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They would always beg. When they told me to stop, I didn’t know what that meant. I thought they wanted me to keep going. There was nothing in the way, nothing to make me reevaluate my actions. I… wasn’t actually even sure why I was considered “bad.” Really, in my youth, I enjoyed the act of “rape” all too much. And in my old age, my sexual tendencies withered as my understanding of “love” grew.” But by the time I realized I cared for my last generation of children, it was too late – one of them did not feel the same about me.
For a millennia I watched my original children come and go. I remember the Alpha Male
PROTEUS; his cohort, the
PSALIDA; the guardian
EIRIAN; our stalker, the
CASTOR and his companion
MIRA; the redeemed troublemaker
POLLUX; and my current Guard, the
ADONIS, among hundreds of others – but one that stands out is the aforementioned antithesis of my very existence. And between the two of us, she would make sure she was the only left.
I myself was the ATALANTA ALDEBARAN, the eventual indirect creator of a sea of traitors. Their being would come to fruition through the malicious
STRAGGLER ANTARES, who would herself decapitate me both figuratively and literally.
The STRAGGLER was like me in every way. We were evenly matched, though she had youth on her side, and so she was able to dethrone me in the end. But she knew little of the path that would lie ahead of her. I would plant an egg that would give birth to a new version of me, and should she fail, she would give birth to a new version of her – that’s the way the
majestic
supremacy works. Our species is forever destined to do nothing more than reproduce and assert dominance over each other.
Perhaps the cruelest thing to imagine is the STRAGGLER also finding love in her children the moments before she died.
But she’s much more of a monster than I ever was.
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its been 3 months since ive been born
i dont like it here
why cant they just let me go :(
theyve been forcing me to lay eggs and i dont even get to see my children!!!
and the dumb poopface human, he keeps licking the windows!!
I DONT KNOW WHAT A PUMPKIN IS
i just... i dont want to be here anymore, who knows what theyre doing to my eggs??
oh noooo
that black liquid
what iS IT DOING TO ME
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3
I don’t understand my species at all. We’re viewed as the perfect organism, whether it be by humans as subjects of study or by the Yautja as objects of the hunt. But what are we to us?
That’s such a silly question. Stop being so silly.
And… Yes, good. There’s Red’s body. The jelly inside her womb should be enough to sustain me. And it’s a good thing that dumb red prick and his entourage aren’t here. I’m all alone. I…
Wait…
Who’s that?
Oh, it’s only you.
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4
>;)
>Magenta: Do a thing.
Gladly.
You slither through the slimy ducts and simmer your way down to a sizzling halt. Unfortunately, you’ve just stepped your way into an area full of lesser drones from both hives. There are long corridors and many large pathways that lead to other levels.
Super.
What will you do?
>Fight your way through the crowd.
Fuck that.
Using your advanced HIVE MIND ability, you simply
force the oncoming waves of bugs to halt. This is a good way to stall so you can change your “scent” without trouble. The strength of this ability seems to weaken when used on higher-ranked NPCs and PCs. You’ve unfortunately had to actually give a shit and kill those.
Anyway, now the Xenomorphs go back to killing each other – each side believes you’re just a passerby. Damn, your PHEREMONE MIMICRY is pretty rad.
>Eat.
Unfortunately for you, being an uncommon Xenomorph means you lose a lot of blood for some reason. You salivate it through glands in your mouth, which also means you mark a steaming trail wherever you travel. It’s not that big a deal though. Maybe you want other Xenomorphs to find you so you can consume
their blood – a plan that has worked pretty well so far.
Also unfortunately, you have to eat a lot of them.
God, you feel like such a fatass. But you love eating
so much.
Before leaving the sausage fest, you grab a random WORKER DRONE. His head pops right off his shoulders, and you begin sucking his face with your DEACON JAW, a second jaw that resembles a PROTOMORPH’S extended mandible. You don’t know what either of those things are – maybe they’re the same thing – but you don’t care. You just like having your extendable jaw so you can suck things.
>Realize where you are.
Awesome. You’re in the middle of the ship and you’re in the NEUTRAL ZONE. Currently, no one’s around you, so you decide to take a breather, even though you… don’t breathe??
As much as you’re obsessed with him, you hope you don’t run into FIREHUNTER and his dumb bitch squad. That would ruin your day, probably.
TOTALLY FUCKING RUINED.
But now you’re happy again and you move on. The CONTROL ROOM is at the top-front of the ship and you want to blow everything up, including yourself. You have an unhealthy relationship with yourself. One half of you is Bloo, after all. You consumed her as the BLACK LIQUID THING to take the shape of a Queen, albeit a terribly skinny one with a really weird crown and DEACON-like characteristics. Wow! There’s that word again. You have no idea what that means. Maybe it’s a PUMPKIN, if those even exist.
>Acknowledge Dronehive.
You’d rather eat this guy, but part of you wants to keep him for some reason?
Whatever. He’s cool for now.