side chambers.

At this point I think we should tear out a bigger door and unleash him on the lot of them.

But I promised I try to help these freaks so ...

>>19079035
God, Bibi got back.

>>19079035
Follow her, but be on guard.
Also ask about 321.

Well there showing some sense in not attacking us so, fine, let's hear what she has to say.

Tell the little one "Stay here."

You and 313 enter one of the smaller side chambers.

"You must be the spider 321 talked about. Do you have any idea how much damage the stuff you gave to us has caused to our hive? You and the overseer have basically destroyed us. I should hold you accountable for this, but 321 insisted that this was all the overseer's doing, so I will resist the urge to punish you for causing us this misery.
Why are you here spider? Did you come to explain your actions to us? What do you have to say for yourself?"

"I gave you a peace offering and a present of good will. Instead of sitting down for a nice chat about the wasp menace your people up and turned it into a weapon of mass .. intoxication. Someone sure has some explaining to do and I'm not the one. None the less I was unaware of what happened and I'm unwilling to see you all perish. I'm willing to help but no more nectar."

Tell her that 321 told us the overseer wanted to use the nectar to trick the wasps and that we came here to help after we saw the wasps flying away from the bee hive.

It was not our intention to destroy the hive.

>>19079165
>>19079174

"While it might have not been your intention, you still gave the overseer the nectar which she used for her plans. I don't know the whole picture of what exactly happened, 321 knew much more about the overseer's plans and she was the one who was the first to alert us to the tainted honey, but so very few listened to her. Such a shame...And now she is gone.
All I know is that the wasps were here early, they were supposed to come for the honey tomorrow."

>>19079227
She's gone? Where to? We should find her, she can tell us the whole story.

Then it's the overseers fault ultimately and the wasp might come back tomorrow to finish the job.

Fine what's going on now? And what does "gone" mean? Where is 321?

>>19079240
>>19079256

"She tried to confront the overseers for what they caused, but they took her somewhere during the chaos.
I managed to rally the few workers who didn't drink the tainted honey, and we have been looking for 321 ever since. Our scouts were just about to tell me of where they think she might be when you showed up."

>>19079288
Let's go back and find out. Quickly.

"Right."

Also if we're going to stay in there for longer we should notify Kahless before he starts making his own entrance.

cute revolutionary bee needs more the bandanna

Yeah, we can send the little one back to reassure Kahless. Maybe tell her to stick with him.

We could also just pass on a message "Glorious revolution has begun, it's wall to wall up-against-the-wall fun. Go home, will return later."

But not yet.

We could tell Kahless to go fetch Isaac and have him run rampant through the wasp-controlled part of the hive.

You return to the main chamber.
313 starts talking with the scout.

"So, you discovered her location?"
"Yes sister. We believe that the overseers and their loyalist guards are holding her in the honey refinery. We aren't completely sure, but we did spot suspicious movements there.

We also spotted other things.
The honey deprived crazies are starting to all finally fall into coma, but some of the tainted guards are still roaming the chambers.
The loyalists seem to have locked themselves mostly in the royal chambers. Majority of the non tainted honey reserves have disappeared, presumably either blundered by the tainted drones or hoarded by the loyalists."

"Good, good. We must secure the comatose workers for their own safety. When they wake up, we can mend them.
This spider seems to be willing to aid us in rescuing 321, so when you are ready to start the operation, inform her."

The bees get busy again. Some of them fly out of the chamber, while others start gathering and obviously preparing for something.

>>19079407
Help them by securing the tainted guards with your webbing.

We owe her for tipping us off on the ambush so I'm OK with giving it a go. They can't suspect a spider assault could they?

But bee planning leaves something to be desired. Politely listen to the plan but be prepared to do our own thing.

We should send a message to Kahless telling him something.

>>19079407
Do we have time to tell Kahless what's going on?

Bee: "OK, here's the plan. WE WILL ENTICE THEM OUT WITH A NECTAR OFFERING! They'll suspect nothing. This plan is flawless, GO!"

Bibi: *facepalm*

Just get ready to strike out on our own after we hear the plan - I'm telling you.

You listen what the bees are planning.

"We can overwhelm the guards, can't we? There are many more of us than there are them."
"I am not sure 412, most of the workers ate the tainted nectar, while most of the guards got their own rations."
"What if we, like sneak in there and when no one sees us, we rescue 321?"
"That's a dumb plan! Listen sisters! We should like, rally the still raving tainted bees, and tell them, that there is loads of honey in the honey refinery! They would completely overwhelm the guards! It's brilliant!"

The bees quickly begin to argue about which one of their plans is the most viable.

>>19079520
Being sneaky sounds good. Get in there, grab 321, leave.

Have them do a diversion attack while we sneak in?

We can to the commando thing.

I say have them rally the rabid rabble to rampage after we try to sneak in.

The distraction of the attack will give us a safe passage out.

So should we ask the little bee to tell Kahless of the plan?

I like the idea of keeping the little one safe. Send her back to tell him to guard against any wasp intrusions for now while we set matters straight.

>>19079541
>>19079544
>>19079551

You tell them that they could cause the diversion, while you would sneak in to the refinery. You are, after all a spider. Sneaking is natural to you.

The bees quickly agree to this plan, and begin to prepare.
You tell the small bee to go and find Kahless outside of the hive and tell him of what's going on here.

Is there anything else you wish to do before starting the operation?

Slather our-self in combat camouflage pollen?

Let's get to rescuing!

>>19079654
Ask about the refinery's layout.
Look for passages we could use to get in / out

>>19079684
Wonder if Ranou could make a sneaking / stealth suit out of the strange material and pollen / leaves

>>19079688

313 explains the refinery layout to you.

There is only one known entrance to the refinery, besides the honey distribution tubes of course. The refinery itself is a large, open chamber, and there is a big pool of honey in the middle of it. The chambers running along it's sides are either storage chambers or honey processing chambers.
The large pool is the main honey storage of the hive.

>>19079786
So we let our bees start shit on the main entrance while we sneak through the honey distribution tubes? Can we fit through there?

>>19079820

Probably, they are quite wide. They shouldn't even be that full of honey, seeing how the tainted and the wasps blundered a significant portion of it.
Though you would need to cut through some layers of wax in order to get inside of them.

>>19079870
Can our spear pierce the wax?

>>19079894

Let's find out!
Anything else you wish to do before commencing the operation HONEY TRAP?

Apparently there aren't a lot of people in here right now...

>>19079921

Not really let us get to work.

You move out.
The bees begin to rally the remaining still moving tainted while you go under the refinery and search for the distribution tubes.

>>19080102

Finding one isn't very difficult. Will you proceed as planned?

>>19080147

derp

>>19080153
Let's try to cut it open with our spear

>>19080153

Cut it from the top and see how well your spear works on wax.

>>19080168
>>19080169

Although it takes some effort, you manage to slice a hole into the tube with your spear.

>>19080202

What will you do now?
Continue onwards?

>>19080270
Yes, we must save 321. A hive of bees as potential allies will be a glorious asset to out empire.

>>19080286

You cut a spider sized hole and enter the cramped and sticky tunnel. There is more honey that you are comfortable with, but not enough to actually impede your progress.
You start climbing upwards.

>>19080326
So how far do we have to climb? Hope Bibi feels ready for this. Also, is Kahless waiting outside the hive still?

You reach the refinery chamber.
You can hear commotion outside, and you see a couple of guards flying towards the opening in the ceiling.
Wat do?

>>19080388
Stealthily investigate your surroundings.

>>19080388
Looks like someone is guarding one of those tunnels, I bet that's where 321 is. Can we throw a chunk of our armor to the side as a distraction, then move into the tunnel?
Also, rather slow today.

>>19080375
This. Little Bee / Kahless filler?

You manage to stealthily investigate your surroundings a little.
It seems that this place is largely abandoned, everything seems to be taken from all the chambers you can look into.
In the distance, you see a lone guard.

Sorry guys, but I'll have to stop momentarily, as some real life business just showed up.
I'll be back within half and hour or so.

>>19080496
Investigate the ground. Maybe there is something we can throw to distract him?

>>19080589
We can just sneak up on him and knock him cold.

>>19080621
>>19080589

What will it be then?

So far so good - Knock him out.

~ Delicious Honey Sewer ~

>>19080698
Yeah, lets go with the knock out.

While the OP's house is burning down around him should we discuss our options?

>>19080798
Distract him and sneak through - bites us in the ass if that's the only way into the room behind.

Knock him out - works until the others come back. Even if we hide him.

Alright, I am back.

You knock her out cold. Nobody ever expects a jumping spider.

1) Knock out guard
2) Roll him ( her ) around in honey
3) Stick her on the wall upside-down
4) Paint "Viva la POUM!" on the wall in honey next to her
5) Continue on

>>19080838
Take a look into the room she was guarding.

Tie the guards legs with web. Wake them and question them!

>>19080861

In the room you see many small and mostly empty containers and three openings.
One of them is sealed of with wax.

>>19080838
First
>>19080861
then
>>19080908

>>19080925
Try to open the wax with your spear

Unplug it, let's get our gurl.

Stand ready to be bum rushed when we open it, 321 tends to be combative, as we've experienced ourselves.

>>19080925
Carefully open the sealed opening with our spear. If 321 is in there, we don't want to hurt her.

You tie up the unconscious guard and start poking the wax with your spear.

Shave away at it? We don't have much time.

You prepare to be rushed by whoever is inside the cell.
Instead, you see this.
It seems that the overseer did something to her.
Her mouth seems to be covered with wax.

>>19081066
Oh no...
Try to peel the wax off with your arms.
"I'm so sorry, I never meant for this to happen to you."
Also, give her a hug if possible.

Hugs later, free her arms, throw her on top and get out of there.

>>19081101
>>19081123
We have 8 legs! We can hug and peel at the same time!

1) Knock her out
2) Roll her around in honey
3) Stick her on the wall upside-down

Look, whatever, let just get her out of here like now!

Remove the wax then take her and get the hell out of there.

You attempt to peel of the wax, but to no avail. She seems to be beaten to the inch of her life.

rolled 11 = 11

>>19081217
Rolling to get the wax off her; we have to get her some food.

>>19081217
Take her back to the other bees, maybe they can help.
Do it fast.

>>19081217
Let's grab her and get out of there. We can take care of the wax later. The other bees will know how to remove it properly.

Grab and go!

Seems like the majority consensus is to grab her and go.
Which is exactly what you do.

>>19081279
Excellent. Now leave on the same way we came here.

>>19081308
Yes, just get her out of there. We need to take her some where she can recover.

You return to the rebel HQ.

They are quite sad when they see 321's state, but 313 assures that they can mend her. It will take some time for her to fully recover though.
The attack of the rebels had gone splendidly on the other hand. They even managed to capture one of the loyalist guards.

So how's Kahless doing?

>>19081377
Yes! Get Kahless, and I'm sure he will help with the interrogation of the captured guard!

>>19081397
>>19081377
Kahless doesn't fit inside the hive.

We could bring the prisoner to him tho.

>>19081377
>>19081397

Kahless doesn't fit through the entrance of the hive I am afraid. His wingspan is too wide. He is doing fine for now, waiting for a report to come from you. He knows about what you attempted to do as you sent the small bee to inform him.

The guards are dupes, we don't need to bash them about.

We could interrogate but go easy.

Mostly though we need to check in withKahless.

I'd say tell the bees to bring the prisoner to Kahless to help speed the interrogation up.

I'll wait for you to decide what you want to do.
Interrogate the guard, or check up on Kahless?

>>19081443
>>19081416
Right right, my bad, that's what I meant.

>>19081444
Both at the same time.

>>19081444
Two birds with one stone, bring the guard outside to Kahless to help with the interrogation.
You know, when we're back at base with all our friends/allies/resources, we need to thank them all for sticking with us and helping us out.

OK, let's interrogate the guard, we can pull the Big Nasty Horror routine ( Bad cop ) hopefully that'll scare the guard into providing info.

You bring the guard to Kahless and begin to interrogate her.
This is far too close to a dragon fly that the guard likes, and she is already very nervous.
What will you ask from her?

>>19081565
"I only wish for my children to live in peace, oh flier of the yellow and black; give to me your secrets, or else perish..."

:3

Where is the queen for starters.

>>19081565
Ask her exactly what happened in the hive, and what the 'loyalists' are currently planning.

>>19081590
>>19081592
>>19081600

"Ok, ok! I'll talk! Don't let that thing eat me!"

You ask where the queen for starters is.
"Her highness is very ill, the overseer is currently ruling in her behalf."

You also ask what exactly happened here.
"The wasps came too early, and took our honey. They must have also poisoned it, causing the drones to go mad. I was assigned to guard one of the rebels who claimed that the overseers were responsible for this. But you dirty rebels should know all that. You are even worse than I heard, associating with outsiders, you traitorous scum."

Suppose we're not getting anything else out of her.

Anything else we can do?

>>19081646
"So what is your overseer's next plan of action? He surely doesn't hope to strike against the wasps, does he?"

>>19081646

How about we inform him about what we know and why we are interested in what is happening. Then I think we may need to go and look for the queen.

>>19081676

You could check back with 321. 313 said that they could remove the wax quite easily, so 321 might be able to tell the whole story.

>>19081646
So, where is this overseer? Also, I don't think you should insult my friends. It'd be terrible if something were to happen to you, after all.

Have Kahless patrol about for wasps.

Get the little one here and give her a hug in front of the guard.

Drag the guard back to 321 and check up on her. Let her listen in. We're making a point. Which one of us is the monster here?

And little propaganda never hurt.

>>19081685

"I will not inform you of- AAH GET IT AWAY! OK! I'll speak!
The overseer is keeping things in lock down until the poison's effects dissipate. You are only making things worse by fighting against her!"

>>19081687
You tell her that you know that the overseer tried to poison the wasps with the nectar you gave.
"Lies and slander! And what of it if she tried to poison our hated enemies! After all, they poisoned us!"

Tell her about the nectar's effect, withdrawal and addiction and whatnot.

Ask where the overseer is located.

Also check how 321 is doing.

>>19081768
I don't think we're going to get much more out of this one. Also, I really can't think of anything else to ask. Do the rebels have any questions?

I think we need a more direct strike on the overseers.

Anyone else think it's time to replace the queen with 321?

How many rebel bees actually are there? we may end up needing to get to the overseer before this is out and we need to know if they have a chance or will just get stomped by numbers.
Armed scryour, yes captcha scouting out what weapons they have might be useful too

>>19081837
Don't really need to replace the queen.
Just tell her what happened and how she was poisoned.
Get rid of the overseer, have 321 be chief adviser to the queen.

>>19081731

"Why wou- AAARGH NO! I'll tell you! I'll tell you!
The overseers are in the royal chambers along with the guards! They will wait for the poison to dissipate and everything will go back to normal!"

You tell her about the nectar's effects.
"What is this nectar you keep talking about? The wasps were the ones who poisoned our honey!"

It seems that this one is quite brainwashed. You decide to return to the rebel H.Q and check up on 321. You tell Kahless to keep monitoring the area for wasp activity.

If we have to fight, can we get Isaac in there to act as a siege engine?

Maybe Isaac and Andor, I think Andor's up for some mayhem.

Can ladybugs and centipedes shake off bee stings?

>>19081878
I think Isaac isn't big enough for that, yet. And I really don't want to see him get hurt.

>>19081896
>>19081878
That sounds very fun and awesome, but be sure to ask first. This isn't exactly going to be safe. The last thing I want is to lose one of our friends.

>>19081852

There are somewhere around 50. The wast majority of the bees of this hive are in the withdrawal coma from the tainted honey.
The rebels are unsure of the exact strength of the overseer's forces.

>>19081938
Let's forget Isaac and Andor for now.

How's 321 doing?

OK, let's check in with 321 - this is her people we're trying to make decisions for here. She seems to have the best head on her shoulders of them all.

I'm for ending this civil war by force as quickly as possible before the wasps make another appearance. We can call in some more of our peeps if it seems wise after a chat with 321.

You return to the H.Q and check up on 321.
She seems to be doing somewhat better. The wax has been removed from her mouth. You also bring the prisoner there.

"...Spider...You came here...to help us?
I didn't even dare to hope...I didn't believe that I would ever get out from that cell...thank you.
Now what is it that you came here for? Do you truly want to help us resolve this madness?"

"The only madness that I see is you pointless rebellion!" Says the guard.

What will you do?

>>19082087
Have 321 tell the whole story and fill in gaps.

"I wanted friendship with the bees. Now I just want this to end. I will help but there is only so much I can do. These are your people, you must decide what your future is to be. I say it is best to finish this by finishing the overseers."

>>19082087
Smack the prisoner.
"I'm trying to save your people, now shut up or we might do to you what you did to 321."

>>19082163
Don't just pummel them, we can get more with being nice to the brainwashed bees than just murderizing them

We don't need to get physical on the prisoner.
Remind her of Kahless if she gets out of line.

>>19082163

Something along these lines maybe but at least point to the guard: "See what your future holds 321? Your people deserve better than this."

( address the guard ) "And if the overseers were worthy of their position you'd not be talking to a monster like me, much less fighting this rebellion, nor would you have to fear the wasps!"

"But it's your people 321, I can't lead them even if I had the time or interest to do so. Something must be done."

She begins to tell what happened.

"After you released me, I returned to the hive, only to see that the wasps were already there. I saw them load the honey away, bully anyone who got in their way, the usual stuff that they do when they blunder our hive. But I knew that this wasn't what the overseer had planned. The wasps were supposed to arrive tomorrow.
I knew that the overseer couldn't possibly have been able to make the poisoned shipment ready in the time I was gone, and I feared for the worst.
When the wasps left, I investigated the refinery, and found that the overseer had in her haste simply dumped the nectar into the great pool and then directed the wasps to blunder from there. He had also stored away the remaining non-tainted honey for himself.
I tried to warn the workers from eating the honey, and those who listened are the ones who are still conscious. When I tried to confront the overseer B12, their leader, for what they had done, they locked me into the chamber you found me in."

>>19082239
"It seems...a large part of the blame is on me, for giving you that nectar, but don't worry, I can fix this."
We need to fix this, I doubt all the wasps will be poisoned, and they'll probably be back for vengeance. If we get the hive fixed, they may be ready in time to defend themselves.

Well, the wasps may still be in for a hard time then. It's a complete crap shoot what will happen.

The hell with the wasps, we need to set things in order here first.

I say pressure 321 into a full assault on the Overseers.

If we don't do something soon the rest of the workers will recover and I suspect they'll have the same attitude as the guard.

Everything we need to try is here already.

>>19082297
>>19082320

"You got a plan then?"

"Full assault is impossible, the royal chambers are heavily defended, there are many dozens of sober guards there", says the prisoner.

"What, you are with us now?" asks 313.

"...yes...The overseer's story mad no sense... It is clear that I and my fellows have been misled."

"Bibi...you saved me by using the honey tunnels, yes?"
"Good idea! They reach everywhere! By using them, we could sneak inside the royal chamber!" says 313.

"I will join you", says the guard.

"I must come too" says 321. "Even if I am still weak, I must face the overseer myself. I...I too, am partially responsible for this.."

What will you say?

Is it possible to get to the queen and talk to her without alerting the overseers?

>>19082485
I'd guess the queen is still drugged.

>>19082455
How many guards would we face if we manage to sneak past the outer defences?

I'm all for pulling in Andor and Isaac if there's time. Isaac would be an excellent tunnel fighter I think. A bit of insurance. Andor might be up for the fun.

If there's time.

Otherwise, yes, let's DO THIS.

>>19082485

Possibly, but you don't have any clear clue on it. Even the guard doesn't know the exact location of the queen, and how guarded she is.

Maybe we can draw the oversees out if we have Kahless tear apart the hive near the royal chamber?

I'd say he can handle a whole truckload of bees. He's bigger, stronger and faster.

>>19082542

I don't think he can, the hive has a wooden exterior.

And he needs some manoeuvring room, he's not a close in fighter.

<ahem> Isaac </ahem>

>>19082455
Would Kahless be up for causing a distraction? Like, attacking the outside of the hive near the overseer's area? Drive some guards away? Then storm the room, with Isaac and Andor if possible, and take down the overseer. When the guards return, stand over the overseer and proclaim that his scheme is over, that the rightful queen will take back her place as ruler.

>>19082507
>>19082516

"Hmmm.. assuming that the majority of the guards are near the entrance, I'd say that about 5-10. There are fewer guards than there are of you rebels. Very few of the guards actually got the non tainted rations. I could go to my comrades, and perhaps even distract them enough to allow your main force to storm the royal chambers, if it becomes necessary.
As for getting help, I don't know how much time we have. The overseers are prepared to attack you, and are probably even more agitated into doing so, seeing how you raided the refinery and freed 321."

>>19082621

"We got ourselves a plan!" 313 shouts.
"The spider guard and 321 will sneak inside the royal chambers through the honey tubes, the guard will cause a distraction that'll allow us to storm the chamber, and in the resulting confusion, 321 and the spider will get to the overseers! It's brilliant!"
313 seems overly excited about her plan.
What will you do?

Guys, we may be better at fighting than them, but can we take 5 - 10 prepared bees?

Meh. It's a plan.

Have Bibi take point, that is to say, rear guard point.

In any event we're going to have to wing it a bit, and we're basically out of time.

>>19082688
Go forward with the plan, but can we ask Kahless to go back to base for some back up, just in case?

>>19082735

You tell Kahless to go back and bring some back up.
You then initiate the plan. You, 321, and the guard once again, enter the tunnels. The guard knows their layout, and leads you to the royal chambers.

"Wait here, I will distract my fellows long enough for the rebel troops to get close enough to storm them. When the fighting begins, you will head out and search for the overseers. This way, you will most likely not face as much guards."

Has Isaac even grown enough to be ready for this?

>>19082902

No, but we've grown enough in our dictatorial extravagance to employ child soldiers.

After a while, you hear commotion coming from the main entrance. Shortly afterwards you see two guards flying past you.
What will you do?

Check where they came from

Let them go by I guess, get ready otherwise.

>>19082902

Also "bring some back up" is a vague enough message that Dorpou will rustle up something reasonable without unleashing the brood. Probably.

I'm still kinda wishing Isaac was here for this.

>>19083038

Er .. I take that back. Screw it let's proceed. Check down the tunnel where they came from.-

You check the chamber from which they came from and see...

( In b4 Han Soloesque running into ALL OF THEM moment. )

>>19083176

The overseer B12. It seems that the majority of the guards are in this chamber.

"My sisters! Our time is at hand! We must keep this minor setback under wraps. The drones and workers will pacify over time. During that, we, who are the ones who hold this hive together, must stand strong and keep the untainted honey under our control. The wasps will feel this same torment, but they do not have the numbers! When this clears, we will regain our strength in a matter of weeks, while the wasps will be weakened for a much longer period! We will be able to overwhelm them and reclaim this world, and rule it like our ancestors did!
Be prepared for a time of tranquility!
Be prepared to finally shake of the shackles the wasps have put upon us!
Be prepared to once again, to enjoy our own work, without the fear of it being stolen from us.
Be prepared to be free from the wasps!
We only need to endure this current hardship, and then, our salvation awaits!"

( Whisper ) "321 you're good with speeches right? Now's the time."

Let's nab him and wrap B12. Be careful, a show of violence here may have them all charging us, we need to buy time for 321 to speak. So don't hurt B12.

>>19083284
Great, she's turned into bee Hitler.

>>19083339

You attempt to approach her stealthily, but then.

"-the honey shall flow freely once again, and as long as our queen keeps laying eggs, we will be prosperous and-"

"Ma'am! The rebels are at the entrance! They are overwhelming the guards! Our forces need to be there and fight!"

"What! That's what was causing that racket? Sisters, the rebellious scum attempt to attack us!Go deal with them at once!"

>>19083351

Doh hoh ho!

>>19083455

Wait until most of them are gone and then knock the overseer out.

>>19083455

As the guards leave, she turns and sees you.

"Wha- YOU! YOU AND THE SPIDER!! COME BACK!! THE TRAITOR AND HER SPIDER COMPANION ARE HERE!! YOU IDIOTS!"

The guards don't hear her cries however, as they are already joining the fray going on outside.

"How!? How did you- NEVER MIND!! I won! you lost! The wasps are poisoned and we will be free again!"

With that, she jumps into air and starts flying towards the doorway that the guards used to exit this chamber.

>>19083551
Jump after her and try to catch her.

>>19083551
Jumping spider Bibi, do what you were born for!

>>19083573

Roll 1d10 for catching her.
Number to beat 8.
First roll will be counted.

rolled 6 = 6

>>19083607
>Number to beat 8.
That's rather tough, but as nobody else seems to be willing to risk it - here we go.

>>19083648
Well crap.

Looks like we'll have to find the queen on our own now.

>>19083648

I know.
I kinda wished that she would escape, as it makes what I have planned somewhat easier to do. I could have just rail roaded it, but I felt that I should at least give you the chance to catch her.

Muh huh hah haaa, etc.

Once again, our own allies may not appreciate us tearing her apart so be easy on her. Bundle her up, slap her around a bit, we want to know where the Queen is.

Well I would say we need to join in the attack after failing to capture the overseer.

>>19083717

Uh, right. After we come back to reality after our bit of day dreaming .. um, ransack the place?

She narrowly escapes your grasp and flies out from the opening.
Will you pursue her?

I'd say we gotta find the queen.
The party is gonna be over once Isaac is there anyway.

Have our companions search for the Queen, we can pursue.

>>19083762
>>19083788

The queen is still probably drugged you know?

>>19083810

All the better, whoever holds her and parades her in front of everyone wins. 321 will, of course, speak for her.

Meanwhile the hunt's on, let's nail this would be dictator - show her how it's done.

>>19083840
>>19083788
and the chase is on!

You continue pursuing the overseer. It seems that the fight going on here has moved to the chamber to your right.
You tell 321, that she should go and look for the queen.
"Why? She is in the chamber next to us! 313 has already found her! And besides, I want to end this myself!"

>>19083947
Um .. OK.

Wave her forward "By my guest" style.

Follow along, 321's a long shot in any fight given the shape she's in.

>>19083947
"Okay, let us do this, together!" Follow behind her

You pursue the overseer with 321 to the main chamber.

Gotta hand it to them, the bees have that Cyclopean vibe thing down.

Suddenly she stops dead on her tracks.

Pity, we should have invented fire. Smoke would've come in real handy about now.

( Scanned the pic but I don't see anything out of the ordinary. "What?" )

>>19084153
Perhaps those 3 shadows in the lower left corner?

>>19084166

Only three?

We can take them.

We're gonna face some danger at some point - may as well wade in.

>>19084186
Let's see who they are before we make any decision.

>>19084166
i'm guessing they are ether ants or wasps....

>ants

"Well, good luck with that revolutionary thing sister!" *run*

"This is quite impressive overseer.
Tell me, how did you manage to run your hive down in this manner within few hours since our departure?"

JOIN IN NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER EPISODE OF BIBI'S AMAZING ADVENTURES!

(just kidding, seriously though, the time is almost 4.30 am, and my eyes feel like they are burning. I really need to go to sleep soon.)

It's a good place to pause.

We'll mull if over but three wasps? We can take them.

Overseer's gonna get away. Or join this fight if she knows what's good for her.

>>19084256

If this is the same wasp we tried to help earlier, we fucking eat her.

We DEVOUR her.

We let Isaac eat her while she's still alive, or Kahless.

>>19084256
Let's hide and watch for now.

>almost 4.30 am
Hey, if you feel tired that's fine. You've been drawing all this time, so it's perfectly understandable.

>>19084279

Don't underestimate the wasps.
They are much stronger than the bees and the ants, plus they have a poison stinger.
Anyways, I guess I'll have to end this session in a cliff hanger, again. I am sorry, but I can't see a way to resolve this very fast, so it will need to wait for the next session.
As before, input is appreciated.

>>19084330
>As before, input is appreciated.

I think you're the only draw quest that has managed to maintain a proper schedule here on /tg/ in years.

Every Saturday it's spider quest time, the art is neat, and if you don't have the time and something takes precedent over an evening drawing for us, you show up regardless and announce you won't be able to run your quest.

I really like that, makes me feel apreciated as a player.

Thanks for that.

>>19084369

No problem.
I hate it myself when quests disappear, so I do my best to not to vanish without a word.
This was probably the first session in which I had actually planned some sort of plot before hand, and then managed to actually get you guys roughly follow it. Usually, shit just happens, but now, I had planned the majority of this stuff.
I hope that it didn't feel forced however.
I was prepared to drop the ideas I had if you decided to go against them, but thankfully, you didn't.

Anyways, I'll be heading to bed now. I am fucking sleepy, and I can see the sun already.

>>19084444
goodnight OP may you have an excellent week

>>19084480

Thanks.
Night gents!