"THANK YOU wondrous ANGEL! The removal of my heart can ONLY INCREASE my dedication to the pursuits of THE MIND!
...
Let us never speak of the manner in which you did that."
Stargazer sniffed the liquid experimentally and gently poked her heart. She also licked her heart, just so she could say that she had done so. She then stored the jar on her person and headed to the undoubtedly charming Festering Pit of Sin.
The liquid smells like 96% ethanol! And, as you discover when you lick your heart, it tastes almost suspiciously like 96% ethanol as well! You decide that this is okay, and head off to the Festering Pit of Sin, where you find yourself atop three layers of catwalks, the topmost containing, in addition to you, a Redshirt seizing on the ground, seemingly overcome by the holy vision that is the sudden combustion of a certain Starn Gundar next to him, the second level contains a metallic slug thing just sliding around and minding its own business, and the lowermost having on it a man with a herniated brain trying to save his best friend from falling into the roiling black pits of sin below while a shiny yellow fun ball tries to knock him off in a rather permanent fashion.
Punt the attacking goop man in the crotch area
[You vs. Goop Man 1: 1-->1 vs. 1-->5]
[Counterattack: You vs. Yourself: 1-->3 vs. 1-->6+1]
Your attempted kick misses rather terribly! In fact, you raise your foot high enough to kick yourself in the face, and even manage to miss that, toppling to the ground rather comically.
[Lizard vs. Goop Man 1: 3 vs. 6-->5]
And then, as the lizard attempts to bite the goop man, he instead grabs it by the tail and swings it at you!
[Goop Man 1 vs. You: 4 vs. 6-->4+1]
The lizard, however, slips right out of his hands, landing on the ground rather enraged in the process.
[Goop Man 2's morale roll: 4]
[Goop Man 2 vs. You: 3-
1 vs. 5+1]
[Counter: You vs. Goop Man: 6-->3 vs. 3]
The other goop man, the one you removed the torso of, tries to kick you in the back while you recover! You reply by plunging your hands into his body, tearing out a token from his abdomen, at which point the goop man loses cohesion entirely!
Current tokens of gray: 5!
Affluence rating: freelance pugilist! Wake up from my rest, and figure out what is going on right now
You are outside the ziggurat of the Forbidden Hermitage. ShTAN appears to be minding his own business, not blocking your way out anymore. Aside from that, you have absolutely no clue about anything. Stargazer's gone, you notice.
You may skip ahead to either the Festering Pits of Sin or the Unholy Chambers of Satiation if you want.
((Harry, why does RNGesus hate me?))
Save Nberi! And then maybe sic the TANDI on the Dreaded Smile.
You rush over to Nberi to help her up from the edge!
[Your strength roll: 2+
1]
[Nberi's strength roll: 4]
You, much to your dismay, are unable to save Nberi on your own, but the boost you give her is enough to let her climb back up and be your guardian once more.
[Dreaded Smile vs. You: 6-->4+1 vs. 3]
[Nberi's endurance roll: 4]
The Dreaded Smile pounces on you once more, and Nberi pushes you out of the way once more - this time, the Dreaded Smile hits her, but she stands her ground, getting pushed to the edge as she plants her feet on the ground, but not falling off just yet. This gives you just the opening you need! You lift up TANDI and point it at the Dreaded Smile!
[TANDI vs. Dreaded Smile: 4+1 vs. 5]
The hooked, barbed tentacles of the TANDI launch themselves forward, but too late to catch the Dreaded Smile in its retreat as it winds up for another charge!
[Dreaded Smile vs. You: 5+1 vs. 2]
[Nberi's endurance roll: 5]
It would have punted you clear off the catwalk, you believe, if you had not been saved by Nberi's timely intercept, during which she redirects the Smile away from you with a kick!