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

[silverfuller]

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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@haurchefant; voice

[silverfuller]

Not the machines that dwell in the vents, no.

Text | @Summoner

[ninjainviolet]

These are different spiders? Can you describe them?

[ Why are spiders the popular theme here? ]

@haurchefant; voice

[silverfuller]

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.

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[ninjainviolet]

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?

[silverfuller]

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.

[ninjainviolet]

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.