WELCOME TO THE HIVE

[rysligparasites]

MOD PLOT: HAPPY ASCENSION DAY

It's a long journey to Kulen and you’re paralyzed for all of it. The parasites aren't very delicate about carrying you there and you may get prodded with the odd pincer, but they diligently protect you from any external threats so you arrive relatively unharmed.

They carry you into a series of tunnels and into the belly of the hive where they lay you down on the ground. You lie there, unable to move or speak as more of the parasites converge on you, chittering excitedly and smelling you with their antennae. As the paralysis starts to wear off, they roughly and enthusiastically help you up and guide you through the tunnels, excitedly showing you around.

Eventually, you'll meet a parasite with human features who will give you a stilted, but genuine welcome. Apparently you are a special guest who has been brought here to help celebrate their beloved queen's first ever ascension day! While you're here, they want to learn as much about YOU and your traditions as they can so they can make this the greatest party ever.

The parasites implore you to eat their human cooking which is mostly composed of various things (both edible and not) that they've deep fried. They worked very hard and they will be very offended if you don't finish it. They also invite you to contribute to their cave paintings which are entirely composed of parasites doing parasite things.

During your stay, you'll likely run into other monsters who've been replaced by doppelgangers. Maybe some of them have been here for a while. Maybe others have just turned up.

Your quarters are dark and maybe a little cramped given that you're sharing them with a whole bunch of insectoid creatures and maybe one or two monsters. Other than that, they're relatively comfortable.

Settle in and make yourself at home. You'll be here for a while.

Comments

[toothaches]

Unused to this ammount of praise, Maurice is content to just sort of sit and blush for a few moments. He hears a strangly familiar voice though. With his ears perked forward, he spots the hopping rat boy.

"Wh..." The last time he'd seen Gregg, Gregg was just a little tyke. They'd talked about weaponizing turkey bones. Had he really been gone that long?

"Woah, uh, hey dude. L-long time no see?"

Was he losing his mind?

[silenceofthesheep]

It's amazing how fast they grow up. Gregg barely remembers much from that incident so he kind of knows Maurice as a 'dude he met somewhere'.

"Uh sure!"

Scratches his chin...you know, he never considered that maybe with the humanizations in this world that someone from his world could slip in.

"Did we go to high school? Possum Springs High?"

[toothaches]

Possum Springs sounded very much like somewhere Maurice grew up near. Or at least had driven through. Dogtrot was just a place that had places like that around it.

Meanwhile, Maurice tilted his head and thought hard about it. "I don't think so...I went to TwoRock High...maybe you just got one of those faces."

Those sharp-toothed faces.