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Warrant074 / 099
At largeMother Nine
Hunt 74: Mind the Comb
PeopleTessel
LensKaiju
LeadAbigail
RegionThe Oon
RunLoose Ends
Hunt 74 · Kaiju
Mind the Comb
Mother Nine · Tessel
Mother Nine is a queen of baked crust nine kilometers long, her chest cells dark where her children should be, and the Stack still holds them. Abigail reaches the Hive Planet, where each heartbeat lifts a floating shift off the wax, with one shift change to choose between paper and mother.
On the boardA nine-kilometer queen who wants her children back. They're in the Stack's custody.
WhereThe Hive Planet (street name: Nine), The Oon. A world with a nine-kilometer queen who wants her children back.
How it feelsWarm walls, a deep thrum.
House ruleThe queen's pulse is the only clock, and shifts change on the beat.
Leads the huntAbigail Chase
PeopleTessel, from Zilmo
The people
Tessel
A hive species with a queen, workers, and a shared scent. They can't stand being alone.
Loyal, helpful, and unsettlingly polite.
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