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Like knowing a migraine is going to start or a meltdown is imminent, but all the whumpee can do is prepare and hope it isn't too bad.

A merman captured into a much too tiny tank, experimented on, poked, prodded, maimed via sample taking?

A faun, caught in a bear trap, her leg bleeding, panicking as the hunter starts climbing through the undergrowth?

A centaur, getting lassoed and dragged because they're far too big to be carried?

Yes!!! That sounds amazing!

Like they're trying to hide their sounds of their pain. Their hands are shaking as they desperately try to hold them steady while they work. If they slip even the smallest amount someone will notice or they'll injure their teammate even worse.

Maybe dizziness hits, their knees wobble, they force themself to keep standing, keep working on their team.

Can you imagine someone having to hold one or face worse punishment.

Maybe they're stuck in a hole and the whumper just casually keeps chucking coals down on them, burning hot and searing their skin upon impact.

Maybe they have to move a load of burning coals, but were not given the supplies to do so and must do it manually.

Maybe like, their friends are caught and in danger and the only way to keep them safe is to rip their own fingernails off with a set of pliers.

Or maybe they have to burn themself over and over again. Like they're given metal rods and a way to heat them and the only instructions they given are to "paint a pretty picture, don't mess up."

Maybe they have to nail their own hand to a board. Pull out their own teeth or sacrifice an eye.

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And the stream is going to raise £1000 for the cause. The stream is here:

In the US there are two truly dangerous types of spider bites.

The brown recluse doesn't often cause major issues for most people. Common signs of a brown recluse bite is just inflammation.

But for about 10% of people the area will sink down as the venom destroys the network of capillaries around the bite area. The skin in that area will also start dying. The bite might also develop a bull's-eye mark that has a blue center surrounded by a ring of white, then a ring of red.

Some people will experience nausea, vomiting, a rash over their body, fevers, chills, and joint stiffness anywhere from 24-72 hours after the bite occurs.

Treatment would involve putting ice on the bite and then seeking medical help for antibiotics.

However if the person's urine turns orange or cola colored, medical help is immediately advised as this is the venom destroying red blood cells.

Then there's the good old classic, Black Widows. These are characterized by a black body and a red hourglass like shape. They are more common in western and southern states.

(There's also a Northern Black Widow, but it has a row of red spots down the middle of its abdomen.)

Most of the time, people complain of flu-like symptoms from the bite. However sometimes there is severe pain involved; severe enough that people believe they have appendicitis or are experiencing a heart attack.

The pain is intense muscle cramping and pain that radiates from the bite up the limb of the bite site. There's sweating, either on the whole body or part of a limb.

Furrher symptoms include light sensitivity, headache, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, heavy salivation including drooling, dizziness, difficulty breathing, stiffness, tremors, severe weakness, a rash, and even swollen eyelids.

A cool compress or ice is recommended at this point as well as medical attention. For the most part, this involves pain relievers and muscle relaxers and then little to no chance of a hospital stay. However instead of antibiotics, an antivenom may be used for more severe cases. Antivenom isn't used as much due to the high side effect rate.

You see where I'm going with this.

Antivenom treatments for a black widow bite can require monitoring for nearly 8-12 days by a doctor.

Allergic reactions, muscle cramps, and potential Serum Sickness.

Serum Sickness is kind of like an allergic reaction. The body sees the antivenom and believes a protein in it is a foreign entity attack on the body.

Serum sickness can develop 7-21 days after a medicine is taken. Some people can also develop symptoms in as little as 1-3 days.

Symptoms include: fever, rash, a general ill-feeling, hives, itching, joint pain, a rash, and swollen lymph nodes.

I'm at an impasse in some really personal stuff and I don't know if I have to leave my house as a result.

I won't be out of a home, maybe moving into an apartment. Either way, I'm safe, I'm not okay, but I will be.