Before Grimmel could fall too far down, he managed to grab hold of a hanging vine, which broke his fall! The battered and wounded human then swung over to a protruding crag before getting his grappling hook out, successfully throwing the hook to the top of the chasm. As Grimmel began the ascent out of the pit, in his single-minded desire to be awoken from this living nightmare, he failed to notice that he'd just been detected by the ultra-sensitive antennae of a repulsive (yet frighteningly large) crustacean known as a Deplector, which had begun to quietly extend one of its six-foot long pincers out in Grimmel's direction!
Without warning, before Grimmel could wrap his head around what'd just happened, he was snatched up in the Deplector's claw, which dragged him into the hole the abominable beast (and others of its kind) called home! A petrified Grimmel soon laid eyes on the alien-like creature, which bore soulless black eyes set against an armored, yet dully colored gray exoskeleton. Meanwhile, six pointed legs enabled the Deplector to scurry about its subterranean habitat with surprising speed, while a pair of rough claws, one of which held Grimmel captive, enabled the monstrous organism to secure prey in an iron grip! As the crustacean extended its jagged mandibles to tear into its newest prey, Grimmel, thinking faster than he ever had before, deduced that his crossbow would have no effect on his adversary's plated body, but maybe he could do something against its more vulnerable facial area!
With that, the imperiled human stabbed his dagger into a soft area near the Deplector's clicking mandibles as he was drawn towards the creature's maw, causing the predator to release Grimmel from it vice-like grip as it reeled backwards in pain! Grimmel made a mad dash for the opening to the hole, only to notice how far away he was from the rope that was attached to his anchor. By now, the Deplector had recovered from being stabbed and, mandibles clicking furiously, it charged towards its escaping prey! Grimmel noticed a loose vine not far from his rope and made a desperate lunge for it as the Deplector's claw clamped shut around the area he'd just stood! Unfortunately, this vine wasn't strong enough to bear Grimmel's weight (and the sudden strain from his jumping onto it hadn't helped, either), and the vine snapped, sending Grimmel to a rough landing at the bottom of the pit!