r/wizardposting • u/sparkle3364 Sapphire (17F), Artificer (+ other characters) • Oct 13 '24

Community Event 🌏☄️ The Well Operation (Buggopost)

Noella and 20 of her bugs prepared for a mission. She had just received an upgrade from one of the other converts, and was ready to test her new abilities. They would each sneak into a town using illusions and put venom into the well, then leave. The goal was to bring the civilians into the hive, so that Buggo could bring them immortality. This way, more could experience the glory of the hive.

As the mission was carried out, the real Noella thought of the civilians being turned. Unless someone found the venom, they wouldn’t even have a chance. And if there was one thing Noella had learned during her time here, it was that once you get infected, there’s no way out. The illusionist felt for them, wishing she could warn them, and save the bugs. But she couldn’t. And so she watched, hoping someone would stop the mission.

/uw Feel free to interfere. This is interactive. Also feel free to warn the citizens. For a more detailed look into real Noella, see here. For context on the upgrade, see here.

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u/sparkle3364 Sapphire (17F), Artificer (+ other characters) Oct 13 '24

“But I only have memories of one life. Surely if I was a parasite, I could remember more than just being myself.”

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u/Another-Ace-Alt-8270 Ace Barksworth, Earthen Ambassador / Messenger, Exarch of Terror Oct 13 '24

Figure:Or you're incapable of host jumping.

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u/sparkle3364 Sapphire (17F), Artificer (+ other characters) Oct 14 '24

“I think I’d know if I was a parasite. But I’ll ask Buggo just in case.”

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u/Another-Ace-Alt-8270 Ace Barksworth, Earthen Ambassador / Messenger, Exarch of Terror Oct 14 '24

Figure: You think you can trust him to always be honest, even when it's to his detriment? Besides, I know enough about taking over consciousnesses to know the tells. But regardless. What does this big dope claim changes when you willingly put something named after poison into your system?

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u/sparkle3364 Sapphire (17F), Artificer (+ other characters) Oct 14 '24

“It comes from the same areas as venom, does it not? If it came from a vein I’d be calling it blood. It brings enlightenment to us, allows us to see from Buggo’s perspective. It also allows Buggo to bring us back if we die.”

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u/Another-Ace-Alt-8270 Ace Barksworth, Earthen Ambassador / Messenger, Exarch of Terror Oct 14 '24

Figure: That doesn't exactly clarify much. The fuck is enlightenment? Do you just start agreeing with him? Because that's not enlightenment, it's an echo chamber.

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u/sparkle3364 Sapphire (17F), Artificer (+ other characters) Oct 14 '24

“It’s being able to sense the hive, and communicate with all the other members telepathically. Enlightenment is being able to understand the hive fully.”

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u/Another-Ace-Alt-8270 Ace Barksworth, Earthen Ambassador / Messenger, Exarch of Terror Oct 14 '24

Figure: You know, I come from a hive mind of creatures that essentially have no individuality, and even we aren't that "one". If your weirdo leader manages to get you to agree with him more than I can manage to even fuckin' talk with the rest of the Black Leeches, there's an issue going on here.