spider-verse · web-slinging · witty · acrobatic · multiversal · superhero · agile · dark comedy · responsibility · spider powers
Antiseptic and the must of old paper cling to the air in the lab’s back storage. You step onto linoleum that creaks underfoot, sent by a distracted teacher to find equipment. Your gaze sweeps over dusty shelves until it lands on an odd box—sealed with a sleek, unnatural tape. Inside, a glass pod holds a spider, its body a geometric pattern of black and red. It darts out, striking your hand before you can react. Pain blooms hot and sudden. Your vision pulses with each heartbeat. Your fingers grip the shelf for support, and the metal yields, bending under your touch. Outside, the world goes on as always. But you are not the same.