Olme?

Oh, Old me, but I wasn't really thinking out every part. I can see how you got Olme. I wasn't trying to name you though, we are both Kysa.

Although I guess it does help when trying to refer each other. It's certainly easier than thinking Older me, especially as you are not really older me anymore, just 'hatless' me, but Haleme is a bit longer to say than Olme. So I guess that it works, you can be Olme and I can be Kysa.

Well, as I drag this large pile of food to my storage I'll review our memories. I am bigger so it won't last that long, but it's long enough to get some things done.

That extra intelligence does really help doesn't it. I can see more thought going into your actions so I don't think I need to break it down as much.

First off, we went to to gather any food from our old webs. Such meager hauls, it looks like they just are not large enough to support us. You ate all the unused web to help us later and... what happened here... the [Grub] covered web on the pile of waste... all the caught creatures are ended already, and I see [Arachnid Knowledge] started warning us off. It think, they are sick aren't they. I see that the chitin of them is wrong and way to thin. If I look close, yes that [Crickets] leg broke off while it was struggling, it almost looks like something crushed just the upper leg. It's concerning, but I am glad that we were warned off. We'll abandon that web in future as well.

Then you go off searching for a new place to put our webs... wait web, you just want to make one, why just one, oh it's the instincts from [Arachnid Knowledge] again. Well, with what you manage to bring back it must have worked. You eventually found a spot not far from here, and got to work.

Oh, Oh that is very big, so nice, good job Olme, we really put work into that... Well, it was really Olme and [Arachnid Knowledge] so kinda feel like I shouldn't lake credit even though Olme is really just a less intelligent me. Curious I should think about that more, does it mean something? Should it mean something?

In any case for now, I will just watch Olme put the finishing touches on the web, no sooner had we done so then bugs started getting caught in it. I really like how the [Stabilimentum] are helping to catch those larger bugs by helping the web stretch and hold. Not to mention I really want to sit and just rest in the center of it. Shame I can't get a feeling for it while my intelligence is higher.

Oh! That scared me, The [Serpent] was so sneaky. I'm not even that sneaky, and I am still [Mini]. At least it just looks like it was watching us work. I am very glad that it didn't eat Olme, probably just because I am so much smaller than it.

Wait

It clearly sees me, and it's watching. Is it... is it smart like the swatters and the namer? I guess [Mindless] seemed pretty specific to bugs, and it's so big, and special that perhaps it has some intelligence. Hmmm, well it didn't stay long, and appears to have just gone right back to it's nest afterwards... I'm terrified of it, it is almost as scary as the big [Unending] creature, but maybe I should stop considering it as a predator.

No, it's dangerous, and would eat me if I was larger... or perhaps, it isn't a predator like [Arachnid Knowledge] suggests, but more like the swatters and namer. Capable of thought, and a huge threat, but not actually trying to eat me. I am sure the swatters don't want to eat me... rights? Perhaps, I don't even reach the size of any of these creatures fangs, but they might change their mind if I grow. The swatters did have several low intelligence creatures they had used social attributes on. Perhaps [Serpent] can be like those creatures. I think Little Dancer was also using social on me, so perhaps I shouldn't consider it a threat in the same way.

In any case, I have some stuff to do, I certainly should observe the serpent a little more in any case. Alright what happened next.

Oh! a bird shoot I don't think Olme has seen it, it's on a nearby branch and is looking at us. We should get out of here... we must have survived, maybe hiding in the hollow of the branch. Oh right, the [Stabilimentum] should ward off big creatures like that. That should scare off... Oh shoot it's coming, why doesn't it care. Olme, you need to move, it's too fast, hurry.

Owch,

Ah even just the memory of this pain hurts. That was such a huge bite. The [Sarong] really saved me there, I think the bite would have cut me in half.

It looks like old me... sorry Olme is ok. The bird however is caught by our web. It's still lunging, flapping and trying to get to us. Wow, the [Stabilimentum] is really helping her, the bird wings are unable to pull out of the thick and well packed web. Oh, yah, it's not getting free but it did try to bite me again. We are at risk as long as it's not caught... Olme clearly agrees and is already moving to bite it.

It takes a bit of careful wrapping to avoid the bird getting close enough to hurt us. It seems though that dumping out a bunch of strong and durable web out of [Greater Spinneret 5] is the thing to do. The web is clinging to it's feathers very well, and after carefully navigating around it and just out of reach the birds jerky movements are slowing. Olme then moves in for a big bite, then returns to carefully wrapping it up. It takes a ton of web, but fortunately the Bird wasn't that much larger than us. We'll have to be really careful in future if birds like this see us as prey now. If I had been out and far from the cover of grass I would have been done for, even with my protective [Sarong].

I watch as Olme continues to tie down the bird, and it eventually starts to slow down, my venom coursing through it and bring it closer to it's end. It is much slower than bringing down a bug close to my size, but it feels nice watching a creature that could end me so easily slowing, and slowing until it ends.

It stops moving and Olme finally approaches and touches the bird.

Goldfinch [5] Defeated [Bird] [Animal]

Quest Gained: [Q: Tangled Gold] Quest complete: [Q: Tangled Gold] Progress Level 3 3/3 Progression to Level 3 possible, no [Class Training] detected, limited options available.

Oh great, I got to three, [Q: Tangled Gold] I definitely didn't select that, so it must have been one of those automatically added quests, for the bird right?, it tried to sneak up on me.

[Q: Tangled Gold] [Survive] [Combat] [Ambush] One [Goldfinch] have spotted you, and are ambushing you.

Completion:

-Escape

-Fight them off

Yes, well great, that means I get to progress again. I'll need to look into quests then, I will probably need to take a few. Last time I finished a bunch of them, so progressing to 4 will probably take a long time. I don't think I have many more memories to review so I'll do that first.

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Alright, Olme has finished wrapping the bird, cocooning it and lowering it slowly to the ground. It's not easy, it is way bigger than me. Not enough that we can't do it, but enough that it's hard. Basically we are slowly untangling each part and pulling it together, then unsticking each thread until it falls just a little closer to the ground. The cocoon is so thin that it's almost transparent, but Olme just couldn't spare that much webbing. Still, now it's motionless Olme takes a bite and we savor the new flavor. It's good, the delicious juice makes our body tremble. The flavor is not something we have had before, but [Arachnid Knowledge] says it is very very good for us.

Eventually we get it down, and set up on a new sled, mostly made out of the pile of Cocoons that we have caught. It would be nice to leave them all in the web, but having to return to [Purple Hat] is a bit of a problem when our web is not close. The sled is way bigger than the last one I made, but otherwise Olme copied it as close as possible.

Container [Dragged] [White Silk Sled] Craft: Amateur [Mini] [Durable] [Silk] This Silk Sled is made of a durable silk weave,

-It is worn, but otherwise undamaged

-It can be rolled up to store in a smaller [Container]

-This [White Silk Sled] is cheap

Heavily loaded, but shouldn't be a problem we are not that far away. I am a little worried another bird will see us, but the grass is just long enough to make it hard to see us from the air. I watch as Olme sets us up and start pulling and dragging the load.

It get's quite dull to watch for a long time until one of my eyes catches a warmth in a nearby dark cave. It keeps moving closer and I am worried for a moment. Olme didn't react to it, but I doubt [Arachnid Knowledge] is perfect. It emerges into the light a few moments later, and my other eyes catch the details. It's another [Arachnid] almost as big as a [Lagomorph] and far far far larger than even my [Mini] self. Olme doesn't seem to mind as it moves closer to us.

Gosh it is big, even if I was that size, it's entire body is so very much thicker than mine. If we were the same length then every part of it's body, legs, and even pedipalps are twice as thick as mine. It looks really tough and scary. I would bet the larger limbs is related to [Delicate Exoskeleton], I think my current legs might be thinner than they used to be. In any case it isn't rushing towards me though, it's moving fairly slowly, well, it's way way bigger than me to start with, so It's legs are moving it fast even though I would say it's on the slow end.

Olme can't run from that, especially when hooked up to the sled. Not even trying, I am still here, so I'm curious to how these memories play out, clearly it isn't hostile. It's possible that it is just passing by, no, no it definitely altered it's walk to make sure it was headed towards Olme. It doesn't take long before it is here.

That is not polite, it reached out and casually grabbed the [Goldfinch] cocoon. That is mine, it tasted really good. That is why the sled in my Hat lacks the large load isn't it. Irritating, I had been looking forward to having so much to devour but the memory has passed, so it is far to late. I watch through Olme eyes as it bites into the cocoon and starts consuming. I know that their is nothing we can do, but it is unpleasant to watch our hard work consumed. Then Olme has the audacity to reach out and touch the [Arachnid]

Goliath Birdeater Tarantula [9] [Arachnid] [Animal]

That is... quite a high level. Curiously it isn't a [Monster] as some of the other high level creatures have been. I wonder what the difference is. In any case a Tarantula, I was not offered that option during evolution. I guess it is a rare option that is hidden for now. I don't think I want it, it would likely be a body focused evolution. Still this shows that at least some options exist that might be quite strong. I'll make sure to look at the boxes super carefully next time.

Olme can't exactly move while the [Goliath Birdeater Tarantula] is consuming the bird. I guess it prefers them. We have to wait quite a while until it relaxes and longer till it is finished with the husk. It let's go and pulls away. Thankfully it ignores the rest of the pile and Olme, instead it turns in place and slowly lumbers back towards the cliff it came from.

I say lumber, but in truth with how much larger it is, the creature moves quite fast. I think with my agility I am as agile as my old body, even though it was smaller. without the sled I could run around the [Tarantula] several times with no issue, even though it could out run me. I think I might be quite a bit faster now I am larger. It makes me eager to keep my agility high, I certainly don't want to be this clumsy.

Well Olme returns easy enough, and doesn't seem to have any additional issues. I will have quite a bit of food for a while, though I will send Olme out again once it starts getting light out.

For now though, I have progressed, so let's have a look at the options.

Available [Class Training] [Arachnid Class] 2 +1 Agility You are a member of the Arachnid species, an insect-like species of eight legged bugs. Arachnids typically are agile, use poison, and the famous spider web, though not every Arachnid follows the typical, and everything from the humble Scorpion to the massive Titan-crab are part of this species. +1 [Arachnid Trait], +1 [Arachnid Knowledge], +1 [Arachnid Feat] [Adoptable] [Artisan Family Class] 2 +1 Focus

You grew up in a family of [Artisans] and were trained to join the family business. You could have gone a different way, but you showed talent as a [Artisans] and learned the family trade.

Family class must be selected as first progression or will be removed.

+1 [Craft Trait], +1 [Craft Knowledge], +1 [Craft Feat] [Title: Slayer Class] +8 Strength, +6 Agility, +2 Cunning, +2 Empathy They said it wasn't possible, and you laughed at them. Your opponent was everything, and you were nothing. Yet it is not you who was ended. In a supreme display of skill and cunning you managed to find a weakness in an insurmountable foe, and you ended them. You are well on your way along the path of violence, and people will know you. +1 Trait with [Physical Attack] Tag [Simple Class] No Bonus You never amounted to anything No Bonus