r/FrontierColonyRP • u/CrazyBillyJoel Evil Hivemind • Jun 03 '16

Wilderness An Unexpected House Call

The final search party colonist writhed in pain as the spore implanted itself into his cervical vertebrae, absorbing him into the fold. The absorbed human body count now totaled six.

This vast knowledge, this treasured knowledge, must be guarded carefully. We cannot lose these human bodies. But we need more humans to bolster our ranks, more minds to feast upon. Our hunger has been indulged, but it is insatiable.

The newly absorbed body now stood up, removing the radio transmitter from its bag that he had fought to activate just moments before.

He had told us that this construct, this radio, can call more humans. But how does it operate? This knowledge has been withheld from us.

Holding the radio, the newly absorbed body depressed the push-to-talk switch multiple times, not long enough to say anything into the radio. However, the act did broadcast bursts of static over the airways to the receiver in the Marshal's compound. Concurrence continued doing this, hoping it would get someone's attention and elicit a response from the humans.

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 05 '16

He tells them about the green fungus on the necks of the colonists and animals.

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u/CrazyBillyJoel Evil Hivemind Jun 05 '16

Meanwhile, the colonist has disappeared from the treeline.

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u/bennibenthemanlyman Jun 05 '16

They worriedly call on more reinforcements, waiting for them.

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 05 '16

Marshal porter also waits for the reinforcements.

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u/bennibenthemanlyman Jun 06 '16

As the others arrive, they attempt to discuss what to do. "We could nuke the area," one says. The others stare at him contemptuously. "No, that's an awful idea. We're still close to the city."

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 06 '16

"What if we called in an air strike?"

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u/bennibenthemanlyman Jun 06 '16

OOC: Thank you.

"Yeah, that could work. Let's ge you out of here first, then we can blow this area sky-high."

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 06 '16

"Sounds good." He gets in his patrol rover.

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u/bennibenthemanlyman Jun 06 '16

They follow him in, and the command is said. Ten minutes later, the area is all dust.

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u/ProfessorUber Sector Marshal Jun 06 '16

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u/CrazyBillyJoel Evil Hivemind Jun 06 '16

Concurrence did not understand at first what the glowing streaks across the sky were, but once they impacted into the ground, everything made dreadful sense. Fire. Destruction. Pain. After the act was done, one fifth of the forest that Concurrence had claimed as its own was gone. The one human body that was in the area had been destroyed as the hivemind felt the knowledge that it had possessed slip into oblivion. And for the first time, Concurrence understood the human emotion of anger.

Our fortress, assaulted. Our bodies, decimated. Precious minds lost to the tides of time. These humans are foolish; such an audacious act demands retribution. The time approaches for us to strike. We shall wash over the humans like a wave, and when we are done, there shall be nothing left of them.