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[notspiderpig]

Hey um.

A little help?

[Spider-Man is - was - unmasked. He's trying to escape the rats. It's not working too well.]

No Spider Sense and no webshooters. It's like you guys want me to be completely useless.

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[mezzaline]

[Mezzaline laughs into the communicator. She's... having fun with this. There are sticky webs full of jack-mice lying around. She has not, however, encountered any vorpal bunnies.]

Where are you, Spider-man? I may be of assistance.

[notspiderpig]

On top of a pod. You can't miss me.

[And those things are vicious little critters. For every one he knocks back, two more up in it's place.]

[mezzaline]

[Mezzaline noticed that, too. That was when she stopped killing and started capturing.

It doesn't take her long to spot him, and it takes even less for her to get near. In her hands there is a large web, and caught within said web are many jack-mice. There are a few nips on her hands and legs, but otherwise she looks fine.

In fact, she's smiling.]

There you are! Come now, these are not so dangerous.

[Then again, the chitin on her legs is pretty thick.]

[notspiderpig]

Mezzaline!

[Peter sounds so relieved.]

Maybe not to you.

[There are holes in his suit. Man he's gonna have to learn to sew.]

My skin isn't as thick as yours.

[But that web of yours is giving our genius here an idea.]

They're afraid of fire. I got the boom if you've got the net.

[mezzaline]

[Mezzaline grins.]

I do.

[She bends down to scoop a few more mice into her web, and then places it near the pod. The mice try to wriggle free, but they're held fast by the natural adhesive in her web.]

Fire away.

[Mezzaline steps away from the web on the ground and leans back to draw some silk from her spinneret for a new one.]

[notspiderpig]

[Peter disappears for a moment and returns with a torch from the temple. He begins lighting the rats that Mezzaline has caught in her webs.]

Not bad, Mezza. Not bad at all.

[mezzaline]

[The free jack-mice scurry away from the flames, making them all too easy to ensnare in Mezzaline's fresh web.

She regards Spider-Man with another smile.]

And the same to you, Spider-Man.

[He may not be a real spider, but he's got her respect.]