\"Incy Wincy Spider\"

<snip>"Rosette, come chat with me." Mk. called a few times before she noticed."Hmm? Oh, uh...mind if I keep a little distance from the shower.""Ah, sure thing. So tell me, d'you think you can handle this? I mean I'll be there for you as best I can, but feel free to speak your mind now before we're in the thick of it."</snip>"Thanks, though I can't figure out why you're being nicer to me than anyone else..." Rosette said.  Maybe it was because he had more chance of taking her out if she turned on the crew?  Maybe he was trying to give her more confidence in her abilities, who knew."I think I'll be ok." She added, with a small smile.  The bug inside her was screaming profanities as she kicked it back to a hole in her subconcious.  "As long as we don't get into contact with any other bugs, I'll be ok." She said."That's good to hear." Mk.10 replied.  Mk.10 edged towards the shower, cracked a lid off of a canister he was holding.  It started to spray some kind of gas, so he quickly tossed it into the shower and closed the door."Ok everyone, it should be safe in a minute." He said to everyone onboard, then turned back to Rosette."Amber briefed me on your abilities, since she's seen you fight.  If you turn bug, I'd have trouble stopping you, but I know you'll be fine." He said, his software feelings pouring on the confidence.  Rosette sat next to him, almost in tears."I didn't ask for any of this, I shouldn't even be here... I should still be on Earth living in luxury... I haven't even had a piano to play for years." She said, wiping her face.  "I shouldn't complain, at least I'm not seymour." She added. "Haha, It's much better that you're not." Mk.10 replied.  "They should be ready with the sensor jammer soon.  Do you need to do anything to prepare?"  He asked."Actually, yeah." Rosette said.  She grabbed a bag from a hanger on the wall, and walked into one of the spare rooms at the back of the ship.  Not too long after, the entire crew onboard the starbug heard a scream of pain, and a sound not unlike a swarm of giant ants crawling across a metal surface.*etch-kree-skraw* The large spider 'said' as she stepped out of the room, now a very large spider.  Her skin had turned to the black exo-skeleton that her spider-form preferred.  The bag was in one of her human arms, still covered in exo-skeleton, and with large, powerful claws on each finger.  Her eight legs were kept close together, to try not to stand on anyone.  Each one of them was sharp enough to pierce through the floor if she wanted to.She walked up to Mk.10 and handed him the bag.  Amber spun around on her chair."She said 'take this with you', Mk.10" she translated.  The sounds she had made were the Hymenoptera language.  Mk.10 took it.  His curiosity algorithm sparked up and forced him to open it slightly.  He closed it soon after.  "Probably a good idea." He said, putting it with everything else he was going to be taking.Rosette-the-giant-spider then sat in silence near the airlock, her test was going to be ready soon.<tag people.  How would you react to there being a human-sized black widow spider in the small confines of a starbug with you?>
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