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The Spiders (5): Webs have begun to appear all over Destiny City at an alarming pace; at first it doesn’t seem like anything to be concerned with–maybe a web over a window or door frame is the worst you see, but there have been reports of webs that cover a whole tree or even entire cars. The media cites changing weather patterns and, even though you don’t see any spiders, it’s clear you might have a problem. Once, Destiny City had a bad run in with Giant Spiders. Now, you can’t even see them. Tiny little spiders are either passing through for the season–or they’re back for revenge.
It depends on how superstitious you are.
Either way, these little spiders might be small–almost always tinier than a pea–but they can still leave a bit of damage in their wake. Their legs are tiny and needle-like, and their fangs are even worse. They might show up alone or in a swarm, but they always disappear shortly after attacking. And, these spiders are very aggressive. Being bitten can cause nausea, dizziness, fatigue and hallucinations. These symptoms can begin immediately or can manifest up to a few hours afterwards, but the symptoms always seem to clear up within a day or two. Just be careful not to get bitten again.


Dreama was headed out again, one cool morning and noticed a single Spider Web across her Dorm Rom Door. Strange, these Americans kept everything so spotless. She knocked it down, and then went on her way to breakfast -while the school had their own cafeteria, she preferred getting her own Irish Breakfast at an Irish Pub down the street. But before she could get there - the traffic was detoured - due the largest spider web she had ever seen - it covered a two-lane road!

She murmured in shock to the person next her on the sidewalk, "Now, I've seen huge spiderwebs, in Ireland, doncha know - but this tops all..."

"Yeah, I'm quite new here, came to find long lost cousins and to attend Sovereign Heights. But this city, doncha know..." she stared at the web in silence, and listened the guy talk about the incident from a few years back. Suddenly, the web began to vibrate, with the running of many tiny spiders. In horror, Dreama muttered, "Oh not again."

She looked to the gentleman she had been speaking to as people began to panic and asked, "Is this normal for this city, or is it apart of this city's Samhain magic- er I believe Americans celebrate "Halloween'?"

This fellow seemed to know a lot about the old countries - she'd have to look him up later - that thought was lost to her as the reason for the massive vibration of the web was soon known - Tiny Spiders numbering in the millions were running down it towards what they thought was their feast - the townspeople in that area.

Dreama watched wide-eyed as they came down - "I'm gonna say this one's not a good thing... We need to get everyone of here, you got any ideas?"

The spiders started to surround the crowd.

Dreama frowned, and then had an idea. She jumped nimbly over the thinnest
length of spiders, leaving the crowd and Finonan to be surrounded by and at the mercy of the spiders. "I'm going to get help!" She called to him.

She disappeared behind some buildings.

A minute later from the opposite direction came a young woman in Hip-Hop Clothes.

She pointed at the thinnest group of spiders and called out:

Sailor Scout Attack: Lord of Dance's Rhythmic Curse I

While channeling her magic, Sailor Terpsichore does a brief dance and points at a target. A 'curse' is brought down on the target, giving them a powerful impulse to match her moves and dance in rhythm for 30 seconds (the target is able to fight this urge to a certain degree but may feel slight anxiety if they fail to repeat her dance moves perfectly for the duration of the magic). While Terpsichore's dance will only last for up to three seconds, she can customize the moves for her target to copy in that time frame, and they must repeat the rhythm until the magic ends. This magic has 3 uses, and the target must be within 10 feet. She can target multiple people at once while demonstrating the magic's rhythm.

A massive group of the spiders stopped what they were doing and looked at her, she danced them away from the circle (the other spiders tried to fill it) then she looked at Fionan, and with an Irish accent, called, 'Get them out while you can1"

Teri sighed at the sight of her new acquaintance running off when she had specifically recruited him to help the others escape - and then a thought struck her - she too had 'run off'. She turned her attention back to the spiders in her care. The ones she had forced to dance, had indeed danced to death, and withered there before her. She felt a slight remorse and shook it off.

She went back for another set and used her attack on them as well:

Sailor Scout Attack: Lord of Dance's Rhythmic Curse I

While channeling her magic, Sailor Terpsichore does a brief dance and points at a target. A 'curse' is brought down on the target, giving them a powerful impulse to match her moves and dance in rhythm for 30 seconds (the target is able to fight this urge to a certain degree but may feel slight anxiety if they fail to repeat her dance moves perfectly for the duration of the magic). While Terpsichore's dance will only last for up to three seconds, she can customize the moves for her target to copy in that time frame, and they must repeat the rhythm until the magic ends. This magic has 3 2 uses, and the target must be within 10 feet. She can target multiple people at once while demonstrating the magic's rhythm.

She led them too away from the others, massively thinning out the circle of spiders around the frightened people. The remaining spiders grew antsy.

The second bunch of spiders fell lifeless at Sailor Terpsichore's feet, and she breathed a sigh of relief, and fell to one knee, having worked through most of her strength. Another Senshi came in and sent in a fog on the remaining spiders. She rested while he did his work, wanting to make sure the job was done, before she left. The Civilians were getting restless in their fear of them. Once she saw that the spiders were frozen. She nodded to him, with a look that said plainly, Hope to meet you properly one day. And then turned and fled for fear of the civilians. To make her story more believable - she did indeed call the Destiny City police for help.

She hoped to meet Fionan again one day.