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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon Potter" data-source="post: 1570699" data-attributes="member: 2323">[PLAIN][Realms #271] What a Tangled Web...[/PLAIN]"Why the bloody hell do you call me kitten?" Ledare asked looking away from the spiders as if they bored her. She blinked at Vade and the halfling saw nothing recognizable in her eyes."Uuhh... I think something's wrong with Ledare," Vade announced and Ixin stepped between the Janissary and the pit edge."Take care of her!" the mage told Vade as she began to weave magic with her hands. She pointed at the spider-headed humanoid and shouted, "Magicus telum!" Two bolts of pure force arced from her fingertips and sizzled into the creature's right shoulder."You've got really nice breasts," Ledare told the drakeling, spinning Ixin around and pointing needlessly at the taller woman's chest. "Everyone thinks so.""I could use your help up here, Morier!" Ixin shouted as she self-consciously pulled her cloak closed."If you can get Karak off of me, I might be of some use!" Morier yelled up to her even as the dwarf rolled to his feet."Quit yer complainin', elf!" Karak growled. "It was ye who stepped into this pit in the first place!"The dwarf gripped his waraxe in both hands and swung it with all of his might at the spider that was creeping down the side of the pit. The blade crunched sickeningly through the exoskeleton on the spider's abdomen, releasing a gusher of milky gore. The spider shrieked in pain and sank its fangs into Karak's right arm. He gritted his teeth as he felt poison burn into his system."Ye'll hafta do better'n that' ta hurt a dwarf!" he grunted and, as if in answer to his challenge, the second spider dropped down into the floor of the pit and sank its own mandibles into Karak's left leg. Again, the dwarf's incredible fortitude kept the venom at bay.Morier clambered to his feet, avoiding an opportunistic bite from the spider on the floor of the pit and drove his greatsword up and through the thorax of the spider on the wall. He pinned it momentarily to the side of the pit with his blade, and when he jerked the weapon free, it was clear that the creature was done. With more of its lifeblood painting its shell, the monstrous spider spasmed and fell to the ground."Food burnsss me," the spider-man hissed, looking at the two scorch marks that Ixin's Magic Missiles had left in its hide. It looked up momentarily at Ixin before turning quickly to look at Feln. The half-orc had been sneaking up on the thing's flank, but its keen senses alerted it to his approach. Seeing that stealth had served him little, the martial artist focused on the core of his strength, drawing forth a surge of power from within that fueled his body.He closed the distance with the spider-man with a superhumanly fast charge. It tried to run, but it was no good; Feln was almost twice as quick as it was in a straight run. He spun his quarterstaff at his side as he came and struck a solid blow to its left arm. It hissed and whirled around unexpectedly. Feln bent sinuously backward to avoid its fangs. His quarterstaff came up and struck against the thing's arm a second time.Vade tugged at Ledare's belt, drawing her away from the spider that was moving still in the pit. "My Uncle Havadag was crazy too, and we all learned how to deal with him," the halfling told Ledare. From her belt pouch, his nimble fingers produced the small vial he had purchased for her back in Hillville Junction. "Don't worry, Kitten. I know you are not crazy.""This is bad," the half-elf answered. "Now I'm really going to have to eat all the leftover meat pies. I think there should be dancing.""There should be drink too," Vade told her and handed Ledare the potion of Remove Fear. She smiled and tossed in back in a single gulp."I don't usually drink," she said, smacking her lips. "One time I- I-" She blinked as the magic took hold.Ixin saw Feln engage the spider-man and stepped up to the edge of the pit. "Magicus telum!" she intoned again as her hands moved through the intricate gestures of the spell. She pointed down at the huge arachnid below her and two pulses of force slammed into its back.It shrieked and jumped straight up onto the wall, easily avoiding Karak's blade as he brought it down to split the thing's head. The dwarf cursed, but Morier merely let go of his greatsword with one hand and mouthed a few words of power. An Electric Jolt sprang from his fingers. His intent was to strike the spider, but in his haste he missed badly.Karak jumped as the spark landed on his helm."Sorry," the albino apologized even as he watched the spider scurry up the side of the pit and jump for the trees above.It would have escaped to the leafy canopy if Ledare hadn't regained her senses. The spider was in mid-leap when Ravager's blade connected with the cluster of eyes and snapping jaws that served the creature as a head. The blow, however, was a glancing one and not enough to kill the vermin outright. It was just enough to delay the spider long enough for Ixin to hit it with another pair of Magic Missiles.It fell twitching at the edge of the pit."See, Kitten? They are just spiders," Vade said as he got to his bare feet. He didn't seem convinced of his own words. "Really big, scary spider-mutant things, but still spiders." He looked down into the pit and dropped his slippers in. They landed on Karak's head and the dwarf looked up indignantly."What are ye-?" he started to complain and Vade shouted over him."Put them on and climb out!" he demanded. "I don't care if they look girly they can make even a fat dwarf like you climb walls.""Who are ye callin' fat?" Karak growled as he inspected the purple and red Slippers of Spider Climbing."Just put them on," Morier said as he failed in his own attempt to climb out of the pit. "If you don't, I will!"Ledare moved to help Feln, as the half-orc's opponent was the only one visible. As she went to close the distance to the melee, she couldn't help but be reminded of the chagmat. The thing engaged with Feln was clearly similar to those monstrous humanoids, but it was different in many respects as well. For one thing it fought unarmed with its own natural weapons - something that the chagmat never did. And it had only half as many limbs as the followers of Chag.The spider-man withdrew from the martial artist confronting it, darting out of reach of his quarterstaff before changing direction and heading for the trunk of one of the trees. It couldn't avoid the two bolts of raw force that Ixin sent into its abdomen, however, and it sagged lifelessly against the tree after only a few paces. Feln started forward to make certain it was dead when Ledare shouted."Feln! Stop!" she pointed with her sword to the ground at the half-orc's feet. "There's another pit right in front of you!""I hate traps!" Karak grumbled as he climbed out of the pit with Morier holding on around his neck.</blockquote>

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