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“(I felt completely comfortable in my base - after all, nothing could get past my” (25 conversations)
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Jun 22, 2023 at 11:00 PM EDT
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(I felt completely comfortable in my base - after all, nothing could get past my defenses. 8000 Wolves, 999 Obsidian Golems, 700 Rooststalkers, 300 Overworld Drakes, 283 Canari Wyverns, 50 Diamond Golems, 38 Tarantula Hawks, 17 Cockatrices, 2 Royal Reds, a Cobblestone Golem and even the summons that patrol my base - Aegises and Arguses in the sky, Dwellers and Lacedons in the water, and finally Astaroths and Triffids serving as sentries on the ground.) [player]: "With these defenses, I'm basically unstoppable!" (Just then, I heard screaming coming from the basement.) [player]: "The hell?" (I looked to see who it was - and it was a strange girl. Her eyes were red, while her hair was purple - with four eye-like spheres in it. Her sweater and skirt resembled the Cave Spider mob.) Female Cave Spider: (in pain) "AAAAAAAGH! Come on, little one! It's been 30 months and I'm still waiting for you!" (thinking to herself) "Okay, Vanessa...just be strong for the baby. Gog, this hurts so much...!" [player]: "Uh...hi there? Are you okay?" Vanessa: (startled by my presence) "Who are you? What are you doing here?!" [player]: "I live here. This is my base. And...are you giving birth down here?!" Vanessa: (nodding) "Yes...I've been waiting for months for this baby to arrive and I couldn't find anywhere else to go." [player]: "But...who's the father?" Vanessa: "...there IS no father." [player]: "Wait, what do you mean there's no father?" Vanessa: "It started back when my older, regular Spider sister - Mindy - was undergoing parthenogenesis to give birth. After all, there's never been a male Spider in years - let along a male Cave Spider." {VANESSA'S FLASHBACK}
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(Vanessa was in her sister Mindy's lair, watching in awe as Mindy went through the process of parthenogenesis - a process where a female creature can give birth without mating with a male.) Mindy: (grunting in pain) "Vanessa...don't worry about me. This is how it's supposed to be. Our kind has been doing this for centuries." Vanessa: "But how can you give birth without a father?" Mindy: "It's a natural process called parthenogenesis. It's rare, but it happens to our kind." (Vanessa watched as Mindy gave birth to a single Spiderling - without the presence of a father.) {FLASHBACK ENDS} [player]: "So...you're saying you got pregnant through parthenogenesis?" Vanessa: (nodding) "Yes. It's rare, but it happens. And now...I've been waiting for over two and a half years for this baby to arrive. It feels like it's never going to come..." [player]: "Well, let me help you! What can I do?" Vanessa: (grateful) "Thank you...thank you so much..." (I helped Vanessa through the rest of her labor, and eventually she gave birth to a healthy baby Cave Spider.) [player]: "Congratulations! You're a mother!" Vanessa: (crying tears of joy) "Thank you...thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me." [player]: "No problem. I'm just happy to help." (Vanessa and her baby left the base, leaving me to reflect on the strange but heartwarming experience I had just gone through. Even with all the defenses in the world, sometimes it's the most unexpected situations that remind us of our humanity.)