I awaken to a new day. The storm has passed, I feel nice and dry for once, and everything seems to be ok again. Sitting up, I yawn, stretch, then wander over to my clothes. They're really stiff. Frowning in annoyance, I carry the lot out and dump them next to the river. After a bit to eat, and relieving my bladder, I got my clothes wet and scrubbed again. Only problem is, where am I going to put them to dry? What I wouldn't give for a nice clothes line. I guess a tree branch will just have to do. No monsters around thankfully. I wouldn't put it past them to steal my only clothes at this point.
Feeling a little self conscious, I tried to ignore my nudity and went about ordering up some new Drones. With the Hatcheries all in place, it's a lot easier to determine where to place them now to keep them in a nice ring. I realize it's not going to be perfect, but it'll be pretty darn close. I've always been pretty good at drawing shapes, so a near perfect circle around a square is easy. With only 500 bio energy to play with, I could only make four more Creep Colonies. I decided to maximize the amount of Creep coverage I have by placing three of them at the far corners from the three already in place, forming a square-ish shape of sorts. I simply place the fourth at the 12 o'clock position to the north for lack of a better spot for it. Judging from the space needed for it, I think the ring will only have 16 colonies in it. I should probably decide if I want to do a second ring or not. Eh, might as well. I'll worry about that later though.
Either way, with four new Creep Colonies, I'm now down to zip for Bio Energy, and nothing but free time for the rest of the day. I spent the time running around. I even goaded a Creeper into chasing me, since I'm much faster than it is, and not prone to getting tired, so I won't have to worry about it catching me at all. It occurs to me I might be going a little crazy to do such a dangerous thing for entertainment, but it was still kind of exhilarating.
By the time my clothes finished drying, my nudity had completely slipped my mind. Playing tag with a Creeper kinda places such concerns by the wayside. I only remembered to check on them when I ran past them, and seeing them reminded me. Running faster, I left the Creeper in the dust on the far side of the Hive and went back to my clothes. They'd probably been dry for a while. I deliberate even bothering to put them on, before I suddenly realize I'm actually deliberating putting on clothes. I suppose it doesn't really matter, but I really don't want to lose myself and become some wild beast. It'd help if I had some kind of companionship other than the Zerg who show instinctual and animal intelligence at best so far. Hopefully I'll be able to have some intellectually stimulating conversations with a Cerebrate or I might just go mad.
Slipping my clothes back on, and ignoring the feeling of being slightly stifled by them, I wander back inside and sit down and wrap my arms around my knees. The love pouring in from my Zerg is keeping me from becoming depressed, but will it keep me from going insane? I don't know the answer to that question, and it worries me.
I suddenly realize I'd left my shoes and socks by that tree outside. I'd been running barefoot for so long I hadn't even realized. Walking on Creep is very comfortable, so I suppose I don't need them, though they'll still be useful if I have to walk off the Creep. I grabbed my shoes and brought them inside. I left them off though, since I always preferred being barefoot anyway.
Come nightfall, I fell asleep, ordering my Overlord to take control of the Creep Wall and raise it when enemies appear from now on, and lowering it when they're gone.
-END CHAPTER-
Overmind Matthew
PSI Energy – 50/50
Status – Normal
Abilities
- Spawn Hatchery – 50psi – 12 hour build
- Regeneration – Passive – Heals anything not instantly fatal; time needed depends on extent of injury
- Anaerobic – Passive – No longer requires breathable atmosphere to survive
- Temperature Resistance – Passive – Currently able to survive temperatures between -450 and 118 F
- PSI Regeneration – Passive – Regenerate energy at .5 points per second.
Zerg Swarm
Bio-Energy – 0
Support – 0/19
Entities
4x Hatcheries
1x Evolution Chamber
1x Spawning Pool
7x Creep Colonies
1x Overlord