Seymore had been the only one not suspicious of the genetic research Matter had been asked to do. Seymore had also been hesitant at first- but honestly, the reason he agreed was less lack of suspicion and more fondness. Matter had asked him, and Seymore had honestly just not had the heart to say no to her. The serpentine Xunari was seemingly excited about it, honestly, probably not really seeing the potential harm. Still, Matter had asked him with her pleading little eyes, and Seymore just ...

The air in the colony was tense as the news spread—a collective sigh of disappointment echoing through the clearing. The last harvest had been meager to say the least, and the air was fille concern. Bloo, observed the unease in his colony, especially among the smaller ones, Predict and Preserve, who were by now old enough to understand why the adults were panicing. As the leader, he felt it was his responsibility to find a solution.   Bloo gathered a small team, the...

Finn and Twinkle had invited their new, oddly long, friend over to swim. Matter had promised the two that she could swim- With Twinkle and Finn teasing her light-heartedly that there was no way she would swim well without having any legs. Empress had chimed in, saying there were various aquatic snakes that could swim, and thus Twinkle and Finn had insisted on taking the day to "experiment". Empress and Matter knew full well that it was just a lame excuse to get the day off, but agreed regar...

Matter wasn't too confident navigating the deserts of Issiq, and honestly was entirely unsure why she had decided to come back at all. She had followed Gideon and Empress after hearing them discuss going to Ochre Dockyard to see the library there, but as she slithered around the busy streets she definitely had some second thoughts.   She had been before, of course, when she had gotten to be Quetzalcoatl's assistant during that one surgery, ages ago. At the mention of ...