<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/1Gw54of.png)</div><br/><strong>"Tch tchk tch tch tch tch,"</strong>they once again spoke in a brief burst to each other before the one that was closest to Zerxel said in a silken calm voice,<strong>"Wait one moment before you do, only long enough to hear me Drow, friend of Lloth, friend of spiders."</strong>The spiderling's grin took on a slightly wicked look as she said,<strong>"We know of your people, and we have much to offer, let me tell you what it is that we seek.  We spiderlings are territorial but do not wish to make war, simply exist.  But every year we are presented with a great opportunity.  To have our queen hatch from the body of a contestant garuntees her great strength and power.  What we desire most is a captive, a contestant, preferably a strong one that can bear the ordeal of birthing a queen of our people.  If you were to,"</strong>now the grin grew absolutely evil,<strong>"Assist us in obtaining a contestant for our purposes, our gratitude would know very little limits."</strong><br/><br/>Zerxel understood what the spiderlings wanted, she'd seen past dungeon runs where contestants were overly aggressive and rude with the creatures.  They weren't overly agressive, but they could lay masterful traps and they did have a potent venom.  More to the point, they could use the ovipositor tucked inside their bodies to deposit vile eggs inside the bodies of female contestants where they would siphon strength from the women before being 'birthed' and then hatching.  A contestant 'could' survive such an ordeal, and a few had, but not many with their minds in tact.  What the spiderling was suggesting to her was obviously a chance for Zerxel to gain much, possibly enough in rewards to help see her to the reaping level, but at the cost of a highly evil act.  Betraying another contestant was something that happened in the dungeon of course, and even with close friends like Bo, one had to be at least aware of the possibility.  But to be the one to commit such an act, to betray a fellow contestant and turn her over to the spiderlings, there would be no doubt of the maliciousness of such a thing.<br/><br/>There would be no doubt of the inherent 'drowness' of such a thing.