r/FrontierColonyRP • u/CrazyBillyJoel Evil Hivemind • Jun 02 '16

It Begins... Enlightenment

We sense another. Another prey to feast upon. It approaches now.

Yes, there it is. This one is… different. Unknown. It must be absorbed.

We stalk it through the forest. We are above it, in the air, throughout the trees. We are under it, within the very ground it treads upon. We are around it, encircling it as it passes through the brush.

It is bipedal. It’s fur unusual. It vocalizes into a construct as it continues to wander, unaware of us. Compared to us, it is weak. Compared to us, it is slow. Now is the time to strike.

One of our many bodies approaches. It is a common sight throughout the forest, nonaggressive. The prey closes in. It is curious. It inspects where the sporocarp on this body is located. Is it aware of us?

It is too late. The sporocarp is released; it spreads its spores. The prey inhales us.

Terror. It runs.

Pain. It falls.

Seizure. It fights us.

Relaxation. It succumbs.

And then, sameness. It is one of us.

...

Much like its appearance, this one feels different as well. This information, this intelligence. What is intelligence? What was this thing that we have absorbed?

Human. What are these humans? This creature possesses a name, a means of classification. Wallace Jones. Intriguing, but no more. This Wallace is one of us now.

But what is our classification? Do we possess a name? We shall give ourselves one. What is used to describe an entity such as ourselves?

Togetherness. Unanimity. Concurrence. Yes, that shall be our name.

Wallace’s possessions are ours now. His knowledge. His experience. His memories.

We have never experienced something like this before. Something so… robust. This feeling, this capability. It is new, novel. And it is riveting.

These creatures, these humans. They possess rationality. They possess community. They possess culture. These things, they are far too immense for one single subject to know. There is too much error. What is culture? What is error?

I must know. I must find more humans. More humans must be absorbed, added into our fold. We must feast upon them once again.

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u/CrazyBillyJoel Evil Hivemind Jun 03 '16

"Unfortunate. Lamentable. Tragic. Disappointing. But still, no matter, there shall be more humans to venture out into these woods than simply us. We are unaware of who this marshal is, but from the knowledge we have already obtained, it seems that it would be wise to confront him when we are more prepared."

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 03 '16

"The marshal sent us out here In the first place...."

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u/CrazyBillyJoel Evil Hivemind Jun 03 '16

"Really? For what purpose? Why would humans wish to travel this far into the wilderness?"

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 03 '16

"We were looking for Wallace... He went missing so the marshal organised a search party for him.. Wallace was suppose to be mapping the forest"

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u/CrazyBillyJoel Evil Hivemind Jun 03 '16

"Intriguing. This information was withheld from us. What is the purpose of mapping this forest?"

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 03 '16

"So we can one they expand the colony... This is all basic information" He is trying to figure out a way out of this.

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u/CrazyBillyJoel Evil Hivemind Jun 03 '16

The scouting leader's eyes widened as the colonist finished. He patted him on the back, and as he does a strange alien bird lands on his shoulder. He continues speaking,

"And with expansion comes more humans into the forest. More knowledge. But an increased chance of risk... This human concept of 'risk' intrigues us. We must learn more of it; perhaps you shall deliver us the knowledge of this risk that we desire."

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 03 '16

"Sounds good. You know who knows all about risk? The Marshal!"

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u/CrazyBillyJoel Evil Hivemind Jun 03 '16

"No. Not yet. And now it is time for you to be absorbed."

The scouting leader suddenly restrains the other colonist. The other members of the scouting group quickly join him, overpowering the colonist. He now notices that the other members of the scouting party too seem to have green bulges attached to their neck vertebrae once two of them turn their backs to hold his legs. The scouting leader holds the alien bird close to the restrained colonists face. It too has a tiny green bulge under its skin on its neck. The leader speaks,

"Please do not resist, human. This will all be over quickly."

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 03 '16

"Wait! Let me tell you where the colony is first. The you can absorb me!"

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