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[ferriswheelsandfootball]

Who: John Sheppard and you
Username: un: Pegasus
Warnings: cw: spiders; spider eggs; swarms; uncanny valley; loss of bodily autonomy; full encasement; guns, gun violence; PTSD


[John considered not doing video, because he hasn’t exactly gotten control of the cat-eye thing his eyes do when he feels threatened or upset or pretty much any strong emotion in general. Becoming an Avatar of the Hunt just apparently came with complications like that but he also knows he probably should behave as ‘normally’ as possible to avoid any suspicion.

Right now he looks like a perfectly normal John Sheppard. Albeit a little disturbed and upset over something.

Also he was kinda hoping it would get other people to do video so he could see who else had spider-tattoos out there.]

So if you haven’t heard of Gus the Bus, here’s your official warning.

Don’t.

Just don’t. Don’t chase after it, run away as soon as you see it. You ever seen My Neighbor Totoro? It’s the Cat-bus, but a spider version of it. And instead of plush, furry seats, you get encased in a cocoon by thousands of tiny little Gus buddies.

And attacking it doesn’t work. Believe me, I tried. It just makes things worse.

Comments

[abrightboy]

What is it with you guys and spiders?

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

I don’t know but I’m starting to feel slightly targeted by them.

I promise to gently shoo them out the door from now on.

[abrightboy]

I’m not sure they’re aware of your past arachnocides.

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

Maybe, but I’m starting to feel like this is getting a little personal.

The thing we found in Dogtown was some kind of spider venom antidote, after all. Plus I wrecked their bridge. Maybe they’re displeased.

[abrightboy]

Well, if you have the venom antidote, does it matter?

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

I mean, it matters when it’s cursed us with spidery-bad luck.

text; un: freakscene

[cacophonish]

dude
you attacked a bus???

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

Yeah, I shot at it. Didn’t hurt it, so.

[cacophonish]

would a gun even stop a normal bus tho?
not trying to be a dick, i just dont know anything about guns cuz im a pacifist

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

That’s a really good point. Now that I think about it, I don’t think my gun even worked properly, I was completely frozen the moment I tried anything so there was some kind of magic involved, I guess? I don’t think it even fired, so that would explain that.

But no, I couldn’t stop a bus unless you somehow got the driver through the window.

The driver was the bus, in this case.

[video] un: cupkate

[bossyboiler]

[ Welp. That is one form of transportation that she won't be taking. ]

You found out the hard way, huh?

[ She shudders because after snakes it's spiders for her. ]

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

The very hard way.

You do not want to be anywhere near that thing.

[bossyboiler]

I believe you. How did you escape?

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

I honest don’t know.

We got cocooned on the inside of the bus and passed out, woke up at the bus stop on Dory road.

[bossyboiler]

Wow. Do you think it laid anything inside you?

Who is we?

1/3

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

2/3

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

voice; un: jelica

[musicdied]

Even more important than why did you attack a bus: how did you attack the bus?

cw: reference to self-harm

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

P-90. Didn’t do a thing, probably because I was frozen the instant I tried. I don’t think I got any shots off now that I think about it. It made me move the gun and I honestly thought I was gonna be forced to shoot my self or Rodney.

Re: cw: reference to self-harm

[musicdied]

Even if you did get shots off at it, a handgun isn't even the best weapon to use to stop a car. You would have maybe scratched the paint on a bus, unless you were very lucky and hit the driver. If there was a driver.

Were you able to take back control to keep from shooting yourself or your friend, or did it just decide it was more useful to leave you alive?

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

Granted, I’m a pretty good shot, but you’re right. Anyway, in this case, there was no driver. The bus was a spider and it was driving itself.

The compulsion stopped, and we were fine for like, a moment? But when the bus got closer, we got compelled to board it. So I’m thinking it’s a proximity situation because I wonder if we could have run away or put some distance between us and the bus in that brief moment…

[musicdied]

Maybe. Or maybe it was just playing with its food once you caught its attention.

[A moment's pause, and a sigh.]

It's too bad there's no way to test it that wouldn't run the risk of pulling other people into its...web.

voice / dontron3000

[semilethal]

Dr. McKay was right, you do just go looking for it.

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

And just what exactly did Dr. McKay say about me?

[semilethal]

Quite a bit. Usually complaints. I honestly don't think any of it would come as a surprise.