Hivemind whizzed around the room doing it's busywork, checking on eggs, calculating survival chances, checking the temperature of the weird, incubation galaxy-water. The chatter of conversation echoed off the walls of the cavern, and Hivemind honed in to get a better understanding of who had woken up.

[center][sup]"I don't like being by myself."[/sup]
[sup]"Oo dat fak are ye? Ye also part o' dat batch?"[/sup]
[sup]“H-hello there. What is all this? Are we siblings?”[/sup]
[sup]"“Are you my next opponent?”[/sup][/center]
It took alot to surprise the ancient collective intelligence of all extinct supreme races, but as Hivemind looked over to see all five of its most volatile handiwork burst into life, surprise came very close to what Hivemind would have been feeling.

[center]Except Hivemind didn't really have feelings, so that was ok.[/center]
A quiet whirring grew above the baby Igs and a black, crinkly vacuum-like tube descended from the cavern ceiling, a large grey disk at one end. It slid open to reveal a huge luminescent eye, a little bigger then most of the Igs - except perhaps Baleg, who rivaled it in height though not circumfrence. It snaked around their ankles and curled around their shattered eggs, bumping into them from behind to test their responses and then zipping up uncomfortably close to their faces. Then it stared. It stared [i]alot[/i]. 

[center]It seemed satisfied.[/center]

[right][img]http://i.imgur.com/HwXdYim.png[/img][/right]
said Hivemind as it tapped gently on Sala's egg. 

[right][img]http://i.imgur.com/2uh8bnC.png[/img][/right]
It peered at Griss from within his little egg, blocking out all light behind him. 

The eye snapped backwards and stared unblinking at the rest.

[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/xKuz3yd.png[/img][/center]

There was a horrible whirring as the eye snapped in half, revealing a large gaping hole that was sucking all the air around it up into the tube. It slurped up the water, it absorbed the egg shells like they were specks of dust, and then it turned it's powerful beam towards the Igs themselves.

[hr][center][img]http://i.imgur.com/Zy0eZjr.png[/img][/center]
You fall from the ceiling and find yourself standing in a pristine, purest white room. The floor is slightly reflective, and as you get your bearings, a strange rumble fills the area.

[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/3vNP3oN.png[/img][/center]


Eight doors appear before you. Each is labelled by a flashing sign above them: [color=5a2d8c][b]The Master's Question[/b],[/color] [color=03a4ee][b]The Seeker's Knowledge[/b],[/color][color=c1ba98][b]The Spirit's Journey[/b][/color],[color=810f2f][b]The Warrior's Quest[/b],[/color][color=000000][b]The Knight's Resolve[/b][/color],[color=fad88e][b]The Sentinel's Vigil[/b][/color],[color=b08792][b]The Gambler's Folly,[/b][/color] and [color=9fc91b][b]The Madman's Strife[/b].[/color] Some seem particularly unsettling, and these are marked by two crossed swords above them.


[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/8z8hrfS.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/QeDlaPI.png[/img][/center]


[hr][color=deepskyblue][b]OOC: [i]How wonderful,[/i][/b][/color] a birthday party! Don't feel you have to get absorbed to Gateway immediately. You can say hi to the other Igs, give Hivemind the runaround, and generally be an annoying baby if you feel like it. It is your right as a newborn.

When you do decide or get kidnapped to Gateway, you will find yourself in a weird white room surrounded by doors. Each door will dissapear once an Ig enters it. If you are having trouble deciding where to go, you may ask [b]two[/b] question to help you decide.  

Finally, if a door has crossed swords above them, it it they lead to a dangerous or difficult challenge. You can't be killed in the prologue - but if you fail the challenge, you will gain no changes to your stats, for good or ill.

[center][@Duskshine749][@Sarcelle Renard][@Mag Lev][@ClocktowerEchos][@SilverDawn][/center]