"I was just looking at the leaves. So many wonderful leaves. All the flavours you could imagine. I was just going to rest upon one a while. They look so tasty."\n\nShe fidgets, glancing at the door and cleaning her antenna. You notice there is Blue Candyfloss dotted in clumps across her skin. You have never known Blue Candyfloss, and you wonder where she found it.\n\nOne of the guards pipes up. "What should we do with her, <<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>?"\n\n<<cyclinglink $HMDecision "Keep her in her chambers & summon a doctor, she is sick & needs our care." "Let her go about her business, she is harmless & dear to us." "Exile her from our lands, she may be contagious & the risk is too great." "Throw her in the dungeons, she has abandoned her duties.">>\n\n[["Very well."|CottonCordyceps]]
"I was hiding from predators! They are too scared to attack legions of Candy Ants, and yours is by far the most powerful in the <<if $nest eq "deep in the Strawberry Swirl Forests">>Strawberry Swirl Forests<<endif>><<if $nest eq "beneath a towering Rock Oak">>Rock Oak Glade<<endif>><<if $nest eq "in a hedge of Jelly Laces">>Jelly Lace Hedgerow<<endif>><<if $nest eq "in the stump of a Peanut Brittle Tree">>Peanut Brittle Forest<<endif>>. I do not prey upon Candy Ants, I promise!"\n\nYou decide to <<cyclinglink $spiderdecision "let her stay" "throw her out">>.\n\n[[She nods.]]
<<if $ HMDecision eq "Exile her from our lands, she may be contagious & the risk is too great.">>One day, your Guards bring you a strange looking Candy Ant. You do not recognise her.\n\n"We found this intruder wandering the corridors, <<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>!"\n\nYou raise yourself to your full height.\n\n[["Who are you?"|Who]]<<else>>Eventually the Blue Candyfloss plague passes. The harrowing daily reports of the dead diminish and finally cease. Slowly, the colony recovers from the terrible blow.\n\nOne day, your Guards bring you a strange looking Candy Ant. You do not recognise her.\n\n"We found this intruder wandering the corridors, <<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>!"\n\nYou raise yourself to your full height.\n\n[["Who are you?"|Who]]\n<<endif>>
She clicks her mandibles reproachfully. \n\n"You've always been a <<if $title eq "Strawberry">>polite<<endif>><<if $title eq "Chocolate">>friendly<<endif>><<if $title eq "Milkdrop">>considerate<<endif>><<if $title eq "Sour">>fearsome<<endif>><<if $title eq "Mint">>distant<<endif>> child. Your sisters knew that, and I knew that. Your Title reflects only how you were as a larvae. How you are as a Queen, only you can decide."\n\nShe crosses her forelimbs in front of her and kisses you on the forehead.\n\n"With that done, you are now a full adult, to be treated with all the respect that would be afforded any fledgling monarch. It is time you made your way out into the world, and started a colony all of your own."\n\n[[I'm scared..|Queen3a]]\n[[I can't wait!|Queen3b]]
She reaches down and kisses you gently on the forehead.\n\n"You seem disappointed. It will grow on you in time. I know mine did."\n\nShe crosses her forelimbs in front of her and clicks her mandibles comfortingly.\n\n"With that done, you are now a full adult, to be treated with all the respect that would be afforded any fledgling monarch. It is time you made your way out into the world, and started a colony all of your own."\n\n[[I'm scared..|Queen3a]]\n[[I can't wait!|Queen3b]]
She waves her antenna happily.\n\n"I am glad you approve. Your sisters know you well, it seems!"\n\nShe crosses her forelimbs in front of her and kisses you on the forehead.\n\n"With that done, you are now a full adult, to be treated with all the respect that would be afforded any fledgling monarch. It is time you made your way out into the world, and started a colony all of your own."\n\n[[I'm scared..|Queen3a]]\n[[I can't wait!|Queen3b]]
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Your daughters die off one by one from the terrible Blue Candyfloss. Eventually, you summon your maids one day and no-one comes. You pull your girth painfully through hordes of petrified Candy Ants, their bodies frozen and wretched stalks of blue sprouting from their heads, bursting bulbs releasing more of the noxious spores into the air.\n\nYou make it to the entrance to your Colony. Looking down in the dying sunlight, you see strains of Blue Candyfloss peeking out from your <<print $cc>> joints.\n\n[[BAD END|Start]]\n[[Credits]]
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There is a knock at the peanut-brittle door, snapping you from your introspection. It is your maid, Pyramella. She bobs a respectful curtsey and informs you your mother the Queen would like to see you.\n\n[[Very well.]]\n[[Just a sec..!|Start]]
"I am.." She falters, then straightens up, lifting herself to her full height. "I am a spider, Your Highness."\n\nYou peer closer. Despite the remarkable resemblance, you can see some clear differences in her body proportions. Still, the resemblence is uncanny.\n\n[["What are you doing in our Nest?"|What]]
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<<if $HMDecision eq "Keep her in her chambers & summon a doctor, she is sick & needs our care.">>Your daughters tend to their fallen sister as best they can, but her condition worsens. She continues to obsess about leaves, and tries to escape many times, before one day freezing up completely. The corridors around her chamber fill with a sickly sweet scent, and there are terrible rumours about what has occurred. You summon the doctor.\n\n"Pyramella is dead, <<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>. Her body was taken over by the Blue Candyfloss. It has.. It was horrible. I recommend we get rid of her body immediately."\n\nYou <<cyclinglink "push her body into the river" "burn her body on a pyre" "seal up the chamber">>, but over the following weeks many more of your Colony become infected. The halls reek of the Blue Candyfloss, and the skeleton crew of Guards left report dozens of the sick clinging to jelly leaves by their mandibles.\n\n[[Months pass.|MonthsCordyceps]]\n\n<<endif>><<if $HMDecision eq "Let her go about her business, she is harmless & dear to us.">>A few weeks later, the Court Doctor comes to you with grave news.\n\n"Pyramella is dead, <<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>. She was clinging to a leaf high above the colony, her body taken over by the Blue Candyfloss. It has.. It was horrible. I recommend we get rid of her body immediately."\n\nYou <<cyclinglink "push her body into the river" "burn her body on a pyre" "seal up the chamber">>, but over the following weeks many more of your daughters become infected. The halls reek of the Blue Candyfloss, and the skeleton crew of Guards left report hundreds of the sick clinging to jelly leaves by their mandibles.\n\n[[Months pass.|MonthsCordycepsBadEnd]]\n\n<<endif>><<if $HMDecision eq "Exile her from our lands, she may be contagious & the risk is too great.">>You exile Pyramella far from your lands, sending her off with her meagre belongings. You do not hear of her or the Blue Candyfloss again.\n\n[[Months pass.|MonthsCordyceps]]\n\n<<endif>><<if $HMDecision eq "Throw her in the dungeons, she has abandoned her duties.">>Your daughters reluctantly lock Pyramella in the dungeons, where her condition worsens. She continues to obsess about leaves, and tries to escape many times, before one day freezing up completely. The dungeons fill with a sickly sweet scent, and there are terrible rumours about the creature which dwells there. You summon the Head Guard.\n\n"Prisillina is dead, <<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>. Her body was taken over by the Blue Candyfloss. It has.. It was horrible. We do not know what happened."\n\nYou <<cyclinglink "push her body into the river" "burn her body on a pyre" "seal up the chamber" "bury her outside the Nest">>, but over the following weeks many more of your daughters become infected. The halls reek of the Blue Candyfloss, and the skeleton crew of Guards left report dozens of the sick clinging to jelly leaves by their mandibles.\n\n[[Months pass.|MonthsCordyceps]]<<endif>>
Candy Ant Princess
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Pyramella is brought into the Nest Chamber by an escort of nervous-looking guards. Her dress is tattered and stained with blue, and she has a far-off look in her eyes. \n\n"<<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<else>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<else>>Your Highness<<endif>><<endif>>? Whatever is the matter?"\n\n[["The Guards found you wandering our lands. They were concerned."|GuardsFound]]
You curl up in your nest chamber, ginger roots dangling from the rough-hewn cocoa ceiling. You are sleepy from a long day of flying. You decide you will lay your eggs in the morning; now is the time for [[rest]].
Your colony grows, and you grow with it, in wisdom and in size. Your clutches number in the hundreds, as do your daughters. The colony fills with new halls, chambers and corridors.\n\nOne morning, a recruit from the Border Patrol is ushered before you by her superiors.\n\n"Now, tell the Queen what you told us."\n\nShe stutters nervously. You <<cyclinglink "console her" "coax the truth out of her" "bark at her to get on with it">>.\n\n"We were on our regular patrol route, and.. We saw Pyramella wandering the Forest. We brought her back, but.. She's not acting right. Something happened to her, but she won't tell us what."\n\n[["Bring her to me."|BringHer]]
"There is a Candycorn Termite at the main entrance, <<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>! She demands to see you!"\n\n"<<cyclinglink $termiteresponse "Let her in." "Pretend she isn't there.. Maybe she'll go away." "Chase her from our lands!">>"\n\n[["Very well."|VWTermite]]
She nods, nuzzling softly against you. "That's only natural, my darling. But soon you will have a Hive and a Colony all your own, with hundreds of loyal daughters to take care of you."\n\nShe cleans your antenna with her mandibles for a while, before calling in Pyramella. She curtsies into the room, carrying a sturdy chocolate case.\n\n"In this case is a piece of our beloved Candyfloss farm. Take it with you on your flight, and it will serve you well during your reign."\n\n[[Take the case.]]
"I'm so glad! I'm sure you'll make a wonderful Queen." \n\nShe strokes you affectionately with her antenna for a moment, before calling in Pyramella. She curtsies into the room, carrying a sturdy chocolate case.\n\n"In this case is a piece of our beloved Candyfloss farm. Take it with you on your flight, and it will serve you well during your reign."\n\n[[Take the case.]]
You walk through the marzipan corridors, <<cyclinglink $temperament "nodding to" "smiling to" "bowing to" "gazing aloofly past" "glaring at">> your minions as you pass them on your way to [[your mother's chamber]].
Another tilts her head and chirrups.\n\n"Mama! Mama! Why are we here?"\n\n"<<cyclinglink $daughters2 "To care for one another." "To cater to my every whim." "To conquer & destroy!">>"\n\n[["Oh. Okay!"|Okay2]]
The next few days you lay hundreds of jellybean eggs, watching your tiny daughters wriggle inside their crisp sugar shells. Soon they start to hatch, bright-eyed and eager to see and learn. You cuddle their tiny <<print $cc>> bodies to your thorax, gazing down at dozens of pairs of <<print $eyes>> eyes.\n\nOne pipes up from the throng.\n\n"Mama! Mama! What are we?"\n\n"<<cyclinglink $daughters1 "You are Candy Ants." "You are my minions." "You are my daughters.">>"\n\n[["Oh. Okay!"|Okay1]]
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<<set $colonystart = "colonystart">>You travel for hours, until you find the perfect nest site, <<cyclinglink $nest "deep in the Strawberry Swirl Forests" "beneath a towering Rock Oak" "in a hedge of Jelly Laces" "in the stump of a Peanut Brittle Tree">>.\n\nYou burrow deep into the cocoa loam, hollowing out a modest nest chamber. It's messy and amateurish compared to the lavish halls of your mother's nest, but it's a start.\n\n<<print "[[" + "The Start of the " + $title + " Colony!" + "|" + $colonystart + "]]">>
<<if $termiteorders eq "Let them be, so long as they swear to keep peace between us from this day forth.">>A tentative peace is broached over the next few weeks with the Candycorn Termites. You divide the surrounding land, and find that your people get on rather well, sharing a <<if $daughters2 eq "To care for one another.">>spirit of co-operation<<endif>><<if $daughters2 eq "To cater to my every whim.">>singleminded devotion to their leaders<<endif>><<if $daughters2 eq "To conquer & destroy!">>love of wrestling and games of tactical prowess<<endif>>.\n\n[[Months pass.]]\n\n<<endif>><<if $termiteorders eq "Demand their surrender & lifelong fealty!">>Your Termite minions grudgingly accept your reign. Their territories in the <<if $nest eq "deep in the Strawberry Swirl Forests">>Strawberry Swirl Forests<<endif>><<if $nest eq "beneath a towering Rock Oak">>Rock Oak Glade<<endif>><<if $nest eq "in a hedge of Jelly Laces">>Jelly Lace Hedgerow<<endif>><<if $nest eq "in the stump of a Peanut Brittle Tree">>Peanut Brittle Forest<<endif>> are now yours, and the <<print $title>> Colony flourishes accordingly. \n\n[[Months pass.]]\n\n<<endif>><<if $termiteorders eq "Destroy them!">>The Termites flee from your fiery vengeance, and are never heard from again. The <<if $nest eq "deep in the Strawberry Swirl Forests">>Strawberry Swirl Forests<<endif>><<if $nest eq "beneath a towering Rock Oak">>Rock Oak Glade<<endif>><<if $nest eq "in a hedge of Jelly Laces">>Jelly Lace Hedgerow<<endif>><<if $nest eq "in the stump of a Peanut Brittle Tree">>Peanut Brittle Forest<<endif>> are now yours, and the <<print $title>> Colony flourishes accordingly.\n\n[[Months pass.]]<<endif>>
<<if $termiteresponse eq "Let her in.">>The termite is a large creature, far bigger than your daughters, with a bulbous white head perched atop an orange body. She clicks her mandibles ferociously.\n\n"This land rightfully belongs to the Candycorn Termites! You have no claim here! Leave at once, or be eaten!"\n\n"<<cyclinglink $termiteresponse2 "We have no quarrel with you. There is room for both our peoples." "A war between our colonies would be a long & violent affair. Let us instead orchestrate a peace through diplomacy." "My daughters don't fear death. We will send you fleeing like scared larvae!">>"\n\n[[The Candycorn messenger leaves.]]\n<<else>>You do not hear from the Candycorn Termites again for some weeks. One morning however, your Head Maid wakes you early from your slumber.\n\n"<<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>! <<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>! The Candycorn Termites are [[attacking]]!"<<endif>>
You give your <<cyclinglink "tearful" "sober" "fond">> goodbyes to your Mother and your dearest of sisters, before turning to wish farewell to the horde of <<print $cc>> ants gathered eagerly in the Entrance Hall. Only Pyramella will accompany you on this journey.\n\nYou tell them <<cyclinglink "you will always remember them" "you will make them proud" "they will learn to fear your name">>, and with pet, case & maid clutched tightly to your thorax, [[fly off into the sky]].
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Many years pass. Your colony goes through many trials, but stays strong under your wise leadership. Your Nest Chamber becomes decorated with a rich hard candy tableau, just like you remember your mother's when you were a larvae. Gazing around at the glittering walls, you can see your leaving your mother's nest, the founding of the Nest at the <<if $nest eq "deep in the Strawberry Swirl Forests">>Strawberry Swirl Forests<<endif>><<if $nest eq "beneath a towering Rock Oak">>Rock Oak Glade<<endif>><<if $nest eq "in a hedge of Jelly Laces">>Jelly Lace Hedgerow<<endif>><<if $nest eq "in the stump of a Peanut Brittle Tree">>Peanut Brittle Forest<<endif>>, the <<if $termitewar eq "true">>bitter war with the Candy Corn Termites<<else>>diplomatic treaty with the Candy Corn Termites<<endif>>, the <<if $HMDecision neq "Exile her from our lands, she may be contagious & the risk is too great.">>Blue Candyfloss Plague and the<<endif>> <<if $spiderdecision eq "let her stay">>gaining of a strange new sister to the Colony.<<else>>defence of the Colony from the trickster spider.<<endif>>\n\nIn time you birth a fine young Princess, who flies off with your blessings to found a Colony of her own. \n\n[[THE END|Start]]\n[[Credits]]
You take the case, and gather up your things. Your faithful <<cyclinglink $pet "Candy Cane Centipede" "Gobstopper Beetle" "Lollipop Dragonfly" "Taffy Grasshopper">> settles on your shoulder and you pet him affectionately. It is [[time to leave]].
<<set $termitewar = "true">>The seige lasts many days. On the third day, your Head Guard, a brilliant tactician, manages to turn the tide of battle, flooding the Termites' main garrisson with milkshake from the river nearby.\n\n"<<if $daughters1 eq "You are Candy Ants.">>Your Highness<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my daughters.">>Mother<<endif>><<if $daughters1 eq "You are my minions.">>Grand Matriarch<<endif>>! We have driven the Candycorn Termites back! What are your orders?"\n\n"<<cyclinglink $termiteorders "Let them be, so long as they swear to keep peace between us from this day forth." "Demand their surrender & lifelong fealty!" "Destroy them!">>"\n\n[["Very well."|TermiteWarsOver]]