Enter the alley.

By the time you turn the corner, it's already too late. Something has gone very wrong, and fast. There is nobody in trouble. Rather, nobody was before your arrival. It seems that the irony of the situation is that Niki has become the one in need of saving, once again fooled by her own determination and will to come to people's rescue. You can hardly see what the problem even is. All you know is that Niki is now a foot off the ground with her arms behind her back and is struggling to budge even an inch.

Two figures stand a distance ahead.

One is a man with bold red skin and horns. Immediately, you recognize him as a devil, especially with his spaded tail snaking out from behind his back. He wears a white shirt beneath a pale purple vest lined with gold, and his trousers are the same colour. He takes a step forward, feet clad in dress shoes, and he brings a hand back through his slicked-back, raven black hair.

The other is a mature woman with purple flesh. She's certainly not something you've encountered before. Apart from her strange skin tone, her eyes are pure red--no pupil, iris, or anything else. Not only that, but four tiny additional eyes glare out from the shadows upon her forehead. She has long black hair tied back with a crimson ribbon. Though the strangest thing of all is that she has four protruding black appendages curling around from her back. They're long, segmented, and come to points--the limbs of an arachnid without a doubt.

She's certainly some kind of spider woman, though nothing like the one you saw combat the others back when you peered through your Arcane Eye. While she shares traits, with her eyes and what extends from her back, she still has the body of a human. She has a perky bust that's squeezed by a skin-tight, navy blue covering which starts around her neck and extends down over her chest to stop shortly beneath it. The top has no sleeves, but she does have fingerless gloves to match that cover down from her forearms. It fits so tight that you can make out the tiny bump at the end of each tit. Her bottoms are poofy and baggy, though they only reach beneath a sash upon her front and back. The sides are cut from the top down all the way to the sides of her knees, completely exposing her hips and thighs. This leads straight into a pair of tabi shoes, much like Snow.

Lastly, a mask covers her mouth and nose, though she tugs that down to hang loosely from her neck. As she speaks, you can see a pair of long, sharp fang teeth, not unlike a vampire. "Don't move any farther," she taunts. Then she brings a hand up. When she curls in her fingers, Niki's body raises slightly. "Your friend already fell into my little trap."

The devil laughs. "Aah! Help me! Oh that was too easy... And what a scrumptious one you caught."

"Let me go!" Niki demands.

The spider walks closer to the tightly bound girl. One of her extra appendages reaches out and gently strokes down the side of the cheek of her prey. "I don't think I will. Not yet." She then drags a finger ever so gently along Niki's exposed stomach.

Niki shivers. Her body twitches, and she lets out a quiet laugh.

Upon closer inspection, thin black ropes have completely wrapped around her limbs and body, and there are more strung all throughout the alleyway. If you're not careful, you might run straight into yet another trap. They're so difficult to see within the shadows of the adjacent buildings that you're not surprised Niki didn't notice.

"Oh, are you ticklish? I thought you'd be the tough one," the spider teases. She dances her fingertips along the warrior's quivering midriff.

"N-No," Niki mutters. Though the sensation causes her muscles to twitch and her stomach to pull inward. She purses her lips, but then lets out an audible cackle as the tickling continues. She tries to tug herself free, but the bindings are too tight. "I'm n-not!"

"Is that right?" She bites her lip. "Then I presume you wouldn't mind me continuing then, correct?"

Trapped in her lie, Niki just lets out a quiet, "Of course not," but that would prove to be a mistake.

"Hehe. If you say so." Now with both hands, she wiggles her fingers up and down along her sides. Her prey flails wildly in response, letting out an involuntary burst of laughter. Though it isn't only laughs. Her face starts flooding with colour, and between her hysterical noises come other ones that sound a little more ****--whimpering, gasping in embarrassment.

Unable to move, it's made even more stimulating. Niki can't help but become entirely weak to the girl's touch. "S-Stop, I can't... Hahaha, noo! Stop, stop! Ooh~!"

The spider smiles wide. With a movement of her hand, her prey raises up higher. Next she slips off one of her shoes and grabs her bare foot with both hands. "Care to admit you're ticklish yet?"

Niki's eyes widen. "I am ticklish! I am!" she pleads.

She licks her lips. "Oh I know," she whispers before dragging her tongue up the flat of her foot to her wiggling toes. Then she attacks without mercy. She wiggles her fingers, tickling one of the poor warrior's most ticklish areas.

"Hahahaha! No, noo~!" Niki gasps, taking a sharp inhale before throwing her head back. "Mercy! Mercy! Aah, mercy!"

Meanwhile, the devil watches with a grin. He gives his pants a quick readjustment. "This is all making me worked up. I don't know if I'll be able to watch any longer."

"Let out friend go!" Eva shouts, face red with anger.

He brings his hand down and grabs his own groin. "Ah, but you must be enjoying the show as much as I am, right?"

"Ew. What's wrong with you?"

"Wait a minute. Who is this, Masumi?" you quickly ask. "If this is the home of Lady Vex, just like you said, everyone here serves under her. So tell these two to bugger off already!"

Masumi lets out a solemn sigh. "I did say you would be responsible."

"Hey~!" the devil calls out. "Hey, Masumi! Why don't you come over here and we can watch this show together, hmm?"

She then lays a gentle hand on your shoulder with a smile. "That being said, I would also not report any wrong-doings if you were to fight back."