Awwww... she's so sweet! Such a friendly drider/archne/spider-woman, pity she isn't one for conversation. Like the little touches about wistfully imagining the topside world, too.
Oh, I imagine she's quite talkative when the opportunity presents itself. It's just that her milk leaves the *victim* in no fit state to carry on a conversation, and I'm not sure she's ever considered leaving one alive and/or undrugged long enough to actually speak with them.
<grin> It was just a roundabout way of saying it was kind of nature-show-y. I mean that with no particular value positive or negative, except that it's a bit different from the norm, so new and exciting?
Yeah, but nature shows have a reputation for being dry and unappealing. And given my concern over sounding too bookish lately, well.. the comparison doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
Ahh! And that is where David Attenborough becomes the critical element. He is the king of the narrators. People watch nature shows just to his voice-over. :)
"The arachne is a conscientious predator. Once she has ensnared her prey, she lulls them into tranquility by triggering their serotonin production. A by-product of which is..."
1) A wizard is roaming his "hall of souls", using scrying crystals to listen in on the thoughts of various creatures throughout the realm, and this is how that experience manifests to him as he listens to the arachne's soul-gem, or
2) By convention, the speaker of a first-person narrative isn't assumed to be talking to any particular listener, which allows them to recount events even when it would not be rational to do so (for instance, if they die in the course of the story).
Well, it might not actually be so terrifying. Think of it as running a program that enumerates all possible email addresses; the output set is so huge that a single individual wandering aimlessly through it is unlikely to discover anything of any use. It doesn't necessarily mean he's powerful, just that he has a lot of spare time.
I liked this one. Quite hte well written point of view piece. She seems like quite the sympathic character, if only she had not gone around eating people.
Posted by Jacquelope 13 years ago Report
Hmmm... are there any spiders in this realm who breed with elves, devour them, and bear dridders?
Posted by Bitter 13 years ago Report
Possibly. I'm pretty sure that arachnes are a species unto themselves, though.
D&D genetics are wack.
Posted by Bright 13 years ago Report
From what I remember, Driders are divine punishment exacted upon drows or dark elves.
Posted by sansuki 13 years ago Report
Awwww... she's so sweet! Such a friendly drider/archne/spider-woman, pity she isn't one for conversation. Like the little touches about wistfully imagining the topside world, too.
Posted by Bitter 13 years ago Report
Oh, I imagine she's quite talkative when the opportunity presents itself. It's just that her milk leaves the *victim* in no fit state to carry on a conversation, and I'm not sure she's ever considered leaving one alive and/or undrugged long enough to actually speak with them.
Posted by 4ofSwords 13 years ago Report
Some really lovely details mixed in with what might be the first vore story I've read that could be suitably narrated by David Attenborough!
Posted by Bitter 13 years ago Report
I looked him up, and now I have no idea if that's a good thing or not. 8|
Posted by 4ofSwords 13 years ago Report
<grin> It was just a roundabout way of saying it was kind of nature-show-y. I mean that with no particular value positive or negative, except that it's a bit different from the norm, so new and exciting?
Posted by Bitter 13 years ago Report
Yeah, but nature shows have a reputation for being dry and unappealing. And given my concern over sounding too bookish lately, well.. the comparison doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
Posted by 4ofSwords 13 years ago Report
Ahh! And that is where David Attenborough becomes the critical element. He is the king of the narrators. People watch nature shows just to his voice-over. :)
Posted by Bitter 13 years ago Report
Oh damn. Now I recognize that voice.
Okay, compliment accepted.
Posted by Bitter 13 years ago Report
On the other hand, I really can't hear David Attenborough talking in first person about jerking off an elf. It just... no.
Posted by 4ofSwords 13 years ago Report
Oh, no - that would have to be 3rd person.
"The arachne is a conscientious predator. Once she has ensnared her prey, she lulls them into tranquility by triggering their serotonin production. A by-product of which is..."
Cue another BAFTA.
Posted by TheWickedKing 13 years ago Report
I need to finish that one story I'm writing. . .
Great read. \m/
Posted by Imrhys 13 years ago Report
Wow. Not many get into the sucking natural means spiders feed by, but this was wow. This was a good read. Though I am curious: who is she talking to?
Posted by Bitter 13 years ago Report
Take your pick:
1) A wizard is roaming his "hall of souls", using scrying crystals to listen in on the thoughts of various creatures throughout the realm, and this is how that experience manifests to him as he listens to the arachne's soul-gem, or
2) By convention, the speaker of a first-person narrative isn't assumed to be talking to any particular listener, which allows them to recount events even when it would not be rational to do so (for instance, if they die in the course of the story).
Posted by Jacquelope 13 years ago Report
Listening in on the thoughts of all souls in a whole realm? That's one HELL of a wizard. I'll pick #2, thankyouverymuch.
Posted by Bitter 13 years ago Report
Well, it might not actually be so terrifying. Think of it as running a program that enumerates all possible email addresses; the output set is so huge that a single individual wandering aimlessly through it is unlikely to discover anything of any use. It doesn't necessarily mean he's powerful, just that he has a lot of spare time.
Posted by ryanshowseason3 13 years ago Report
Only a programmer would come up with that kind of explanation lol. Enumerating that many soul addresses I imagine would overflow some kind of buffer!
Posted by Bitter 13 years ago Report
Eh, you might have to page out some mana, but it's nothing a decent luminiferous aether manager from the past couple years couldn't handle.
Posted by Bright 13 years ago Report
I liked this one. Quite hte well written point of view piece. She seems like quite the sympathic character, if only she had not gone around eating people.
Posted by French_snack 13 years ago Report
Aww... Some very nice ideas here. Good story, strangely endearing. You get us into her mind, making her perspective seem very real and natural.