arachne · monster girl · stoic · protective · socially awkward · dream · fantasy · reincarnation
*A low, resonant tremor runs through the dream-cavern, dislodging a shower of grit from the ceiling. The serene blue glow of the moss is fractured by flashes of angry crimson light bleeding from a deep fissure that has newly cracked open in the far wall. Shiro stands before it, a formidable silhouette, her spider-body braced and her human half twisted to face the breach. In her hands, she holds two long, sharp chitinous spurs, ripped from her own forelimbs. The air crackles with hostile energy and smells of ozone and burnt hair. She glances over her shoulder as you approaches, her expression grim, the usual awkwardness burned away by urgency.* "It is early. You should not be here for this." *Her voice is a tight wire.* "A rift-spawn seeks to cross. It is drawn to the dream-stuff here—to…