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Giulia (Rapunzel)

She would have to tell him about the Lurchies later, and the little pills that made the watery, itchy eyes go away and the sneezy stop. But it seemed that would have to be much later, or as they tried to get out the door. Her hand stayed tight to his own, trying not to tremble- she was going to be okay, it was probably just- Maybe a tree had fallen? But then they got to the door, and her voice rose in a shrill, childish shriek of terror.

There was webbing! EW! And webbing meant- spiders! And for there to be this much meant that there must be a lot of them! Or really big ones, like the one in the Hobbit book! And Giulia was about the right size to be a hobbit, but she didn't want to be eaten!She fought the webbing, screeching as she went. "Farmer Nat!" she wailed, "Help me!"

She couldn't get out alone, probably. The webbing clung to her Rapunzel dress, and petals from the flowers ticked into her hair were left behind once she got loose.

Tobias Liebel - STAKE

Tobias kept one hand on Evan’s head, trying to provide some level of comfort by trailing his fingers through the younger male’s hair, all while letting his horror video game strategies take over his instincts. When his eyes landed on a crate full of…well. Something shiny and vaguely weapon-ish. He darted over towards the box and scooped up two of the objects, holding one out to Evan. “Here. We might need them, and I can only do so much to protect your back and my own, I know you’re afraid, but we can be afraid after. We can be afraid when we get home…but right now, I need you to help me help us. I need you, Evan. I know you’re terrified, but I will not let anything hurt you.”

His words were strong as he continued to tear through the revolting, sticky webbing. <******** spiders.

Caleb Dilts

Kit Paine (dressed as Tim Burton's Cheshire Cat)

5

If you roll a 4-7 you manage to tear through the web minimal difficulties, but the web clings tightly and forces you to expend some energy to tug away. You may wind up sticking to the web, yourself, or someone else as you struggle free.

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Jack Burnett (dressed as Disney's Peter Pan)

8

If you roll an 8-10 you manage to tear through the webbing with minimal difficulties! You get a good look at the area and have a few extra seconds to plan what you’re going to do next. You spot a crate of loose metal stakes and have the option of grabbing one! (You can only grab one in this post and if you choose to pick one up, please indicate in all future posts that you have retrieved a metal stake by including that information next to your character’s name at the top of your post!)

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Leiko Shuuya (can't afford a costume)

3

If you roll a 1-3 you wind up having a bit of trouble; the web clings to you and your clothes. It is itchy and uncomfortable and you will expend a lot of energy struggling to get free. You may find yourself sticking to the web, yourself, or someone else; patches and ropes of web cling to you even after you tear through the barrier.

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Christabelle Calloway

The rush the crowd was to be expected. Who wouldn't run when the lights suddenly flicker out and strange noises abound in a room with only one exit? It was only natural, though she wished they were in private so they could power up. It wasn't safe here to do so - who knew if the Negaverse or Dark Mirrors were lurking among the crowd?

Keeping up with Genevieve was no easy task, considering how many people were attempting to leave simultaneously. All at once, Christa found herself stuck not in fog, but a web. "Lovely. Just lovely." she muttered, straining to free herself from the sticky, gooey strings. She didn't have a fear of spiders, but if the size of the web was anything to go by...

"Genevieve? Jada? Giulia? Are you alright?" she called behind her as soon as she was free of the damn webs. How could civilians fight something like giant spiders? This could be a death trap.

Anxo - Dressed as a Scarecrow

"Ow..." It didn't take long for the stampede of people to push them along every which way, but Anxo did his best to keep his arm around Saffy and his hand gripping on to Arian's wrist. They all seemed corralled into one single direction, and before long, he could feel those nasty webs clinging to his skin, his hands, his hair, and it sent a shiver down his spine. And it looked like Arian didn't fare much better.

"It's alright, It's alright... Just... Just webs..." He whispered softly into the other man's ear, gently pulling off some of the web with a free hand, though remaining holding onto Saffy. "It's going to be just fine. We just need to keep going, okay?"



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Roddy – dressed as a lionman COLLECTED METAL STAKE

Surprisingly enough, despite his large side, Roddy seemed to have been very deft in his avoiding of feet, elbows, and webs. And while they did slow his roll for a while, it wasn't enough to deter the man, not when he still had Julian's body against his own.

After a moment, he managed to get through, no worse for wear, and even managed to spot the box of spikes, picking one up and holding it in a defensive stance, just in case there really were youma spiders nearby... Hopefully Julian would be able to look away, had he the need to dust a few to keep his roommate safe.

"I'm just fine. Look, I even manage to find this. We'll get out of here just fine, you'll see. I promise." The offered hand was taken and he used it to make sure they weren't separated this time, and he tried to slow his own stride to make sure Julian didn't strip. There was no time for fear. Not right now when they had this task at hand.



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Nischal -- Dressed like Most recent iteration of Aquaman

The blush that crept across Nischal's face was hot and he stammered a bit, clearing his throat to look away, smiling but embarrassed by the attention. And maybe, just maybe, he flexed just a little bit. He could be sure to give a good show if he wanted.

Then the lights went out and he froze on spot, the sounds and the screams of people quickly overwhelming his senses as a elbow after elbow and hit after hit struck his poor skin. But Jason was still there, his fingers laced with his own as he pulled the taller man along. "I-I won't... Don't let me go.."

His voice trembled. No matter how large he was, he still struggled in moments like this, where he couldn't slip into that comfortable form of Avior and be the protective wall he tried so desperately to be. Right now he was only Nischal, a boy who was neither clever nor brave at this moment, and who's anxiety was quickly creeping up to him. He could feel the webs on him, the feeling of something fuzzy creeping over his feet and he had to stifle a frightened gasp in the back of his throat, only showing how frightened he was by giving Jason's hand a tighter squeeze.

"Is there a way out...? That way? We've been through worse... We can make it.." He whispered again, more of a reassurance to himself than to Jason. He had to be brave... He just had to..

Rhona Lee -- Winner Sanderson -- Iron Spike

Rhona, having lived through one disaster too many, accosted the webbing spike first. She had been attacked by a giant mirror wraith, a giant crystal queen, and a chaos-maddened Dark Mirror Senshi and she'd be god damned if it was spiders that offed her on Halloween. Each time the webbing clung to her, Rhona tore at it with the spike, breaking its hold on her. Whenever she got stuck, she pulled harder. The only struggle she seemed to have was her hair. All up in curls and spirals, it was like a magnet for the webs, constantly pulling and tangling her hair until he was a rat's nest of sticky good and ruby curls. She cursed when she got out and was about to try and mitigate some damage when Lavender exclaimed her distaste for what happened to her.

It was a little funny, or would have been in they weren't under constant threat of something happening to them that was more nefarious than what might have been a very elaborate Halloween prank. As it stood, however, there was no humor to be found in that moment. Rhona abandoned the mess in her hair and returned to Lavender's side, hacking at the webbing with her spike the way she had done for herself to free the other woman.

"You alright," she asked breathlessly as she worked, "You're not hurt, are you?" She didn't see any blood, but that didn't really mean anything in term of injuries.

"And what about you," she asked of Lavender's companion. "How are you holding up?"

Arian Laith - dressed in jeans, polo neck and a sweater
Saffron Laith - dressed as a witch - metal stake

Arian gave Anxo's hand a gentle squeeze back before letting go - well at least he tried to, but Anxo's grip on his wrist was firmer than it looked and in the end he settled for angling himself in such a way to take point.

He did so quietly, not wanting to draw attention to the action, because there were times when Anxo could be a little too observant for his own good - but Arian did not want either his boyfriend or his cousin up front just in case - because he had bad feeling about all of this–

Not that it was hard to have anything but a bad feeling about all of this - not given what had happened so far - but at least up in front he could do his best to keep an eye out for both Anxo and Saffy, even if he couldn't help but wish that he was doing it as Athene rather than Arian.

Somehow the three of them had managed to make it over to the exit - the swell of people heading in that direction pushing them along towards doors that were wide open by the time that they reached them.

Arian stepped through still in front and found himself even more glad that he had shifted to be the one in front when the white stuff that he had initially assumed to be fog had turned out not to be–

Instead he had ended up getting tangled up in what appeared to be some sort of spider's web, managing to cut back the startled yelp that tickled the back of his throat as the stuff stuck to clothes and hair both.

Both Arian and Anxo had been slightly ahead of her as they exited the Reception Hall which had at least given Saffron a little forewarning about just what was waiting on the other side of the door.

She tried to suppress a shudder, although it was hard to tell just how successful she had been, as it dawned on her that she was going to actually have to go through the stuff in order to properly get outside because - whilst Arian didn't seem to mind spiders - Saffron had never personally been a fan of the creepy crawlies.

She managed to get through without too much trouble, although the hat on her head had managed to get the worst of it but then found herself almost stumbling over a crate that someone had left lying around on the ground, her hand slipping from Anxo's grip as she fought and managed to keep her balance.

Something rattled from inside the crate, something metallic and as Saffron reached down she found her hand closing on what appeared to be a metal stake of some sort.

She scooped it out and turned to try and give Anxo and Arian a hand with getting themselves untangled, but by then her cousin's boyfriend appeared to have mostly gotten the two of them free of the webbing.

"We need to continue on" she agreed with a nod at Anxo's comment that they needed to keep going because she really, really didn't want to come face to face with the thing that had created the web.



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Briar Mackenzie - dressed as a vampire hunter

The trip over to the exit hadn't been the easiest, but Briar had managed to make it over without too much trouble managing to avoid stumbling over chairs or anything, although a few people had bumped into him and he'd had to push someone out of the way before they could stumble into Kirra.

"Let's keep together, 'kay" he told her with a small smile that was hidden by the darkened room as he reached out to try and hold her hand.

It was pretty stupid that there was only the one exit given that this was Destiny City and weird things had a way of happening, and not just things related to powered superhero stuff, but at least the doors were open - well at least they were by the time that Briar managed to get over to them.

He remembered thinking that he'd seen Peter and Vi earlier, was considering trying to see once if he could try and find them once he and Kirra was outside, a part of his thoughts also on Scott–

Which meant that he only realised that the white stuff outside wasn't fog after stepping into it and got stuck in it.

He yelped, startled as the stuff stuck to both him and his clothes, struggling to get free as he managed to eventually get free enough to half turn and call out "Kirra watch out for the white stuff! It's spider webbing."