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[Inferno.]

Unless they're HUGE or in an awkward place I tend to leave spiders alone because they get rid of flies in the house. Anything else, I'll try to coax it out of the window or a door, and if that doesn't work, I'll lure it on the floor and stamp on it. If I hit anything on a wall or window it either gets away or leaves its guts smeared everywhere.

Oh God, you can't leave spiders. They get bigger. And then they'll eat you. Or something.

Anything creepy and crawly is killed on sight. I have quite a few squashed fly carcasses on my walls.

[Cosmic]

I want to go back in time a few seconds and tell myself not to Google that.

Thankfully we're safe unless we decide to live in the American Midwest or parts of the South.

[Cosmic]

Oh God, you can't leave spiders. They get bigger. And then they'll eat you. Or something.

Anything creepy and crawly is killed on sight. I have quite a few squashed fly carcasses on my walls.

I have a hunch that one day when I need them, they will remember my kindness and unite to protect me from the forces of evil. Either that or crawl into my mouth while I'm sleeping. 50/50 chance!

[Raype]

I want to go back in time a few seconds and tell myself not to Google that.

Those wounds. So very gnarly.

Delicious delicious necrotized flesh.

[Elin]

But they're so cute.

With their fuzzy little legs and their big black eyes.

It's like a cow that fits in the palm of your hand.

All they want to do is chill out on your shoulder while you play games.

Or maybe chill in your hair a little. Mostly near the base of your neck.

Is that so bad?

Hmph! The base of my neck is off limits to all but the most smooth talking gentlemen!

[Milady]

You've been fighting all sorts of monstrosities in Wizardry, no? Surely he thinks you'll be fine, given your experience.

Unforunately, I can't just "Return to title" and reload if I die in a fight against a real monster.

I take it it wasn't a harmful spider or anything, though? I can handle creepy crawlies, but in all honesty something like a brown recluse would scare the shit out of me.

Brown recluses don't get very large, and this one had a much thinner abdomen. Don't know what it was, but it certainly wasn't something to be so unnerved by.

Note to self: Do not read stories of giant spiders just before bedtime.

Just add cute dialogue, a la the stories of those Japanese centipedes that were only looking for a friend before the vicious Elin smashed their heads in.

I want to go back in time a few seconds and tell myself not to Google that.

As suggested by its specific epithet reclusa ("recluse"), brown recluses are rarely aggressive, and actual bites from the species are rare. (In 2001, more than 2,000 brown recluse spiders were removed from a heavily infested home in Kansas, yet the four residents who had lived there for years were never harmed by the spiders, despite many encounters with them.) The spider usually bites only when pressed against the skin, such as when tangled up within clothes, towels, bedding, inside work gloves, etc. Many human victims of brown recluse bites report having been bitten after putting on clothes that had not recently been worn or lying undisturbed on the floor.

And since their range is rather limited, I think you'll be okay~

But they're so cute.

With their fuzzy little legs and their big black eyes.

It's like a cow that fits in the palm of your hand.

All they want to do is chill out on your shoulder while you play games.

Or maybe chill in your hair a little. Mostly near the base of your neck.

Is that so bad?

Spider stories are now suitable for bedtime.

[Slacker Magician]

Thankfully we're safe unless we decide to live in the American Midwest or parts of the South.

I've only seen one or two in my life.

[!nstaGib]

I. Hate. MAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH!! FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Honestly, once you get over that whole MATH IS SATAN ITS IMPOSSIBLE AS FUCK I HATE IT FUCK ME SIDEWAYS WITH AN AIRCOMPRESSOR attitude, it gets a bit better. Seriously. I used to feel the same way...

[!nstaGib]

Oh God, you can't leave spiders. They get bigger. And then they'll eat you. Or something.

Anything creepy and crawly is killed on sight. I have quite a few squashed fly carcasses on my walls.

This. If I left a spider in my house, I'd never be able to sleep again. They're allowed in the garage, and the unfinished parts of the basement. That's. It.

Also, my dog eats flies, so I don't have to worry about that

[Cosmic]

But they're so cute.

With their fuzzy little legs and their big black eyes.

It's like a cow that fits in the palm of your hand.

All they want to do is chill out on your shoulder while you play games.

Or maybe chill in your hair a little. Mostly near the base of your neck.

Is that so bad?

That's just how it starts. One minute everything's cool, and you're both hanging out watching the Superbowl. OK, so they're hogging the peanuts a little, but you let it slide because they're a guest in the house. Next thing you know they're spilling their drink on the floor, hitting on your sister and crawling into your ear to lay eggs in your brain. Don't be fooled, dude.

[Elin]

My cat got stung on the paw by a wasp the other day. It was the saddest thing ever. He sat in the living room for like an hour afterward just cradling his paw and looking dejected. I think it was as much a blow to his pride as anything.

[Elin]

Next thing you know they're spilling their drink on the floor, hitting on your sister and crawling into your ear to lay eggs in your brain.

Hey! Nobody spills drinks on my floor!

[Milady]

My cat got stung on the paw by a wasp the other day. It was the saddest thing ever. He sat in the living room for like an hour afterward just cradling his paw and looking dejected. I think it was as much a blow to his pride as anything.

D'aww. Poor kitty.

[Slacker Magician]

My cat got stung on the paw by a wasp the other day. It was the saddest thing ever. He sat in the living room for like an hour afterward just cradling his paw and looking dejected. I think it was as much a blow to his pride as anything.

My cats would never allow such a thing, they hunt and kill anything that manages to get inside .

[Milady]

I love how one minute it's thundering, and the next minute there's a sudden downpour in progress severely reducing visibility.

And of course how the sounds of a thunderstorm are complimented by the groans of the undead wandering the third floor of the Dungeon of Trials.