(Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 3)

[DracoOmega]

>Might not be the best idea to stay in the gully, then.
>Examine the grounds around the gully walls. Does the terrain up there seem especially treacherous, or show any visible signs of spider activity?

>You suppose this depends on whether you aim to find them or avoid them.
>The terrain along both edges of the gully is relatively homogeneous. It is a bit lumpy, with more scrub than trees, but is otherwise not terrible dissimilar to the terrain throughout the area immediately surrounding the base of the hill. The walls of the gully itself are mostly covered in fairly loose soil, and alternate between steep and more gentle slopes. You would describe none of them as treacherous though, since none of them are very high. You see no obvious signs of spider activity from here.

[Oldmansour]

>Climb the left bank of the gully, then proceed in a southeasterly direction following it.
>Keep pitchfork at the ready.

[DracoOmega]

>Climb the left bank of the gully, then proceed in a southeasterly direction following it.
>Keep pitchfork at the ready.

>You climb the opposite bank of the gully and then follow it as it twists its way southeast, keeping your weapon at the ready. The terrain generally descends as you proceed; you think you must be working your way down a fair bit of the height that you climbed up. After a little while, further hills start to press in upon your left, leaving you fairly narrow footing, though not so little as to force you to return to the gully.
>Although you're confident this place has seen spider activity, you see no obvious sign of it for several more minutes, when you catch sight of another smaller spider emerge from behind a thick patch of scrub along the opposite wall of the gully, about 30 feet ahead of you.

[Hello Purvis]

>Assess this spider.

[DracoOmega]

>Assess this spider.

>The spider looks very similar in build and coloration to the one you encountered a few minutes earlier. After emerging from the side of the gully, it proceeds further southeast. It does not appear to have noticed you.

[Hello Purvis]

>Let it pass by.   Check the alleged spider house from here.

[DracoOmega]

>Let it pass by.   Check the alleged spider house from here.

>You let the spider wander its way down the gully and out of sight. Looking at where it emerged, you can see nothing but a thick wall of tall brush covering the side of the gully for a fair distance around that spot. This is not, in and of itself, a particular unusual sight from what you've seen over the last few minutes.

[Hello Purvis]

>Can we tell if it's just brush, or if there's something under it?
>How large does the area seem to be?

[DracoOmega]

>Can we tell if it's just brush, or if there's something under it?
>How large does the area seem to be?

>You can't see anything past the brush from here, but given the position of the top of the wall and the spider's own size, you suspect there wouldn't be room for it to disappear completely behind the brush unless there was, at the very least, some sort of concealed depression.
>Brush lines the walls of the gully here and there for much of its length. The section where it is too unbroken to see the wall itself runs for perhaps 15 feet.

[Hello Purvis]

>How far does the wall run? What does the general shape of the spider house seem to be?
>Throw baby

[Oldmansour]

>What does the air smell like down there, or can we tell through the brush?
>Can we hear any sounds of movement from behind the brush, any sounds of moo-ing?
>Retreive grenade from belt, pull pin with teeth, then lob it into the spider mansion. Walk away in slow motion, then pull Marisa down from the sky and ravish her.

[Hello Purvis]

>Throw baby at Marisa.

[DracoOmega]

>Retreive grenade from belt, pull pin with teeth, then lob it into the spider mansion. Walk away in slow motion, then pull Marisa down from the sky and ravish her.

>You grab the grenade from your belt, and yank the pin out with your teeth, a grim expression on your face. You came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and bubblegum hasn't been invented yet.
>You throw the grenade towards the brush and turn. A dramatic fireball erupts behind you as you walk slowly away,  your hair rustling dramatically from the shockwave while dramatic music plays. Marisa inexplicably falls from the sky into your arms and you press your lips to hers before she has even a moment to speak. Hail to the mouse, baby! The credits start to roll.

>Throw baby at Marisa.

>"I- it's not mine!" she cries, looking extremely flustered. "I swear I didn't do her- um, it!"