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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 4833186" data-attributes="member: 21938">There is a faint rustle in the canopy above, as of a breeze passing through, and then there is no further sign of Mystal Mar. Tiger-Shakou enters the ravine, utterly silent, and then she too is lost from sight in the dark, dappled shadow.[SBLOCK=Mystal Mar]You climb above the ravine, using the bamboo culms to reach the higher ground, From here you can hide in the undergrowth and look down into the hidden valley. You estimate it to be at least 200 ft. long, perhaps more, but no more than about 70-80 ft. wide. From where you are, a blanket of thick webs covers the valley, and you can't see down to the valley floor, some 40 ft. or more below you, through the overlapping layers. You see no signs of... wait, across the far side of the valley and further in. Just the slightest movement of a foreleg gave it away. A giant spider, as big as a pony, lurking near the opposite valley wall on a wide platform of web.[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Shakou]The ravine opens out again immediately after the crevice, to about 30 ft. or so, you think. It is dark in here, the sunlight filtered not only through the canopy of the bamboo, but through overlapping layers of thick webs. Webs hang down as well, like curtains. The ground is an uneven layer of mossy boulders. Everywhere is crawling with tiny spiders. [/SBLOCK]</blockquote>