二十二 ; èr shí èr

[getsome_sleep]

This is a very sudden transition from my own bedside to a patch of sand on the other side of the island. Perhaps anyone has any notion as to what to giant ants might have thought to do with a man-sized glass cocoon?

Comments

[azhdarchidae]

Maybe they thought you were a pupa. You don't need a pickup, right?

[getsome_sleep]

[There's a suspicious inkdrop before the words appear.]

It would be a kindness.

[azhdarchidae]

All right, all right. Where is this?

[getsome_sleep]

On the very tip of Melee Island, on the side far from my house. I wonder if they meant to throw me over.

<-- unhelpful

[andcountry]

Oops.

Yeah, yeah you are >>

[getsome_sleep]

Gui-Cephiro's notion is appreciated but somewhat cryptic.

[andcountry]

I thought it was a rhetorical question.

[getsome_sleep]

It may have to be, alas. The minds of ants are unfathomable.

[longnosedliar]

You were carried off in a co

[Okay, besides the point even if that is a HILARIOUS MENTAL IMAGE]

Need some help?

[getsome_sleep]

I do not believe so, thank you. The greatest challenge facing me now is getting the sand out of my hair.

[longnosedliar]

Hey, at least you don't have the luck I had when I got covered in that sand. I just fell out of the clone-cocoon goo and straight into sand. Not a good combination.

The ants are pretty pathetic, but I think they might be poisonous anyway, so be careful.

[getsome_sleep]

[Okay the mental image is a bit hilarious, but he is Very Polite.]

A sticky situation, indeed.

I may reassure you that I have no intent of disturbing the ants. Do you have, perhaps, any experience as to what they prefer to eat?

[spandexisyouth]

...Perhaps they thought it was a giant egg.

[getsome_sleep]

It seems almost cruel to disappoint them.

[spandexisyouth]

If they were the normal ants that have invaded before and not sick or injured, you would be dead right now and eaten. I think it is better to keep disappointing them.

[getsome_sleep]

It is intriguing that Gai-jūn refers to any type of giant invading ants as 'normal'.

[A brief pause.]

No doubt there is a heroic tale therein that I must hear.

[feathered_earth]

Are you okay? Are the ants still there?

[getsome_sleep]

I am well: thankfully, I can move through the bamboo woods with far greater ease than they. What unfortunate things.

[feathered_earth]

That's a relief. I do almost feel bad for them--they look awful.

[getsome_sleep]

If they are merely passing through, I should hope that most residents would be content to avoid rather than attack them.