An overwhelming show of ...

Twisted jumps up and pulls on the backdoor handle, but the door is locked. He looks at Ivanna with wide, pleading eyes. Ivanna began chewing on her bottom lip. 'Ugh!' Fear was making it hard to decide what to do. 'Wait, Alice is a trained professional. She should know what to do.' Suddenly, the hum of the air conditioner, ceiling fan, and refrigerator as well as the lights all turned off. 'D-don't panic. That's just a coincidence...' As she looked to the front door, an odd notification appeared in the center of her view.

You have been pulled into an illusion barrier!

You've forcefully entered the illusion barrier: Theurgy Safe Space™

The Theurgy Duo have placed restrictions on enemies within this space.

- 20% stats.

- 30% dodge chance.

- 50% to regeneration rates.

- 50% inhibition.

- 75% movement speed.

Her eyes widened as she anxiously read the notification. 'The fuck!?' She turns to her right and makes a break for Alice's room, but she barely moves. Her body felt heavy and sluggish, but she didn't look any different. That was when the front door flew open, the frame's latch bore was destroyed. Twisted drops from the backdoor handle and hisses loudly at the front door. "Aww, the little kitty thinks he is a guard cat. ♥" A harsh and cool mid-range feminine voice came from beyond the busted doorway. An eerie silence hung in the tension thick air as if time had come to a halt.

Ivanna's body quivered when she saw an incredibly huge jumping spider, about four feet in diameter and two feet tall, made entirely of water pass the threshold. The spider's pedipalps and chelicerae wiggle slightly as it speaks. "Don't fret little kitty. We're not after you today." Ivanna's eyes widened to their absolute maximum. 'W-what is happening!?' Her eyes look frantically around. 'It hasn't noticed me yet.' She crouches while continuing to watch the spider. 'I wonder what it's after...'

That was when she noticed another incredibly huge light brown spider with an orange stripe straight down the middle of its hind end with two white stripes on each side at forty-five-degree angles walking on the ceiling, it was about half of the size of the water spider, but the feeling she got from it was strangely ominous. Its body shape and leg position were like a black widow spider's. It was like staring into **** itself. In that moment, she used Observe on them in the hope that it would alleviate some of her fears.

Observe:

Title: Trickling Menace, Guild: Merc Association, Class: Hydromancer, Name: Zin'qosh Zazsih

lvl: 12, Height: 2' 4", Width: 4' 3" Weight: 108, Age: 22, Gender: Female, Body type: Normal,

Race: Aquatic Arachnid, Relationship: 0, Current thoughts: Too bad I don't have time to play with that cat. I wonder where Ivanna is...

<A spider made completely of water. Her body shape, leg position, and eye positions are akin to a jumping spider. A slightly darker blue orb is present in between her cephalothorax and opisthosoma. Her eyes are easier to see due to their cloudiness in comparison to her crystal-clear body.>

Title: ****'s Echo, Guild: Merc Association, Class: Shadow Dancer, Name: Incha Iruqeed

lvl: 14, Height: 1' 5", Width: 2' 1" Weight: 53, Age: 25, Gender: Male, Body type: Normal,

Race: Demon Widow, Relationship: 0, Current thoughts: The woman in this room doesn't match the description given by the client...

<A spider that emanates an ominous aura. His body shape, leg position, and eye position are akin to a black widow spider. His carapace is light brown, and on the top end of his opisthosoma has an orange stripe straight down the middle and two white stripes on each side at forty-five-degree angles.>

Ivanna did her best to read the information in front of her, but she was distracted when a much louder hiss was heard in front of her. When she looked up, she saw Twisted standing steadfast as her vanguard. His tail is standing straight up and his fur is puffed out. His mouth agape, baring his teeth at Zin'qosh. Zin'qosh giggled, moving closer to them. "Oo, this kitty must be special. I've never seen one able to withstand the effects of our illusion barrier before." She fires a sticky blue fluid at him, binding him to the ground, rendering him immobile. He hisses again while trying to move but is unable to do anything.

"If you were a spider, I would make you mine in a heartbeat." A few creepy clicks were heard from Incha's direction. She turns slightly. "That's good news. We'll take her with us too." Ivanna's heart sinks as she hears that. 'No, no no no. Not Alice!' She uses a mental command to equip her Rubber Band Gun. "You will not touch her!!" Her hand is shaking with nerves as tears start to run down her cheeks. Zin'qosh and Incha make sounds akin to chuckling. Zin'qosh's pedipalps lift above her cloudy eyes.

Ivanna could feel the smug smile Zin'qosh would make if she had lips as she spoke. "What are you going to do, human? Shoot me with your little rubber band gun?" An eyeroll can be felt as her body tilts to the left. "Whatever shall I do..." Her pedipalps begin to shake, causing them to laugh harder than before. Ivanna's hand stabilizes as her anger quickly rises, triggering Gamer's Fighting Spirit, causing her body to dimly glow with a white aura as her stats double, triple, then quadruple. However, as her body becomes lighter and lighter.

Suddenly, something hard hits the back of her neck, causing her to collapse and everything to go black. - 30 Hp The last thing she heard was from Zin'qosh. "Good job, Incha. Hmph, you never know what you'll find in the Abyss..."

Several hours later, inside a cold, barren basement

A warm and sticky substance is felt all around Ivanna's body as she begins to stir. 'Wha...' When her eyes open, she is blinded by a single light bulb illuminating the room from a few feet in front of her face. 'Ugh...' Her eyes closed once more, turning her face away from the light. Her right ear and cheek press against a cold and metal surface. When her eyes open, she can see a young man leaning against the wall. He has a rectangular face, bright orange eyes, thin eyebrows, light brown skin, slender hooked nose, thin lips, black buzz cut fade hair with a matching beard, and a slender athletic build. He is wearing a buttoned up white t-shirt, navy blue jeans, and navy-blue suede tennis shoes.

Although the man was handsome and dapper, there was a thick air of **** oozing from his very core that simply repulsed her. Alas, there weren't any better options available. Speaking to him was her only option. "W-who are you? Where am I? Where is Alice and Twisted?" The man tilts his head slightly to his left but doesn't say anything. She tries to move but finds that she is unable to move even a millimeter. On the plus side, she can feel that her Rubber Band Gun is still in her right hand. 'Great.' She looks down at what is restraining her.

Her body is covered in the same sticky blue fluid that had bound Twisted. She looks around the room as best she can, but there isn't much to see. There was just a staircase leading upstairs, a water heater, and a fireplace. 'I guess I'll have to use my ability to get some of the information I want...' She looks back at the young man from earlier and uses Observe.

Observe:

Title: ****'s Echo, Guild: Merc Association, Class: Shadow Dancer, Name: Incha Iruqeed

lvl: 14, Height: 5' 10", Weight: 173, Age: 25, Dick size: 8 inches, Body type: Slender/Athletic,

Race: Demon Widow, Relationship: 0, Current thoughts: Ugh, **** jobs are so boring...

She blinks several times. 'That's Incha?' The image of Incha's spider form came to mind. A small wave of anxiety washes over her. 'That explains that horrible feeling I got from him...' That was when she heard something coming from upstairs. Whatever it is. Will it be good news or bad for her?

Name: Ivanna Pilar Costa

Title: The Gamer

Lvl: 5 XP 114/1,000

Hp: 81/81

Hp regen: .21 per min

Mp: 86/86

Mp regen: .21 per min

Critical strike chance: 5.46%

Dodge chance: 5.46%

Attack speed increase: 5.43%

Movement speed increase: 5.43%

Aiming accuracy increase: 5.67%

Money: $0

Build: Slender

Weight: 118 lbs

Height: 5' 3"

Bust Size: B-cup

Hairstyle: Low Twin Tails

Body Frame: Rectangle

Inventory Slots 0/20 ()

Unspent Skill Points: 0

Str: 12 + (0) + (0) End: 21 + (0) + (0)

Int: 13 + (0) + (0) Wis: 21 + (0) + (0)

Agi: 22 + (0) + (0) Cha: 23 + (0) + (0)

Lib: 29 + (0) + (0) Lck: 24 + (0) + (0)

Equipment Slots:

Ring 1:

Ring 2:

Gloves:

Weapon: Rubber Band Gun

Off-hand:

Torso: Long-Sleeved White Blouse (Lacy Pink Bra)

Legs: Knee Length Red Pleated Skirt (Lacy Pink Panties)

Feet: French Sole Red Flats (Ankle High White Socks)

Neck:

Face:

Head: