Harnessing the Hive-Mind: Utilization of Swarm Intelligence in Genetically-Modified Extra-Omnivorous Insects for Large-Scale Agricultural and Military Applications
Prof. Dr. Laszlo Jamf, et al.
Dyeus Research Laboratories, The City

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There's all the blahblahblah about sigmas but, given the circumstances, I think we're ready to present the results of our research. Feels a little like old times. Just with better funding.

But, you know, you might want a beekeeper's hood anyway. I hear that's the trendy style this spring. It's fetching.

Ladies, gentlemen, colleagues, citizens.

Shall we?

[ooc: Not to worry, citizens! Not to worry! The Deities are on top of the excess of vegetation choking your fair City. From the tippy-top of their skyscraper office building in Misery Square, they have now dispatched swarms of kawaii insects (caution: IRL bug photos in links!) to consume the overgrown plants. But, be careful! These insects will eat everything: living plants, wood, fabric (even synthetic materials), metal, concrete, and stone! They might even nibble on you. So get to squashing--but carefully. Squish too many bugs and the plants win. Squish too few bugs, and the City'll get eaten. If you do right, the plants will be gone by midnight tonight and the insects will skitter away by the wee hours of the morning. Skitter skitter~]

[Today Lockdown is outside his ship, slicing off all the plants and vines that have overtaken his ship. He also has a flamethrower nearby.]

I just torched these things and they grew back in no time. And looks like snippin' 'em ain't doing much good either.