As far as most of them knew, the Mole People and the Worm People had always had a fairly peaceful coexistence, even if it was a bit uneasy at times. Several years back, the leaders of both people decided that since they all live in the same underground places that they may as well get along with each other. It was a bit rough at the start, with the worm people still calling the mole people “blinkers” and the mole people calling the worm people “dirt eaters” but as the years passed, they all got used to it. Since both societies did the same thing, moved dirt around and dug tunnels, they spent a decent amount of time together, sharing tricks and learning about each other. There was never going to be a time where an observer could mistake the two for each other. Mole People, with their think dark hair and tiny eyes looked nothing like the Worm People with their glistening, brown skin and featureless faces. But they intermingled and had a fairly harmonious existence. So it was quite a shock to the people of Cavechester when the Beetle People arrived. They looked mean, with their shiny black skin, angry looking mouths and those bizarre things sticking out of their heads. Living underground, both the Worm People and the Mole people had always had cable and didn’t understand what antennae were, so they nicknamed the new people “Stickheads”.
A few days after the Beetle People arrived a meeting was arranged between the leaders of the three groups. It was a bit rough, as the Beetle People tried to explain that they weren’t there to eat everybody and they didn’t like being called Stickheads. It took several attempts to explain what their antennae were for, but eventually the Mole People and Worm People understood. The Beetle People told the story of their migration from RottingTree and the dangers of the surface world. They showed some of their own techniques for moving dirt around and even demonstrated how other things could be moved around. Stuff like dead wood, leaves, mushrooms, and rocks. So, after a rocky start, the three different peoples began to coexist and everything continued to be peaceful.
Unfortunately for the residents of Cavechester, they had chosen their location poorly. It seems the giants that roamed the surface world that only the bravest of the brave Cavechestertons had even seen thought that this plot of land would be an excellent place to test weapons. And test them they did. Usually it was giant machines that shook the whole town, or bizarre sticks that were extremely loud. These caused headaches and minor anxiety, especially among the Mole People who were known to worry easily; but they weren’t any reason for serious concern, and the people of Cavechester learned to deal with it. But then one day, everything changed. It seems the surface dwellers had a new weapon to test, the Mole People, Worm People and Beetle People could never have described the weapon, but it didn’t matter. The weapon was a bomb, and the surface giants dropped it and killed all of the people in Cavechester.
