Living in the Underground

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yeah, but I have to factor how good all the castes are and that can put a lot of stress on my teeny tiny brain.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Not sure anyone will go for castes to begin with…

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

They’re necessary for eusociality, but other than that are useless.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Will there be diseases we might need immune systems to combat?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Of course. For example, diseases carried by ectoparasites…

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

They will evolve from our lineages, correct?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yes, that’s where they will evolve from. They may be basal relatives, close cousins, etc.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I can assume all of them will need to evolve towards being small first before taking on the parasitic route…

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Except the ones that are already small, of course!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Also will it be possible to return to being microscopic after becoming macroscopic?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yes, you can do that. You can even become so small you are practically virus level complexity!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Why would anyone do that?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Because it’s funny or something.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

It also takes them away from the prospect of becoming sapient.

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Some people will do something so unbeneficial and useless for a joke. Not saying there are any playing this FG, but it’s possible.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I assume the option can be kept… not sure it will actually be used though.

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yeah, but who knows what can happen… Anyways, let’s get back to the FG itself.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

What is left there to be submitted before the next round can be written?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Cha and AA (I think) have not submitted their votes…

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Which round is it now btw?