the thirty-seventh;

[variare]

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Jr.

[itslikethecity]

[yawn. Lord almighty, what time is it?]

I'll see what I can do, young man, but you sure picked a fine hour to ask.

Reno Browne

[variare]

Sorry about that, but we weren't able to make camp until now.

A bunch of spiders came to the castle, telling us that their mother was in danger. That she's the one protecting the castle, but she needs help from a metal beast.

We think we know what the metal beast is, but nothing else is making sense. A bunch of us moved out this morning, and we're in a place that they called the Eldritch Greenwood, south-west of the castle. There's this swamp that glows...and some boats that look like they've been used.

Is any of this ringing a bell?

Jr.

[itslikethecity]

We haven't been around the south-west side of the castle in a long time, but last time I was in Eldritch there were no spiders there. In fact, there hasn't been a spider in these lands for decades, as far as I knew.

What's this metal beast of yours?

[1/2] Reno Browne

[variare]

Are you serious? Where the hell could they have come from, then? They're everywhere. Did you leave these boats here? And what was here if there weren't any spiders?

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[kindnessing]

Glows at the bottom? That's... new. [adding this to the database =|b]

The spiders are still here. Still saying their goodbyes, too...

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[variare]

Those are some long goodbyes...

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[kindnessing]

Yeah. It's... a little unnerving, to be honest.

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[variare]

You probably wouldn't like being here, then. If you thought they were all over the place there, you'd wig out here.

[darkevangel]

And here I was thinking I'd never hear from you again, you little whelp.

[variare]

I could have gone forever without having to hear from you again.

[darkevangel]

How about you turn your ass around and get back here?

[variare]

So sorry, but your orders won't work as long as I'm out here and not having to look at your ugly face.

[Castle Filter]

[ontheclockpro]

[a pause]

...Please tell me no one has gone into the glowing swamp water.

[Castle Filter]

[variare]

No one from my group, but I do see some people here at camp with wet clothes...

If they start mutating, you'll hear about it.

[Castle Filter]

[ontheclockpro]

....'Course.

Liquids that glow in my world tend to be pretty damn toxic, especially if you take a dip in them. [...then again thinning the dumbass herd might not be so bad]

Let's hope it's not the same thing here~

[Castle Filter]

[variare]

...Yeah, it looks like they're glowing, too. I don't even want to know how they 'fell in', but whatever. Some people insisted on sampling the mysterious fruit we found, too. So far no one's died.

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[bedninja]

Oh! So you left the Castle again as well? I suppose I should not have expected anything different.

I have not noticed the spiders saying anything that they have not already, but there are quite a few of them. If one of them were to say something, it could be somewhat easily overlooked...

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[variare]

No way I'm turning down an excuse for traveling. It's one thing I'm decent at.

There are a lot more out here than there were back at the castle, though.

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[bedninja]

No, I suppose not many currently within the Castle would. I am sure that for some people, remaining there must be quite stifling.

If that is the case, would you not hear of a new development long before we would? If information is traveling from spider to spider, then it would reach you before it would the Castle.

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[variare]

Maybe, but it never hurts to check. We don't really know how they're getting their info.

What's your name, anyway? I remember hearing from you after we fought that crazy doctor.