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Post by DM Bob on Mar 4, 2021 15:20:24 GMT -12
The kreen was bored. This city-state, Urik, was claustrophobic at times. And it stank of servitude, sweat and blood.
It stunk more where he was now, exploring beneath Lokee's more recently acquired townhouse. The undercity, er, sewerways were silent (for the most part) and while it had it's share of refuse, stench and nightsoil... there were bugs. Small ones, but other bugs none-the-less. Centipedes, beetles, maggots, blood flies... and Kri-kcht knew that that meant larger things could be found here.
As if on cue, a fat dark rat skittered by and past him. He stopped; his head cocked. What was that? Something bigger further down the yellow stained passage. He raised his torch.
There was a body. Severely decomposed. No wait. Huh. This was more than one humanoid carcass. What did the friends of his call it? A pile. A pile of parts, bloody and grotesque. He expected more rats. Something was wrong. That's when it hit him.
Fade to black.
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[Do not reply to this thread. Thx.]
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Post by DM Bob on Mar 4, 2021 15:31:47 GMT -12
He woke. Shit, shit, shit. He couldn't move. Couldn't see. Something sticky... He was moving. Was he on a kank? Didn't smell like kank.
Then Kri-kcht heard the chitter.
Spiders.
I hate spiders, thought the kreen.
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Post by remie on Mar 4, 2021 23:06:17 GMT -12
"@#¤ S'iders...even 'orse than 'orms. Too many legs 'n eyes. 'ricky 'astards!! ¤#@ "
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Post by DM Bob on Mar 5, 2021 10:13:11 GMT -12
Time passes. The rocking motion is consistent. It does not seem hot here. Is it night?
Through the assumed webbing or cocoon, Kri-kcht begins to feel and hear muffled wind. The steps of his mount seem staggered, no small feat if he was indeed a top the back of a great arachnid.
A great howl occurs. Buffeted in the wind, his driver turns... back to the gusts. The slower pace becomes quite the opposite. Galloping; occasional leaps...
[To be continued...]
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Post by DM Bob on Mar 5, 2021 11:08:19 GMT -12
And a CRASH and CLATTER! The wind stops. It feels different. Warmer. Stuffier. Smells (but muffled by webbing).
What in the #&*@-ing Grey was going on?
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Post by remie on Mar 5, 2021 18:12:34 GMT -12
Kri-kcht tries to wriggle free a bit. Perhaps chewing away some of the webbing. Anything to gain a bit more freedom. Strand by strand.
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Post by DM Bob on Mar 6, 2021 8:00:32 GMT -12
There's a hiss and chitter as you hear a muffled, "You good, Laahk?"
You actually manage to get a hand on one of your chatkcha and begin working about mid-waist. Your ride is tensing.
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Post by DM Bob on Mar 9, 2021 7:18:50 GMT -12
[Closed thread.]
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