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Upon her second time of using the steel, the dummy managed to survive being mangled by the spider, and Astra was happy she had completed her task

Now if only her boyfriend wouldn't be such a cheating jerk...

Had Camilla been there on the web in class the whole time? Yes, yes she had! She was just too fascinated by the web, the spiders, and the teacher to socialize.

In fact, she'd been one of the first creeple there! The web had been climbed with ease and the giant spiders looked upon with awe and curiosity. Giant creatures, be them cats, snakes, or spiders didn't much bother the Dormouse ghoul, who was a specie of giant animal herself. The spiders especially didn't bother her, because she often had to shoo spiders out of the mouse tunnels which ran through the walls of her dorm! When your not even the size of a baseball those skitter minis can seem pretty big!

The teacher had her even more fascinated! She didn't know they had a arachnid teacher! Maybe she was new! Camilla listened attentively and it soon seemed pretty obvious this teacher wasn't used to teaching... Which just meant Camilla would have to be on her best behavior! When the materials were offered -along with the help of a giant spider- the Dormouse ghoul couldn't help but cheer a bit! The spider she got was friendly and attentive, it happily helped her off the web and to the ground. It helped also that Camilla wasn't scared of it.

When faced with the materials, Camilla puts a hand to her chin as her tail begins to sway musingly... Bark was just out of the question... There wasn't much chance it'd survive a giant spider attack... Leather... While it would naturally be Camilla's armor of choice due to it's lightness, wasn't cutting it in her mind... The steel was appealing... But... The spider silk had her the most curious! She'd never seen armor made from it and she wanted to try her hand at it! With her choice made she nods and pats the spider. "I'm going to try spider silk if you don't mind!" she chirps which receives a approving chitter from her partner!

She gladly accepts the offered ride from the spider and gets to the dummies in no time. Once there however, she had to learn a few things about spider silk before she could even attempt to make armor with it... First, she learned a spider could produce roughly eight different types of silk! And each had a purpose. One was very strong and durable, another was sticky, another was flexible, etc. At first, Camilla tried to weave the more flexible silk into a sort of blanket... It didn't work so well... Next she tried the same thing with the more durable silk... That went even worse...

Unfortunately, the Dormouse ghoul hadn't ever really put much thought towards learning weaving and sewing... Usually she'd just buy something or if so ething got damaged she'd buy a repair spell... Well, looks like weaving and sewing are just two more things to add to her 'must learn' list. But for right now? She was kinda struggling... Finally however, she patches together a sort of quilt made up of smaller silk squares... Frowning, Camilla wasn't at all confident in her 'armor's sturdiness...

Still... She had to test it right? After covering the dummy in her spider silk blanket, she nods to her spider companion who looked even more unsure then she did... Still it gives a spider nod and charges!

Shunk!

The giant spider's fangs EASILY pierce the poor dummy causing both spider and mouse to wince at the sight... Well... That didn't work... Back to the drawing board!

It was back to the drawing board and Titus still didn't want to make anything from bark and steel seemed like it would call for too much effort. That left him his second choice in material which was spiderweb.

"This stuff better not be sticky. Alright, eight eyes chop chop." At least the spider didn't seem to mind his bossy attitude and soon produced a sheet of fabric for him to use. It didn't seem like much but Titus still went through the effort to fashion it into a chest piece before taking it back to the testing area.

In a matter of seconds it was completely obliterated. "Okay so...that's out." Titus threw up his hands in frustration before he turned back to his eight legged companion. "You can't cut a boil a break?" The spider only wiggled happily in response as if pleased with itself.

Taking in a deep breath Titus sighed as he dropped his head. It was time to put a little more effort in.

After taking the silk armor off the dummy and spreading it on the ground, the Dormouse ghoul and giant spider got to work improving the design.

The 'armor' looked more like a quilt with a hole in the center... Or like a really weird poncho... That was the first problem. The second was the stitching was clearly inferior... and third it just wasn't thick enough... With the problems identified, they were on their way!

The spider helped her with the stitching first. Who knew spiders were so good at knitting!? Next they changed the design a bit to be more Tabard like then Poncho like. Finally, they worked to build up more layers. So, when they were finished they both felt more confident this time! The silk tabard was slid on the dummy excitedly and after backing up Camilla gives the spider a eager thumbs up! Nodding, it rushes at the dummy!

Shunk!

Unfortunately, much to their disappointment, the giant spider's fangs once again pierce the silk fabric easily... However! More resistance was met this time, so the dummy did have a better chance of survival!

Still... Camilla was quickly realizing that she just didn't have enough knowledge to make proper armor out of spider silk... "I think... We should try the steel..." she says musingly as she stands facing the dummy with a hand on her chin. The giant spider nods and chitters in agreement. With a nod of her own, Camilla climbs back onto the spider's back before the pare return to the web.

When the pare return to the web, Camilla spends a good while just sitting in front of the sheets of steel while her spider companion waits patiently.

She sat cross legged and cross armed with her eyes closed as she tries to remember her Knight Dream... Many times while Camille was maintaining her Rapier and Main Gauche, she'd stop and watch the smithy work. It was frankly, a fascinating proccess! The only problem was... Camilla didn't have any of the tools at her disposal that Camille would have had... But... She did have a few things Camille didn't! Like a Monster's strength and a propane powered hand torch! It was going to just take a lot of brute strength and some creativity to make steel armor!

Finally, with her idea in mind, Camilla opens her eyes and explains her plan to her spider companion. It approved and so they both set out to work!

The first step was determining the design. At first, she thought doing multipiece armor would be a good idea. But then she remembered now long that would take... And she didn't have rivets... So, in the end, she decided to go with a simple back plate and breastplate design. Using herself as a model, Camilla first took the needed measurements. Then, she began cutting things out with the hand torch. Once she had all the pieces cut out, she uses a large rock and several smaller ones to pound the metal into shape.

When she was finished, the breastplate looked very much like a metal tanktop almost. However the chest was domed out a bit to give a bit of space between her and the metal. The backplate well looked like the back half of a tanktop. Her biggest problem now was... How was she going to attach the two pieces together...? The solution to that problem came from a unlikely source. Camilla remembered how one would fit draws together in furniture and figured it might work well here!

Using her torch she cuts out several dove tails in the edges of the metal. Then, she rolls them up into loops and welds them down, cutting away every other loop as needed. When she was finished, the two pieces fit together almost like how two halfs of a zipper would! Finally, she uses a length of good sturdy leather cord to tie the piece together!

It was done! The armor wasn't exactly pretty, but it was functional and thats what was important! Happily both mouse and spider return to the dummies with armor in tow. Upon arriving back, a dummy of appropriate size was found and the armor was tied onto it. The pare were both excited but Camilla made sure the armor was on proper before bounding out of the way and giving a eager thumbs up! Nodding, the spider turns to the dummy and charges with fanfs bared!

THUNK! Riiinnnnnggggg!

As spider collides with dummy, it looked almost like a car hitting a wall! The poor spider was stopped instantly by the firmly placed dummy and sturdy armor! The sound of it hitting caused a loud metallic ringing to echo through the air even! The now sore arachnid crumples against the armor in a heap while chittering unhappily! "Ooo! Oh dear! Are you ok!?" she exclaims worriedly to the spider as she runs over to it! It rubs its fangs with a spindly leg more nodding and looking up at the armor with it's eight eyes. After sighing in relief, the Dormouse ghoul does the same. Only to gasp seconds later as she sees a fair sized dent in the chestplate! However, despite the dent, there was no hole! The dummy survived!

"Wow! Yay, yay! We did it!" she cheers while laughing happily and jumping up and down! The spider quickly gets up and chitters happily as well before doing a sort of spidery dance! Least it seemed like a dance. Finally, both of them calm down and the armor is carefully fetched off the dummy. "Lets go show the teacher!" she suggests excitedly while her tail wags merrily! The spider nods with equal excitement and soon both were back on their way to the web to show off their success!

"I wouldn't mind showing you at all. It's actually quite relaxing to make them." It was fun to try and weave certain flowers together and it always seemed like a fun gift to give. She didn't know many that didn't like flowers.

"O-oh... Yes. I-I could show you a few but they're not that great..." Just sketches of the clouds and some others of the flowers she liked looking at. A passing bird here and there. She never met anyone that showed interest in her sketches so it was an interesting inquiry.

The climb down was much harder than she would have initially thought but the deer ghoul managed a slight scramble before getting a helping hand down to the ground from the boil. "A-ah, thank you for the help." Her hooves touch the ground with her hands quickly adjusting her beanie as she had nearly lost it on the first drop down to one of the branches.

Her mind was still stuck on the reassuring words AJ had given her a bit earlier up on the web and the explanation he had given the spiders about her slight fear. And they seemed rather accepting of the fact which was a welcome surprise. The spiders sure were unlike the smaller ones she knew of from the forest back home.

Damaris's head flickered up at the question of materials from her companion. "O-oh, you know... That's not a bad idea. It the web threads was able to hold all of us up there, I wonder how well of a material it is." She tilted her head to the web still in it's pristine condition.

And, again, another way for her to over come her small phobia. Work more with the arachnids and get to know them a bit more. If this was going to help... Why not go the whole way?

As AJ climbed aboard one of the spiders, she glanced at her own arachnid steward. It stared back before moving to gesture towards the inquiring boil. Oh! Riding on them? With AJ? She hesitated while looking at the hand before placing her hand in his and was helped aboard the spider. "Thank you again, AJ." She replied with barely the strength of a whisper but she mean't it.

It felt... Strange. She normally was fine with being on her own two hooves with her already pretty speedy self. And Damaris was a pretty good jumper. But she supposed it was alright as it seemed the spider had offered. And he was quick! Those many legs moved in unison at such a speed! With how fast they were going, she couldn't help but cling to the boil with as much thought to not hug too tightly as she could, hiding her face in his back. She trusted him to take them where they were to go... Hopefully.

The fawn chanced a glance and saw that her own arachnid companion was following beside them. It was a mesmerizing sight to watch them move as fast as they did... For a moment. Then it was back to trying to ignore the fact that they could fall off or something.

The teacher seemed rather grumpy, she reminded Trisha of a certain someone. No matter, the task sounded easy enough. Though she needed help getting down. Trisha stared down wondering just how she would manage when a spider saddled up next to her. "Oh can you help me?"

The spider paused and then seemed to make a sign of agreement. Trisha's smile widened. She didn't understand why the other students were freaked out by the spiders. They were rather sweet. Trisha ran a hand along the spiders back, brushing off some leaves before sliding herself on. Would it be strong enough for her? It seems it was, as it spun a thread, and then crawled down in a zig zag motion. "Thank you Miss spider." Why did Trisha assume female? Because it was big and strong and the females were generally larger among spiders right? Not that it mattered.

"Do you have a name miss spider? Oh I suppose you couldn't tell me anyways... how about Becky? I'll call you that for now." Trisha proceeded to bond with the spider as if it were a creeper.

Trisha being Trisha decided to decorate her spider with a ribbon. "Sorry I don't have any treats for you they got all eaten." she slipped off the spider once they were on the ground content to walk next to it. It was only the trees that made her worry about her footing.

Trisha did spot her favorite pony along the way to finding herself a dummy. She was still completely unaware of Mellow's fear of ghouls. So she stopped by for just a moment along her way. "Hi Mellow. Who is your friend?" Did she expect an introduction? Perhaps she did. "Sorry no sugar cubes today Mellow, I ran out. All I have are ribbons. Though I don't think they will make good armor." she smiled at the boils.

[quote"meegane"]Sorry stopping by really quick before going to whack the dummies.

[quote"SwordOfTheDarkOnes"] Hello cutie. Trisha has no clue sorry.

Trisha was a little startled by Torsten's insistence that this was class time but she smiled and went along with it. Ok, alright. She instead took her spider up to the dummy and sat making her armor out of spider silk. "It's ok Becky. They seem to be having fun together." but in her heart Trisha was feeling a little lonely.

Once done with the making of the armor, she got it on the dummy, carefully.

"Alright, I'm ready. You can attack." She grinned when the armor held up alright.