Explore the inside of the shells. Look for small broken fragments. Use these sharp fragments to "saw" off larger pieces, which will be taken back to the mighty tree. The Floatune left back at the tree will harvest more Kelp trunk, and use it to construct a warehouse on the ground, but still using the Kelp Tree as a base to provide stability.
The inside of the shells are dull with the various colors of solidified blood from the creatures, but fragments are indeed found.
The warehouse is built, and first to be housed are the largest of the shell fragments, along with large hunks of the creatures sawed off for Food.
The Kriblits picked up the small fragments of shells. Thinking the sharp edges would help them gain the advantage in any self defense they must partake in. Then a large party left following the chief to see what they could find, practically any food sources near the nest.
a large field of coral and small shell-creatures is found to the east, but giant electrified rope-like creatures float menacingly throughout it. Some Kriblits sharpen their shell fragments in preperation to attack, but await a command from the chieftain to do so.
The Caerri shall add more food catches to their structure and begin constructing the same kind of mantles that their explorers use to move through the water on tethers to reduce the strain of the colony on the bones. The Tethered engines are fed by the additional passive feeders.
After the weight of the settlement is decreased further drilling shall be allowed.
Suitably lightened, the bone ceases groaning, but explodes with force after the marrow is reached; apparently an air bubble had collected over the years inside this one. The colony is somewhat damaged by the blast.
The dead things are analyzed for cause of death, while Triath squads are sent out to explore and map the area.
Slicing them open with fragments of the ore they couldn't burrow through, a mysterious dark purple liquid is found inside one of the larva. Upon contact by the researcher, he spasmed and died within 5 minutes. All of the larvae are immediately jettisoned from the burrows out of fear along with the ore shard used, while the dead Triath is put to rest in an impromtu funeral. The explorers stay much closer to the colony than originally planned, alert for anything that might have injected the horrible poison; They grab shells and hold them over their heads for protection, even though nothing alive is seen to be about.
Some Coral is found north, though, which cheers up the builders a bit.
The Overseer orders the Peretics involved to investigate this further and to find out it's value as a building material. Meanwhile a group of Peretics begin to scour the bottom of the car in search of anything useful/harmful.
After the idiots are carried back unconscious, the Coral is checked about, and some noticeable cracks have been created. When tested, it is less durable than the heavily rusted metal, but stronger in otherways, and thus the research team deems it a worthy successor to the car components as a building material. the inside bottom of the car is found to be empty, but a likely flammable black liquid is found dispersing from an outer component on the bottom.
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