You are falling from the sky. The terrible howling of the void fills your head - you stare fixedly at the blue-white wanderer, Kar Moraeg, the planet below, and ignore the voices from between. Your distant home, the green pearl, falls away into the dark between worlds as you drop like a thunderbolt. Solar sails fan between your limbs, and you have a moment to turn before the sky-fire burns up the sails.>Turn north, aim for the snows.>Aim for the warm swamps of the inner belt>Let the Moraeg guide you as it will
>>6144722>Aim for the warm swamps of the inner belt
>>6144726You fall into the sky, through it, and down into the swamplands. You close your eyes and grit your teeth through the pain of reentry - your sails burn away as you spiral down into the dirt with a tremendous crash. You wake to the feeling of something poking at your back. You are curled up in a pool of pond-water, more wounded than you should be by the impact. Your eyes are still adjusting to the atmosphere, and your breathing is still dead slow - the air here is thick, and wrong. You sense the warmth of the frog-man's blood rather than seeing him. He smells confused. >You need nutrients and to adapt to the environs. Crush the bullywug and consume him.>You have no idea of the conditions you've arrived in - try to communicate while your senses awaken.>Scare it off, and dig. Entomb yourself in earth and wait - heal the slow way.
>>6144742>You need nutrients and to adapt to the environs. Crush the bullywug and consume him.
>>6144785It takes time to adapt upon entering a new biosphere. More than that it takes energy - enough to heal broken and fractured bone, rebuild burnt flesh. You lash out with a heavy thud - one long, powerful arm slams into the wet dirt beside the bullywug.It howls and squawks in alarm, and tries to hop away into the surrounding wilderness - a second swipe catches it about the leg before it can - it's knee is shattered and it winces through its death whine. You devour it - your great maw opens with the lower half of your face splitting in two to feast on the stricken frog-man.You begin to radiate excess heat as the biomass is processed. At once your eyes uncloud - you see the area around you. You know some of what the creature knew - that this is the hag-swamp of Uldr, that he was hungry - you strain to remember the path to its home.>But why- what do you want?>The sense of power in feeding is immense - you pursue more prey, to grow stronger.>To study the frog-men. Learn - see if they have magic or gods, better meals.>You wish only to find a way out of the swamp to somewhere more stable - a cavern or den to settle in.
>>6144742>You have no idea of the conditions you've arrived in - try to communicate while your senses awaken.
>>6144790>You wish only to find a way out of the swamp to somewhere more stable - a cavern or den to settle in.
>>6144790>The sense of power in feeding is immense - you pursue more prey, to grow stronger.
