Birds are chirping, leaves are rustling, beasts are moaning. You get the idea. A butterfly egg hatches, unaware of the statistics of its survival, it started eating first its home, the egg shell and then its leaf it was crawling on. Parasitic wasps pass by overhead, but still the caterpillar shows no fear! For it has the power of camouflage and luck!
1 hour later...
The caterpillar is still eating, it doesn't like to eat the veins of the leaf because it's hard to chew on. How spoiled! Considering I, the author, have allowed it to live 'till now! Ah I' m losing your interest already? Damn let's see what I can do...
Ah yes! It has eaten all the parts it likes and now it has no more leaf to eat! To travel along the stem is a risk, oh the suspense! Would our hero sit still and die of starvation? Or would it risk it all on an all in an all-out gambit?! Stay tuned to find out!
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Welcome back dear readers, how was your break? Have you relieved yourself? Grabbed something to eat? To drink? Well, I hope you're prepared to stay and watch our caterpillar eat... and eat... Damn, I thought my first work would be more interesting than this.
Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
Ah what's this? A bird is eyeing our boy(/girl? I don't really know caterpillar biology). Yes, unfortunately he(it) would shortly be whisked away and fed to cute little chickies. Finally, I've grown tired of giving dry caterpillar commentary.
Hmm? It was chased off by another bird, but how? Let's see... Ahh! Oh noo! There is a jumping spider that's stalking it, whatever shall it do? Yes, her padipalps are working up and down, her body's turned towards it, she cocks her body to spatially orient herself better... And jumps! To another leaf closer to it, oh I can't bear to look!
Really? It got eaten by a praying mantis, must be an inexperienced spider. Ah, this is annoying. You know what? That parasitic bee thing came back and - what? You'll only infest ants? Oh come now, can't you do me a favour? Gaia? What does she have to do with this?
Oh, uhh, hey Terra, funny how that bee is talking back to me huh? Look I need to - yes I get it, no - yes, that's true but - sigh. Yes. Yes, I get it. No! Of course I wouldn't want that but I'm stuck here until he, she, it dies! Can't you make something happen, for me? Oh don't look at me like that, fine I'll drop it. Hmm. Yeah. See you at the reunion.
Fuck.
Stupid bee, stupid immortal souls, aishh. You must think I'm such a pathetic writer huh? Pandering to the whims of a native like that. It's just that, if I allow myself to force the narrative, it wouldn't be fun now would it? I'm a professional, I have standards. Sniff.
Yeah, whatever, judge all you want. Looks like I'm stuck here for the foreseeable future.