It Came From the Cornfield

Karr Kinsel fights mutant ants with a boomerang.

Timeline Summary

7 November 2325

In the farms outside the Arenan city of Bowen, Karr chases down a man who may have a lead on his sister. He accidentally burns down part of one cornfield when trying to flush him out. The farm owner, Rosalyn, knocks him out and calls the police. Karr asks if he can make it up to her with dinner. She is not remotely pleased. He agrees to pay for replacing the crops instead. Karr calls Ganchi Hiaba for a loan. Ganchi hangs up and goes back to sleep. Karr gets Sanel Vangris to help instead.

17 November 2325

Karr returns to the farm to ask Rosalyn for boomerang lessons. She completely sees through this ploy to get into her pants, but he reassures her he's still just trying to catch the man from the other night without arousing suspicion. She still doesn't buy it, but agrees as long as she gets paid for the weekly lessons.

29 December 2325

Karr heads to Rosalyn's farm to tell her he's cancelling their lessons because he hasn't seen his target at all over the past month, he comes across hundreds of ants swarming the road, led by a five-foot tall mega-ant. The mega-ant attacks him, and he kills it. Karr calls Ganchi to warn him of the giant ant invasion, but Ganchi hangs up. The ant corpse vanishes when he goes to fetch Rosalyn, so he keeps it a secret, and agrees to continue their lessons.

6 April 2326

Following a bizarre encounter with the giant crabs, Karr renews his search for the giant ants. He convinces Rosalyn to join his search for double pay. They find a large tunnel in the neighboring field, and head under to fight off the ants. Karr splits up with her. Eventually, he comes across the man he originally went to the farms to find, now controlling the ants as the ant king, having completely lost his mind. Karr takes out the giant ants and knocks the man unconscious. He reunites with Rosalyn. She ends their lessons and slams her door in his face.