CxB
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The cave spider scuttled back and forth, studying the seated figure. It experimented with lowering a loop of webbing, but abandoned the plan when the loop made contact and their size difference became too obvious to ignore.“Even if we all worked together,” It thought. “We still couldn’t capture that. We’d need a Scion.”A tremor in the roof webbing passed along a warning; Invader. The spider looked up, then hurled a loop of webbing at a hornet as it flew by, snagging it at the same time as one…-
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Tiny furtive scuttling attracted the moss’ attention, or what passes for attention in cave moss. Little legs climbing out of the log it grew over, making their way deeper into the cave. That was new; The log had been thoroughly colonised by the moss and it’s kind, so the scuttling invader should never have made it this far.As the moss subtly reformed to guide the … Pillbug, possibly? … along a suitable path, it reached out to it’s nearest brethren, passing along a simple message towards the cave…
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The cave spider paused just inside the entrance, hesitant to go further out into the sunlight. It leaned forward, experimentally, then flinched back with a chittering hiss as it’s vision failed in the glare.With eyes completely unsuited to the task and a mind fizzing with unfamiliar thoughts, it tried to understand what it was seeing.Chaos.Absolute disorder.No roof to be seen, just an expanse of blue and white far above, turning to grey further out. In the far distance, black; Even the air itself looked…
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Webfarmer padded softly along the tunnel, stooping at the low roofed sections & trying to follow the fanciful and incoherent story her guide was telling. The young goblin had woken her up well before sunset with tales of intruders and a war of bees and spiders, and after her attempts to settle the terrified but also somehow excited child had failed, she’d decided to play along until it had calmed down.“This one doesn’t go into the main cave.” She tried to explain, but the child was having none…
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Webfarmer squirmed along the tunnel on knees and elbows, following the cave spider and trying not to kick the small excited goblin child in the face when it followed too close.“Are you sure I’ll fit?” She asked. “Goblins aren’t as small as spiders, even very big ones.”The spider looked back at her as it continued on its corkscrew path, somehow rolling its eyes. The child prodded her foot.“Found this tunnel ages ago!” It announced proudly. “Goes all the way to the outside.”“I am…
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The Messenger Bee made its way into the cave, sticking close to the walls to avoid detection. Not that there was much chance of that; The large creatures didn’t seem to be that good at spotting … well, anything, really … but tempting fate seemed like a bad idea.It passed the creatures who’d moved from the area around their rapidly drowning fire into the shelter of the cave mouth, just past where the heavy rain could reach. The ones lying further in hadn’t been disturbed at all by the change in…
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Out in the cave, a gathering formed, passing messages from bee to spider to slime to fungus to moss, trying to figure out what to do."Invaders no more." The Moss stated plainly. "Not destroying, brought hornet energy; Part of the cave.""Like the Goblins?" Asked a spider."Like stupid Goblins. Or very young Goblins." A Toadstool patch contributed, still annoyed about being eaten, vomited on, and being crushed by a giant cave spider. "Don't know how to gather.""The Hornets were there before the hive." Said…
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The coffin, or possibly casket, rocked a bit as something rasped against it.“We’re just getting some ropes around you, OK?” Said the orange glow voice. “Then we can lift you up and out, and get you out of that thing.’“Take your time; I’m not going anywhere right now?” I offered, weakly. “OK, that was bad. Not funny at all.”“No.” Said deep & slow & grey. “But it’s nice that you tried. And you’d be surprised how far even a bad joke will go in a tense…-
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The werewolf tried what was probably a grin, but there were a lot of teeth involved, so it wasn’t particularly reassuring. Scarecrow waved. Skeleton gave a slight bow.The edges of my vision started turning black, and I tried not to scream again, clenching my teeth together, and kept it to a low squeeking noise that I thought maybe they wouldn’t notice.Werewolf noticed, and nudged the scarecrow.“Say. Something.” He growled through gritted teeth. “Or I’m going to have to chase this one when he…
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"Keep it up." Mumbled the skeleton through a mouthful of S'more. "You're doing well. What's around you?""The campfire is under a tree and surrounded by," I looked around. "A graveyard? Kind of overgrown, and the gravestones are all at different angles. And there's an open grave behind me.""What about over there?" Asked the werewolf, pointing past the tree."Much more manicured graveyard, with the stones in neat rows, and a bunch of little buildings scattered around. They're all white, and there's a bunch of…
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