>>5283937"I'll help you find the hole that was made just for you while you lead us down yellow brick road to Ms. Lincoln Logs." You say, hoping your slightly outdated memes resonate with your quirky friend, here.
Judging by the look of utter delight that spread across her features, you’d say you hit a home run.
"Dorian, care to help paint me some gaudy colors onto a scouting squad? I'd like to see Solid Snake Sneak through this forest in Neon Pink." You say, and no sooner are the words out of your mouth when Dorian rolls up his sleeves with a smirk, bright pink Paintlings bubbling off from his exposed arms.
"Julia, Amara; could you ask the forest about the Monster House and the Super Sneaky ninja Amalgam?" You request, and as your team works on their task, you’re not sitting still—your hive is a flurry of activity, a roiling swarm of constructs skittering and buzzing from out your hive. Just as you split your family into a pair of teams, you do the same with your own brood; one to search for the hole ‘A’ told you about, and a more specialized group of two Rooks, one Knight, six swarmlings and one Cicada-ling to hunt for the stealth-focused Amalgam along with Dorian’s constructs.
“Oh, and sweetie? Could you cast SULK on the swarmlings, so they don’t set off any explosions?” You ask, and with an arcane whisper Amara’ lexicon shimmers around your brood before they’re off, darting into the woods and disappearing from sight.
“We’re n-not picking up anything from the h-house at this range. The other one s-seems to be a ch-chameleon blended with an octopus, j-judging by the traces its left, but we d-don’t have anything solid yet.” Julia informs you, and you promptly turn to ‘A’ who’s already fixed you with an expectant look.
“Care to lead the way?”
You’re as glad to have a guide as the unusual Daughter is to serve as one, traipsing through the tangled undergrowth and between the breathing arbor with ease, chatting all the while.
“…so when I heard about Lu-Lu Bunny I knew I HAD to meet her, but she is very tricky moon-bun to-oh! Oh, we are so close!” ‘A’ freezes after a few minutes of you following her tail, head whirling around at scenery that’s indistinguishable from the countless identical trees you’ve passed up to now. When you glance to Julia and Amara, they’re one step ahead of you with the former’s hands flat on the nearest patch of uncovered ground-flesh, the latter whispering her Lexicon as the two get a better idea of what you’re dealing with.
You haven’t heard tell of the stealthier of the two Amalgam’s ‘A’ told you about, but you don’t have time to dwell on that fact for long before Amara glances between you and ‘A’, who’s decided to casually lean against your armored form.
(Continued)
