towerofanimus | 004 → All hail the insect queen

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004 → All hail the insect queen

Characters: Wriggle Nightbug, Open
Setting: Floor 41
Format: Post in action, tags in prose or action
Summary: Wriggle takes a short tour of the new rooms. There's one in particular which catches her eye.
Warnings: Insects and the likelihood of Wriggle being a massive creep.

[Being back in her repaired dormitory was an odd feeling. With repairs completed she was eager to see the status of the meadow and forest that she so often inhabited. Not even caring to check what was in her trunk (she had everything she needed on her person) Wriggle made her way to the stairwell

Almost as soon as she set foot on the next floor down she could tell something was wrong. Even with her short memory she could tell that this wasn't here before. The urge to look and see what was in the cells was almost too much but the stairwell distracted her as Wriggle wondered if the rest of the tower had changed. What if the forests were gone? What if there was nowhere left in the tower that was a suitable insect habitat? No, no that couldn't happen! Wriggle flew down the stairs, skipping over the barred room and almost skipping the one after.

Something caught her attention. It was very slight, a twitch in her antenna. Her curiosity overtaking her, she'd suddenly forgotten all about checking the rest of the tower. Wriggle drifted in, her sense of movement increasing. It was everywhere, vaguely unsettling but at the same time rather familiar. Reaching out to touch the walls she felt something crawl onto her hand. There was nothing unfamiliar about that. Brining her hand closer to her face she tried to get a better look at what it was.

A common garden variety centipede. So all that movement was... oh.

Oh.

Hell

Fucking

YES! ❤

Wriggle had not been this excited since she arrived at the tower. Making her way furthur into the room she reveled in the company of her newfound companions. A throne room fit for insect royalty such as herself. They chorused at her command and bent and shifted at her will.

This floor belonged to her]

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A constant grumble could be heard in the crawling halls and in the distance you could see a faint glow that grew brighter as it got closer. Once in view one could see the resident ~~short~~ grand and powerful Veigar making his way through the hall with a sour expression on his face... Well as expressive as the glowing eyes and mouth could be.

"Low maintenance, pathetic defenses and now they can't even keep the blasted tower cleaned! WHERE ARE THE DAMNED JANITORS IN THIS WRETCHED PLACE!"

Veigar scoffed and continued his undeterred walk. It appeared as if the bugs were clearing the way due to his magnificent presence! ~~And not because he was clearly abusing magic for mundane things like making a path through the halls.~~

"I'll make sure to place a complaint about this squirming hovel! They'll hear me out!"

No sooner had he finished speaking, he was accosted by a small swarm of flying ants. Nothing harmful, they were clearly sent to annoy.

"What are you calling a squirming hovel?"

No more than a few metres away sat Wriggle in what appeared to be a throne formed out of insects. Through her annoyed expression there was a faint sense of cockiness as she regarded Veigar as if he were an intruder.

[Bugs. Bugs everywhere. Bugs on the floor; bugs on the ceiling; bugs on the staircase; bugs on hiS ARM OH MY GOD GET THEM OFF.]

[So maybe now would be a bad time to mention one of Equius' many... problems. Bugs. Bugs are A Problem. Technically anything that's less than air-vacuum clean is a Problem, but for the most part he got over that as soon as he saw the frog-infested swampland that was the Land of Lotus and Frogs. He got over water and most natural objects, with the little croakbeasts everywhere. But there was one thing that he absolutely could not stand under any circumstances, and that thing was bugs.]

[He didn't want to step off the staircase, just because look at the floor in that room; it was crawling with the stuff. At least here he could see the floor, and that meant he could squash a few of them without more crawling up his leg. So this is what he does, squashing and flailing and trying to kick them back down, until he notices a familiar figure in the distance. Oh my god. Wriggle. Fucking Wriggle. Of course she would find her way in here. Oh my god. So, being totally helpful as usual, Equius called to her from the stairs.]

Get out of there!!

[He wouldn't have held it against her if she thought he was a girl by the sound of his voice.]

[Being just as unhelpful, all Wriggle can do is smile and wave]

Hey Equius!

[At least until she sees the crushed corpses of many insects beneath his feet. Her memory may be a little short and she may be a little scatterbrained but she's by no means stupid. Furrowing her brow she sends the command and a swarm of bugs scatter out from the main room, engulfing his feet and trying to drag him in]

It's really rude to kill my friends you know!

[...]

[If Equius could hear her question, he certainly would have answered, but he couldn't. He was too busy screaming and clinging to something, anything, that would stop these bugs from dragging him into a feufruigbiturgh3uitfctrubegifirtuhgjkdhjiigtgjifehuirhg SYSTEM ERROR SYSTEM ERROR SYSTEM ERROR]

"Away with you you gnats!" Veigar called out as a show of forced pushed anything away from him.

It was the voice that peaked his interest simply because whoever decided to reside in this place must be lacking sense.

"You. Are you a native of the tower... or just one of the poor beings who got dragged into this wretched place?"

[Honestly, she should have expected that reaction but it really does frighten her. Calling back her insect foot soldiers she makes sure to clear the area around his feet from anything that could get killed. Swarms of bugs lift to meet her feet at each step as she makes her way across the room to him]

C-come on Equius, calm down. I mean you completely deserved it but please stop screaming. Equius? Equius? Hey, can you hear me?

"What's it to you?" she demanded of him. Crossing one leg over the other her face began to be lit by an eerie glow as fireflies started to float around her.

Noting the force he used to push her welcome party away, Wriggle became slightly more wary of him. She'd thought it strange when the bugs seemed to part for him. Could it be that he was the same as her.

"WELL AREN'T YOU RUDE?!" .... Veigar... you should talk about being rude.

"It matters because it'll make the difference between an odd chat in the middle of squirm central or me COMPLETELY OBLITERATING YOU AND THIS ENTIRE FLOOR!" he boasted with a powerful aura.

"I'm not too fond of those that brought us to this place to be guinea pigs so I've been looking to let them know exactly that."

That same aura caused Wriggle to lurch from her seat, which promptly melted away from under her leaving her floating in midair. Insects started to swarm as she reached for one of her spellcards, readying to whip it out if need be.

There was no reason for her cockiness to cause danger for her friends.
"I'm not with them! I was bought from a different world!" Wriggle stated, staring down her unwelcome visitor. If he was looking to pick a fight she would gladly give him one.

Just anywhere but here.

A sly grin crossed over Veigar's features and he took a step forward. A caster huh? Or at least some form of magic user. That would be the biggest advantage if they did get into a fight as caster as his preferred and easiest prey.

However, he wasn't here to fight, especially not one who wasn't an owner of their glorified prison.

"I see, very well, you are safe then." he replied nonchalantly as he moved forward again.

"But tell me? What exactly are you doing sitting in one of their many trapped floors? Are you awaiting death so eagerly? You do know that most of the 'themes' of each floor are just a facade for what really lurks in the dark waiting to eliminate you for their twisted experiments right?"

[Yeah, she kind of really should have. It took a while for Equius to realize that the bugs were gone, but after he did, he began to calm down... slowly. He looked up and saw Wriggle again, closer this time, not even bothered at all by the bugs; they just stood on helpfully, making a clear circle around her feet.]

D-did... did... d-d-d...

[What a dip.]

Did...?

[She leans a little closer, as if trying to read the answer on his face. Really, the circle around them was more for the safety of the bugs but a semi-almost-not really-coherent Equius was also a plus]

Wriggle's scowl only intensified. She didn't like being looked down upon in her own domain. She didn't sit, still floating in midair but the swam dissipated until only a few crawled around her.

"Maybe for some people but not for me. This floor was practically made for me," she smirked, still trying to appear confident and suave even though her temper was starting to run short. It was true, this really was her kind of room. Wriggle couldn't help but wonder if she'd requested it to be added but simply forgot. Although considering the last time she asked them for something...

D-did you... do that?

[He was still pressed flat against the spine of the staircase, looking at Wriggle the insect queen with wide eyes.]

"Keep thinking that and you'll end up under someone's foot faster than you can scamper away." Veigar retorted with a wicked grin.

"Not that it's any of my concern, I don't even need to be warning you. Fools will be fools until the fire's upon them."

[She gave a curt nod]

Yeah, I did.

[There was definitely no beating around the bush. To further emphasize the fact she turned back to the crowd of insects and with a brief hand movement, as if ushering them away, they crawled back into the safety of their room]

Whoever this was, he was really starting to grind her last nerve. She never took her eyes off his as she spoke but the insects started amassing around his feet again.

"Then what about you? Aren't you going to make a lot of enemies if you keep talking down to people like that?" Wriggle sneered. She wasn't going to let anyone ruin her enjoyment. All she wanted was him out of the room.

"Enemies are gained no matter what when you are powerful. In fact, I welcome them." he said with a smirk and raised his heavy gauntlet in front of him.

"I've razed entire armies by myself in an instant and have incinerated entire countries in the blink of an eye." His gauntlet gathered energy that felt as if it was being drawn from time and space itself before he dissipated it. "Enemies will come and go and I will always stand..."

"I AM VEIGAR! THE MASTER OF TRUE AND RAW POWER! Ehehehehee!"

For as goofy and... loud as the small twerp was, the amount of pressure that magically attuned people could feel from him was staggering... Maybe not all of what he speaks is just hot air... ~~Although a lot of it is!~~

At the raise of his gauntlet she braced herself. Biting her lip as the power gathered around it she tensed, waiting for the moment to counter attack but...

As hypocritical as it was, Wriggle couldn't stand people who were so full of themselves. The ground shifted beneath his feet and with the flick of an arm she sent a tidal wave of bugs towards him, intending to knock him out of the room.

Just as suddenly, a large meteor made entirely out of dark matter materialized and crushed or blocked whatever was in front of him, soon after dematerializing to show the tiny mage glaring in her general direction with an aura around his vicinity that seemed to stop time for those caught in it but him. It wasn't large, just about ten feet around him.

"I'll assume that was the tower." he said in a deadly voice as he walked forward and towards to the other exit. "They might start sending bigger things. You can stay here if you'd like and be another number in their death count. I for one will deny them the pleasure of attempting to best me."

That's not how it's supposed to happen! He's supposed to get knocked down and start cowering in the face of her power! It's taking all of her self control not to throw a tantrum there and then.

"Don't count on it! They should be the ones scared if they try coming after me here!" Wriggle boasted, sticking out her tongue at Veigar as he made his way to the exit.

Veigar paused and looked back over his shoulder, a glint in his eye.

"If that is true, make sure to let them REALLY feel it and maybe even record it. It will be a grand sight to see indeed."

He laughed his usual way and set off to the next area.

[The retreating bugs did a little bit to calm him, to the point where he could stop clinging to the stairs. At least he could stand up straight again (or as close to straight as Equius Zahhak could get). It seemed he was having trouble conceiving why anyone would want to be near them at all, much less control them.]

...Ew.

[Looking less than amused, she stomps down with as much force as she could muster (which wasn't a lot) aiming towards his feet]

If you hate bugs so much then why do you even talk to me?

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