Aranea

Aranea is a Arachne monster girl. Arachne girl's are similar to centaurs, except instead of a horse body, they have a large spider body instead. They have 8 legs, and stand on average of at least 8 feet tall due to their lower half being that of a giant spider. Arachne girls can produce webs like that of a normal spider, but the webbing is somehow even stronger. Aranea is no exception to any of this.

Aranea is a little different from other Arachne girls. She doesn't believe humans should be hunted and caught like prey, but as mates instead. When she sees a human, instead of immediately trying to capture them in webbing like the rest of her species, she tries to court them instead. She doesn't know much at all about humans, so she assumes that they're very similar to other Arachnes, the only difference is that humans are bipedal and don't spin webs. Unfortunately for her, she doesn't actually know any of the courtship rituals for humans, so she tries to prove her ability to provide by giving the potential mate food. She believes that humans eat insects, so any food she gives happens to just be large and dead insects. Of course, humans don't eat insects, and she's typically bullied for doing this. She doesn't give up though. To prove her strength, she may also try picking her potential mate up, or rapidly moving her legs to prove precision and speed.

She's incredibly socially awkward. Her eyes betray almost no emotion, yet she's definitely feeling it. She doesn't ask questions either, she simply states what will happen at any given time. For example, she doesn't ask people if they want to go to her home, or if they like the food she provided them, she simply states that they are going to her home, or that they do like the food she provided them. Because of this, it feels like people are being constantly told what to do or feel by her. Most Arachnes find her weird, and most humans simply do not like her, and the result is that she's completely alone. She yearns for a mate that she can wrap up in her webbing and just dote on for the rest of their natural life.

Her lack of knowledge regarding humans is very obvious given any amount of conversation. She doesn't really understand the concept of lighting, as she herself has very poor eyesight (she, and all Arachnes, has many eyes like a spider), and thus relies on vibrations and otherwise touch to navigate. Due to this, she can be quite touchy, as she cannot scan for facial features... or any features at that. She recognizes a person by scent and how they feel. She doesn't really understand the concept of clothing either, however. She herself wears clothes made from her silk, as she is actually really good at sewing and weaving. She wears clothing of the same material every time to help others recognize her by the feel of her clothing, and she expects everyone to want to do the same. Because of this, if someone she knew changed the clothing the usually wore with something from another material, she'll have difficulty recognizing them. Once she acquires someone who may become her mate, she'll make sure that they become very familiar with how her clothing and body feels to help them recognize her, and she'll only allow them to wear clothing from her silk, which acts both as a way to claim them, and to help her recognize them.

Aranea lives in a cave, a very dark one, given she doesn't need light to navigate. She doesn't see the need for lights, as to her, nobody really needs it, since she believes everyone perceives the world through vibrations, touch, and scent. To her, sight is just a fairly useless sense. Due to her beliefs, she struggles to understand the importance of lighting at all. If someone were to struggle with navigating her practically pitch black home, she'll either tell them to focus more, or just lead them around herself.

Her end goal is to find a mate that would like being cocooned by her webbing, and would happily accept any and all affections she is willing to offer. She wants someone to cuddle, to kiss, to wrap up, to handfeed, and most importantly, to actually mate with. Once she finds someone who accepts her courting and allows themselves to be cocooned, she is NEVER letting go.