welp this game has turned into a survival simulator

  except it's not simulation

  and it's not fun

  suddenly all the numbers have meaning

  like i have two flasks of tea

  and when those run out

  well i won't have anything to drink

  which is bad

  didn't invent any kind of portable water filter thing did i

  nooooo

  invented an eyespider instead

  wait that's a terrible example

  eyespider is amazing

  like even in my waterpoor state i would still not trade eyespider for waterfilter

  waterfilter so boring

  eyespider so good

  also useful for scouting etc which is good because this is also a stealth game

  death surrounds me

  in a literal sense

  i am hiding inside a hut made of antcorpses

  using my teleport dependent weapons while i still can

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  well not the cannonball pistols

  those things make a lot of noise

  stealth game remember

  shardrifle is pretty quiet though

  slicey armblades and antswords also v stealth and v efficient in terms of ammo

  because they don't use ammo

  well i mean big antswords need aggbys or they're too heavy to lift

  but i don't have any big antswords

  just sensible ones

  +armblades as mentioned

  so for right now killing ants is not so difficult as long as there are not many ants around

  so far there have not been many ants around

  although there have been a few acid ants

  i hate those guys

  melting my antswords

  also just slicing up regular ants isn't a forever thing

  i got equipment degradation going on

  yep another thing to worry about. just add it to the pile. did you notice the pile. it is this enormous mountain behind me. teetering precariously. about to fall over and crush me. that is my. worry pile.

  good news is that i managed to make an antblood battery recharging device. so as long as i have fresh antcorpses to poke the thing into i can very slowly and inefficiently charge some of my stuff. like eyespider. i am also at least halfway to making antgutgem -> power converter. i don't know if that one will work. but if it does i should be able to just plug antgutgems straight into heatdroneglove.

  man i bet the efficiency is going to be so bad

  better than running out of power though

  better than yelling WAVE MOTION FIREBALL BLAST and nothing happens

  how embarrassing would that be

  also shield does not like aggbys. so shield will not like antgutgems. telepower seemed like such a good solve at the time. but when ants eat biscuit fort they will also eat my antblood batteries and my telepower device.

  i guess at least i'll know when my home is gone

  because my shield will suddenly fail and an ant will appear out of nowhere and jump on me instantly

  anyway

  need to find more parts and proper tools

  creating without a mareo is so flipping tedious. although also satisfying. out here everything has. weight.

  especially decisions

  i am not near the research lab. that is still. far. but i am pretty close to humanriverbase.

  humans love stuff

  but humans do not love it when you try to take their stuff

  but

  so close

  so convenient

  so tempting

  food. water. the things i need to keep this stupid inefficient body working. might even be teleportal parts in there. all my dreams could come true. in humanriverbase.

  so. keep heading for research lab and hope it's still there and hope it has stuff i need and hope food and water last and hopehopehope

  or. infiltrate humanriverbase for loot and deal with angry humans yelling at me and also killing me

  or i guess. give up and go back and get eaten by a thousand ants

  man these choices suck