The Eldest is sleeping now, which is only right. They will wake eventually, of course they will, but hopefully, by that time, we will not need them to achieve the work.
If all goes well, we will complete our objective without having to disturb the Eldest at all. My only regret is that I will not get the chance to share the triumph of my greatest campaign.
- From the personal notes of Solant
"We've got weird monsters popping up in the tunnels!" I roar as I burst into the command post.
"I know," Solant says, unperturbed by the sudden outburst. "You were not the first to find them, though you were close."
"How long ago did you find out?"
And who could have possibly been faster than me? I tracked them down using tiny eddies of gravity, for goodness sake!
"One minute," Solant replies.
A minute.
"Vibrant was the first to arrive with the news."
"Vibrant?!"
"Hi-hi!"
I turn to see the tier seven speed-soldier hopping on the spot excitedly from one leg to another. I'm still a little surprised to see that she isn't larger than I am, but holy moly is she looking sleek. This is an ant designed for a single purpose: to go fast.
"How are you, Vibrant?"
"I'm great, Senior! Things are going well above, so I thought it was about time I came down here to help out! It's been going well so far-far! It's a shame I'm not allowed to run through the yucky stuff, but there's enough blue for me to run in now, so that's ok!"
"I only found out it was happening two minutes ago," she states, rather fairly, "so I don't have any answers. The mages and Dungeon Seer specialists will look into it. We may even contact Brilliant, since this is the sort of thing she likes to investigate, but for now we can only guess as to why a different breed of monster is appearing in our tunnels."
Well, that's totally reasonable, but doesn't really do anything to feed this hankering I have for answers.
"Any chance you could share some speculation with me? I don't care if it doesn't turn out to be right, I just want someone else to bounce ideas off."
Solant clacks her mandibles.
"I am rather busy..."
"Thanks, I appreciate it. So, are these even new monsters, or are they the original monsters, but just, non-goopified versions? Or are they the monsters that were spawning here before the place was toxified? Wouldn't that mean these creatures haven't been seen in the Dungeon for thousands of years? That's crazy!"
"These are all viable theories," Solant says, impatient for me to go away and do something else, "but we can't know. Perhaps you could learn something by consuming the Biomass of these creatures and letting us know what you find."
"Consume the Biomass?" I ask, puzzled.
"Presumably they aren't toxic, so why couldn't you eat them?"
I... didn't even think of that.
"That's a great idea, Solant! I'm going to investigate."
"We do need you to take on that snake..."
"Dammit."
I guess my eating spree will have to wait a bit. It shouldn't be too much of an issue, I'll pop down, take out the giant slime snake, and be back in time for breakfast.
A breakfast of unknown, mysterious Dungeon spawn! Gweheheheheh!