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It does seem that we need to use either stealth or surprise to infest others, the question I want to know is this: do infested humans gain a exoskeleton (or whatever) like we do? If we're going to try to infest someone via having an infested human date them that could be a problem...

[Weirdsound]

The affection was caused by the immature larva, and has mostly subsided, though such obvious displays are a threat to our anonymity...

((What do the larva look like? could they be mistaken for a worm, maggot, millipede, or any other familiar terrestrial entity?))

The native forms of intimacy can have significant social repercussions, we should attempt to remain aloof until we have a long-term plan for our social position during the infiltration.

We have yet to identify the native undead, and the acquirement process would likely overwrite their undead natures, if they even possess sufficiently stable vitality to host the impregnation.

It does seem that we need to use either stealth or surprise to infest others, the question I want to know is this: do infested humans gain a exoskeleton (or whatever) like we do? If we're going to try to infest someone via having an infested human date them that could be a problem...

Mosquito larva are slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball and look like large white gray maggots. You have yet to make any other kind of Larva, so you do not know what they look like. You doubt larva variety carries much in size. Larva are fairly intelligent and can do some basic problem solving to reach and infest a marked human, however unless the pheromone is applied only to an orifice the Larva will attempt to chew through the skin, leaving a tell-tale entrance wound.

Once inside the host the larva nest inside the skull, eating and replacing the human brain. As it grows it spawns long tentacle like growth that extend throughout the body consuming and replacing whatever nervous tissue it can find. The growths also are used to rapidly consume the host body from the inside out during the hatching process. Nobody will be able to detect an infested human unless they attempt surgery or run them through a MRI scanner.

Larva will only cling to the skin of you, a moth, or a spider. You could cover an infested human in reward pheromone to attract larva, but it would also put the human on a reward pheromone high, making them useless for most tasks.

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So... basically the only way to maintain stealth is to get in close or mark them and use a moth/spider to get infest them later on?
How long do the mark pheromones work again?

[Armok]

((This is really good stuff.))

> Could a human carry a larva is some kind of physical containment like a jar or a cage? Could pheromones be captured in some kind of mechanism like a spay bottle or cotton ball and then applied at a later time by a human? Do the humans we infect gain the original human mind that the arthropod part can control like we do ours?

[Weirdsound]

So... basically the only way to maintain stealth is to get in close or mark them and use a moth/spider to get infest them later on?
How long do the mark pheromones work again?

Mark pheromones last until the human washes them off. It is realy hard to purge the pheromones completely, but a quick bath should dull the scent enough to make a persuing larva lose the trail.

((This is really good stuff.))

> Could a human carry a larva is some kind of physical containment like a jar or a cage? Could pheromones be captured in some kind of mechanism like a spay bottle or cotton ball and then applied at a later time by a human? Do the humans we infect gain the original human mind that the arthropod part can control like we do ours?

Carrying a larva in a jar is a possibility, but it could be a traumatic experience and effect the larva's development. Infested humans and newly hatched Arthropods keep their human minds but gain Arthropod instincts, most notably loyalty to the queen. The also gain conscience control over all aspects of their body, which may seem like a minor thing but could be useful. Their personality may change just a bit however...

[Armok]

ok...

Hmm, would it be posible to, say, put marking pheromone in somones food, or on a toilet seat, or somehtiong like that, and get enoguh on the human for the larva to follow it?

[Weirdsound]

It would be worth a trial. You are not sure how well that would work, but it seems within the realm of possibility.

[RAM]

((So if we are standing in a queue, and breath on someone's ear, and then extend some part of our head above them for long enough for the larva to parachute onto the markee... Do humans typically crawl around on the ground screaming while the giant maggot bores a hole into their skull?))

[Weirdsound]

((So if we are standing in a queue, and breath on someone's ear, and then extend some part of our head above them for long enough for the larva to parachute onto the markee... Do humans typically crawl around on the ground screaming while the giant maggot bores a hole into their skull?))

You will have to find out, now wont you. Propose actions please. Keep in mind Maria, and possibly the old man will likely reach Pupa status before the end of the day.

[AntiAntiMatter]

Create a larva, and go find more humans to interface with. Another trip to a public restroom, perhaps?

[RAM]

^I would like a spider...

Lets leave a time and a place that we can meet the old man written on a piece of paper marked with reward pheromone and hidden at the site of our previous meeting. The meeting place should be somewhere away from our dormitory. If we meet with them we should ascertain if they are of any value to our infiltration of the university, if they are not, we should have them assume their mosquito form and retrieve resources from locations unrelated to the university. Preferably from remote locations such as hikers or hunters. Our first mosquito should be cautious and seek out unarmed targets that are alone and vulnerable. High-density populations should be avoided to reduce the risk of being seen. We will need to arrange a meeting for them to return to.

We should have a lair that is not directly related to us, we could work upon infesting the entire population of one of the other dormitories and siting our lair underneath it.
When Maria matures she could set about investigating the other nearby dormitories and rating them according to their vulnerability to infestation.

We should continue to sleep until our RA has been infested, we do not wish to be observed adopting inhuman habits.

We should attend our university-mandated tasks, a review of our timetable is in order.

[Armok]

what ram said.

[Haspen]

This be awesome.

I shall watch with interest.

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what ram said.

Again.

[AntiAntiMatter]

What RAM said.