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⌈Name⌋
Eriko Kumo

⌈Nickname⌋
Eri, "Jorogumo"

⌈Age⌋
10

⌈Gender⌋
Female

⌈Hair Color⌋
Black

⌈Eye Color⌋
Red

⌈Race⌋
Latrodectus, Black Widow Spider

⌈Success Rate⌋
Exact Rate is Currently Unknown; Estimated Rate is 68%

⌈Face Claim⌋
Spider "Musume Kumo" from Wasurenagumo (Li'l Spider Girl)

⌈Skin Tone⌋
Pale White (lower body is Shiny Black with a Red Hourglass Mark)

⌈Height⌋
2’ 3” (please use link provided for a height reference)

⌈Weight⌋
34lbs

⌈Physical Description⌋
From Eri's hips upwards she appears to be a completely normal little girl whose only minor oddity is her red eyes or possibly her abnormally sharp canines. She has long black hair that is most often put into two high pigtails with long bangs framing her face, however when it's down it comes to her lower back just above the waistline. Her skin is fairly pale except for the rosy blush that often colors her otherwise pale cheeks. She usually wears a large white t-shirt that covers her lower body, but when she is sent on a mission she wears this; a black sweater (help her blend into the shadows) and a mini-skirt the same color as her hourglass mark that will not hinder her movement.

Eri's lower body, starting at her hips, her pale white skin becomes black and shiny like that of a black widow spider. She has a total of eight long legs, each with three separate flexible sections (like that of a normal human finger) while allow her to move soundlessly over walls/floors/ceilings and allow her to walk on her web without risking tearing it, getting stuck and/or losing her balance. They also allow for incredible speed and jumping abilities. There are two addition appendages that have grown in the same place a normal human's legs would be that naturally fold against her body in a resting position (like as if a human were to pull their knees to their chest). They are characterized by the long, razor-sharp fangs (about 4 inches in length) which Eri typically uses to cut strands of webs, however if she is desperate enough she will use them for self defense.

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⌈Potential Interest⌋
N/A

⌈Skills⌋

✦ Climbing Abilities || Eri's spider legs that allow her to move soundlessly over walls/floors/ceilings and walk on her web without risking tearing it, getting stuck and/or losing her balance at incredible speeds
✦ Sense Vibrations || because Eri is able to sense vibrations in the ground and air it is fairly easy for her to react to an event/action seemingly before it occurs, making it appear as if she has some sort of super-speed

⌈Abilities⌋

✔ Regrow Legs || if one of her legs is irreparably damaged, Eri is able to pull it off and regrow a new one, however this takes a considerable amount of time and food (during this time she will be unbalanced and therefore at a disadvantage, so she'll likely retreat into a hiding place/web cocoon to heal)
✔ Webs || the strands that make up Eri’s webs are either sticky or strong and she tends to use them for different purposes; sticky webs can ensnare prey and be used to make her little cocoon-hidey-holes whilst the non-sticky strands have the strength if steel wool wire

⌈Other⌋
Success rate is in question due to the unstable nature of the subject. Exhibits many behaviors of a human child, however her nature (strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes, etc) imply that her spider DNA is superior. This is supported by the additional information that, when injured or upset, her spider DNA seemed to take over and her body experiences minor physical mutations as well as major arachnid aggression/defensive behavior. This is why her Success Ratio is Estimated; the alternating averages of 48% (human) and 89% (arachnid) average together to about 68% Success.

It should also be noted that when Eri builds a web she always follows the same patter: she uses her strong thread to stabilize it, connecting the strands in the center and going outwards in straight lines, fastening the webs to solid objects (walls, trees, etc). Then she uses the sticky threat and connects these together in a circular pattern. This design makes it nearly impossible to get to her (much less fight her) when she is on her web, unless you are able to balance on the strong thread like a tightrope without touching the sticky thread (or unless you are able to fly).

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⌈Habits⌋

❖ Leaving Webs Everywhere || Eri tends to leave thin strands of her web everywhere she goes, especially because she likes to build web-cocoons and swing from the ceiling in a very childish manor
❖ Making Everything into a Game || Because Eri is very childlike in personality it’s very hard to get her to be serious and/or focus on a task, however this is remedied by declaring that it is not a “chore” but instead a “game” therefore she refers to many of her activities as games
❖ Tantrums || Another feature of Eri's childishness is that she tends to throw tantrums when she feels offended or teased; these displays of anger are meant to frighten/intimidate the other person (though they're more adorable than scary)
❖ Puppets || Eri is a child who often gets lonely, so to remedy this she uses thin strands of web to "give life" to various inanimate objects much like a puppeteer would a puppet, going as far as to give them names and occasionally voice them (like a child would for their own imaginary friends or dolls)

⌈Likes⌋

♥ Small Dark Areas || As much as Eri likes to play, she also likes to hide and has found that (because she is able to move silently) it is easy for her to vanish into the shadows, using this to set up ambushes for tag or play hide-and-seek
♥ Approval/Friendship || There is rarely an opportunity for Eri io interact with others (epecially other children) so she craves friendship more than anything; this need is met by "Daddy", the scientist who created and recreated her, and she will do anything to win his approval
♥ Silliness || the best way to befriend (and protect yourself from) Eri is to be silly - she's a little girl after all, and has the same social needs/traits as one

⌈Dislikes⌋

✘ Being Called a “Bug” || any reference to her being an insect will annoy her
✘ The Cold || if she grows cold and her metabolism slows down (further than it is normally) it will in turn suck away her energy and she’ll become sluggish and clumsy (behaving like a sleepy toddler)
✘ Ruining her Webs || one of the quickest ways to get Eri to decide she doesn’t like you is for you to mess up a web design that she was working on (generally this is done easily with fire or more difficultly with a strong slash with sharp object)

⌈Strengths⌋

✪ Physical Strength || spiders are similar to ants in the sense that they are able to lift things that are more than 8 times their own body weight
✪ Low Metabolism || due to a black widow’s low metabolism, Eri rarely needs to eat, sleep, and can even hold her breath for up to 20 minutes
✪ Venom || Eri's venom is the same as a normal Black Widow's however, because she is significantly larger than one, her venomous bite WILL BE FATAL unless she deliberately restrains herself by either not injecting any or not injecting the full amount of venom into the victim's system. It takes three days for a victim to die if they receive a full-venomous bite from her unless they receive the anti-venom within 24 hours following the bite OR if Eri draws the poison out of a victim's system herself. (For symptoms of a Black Widow bite, click here)

⌈Weaknesses⌋

⌘ Extreme Cold || (refer to “The Cold” in Dislikes) Eri will go into a dormant state if subjected to freezing temperatures for an extended period of time and appear to be dead (this wears of when she warms up again)
⌘ Fire || both fascinating and deadly, Eri is intrigued but fearful of fire because her webs are extremely flammable and she's had many nightmares of her web-cocoon catching while shes still inside
⌘ Size || Eri is very small which gives her a speed and hiding advantage but makes her very vulnerable in close combat (if engaged in close combat she tends to panic and begin biting, though she generally prefers to use her webs)

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Childish || Playful || Naive || Silly || Lonely || Curious || Endearing

The first side, which is the dominate side, is that of a child. Eri is very much like a normal little girl, happy and sweet. She likes to be silly and it doesn't take much to send her into a fit of giggles. Running around, playing games and making weird faces are all in a day's work. However, on the other hand, like a child Eri is also prone to throwing temper tantrums if she gets upset (though this typically involve her pouting, hiding and acting mean by yelling or trying to scare the offender; rarely does it ever become violent). Eri is very naive and usually doesn't understand that her actions can seriously hurt or even kill people, nor does she understand the cruelty or moral corruption behind the hybrid agency that possesses her. Usually she thinking of everything as a game (for example: hunting down other hybrids would be a game of fetch, etc). More than anything in the world she wants lots friends who will play with her and banish the deep loneliness she feels, and fills that void by doing everything she can to please her "Daddy", the scientist who was there when she was unfrozen and has spent a significant amount of time gaining her trust as well as learning how to use her naivety and innocence to the advantage of the hybrid organization.



Cruel || Emotionless || Deadly || Blood Thirsty || Predator || "Demonic" || Terrifying

Eri's other side, given the name "Jorogumo" after famous the Japanese spider demons who take human forms, is completely opposite of her normal childish persona. If she is injured, feels that her life is threatened and/or experiences a trauma her spider side takes over. Eri is no longer the playful, giggly little girl but instead a deadly hunter. This not only causes a complete change in character, but also forces a physically change into a sort of "evolved" form: her red eyes become like a spider's eyes and six addition unblinking red eyes that are hidden beneath her hair open up thus giving her 360° vision, speed and strength increase, canines extend and poison supply increases along with her thirst for blood. Her voice becomes more raspy and instead of talking she mainly uses hisses and occasionally clicks, though she is still capable of speech. However her ability to distinguish friends from foes vanishes and is instead replaced by an instinct that drives her to poison, wrap up, and devour every living creature in her immediate vicinity (though she will not typically go after the ones that flee, unless one of escapees is the one who hurt her). Only after this goal has been accomplished, including her being able to feed and rest, does she begin to revert back into her normal self again. Once recovered, Eri retains a vague memory of the experience through Jorogumo's eyes, which confuses and upsets her (like a vivid nightmare).

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Everything began with Dr. Allen Warren when he decided to combine the DNA of humans and other creatures. His ultimate goal was to create the perfect Hybrid that would act only on his commands and basic instinct, so he first began experimenting with animal DNA due to it's compatibility with human DNA. It was rough at first and there were many failures, there was some progress too. Eventually one of his experiments survived the series of tests and procedures it was put through and became known as test subject Zero. As the project continued making headway, Dr. Warren created a seperate branch independent of government overseers that was dedicated to experimenting with the DNA of insects; crickets, moths, katydids, mantises, grasshoppers, butterflies...

None of his experiments survived the procedures, however he was unwilling to give up, so he began looking into arachnids. They were naturally more resilient than their insect prey, though equally as mindless. This time 97% of his experiments died in the procedure, but by some miracle, 3% survived the first stage. Taking this tiny handful of hybrids he began researching but within one week of his success, all but one of them had died off: the Latrodectus, or better known as the Black Widow Spider, which had been fused with an infant girl. It was extremely difficult to keep her alive as she required a daunting amount of nutrients in order to maintain grown until she stabilized. However within a month this Experiment, who was named "Eriko Kumo" (meaning Spider-Child) by majority vote, had reached the physical/mental maturity of a six year old and her body had stabilized itself. Her growth process then slowed down considerably, one year of growth (by human standards) equal to three years of growth for her. Finally having positive results caused a flock of eager investors and other curious scientists to flock to his aid, and he began working with a team to teach Eri basic functions of a human child. She learned to read, write and speak - all through a thick glass pane, however, for safety reasons. Eri demonstrated an eagerness to interact with others, a human trait as normally widow spiders were very solitary creatures, along with many other distinctly human traits. This puzzled the scientists: it seemed that Eri's spider DNA was physically dominate, but her human DNA was mentally dominate. So, in order to determine her Success Ratio, they decided to perform a series of extensive tests.

Approaching Eri was simple, she welcomed them, however when they attempted to subdue and capture her she began to panic. Though she was very small (the size of a terrier dog) she injured a few scientists by accident, who then attempted to forcefully incapacitate her using tranquilizer darts (which were totally ineffective). This triggered a reaction that none of them had imagined - a mental and physical transformation. Six additional eyes opened like a crown on her head and her original two eyes became that of spiders. Eri slaughtered the scientists, wrapping their corpses in silk and feasting; all of this witnessed by Dr. Warren and half his staff from the other side of the glass. This "Transformation" of sorts was later named "Jorogumo" (a type of Japanese spider demoness) and because of this instability Eri was deemed too dangerous and uncontrollable and the team (or what was left of it) convinced Dr. Warren to discontinue the experiment. He swore to give up using DNA of insects or arachnids as liquid nitrogen was pumped into the room Eri was in and her name was added to the list of failures. However, due to her Black Widow DNA she remained alive, crypogenitcally preserved in a state of frozen animation. Dr. Warren kept this information to himself, filing her name under "Deceased", and left her in a vault to keep her safe - even if only so he could keep her as a trophy, and possibly to retry testing at a later point.

Years passed and eventually, after many more experiments, success came to Dr. Warren and his team - and along with success came more government support to continue his work. As the "Scientific Agency of Project: Hybrid" or S.A.P.H. grew more advanced, so did his experiments. However inevitably things began to go bad and in the end his creations were sentenced to death for the safety of the public (the insurmountable grief driving Dr. Warren to the brink of insanity). But there was a fluke in the extermination process and a few hybrids managed to escape their imminent death, fleeing into the world. The same governments who'd turned to Dr. Warren to create these creatures turned to him once again, but this time seeking a way to find and dispose of this creatures, and he agreed to take on the responsibility. Unknown to them, Dr. Warren had in his possessing a small group of hybrids who had been grievously injured on missions and tossed aside, all of which he had gathered over the years and had been filed under "Deceased". He had over the years brought them to his private laboratory to experiment on them, restoring them and altering them in order to make them killers who followed his every command. It was at his private lab that he made a delightful discovery: Eriko Kumo, or "Jorogumo". Recalling how lethal she'd proved herself to be, he ignored the danger and unfroze her.

Upon waking from her long sleep, Eri opened her eyes to see a man in a faded-white lab coat standing across the room from her who then squatted down and extended his open hand, palm up. He spoke in soft, calm tones and Eri was comforted, creeping closer to him until she was able to reach out with one of her legs and touch his hand. He introduced himself as Dr. Allen Warren, stating that she was his daughter, and she began referring to him as her "Daddy". He provided her food, entertainment, and was an all around loving father to her. He even went as far as to provide various comforts, such as stuffed animals and furniture, which turned her laboratory cell into more of a child's play room. By using this method, he reasoned, he would be able to gain her trust, obedience and unwavering loyalty without any serious risk to his life. Surprisingly his strategy worked and, though it was an act, he soon had a "daughter" whom he was able to study (though unable to experiment on) without risk.

Through his studies he discovered a number of interesting facts about Eri, such as:

1. "Jorogumo" is a physical and mental transformation that occurs as a response to serious danger or harm, and all memories made in this form can be recalled by Eri in a state similar to nightmares
2. Though Eri's growth rate has been determined (two years worth of growth in half that time) when she will slow growing is indefinite, meaning that she will continue growing until she finally dies (after the average life span of a human) - he has estimated that in five years, when she's reached the mental and physical age of 22, she will be the size of a school bus
3. Though physically Eri is predominately an arachnid, behavior-wise she is mainly human; Eri's social needs are almost identical to those of a human and not meeting those needs with illicet a similar response, etc
4. There are two main types of webbing Eri can create, one very sticky (like duct-tape) and the other very strong (like steel wool), but both of them are highly flammable
5. The normal dose of venom Eri injects through her bites will kill the average human male within 72 hours until an anti-vemon is administered within 24 OR unless Eri chooses to suck the venom out of the bite victim (a trait unique to her); additionally she is able to regular the amount of venom injected to a non-fatal dose (though this is still highly effective)
6. Vibrations allow her to sense her 'prey' and determine a few characteristics about them, even when at a distance
7. The personality split (known as "Jorogumo") is due to incompatible DNA. Insects/arachnids are mindless creatures who lack the brain power to do anything other than follow basic instincts. However this is not the case will humans. Eri's human DNA dominates the arachnid DNA intellectually, resulting in her childlike nature, however if her life is threatened it causes a "take over" where the instincts of her arachnid DNA control her actions until the threat has been neutralized. This is why she was labelled unstable and why her success ratio is so high (though she generally behaves like a human).

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"Hi there!" came the cheerful voice of a little girl from somewhere in he darkness, and the ferret hybrid jumped. "Are you Jeremy Mel?" "Who the hell are you? And how do you know who I am?" he called back defensively, panic in his voice. There was a giggle from down the hall towards the entrance and from the ceiling, descending from a strand of spiderweb, came a little girl - no, a little hybrid. Her black hair was held in two pony tails and she worn a black sweater and a red skirt. Below the skirt was the body of a black widow spider, evident by the red hourglass on her lower body. She was smiling, not a cruel smile but a genuine smile like a child with an icecream cone, which made her red eyes seem far less sinister. "My name is Eri!" she chirped, still hanging upside down as she looked expectantly at the ferret hybrid, who realized that she had positioned herself between him and the exit. "Do you wanna play with me?"

"What? No! Now isn't the time for games? Don't you understand the danger we're in, kid?" he hissed at her, "If Dr. Warren finds us he'll have us killed!" Eri blinked, tilting her head to the side in confusion. "Daddy wouldn't hurt me. He loves me and he wants all of his children to come back so we can all be a big, happy family again!" she said, giggling as she added, "That's why he sent me! I have to make sure you get home safely." Jeremy's eyes grew wide as he took in what the spider-girl had said and he started backing away before suddenly turning and running into the darkness. "Yay! I love playing tag! I'm it!" she cheered, dropping from the ceiling and skittering across the floor, laughing happily as she took off after her new friend.

The chase was more brief than Eri had hoped it would be, for Jeremy didn't know the layout of the sewage system, nor did he know about the dead-end drop off at the end of the path he was running. She came upon him quickly, standing on the edge of the drop off and looking around frantically for a way out. Eri pounced and landed on his back and crying gleefully "Tag! You're it!". Jeremy screamed and flailed, loosing his balance and sending both of them falling over the edge. Eri shot a web out and attached it to the wall and stopped falling, however Jeremy hit the ground with a resounding CRACK. He wasn't moving so Eri slowly crawled down the wall and went over to him.

Jeremy's body as it twitched violently and she could see he was bleeding heavily from him head. After waiting to see if he'd get back up and try to tag her, Eri sighed softly. "Well, I guess it's your nap time." she said, sounding rather disappointed. Then, as she slowly began wrapping his body up in silk, she added comfortingly, "That's okay, when we get home and you wake up from your nap time, we can play tag some more." Starting with his head, she chattered away happily for a few minutes until Jeremy was wrapped up, nice and snug, before she (with slight difficulty) picked him up and began to make her way through the underground sewer system, making her way back home.