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[network; voice] @haurchefant; Night 206 [open]

Good evening, my friends!

A few nights ago my companions and myself met up with Mickey and were set upon by monsters. As you can plainly see-or, ah, hear-we are well enough.

The event got me thinking on a conversation I had with Alphonse some days past. How big must a group be to attract unwanted attention?

Thus far it seems to be five. My companions and I are four and we travel unharassed but meet with trouble when that number becomes more.

I wonder if anyone else has had similar experiences? We've long known larger groups draw the beasts but the precise numbers have been uncertain. Is there a point where an encounter becomes a certainty?

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I'm glad to hear you're all right.

I've heard about that happening to larger groups, too. And that sometimes the beacon has something to do with it as well.

But if you don't mind me asking, how many monsters were there?

Two.

A group is not, I understand, the only way to encounter such creatures, nor must the beacons factor in.

Twice I've encountered solitary creatures while on my own but the last time this happened was many moons ago.

I am wondering if there is a number of travelers past which point a group is guaranteed to meet with these beasts.

No, you don't have to be in a group--it's just more likely to happen, not guaranteed, I think.

I've been attacked when alone and with one other person by one monster.

[ She pauses. ]

But when it was a larger group--more than five, actually--it was three.

I wonder if their numbers are based on our numbers?

[ Which suggests intelligence. ]

I wonder this as well. There was a rather large group of us that cleared out the debris in the museum and we were set upon on a nigh daily basis by numerous spider-like creatures from above.

We developed a routine for dealing with them.

Spiders? Those same spiders that have been in people's videos?

[ Including hers? Yeah...She watched it. ]

And what did you do to deal with them?

Not the machines that dwell in the vents, no.

These are different spiders? Can you describe them?

[ Why are spiders the popular theme here? ]

They crept along as if on fingers and were more organic. They spat a loathsome webbing that burned when it touched the skin.

As with many other attacks by anomalies, the webbing could render a man unconscious.

Yeah. That doesn't sound like the spiders I've seen. This might seem like a weird question, but was there anything familiar about them? Did they remind you of anyone?

[ A pause as she makes a sound of disgust. ]

Of course. They can't be allowed to give us a fighting chance, now can they?

That is not a strange question in the least, I fear.

These creatures did not strike me as familiar, no, though we seldom gave ourselves the opportunity to get very close for long.

Does that mean you've seen anomalies or spiders that do look like people you know?

[ And she had hoped to be the only person to suffer that.

And sorry, she has to give a wry chuckle. ]

Yeah, I don't blame you for not getting close. Considering what happens if you do.

We have four in our group, too, and haven't run into anything in a while. We have run into anomalies, though.

The anomalies are the creatures I refer to. Have you encountered them much with just the four of you?

I know you have had the addition of my own company before and we ran into monsters then.

I know. I only meant that we haven't avoided them completely, even with only four of us.

There have been two times we've run into an anomaly when there were four of us together. Most of our other encounters happened when there were more than that.

I wonder if five or more might guarantee an encounter, whereas fewer have encounters as a mere possibility.

If it does guarantee it, over what period of time? We've had encounters with other people before where we didn't necessarily run into any anomalies that night.

I know not. My own party seems to meet with the creatures whenever our numbers increase of late.

Has aught changed in the behavior of these anomalies or have we merely hit upon a streak of misfortune? 'Tis difficult to say...

Short of testing by joining up with others regularly, it'll be difficult to get an answer, too.

[If Kunsel's voice is a little bit dry, well, who wants to push their luck and risk their lives?]

It may be better to play it safe and try to avoid combining groups at all.

I fear you may be right.

I'd not want to put my comrades at risk by trying these creatures' patience.

It is poor fortune indeed that we must needs travel in smaller groups, but we can at least still use these devices to speak with one another.

I agree.

Having these tablets has made this whole experience infinitely more bearable. We're isolated enough as it is.

[He doesn't even want to think about a life without some connective device in his hands.]

Makes it easier to collect information, too.

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