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...others! Sisters! The war has been going on long enough! The attacks were entirely unprovoked, our people are crushed for no reason at all! A time to take a stand has come and so we can do nothing less than resort to the most darkest of actions, as the humans do to us, our families, our children!"

There was a mumbling of agreement.

"Further more, I shall lead the first expedition of..." He paused for dramatic effect. "... The Crawling!"

And that made the decision final. No-one really argued with the snail that hung around in the shadows. He was a bit strange and whomever argued with him always met with a sticky end. Which admitted wasn't that unusual for a snail, being both sticky and often meeting their end anyway, but it was the principle of the thing.

The Crawling began the next day. An immense group of elite snail Crawlers were chosen and spread through out the world to wander aimlessly. May Shell protect them and guide them on their mission!

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aryst0krat Just go nuts. The silliness knows no bounds.

Snail Vocab:

Slablands: Sidewalks
Road: That would be the road.
Cloudreachers: Skyscrapers
Sittee: City
Shadowshells: Recon and Intel Snails, Black Ops
The Crawling: A mass aimless crawl that the snails have been training for for generations; a last resort.
Shell-lore: The history and legends of snailkind.
Shells-above: An expression of awe.
Salt: A dirty, dirty curse-word. Not for young snails to hear.

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