You and your mate have just woken up. You are pondering what you shall do today. You have the resources to built the cart, but making it too heavy will make it harder to move. You also need sharp tools to shape the chitin plates if you wish to built an armor for yourself.
Also, your eggs will probably hatch this day.
What shall you do?

>How this works.
Suggest an action and then depending how feasible it is, the spider will act.

You are just an ordinary spider in moder day earth. You have no special powers, other than your intellect.

Making silk costs proteins, which you can restore by eating. Your mate has his own protein reserves.

You can upgrade your nest with silk.Your nest currently has the following improvements:
>Hunting lines.
>Egg chamber.
>Hiding place.
>Food storage 5/5.
-50 food.
>Secondary storage 7/10.
-20 food.
-30 wood.
-10 chitin plates.
-10 centipede legs.
>Shelter for Isaac.
>Two slingshots near the entrance.
>Warning net over the entrance of the bucket, that will send vibrations yo your nest if something walks over it.

No interest in spiders today /tg/?

I am right about to go to sleep, or I would -totally- be down for mindmorphing into a spider. Best of luck spiderbros! Snag a juicy fly fer me!

Get to work getting the nest set up for the baby spiders.

Gotta have a respectable nest for when they pop out aye?

>>17540315

Focus your attentions on getting the nest ready for your little baby hatchlings.

Also I know that feel OP. I tried my own Drunken Dwarf Brawl quest, although I had no pictures to make it look more interesting. It got to 4 threads before it just died.

You look back at things like Rubyquest, and you gotta wonder... has /tg/ changed?

>>17540334
>>17540345

What exactly do you wish to build? You have an egg chamber already. Do you wish to improve it somehow?

This looks interesting, but I need to see exactly what's been going on since it began. Give me a few minutes.

Awww yeah spider quest.

You and Dorpou build multiple cradle like web things, in which your children can rest and feed.
It costs you both 5 protein. You two now have 95% of yuor reserves.

>>17540420

No hurry. I tried to sum up what happened in the last session as well as I could, but it is better if you read the previous threads.
>>17540424
Nice to see you too.

Well, we've already killed the long horror, and have a nice nest going. And we have plenty of food for our little broodlings. And for Isaac. How's Isaac doing?

Our next main tasks will be to try to make something out of these washers we collected, and maybe to explore more. I'm also a little worried about the eggs-in-a-basked problem. As soon as a human decides to move/use the bucket, we might all be dead.

Check up on Issac.

Isaac can't get up to the egg chamber, right?

You move down and check how Isaac is doing. He seems to be fine, and greets you with gentle whips of his antenna.

(I just noticed that I forgot to save many of the backgrounds I made in the last session in a format that supports layers. This might slow me down somewhat. Sorry.)

>>17540530
Welp, we need to find a way to bide our time without risking being too far away when the eggs hatch.

Leave Dorpou guarding the nest and go for a quick recon patrol. Or, if it would be easier for you OP, send Dorpou on a quick patrol of the area for threats while we stand guard.

I am having some posting problems apparently.
>>17540509
No he can't.

You leave to guard your nest with Isaac, while Dorpou goes to survey the surroundings.
What shall you do while you wait the eggs to hatch and Dorpou to return?
The wheels and other materials have are stored inside the secondary storage chamber besides Isaac's shelter.

>>17540617
Start building a cart with the wheels.
Also, FUCK YES SPIDER QUEST. One of the top reasons I woke up early today.

>>17540617
I'm actually not really sure what we can do. To use the wheels we need a good axle. Are any of the centipede leg segments suitable? I really doubt it. We would need a stick or a nail.

Any other ideas for an axle, guys?

>>17540660
A pencil would probably be ideal, or perhaps that nail that's stuck in a board would work.

>>17540660
There is that nail stuck in that piece of wood outside. But we couldn't get it out remember. We need to find a way.

Also I just remembered that there was a small centipede/millipede in one of the images inside the coiled up hose. That could be a potential threat.

Nail might solve two problems. Point is sharp enough to possibly shape armour with, and after we've done with that, free axle.

Jus' sayin.

We could start building housing for our brood.

>>17540660
>>17540675
>>17540683

You gather the materials to build the cart, but you quickly realize that you lack a sufficient axle. You could perhaps bind few of the wood splinters together with web to make a haphazard one. You also remember the sharp thing stuck in the wood, but it might be rather too large.

>>17540690
Let's start carving out the nail, we also get wood splinters in the process so it's win-win.

Why do we need the cart again guys? We have loads of food and can easily get more. Why not leave it for now and go explore the rest of the shed?

I vote we go and check out the cobwebs under the bench or go and have a look and see what's under the rake.

>>17540773
>Why not leave it for now and go explore the rest of the shed?
I agree with this, but the problem is that if we go too far we might not be around when the eggs hatch. Which might be OK, I dunno.

And we already sent Dorpou on a patrol.

>>17540768

Carving out the nail will take great efforts and still provide you only with one axle. Are you sure?

>>17540773
Moving large amounts of stuff would be easier.

What will you do? Do you continue with the cart, leave your nest try to carve out the nail or go and explore? Remember, Dorpou is already exploring and surveying the shed. You stayed behind to guard the eggs.

>>17540796
The nail is nearby, isn't it? I'd think that going out exploring right now would be foolish, so we could just carve out the nail and protect the nest if it's nearby.

Bring some food into the egg chamber and wait for dorpou to come back.

>>17540828
The nail is beyond the hose pile. >>17540830

>>17540830
You bring food to the egg chamber, and place it in the cradles.

waitaminute... we're a jumping spider and you guys are suggesting to build a cart?

screw that, lets build a glider or a kite! as a jumping spider, you have the ability to jump the equivalent distance of three football fields and from personal experience i can tell y'all that spiders can definitely change the trajectory they are falling at by essentially gliding with their legs.

lets make these spideys fly!

How long till dorpou gets back? Fuck sitting on these eggs for a whole thread.

>>17540906

The cart idea was originally supposed to help us with carrying more stuff around and working as some sort of mobile base, which Isaac could drag when he is large enough.

But never mind that! You just had a BRILLIANT idea!

>>17540906
This seems good to me, but what will we make the glider out of?

>>17540983
Luckily, you have just the right materials to build the glider thing. You just need some wood and silk. Making the glider takes 5 silk and 5 wood. You now have 90% protein and 25 wood.
>>17540953
The glider is almost ready when Dorpou returns. He seems worried about something.

>>17541045
find out what is wrong with our spiderhubby while we proceed to test out of new glider!

then we get sharp pieces of wood to drop on this from above!

>>17541045
>He seems worried about something.
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>17541057

You ask what has him so alarmed.
"I saw something! I don't really know what... but it was big! At least it's shadow was big. I only saw the shadow.. You know, from the holes in the walls high up! It was massive, and it had a booming voice! It is doing something outside!"

>>17541156
Ohgodohgodohgod
hide

>>17541156
THE ELDER GODS AWAKEN

They are utterly indifferent to our lives, and for reasons we cannot fathom might wipe us all out at any moment.

Haul the glider up to the eggs. If they haven't hatched already, try putting them into a loose bundle so we can get out at a moment's notice.

>>17541194
Seconded

>>17541156
There is only one option for bibi, empress of Spiders

WE MUST SEE THIS MONSTER FOR OURSELVES WE FEAR NO LAWNMOWER

>Adorable spiders

This is going to end very badly.

FUCK YEA SPIDER QUEST.

>try putting them into a loose bundle
most spiders gather their eggs into a single large sac

>WE MUST SEE THIS MONSTER FOR OURSELVES WE FEAR NO LAWNMOWER
hell yes. we can always jump away if we deem the big thing a threat

While you are preparing to go and investigate the threat, after securing the eggs and the glider of course, you hear a booming voice outside, followed by commotion and then the wall moves open!

>>17541260
JESUS CHRIST WHAT IS THAT

>>17541260
I don't know what I'm looking at!

Quick, we must come up with an escape plan! How much silk/wood would we have to use, and how long would it take, to build a sufficient glider/gliders for Dorpou, Isaac, and an egg bundle?

>>17541260
Oh god, it's the fourth wall!
BRACE OURSELVES

>>17540981
>>17541057
>>17541296
>Elder god enters
>We fly out as a group, gaining height from the new gust of wind caused by the Elder god entering
>We drop all of our wood reserves on him in order to show the Elder god who this world belongs to now.
I can't see how this could go wrong.

A mindbogglingly enormous creature moves inside. You can only see two large pillars moving. You hear rhythmic wheezing and incomprehensible mumbling coming from somewhere high up. As the pillars move, the ground shakes. The massive form of the abomination casts a dark shade to the shed.

>>17541334
I know what I'm looking at!

We need to be cautious while this is happening. We don't want to bring the attention of It to us. That could be very bad.

>>17541334

>>17541334
Jesus christ how terrifying. Run for the crevice to the outer world!

>>17541347
And have the possibility of the world closing up, separating us from our family and means of survival? If the world can crack open due to this massive creature, it can surely seal closed due to it.

Pic related, what I think the creature is. It still has its other half to come in, if so.

>>17541389
No, I'm talking about the hole in the wall that we were already aware of.

You spy the creature from the relative safety of your bucket. It moves closer to the table, and you can hear it scour it for something. The table shakes, pieces of dirt fall to the ground from it's underside, familiar objects are thrown off to the ground ans the creature searches for something.

>>17541347
Are you willing to abandon your family?

>>17541401

The hole in teh wall always has dangerous creatures coming in from the outside, we do not wantto go out there. There may be more of these massive things and other nasties that only the walls are keeping out...most the time anyways.

(I agree Captcha.. Insec Nation.)

Flee to some dark place and hope not to be found.

We must be bold, put two eggs in the abomination's footwear using a glider.
Then hide under the hose.

>>17541440

No way would we abandon our family/home.

We should stay out of sight until the thing leaves of itsown accord. There is no food/substanance in thisarea that would keep such a large thing going. Nor is their comfortable enough space for it. The creature will move on when it realises this surely.

>>17541458
>whywouldyoudothis.jpg
Watch where it goes, pay attention to what it isn't interested in. What it isn't interested in may be safe enough to hide in if this ever happens again, due to the Beast ignoring it.

Grab the egg sac, dorpou and isaac and leave the bucket and hide behind it. My spider senses are telling me that the enormous creature might have need for it and we wouldn't want to be in it when the creature disturbs our home.

hUNKER DOWN AND WAIT. iT IS NOT COMING FOR US.

Just a thought, we could completely throw caution to the wind and abandon hubby, isaac, eggs, et al and just jump onto the creature's leg and see where it takes us.

I say that we continue to prepare for leaving at a moments notice. Have Dorpu keep an eye on the fleshbeast while we discretely go about our day.

>>17541511
By leaving, I mean as a family, not on my own.

Last chance we're gonna get.

HUBBY HUMP

You and Dorpou take your eggs and hide behind the bucket.
Suddenly the creature lets out an earsplitting roar.
"FOCKEN CRITTERS!"
The incomprehensible cry deafness you for few moments.

The massive pillars start stomping around erratically and the ground shakes to their rhythm.

What's the Elder God doing? Any update on that?
At the moment, about how close is it to discovering us?

>>17541558
ATTACK THE BOTTOMS OF HIS PILLARS

HE WOULDN'T BE TRYING TO HIDE THEM FROM US IF HE WASN'T VULNERABLE THERE

Grab our entire family, run out with bolas and sharp sticks, and run under the pillars when they move up. Attack the bottoms of the pillars while they are above us, fell the creature.

>>17541558
Look to see what the creature is doing. Is Isaac okay?

>>17541576
NO! VETO!

>>17541558
Is Isaac safe?

You see your old home fall to the ground.
The creature yells are filled with rage.
It stomps around, and finally crushes the can you used to live in.

Anyways of seeing what he is stomping on? My spider sence is worried for our mother.

>>17541611

Called it ><

Well.. least dorpou doesnt need to worry about our mother being a bitch anymore.

>>17541611
I hope mom and our siblings managed to escape.

>>17541632
We'll never be able to definitively find out if Dorpou is related.

>>17541647
There's a spider on the back on the can. It's our mother. It's safe to say she got squish'd.

>>17541611
Nothing we can do but wait and quietly mourn for our fallen siblings.

Once we feel we are safe, turn in for the day.

The creature utterly destroys your old home. You can see your remaining siblings frantically scuttling around what remains of your former home. There is no sign of your mother.

>>17541699
Wait for the creature to leave, then tend to survivors.

>>17541723
I concur.

Mother was in a can... we are in a large can... maybe our home isn't safe. Have we ever considered building webs in the corners of things, like our cousins do?

>>17541699
MOOOOOOOMMMMM!

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!...

It lifts something large from the table, and places it to the ground. It's angry mumbling intensifies.
It is however interrupted by another booming voice coming from outside. It rises up and opens the wall again, but doesn't close it behind itself.

Seems liek a reasonable plan. We must do all we can to protect our own nest, do not draw attention untill the thing leaves.

>>17541804
Quick, gather the survivors and bring them to safety.

Our only option is to escape into the outer world. Gather what supplies we can carry and move on. If we can, get survivors to come with us, but we should get out before the eldritch being returns.

You leave Dorpou to guard the eggs while you go to the survivors. The creature can still be heard from the outside.

Use some we to attatch food to isaac's back have dorpou carry some food while you carry the eggs. Time to escape to the outside world. I think the gargantuan beast is getting ready to rid the inner world of all life.

>>17541865
Don't forget to bring Isaac along if he isn't already with Dorpou.

Your siblings are confused and scared, but your familiar smell calms them slightly. You quickly gather up what remains of your mother's brood and lead them back to your bucket.

>>17541948
Arm each with a splinter of wood. We shall march out of here with Dorpou and Isaac, possibly coming back for the wheels later. If the beast comes back, attack the undersides of its pillars with sticks.

Brave and good little Bibi. The selfless saviour of spiderkind ♥

As you return to the bucket with your siblings you see that Dorpou is already hard at work. He has collected supplies, mainly food to two extra web sacks, and has even given Isaac a baggage to carry. You can bring 35 units of materials within these sacks if you wish to change what Dorpou has packed. They currently contain 25 units of food and 5 units of wood.
Your current resources are listed in the second post.
Note that chitin plates will take 2 space units to transport and wheels will take 5.

Obviously the pillar creature intends for us to have a new home, away from his place. He brought down the larger can for us, and even walked away so that we could move into it. I say we enter that mobile can-home, and have him carry us away to wherever he intends for us to live instead.

>>17542038

Elaborating this. One large baggage can contain 15 units of resources and Isaac's baggage can contain 5 units worth.

>>17542038
We should have the young and Isaac eat while we pack more.

I think that we should take three chitin plates, so we need to remove 1 unit of food.

24 food
5 wood
3 chitin plates = 6 weight

Have the younglings eat as much as they can now, and arm the capable ones with a stick each just in case.

Can we take the bolas/slingshots?

>>17542043

This is what the creature lifted. It isn't a can, not a can you can live in at least. There don't seem to even be any kind hole from which to enter.

>>17542086
....oh fuck.

We need to leave. NOW.

>>17542074
Sounds sensible.

>>17542086
A bomb!
Get out of there!

>>17542092
Agreed. Pack up and move out.

>>17542086
My vote is we try to move out of this shed and out into the open, possible find a nice tree to take over or something. but clearly here is no longer safe

>>17542074

While you and Dorpou pack your surviving eight siblings eat along with Isaac, who seems to quickly accept the newcomers and their scent.

>>17542149
Quickly leave a "fuck you" message to the elder god with whatever you can't carry

>>17542162
How 'bout we don't feed the massive being's wrath.

>>17542074

And yes, you can bring the bolas. The slingshots are however stationary.

You also re baggage the sacks as you described.

>>17542149
>ohshit, in the panic we forgot to introduce the new young to Isaac
>Isaac is learning anyways
All went better than expected. That could have been a disaster.

We need to keep a mental note to teach Isaac which spiders are friends and which are enemies.

>>17542162
>"fuck you" in Spiderese
>spells out "\ ] | \ / / | ("

go through the hole in the wall!

>>17542149
So, are we heading outside, or elsewhere in the shed?
also /r/ a pic of our adorable spider family all together, if it's not too much to ask

>>17542172
If the bolas take a weight, dump wood for them. If not, definitely take them.

>>17542212
Outside. I think the question is "Which hole?" The hole we discovered earlier, or the giant opening in the wall that reaches to the heavens?

>>17542212
> elsewhere in the shed?
The Elder God in angry, and his wrath is not yet sated. We must leave before an eldritch apocalypse takes us all.

>>17542238
The giant opening is where the Elder God came from. Maybe we should avoid it.

You move out as quickly as you can. You carefully carry the egg sack on your abdomen and push one of the web sacks with your forelimbs. Dorpou is pushing the other one. You both also have your bolas. Some of your siblings are also carrying pieces of wood, allowing you to bring 5 units extra of wood along you.

You hear the massive creature approaching again. It's steps shaking the very ground.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-g1ncoKihw
Song kind of related

>>17542251
To the hole in the wall!

>>17542251
To the hole in the wall. The one that doesn't have a giant coming through it.

Keep on moving. Time is of the essence. We shall lead the exodus of our people, and there can be no time to tarry.

GO GO GO GO GO!!!

Be sneaky about it though. like hid behind things and such

A new world opens before you!
You can hear the giant moving inside the shed.

>>17542363
Continue! We shall find a new home and (possibly) go back to the shed to scavenge and such when the Elder God's wrath ceases.

Behold, the outside world. Doepou is in mixed state of awe and nervousness, while your siblings are bewildered by the sheer openness of your surroundings.

The tall green growths are blocking your view however.
You can't see very far ahead.

>>17542433
Climb one of the tallest growths and get a sense of where shelter might be.

>>17542433
More music related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sCB1lhtRbc&feature=related

we need to locate a place to live possible a hole in the floor.

>>17542446
This. We need to keep somewhere near the shed if we want to be able to loot it for those wheels again, but that's all dependent on what we see around here. If the environment isn't suitable for the cart/tank we envisioned, there's no point in going back.

Unless we want to make pulleys and live in a tree branch or something.

>>17542446
Or better yet, just climb the shed.

You leave Dorpou to guard your eggs and the younglings, climb up to the tallest plant and gaze upon this alien world.
The buzzing sound of flying insects and the scent of the flowers fill your senses.

(sorry if this takes too long, I have to draw new backgrounds constantly)

there is a hole in the tree, possible a new home? or our doom?

>>17542534
I second this. We can see the shed, we know that it's safe from creatures for the time being. We don't know that about the green stuff.

We just have to make sure we have a safety line in case the sky begins to fall again, like a few days ago and earlier today.

>>17542536
That's alright, it's the price of a quest with art. You draw well.

So, what shall you do? Do you venture further to the outside world, or will you stay near the shed?

>>17542595
Tell Dorpou what we've seen and ask him what he wants to do. We're in this together.

my vote is venture on

>>17542606
Yeah, that's probably the best.

We should establish a base in the hole of that tree. We could always use gliders to escape from it or return to the shed when the time is right.

>>17542615
Do we know if trees are safe? We should probably venture forth to something that is safe for now. It doesn't have to be permanent, just something to house the babies when they hatch.

WE SHALL HAVE A SPIDER ARMY.

Do we know about how much longer until the sun sets?

>>17542660
>>17542615
i vote for these

You tell Dorpou of what you have seen.
After pondering about what you should do next he says:
"I am reluctant to return to the shed, it is no longer safe. There are only so many places we could hide in there from the Giant. On the other hand, we lack any kind of knowledge about the outside. You mentioned that you saw a hole in that giant thing? A hole we could perhaps fortify and hide in? Anything is better than staying here in the open. What ever we do, we must move quickly."

How shall you proceed?

i say we make temporary base near the tree, and then check out the hole

>>17542681
We head for the tree.

>>17542681
Venture towards the hole in the large structure. We should probably set up a temporary shelter using some protein reserves partially up the trunk, in case our young hatches. Can Isaac make his way up? This is why we need to get one of the wheels someday.

We shall make an elevator for Isaac.

>>17542660
It almost midday now. It will take you about a half hour to move to the tree with all your current stuff.

>>17542697
I should note that the elevator idea is something for the future, not now.

>>17542701
Make it so

>>17542697

Presumably Isaac is able to climb woody surfaces.

We need to check the hole cautiously, we don't know what is inside it. If we think we could make a home in it, then sure something else could have the same idea.

>>17542725
Good, then the hole could be useful as a permanent home assuming it's safe or can be fortified.

You move out.
( Useless as fuck post this is, but what ever.)

>>17542756
while we are at it yell adventure!

>>17542756
I have to head out, but before I do I must say that this quest is superb. I'll catch what happens later, here's to hoping Dorpou and Isaac are safe by night's fall.

Maybe we should ask the little spiders for their names?

>>17542787
Whatever they are, they won't be better than our spiders names.

Motorcycle, Harley...

we shall give them new names.

>>17542774

"ADVENTURE!"
Your siblings are thrilled, playing with Isaac as you move towards your new home.
>>17542780
Thanks.
>>17542787
They say that their mother hadn't named them jet, explaining that it would wait until they had grown big enough so that one could tell them apart.

Question. How do you feel about other insects being sentient, and intractable in other ways than "eat or run away"?

>>17542873
i like if insects were sentient but not hyper intelligent like our spider seems to be

>>17542873
It would make sense, wouldn't it?

>>17542873
Some of them, perhaps.

I think anything larger than a grasshopper should be mindless and destructive though.

>>17542873
I like the idea. They should almost all be sentient, but maybe not all be able to converse with us.

>>17542873
It wouldn't make sense if all other arthropods were also sapient, otherwise history would be radically changed.

You are at crossroads. It seems that there is some sort of battle going on. Large shelled creature is fighting against a lot of smaller ones.

"You mindless zealots! I shall slay you all and feast on your blood!"

How shall you proceed?

>>17542873
>Question. How do you feel about other insects being sentient, and intractable in other ways than "eat or run away"?

A few, but not all of them. Our spiders need to kill stuff in order to eat and making everything sentient would end up making that kind of creepy.

>>17542955
Does it appear to be winning?

>>17542955
Try to avoid the fight. We need to find a safe place for the eggs, the spiderlings and Isaac.

>>17542948
I don't know. Some ants are smart enough to know that when one of their kind is infected with a fungus spore, that they should carry the infected as far away from their mound and let it die. Hell, even we aren't smart enough to know that sometimes.

Just because creatures are able to communicate and develop a certain level of ideas doesn't mean that they'll want to build Baneblades and Nuclear Warheads. That's just the neckbeards.

>>17542964

The fight is at standstill. The smaller critters are trying to tie it down, while the large creature struggles intensely against them. It has one of the little ones in it's jaws.

(Alright then, here is my policy towards other creatures. Some of the other insects are sentient, and you are able to talk to them. The larger creatures such as mammals and birds are mindless almost unkillable beasts. The other insects won't have technology though. I just think that if they all were simply mindless creatures, this quest would lose a lot of story potential.)

>>17542955
I think we should yell out if "it" needs help. Dependent on what responds, we get some nice information.

First, we know what is capable of understanding us. We'll also possibly learn what can be allied with us. While having ants as an ally would be nice, I highly doubt they'll want to (or, more accurately, need to).

We should just yell out if it needs help, then go and help the larger monstrosity (as long as it doesn't respond that it will devour or soul, etc.).

>>17543002
That's a good stance on it. I like how mammals are mindless killing machines, just as we think that the arthropods are.

>>17542955
The ants are mindless zealots serving a cruel and bloodthirsty goddess. Kill them all, using the bolas. Make sure the kids and Issac are out of the way first, though.

>>17543062
>>17543013
After only just escaping death, we're tempting fate? Better not do anything, and move on.

>>17543062
Could you be so kind and be stupid somewhere else?

Kill the ants, we don't want to lose a potential ally.

Keep moving, we're not getting involved in a conflict before we know anything about it.

>>17543072
>>17543074
Not the guy quoted, but we don't know anything about this outside world. Is it stupid to potentially gain an ally that can tell us about this world? We were able to take on a many-legged beast by ourself, surely that thing won't be a problem if it turns out to be hostile.

I say we ask if it needs help first. If it seems hostile, move on. I doubt it will be, though.

You cautiously approach the scene, trying to figure out the best way to get past safely. Dorpou stays back, guarding the websacks and the younglings.

One of the ants notices you.
It approaches slowly.
"enemy...unknown...protect...hive...endure...."

>>17543165
Yeah... I think it's too late to run away now. An ant can follow your trail for miles. We need to destroy the ants and find a way to obstruct our path, so that they can't follow us once their own brood finds their corpses. Hopefully the [ladybug?] will help.

>>17543165
Ask the large one why it's fighting the ants.

>>17543165

Oh shit, nigger.

Ants rape spiders in a big way, run!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfTTijKYkA8

>>17543165
They're mindless automatons, we probably cant work with them. I say we kill them and try to ally with the more intelligent bigger beast.

>>17543165
Throw food at it and see if we can't get clear.

To those of you saying "destroy the ants" you know nothing of nature and how destructive those little bastards are.

Ants will 9/10 always beat spiders through sheer weight of numbers

google it / youtube it...

>>17543182
That spider didn't have hyper intelligence and bolas.

>>17543219

I'll post several dozen more ants murdering spiders videos if you like?

Well, we need to do something. Do we have any weapons other than the bolas? Something ranged?

Screw it.

Lunch time.

>>17543208
To you-- I'd say those of you, but I think it's just one person-- mindlessly saying that Bibi and Dorpou can't defeat ants, check out the rest of the threads. In nature a jumping spider will lose to a centipede 10 out of 10 times. We aren't a normal spider, and we can find ways where the ants won't follow us.

We also have weapons.

>>17543180
Isn't that precisely why we shouldn't provoke them? If they associate our scent with the deaths of drones, AND they can hunt us...?

>>17543233
Bolas are ranged. We have two spiders throwing bolas, along with a giant ladybug, all against five ants. That's not even a challenge.

"Why are you just standing there eightleg? You want to get killed?"

>>17543181
"I eat their cattle, as if they need a reason to kill anyone in their path though."

The ant is approaching. You can't run away without leaving your stuff behind, and your siblings are too slow.
You ready your bola.

>>17543257
>implying that we haven't already seen that ants associate all scents as enemies, regardless what they are
Yeah, uh, no.

>>17543204
Throw food at ALL of them, and see if we can't get the big one free too! Peaceful resolution for the win!

>>17543268
We would have to ensure none of them escape, and clean up afterward, to keep other ants from analyzing our scent.

Our budding little fascist empire is not gonna bow to a few ants.

Apply jackboots, free the ladybug, and let's jet.

Applied violence is one thing; but, let's not be stupid. Do the deed and get out of there!

>>17543293
Analyzing the scent isn't the problem, it's following the scent. We just have to find a way to break our trail.

But this is all crazy meta shit even for Spider Quest. Lets just decide whether to attack and continue the quest, or go hide and let the ants follow/exterminate us. I vote for attack the ants. If we're going to run away from everything, we're already screwed.

rolled 2 = 2

>>17543286
Foll for success?

rolled 89 = 89

Oh shit.
Rollan

Slaughter the small weaklings, kill them all, no survivors!

>>17543324
2 out of 1d2! SUCCESS

>>17543286

Sorry, I forgot to mention the roll we use.
1d10.
Number to beat 4 to hit the close ant. 7 for the further up ones.

>>17543367
Why not take >>17543337
and simply consider it an 8?

rolled 3 = 3

>>17543367
We're able to pull back our bola after every throw, from a line from our spinneret, correct?

Rollin' to attack the close one first, then. Or just the next one if someone else rolls, already.

rolled 10 = 10

Rollan!

rolled 8 = 8

>>17543367

>>17543371

Oh, I guess I could. I didn't notice it.

You smash the puny ant.
There remain 5 more.

"Neat trick web springer! Free me, and I will join you on this wholesale slaughter!"

rolled 8 = 8

Firing!

rolled 1 = 1

>>17543392
Target the nearest one, at the ladybug's legs. No need to get closer - if we miss, we are unlikely to hurt the ladybug. And if they break off and attack us, we get more time to attack again.

rolled 7 = 7

>>17543392

Yeah, let's blitz the ladybug's thugs

rolled 5 = 5

attack the closest one! Spider smash!

>>17543392

rolled 3 = 3

>>17543461
whoops, fucked up

rolled 6 = 6

FOR GONDOR

So many good rolls.

You and Dorpou sling your bolas towards the ants, you both striking true.
"Thank you spider! These three have no chance of holding me!"

Hopefully LB can stomp her attackers flat in short order.

Hang back a bit but get ready to continue shooting.

"Yeah we could use a little help ourselves, we need a safe place to hole up!"

Thought just occurred. If they hate him for killing their livestock, that means the ants have aphids. Aphids means food. If he can get aphids, we have a basis for agriculture. He can be of use.

>>17543482
>Centipede and ants bleed green
>Spiders bleed red
We need to see what color the ladybug bleeds. If it is red, we just found the way to determine who is an all or enemy.

>bibi_pondering_something_evil.jpg

>>17543556
Isaac is a centipede. Enemies and allies are not determined by race alone.

>>17543482
kill the rest, and converse with the gient, tell them you came from the shed.

>>17543570
>Enemies and allies are not determined by race alone

B-but... think about the possibilities. Hundreds of tiny jackboots for our unstoppable spider army.

after the battle is done converse, ask about safe places

>>17543595
I think our immediate concern is ensuring our children are born alive and healthy.

The ladybug rips himself free from the two remaining ants holding him, and shakes of the third climbing on his back.

"I will end you!"
"...unable to...destroy...failure...."

Within few moments the ladybug kills the remaining ants.

>>17543516
"I am honor-bound to aid you, now that you saved me from being eaten alive by these zealous morons. Where are you headed, I could perhaps fly you there. Assuming that those little bundles of yours don't contain rocks."
>>17543521
You ask about the cattle he mentioned.
"Oh, those things. Delicious little fatties. I have eaten them since I was a mere larva. The ants guard them, as they drink the nectar the aphids produce. Why would you want any of them however?"

>>17543595
>considers getting ants to join our army
What do you think will happen when their inner hivemind awakens, and they decide to RAPE MAIM KILL?

>>17543626
"In order to create the supply for the new Spider Nation. We need to have some means of trade and basis for economics in order to be a functioning society. Do you know nothing of the workings of spiders?"

>>17543626
Tell him we were thinking about getting into farming. Explain that if we were to start our own aphid farm, he might be able to get all the cattle he wants, freely, without risking combat with ants.

Anyway, we're headed to the hole in the tree.

>>17543626
move towards the tree as you talk. ask about the hole, and about the elder-gods

Then they shall face the full wrath of the Imperium of Arachnid and they shall fall.

Besides, they're communists. We fascists don't hang with communists.

>>17543653
>>17543660
Before we move away, we need to find some way of making our scent or covering our trail. The last thing we want is to have ants follow us back.

We may be able to use one of those large green things, dragging them behind us to pick up the top layer of dirt/our scent.

>Honourable Warrior Ladybird.

FIGHT TO VALHALLA BLOOD SHELLED WARRIOR

HAVE WE DEVOURED OUR MATE YET

WE ARE THE WORST SPIDER EVER

>>17543750
We haven't thoroughly cleaned our spinnerets, or had our mate thoroughly clean our spinnerets, for two whole threads now. Does that make this the worst quest thread ever?

>>17543750

Bibi is a jumping spider. They don't eat their mates.

>>17543651
>>17543653

"Those are quite strange ideas for a spider. Where are you from? No spider I have encountered has ever been interested in anything other than their precious hard to see and easily broken when flown through webs."

>>17543660
"You mean the tall creatures? No one know for sure. They tend to ignore most of us smaller folk. Sometimes though they will reap away all the grass, making it hard to hide from the flying monsters. They also kill aphids if they see them, shame really. Makes it harder than it already is to hunt them."

You also inform him that you are heading to the hole in the tree.
"Are you sure you don't want to fly on my back? It would make the trip swifter. Pushing all that stuff to the tree will take time and it is also dangerous."

>>17543775
I promise you will clean your spinnerets when we have established a new home.

>>17543796

Does the brave ladybug have a name? And a lift would be great. Any advice on how to avoid hte ants, or any other predators we should be worrying about?

Do the spiders around here have any meeting areas or general haunts? Perhaps we could unite the seperate people for the good of arachnid kind.

>>17543796
We should not leave the bolas behind.

>flying
Okay. Sounds good.

>>17543796
Take him up on the offer for transport. Tell him we've always been strange for a spider. We come from a bucket.

We spiders could do massive damage to LB if we chose to do so - so hitching a ride should be safe.

There are ants around about somewhere. Badass though we are we can be swamped. Plus that cures our "chem trail" problem.

>>17543796
Yep, we could use a personal moving man...lady...thing.

>>17543796
I see we haven't cleaned up our mess.
Do we want to get slaughtered by vengeful ants?
>optimistic. ovevem
You said it, Captcha.

Flying will only make it harder on the ants to find us.

>>17543948
Is this too big for a jumping spider to dream?

>>17543847
No matter how well we clean, it won't get it all up. Remember how much of a pain it was to get up the blood of the Many-Legged-Beast, and how we just gave up? It would be the same here, except there would be a good chance that more ants would come while we were cleaning up.

>>17543819

After quickly gathering the bolas you inform the ladybug that you would gladly accept his offer to fly you two to the tree hole.
You also ask his name.
"Have been called many names. The Red Devourer, The Spotted Menace, Bane of Ants, Raging Behemoth etc.
You however, can call me Andor, the Aphid Eater."

You inquire about the threats around here.
"Anything and everything. You just encountered one. The ants can't be bargained with. They are the worst scum of the hivers. Right after them are the wasps. They aren't as aggressive, bu they are smarter than the ants. Much smarter. Luckily they aren't very numerous. Then there are the occasional monsters around. Really describing all the threats here could take the whole day."

You ask about other spiders.
"I don't really know I am afraid. Not many instances when I have come in to contact with them, in any kind of friendly terms at least."

>>17543832
"You are from the shed? It is rare to see any of you folk around here."

Now, if that was all th questions, may we take off?
Alright then, hop on board and cling tight. This is gonna be a bumpy ride!"

You, Dorpou and your siblings climb to the back of Andor and bind yourself to his abdomen. You take the egg sack there with you, while Andor will carry your other web sacks.

( sorry for the delay)

>>17543948
>>17543948


Yess...yes... that is perfect.

You rock, kind sir.

my lord this quest is amazing.

as you fly survey the land, and ready your selves for another fight, that hole is prime real-estate, some one else will already be living there for sure

>>17544052
Roll to see how many of the siblings fall and die?

>hope ikilloca
pic related, it's captcha

>>17544052
We need to find a way to turn Andor into an attack helicopter.

>>17544175
We can mount slingshots on him.

Maybe we could find and ally with or domesticate a bombardier beetle.

A-10 Andor is go.

rolled 2 = 2

Take off!

>>17544104
If you so desire!
>>17544103
You also prepare to drive out anyone living inside that hole.

>>17544175
attack long wooden spear to his front legs, use him for flying jousting copter of death and splinters.

>>17544220
Nooo. They already lost their mother.

>>17544231
derp, attach, not attack

rolled 8 = 8

>>17544220
Rollan

>>17544220
>If you so desire!

No! Of course not!

>>17544220
....luckily though you already tied yourself to Andor's backside, so your two siblings will only get a rather more exiting ride.

>>17544263
no, no, we are not killing all of them

>>17544282
Remember those two. They will be paratroopers.

We need to check out the squarish thing behind the tree when we have time.

>>17544282
>>17544313
I am currently imagining the helicopter attack scene from Apocalypse Now with spiders, lady bugs and other assorted critters.

Me gusta.

Fallschirmjärachnager!

>>17544348
>Me gusta
Otherwise, prepare weapons, protect young, etc

>>17544282

>>17544348
>me gusta
NO U

Brace for impact!


>>17544341
It seems to be just an ordinary rock.

>>17544461
No birds visible. That's good.

>>17544475
No, but there are other spiders. This could go both ways.

>>17544461
I think there's a big spider in there. in the back. To the right. and there are webs. I think we're fighting a spider.
Captcha:
Oralibu occupied.
Oralibu is the name of the tree hole, Inglip says so.

Do the spiders inside appear to be the same species as us? if not, this could get ugly.

>>17544529
>>17544533
We've encountered two creatures so far that haven't attacked us straightforward. Maybe these will be the same? Although if they live there, they probably won't want us living there either.

Are we willing to kill friendly spiders that don't want us living there? I'm thinking no.

>>17544529
>I think there's a big spider in there. in the back. To the right.

>big...

that fucker is huge

looks like two spiders

Commencing landing procedure!

At best it's a big fucking wolf spider.

At worse it's some eldritch abomination.

>>17544597
oop, nope, looks like a bird nest.
We need to either move, or risk making something to block the hole to prevent the bird from coming back in.
Silk cover isn't really an option, the ELDER GODS might see it and exterminate us.

>>17544597
is that a leaf or tunnel or trap door to the right?
and just a pile of_______ to the left?

does anything approach?
ladybug does talking ?

>>17544619
It is neither!
It is a poorly drawn bird's nest!

(I must go sleep soon. It is 2:30 am here. I'll try to avoid a cliffhanger though.)

>>17544644
Plus silk won't hold it. Just saiyan.

>>17544653
Looks like there's a spider up on the ceiling. Ask him what's up.

>>17544652

The thing in the right is a small crevice filled with water, the thing on the left is a seemingly abandoned bird's nest.

>>17544676
The mere fact you said "seemingly" implies it is NOT.

we are so fucked. Any other nearby shelter?
And yeah, ask the other spider what's up.

>>17544653
well sleep spider op bro, cliffhangers work good too...!...

That water's very convenient - Isaac will make good use of it.

Looks like a real home this time!

>>17544653

Its been fun spider bro, sleep well in knowing you've kept me entertained all night as I've worked :D

Think we need to talk to that spider up top, either befriend or evict!

Hello OP and all other players. I'm just read all the previous threads and have to inform that, also being finnish, I want to have the OP's babies. Even if I'm a man.

This is the best quest I've seen in /tg/ so far. Goddamn congratulations.

An old spider descends towards the floor.
"Who enters my home?"

>>17544800
if that spider is all "bro" with the ladybug... we are goin to have to play nice....
we should talk to
> "Have been called many names. The Red Devourer, The Spotted Menace, Bane of Ants, Raging Behemoth etc.
You however, can call me Andor, the Aphid Eater."

an get some clues

>>17544829
Andor, the Aphid Eater + guest !

>>17544829
Refugees from the shed. We are fleeing the rage of the tall creature. This is our friend, Andor.

If we can't stay here, can you point us to a place where we can live instead?

>>17544829
We should probably introduce ourselves, being the four of us with actual names. There's no harm in it.

Maybe ask if he's renting, leasing, or owns the property?

The spiders shape looks sorta simular to ours, we should introduce ourselves, and explain our plight and aims.

We could always try and trade some food for tempoary lodging if it comes down to it.

You inform the old spider that you are refugees from the shed, just looking for shelter. You also introduce yourselves.

"Oh, you are with that ladybug! I have heard of him. What happened to the shed, if I may ask? Oh my, my manners! Sure, sure, you can stay, there is plenty of room, seeing that most critters still fear the flying monster who used to live here. Additional company wouldn't do harm. Though I would appreciate if you shared few bits of food you might catch, as I am almost too old to hunt anymore."

>>17544954
Hell yes Big brother Spiderbro!

We're in!

"Welcome home kids! Don't make too much noise and stay off of gramps lawn."

>>17544969
If by big brother spider you mean devour you in your sleep spider then you are correct.

>>17544954
Spider Obi-Wan is bro tier.

>>17544987
This, a thousand times.

We'll sleep the first few nights with our young attached to us with pull strings. If they move, the string will move and wake us.

>>17544954
"The tall creature went on a rampage. He crushed our previous home and may have killed our mother. After he set down a can with strange symbols on it, we left."

"We would be glad to share what we have. Thank you for letting us stay here, kind sir."

You start settling down, tell your siblings to stay orderly while you and Dorpou make a small nest for yourself.

(Sorry guys, I think I'll have to stop here. Too sleepy. I didn't even manage to make a proper picture for you.)

>>17545101
It's all good. Thanks for the nice Saturday, see you next time. Sleep well.

Someone requested a family portrait earlier, so here it is. I included the whole gang.

If you got any input, I can answer briefly. Be quick though, I am very sleepy.

>>17545218
Go get some sleep!

>>17545218

As before, Spider Quest will continue next Friday or Saturday, starting at 10-14. server time.
Also thanks to the anon who archived this thread.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17540183/

Nine hours of quest. I'll be damned. This is what gives me pause at starting my own. You're a questan' machine baby!

Thanks again OP!

>>17545245

Very well then.
Thanks for all those who participated! I appreciate your appreciation!

>>17545218
> If you got any input, I can answer briefly.

Is the old spider-bro our species or a web-spinning spider?

If the former, he's probably not going to be of much help, if not much trouble either. If latter, the possibilities are endless, as his spinning abilities would greatly exceed our own. We could get him to work for us in exchange for food.

Also, how's the eggsack?

>>17545286

You are in luck, I was about to turn my computer of right after refreshing this thread, so now I can answer your question.

The old spider isn't the same species as you. The egg sack is doing fine.

>>17545340
Awesome. Can't wait for next week, I think I'll sleep for six days straight.

I say, let the flying monster come, with thre right preparations and a fuckload of webs, we can take it on and eat like kings for a week at least, all of us!

also, why didnt we take ants as rations with us