Awaiting the King (NPC)

[Samus Aran]

Shaiapouf was not best pleased. Either he was the only Chimaera Ant to have been pulled into the Omniverse … or others had arrived too, but as per usual, they were pursuing their own selfish agendas.

Shaiapouf had his own ideas of how to proceed, but … was it blasphemy to speak them? To even think them aloud? The butterfly-man shuddered. It wasn’t his place to direct the order of the race, but … without the King here, what could be done? He had to take some agency, for the King’s own good. Otherwise he would arrive, and there would be nothing for him. What a tragedy that would be!

But how far was too far? The chimera ant bit his lip, hard. The King was the rightful ruler of the chimera ants. He would never dispute that. But even a king needed help. Needed advice sometimes … or a bit of pushing in the right direction. Perhaps he’d arrived in the Omniverse first for a reason.

The butterfly-ant spun. Of course! This was all such wonderful opportunity.

He knew what he had to do.

The King was only a young man. He had needs. He had vigor. It was no wonder that a young human girl had been the object of such fascination for him. She’d merely been in the right place at the right time. That … foolish harlot! She’d unknowingly been the wrench in the machine that had brought the entire ant kingdom down.

And he’d tried to kill her. Against the King’s wishes. Such impudence, such foolishness! When in truth, the answer was so simple.

He had to find someone better.

And the answer was right in front of him.