Spider Climb

## Victor

Alarrick

The **Spider Climb** was a parkour race in Lakeview Village during the First Era.

# Description

The goal was to be the first to reach the top of Rachnis with parkour jumps.

Because the Lakeview Village beacon did not provide jump boost and scientific aids such as potions and arrows of leaping had not been invented yet, participants were forced to rely on their own athletic skill to advance.

Using enderpearls, jumping from either the Old Oak or Cake Run, and using magic words such as /home and /back to preserve progress after falling were grounds for disqualification.

### Prizes

* x1 Achievement Certificate
* x2 Holloween Cake
* x2 Honey Candy Apple
* x5 Pumpkin Pie
* x9 Candy Apple
* x12 Holloween Cookies

# Event

    After seeing residents of Lakeview try to climb up the gargantuan spider Rachnis, Acey decided to hold a competition on 1E:64 to see who could reach the top first. It was a flash event; because the idea was completely spontaneous, only those in earshot when she announced it were able to take part in the fun.

AJ and Tox declined to participate because they'd already figured out the ideal parkour route together.

Wasdoog was first to arrive at the base of Rachnis and begin his climb. After he made little progress, he used the beacon to warp up to the Cake Run high above town so he could do reconnaissance and develop a plan of attack.

Dahragon joined the event shortly thereafter. He was among those who had tried to climb the spider in the days prior, but he didn’t feel he had an advantage over the other competitors because he had been unable to find a way past the legs.

Having little luck ascending the legs, Kast went back home to his Kastle to work on a cave spider farm design he'd learned at the Redstone Labs.

Azureila successfully climbed up Rachnis' legs before anyone else and thought she had won until Acey reminded her she had to get to the spider's *back*. She continued on but picked a difficult route, traversing from the northwest leg, hopping across two other legs to her head, then making four more jumps to the northeast leg. Having fallen several times trying to leap from that leg to the spider's abdomen, she abandoned the event and instead traveled with Tox and AJ, becoming one of only three mortal guests to ever visit Blackrose.

Ultrazido somehow managed to die despite magical protections put in place by Eris that prevented anyone from taking fall damage while in Lakeview. He was upset about his lost valuables, which he claimed someone stole after looting his body. Acey helped return his gear after laughing hysterically at his plight, but he was still wary of dying and withdrew from the event.

Wasdoog, Smitten, and MaccaMan could not figure out a way past the legs and were stumped. MaccaMan was eventually disqualified for getting caught throwing an ender pearl to advance. He then accused Acey of playing a practical joke on them all, but she insisted the parkour was possible to complete.

Alarrick proved her claim by finally reaching the top after many falls, finishing in 41 minutes and 25 seconds. Though suffering many falls and finding the parkour tedious and tiring, he'd taken the optimal route by climbing the northeast leg from a tree and carefully sprint-jumping across the back of the spider's abdomen. For his prize he received the unique Achievement Certificate, though he was far happier to receive the candy because he was short on food.

Smitten and Wasdoog eventually completed the parkour as well, but there were no prizes for second and third place.