<<set $pupacount = 0>>\nThree cycles since fecundation.\nThe pharates can taste our thoughts. Their pupal minds yearn for mothers' milk.\n\n\nWe must prepare for [[ECLOSION|Searching active connections]].\n\n\n\nA story game by Buster Hudson.

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<<set $pupacount = $pupacount + 1>>\n\nOur first command is the most difficult to follow. Her mind is unaccustomed to our presence.\n\nShe chokes on her own toxins.\n[[We choose another.|Searching active connections]]

<<set $hook = 1>><<if $charge is 1>><<set $charge = 2>><<elseif $charge is 2>><<set $charge = 3>><<elseif $charge is 3>><<set $charge = 4>><<elseif $charge is 4>><<set $charge = 5>><<endif>><<if $proboscis is 1>><<set $proboscis = 2>><<elseif $proboscis is 2>><<set $proboscis = 3>><<endif>><<if $wings is 1>><<set $wings = 2>><<elseif $wings is 2>><<set $wings = 3>><<elseif $wings is 3>><<set $wings = 4>><<endif>><<if $toxins is 1>><<set $toxins = 2>><<elseif $toxins is 2>><<set $toxins = 3>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $proboscis gte 2>>[[Shed exuvium|Suffocation]]<<elseif $wings lte 2>>[[Shed exuvium|SE1]]<<else>>[[Shed exuvium|SE2]]<<endif>>\n<<if $proboscis is 2>>She grows sluggish. Her oxygen is nearly depleted.\n<<elseif $proboscis is 0>>[[Retract proboscis|RP1]]\n<<endif>><<if $toxins is 3>>Deadening agents spread through her host. It is desensitized.\n<<endif>><<if ($proboscis gte 2) and ($charge is 0)>>[[Charge propellants|Suffocation]]<<elseif $charge is 0>>[[Charge propellants|CP1]]<<elseif $charge lte 4>>Her propellants continue to ionize under pressure.<<else>>[[Detonate propellants|DP1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $wings is 3>>She pumps coppery hemolymph through branched venation. Her wings are strong.\n<<elseif $wings is 2>>She pumps coppery hemolymph through branched venation. Her wings expand.\n<<elseif ($proboscis gte 2) and ($wings is 0)>>[[Pump hemolyph|Suffocation]]\n<<elseif $wings is 0>>[[Pump hemolymph|PH1]]\n<<endif>>The jagged hook tears open organ flesh.

<<set $pupacount = $pupacount + 1>>\n\nThe jagged hook tears open organ flesh. Her host shudders in pain. It knows something is inside.\n\nThe threat of discovery is real. The consequences of discovery are calamitous.\nWe terminate her.\n[[We choose another.|Searching active connections]]

<<set $wings = 1>><<if $charge is 1>><<set $charge = 2>><<elseif $charge is 2>><<set $charge = 3>><<elseif $charge is 3>><<set $charge = 4>><<elseif $charge is 4>><<set $charge = 5>><<endif>><<if $proboscis is 1>><<set $proboscis = 2>><<elseif $proboscis is 2>><<set $proboscis = 3>><<endif>><<if $toxins is 1>><<set $toxins = 2>><<elseif $toxins is 2>><<set $toxins = 3>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $proboscis gte 2>>[[Shed exuvium|Suffocation]]<<else>>[[Shed exuvium|SE1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $proboscis is 2>>She grows sluggish. Her oxygen is nearly depleted.\n<<elseif $proboscis is 0>>[[Retract proboscis|RP1]]\n<<endif>><<if $toxins is 3>>Deadening agents spread through her host. It is desensitized.\n<<elseif $toxins is 2>>The hallucinogens prove effective. Her host seeks a dark and isolated location.\n<<elseif ($toxins is 0) and ($proboscis gte 2)>>[[Secrete toxins|Suffocation]]\n<<elseif $toxins is 0>>[[Secrete toxins|ST1]]\n<<endif>><<if ($proboscis gte 2) and ($charge is 0)>>[[Charge propellants|Suffocation]]<<elseif $charge is 0>>[[Charge propellants|CP1]]<<elseif $charge lte 4>>Her propellants continue to ionize under pressure.<<else>>[[Detonate propellants|DP1]]<<endif>>\nShe pumps coppery hemolymph through branched venation. Her wings awaken.\n<<if ($hook is 0) and ($proboscis gte 2)>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|Suffocation]]<<elseif ($hook is 0) and ($toxins is 0)>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|DCH1]]<<elseif ($hook is 0) and ($toxins gte 2)>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|DCH2]]<<endif>>

<<if $proboscis is 1>><<set $proboscis = 2>><<endif>><<if $charge is 1>><<set $charge = 2>><<elseif $charge is 2>><<set $charge = 3>><<elseif $charge is 3>><<set $charge = 4>><<elseif $charge is 4>><<set $charge = 5>><<endif>><<if $toxins is 1>><<set $toxins = 2>><<elseif $toxins is 2>><<set $toxins = 3>><<endif>>\n\nShe moults her exuvial skeleton and submerges her corpuscles in her host's stomach juices. She does not have long.\n<<if $proboscis is 2>>She grows sluggish. Her oxygen is nearly depleted.\n<<elseif $proboscis is 0>>[[Retract proboscis|Digestion]]\n<<endif>><<if $toxins is 3>>Deadening agents spread through her host. It is desensitized.\n<<elseif $toxins is 2>>The hallucinogens prove effective. Her host a seeks dark and isolated location.\n<<elseif ($toxins is 0) and ($proboscis gte 2)>>[[Secrete toxins|Suffocation]]\n<<elseif $toxins is 0>>[[Secrete toxins|ST1]]\n<<endif>><<if $hook is 0>>[[Detonate propellants|Ripoff]]<<elseif $proboscis is 0>>[[Detonate propellants|DP2]]<<elseif $charge lte 4>>[[Detonate propellants prematurely|No Force]]<<else>>[[Detonate propellants|DP3]]<<endif>>\n<<if $hook is 0>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|Digestion]]<<endif>>

<<set $pupacount = $pupacount + 1>>\n\nHer oxygen is spent.\n\nShe suffocates.\n[[We choose another.|Searching active connections]]

<<set $pupacount = $pupacount + 1>>\n\nShe begs to be free of her host. We acquiesce.\n\nBut her propellants lack the power to burst through the host lining. We abandon her.\n[[We choose another.|Searching active connections]]

<<set $toxins = 1>><<if $charge is 1>><<set $charge = 2>><<elseif $charge is 2>><<set $charge = 3>><<elseif $charge is 3>><<set $charge = 4>><<elseif $charge is 4>><<set $charge = 5>><<endif>><<if $proboscis is 1>><<set $proboscis = 2>><<elseif $proboscis is 2>><<set $proboscis = 3>><<endif>><<if $wings is 1>><<set $wings = 2>><<else if $wings is 2>><<set $wings = 3>><<elseif $wings is 3>><<set $wings = 4>><<endif>>\n\n\n<<if $proboscis gte 2>>[[Shed exuvium|Suffocation]]<<elseif $wings lte 2>>[[Shed exuvium|SE1]]<<else>>[[Shed exuvium|SE2]]<<endif>>\n<<if $proboscis is 2>>She grows sluggish. Her oxygen is nearly depleted.\n<<elseif $proboscis is 0>>[[Retract proboscis|RP1]]\n<<endif>>Toxic compounds spill from her oviduct.\n<<if ($proboscis gte 2) and ($charge is 0)>>[[Charge propellants|Suffocation]]<<elseif $charge is 0>>[[Charge propellants|CP1]]<<elseif $charge lte 4>>Her propellants continue to ionize under pressure.<<else>>[[Detonate propellants|DP1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $wings is 3>>She pumps coppery hemolymph through branched venation. Her wings are strong.\n<<elseif $wings is 2>>She pumps coppery hemolymph through branched venation. Her wings expand.\n<<elseif ($wings is 0) and ($proboscis is 2)>>[[Pump hemolyph|Suffocation]]\n<<elseif $wings is 0>>[[Pump hemolymph|PH1]]\n<<endif>><<if $proboscis gte 2>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|Suffocation]]<<else>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|DCH1]]<<endif>>

Eclosion

Buster Hudson

<<set $proboscis = 1>><<if $charge is 1>><<set $charge = 2>><<elseif $charge is 2>><<set $charge = 3>><<elseif $charge is 3>><<set $charge = 4>><<elseif $charge is 4>><<set $charge = 5>><<endif>><<if $wings is 1>><<set $wings = 2>><<elseif $wings is 2>><<set $wings = 3>><<elseif $wings is 3>><<set $wings = 4>><<endif>><<if $toxins is 1>><<set $toxins = 2>><<elseif $toxins is 2>><<set $toxins = 3>><<elseif $toxins is 3>><<set $toxins = 4>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $wings lte 2>>[[Shed exuvium|SE1]]<<else>>[[Shed exuvium|SE2]]<<endif>>\nHer quivering proboscis retracts from organ flesh, curling under her head carapace. She no longer shares warm hemoglobin with her host. She requires air.\n<<if $toxins is 3>>Deadening agents spread through her host. It is desensitized.\n<<elseif $toxins is 2>>The hallucinogens prove effective. Her host seeks a dark and isolated location.\n<<elseif $toxins is 0>>[[Secrete toxins|ST1]]\n<<endif>><<if $charge is 0>>[[Charge propellants|CP1]]<<elseif $charge lte 4>>Her propellants continue to ionize under pressure.<<else>>[[Detonate propellants|DP1]]<<endif>>\n<<if $wings is 3>>She pumps coppery hemolymph through branched venation. Her wings are strong.\n<<elseif $wings is 2>>She pumps copperty hemolymph through branched venation. Her wings expand.\n<<elseif $wings is 0>>[[Pump hemolymph|PH1]]\n<<endif>><<if ($hook is 0) and ($toxins lte 1)>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|DCH1]]<<elseif ($hook is 0) and ($toxins gte 2)>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|DCH2]]<<endif>>

Total pharates lost: <<print $pupacount>>\n\nThree cycles since fecundation.\nThe pharates can taste our thoughts. Their pupal minds yearn for mother's milk.\n\nWe share the sequence for eclosion. Another planet will be ours.

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<<set $pupacount = $pupacount + 1>>\n\nHer wings are not strong enough to penetrate her exuvial skeleton. They are crushed.\n\nWe abandon her.\n[[We choose another.|Searching active connections]]

<<set $random = Math.floor(Math.random()*659872146)>><<set $proboscis = 0>><<set $toxins = 0>><<set $wings = 0>><<set $hook = 0>><<set $charge = 0>>\n<<if $began is 1>>Pharates lost: <<print $pupacount>>\n<<endif>>\nThe human hosts have unusual physiologies. They remain unaware. We must exert our influence with care. We must determine the sequence for eclosion.\n\nWe <<if $began is 1>>choose<<else>>begin with<<endif>> pharate #<<print $random>>. She welcomes our influence.\n\n[[Shed exuvium|SE1]]\n[[Retract proboscis|RP1]]\n[[Secrete toxins|Toxic]]\n[[Charge propellants|CP1]]\n[[Pump hemolymph|PH1]]\n[[Disengage cremastral hook|DCH1]]<<set $began = 1>>

<<set $pupacount = $pupacount + 1>>\n\nHer body cannot tolerate the acidic juices.\n\nThe host digests her.\n[[We choose another.|Searching active connections]]

\n\nShe bursts through the soft lining of her host. Her wings stretch and flutter, and she inhales fresh air. She is free.\n\nHer host is still. She will nourish herself on its carcass and await her sisters.\n\nWe leave her, for now. [[There is much to do.|END]]

<<set $pupacount = $pupacount + 1>>\n\nShe begs to burst free of her host. We acquiesce.\n\nBut her proboscis is tethered to organ flesh. Her head carapace is torn from her body.\n[[We choose another.|Searching active connections]]

<<set $pupacount = $pupacount + 1>>\n\nShe begs to be free of her host. We acquiesce.\n\nBut the propellants are trapped within her exuvial skeleton.\nShe is incinerated.\n[[We choose another.|Searching active connections]]

<<set $charge = 1>><<if $proboscis is 1>><<set $proboscis = 2>><<elseif $proboscis is 2>><<set $proboscis = 3>><<endif>><<if $wings is 1>><<set $wings = 2>><<elseif $wings is 2>><<set $wings = 3>><<elseif $wings is 3>><<set $wings = 4>><<endif>><<if $toxins is 1>><<set $toxins = 2>><<elseif $toxins is 2>><<set $toxins = 3>><<elseif $toxins is 3>><<set $toxins = 4>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $proboscis gte 2>>[[Shed exuvium|Suffocation]]<<elseif $wings lte 2>>[[Shed exuvium|SE1]]<<else>>[[Shed exuvium|SE2]]<<endif>>\n<<if $proboscis is 2>>She grows sluggish. Her oxygen is nearly depleted.\n<<elseif $proboscis is 0>>[[Retract proboscis|RP1]]\n<<endif>><<if $toxins is 3>>Deadening agents spread through her host. It is desensitized.\n<<elseif $toxins is 2>>The hallucinogens prove effective. Her host seeks a dark and isolated location.\n<<elseif ($toxins is 0) and ($proboscis gte 2)>>[[Secrete toxins|Suffocation]]\n<<elseif $toxins is 0>>[[Secrete toxins|ST1]]\n<<endif>>Her propellants ionize under pressure.\n<<if $wings is 3>>She pumps coppery hemolymph through branched venation. Her wings are strong.\n<<elseif $wings is 2>>She pumps coppery hemolymph through branched venation. Her wings expand.\n<<elseif ($wings is 0) and ($proboscis gte 2)>>[[Pump hemolyph|Suffocation]]\n<<elseif $wings is 0>>[[Pump hemolymph|PH1]]\n<<endif>><<if ($hook is 0) and ($proboscis gte 2)>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|Suffocation]]<<elseif ($hook is 0) and ($toxins lte 1)>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|DCH1]]<<elseif ($hook is 0) and ($toxins gte 2)>>[[Disengage cremastral hook|DCH2]]<<endif>>

<<set $pupacount = $pupacount + 1>>\n\nShe begs to be free of her host. We acquiesce.\n\nBut her cremastral hook is tethered to organ flesh. Her body is torn in two.\n[[We choose another.|Searching active connections]]