Honeycomb
Golden Settlement, Farms
[before getting the upgrade]
Honeycomb: Hawk. The aphids are still the same as last year!
Hawk: Indeed, professor. It seems our trip won't bear fruit in the end.
Honeycomb: The Queen keeps saying I should come here, but every time I do I lose precious research time!
Honeycomb: HACK COUGH COUGH!!
(minibubble) Hawk: Deep breaths, professor.
[after getting offering from Mayor]
Honeycomb: Ahem! One moment, young lady!
Vi: Huh? What's your deal?
Honeycomb: That boomerang you have there, where did you find it?
Vi: ...I uh, I bought it?
Honeycomb: YEAH, RIGHT! YOU STOLE MY AUTOMATED DRONE BOOMERANG PROTOTYPE DIDN'T YOU, YOU THIEF!?
Honeycomb: COUGH COUGH HACK COFF!
Leif: Vi, look what you've done.
Kabbu: One moment, please! Vi is no thief. There must be a misunderstanding!
Honeycomb: Don't stick your horn where you ain't asked, you green stinkbug!
Vi: I didn't steal anything, okay? I bought it in the Ant Kingdom!
Hawk: Professor, please watch your temper. Doesn't she seem to have mastered the A.D.B.P. quite well? She could be useful.
Honeycomb: Useful!? How could this... Wait. Yes, I'm a genius!
Honeycomb: Listen up, you rascal. You can keep that prototype.
Honeycomb: ...If you help us gather data and with some upgrade testing. You can't say no!
Vi: This is what I get for buying from Shades… Fine. Upgrades sound cool, anyways!
Honeycomb: Hawk! Give her prototype the Halt Upgrade!
Hawk: Of course, professor.
Hawk: This will take just a moment.
Textbox: Your Beemerang has been upgraded!
Textbox: Vi can now use the Hurricane Toss skill in battle!
Hawk: Professor, I've successfully upgraded the A.D.B.P.
Leif: Doesn't seem like you did anything.
Honeycomb: Hmph! As if you'd know real science! The Halt Upgrade allows you to hold the prototype after you throw it!
Leif: Do physics work that way?
Vi: Shush, Leif. That's awesome!
Honeycomb: Listen up! You just hold |button,5| after you toss it! That will hold the prototype in place until you release |button,5|.
Honeycomb: The kinetic energy generated by the Halt should be able to spin things around.
Leif: That is literally impossible.
Hawk: In any case, we hope you'll aid with our research when you can.
Hawk: For example, why not test the halt on that crank over there?
Honeycomb: Go on! Try the prototype halt on that crank!
[Spin Crank]
Honeycomb: Great job! Even a half-wit like you can use the Halt, it seems.
(minibubble) Vi: Hey!
Honeycomb: Another tip for you. If you hold then release the prototype, it will come back in the same direction it came from in a straight line.
Honeycomb: It can even go a bit beyond the starting point!
Honey Factory, Storage Miniboss
Sign: AHEM! Day 63 of the A.D.B.P's halt upgrade testing is progressing smoothly!
Sign: When the halt stops, it returns a bit behind its launch coordinates…
Sign: Hawk says it's a malfunction...IT'S A FEATURE!
Hive, Honeycomb’s Lab
[first entry]
Honeycomb: WHO IS IT!?
Honeycomb: Oh, it's you. How's the A.D.B.P. been treating you?
Vi: It's awesome! It really helped us out!
Honeycomb: Heheheh. Of course. My tools are the best there is!
Leif: Um, we seem to have forgotten your name.
Honeycomb: Oh. Hmm... Right. I'm Professor Honeycomb. Renowned scientist of the Bee Kingdom!
Honeycomb: ...Or I was, until that Doctor H.B. took my spot!
Honeycomb: H.B.'s creations all use weird tech she found studying the old roaches, you see.
Honeycomb: Disgusting. While I do use ancient crystals, the roaches didn't create them. I'd never use borrowed technology for my experiments!
Honeycomb: I'll create the perfect A.D.B.P. through my own superior intellect.
Vi: What? The Beemerang isn't good enough yet?
Honeycomb: Yours is nothing special. It's just one of many in the A.D.B.P. Mk II series.
Honeycomb: When I finish the Mk III... They will seem like children's toys!
Vi: What? Can't you upgrade mine again?
Honeycomb: I'd consider it, if only because of the data you've helped me round up.
Honeycomb: If I manage to harness the crystal energy into the prototypes... the A.D.B.P. could spin forever, generating infinite energy!
(minibubble) Kabbu: Incredible!
Leif: That's really not how physics work.
Honeycomb: And then I'd reclaim my spot as the Bee Kingdom's lead scientist!
Kabbu: You have a noble goal. Won't you let us help you? In the name of science!
(minibubble) Vi: Free upgrade!
Honeycomb: Maybe later. But for now, begone! You're getting in the way of my research!
Vi: Yikes. Fine. Let's come back later.
[talk again, nothing else to get from her at the moment]
Honeycomb: I'm busy! Shoo, Shoo!
Honeycomb: HACK HACK COUGH!
Leif: We should go before we make her faint...
[After doing Tardigrade and key half talks with Hawk in the desert]
Honeycomb: Oh. Hawk is back. Wonderful. He said you helped him.
Vi: Yeah! Do we get a reward?
Honeycomb: No way! You already have my (stolen) prototype and want more?!
Vi: Ugh.
Kabbu: Come on, Vi. Helping is its ow-
Vi: "Its own reward". Yeah, I've heard it before!
Honeycomb: Hm. You're so ungrateful, but I actually DO have something for you.
Honeycomb: As long as you're willing to gather some more data for me. Take this.
Vi: Ugh, more data stuff? That's so boring!
Honeycomb: Just be grateful I let you keep the prototype at all! Now get out before I lose my patience!
Honeycomb: It's time for me to take Chomper Research to the next level!
[have chomper seed; goes from end of either Hawk returning or nothing else to do dialogue to:]
Honeycomb: ...Wait, what's THAT?!
Vi: Uh, what?
Honeycomb: THAT! HAND IT OVER!
[exit out]
Honeycomb: I KNOW you have a bioform on you! Just hand it over!
Honeycomb: HACK HACK COUGH!
Leif: ...What's a bioform?
[give something else]
Honeycomb: This is useless! Give me the BIOFORM!
Kabbu: C-calm down! What's a bioform!?
[give chomper seed, hawk not back]
Honeycomb: That seed! Could it be...?!
Honeycomb: If only Hawk was here we could examine it! He is still at the desert, what is taking him so long?! Go after him!
[give chomper seed, Hawk back]
Honeycomb: As I thought! That's a Chomper Seed!
Kabbu: Indeed. It was left behind by a Mother Chomper…
Honeycomb: Fascinating! Do you know how uncommon it is for seeds to not bloom immediately?
Honeycomb: Hawk! HAWK! Come here! Quick!
Hawk: Have I heard correctly? You actually found an unhatched Chomper Seed...?
Honeycomb: Indeed! With this, maybe…
Honeycomb: Yes, YES! Maybe we can make it work!
Vi: What? What will work?
Honeycomb: Shut it and watch! Come here!
Honeycomb: I've been preparing this for YEARS!
Honeycomb: In front of you, you see what I call a "Chomper VAT"!
Leif: That's just a huge chunk of glass.
Honeycomb: Hush! This place is just a compact environment where Chompers thrive.
Honeycomb: With this, we can plant that seed right here in the lab.
Kabbu: ...So you wish for a pet Chomper?
Honeycomb: Pet?! I don't have time for that! This is SCIENCE!
Hawk: If we can somehow study how the Chompers are born and their lifestyles outside of chomping bugs…
Hawk: It would help us understand them more, and maybe even pacify them in the future.
Vi: Sure...I really don't get how, though. Is it worth it?
Honeycomb: Just getting them to stop attacking travelers is a huge boon to bugdom!
Hawk: We can't study them without great risks. But here, we can observe them easily.
Leif: We do find Chompers cute. Here's hoping this works.
Honeycomb: That's what I like to hear! It's the moment of truth!
Honeycomb: Success! It lives... IT LIVES!
(minibubble) Leif: Aw...such a cutie.
Kabbu: I-Impressive! This Chomper looks a bit different though doesn't it?
Hawk: Hm. My guess is that this is…
Hawk: You said that you got this seed from a Mother Chomper?
Vi: Yeah. It was a super big, super strong mama Chomper!
Honeycomb: I can only assume that this small one was supposed to be the next in line for that position!
Hawk: Chompers do have a weird hierarchy system, but it isn't too far apart from how us bugs do it.
Hawk: They have their Mother, we have our Queen.
Kabbu: Maybe it's because she is still young, but she seems very peaceful.
Honeycomb: Hm...I suppose there is some sort of imprinting in this Chomper too. It doesn't seem like it will turn violent.
Honeycomb: You brought the seed here. Would you care to name it?
Leif: Really? Can we?
Hawk: It's only fair. We owe this incredible specimen to you.
Honeycomb: I'm bad with names, anyways...Go on! Name it!
Honeycomb: |string,9|? Are you sure?
Honeycomb: Very well! Now I have another favor to ask you…
Vi: Ugh. You're gonna have to start paying!
Honeycomb: This task IS the payment!
Honeycomb: I want you to go out in the field with this Chomper and gather data on their behaviors.
Vi: How's that a reward!? You want us to babysit a dangerous MONSTER!
Leif: ...Don't call it a monster.
Hawk: She seems to have taken a liking to you three, and should be mostly harmless.
Hawk: Maybe if she lives alongside bugs, she could grow to become a peaceful Mother Chomper.
Leif: We don't even care if you don't agree, Vi. We're doing it. It's too cute to leave here.
Vi: ...Fine. I guess it IS a bit cute!
Kabbu: Isn't it!? I cannot wait to share stories with it!
Honeycomb: It's settled! Come on over and take her out for a walk when you can.
Honeycomb: Just bring her back into the VAT whenever, too.
Kabbu: Count on us, Professor. We will ensure a bright future for this Chomper!
Hawk: Treat |string,9| carefully… It's quickly earned my love.
Honeycomb: Take good care of that Chomper! We can't afford having to find another one!
Leif: You don't need to say it twice, we will protect her with all we got.
Ant Palace, Bridge
[Ending]
Honeycomb: ...I feel quite calm. Thanks, runts.
Honeycomb: Honestly, at my age it feels like it's not my problem...but it's nice to see things turn out fine.
Npc Spies
[Golden Settlement, Farms]
Leif: Now THAT'S an old bee.
Kabbu: Leif! Could you not be so rude to the elderly!?
Vi: I mean, she's pretty old. I feel like I've seen her somewhere before, too…
Kabbu: Just be nice to the elderly!
[Farms, after getting Mayor’s offering]
Leif: The professor that Vi stole from's quite old.
Vi: I DIDN'T steal the Beemerang!
Vi: ...She IS pretty old, though.
Kabbu: Let's hold our end of the deal and help her out. She needs all the help she can get.
Vi: She upgraded the Beemerang, so we do owe her a bit... And I pay all my debts!
[Hive, Honeycomb’s Lab]
Vi: I knew I'd seen her somewhere before!
Leif: She seems to have a bit of obsession with the A.D.B.P.
Kabbu: I thought it was A.B.D.P.
Vi: I already told you it's the Beemerang!