#'look at that bigass bug'

[sporesgalaxy]

they untumblrized mothra... 😦

[copepods]

looking at my old rw art from months ago... why did i make pebbles antennae so small Why did i do that to him

[trasho-pando2011]

if past me saw the characters I'm simping for now she would be so piiiiissed

[bigshoeswamp]

today i was walking down a street and it was sunny out so, when at some point a big bug flied over my head, I could see its shadow very clearly. Upon seeing, I immediately though “oh, that’s a big one, lucky me it is flying high and it’s not that near”

5 SECONDS LATER, maybe less, the bug lands on my shoulder. And doesn’t leave. The universe is in a comedy mood today, and the funny thing is my fucking life, apparently.

[millibelle]

sometimes summer memories are getting to see a wasp (??) piggyback onto a bigass ant (???) and then kidnap it into the sky (????)

[base0h]

Hiiii. So this is my first time requesting or anything so I’m kinda really nervous??? Anyways, I love your crack fics, I literally giggle non stop and they bring light into my soul.

So, that being said, I have a request. Could you do something with Crocodile and Ace (and whichever other characters) reacting to their s/o having a spider or some type of scary bug on their back? Idk if your can go anywhere with this but hey, it’s worth a shot.

Okay that’s it bye bye have a good day :)))

a/n - omg I’m so glad I can bring light into your life 😭🫶 literally my goal when I’m writing this stuff 💜 oml bro crocodile is afraid of bugs I just know he is 💀 that’s why he had robin, so she could handle them for him

warnings ⚠️ - g/n reader, crack, crocodile would leave you with the the bug just to run as far away as possible 💀🫶

- pls if he sees a single bug in his house he’d move out of his mansion and go to another sea of ocean 💀

- don’t get me wrong he takes you with him of course and makes sure you’re protected from those heinous insects. Get ready for loads of bug spray and pest killing chemicals, because your house is going to smell like that for at least a couple weeks 😃🫶

- so one day, you’re relaxing on the sofa, listening to some ambient music, the lights a bit dimmed, with the shutters open just enough for some light to shine through without being too harsh. It was a weekend, so it was due time for some relaxation!

- crocodile had just gotten finished with his work, and finally he’d get to spend some quality time with you. As he walked over, getting ready to join you on the couch, he froze.

- his eyes were locked onto your back, his breathing completely stopped, his body stiff as a board

- a tiny black speck on your back was… moving. Could that be a- SPIDER? You turned around because you heard footsteps, and you looked confused to see crocodile just- frozen, with wide, disgusted, fearful eyes as if you just committed some heinous crime against humanity

- “….Crocodile? You ok?”

- …

- “Hello???? Earth to crocodile?”

- “Y/n. You know I love you right?“

- “…What?”

- “Then you know why I must do this.”

- “What do you me- hey where’re you going?!”

- to go bag (he has one prepared for this exact situation bruh 💀) materializes out of thin air, then cue crocodile skedaddling out the door without explaining or warning you like a scared selfish asshole

- “CROCODILE IT’S NOT EVEN THE SIZE OF MY FINGERNAIL.”

- “IT’S AN INSECT Y/N.”

- “SO YOU’D LEAVE ME WITH THE FUCKING BUG SO YOU COULD GET AWAY FIRST-? 😭”

- “..well of course I would’ve sent someone back for you-“

- “SENT SOMEONE?!”

- see now ace is afraid of bugs too. But he’s not a selfish asshole like crocodile 💀 bro would at least try and protect you while screaming and sobbing

- you two were relaxing, snuggling together and watching the sun set on the deck of the Moby dick. It always never failed to amaze you with how many colors spread across the sky.

- ace absolutely adored these moments with you. It made him feel so- alive but also dead at the same time. Because how could one be this happy and in love with you?

- he looked down at you, and leaned down to press a kiss to the top of your head, and that’s when he saw… it

- cue the scream of a demon plus a kid who just saw a clown

- “WTF ACE WHAT?!”

- “BABE- DO NOT MOVE. THERE’S A BIGASS BUG ON YOUR HEAD.”

- “EXCUSE ME?!”

- ace grabbed his shoe in a panic, and aimed directly at your head. But since he was so afraid, he was closing his eyes.. as he was swinging to kill the bug.. and he ended up slapping the absolute shit out of you instead of the bug

- “Phew, think I got it- Y/N?! WHAT HAPPENED ARE YOU OK?!”

- “WDYM AM I OK YOU SLAPPED THE SHIT OUT OF ME-“

- “Sorry.. OH SHIT I MISSED-“

- “NONONONO ACE WAIT-“

- you got hit five times before he actually got it. 💀🫶 I hope your brain isn’t damaged 😭

- luffy was one of those kids who collected beetles and watched them fight each other like it was the most intense battle he’s ever seen 💀

- so of course he’s not afraid of them. Bro likes them so much that he doesn’t know if the one piece is better or if beetles are better 😭

- luffy was rambling to you about the various different types of beetles, and which ones were the strongest in fights. He was giving you the WHOLE lowdown, their stats, weaknesses, special skills, traits, etc. 💀 you were surprised luffy had this level of knowledge on- anything really

- “Yeah so the atlas beetle can DEFINITELY take down the rhino beetle because of its really tough shell and- OH MY GOD-“

- “Huh-?! What’s wrong?!”

- “OMG OMG Y/N YOU HAVE AN ATLAS BEETLE ON YOUR HEAD!”

- “Luffy you better be joking. Is it even April yet?”

- “Nono it’s right here see?”

- he pulled it off your head and put it in front of your face. The way you froze, and the way your heart stopped, dropped down to your feet, and then climbed back up 😭

- you couldn’t even scream, you just got up and hauled ass away from whatever that abomination of a creature was

- “Y/n where are you going?! I have to show you how it fights!”

- “I’M PERFECTLY FINE NOT SEEING THAT LUFFY-“

- “But y/n they really like you! You’ve got a rhino beetle on your back too!”

- “WHAT?!”

- you legit stopped, dropped, and rolled 💀💀💀 poor robin was watching the whole thing transpire from really far away so she couldn’t hear the context of what the hell was happening 😭

a/n - bro I missed writing these. I’m a bit rusty tho 😂

[beanghostprincess]

Okay, no, I know I make a lot of jokes about Sanji being scared of bugs and Usopp saving him. But I actually want to take things a little bit more seriously and say that his fear of bugs/insects/arachnids/etc comes from being locked up for so long in such a dark and dirty place. Like- He's friends with mice because he can see them and feed them and actually befriend them, but little, scary things he can't talk to like he does with bugs? Nope. I don't think he has a good experience with those. So when he gets scared of those, at first Usopp and the crew think it's just dumb. He fights bigass sea creatures every day, how can he be scared of bugs? But then I think he'd actually find a spider or something in the kitchen and have a panic attack asking Usopp (of course, who else?) for help. And it actually looks serious and Usopp needs to get the spider out of Sanji's vision to calm him down. Afterward, Sanji is completely embarrassed and he thanks Usopp, but he doesn't want to talk about it. However, he also doesn't want to be alone either for a while just in case. Usopp starts acting like his knight in shining armor then, and look, he might be overdramatic and silly, but Sanji loves him for that because it distracts him and it makes him feel less alone and more protected.

[scaryscarecrows]

Komodo Protocol

“You seen what they got going on in Demolitions?” Frank asks around his bacon. “Somethin’ real nasty, looks like.”

“No, I’ve been stuck on ‘light duty’ all week.” Antoine rolls his eyes. “You get one bug and everyone’s on your ass.”

“Yeah, well, you shouldn’t have tried breaking out of Medical all those times.”

“Shouldn’t have passed out mid-meeting, either.” Jimmy cackles. “Dude, if you died, we’d be fucked. Riley’s an enabler.”

“Clyde would take over,” the Knight says dryly. Jimmy squeaks. “Meeting at nine hundred.”

Meeting, not assembly. Something’s come up, then, because they had their weekly briefing two days ago. There hadn’t been anything of note at the time; next shipment of drones to Gotham, more than anything. Antoine’s pretty sure it was largely an excuse to hide from Deathstroke, who had left that afternoon anyway.

“Yessir.”

Once he’s gone, Jimmy leans in.

“So? What do you think’s going on?”

“I don’t know. Everything’s on schedule, and I haven’t seen anything weird come up.”

“Think something’s up in Gotham?”

“Maybe.” He finishes his coffee and tries–and fails miserably–at repressing a cough. “I’m fine, coughs linger, that’s not illegal!”

Mark frowns.

“That sounded ugly.”

“That’s what coughs do.” He’s not whining. He’s not. “Leave me alone, I’m better now.”

“I want you in my office after this meeting. Just for a quick check-up.”

“Oh, come on–”

“Forget, and I’ll come find you.”

Ugh. Fine. He’ll go. But he’s not going to like it.

* * *

“What is that?”

“Insurance.”

Okay. Insurance is always good. This, however, appears to be a bigass mine. Three feet in diameter, easy, and well-armored. Could probably withstand a Cobra drone rolling over it.

“Uh-huh,” Frank drawls. “For what.”

“It’s primarily to keep the military from getting involved.”

Antoine’s got news for him: the military, generally, considers Gotham as ‘fend for your fucking selves’ and probably would just pretend they didn’t see anything anyway. But sure. A little extra reassurance is nice.

“Also to keep anyone–or anything–else from stepping in.” Okay, that one’s fair. “It won’t hurt you if you walk on it; the sensors need more weight to activate the electricity.” Oh, it’s electric, too? Wonderful. “We’ll be deploying them pretty early in the night, once the drones have all been deployed.”

“They won’t fuck with the programming, will they?” Jimmy risks poking the thing. “It’s not like an EMP or whatever?”

“It shouldn’t, but I want you, when you map out the patrol route, to try not to run over them. I’ll give you a map of where I want them sometime next week.”

“How many are there?”

“Fourteen.”

Trent whistles.

“Jesus.”

“Gotham’s a big place.” The Knight shrugs. “We’re not shipping these over ahead of us; they go when we do. Clyde, I’m going to be making a special dummy; same sensors, I want to run some tests with the Cloudburst tank. If it comes to that, I’d really rather not blow this entire operation…literally.”

“Very funny, sir,” Frank says dryly. “I’ll make sure she’s ready to roll when you are.”

“Good. You five are dismissed. Drouot, you’re not.”

That doesn’t sound promising.

The others file out, though, leaving Antoine with the boss and a giant, scary-looking mine.

“These are also a contingency.”

And there it is. The boss has contingencies for his contingencies, which is, Antoine guesses, why they’re all still on this crazy crusade.

“Okay?” The Knight holds out a piece of paper with numbers on it. Antoine raises an eyebrow. “What’s this?”

“The activation code to set these all off at once. In the event that I somehow end up incapacitated, unless I explicitly told you otherwise, I want you to initiate the Komodo Protocol: order a retreat and blow Gotham off the map.”

“Sounds like overkill.”

“When dealing with Batman, there is no such thing as overkill.”

“If you say so, sir.” Such an innocuous little paper. Ten digits. Ten digits and boom, one of the largest cities in the world turned into a charred crater. “Does Scarecrow know about this?”

“No, and we’re not mentioning it. If that code needs to be used, he doesn’t need to be informed.”

Well, in all honesty, Scarecrow is the one most likely to trigger this event. Antoine has never trusted the guy. He’s convinced that, Batman be damned, if he saw a chance to poison them all, he’d take it.

“Hopefully it won’t come to that, sir.”

“Hopefully not.” The Knight looks at the mine. “But I’d rather be prepared.”

“Are you sure this is a good idea, boss?”

The boss just laughs.

“Probably not. Look, it’s like the bomb vests. I highly, highly doubt we’ll need it.”

Yeah…the bomb vests have not been mentioned to the troops at large. Voluntary or not, most people are not going to like the idea of a suicide vest being anywhere near them. If it comes down to that, then they’ll worry about it.

“If you say so, sir.” He looks from the paper to the mine again. “Did you need anything else?”

“No. You can go; I think Jones wanted to see you.”

Dammit.

* * *

“I’m sure that by now most of you have become aware of the events at Arkham Asylum.”

Antoine’s voice is hoarse, going in and out a little. He hasn’t slept, not really. Sure, Mark got a power nap out of him, but that’s about it and it wasn’t enough. He looks like shit, too, all washed out and with eye bags big enough to take on a cruise. That’ll happen, when you spend too much time in a chair.

“Batman do that, sir?”

“Yes and no. Before I continue, I want it clear: Batman is now considered a level five threat.”

“We can take him. Right, boys?” A cheer goes up. “Just tell us where he is, we’ll bring his head back in two hours.” 

Ha. Trent disagrees. Bastard’s got clown morals with Bat-bullshit, if he’s still alive–and he probably is–‘taking him’ is going to be a real bitch. It’s doable, probably, it’s just going to be difficult, especially with their best resource on both Batman and Joker being at death’s door.

Antoine’s smile is wintery and the cheer dies down, gives way to an uneasy silence. Trent can’t blame them for that. He’s usually the nice one. Nice is relative, but still.

“What you’ll be up against isn’t Batman anymore,” he says. “Now, I’m sure you all attended the briefing regarding the Joker’s death of TITAN poisoning.” Pfft. Trent knows damn well they didn’t, but that’ll keep them from jabbering. “Before that incident, the Joker supplied hospitals with tainted blood, and apparently gave Batman a transfusion as well. The cure didn’t take.” 

He turns to his laptop and taps a few keys. On screen, the footage Jimmy managed to get from the boss’s helmet earlier on Halloween looms large. Trent shudders. He’s seen some shit in his day, but that–a laughing, maniacal Batman attacking with full intent to kill–is in the running for his personal Top Five WTF. Thankfully, Antoine only lets it play for a few seconds, but those few seconds are enough to quiet the skeptical mutterings.

“That’s what you’re up against now. He will kill you, without a second thought. He has already killed Scarecrow–”

“Shit, we work for Richardson now?”

“No. The Arkham Knight dispatched her before the asylum blew up.”

At least that one stuck. Last thing they need is that vindictive little monster blaming them for what happened to Scarecrow.

“For the moment, we are going to continue as we were. I want drones sweeping the city, checkpoints manned, and watchtowers fully operational. If anybody sees anything, you call in immediately and you wait for backup. Don’t be a hero, your insurance does not cover facial removal.” There’s a smattering of nervous chuckles that Antoine does not join in. “Patrols: minimum of four, do not let each other out of your sight. Someone has to piss, you all go. Someone falls in one of those damn potholes and breaks an ankle, you all come back to base as a group. Understood?”

“Yessir.”

“Good. Any questions?” If they have any, they don’t ask them. Antoine closes his laptop, disconnects it, and turns on his heel. “Dismissed.”

Trent steps in fully as they file out. A few of them flinch, but most of them just keep moving.

“You look like shit,” he says bluntly. “Mark’s right, you need sleep.”

“I’m fine. Anything?”

“Couple of false alarms.”

“So no.”

“No.”

“Damn.” Antoine runs a hand through his hair. “Any change with the boss?”

“Still out. Look…what are we going to do, if he…doesn’t…wake up? Batman’s Gotham’s problem, right?”

Antoine just laughs, a little bitter, and starts towards the door.

“He only got maybe a quarter of the mines. We pull our men out and blow this city to Kingdom Come, see him walk that off.”

“What?”

“Komodo Protocol.” 

Trent’s heard of it. Well, seen it, in packets, but there’s never been any information about it. It’s just come up as, like, the last resort, no specifications.

“That’s what that is?” he demands. “Detonate the mines?”

“If it comes to that, yes.”

“Jesus Christ, man–”

“My orders are to put the bastard down, whatever it takes.” Antoine turns towards the back hallway. “Check in with the Arkham troops again, make sure they don’t need any further supplies. Did you send them a Cobra?”

“Yeah, earlier.”

“Good. Keep me posted.”

“Antoine.”

“What.”

“You’re sure about this?”

Antoine stops and turns around, swaying a little at the sudden change of direction.

“Yeah. If he dies, or doesn’t start waking up in another day or two, I’m calling it. We’ll finish the job one way or the other.” Jesus. “This stays between us for now. It may not come to that and there’s no reason to unsettle everyone.”

Trent nods.

“All right. You sure you’re not gonna grab a nap?”

“I’m fine.”

Yeah. Sure. Whatever. Look, Frank or Mark will probably bring the hammer down soon and when they do, Trent will be right there to enforce Bedtime.

“I’m gonna take a squadron out there,” he says. “Me and Riley: we’re taking some of his guys to investigate the little Batcave thing that turned up this morning.”

“Good. Stay in touch; that lecture goes for everyone.”

“Don’t worry. We’ll find the bastard.”

“Hope so.” Antoine turns back around and starts walking again. “Good luck.”

THE END

[modernsuperhero]

literally freaking out crying having panic attacks because i found a bigass fucking spider in my room OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO and every time i look at it to try to kill it i start to panic again and i'm completely alone until thursday and i'm so afraid it's gonna MOVE and i'm gonna have serious fucking nightmares and i don't know what to do i don't have bug killer or even like something to try to trap it in i have my siblings on the phone keeping me from using a fucking lighter and risking burning the goddamn house down but i'm literally losing my fucking shit IT'S SO FUCKING BIG

[todaysbird]

Before I moved out of my parents house, we would constantly see two guan birds (not sure which species exactly) come on go around our backyard. We live in a big town, but the neighborhood we lived on was a bit secluded and had a lot of nature around. It was sweet to see them come and go, mostly during baby season, and see them roaming around, eating bugs out of our grass with their babies, before going away for a while only to come back to have more babies! Sadly, I don't really have any pictures, but I liked looked outside and seeing a bigass bird on the lawn.

awwww :,) that’s awesome

[amygdalae]

Oh I had a very fun, vaguely gothic horror flavored dream last night if any1 wants to hear about it. The dream itself wasn't particularly long but so much happened I won't be able to recount it in a way that isn't long-winded. So I'm putting it under a readmore lol.

Not the most "out there" as far as my dreams go but 1. It was very vivid, intricate and cohesive and 2. I actually remember like 90% of it. There is a haunting in it though! Always fun.

Not sure exactly where or how the dream started, but I was in this bigass old musty castle. I had amnesia, but I knew I lived there (or used to? I felt wistful, like I was returning after some time away). I also knew someone (a friend or sibling or something) used to lived there as well, but died of mysterious causes. I kept finding their belongings, small fancy things like lockets, jewelry boxes, expensive trinkets made of gold and porcelain. I'd try to pick them up but they were oddly light and they'd crumple or shatter in my hands.

There were only a few other people in the castle--one of whom was some sort of groundskeeper, a handsome but very tired-looking young man who I knew I had some kind of intimate relationship with (but couldn't remember the particulars). he was sweet and affectionate but had an air of sadness and anxiety about him (he seemed to know something I didn't, but was unwilling or unable to tell me)

I felt agitated, and was trying very desperately to find something. I remember wandering the courtyard and gardens awhile before goign back inside the castle and finding myself in an old theater. instead of a singular stage there were three small curtained stage-like platforms arranged in a half circle in front of the rows of seats. everything was coated with a film of dust

I went backstage, and there were old vividly-adorned puppets hanging in storage. As I walked past a rack of them, one started shaking on its own, and chattering its teeth very loudly. This scared me quite badly and I started to run.

I made it halfway down a hall before the floorboards beneath my feet gave way, and i fell into a very dusty room full of old furniture. The walls were somewhat rough-hewn and unadorned. The second I got my bearings I felt a deep dread rising into my chest, like whatever presence had animated the doll followed me into the room. I was then attacked by several large bugs--i could hear them muttering something angrily at me but couldn't make out the words. I waved my arms above my head to keep them at bay while they swooped down to bite me and looked around for an exit. I had this terrible feeling that if I didn't leave the room I would drown, or suffocate? (something to that effect. Vague indescribable dread is a very common thing in my dreams so it's hard to put into words)

I was able to kick my way out through the rotten planks of an old boarded up door, and wandered out into the sunlight-- I'd emerged into part of the garden, musty and suffering from neglect. I found my way to a pergola (covered patio). The groundskeeper found me there, seeming worried. The pergola was run down and coated with dusty moss; I rooted around some overgrown shelves and pried free a music box. I had to hold it very, very carefully; like other objects in the dream, it weighed nothing at all, and the metal seemed eager to crumple in my hands as soon as I picked it up.

Something about the music box filled me with bone-deep anguish. I sank to the floor, the groundskeeper joining me there with an arm around my shoulders. He seemed to immediately understand the significance of the music box, though I couldn't remember it myself. The last thing I remember is us sitting there together as I veeery gingerly turned the crank on the box. I have no memory of the melody that played, but (unsurpirisingly) it was mournful. Strangely, a comfortable numbness overtook me, and yet tears were streaming down my face. I think the other guy was crying too. The last thing I can recall is a warm glow emanating from somewhere; either the box itself or simply centered in our embrace. then I woke up.

anyways! 10/10! kind of rambling but overall a surprisingly well structured dream. I don't tend to have cool dreams like that without some off-color and insane shit thrown in by my subconscious for flavor but this one was weirdly cohesive? Felt worth documenting

[dianetastesmetal]

TW: bug

GUYS, I saw the bigass fucking grasshopper again!!!!!

I put a finger there for comparison

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS THING

[necroticblue]

Dave Strider core (feel free to add your own!)

- those bugs that can fold into a ball

- scaffolding

- sweaty legs under baggy oversized jeans

- too loud music in bigass headphones

- a bit of plowed ground in an otherwise grass field

- wheat fields that the farmers forgot to harvest

- old skateboards held together with gaffer tape, and shoes with gaffer tape, gaffer tape in general

- picking bird feathers from the ground

- stealing fruit outside (apples, red currant, berries, plums...), and chesnuts

- shoplifting

- spray paint on the pavement and on hands and in general

- hate-consuming bad media (music, tv shows, netflix documentaries by your least favorite youtuber...) to laugh at it with your friends

- crashed cars without a license plate

- houses painted with bright unusual colors, esp red

- primary colors in the most generic shades (secondary colors are Gamzee, CMYK is fefnep)

- buying high waisted baggy jeans and wearing them as if they were average / low rise

- super narrow streets and forest paths

- drinking coke zero right before going to bed

- second-to-highest floors in tower blocks without elevators

- sleep problems that are all or nothing- either sleeping for fifteen hours a day or barely getting three hours of interrupted sleep

- texting under a table barely looking at your phone

- adult cartoons

- dissociative identity disorder

- body dysmorphia and orthorexia due to an internalized belief that cool kids are lanky and effortlessly thin

- not being able to cry cause you're constantly dissociated as fuck

[demiboy-dean-winchester]

TOP 5 BUGS GO!!!!

ANTS❗️❗️❗️ ants are my favourite bugs and my second favourite animals of all time. i love bullet ants, red ants, fire ants, leafcutter ants, you name it. they're just little guys and they're so so cool

isopods!!! isopods are so fun and theres GIANT ONES THAT LIVE IN THE OCEAN (ik ik they're technically crustaceans but they are Bugs To Me)

rosy maple moth (look them up. just. trust me)

hercules beetle!! bigass horn. very cool

fireflies!!! very pretty :3

[pfhwrittes]

Jumping onto the kitty wagon because I adore seeing everyone's cats-

This is Batman, named for the bigass ears he had when he was a baby (that he unfortunatelygrew into). I found him outside while he yelled obnoxiously at my sister and now he likes to yell at me, at bugs, and at anyone who dares walk outside the window

Sometimes he just. Sleeps like an overcooked spaghetti noodle, idk

BATMAN! oh yes EXCELLENT name and oh my goodness look at those ears! that boy could hear a pin drop in norfolk with them ears!

i also live with a yeller. charlie the chunk goes "AAAAAAAH!" at many things (the blinds, where i've put my mug of coffee, the fact that it's raining, dolly-ollie, mango, the postman). volume and pitch determine whether or not it's a good "AAAAH!" or a bad "AAAHHHH!!!!!!!!"

charlie also sleeps in... odd shapes. less overcooked spaghetti and more whatever the hell this shape is!

[beantothemax]

Chapter Three:

The two arrive, slightly tenser, in a small town in the northern part of the Goldlands

It’s called Millheart, it is positively FULL of windmills, and it’s surrounded by large hills

A few caves rim the town, just because it’s getting a little close to the Stonelands

Some asking around the town is required to find out about what the seer was talking about

It seems that the general consensus is that there’s something amiss in the cave north of town, so it’s safe to say that that’s where The Thing might be

However, the townsfolk are all being like. Real cagey about it. Hard to say why

Eventually the two reach the cave in question, which by all accounts looks like a perfectly ordinary cave

However, as they approach, a villager in armour stops them, saying that they can’t go in and that “they’re not going to lose any more people to that thing”

Praem insists that they are going to enter that cave whether this guy likes it or not

Blades are drawn, and there’s a mandatory Challenge section (because I had to incorporate one somehow and there’s no way I’ll be able to fit one in chapters 4 or 5, trust me)

The two clean the guy up a bit and put him in a safe place but then swiftly move on into…

The Third Dungeon: Infested Cavern

Hey just heads up this is gonna be tagged with bug and spider content warnings in the post form but if you are tumblr user beantothemax reading this from your askbox. Be warned. There are a lot of creepy-crawlies ahead.

Anyway it is extremely obvious what the boss is going to be as soon as you enter the dungeon

Cobwebs are EVERYWHERE and they are BIG

A few sections of it are fully just spider webs suspended over open chasms that you have to painstakingly walk over

The enemies? You guessed it: spiders.

I don’t think there’ll be any puzzle-type sections in this one, though

So it’s mostly just exploration through this creepy cavern

Eventually Praem comes to a large cavity in the cave, at the centre of which lies a bigass spider web

Like this is clearly the head honcho right here

Troublingly enough, however, the wall BEHIND the spider web has some carving on it that’s difficult to make out with the web in the way

Praem and Ekaterina get to work clearing the web

Ekaterina needs to borrow a sword for this because she’s a fencer, so Praem ends up using the dagger that the seer gave her

LOTS of thoughts in her brain about that one

Her ability has never steered her wrong before

In fact, it’s been incredibly accurate about most everything

There’s no way to escape the fact that it’s right

She has seen what’s going to happen

She can’t escape it and

These thoughts are so rudely interrupted by (no points for guessing what comes next) a vision! Just a quick one this time like what happens during battle tho

There’s something overhead. She needs to push Ekaterina out of the way because it’s about to get both of them

She quickly sheaths the dagger and dives into her ally, getting both of them out of the way to look up and see…

The Third Boss: The Great Web-Spinner

This one’s just a real big spider

I think it’s a bit of a shame that the warriors truly get a non-human boss to fight (Olberic fights the Lizardman Chief, yes, but also fights Erhardt in the same chapter), so I’m being the change I wish to see in this world

Enters the fray with one Arachnid Lieutenant, which in turn is able to hold its own decently well, but the main event is the big ‘un

The main gimmick of the fight is effects that progress as time goes on

As its first action, the GWS always uses an attack that lowers the party’s speed

The next party member to take a hit from an attack will be afflicted with some kind of custom debuff

The custom status gradually reduces attack and speed by small increments, and when it reaches a certain turn count (5-10), the afflicted member will lose mobility altogether

It can be removed, but only if no other debuffs/afflictions are present on the ally

So if the speed debuff is still there, you can’t get rid of it, but if you run down the clock on that, you can

Other than that, the Great Web-Spinner is gonna try and poison the party members one at a time, and the Arachnid Lieutenant is going to try and inflict blindness

This boss is mostly here because Praem’s final boss was originally going to be a giant spider and I wanted that idea to live on somehow, so here we are

The fight closes, and the two are able to resume work on clearly the web

Before they start, Ekaterina cuts off the spider’s head and stashes it in her bag, saying that they’ll be able to show the townsfolk to let them know that the cave is a little safer now

Cut to a montage of the two getting rid of the webs

Eventually, the full thing is uncovered, revealing a few things

One: an enormous crevasse, splitting in a Y shape

Two, a waterfall surrounded by stalagmites, with something just visible behind it

Three, a stone efface in a similar shape to the thing behind the waterfall, marked with a symbol of an eye

The same symbol of an eye as the dagger

And that’s the same waterfall as the…

Cut back to Praem’s vision for the second time (forgot to mention but it cuts back to the vision when she gets the dagger) as a flashback, this time to the footsteps on wet stone, and the waterfall

She’s going there

They are going there

She is leading Ekaterina to the place where she will kill her

Praem is again somehow able to maintain her composure but she is shaken by this in her internal monologue

Ekaterina seems to ignore this, and points out where this place might be

It features very prominently on the game’s world map, and is located in the northeastern part of the Stonelands

The two leave the cave, are able to present the spider head to the townsfolk, and then it’s time to head for the cave where it will happen.

the entire web spinner fight sounded SO cool,,,,,,,, i am in fact not immune to large bugs

also i know we're in the certified Scary Zone for this chapter but the term 'arachnid lieutenant' is very funny to me. i'm just imagining a spider with a lil army general hat with a bunch of spider badges of honor on its spider vest. sorry what was that about a waterfall i got distracted

the fact that we know what's gonna happen in that waterfall cave and with that dagger since the first chapter with praem's visions and everything slowly building up to it is. GAH. its got me extremely intrigued and also scared... we know what's gonna happen but i feel like that's not gonna make it hurt any less. iris have i mentioned how good of a storyteller you are