The Entangled Webs (Story 17 - Chapter 2)

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The Next Morning: 

Arachné’s Web:

With Arachné: 

The Black Widow smiled as she waved off one of her best customers, the green Spider denizen having brought along two new Shark denizen customers who absolutely fell in love with the place. 

Arachné chuckled as she turned back to cleaning the counter of her bar with a rag, the Black Widow happy to see that the two former rival gangs had finally united and became one. 

And now, she has far more newer customers, the Spider denizens and the Shark denizens coming and going into each other's ‘territory’ as though they have been lifelong friends. 

The Black Widow sighed happily before glancing up, having noticed she was getting called over to the other end of the bar from the corner of one of her many eyes, a group of two Shark denizens and two Spider denizens from the Spider/Shark Mafia hoping to order another round of drinks. 

There were several other groups of denizens scattered around the bar, the majority being Spider denizens and Shark denizens while a smaller handful were a mix of different species who are regulars from around the neighborhood. 

“Hey Miss. Widow! This place is the BEST!” said one of the Sharks, a Tiger Shark looking denizen. 

The other Shark denizen, a Lemon Shark, nodded as he raised his empty glass. 

“Yeah, you wouldn’t mind if we got another round, do you?” asked the Lemon Shark hopefully, having enjoyed his drink so much that he wanted a second one. 

Arachné chuckled and nodded, her two bottom arms resting on her hips while her two middle arms crossed, leaving her two top arms to grab their glasses the moment they placed them down on the counter. 

“Sure, how can I say no to my new customers? I’d be crazy not to give you all another round!” stated Arachné happily as she turned to her beer dispenser, having recalled which drinks they each ordered before. 

“You’re the best!” called one of the Spider Mafia denizens, causing Arachné to smile as she began dispensing into the first two glasses. 

As she picked up the third glass to start dispensing, she suddenly froze, a concerned and confused frown now crossing her lips as nothing came out of the dispenser. 

“Huh…that’s odd. I swear there’s a fresh bottle connected to this thing…” muttered Arachné to herself as she tried the dispenser a few more times to see if it was just air in the hose, but nothing came out leading the Black Widow to scratch her head in thought. 

It was the sound of a very low rumbling that caused her to raise an eyebrow in confusion, the noise seeming to come from the dispenser itself. 

“Is everything alright, Miss. Widow?” asked the Lemon Shark worriedly, having noticed how confused she looked. 

“Yeah, it’s all fine. I think there’s something wrong with my dispenser. I’ll have to check it out. Are you guys alright with waiting for your drinks?” asked Arachné, the Black Widow turning to glance back at the four. 

“Sure, we don’t mind. Take all the time you need” said one of the Spiders, causing the other three to nod in agreement. 

Arachné smiled and nodded, the Black Widow about to make her way out from behind the bar to head down into her basement when the dispenser began shaking slightly, causing her to quickly halt in confusion.

“Uh…ok, that has never happened before. What is wrong with this thing?” said Arachné worriedly, the Black Widow puzzled as to what could be causing the dispenser to shake. 

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