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Everfree Survival (Comment driven story)

by Hrafn

Chapter 22: Bag of loot and a strange dream

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Bag of loot and a strange dream

By the way what is in the bag the manticore gave him/me/us?

Check what's in the bag the manticore gave us.

The giant cooked spider corpse made you hungry, it was then that you decide to go through the bag the manticore gave you to look for some noms.

The smell of charred spider reminds you of the bag you got from the manticore. You don't know how the logical progression does that, but you don't see a reason to get caught up in details. Opening the bag, you discover this:

* Mystery Bag containing:

* Pack of Pop-Tarts (you smile upon this discovery; that's an excellent snack)

* Vitamin tablets (7, don't take more than one per day) (oh goody, you were getting worried that the primarily meat-based diet would lead to deficiencies)

* Magical lyre (you can cast any spells you know by playing the lyre, any spells cast in this manner have added precision if applicable)

You notice that the bag contained items that should not logically fit inside. Considering its powers to bend reality, you move some items from your backpack to the bag, hanging your bag on your belt. (Shut up, you have a belt.)

That should be useful for withdrawing items more quickly.

Head out of the dungeon, and head a safe distance away again to sleep.

Realizing you should probably take a day off to rest, you turn around and limp out of the dungeon. Your ankle doesn't seem broken, but it hurts to walk on it. Luckily, the stairs provide only slight difficulty. Getting back to where you rested last night, you see enough coal in the pit that you can easily start a fire. Luckily, it hasn't rained. You suddenly realize you should probably build some kind of semi-permanent shelter, or search to see if any previous incarnations of you did so in the area. Even if they didn't, you probably should in case you die. However, there are more urgent matters to attend to, such as you being hungry.

Eat and drink. Take nightcap for the stat boost.

Starting the fire, you take out an MRE pack from your inventory and peruse its contents. It contains some kind of canned meat. Not being fond of canned meat, you put that aside for now. It also contains some canned peaches, which you dig into eagerly. As you're eating (and drinking water), the wolf cub from before appears from the forest. Seeing as you have food it will like but you don't, you open the canned meat, walk a few meters towards the wolf (at an angle, not directly), and put it on the ground. With that done, you head back to your meal.

The wolf timidly approaches the can, then wolfs it down. You snicker at the terrible pun you just made, before you resume eating the peaches. You top the meal off with some Pop-Tarts. Looking up, you see that the meat can is empty and the wolf is gone. Suddenly, you get an idea! You take the two empty cans and throw them on the fire.

Sleep.

After a nightcap, you think you're ready for bed. You throw some more wood on the fire and curl up next to it.

Fun Fact: There are only two non-venemous spiders on Earth. Uloboridae which uses non-adhesive webs (so the guy didn't fight this one), and Holarchaeidae. Considering that if Holarchaeidae is the one we fought, that's just hilariously ironic since they only grow to be 1.5mm in length on Earth. All other spiders have venom which they use to paralyze the fly's they catch in their webs. A lot of spiders, however, have poison simply too weak in too little an amount transfered per bite to have much effect on us huge hulking humans. Comparing the size ratios of tank-to-human and spider-to-fly, should the spider have been venemous it would probably have enough to paralyze us if it bit; even if it was equipped with one of the weakest spider venoms on planet Earth. There is only one explanation. . . we fought an alien spider! *fangasms over story*

As you're falling asleep, you think back to that spider you fought earlier. It didn't have any venom. You vaguely remember someone telling you that all spiders except for one or two have venom, but most are too weak to even notice. With that in mind, the spider must have been some kind of alien spider.

You have gained a skill point.

Huh... Not much to do. So I guess, continue on after checking for traps/secret passageways. Repeat process every once in a while(I mean it's a dungeon for crying out loud). Also while moving forwards keep up a defensive stance so as to be ready for anything.

Head back into the dungeon and continue progressing, checking for traps and secret passageways as Doctor N said. To check for traps, throw our sticks in front of us as we go, and to check for secret passageways, knock on walls and listen for hollow sounds.

Search the dungeon again for anything useful. Search for hidden compartments.

Walking through the dungeon, you pass the charred spider corpse. You throw a few sticks around to check for traps, but there are none. You periodically knock on the walls to look for hidden passages. After what feels like an hour of walking, you hear something from the wall.

Take a swig of water and lead on. You idly wander how much water you have left and question that since your now in one of those survivor situations that you would have to drink your own piss like Bear Grylls. You may have to at some point so you get the stupid idea to pull down your pants and fill an empty container with piss. You idly thank Bear Grylls and all his adventures because now you know what to do.

You take a swig of water, then remember watching Bear Grylls on TV not long before you appeared here. Taking a page out of his book, you drain the rest of the water in your bottle and piss in it. With that done, you feel around the wall for some kind of switch. You hear a faint 'click' and the wall slides to the side.

You find your path blocked by a shit ton of webs, you set it alight then shatter the brittle stuff like glass before walking into a room filled with what seems like giant spider eggs. The giant spider you just killed may have just been the mother. Or so you hope because if that was the dad, you would hate to see the mom because what you can recall bout spiders is that the female is like 3 to 4x bigger

The passage is blocked by a metric fuckton of spider webs. Remembering what happened last time, you point your finger at the webs and release a lance of fire from it. The path has been cleared. Walking on, more wary this time, you enter a large room. Webs and spider eggs cover the floor and walls. That spider you killed must have been the mother. Or at least you hope so, you wouldn't want to fight a mother protecting her eggs, that'd be dangerous.

It was this scene that made you remember that movie "Eight Legged Freaks". You dredge up the old movie to remember how people killed the fuckers and recall a scene where spiders have really strong sense of smell (you know the scene where that guy fucked up its senses by spraying perfume in its face) It was this thought that you now have a secret weapon to fight giant fucking spiders aka *The Bear Grylls Special* just throw it at its face and watch what happens. Well you wouldnt watch what happens, you would stab the bloody thing to next tuesday.

With memories of that one movie you watched that one time, you withdraw your Bear Grylls Special for use as a biological weapon. You look around warily for giant spiders, and make sure to also look up.

You idly wander what spider eggs taste like... Should you havrvest them or burn them? You also remember that spider web is apparently as strong as steel. You dont know if this is true but it sounds promising. it was with this idea that you try to harvest some spider web and see if you cant make some spider rope later.

While you ponder what to do with the eggs, a giant spider slightly smaller than the one you fought before appears from somewhere. Might have been hammerspace for all you know. You throw your biological weapon at it and charge, stabbing it repeatedly with your spear while it's stunned by the smell of biological waste products. It's pretty dead now.

Jeeze tv shows and movies are giving you alot of ideas. Remembering that this was meant to be a video game, you not so discreatly try your favorite Thu'um from skyrim.(FUS RO DA).

Come to think of it, if this is a game you should try things from games you've played before. With that in mind, you shout with all your might, "YOL-TOOR-SHUL!"

A torrent of flames spew forth from your mouth, burning all the webs and eggs and illuminating the whole room. You're pretty sure by now that nothing remains alive in this room.

You wake up to a scream. Somewhat disoriented from that strange dream, you grab a carton of orange juice you didn't notice was in the MRE pack yesterday and move to investigate while sipping up that sweet vitamin C. I mean sour vitamin C. It's an acid, after all.

Next Chapter: Not gonna investigate? Oh well. Estimated time remaining: 13 Minutes
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