Little Bits and Pieces (M)

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Some time had passed, and the gulls were crying over head when she opened her green eyes and stared out towards the expanse of rocks all around her.  Her entire body ached, and as she pushed herself off of the ground, she touched her cheek, realizing there was a deep cut that was swollen and sore. A similar injury had pierced her shoulder as she winced, her eyes prickling with tears.
But she was alive.
Somehow, she had survived the storm, and as her eyes traced across the beach, she was shocked to find the book lying right beside her.
Reaching for it, she stared at the front cover before slowly pressing her hand against it and lightly caressing the indentation of the tree.


Whatever had happened to her... would it be explained in this book? What connection did it have to that ritual?
Though when she opened to the first page, a cold wind ruffled through her hair and sent a chill up her spine. She closed the book and hugged it close to her body, even bent over to stop the wind from at least hitting the front of her.

Then, when the wind subsided, she blinked and slowly looked around.

She was alone.
There was no sign of the man she had met upon the boat, nor clue as to what had happened to his ship. Glancing back towards the ocean, she brushed her wild, red hair from her face and studied it.

The ocean- it was so vast, so wide...
It made her feel so small in this world, and at the same time, filled her with so much wander. She never had the luxury to go to the ocean, and took a moment to walk along the shores as the cool waters lapped at her bare feet.

The rocks hurt to walk on, so after a time, she peered over her shoulder to examine her surroundings.  It was then she realized she was caged in- both ends of the beach were cut off by tall expanses of rocks that jutted up into the air as they reached for the skies. Atop of the rock there were trees and inside the sharp cracks in the rocks were the bird's nests.  SHe could see a group of them fluttering above, but then her eyes went inward, and she noticed the great mouth of the cave.

It was huge, and could have probably swallowed a few of the ships they had just traveled upon.  It looked as if her only option was to either wander inside the cave, or try her luck again in the ocean. 

She made her way towards the cave, but only gave one final glance back towards the sea, just in time to hear the distant rumblings of thunder.
Another storm was on it's way.

Moving forward, she made her way into the gaping maw of the cave in slow, cautious steps.
The mouth of the cave was like a the giant maw of an animal, gaping wide and hungry.
And inside, it looked like the innards of one, with a valted ceiling and rib like recesses.
She hugged her book tighter as she moved forward, but when her foot caught against a rock and she almost tripped over it, the noise she made echoed softly into the cave, a thousand times over.

She raised her head, listening curiously to the sound in wonder, but after listening, her ears strained at another sound, and when she turned towards it, a massive, black cloud of bats came flying towards her.

Her mouth fell open as she let out a scream and the swarm was around her, frantically flying through the cave and out the expansive mouth of the cave and into the grey-darkening clouds of the second on coming storm...


As soon as the bats had gone, Eve remained, crouched against the cave floor and slowly peered out over her shoulder, looking back towards the rocky beach where she heard another crack of thunder that made her jump on her feet and back away.  Again, she hugged the book tighter and turned to look inside the cave. Shallow waters foamed in from the sea, and she followed them curiously and studied the rocks.  She hoped no more of those creatures might come back, but at least it seemed they had been harmless.
She must've startled them.

So she pressed on.

[Paradox]

Cresting the sandy slope, Zav paused and rubbed his aching stomach. It protested quite loudly, reminding him that if it was not fed soon that it would be most displeased and that there would be dire consequences. Sighing, he took his first step off the sands and crossed over towards the verdant grass.

His muscles ached and he felt there wasn't something right with his left leg. His knee felt warm,  swollen. A sticky substance or something covered the knee and trickled down his leg, sluggishly. He had to be careful not to put his full weight on it because he could only imagine that the pain he'd feel if he did otherwise would be legendary, but he was too stubborn to let himself look like a limping weakling.

There wasn't much to see. Just grass, a scattering of trees and , of course, the rocky cliffs. The view to the other side of the island was quite clear and Zav could spy the sea in the distance beyond the grasses on the other side. "Damn. It is an island then. And there don't seem to be much to it either. No people, not much animals, few trees... " He studied one of the trees, pondering how he'd harvest and shape wood to make another boat if necessary.
"Even if I do make it offa this island, I'm a dead man. My client's gonna be pissed ." Pissed off over a stupid book, he thought and shook his head.  He leaned back for a moment, resting his back against the tree's sturdy trunk and enjoying the cool of its shadow. He closed his eyes for a moment and shivered. "Wish I had a change of clothin'." Again, his stomach protested, "Heh. An' a bite to eat."

He opened his eyes and tilted his head back, peering up through the boughs and branches, " Might be some eggs or somethin' up there. " He frowned when his eyes caught no notice of anything edible. He moved away from that tree with a snort and made his way toward another. He repeated this process until his persistent search was rewarded. Lucky tree number eleven boasted an ample bird's nest ripe with a clutch of fat white and blue speckled eggs. "Lunch time! " The young man grinned and rubbed his hands together.

Wrapping his arms around the broad , gnarled bark, he proceeded to scale up the trunk. His eyes were on the eggs and his thoughts were on how he'd eat them, how good they'd feel in his belly. Three quarters nearer to his destination he thought he heard a woman screaming. He hesitated and wondered if he hadn't been hearing things. It sounded distant, but not. If there really was another person on this island then perhaps they had a means of helping him leave? Or maybe there was trouble? He had no doubt that he was stranded in pirate territory.

He looked down the tree trunk and then back up at the waiting eggs. He should go looking for the source of the scream, but it probably wasn't a good idea to pass up on an easy meal.

Ultimately, he chose to ignore the woman for the moment and continue on his egg hunt. However, as soon as he was eye level with the nest, a great colorful bird landed atop the nest and squawked loudly at him, pecking at his reaching hand. The bird was about the size of a great horned own and it's enormous talons looked as though it could tear out Zav's throat in a matter of seconds if it wanted to.

Zavimaat pulled his bleeding hand back sharply, cursing. The bird stared at him with its large yellow eyes. Zav held his breath for a few moments, waiting to see what the creature would do next. He'd never seen a creature like this one before. He waited...waited. Nothing. Perhaps , he thought, it would leave him alone so long as he didn't try to go after the eggs again. Releasing a soft sigh of relief, the young man started his descent down the tree. His relief was to be short lived, however. The bird began sqwaking loudly and started flapping it's wings. It lifted from its nest to hover over Zav, beating its wings in his face.

"Shit!" Instinctively, Zav released his hold on the tree and fell. He landed on his side, his bed leg crunching underneath him. He cursed himself for his stupidity as the bird's shadow fell over him. Zav staggered to his feet and ran limping down the beach with the ticked off bird closing in behind him. "Oh shit! Shit ! Shit ! Shit!"

He made one final mistake of looking back while he was running. A brief , frantic glance back at the pissed off bird was all it took for him to lose awareness and he tripped over a rock and went tumbling down the grassy slope and over a rocky overhang. "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!" He shrieked as he fell.

ooc: Not as long as your post but it's still special. Next post ...he dies!  ;D SPLAT!

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Eve hadn't made it to far into the cave when she heard a scream from outside.  She braced herself, peering over her shoulder as she realized it had come from the beach.  Not knowing what else to make of the noise, Eve curiously made her way back out of the cave and peered out into the vast, rocky beach, where she watched, in horror, as the man from earlier fell off a cliff and landed, none to pleasantly in the only patch of grasses below.

Panic set in, as she dropped her book into a puddle of water and rushed over towards his side.  He looked an awful, mangled mess as she got to her knees beside him,a nd turned him over, gasping in horror at all of the blood.
Tears began to prickle hotly at her eyes as she panicked, and recalled his name.

"Zavimaat?" her voice was so weak and fragile, it sounded as if it were about to break as she stared at him, trembling at the poor mess that was his body. She had no clue what to do for a man in his position, so she did all that she could do, as she leaned over him and began to choke on her sobs.

Was he dead?

Was the only man out here with her on this strange island, dead?

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A soft groan escaped from the man's lips. He opened his eyes, hearing a voice speak his name. He recognized it, but knew it to not be very familiar. "So it wasn't a dream. " He said to himself quietly and then he sat up. He'd nearly forgotten his leg and grit his teeth, biting his tongue to prevent himself from crying out in pain. He unbent his knee and stretching the leg out straight before him.He looked down at it now, observing the dark red spot. He reached out and touched it tentatively with a finger, feeling the warm crimson wet. "Blood. Well ain't that grand? " He quipped.

His gaze rose up, shifting now to the girl who sat before him. He immediately turned his head to look away from her , an odd combination of frustration and embarrassment flushing over his face. "Ya can cut them waterworks, girly. I ain't a goner. " He was silent for a long moment, refusing to even look at her. The early anger she'd witnessed on the ship prior to its wreck radiated from him. He sighed and let go of it, his shoulders slumping inwardly and he hung his head. " Damn it. This is fuckin' crazy. Yer not hurt, are ya?" He looked up at her again.     

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At the sight of the blood, his mannerisms, and the mood he was suddenly in, only helped to aid her tears from falling faster as they hotly slid down Eve's cheeks.  She had always been fragile around emotions, and now wasn't any different as she lowered her head at his question, and embarassedly shook her head.

She had a few scrapes on her, one noticeably on her cheek, but nothing compared to Zav's injured leg.  She choked on a few sobs and tried to wipe her tears away, but her eyes still remained wet and averted.

OOC: omg. so. short.

D:

Eve is so meek, hRMMMMmmmMMmph.  >:T

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"You're sure? " Zav half found himself wishing that she'd been the injured one. He was likely more useful than she was at , well, anything.  If he couldn't walk , that meant that he had to rely on her. Were that the case, he figured that he- no, they were both screwed. What could this seemingly weak little girl do?

"I got no clue where we are and we don't got no ship so we're kinda stuck here for a bit. That might mean it's jus' me 'an you. Seein' as how I...got a lil banged up, I....might need some help with some stuff. Ya think ya could help me out?"

He didn't wait for her to tell him, " I was lookin' round earlier and didn't find much. Grass, uh tall rocks and sand. Some trees , I guess.  They don't seem to have anything edible in 'em except some eggs- er from birds. I wouldn't recommend tryin' to steal no eggs less ya gotta weapon. Them birds are fuckin' enormous and mean as hell. "  He shook his head and gestured towards the shore. "Might be somethin' to catch in the shallows. And , if we're lucky, we might find somethin' from the ship that could help. " He looked past her towards the cave, "Hm. Think we could take shelter in there?" 

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Eve listened to him in silence, her tears fading away as she stared up at the trees at the tops of the cliff.  Then she glanced over her shoulder towards the sea.
At the mention of the cave, she flinched, but ignored it as she moved away from Zavimaat, taking a few light steps towards where the waves crashed along the rocks against the beach.  The waters looked rough, but as she noted, over by the cave, there was a pool.

She didn't say anything as she began to silently make her way over towards it and flinched only when a wave came near her, crashing into the shore as the tide was beginning to set in and it's foam misted around her, making the light ends of her hair dance.
She didn't focus much more on it, her green eyes going to the shallow pool of water around her that only went ankle deep.

It was here she noticed an array of fish, barely the size of her hand, but they were silvery and pretty. She continued to watch them with interest when a few began to swim near her.  She studied them, her shadow falling over the waters as her red hair spilled over her shoulders.
And slowly, more and more fish began to swim towards her, fluttering in tiny school at her heels.

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Curiosity teased him  as he watched her move away. It  only just occurred to him how revealing her soaked clothing was. Like any young male , he appreciated the view. It was a shame that she was such a skittish thing or he might try...nah. Wasn't a good time to entertain those kind of thoughts. "Where ya goin'?" He frowned , idly wondering if she was still upset with him for having exploded at her over that stupid book. Or maybe she was going to make herself useful.

The book. He really hadn't paid much attention to what it looked like or what had been in it. Maybe it had been some kind of unholy book that was offensive to her religion? Religious people WERE kinda crazy in certain parts of the world. Or maybe it had been something that had belonged to her? He wanted to know , but he didn't ask right away. The last thing he needed was her running off in tears and leaving him here alone with a busted leg.

"Hm? What'cha lookin' at?" He pulled himself up to stand, slowly and painfully then limped over to where she was. He looked down at the fish and then at her and smirked, " The way ya stare at 'em ya would think ya ain't seen too many fish before. Or are ya thinkin' of makin' one of 'em yer supper?" 

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Eve continued to stare at the little fish, dancing around her legs as she gave a gentle smile.
"They're so small," she commented softly, and what almost sounded like a laugh, but it was hard to tell. She brushed her hair aside and continued to watch them, but more and more fish teamed around her, their silver scales glittering in the waters when a crack of thunder scared her as she jumped and turned to look out at the ocean.

The skies were dark and menacing,crawling with steep clouds that prickled and threatened to toss cyclones out into the not so distant sea.  It was then Eve noticed the violence to the waves as the crashed near to them, and a new surge of waves came in and flooded the pools, taking the little, glimmering fishies away.

Eve had her hands over her ears the moment the thunder barked, and had kept them there in fear the noise might come again.
She never did like thunder and another bolt of lighting and crash of thunder had her pressing herself nearer to Zav.  Grabbing onto his arm, she squeezed it lightly.

"Can we go to the cave to get out of the storm?" she asked, trembling beside him as a cool gust of wind rushed between them.

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 "Well, yeah. Those are threadfins. They don't get too big, " Zav replied, still smirking. He already had her pegged as one of those sheltered girl types. Daddy probably never her let her out much. Probably thought he could protect her from the world and no good boys like him. Thinking that didn't give him any funny ideas. He felt kind of sorry for her. Even worse still was the fact that all the sheltering in the world had not protected her from the cruel predicament she found herself in now. I guess it could be worse. I mighta never found her and then where would she be?

The thunder startled him a bit as well though he'd noticed the ominous clouds moving in from the southeast earlier. He only hoped that this storm wasn't as nasty as the last one. It was moving in pretty fast though and he felt the wind pick up. The lightening didn't seem to phase him outwardly though when Eve approached him and took his hand, asking about heading into the cave he nodded, " Don't need to ask me. I don't wanna stay out here either."

He grasped her hand back firmly. He had rough , calloused working hands. " Let's hope there ain't no unpleasant surprises in there. " He started into the mouth of the cave, pausing to peer up at the jagged stalactites that vaguely reminded him of the fangs of wild dog. On one of the stalactites there perched a small , dark creature. Most likely , a bat.  "Jus' stick wit' me 'an yer gonna be fine."   He took the first few steps into the cave, moving slowly. Despite the pain that burned through his leg, he kept on without a sound or much hesitation.
The cave was weakly illuminated by a peculiar blue-green glowing moss that clung in haphazard clusters to the walls and an occasional stalactite. Aside from the bat guano littering the earth, the cave seemed relatively empty.

As soon as they were far enough away from the entrance, Zavimaat stopped, " I need to sit." He lowered himself to the ground and didn't care enough to know whether or not the soft, mushy stuff under his ass was bat shit. "This should be interestin' ." He beckoned for her to sit with him. "Might as well make yerself comfortable and wait this out. Don't be shy. I don't bite.," He smirked up at her, "Often.  " He added just to tease. "Nah. I'm kiddin'. C'mon. "

ooc: I have kept my promise! Now, give me COOKIES!

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As they neared the cave, Eve remained close to Zavimaat's side, clinging onto his arm, and when they entered it, she pressed herself even closer to him as she peered around, uncertain of their surroundings.  She wasn't sure if anymore of those winged creatures might fly out in great swarms to startle her again.

At his comment, she moved to sit beside him, glad of the company but flinched at the mention of biting, only hesitating momentarily as she studied him before taking a seat.  The ground was cool, but at least it was better than what was going on outside.
That's when a crack of lightning lit up the cave in a fluttering of light, and Eve braced herself, the sudden boom of thunder making her jump and cling closely to Zavimaat's side.

ANd her eyes never left the mouth of the cave, her heart racing as she watched the storm rile the seas.

[Paradox]

The pain in his leg took his mind off of the storm. He took notice of Eve's anxiety, however. "Relax. We should be safe in here. Unless the tide rises and floods this cave. " It didn't occur to him that his words likely offered her no comfort and might have made her worse.  He leaned his back against a stalactite and closed his eyes.

"Eve, I uh....sorry. About yellin' at ya before. Even if I was steamed, wasn't fair. Let my anger get the better of me and now look where we are. Crashed a ship. Can't fuckin' believe it. " The man groaned.

ooc: lol so short but I have posted!

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Eve made no comment, listening to the roar of winds and waves.  Then, at his apology, she felt her cheeks flush as she lowered her head ashamedly. Was it not her fault things had occurred, that fate  had been so cruel?  She almost felt as though it were, a few tears sparkling at the corners of her eyes as the rains began to pound heavily outside the cave, with a lot more intensity than moments before.

And here she was, as useless as always, trapped inside a cave with a man she hardly knew-
Cold, frightened and hungry.

It was only then she recalled the book and sat up suddenly with a gasp, just before a bright bolt of lightning cracked outside.
she pressed fearfully against Zavimaat, trembling as she peered out into the world of the storm.


The book...
Could she really just leave it out there, the only clue as to what had happened to her...?
Or, perhaps it was best to let it go...
but foolishly, she rose to her feet, staring over at the cave entrance before she suddenly began to run.

She had only made it to the mouth of the cave, her heart beating heavily within her chest as she peered around, but all she could see were layers of blanketing, grey rain that pelted the ground and soaked her to the bone.
her fingers continued to move, slipping precariously over the slick rocks and before she knew it, her foot caught hold of something and she fell...
it was only then she noticed where the book had fallen. 

Scrambling to her feet, she dashed after it, just as an ominous darkness began to raise from the ocean, as a mighty wave threatened to devour her from over her head...

[Paradox]

Silence. Had she nothing to say? Is she really that upset over a little outburst? She was the one snoopin' around in my stuff. Not mine. Some of those dealers are not gonna be happy that I fucked up. They won't care that it was on account of some girl. They'd figured I shoulda left her to rot and got on with business. Zav remained still, tired , hungry and in excruciating pain that he'd managed to nearly mask beautifully. The trick was to not think about it too much. His grandfather had taught him that. He smiled a bit thinking back to the good old days when it would be just him and the old man sittin' on the boat fishing...

He felt Eve move away from him and figured that she had overcome her fear of the storm and wandered off to find her own personal resting place. It must have been to awkward for her to be within such close proximity of a completely strange man. "Don't wander too far." Zavimaat called after her, not bothering to open an eye to see where she was going. Perhaps he ought to have been more concerned than he was but she appeared old enough to take care of herself.

He'd open his eyes in a few minutes, he promised himself. Moments later, his consciousness slipped away.

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She didn't know how to explain it...
and no one had been there to witness it, but Eve had somehow managed to champion against the wave.
And although she stared at it in despair, as the wave crashed down upon her, consuming her in it's raw powers, all she could feel was it moving past her, drifting onward to ravage the rocks and shake the very ground that she had stood...

and then when it withdrew..
nothing..
and the seas continued to rage onward, biting violently at her legs, whcih were now standing on the flooded beach.

Blinking, she didn't know what had happened, but when she looked down, she still held the book, and the creases on the leather smelled of smoldering flesh.
It was only the sudden crack of thunder that brought her back to her senses, as she tore off into the cave and found solace in the only place she could, burying her body against the sleeping chest of Zavimaat as she began to cry, the book hugged against her, nearly hidden by her hair as she sobbed and sobbed.

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Feeling something press weightily against him, Zavimaat woke with a start. "What?" He gasped and , opening his eyes immediately. "What's wrong?" He asked rather loudly , his voice laden with weariness. Why couldn't the damned woman just pipe down and get some shut eye?

Outside the storm continued to rage. If Zav didn't know any better, the damned dark clouds had seemed to pursue him with a vengeance ever since he'd freed that girl from the box. Shaking his head, Zav placed a hand on the girl's shoulder as gently as he could. He had a rough manner to begin with though so he couldn't be too sure how such a delicate being would respond. "Can't get some shut eye with yer blubberin', ya know? Somethin' botherin' ya?  Yer a girl so uh...ya need to talk 'bout it or somethin'?"

A flash of lightening briefly lit up their surroundings and he caught sight of the book. "How'd ya find that? " It almost seemed ironic that out of all the things aboard his boat, only some stupid book had managed to survive. Granted, a very valuable book , but it was still a damned book. "More importantly though,I'd like ta know what makes it so special to you? " 

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She didn't know how to explain it if she wanted to, and backed away at his questioning, tears glossing her green eyes.  A softer strike of lightning lit up her form, the book still desperately in her hands, knuckles whitening as she held it and shivered.  A gentle purr of thunder reminded them the storm was still raging as Eve took a few more steps away, then lowered her head gloomily.

She wasn't sure what to tell him. She wasn't sure what to say.  She had absolutely no idea what this book even meant to her, except it was something that connected her to whatever it was that happened to her in those ruins..

Why she wanted to hold onto it, she was uncertain as she felt her hands aching the more she clutched the book...
She had been so distracted with her own uncertainties, that she hadn't noticed the pale, white figures approaching..
slowly crawling, fingers moving, all eight of them, across the dank ground.
They looked like moving ghosts, haunting, and were a decent size to catch enough of the lightning's next flash to glow within the darkness.
Some crawled upon the ceiling, others across the walls and floor...
either legs moving.. crawling.. searching...

It was only when one of the pale creatures reached her leg that Eve had noticed it and gasped, kicking it away instinctively as it gave an eerie hiss.
Gasping, she moved back, staring at the figment, uncertain what it was until another flash of lightning displayed to them the horrors-

the cave was filling up with large, white spiders, no bigger than your head, creeping and crawling all around, slowly, gathering together in a small hoard as they approached the two in silence,...

Then the lightning faded away, thunder cracked, and they could be seen no more-
And that's when one dropped upon her head.
Eve gave a cry, dropping the book as she tried to brush it off of her..
and that's when they began to move in, it appeared a hundred of them were surrounding them- all crawling after Eve.

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"Forget it, " Zav sighed, sounding frustrated, "it doesn't matter to me anymore anyway. Even if I did manage to get out of here, it's not like that book is worth anything anymore. My clients will be kinda pissed. Huh...well they're not gonna find me here and they don't know where I live so I guess it works out in the end.  " He shrugged his shoulders weakly, " It was just a job. I'll pick up more. Damages have set me back though. Boats ain't cheap. "

He studied her face when the lightening gave him the opportunity to see her better. " I'm not a bad guy, y'know. Just don't got much choice. Gotta do what ya gotta do in this world to make it." He went quiet when she didn't respond. He merely shrugged his shoulders again. There wasn't much else to say.

He couldn't see the ethereal creatures approaching and so when she kicked at something, he could only gasp and snarl in response. She'd kicked his bad leg. "Fuck!" He bit his lip and squeezed the painful tears from his eyes. "What the hell is wrong with you?! You kicked ME!"
"I'm sorry I asked, okay? Ya coulda just asked me to mind my own beeswax. It ain't nice to kick pe-"Another flash of light revealed something unexpected. Zavimaat's jaw would have hit the floor if it could have. "What the-what the fuck?" It went dark and his mind was numb. "What the fuck was that!?" They were large , pale , creepy things. He had no idea what to call them.

He grabbed at the earth for the nearest thing he could find. A pebble. He threw it at one of the things that was nearest to Eve as hard as he could. Probably not the smartest course of action. "Fuck off!" He snarled.

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Eve gave another cry as the spiders hissed around her, agitated by the pebble, and the one that was struck, turned around and rared it's front two legs towards Zavimaat menacingly.
More began to crawl up Eve's dress and arms, at least five in all, some even spindling their way up her hair.
She gave a shout, and was quick on her feet, trying to shake them off, but two still held a vicious grip onto her.
The one;s that fell wriggled on their backs before rolling upright, and one even landed on the book, where it spat out a sticky, gooey web on it.

The other spiders, the hundred OTHERS, began to pool around them, their little legs all moving about, creeping in closer and closer.
Eve was panicking, the one in her hair already making a gooey mess of webs, the other, blended in perfectly with her shirt as it began to crawl up her stomach to where it appeared to perched between her breasts...

All the while another spider began to crawl up her leg, quickly moving under her skirts as she gave a cry of alarm and tried to brush it away.  She managed to do so, the little bug went tumbled off as Eve rushed away...

and as she moved, she was nearly tripping over the spiders, that soon ebgan to make a move for her, all except for the one spider who was makin ga nest over the book, whose eyes were now glowing an angry blood red.


OOC: LE GASP!

Creepy spider things! D:

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"Hahahaha!" Zavimaat laughed liked a madman as his pebble stuck its target and caused it to hiss its fury. " That'll teach ya to pick on a girl? Ya want some more, bitch?!" His hand swept over the earth near him, searching for another improvised missile. His fingers grasped little more than earth and dust though. Damn cave didn't boast much in the way of ammunition. The strange creature pale as death swiveled around on its creepy eight legs and made to move for him.

Zav couldn't run even if he wanted to. He tried scooting away as the creature turned its attention on him. It spat something at him and he couldn't lift his hands in time to shield his eyes. Something thick and sticky hit him square in the eyes and he cried out in alarm, furious and blind. "FUCKERS! I'LL GET THIS SHIT OFFA ME AND WHOOP YOUR ASSES!" He roared. He felt one land on his shoulder and he punched out at it, scoring a powerful hit and knocking it off before its fangs could dig into his flesh.

"Eve! Eve get outta -" Another spider spat it's goo at the man's mouth, silencing him.