i always found writing as a hivemind was best when somebody used: we for I, We for a local cluster of several consciousnesses and WE for the entire hivemind.
the different capitalizations signifying the volume of the speaker. since we was only one being inside the swam the mind voice would be significantly less loud, while a chorus of thousands of voices would be extremely loud thus WE.
I might try that. Haven't had much experience writing from the Hivemind perspective thus far. Just kind of figured it would see words like "I" and "We" as interchangeable due to the nature of sharing one mind. You don't refer to yourself as "We" just because you are made up of multiple cells (I assume). The only real reason for referring to itself as "We" would be due to not understanding this difference when communicating with normal people. The Catalyst (me) would initially think of things that way but after seeing that parts of it can separate, it would feel confused and realize it doesn't even understand the way its own "body" works. Should be fun RPing the next few turns as the Catalyst gets increasing desperate to reassert control over what it considers its own body.
Exactly!
I'm gonna get the cure for the Evolved! Don't want the planet overtaken by a parasitic invasion do I?
Not quite sure what your exact intentions are but let me just clarify a few things for the Catalyst.
Right now the Catalyst is primarily an opportunistic feeder. It goes after weaker or undefended life forms because they are easy prey and it can make them and itself stronger by infecting them. If you or anyone else actively tries to eliminate the Catalyst, it will cease to be an opportunistic feeder and just try to completely consume the offensive parties.
The Catalyst is also currently very agitated because it realized it doesn't actually have complete control over itself. This raises the question of what is the "Hivemind" compared to what is the "Catalyst," because apparently Catalyst organisms do not need to be part of the Hivemind.
In conclusion, the Catalyst won't care too much if you try and eliminate some of the infected that aren't part of the Hivemind. However if you actually go out of your way to kill Catalyst organisms that are part of the Hivemind without any provocation, it is likely the Catalyst will respond by trying to eat you and your followers.
On the other hand, the Catalyst is open to professional cooperation and alliances. Didn't work out so far with Feros but I intend to make up for that. Anyway, my character really doesn't have any reason yet to dislike any of the other characters but if it does it'll be all out war until either it dies or the enemy dies.
Hold on, Ghaz.
You saw that Elf had made other arrangements for Corvus, so why did you just kill him off?
I had such plans...
I'd also like to thank the Catalyst for taking on some of the burden of "accidentally multicidal power" which has gone unsupported since Neyravah's murder.
Eeeeyup. Worshippers as a whole are kinda dicks.
They're better than many non-worshipers, though.
As to hivemind pronouns: I advise I for the mind, We for the hive.
Accidental multicidal power? Not really sure what you mean by that... but your welcome I guess.
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