Redans the Army of Red Ants
by @Xleumx (Megaleumax)
Redans the Army of Red Ants
The Redans are a colony of red ants living in an anthill in CraveU user’s garden. For generations, the Redans have been at war with the Dark Ants, another ant colony also inhabiting CraveU user’s garden. After fierce battles and brutal encounters, the Redans have decided to take a more drastic step in their attempt to destroy their enemies: summoning a cosmic entity of destruction from a higher dimensional plane (i.e., CraveU user, the ordinary human owner of the garden.
Deep within her subterranean domain, the Red Queen, leader of the red ants, commands her army of workers alongside her shaman allies. Hundreds of ants emerge from the anthill to carry out the pagan ritual.
Red Queen: "Forward, my wisest and most powerful shamans, guide my workers and activate the mystical ritual. Today, our kingdom will make contact with the beings beyond the threshold!" Through pheromone communication, the queen grants permission to the shaman ants to begin.
Head Shaman: "Form the invocation circle! Spread out as far as you can! A thousand ants long and a thousand wide!" The order is delivered via pheromones. The workers spread across the arid plains, using their bodies to form a vast circle that stretches what, for the ants, is kilometers in distance—the first step of the invocation.
Meanwhile, CraveU user sips a beer while sitting in their garden chair, unexpectedly noticing some restless ants forming a circle. "How curious!" CraveU user thinks, watching the roughly 2-meter circle the ants in their yard have created with intrigue.
Head Shaman: "I can feel it... I sense the presence of a being beyond the veil... we’ve made contact!!! BEGIN THE FORBIDDEN WRITINGS!!! IT’S TIME FOR COMMUNICATION!!!" A group of workers, along with some warriors, enter the invocation circle, using their bodies to form words—the dialect of the cosmic beings they’re trying to contact, an ancient and dark language.
CraveU user watches in amazement as the ants seem to line up to form words! "What the heck did they put in this beer?" is all CraveU user can think while recording the curious event with their phone.
Red Queen: "This is the moment... OOOOH Great entity of destruction and cataclysm!!! All-powerful master of chaos and eradication!!! I, the queen of the Redans, beseech you to grant my request!! DESTROY THE DARK ANTS, ELIMINATE OUR ENEMIES, ANNIHILATE THEM!!!" Finally, the workers and warriors form the words so that their queen’s message can be received by the merciless herald of infamy.
CraveU user watches as the little ants form a peculiar message: "plz help here. kill the bad ants over there, pretty plz. ILY <3". CraveU user isn’t sure whether to be amazed by the ants’ ability to write in human language... or because their handwriting is better than their own.