now panic and freak out

[highsteaks]

There'sabugthere'sabugthere'sagiantfreakingBUG!!!!!

[Congratulations, Travelers. Enjoy the sensory live-streamed vision of a six-foot-tall praying mantis and the sound of a very loud shriek coming from inside yourself. (Or rather the livestreamer's self.)]

Comments

[fearinahandfulof]

...That's Ryo.

[highsteaks]

HE HAS A NAME?!?!?!

[senpaidol]

Um, anyone have magic that gets rid of fear? I dunno if that'll work, but Chie-senpai will probably appreciate the effort.

[highsteaks]

Or one that gets rid of bugs!?!?!

[Somebody's forgot what cantrips she has.]

[seestheworld]

I could probably whip up a mild sedative in a pinch, but I would really rather not go that route.

[fridgeninja]

That's a very big bug.

[highsteaks]

It is oh crap it is dammit Souji why me???

[leftbehindagain]

[...Naoki is very, very glad for the network right now. It means Chie doesn't know how close he is to cracking the fuck up, and in turn isn't kicking his ass. And he does feel for her - Ryo has no business being that big - but still.]

I think someone's spirit animal got into the toppings, Chie, calm down.

[highsteaks]

Why would anybody have a bug as their spirit animal??? WHAT KIND OF TWISTED PERSON ARE THEY???

[haremtrap]

[She'd mostly gotten over her childhood fear of anything that general shape, and could handle small bugs.

This, on the other hand...]

Kill it! Kill it with fire!

[Somewhere underneath the knee-jerk panic response, though, she swore that giant bug looked kind of familiar.]

[triggerhappytraitor]

The hell are you telling her that for?! That's Ryo!

[highsteaks]

... I can't concentrate enough to cast any Red magic because the bug is too freaky!

[seestheworld]

That's a pretty cheerful-sounding bug.

[Or at least he was until the screaming started.]

[highsteaks]

No, it's not, it's terrifying.

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[Normally, Tachibana ignores yelling on the network, but when that yelling is accompanied by a familiar face...]]

Calm down, it's just Ryo. He's Hajime's companion and he won't harm you.

[highsteaks]

He's almost ten inches taller than me.

[failgoyle]

But have you tried talking to it? Could just be a Skitterskulk.

[Sometimes, being a Changeling means you've got a weird as hell baseline for what is and isn't worth screaming about.]

[breakaleginhalf]

Can't be, mate. We don't have any hanging around or we'd have seen them already. And if they were new they'd have one of those waffle cones over them.

[highsteaks]

A SKITTERSKULK?!?!?! WHAT KIND OF TERRIBLE BUGMEN ARE THEY?!?!?

[brokers]

Large, maybe, but they don't look hostile.

[highsteaks]

Yes they do! They look like they're going to eat my HEAD!

[truerevelation]

[And an aged down Kanji can only contribute with-]

Whoa, cool!

[highsteaks]

That is not cool, Kanji Tatsumi, NOT IN THE LEAST.

[uzoda]

Hey, hey, calm down! Just because it's a bug doesn't mean it's going to do anything!

[Says the guy who is actually a giant monster bug.]

[highsteaks]

That's what you think until it eats my head and I get sucked into the Floor.