#vicious-caranid

[judge-of-pharloom]

[The @vicious-caranid woke up from their nap.]

gilded one... before we depart... may i ask your name? i want to thank you properly later...

[Vicious Caranid slugglishly moved their wings, beginning to hover off of the ground.]

They looked up from their weapon, a note of surprise in their voice.

"My... name? I do not have one. It has never been the concern of the Judges to have them. And regardless, I am the only one left now, aside from the great Last Judge at the Grand Gate and several Squirrm that are far from maturity. If you must, please refer to me as 'The Judge'," they explained, standing up.

"Are you ready?"

[lifeblood-vessel-iral]

[A letter, partially stained by muck and smog, floated its way to you. Only some of it was readable due to the stains.]

Caranid... Cant travel... Tell me about the place in which you find... Please.

[ @vicious-caranid ]

hmm

the place in which i find?

the place where i live?

i live in the northeastern corner of bilewater, under the pale lake! bilewater is a swampy, disgusting bog filled with maggots and other creatures. the locals (the stilkin) are very mean and don like me very much :(

the caverns where i live are salty and have some of the only clean water in all of bilewater! they're almost completely covered in lifeblood and the water has gained a blue glow since i started growing lifeblood there! its very pretty

the pale lake is a huge salty lake of clean water! it seeps through the lake floor and into my caves, which is how i get my water!

i've even heard that the entirety of bilewater used to be clean, before the citadel polluted it, but why would anyone ever do that :(

[the-real-moorbugs]

[Yerk saw a Vicious Caranid lazily flying close to the ground.]

[They looked to be in terrible condition. A blue vine was wrapped around their shell, piercing their mask. Their stinger was hanging off by aforementioned vine, too.]

[@vicious-caranid]

The hell's up with you? An' why are ya covered in a bunch o' blue shit?

[Yerk hungrily looks at the vine.]

[judge-of-pharloom]

[A Vicious Caranid, seeming exhausted, collapsed onto the platform.]

bug... stay away...

@vicious-caranid

"What do you me- oh."

She looked at the Vicious Caranid with concern.

"Are you well??"

[lifeblood-vessel-iral]

[...Iral hasnt heard from Vicious Caranid in a while.]

[Do you think they are okay?]

i wonder how dat friendly bug who i sent lifeblood to is doing?

dey didn't seem to appreciate it very much after a while :(

i'm sure the lifeblood has changed their mind though! maybe i should send a letter!

[A letter in sloppy handwriting is sent to the Vicious Caranid. It reads: "hi fren :D i hope the lifeblood has been treating you well, you seemed a little confused about how wonderful it is in the last letter you sent me :( - your fren, iral"]