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I trusted them... I actually was stupid enough to trust them, and now... now I am falling. Talking mentally to myself to not go mad. I just hope it helps. 

!Interface.

Human Physical stats: Numbers Mental stats Numbers Classes: Most used skill Signature Trait
Caroline Strength  2 Charisma 2 Pilgrim (10) Meditation Unassuming
23 Dexterity  3 Wisdom 2 [Insert class]

 Enduring Pilgrim Aura 
Lawful Good Agility  2 Intelligence  3 [Insert class] Bless adaptable
Expand for hidden stats Constitution  5 Serenity  7 Human (peasant) Heritage. Skill list expand Trait list expand

The class Pilgrim is a formidable one when you plan to become a Cleric, and leveling it is a lot of walking, praying, and meditating, technically the same things many monks do, but to become a monk you had to take your other two classes in Brawler and one that is focused on art. While a Cleric came from Pilgrim, Acolyte and one focused on helping people.

"OUCH!" I scream when I finally hit the ground. It is a sea of small spiders, and I know that Pilgrim won't lvl, anymore, now that I enacted Violence. But that is no problem, for Pilgrim is maxed out at 10.

Now... the spiders start crawling. They are everywhere... all life has a reason to exist... When I am in peril, I just need to pray.

"In this dark hour, I ask the eight to help this blooming servant of yours. May your light touch me and the darkness fall around me"

I said. Casting [Bless] on myself. And it gave me a single heal, merely healing the few scratches on the surface, before going on a two hours cooldown.

I should meditate and rest... I can't swim inside an ocean of Spiders, and I will die if I don't get the Regeneration boost from [Meditate]. I feel them... the poison is making me sluggish... my mind will need to be focused on spreading hope for myself.

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It hurts. I need to continue thinking narratively. They bite me. My HP is at two since about an hour, and I can't concentrate enough to meditate. My con got three points higher, and even my Serenity is strengthening, but it hurts so much. I can barely think straight.  The Poisons are more numerous than my own blood, and I spam Bless every time I can on myself. They swarm me. They are everywhere. I am Hungry. Eating something heals you, and I think I need to start eating the spiders. They burrow into my skin, slowly devouring my flesh and laying eggs. 

Trait:Poison resistance lvl. 1
You spend more than an hour under the effect of a poison and are still alive.

A Trait that most people gain at the age of 14, because of alcohol.  But I always had to stay away from all drugs, or my class would have stopped leveling.

Trait: Poison resistance lvl 2
Trait: Poison resistance lvl 3
Trait: Poison resistance lvl 4
Trait: Piercing resistance lvl 1
Trait: Poison resistance lvl 5
Trait: Piercing resistance lvl 2
Class: Mother of Spiders lvl1 Available
You gave birth to a lot of spiders, and thus gain this class to better communicate with your offspring.
Skill: Black widow lvl 1

I am close to going mad. But... should I take it? And was there Piercing resistance among the poison resistance notifications? 

It doesn't matter. I need to take that class, I am at 1 HP now, and I need every stat possible.

Class: Mother of Spiders acquired.
Either Voluntary or involuntary, your flesh gave birth to thirty spiders. This class will give you access to skills and Traits, as well as stats, that make it a lot easier for you to give birth to spiders.
Language: Arachnoid lvl 1
The language of the Spiders.
Skill: a mothers plea lvl 1
For a cost with a total of 1 Mana, you can ask your children to fulfill a specific role, they can hear you if they are within a reach of [lvl*2] meters.
Skill: Egg absorption lvl 1
You absorb the eggs of your children as Nutrients and regenerate 1 MP for every 10 eggs you Absorb. This doesn't work with eggs that still have babies in them.
Trait: Regeneration lvl 1
You regenerate [lvl] hp/hour in addition to your standard regeneration. 
Trait: healthy birth lvl 1
Your children will be born healthy, and their birth will deal a total of [damage]-[lvl] damage to you.

Those... if I keep on leveling, I might survive...

The hunger grows worse, and so I bite after the spiders. I devour them. I feel them trying to break out, but while they eat me, I eat them.  This is a war of attrition, and, now for the first time, I see something new when I open my !Interface.

Human Physical stats: Numbers Mental stats Numbers Classes: Most used skill Signature Trait
Caroline Strength  3 Charisma 2 Pilgrim (10) Meditation Unassuming
23 Dexterity  3 Wisdom 3 Mother of Spiders
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 Enduring Pilgrim Aura 
Neutral Good Agility  2 Intelligence  3 [Insert class] Bless adaptable
Expand for hidden stats Constitution  10 Serenity  8 Human (peasant) Heritage. Skill list expand Trait list expand

And I instantly felt it the moment when my Con reached 10. Now I have 2/30 HP, 5/9 MP, and my STA is at 30/30.

I can Bless myself again. I don't have enough Magic points to use a mother's plea to get out of here. I will need to get this class to 10, and maybe earn a new one. Why is it so easy to think to myself, when my body is constantly eaten and torn apart?

Class: Mother of Spiders lvl.2
Con + 2 Ser + 1
Trait: Healthy birth lvl.2
Trait: Regeneration lvl.2
Skill: Bless lvl2

Those were the notification, after I once again emptied my MP for a Bless, while my skin started breaking open, as thousands of spiders crawled outside, eating away at each other. Wich once again healed me by 5 HP. I used Egg absorption almost reflexively, and I scream, getting filled by spiders even in my mouth, before I gulp them all down, and digest them.

And finally, I got a Trait I didn't expect to get.

Title: kin slayer 
You ate your own children. You feast upon their corpses and kill them in the thousands

Title: Incestuous 
You gave birth to your own grandchild. 

Trait: Completely Scarred lvl.5
You won't be recognized by anyone you knew before gaining this trait and gain a (passive) intimidation bonus of [lvl]. As long as people can see your skin.
Stat: Intimidation
Serenity+ Charisma

(Passive: 5)

Active: 5+2+8 = 15.

Damn... a passive intimidation of 5 is scary. That means everything I say that is not more persuasive or friendly than 15 will at least  Intimidate the people by a little, and my sheer appearance will intimidate them by 5... I surely am Horrific. But the spiders are not running, and keep on eating me and laying their eggs. 

It hurts and I want to go away. I need to survive and to do this, I need to go to the bottom of the spider ocean.

And so, I took a deep breath and dove. I push against spiders, making the few that are mine push me beneath the others. The pressure builds, but my heightened Constitution and Serenity keep me thinking. They all together weigh nearly nothing,  and yet they build a stable sea.

What would await me at the bottom?

Thank you for reading the first chapter of  Arachnophobia  If you have any recommendations, Ideas, fun pejoratives, or really scary Theories what might lurk at the bottom, let me know in the comments.

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