Karen smiles softly and continues her mental attack on the femme Cell ~Yes, let us in...we only wish to welcome you...deny us no longer...rise as one with the brood, unleash-~ her thoughts are suddenly cut off as the neko blinks and a thump from the boarding harpoons is transmitted throughout the hull. Karen's mind straying across the brood in confusion while the creatures around her continue to project comfort and welcome towards the monster being forcibly inducted into their communal mental circuit.<br/><br/>As for Jakob's problems. In his absence, unseen by natural eyes an oozing, dripping hole is bored into the bulkhead door. A wormlike creature becoming visible as it writhes through the hole, widening it and following Jakob's scent trail towards the next bulkhead door to start chewing and melting it's way through. Froglike beasts clambering through the hole in it's wake and exploring this new area.<br/><br/>And unseen, engulfing the Pillar of truth like a malevolent shroud, the entity that crippled the vessel senses the discordant whine of energy from nearby, and starts to be stirred from it's feeding slumber.