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12: What is in a...

  Oh, It hurts, it hurts so bad. I feel myself twitching on the bottom of the [Purple Hat] what is happening to me. I need to see it, what... what ow ow.

  What happened, I don't recall what happened after I...

  What? I have... I have a name, when did that... oh, when the swatter... The Swatter named me! it must have know I was looking through it's fabrics. But I am tiny, almost as small as you can be, how did it notice me. I am so confused, to what happened. Why did it name me... WHAT DID THAT DO!

  Ah... ok, that is a ton... and I have no idea what some of this means. So I gain hidden traits, one of which let's people effect me better, and now they can target me with things. I don't like this, it seems like it's really really bad for me. It did significantly improve my social scores though. I guess that is good, but I wish I had known first... or better yet, avoided getting a name. Can I get rid of it? No, looks like it is here to stay. Well this is why Old-me rushed back and was so low on food, it must have felt the effects and wanted Kysa's intelligence.

  Wait... I just called myself Kysa in my head. Oh, that is a little scary, I hadn't intended that. I... um... I don't like this... What, Sanity just dropped more down to 0.3... is this why my Sanity is so low right now, it's getting lower. I feel myself shaking... I need food and rest... and I need them soon. I have the last of the [Horned Beetle] I am going to eat that and and and and and and and and and and...

  ...

  ...

  ...Why... I am in my resting web... but I can't move. Why can't I move... I'm not... I don't want to move, this is warm...

  ...

  Oh, I don't recall cocooning myself, but I guess I did... I could get out of here with a little work.

  ...

  I am getting hungry again, the husk of the [Horned Beetle] in here with me is drained dry. I guess I should get out.

  But it's so snug and warm.

  Ok, if I bite here, and break this strand I can pull my leg out. Wow that was bound tightly, it's hard to even bend... Got it, now then I can move it over to here and break the one holding my other leg in place. Some progress, alright with both my legs I can twist myself a little like this, and pull out... alright, that's half my legs, just need to free...

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  Got it, just need to bite off these last webs, and I am free. I feel a lot better now, it looks like... that was probably sanity. I need to eat. A [Cricket] will do for now.

  So now I know what taking mental damage is like. The namer who [Named] me is terrifying, and I dread what else the namer could do to me. I guess being wrapped up in my resting web helped me recover. I wonder why...

  I don't like [Cowardice], I already though being scared was bad, and now it's so much worse. At least [RC: Restraint] seems pretty good, I guess that's why I curled up when I broke. I don't like that I broke, I need to avoid that. Having a name is awful.

  On the good side, I got level 2! That's something at least, I can take another class and get my attributes a little higher. I'm not hesitating, what are the choices, and what do they get me.

  Great, well, I could continue down [Artisan] but it just gives +1 Intelligence... and [Arachnid] gives me 4 agility, a [Arachnid Trait], and whatever a [Arachnid Evolution] is. Stayer is still strong, but only for attributes, and if the trend continues maybe I'll take it when I hit 3. I really don't like the thought of being in lots of fights though.

  I do think I need to know what [Arachnid Evolution] is, can I know about that first?

  Wow, that is really good. I will definitely want more of these, probably Mind focused, that might make me less dependent on my beloved [Purple Hat] I wonder if I get one of these with every level, that would be really good depending on the options. Can I see the options?

  No, darn it, I guess the first is going to be a risk, but it can't be that bad even if I am limited to very weak forms. It gives me a big boost to agility, a new form, a trait... and a bonus to Id, though that is low enough that I'm sure a later level will overwrite it.

  I could just keep to [Artisan] but I really learned enough about it to try it for the first time. It can wait a little, I think I will come back for my third level. With the progress I have made that should be pretty soon anyways. Alright I will take [Arachnid]... in a little, I should probably check the quests I just completed, they were mostly learning quests, so I am surprised they counted as major quests.

  Oh the Serpent has Intelligence? Is that why it stared at me, watched me, but didn't do anything until I left? It may have been coming to my aid when all those [Un-ending] attacked. or it might have been protecting it's home. That's really intresting, I guess maybe I could try to communicate with it. Shaking trembling, jittering.

  Ah... wow, ok, that must have been [Cowardice] I got so very scare of the [Serpent] it is so very very large.

  This place is far more terrifying than I expected when I was there. I don't know if the namer is always here. I might want to avoid it, but I might be tempted if [Scarcity] caused problems. The other swatters may also have scary powers. I think I can assume they have very high Ego and Id's, higher than me for sure. I dread what they can do to me know they know my name. At least nothing has happened yet.

  The namer is called [Liosa] a villiager, that means she probably lives in Caecs, and rarely leaves the nest. Unfortunate, that gives me another reason to avoid the place, I'm not sure how the danger rates compared to the other threats. The other dangers are clear enough, I think they are even clearer in fact now I have [Cowardice].

  -[Spidereaters] have ending me built into their name, and have a nest of far more than I can count. They want to end and eat me. I need to avoid them.

  -[Divine] [Serpent] is huge, and far more power than I expected. I think it could take the [Un-ended] and it seems intelligent enough to notice me.

  -The big scary [Un-ended] It doesn't seem to notice me, but the very area it's in is dangerous, and might even end me without it's intent

  -The [Un-ended] horde. While they are scary, they also seem slow and dumb, and if I am careful I should be able to avoid. But it's possible the numbers of them is growing.

  -[Lagomorphs] could end me in an instant, but they didn't notice me, and even if they did I doubt they would go after me.

  With that done, let's check out the extra quest I got and completed.

  Wait, when did I... I didn't finish reviewing my memories, I got kicked of my memories the moment I was named. I'd better check what happened.

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