Better, not as bad.
Thanks Kysa, Intelligence helped bunch.
Didn't hurt as much.
Am I Ol'me? No hard.
Olme work better.
[Sarong] nice, thanks. Made bigger too fast.
You want more Food, and Web? We can do.
New big web, go around. Instinct tells.
Will Check little old webs first, maybe free food.
Then make big web and wait.
Need to use less Energy until Food.
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First Web, has several [Grubs] and couple [Crickets]
Not lots, not enough to fill, but close. This help get ready.
Web not great, new web will be better. Eat Web for later.
Next Web not far, but broken, had caught [Cricket] but it gone, and ended.
Big creature broke, just eat Web for later.
Next Web is little farther, set on waste.
Many many [Grubs] caught, more than enough fill.
No, wrong, [Grubs] ended. Not me, not predator, just limp and ended.
Not eat, not eat web, abandon.
Web after, is good, several [Grubs] and a little not horned [Beetle]
All squirming, wrap wrap up, and drink until husks.
All full, web will be better if moved, eat now.
Two more little Webs, with [Crickets] Wrap them for later, and eat web.
Stamina full, reserve almost full. Time for real and new web.
Kysa be proud. Need good location.
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Been walking and walking, all the way to [Lagomorph] but no good locations.
Everything flat, and now I see [Spidereater Wasps] hunting.
Not worth risk, look in on [Lagomorph] one is resting, other sees me. It moves between and watches.
Not worth risk, I go, it still bigger than me, much bigger.
I don't want to go to [Willow] I can see [Unended] from here. Many many.
Shame, [Willow] looks great Web place.
[Serpent] still too big to see me as prey. I saw ok places for Web.
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Yes if look closely, right between [Serpent] water and [Purple Hat] is broken branch.
I can make good web here, gather much food.
Web Location [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/0SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Instincts leading me, help from [Arachnid Knowledge] I have to climb, climb, climb.
Get to the highest spot, Branch is higher than close cliff.
Then up here I look around. I can see bit of [Purple Hat] and bit of [Serpent] Pond.
Bugs should come here. I see several little ones already.
Instincts says to start, make big ball and use [Throw Web] at Cliff.
Away it goes... good, solid hit, tug tug, it can hold weight.
First Strands [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/1SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Let me put some weight on it. Yes, good it hold me with no problem.
Down I go to lower branch, where I will put next thread.
Started thread then up up back to top branch.
Then along the silk, weaving a nice [Strong] and [Durable] Silk.
Stop partway across, and dab a little thread...
Set up a little crossing, then continue with thread alll the way along.
Now on Cliff, check to make sure that thread is stuck good.
Then continue down down cliff to other good spot.
Then tighten thread I been trailing, just a little and stick it down.
Mounting Points [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/2SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Back across the second thread until we reach the cross with the first.
This will be center of Web, but it's way way to high up.
Link a new thread, stick it good, then down I go, go go.
I see really big branch, hollow, a good waiting place if wet.
Good place gets third thread stuck good.
Now I tighten and tighten, pulling down web center a little.
Drawn Down [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/3SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Time for very important thread. But back I go to the center.
Easy to climb up now third thread is here.
At center I stick down fourth thread. This thread is way important.
It will being center down and make everything be right.
I don't climb this time, I just make sure thread is stuck good.
Then I hang. I don't let [Greater Spinneret 5] take it, that would hurt.
Back legs carefully hold on and have thread wrapped around them.
Then as [Greater Spinneret 5] finishes web, back legs carefully let out more.
Instincts says to do this. [Arachnid Knowledge] says weight will help bring center down.
Also, I like, very much like when I jumped off cliff, but I control.
Wind is little here, but still noticeable, need to be careful
Down down down down down down.
My target is hole in branch.
Like smaller one, but way way bigger.
To Hole [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/4SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
I hit target, hang down through hole. heh, I did a neat thing.
Not as neat as [Sarong] it is comfy, and not slowing me down.
Thanks Kysa, Olme will bring back much food.
Inside Hole I look around, it dark, but warm. No creatures.
I stick web down, then pull it tight, then tighter again.
I look up, and see center came down, but I need more.
Pull it tighter until instinct says it is right, then climb back up it.
Upupupupup Way easier than climbing on rock or wood.
Ok, time for the top, and starting at the beginning.
Then across again, then back up.
Because center moved down this thread goes across top.
Just like first thread, but only after it moved.
Top Frame [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/5SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Fasten it to cliff, joined up where thrown web landed.
Take a moment, make sure all is stuck down well.
[Throw Web] is great, stuck almost just as good as if I stuck it.
Not perfect, so adjust a little, this give it better stretch.
Now back along top thread until I am in middle.
Make another cross thread, then like earlier hang.
Down down down, using my spinnerets to let out just enough.
Hang by my legs, but not going alll the way, just to thread a little lower.
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Grab on, it got a little windy, but I just had to have patience.
Tighten Web [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/6SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Now move along to the center, and add this thread to the cross.
I tighten it, and the top thread comes down a little.
But I feel the tension in the center grow a ton.
Hardly moves when I move along it.
I could stop now, but it not catch food, more silk to weave.
Frame [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/7SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
This bit takes a long time. I have to make the outer bit. Like top thread.
These don't go to the center, but from sticking point to sticking point.
Around I go and around I go. Sometimes [Arachnid Knowledge] tells me to put in a bit extra.
Not sure why, but it's smart like Kysa, so I do.
I even add a few sticky thread that don't go to Center.
Ooops... I didn't mean to, but the two thread that go from center to cliff are really close.
Like not touching, but almost.
I have to put some more cliff sticking points in.
It's ok, I have to wrap the two threads, I do that in a bit. It makes them [Strong]
Second Frame [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/8SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Ok, outer bit done. What is next... oh, I have to make next webs more less [Strong] and more [Elastic]
I have to take them from center to outer bits... sometimes use some very short [Strong] and [Elastic]
It seems to be working, and with so many thread in place it is a breeze to get around.
I don't even need to be looking anymore... and the wind isn't a problem.
Ok, now I need to fix my mistake. So I just have to go along the two threads for a third time.
This time I go around, with another thread, around and around it until all three are woven together.
Very nice, I like that.
Finished Web [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/9SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
I think I'll call these inner bits. They are all done, and they gave web some flex.
Web is basically done.
Very strong, but nothing is sticky. I have to put that down.
Sticky is less fun, I have have to make it, and go around again and again putting it down.
It looks neat though, Instincts say to start in center and go around and around in one long thread.
Each time I go around it get's a little bigger, and bigger.
It takes ages, but thanks to the rest of web it isn't tooo slow.
Laying Spiral [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/10SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Very pretty, but huge holes that bugs can fly through. Instinct says I have to make more.
My web reserve is empty, but I have my Stamina still. I have to go around and around and around more.
Around and Around [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/11SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Around around around around.
It was annoying at first, but I am enjoying it now.
Around around around around.
Looks so good, I should make [Textiles] that look like this.
Around around around around.
More Spirals [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/12SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Almost done, just a few more times around I did run out of space in a few places.
But fixing them up so they would work was simple enough.
Dizzy Dizzy [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/13SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Alright, all done. But... but... but... but...
I want to make a Stabilimentum. I have eaten enough that I can make two.
The first is going to [Stability Stabilimentum]. I want this to last for much much food.
The next is [Warning Stabilimentum] The [Serpent] nest is not far away, I can't lose a web because it didn't see it.
Ok, what do I do, oh, good I can almost see it, it should be simple enough,
Installing Stabilimentum [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Web/14SpiderWeb-Orb.png]
Great, I am done.
Breeze is not moving web now... well not much.
Now, I can crawl to the center of the web, so I am within reach of any bugs that fly past.
If it get's wet I can go hide in branch. I wonder how long it wi...
Oh, what was that, the web trembled. Oh, I see, the tremor, I can feel... a [Cricket] near the bottom of my web.
Kysa mentioned that [Tremorsense] would let me do this without web. That may be useful.
Well, I will take a moment to feel it out. I can feel it's leg bumping against one of the nonsticky web.
Neat, I like this.
Down I go and as the tremors warned me a [Cricket] is pressed against the web.
I bite it and wrap it up all nice and quick, carefully unsticking it and carrying it with me.
Back to the center and I can eat it while I wait for the next.
Ah, the next, that is a much much bigger bug, one of the Fliers, and it just went right into my web.
This time I saw it with eyes. My web stretches as it impacts but holds.
I did a good job, my web is good.
Up I go, I see it's wings all stuck, it will take a little longer to wrap up. This one is almost as large as me.
Bite, Wrap Wrap Wrap.
It was a little harder, it has four very big wings. It tried to bite me, but it was very very stuck.
All wrapped up, I think I'll eat this one as well, it should be large enough to start filling up my reserve too.
It wasn't a [Grub], [Cricket] or [Beetle]. Kysa get's boxes easy.
Can I has box about this please?
Dragonfly [4] Defeated [Insect] [Monster] [Dragon]
Fun I have five intelligence. I can do a bit more now. This [Dragonfly] is very tasty, I will defiantly catch more.
Oh another tremor, and another. At this rate our food stock will be full.
Wait, the air stopped.
Turn
Oh.
Shudder
Oh. No touch web, means no tremors. Hello Again.
image [http://www.christophedia.com/Repository/Storypics/SWAH/Creature/SWAHsnakewatching]
Am I big enough to eat?