Sub-turn 66.02
Durst the Rock SeerDurst yawns.
"Sorry about that. That must have something to do with what happened earlier, with the demons.
Oh, really interesting story there. You see, there was this demon with this yellowish orb. He killed a bunch of sand-sharks and harvested some kind of essence from them. I broke the orb, and then some energy flowed into me. And then..."
He blinks several times. He genuinely cannot remember.
"What was I just talking about?"
"Demons ? As in of the Inferni Genus ? We have to hurry to study th...!"
"Demons ?! We have to get the hell out of here ! Dr Hertomal, you are coming with us right now !" yells the captain of the group.
He is right. If demons are close, they are all in danger.
"I wasn't done ! You can't interrupt an old man in the middle of its sentence ! He spoke of an orb and sand-sharks and..."
"DR HERTOMAL !" shouts the captain with even more force.
Captain vs Hertomal : [5] vs [1]
The Captain grabs the old man by the collar of the shirt and lift it. Hertomal, despite his incredible agility, is now helpless and screaming like an angry child.
The captain ignores Hertomal and calls for Vanessa :
"Vanessa ! We are packing, if you hear me get here now !"
HP: 12/15
MP: 11/12
Stormslayer the Aradian Mirage Beetle Mystic Stormslayer would seem angry for a moment, but then push it down since this was another species of monster they were talking to. She wouldn't know unless she was in the hive for quite a while.
"Keep in mind what you ask of me carefully. My hive, my family, was completely destroyed by the humans. That larva is the last of my queen's line.
Under other circumstances I would agree that using one of the larvae as a reciever would be effective, but you are asking me to risk the last thing that presses me to keep living. A single stray arrow or blade could easily take it away."
"Ah. Erm, sorry. Didn't know she was THAT important." apologizes Fica.
"I guess you don't have another larva ? Mmh. In that case, I have nothing for you, sorry."
"Look like we are limited. Sorry for taking your time Fica." says Ako. He turns toward you.
"That's too bad. Guess we won't be able to use it to infiltrate their bases. But maybe we could use him as a bait to lure some humans. He is still in pristine shape as we didn't try to extract informations from him."
HP: 24/24
MP: 19/19
Gray the Metalslinger and Glint the True ArcanivoreWell, this looks... interesting. Would you like to stay and fight, or should we get out of here?
Take a brief dive into the pit to recover the essence from the humans who fell. Assuming that brings me close to the other humans, Devour them. I need the MP. Keep the three essence I just got to myself, but the two I should find in the pit goes to Gray and Brown.
Stay near the ground long enough to do devouring and/or let Gray reconnect with his lost parts, then fly upwards again while I wait for an answer.
"Maybe we could find somewhere to watch and pray they all get eaten by a bigger, mortally wounded monster that we can take the essence from."
Call all my parts back to me. Maybe eat some of that elemental soil while waiting. See if Brown is okay.
Glint:
[4] You dive into the pit and retrieve the essence. You share it to Brown and Gray.
Gray and Brown gains 1 essence each.
The pit itself is empty, there are a lot of entrances leading to unknown tunnels.
Gray :
[2] You eat the soil, but nothing happens. You spot your lost parts on the ground, completely destroyed by the impact.
"Shouldn't we get back with Mr Vagush ? Won't he be in danger alone ?" worries Tirim.
You hear fighting outside.
Glint :
HP: 18/21
MP: 13/25
Gray :
HP: 16/20
MP: 14/14
ZoomochScoomtarto the Four-Eyed BeholderVaporize it? or possibly Convert it into a pile of calamari?
[3] vs [6] The strange creature reacts faster than you, a strange appendage flies toward you at high speed and pierces your skin. You fire the beam right after, misfiring because of the surprise.
You lose 2HP
You lose 4MP
You hit it right into the body, creating a gaping hole.
Weird thing roll : [4]
Suddenly, you hear a voice in your head.
"Shit-head. Stop. Or Mind. Yours. Eaten."
You feel something invading your mind. Your movements are getting weaker, your body feels heavy.
HP: 15/17
MP: 2/17
Snehk the Unseen- Thank you for your kindness. Can you tell me whose are these lands? Do we have any king or queen or both?
Follow them.
[6] You follow them.
"Uh ? Oh, we are on the Eastern frontier of the Kingdom of Fordania. The current king triumvirate is composed of the King of War Damoras, the Queen of Justice Escaline and the King of Law Eras. They are both great rulers, the Kingdom prospered thanks to them."
You eventually arrive before the gates of an extremely fortified stronghold : the Fort of "Eastenval One". The largest military base of the area, where the main brunt of the human forces fielded for the anti-monster campaign is gathered.
HP: 20/20
MP: 14/14
Ulkas the Sorcerous Osyluth of LiesSeeing the raging inferno that went out inside the temple and his companion burning inside of it, Ulkas nearly bit his own tongue. Why should every plan go both the best and the worst way possible at the same time?! Quickly calculating the best possible route for retreat, he shouted to the crazed demoness:
"ASTROSA! Take her essence and run! After me!"
Not quite certain that she would hear or listen to him, Ulkas was ready to use his control powers to make her retreat. After all, Fenia is dead, her essence should be fine for a moment, but Astrosa, with her vulnerability to magic, should not waste a single moment standing there.
Guide her out, by force-control if truly needed. Tail/wing-feed her afterwards if the injures prove too great or her mind - seem to be slipping into berserking state.
[5] You shout to Astrosa, and screaming something sounding like "SHUT UP I KNOW", she darts forward and then flies away in a flash.
She emerges from the flames her body ravaged and charred. But she is holding essence between her hands, preventing it from being absorbed for now.
You feel a huge power emanating from it. This will surely satisfy Astrosa.
She absorbs half, and screams in delight. You never heard her so satisfied before.
"YES ! YES ! That is it ! This pleasurable and fulfilling sensation..."
"...AH~ !"
This is a sound that sounds as it should sound. Pure delight and pleasure.
She hands you your share, half of Fenia's essence. You absorb it, and you feel filled with an indescribable sensation.
The strongest essence you ever absorbed was that of Tinzakena's Chosen. But it was nothing compared to this.
You gain 11 essences ((The essence given by creatures past Stage 4 is quadrupled))
The temple is still burning, the flames aren't going to stop soon it seems. Astrosa is exhausted. Despite her regeneration, you can see she will need to sleep.
HP: 16/22
MP: 26/36
Caedan the Bloody Impaler"Either your ancestor was a powerful vampire or monster-human crossbreeds have naturally high potential. Interesting. Anyways, we'll be moving west soon. Is there anything you'd like to do while we're still in the area? With the exception of trying to fight the Armor again."
Ask.
"Our journey will most likely not be the safest one, considering recent events." Caedan says this while motioning with his head at Firande.
"Can you protect her? Or would you rather find a safe place for her to be?"
((Caedan is much older than he thought? ... what if Ramas' ancestor is Caedan?))
Depending on Ramas, we go where he has unfinished business or to find a place for Firande. If he has no unfinished business and he's confident that he can protect his friend, we head West.
"...I want her to live. I want to protect her, but..."
"...but I am no longer a human. I can't stay with her anymore."
His face is darkened by a broken feeling. A sense of despair and painful love.
"Let's send her to a human village or city. If we head West, we will find the city of Eastarm."
[1] Firande is still not waking up. It seems she fell in some sort of coma. She is breathing faintly.
Ramas is trying to stay cool-headed, but with everything happening, it is a miracle he didn't break down yet.
She will need medical help soon if you want her to survive.
HP: 16/21
MP: 17/25
Dahak the Fear LordThe what what now :v? This is news to me.
Dahak stares down at the odd cloaked spiritual thing. It doenst look specially threatening, altough it does emit a rather interesting energy. It kinda resonates with his grand core, but he can't tell exactly what this means, prob the corruption making things fuzzy again.
Dahak puts a bony hand to his lower jaw and ponders.
So, this is what we've come to eliminate? It doesnt look that scary, but what do you mean by spirit and incarnation? You cant be a spirit and an incarnation at the same time! This is spiritualism 101 here, you two >:v
Dahak regrets being the only academically fulfilled skeleton in a range of several dozen kilometers.
He approaches the ghost and adresses it in a formal tone.
HELLO SIR OR MADAM, I RECOGNIZE YOU ARE A RATHER PROMINENT SPIRITUAL BEING OF SORTS AND LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INAPPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF APPARATIONS AND GENERAL SPECTRALITY AROUND THIS REGION. AS AN ASSOCIATE OF THIS ONE OVERSIZED DEATH FAIRY I MUST ANNOUNCE THAT I INTEND TO FULLY DISJOINT YOU FROM THIS MATERIAL REGION.
Dahak closes his hand into a big bony fist.
Watch the ghostly thing. If it tries anything, hit it with your feral otherwordly aura.
You approach the being with a most gentleskeletonly attitude.
[3] And upon setting foot in the rock circle, you feel something strange. Something magic, you can't really put your finger on what exactly.
And then your vision suddenly changes for a second : the raised rocks are covered in black tendrils, and larger tendrils are connecting the cloaked figure to the rocks.
The cloaked figure doesn't move at all.
Delinde and Nihil walks into the Rock Circle too.
Delinde roll : [6]
She immediately notices what is wrong. There is an illusion spell here !
"This is bad !"
She rushes at the figure and manifests a fog scythe. She attempts to strike it down, but something invisible strikes her and send her slamming into a rock.
Nihil roll : [1]
As soon as Nihil walks in the circle, he is immobilized.
"What...the...?"
The cloaked figure then stands up, breaking the illusion. The vision you saw replaces reality, as it is indeed the real vision.
What hit Delinde was a huge mass of blackness covered by some white carapace.
"We waited for you. We heard the call. But you are no longer of us. Aren't you ?"
HP: 20/21
MP: 25/25
Corruptor Core Expansion : 63%
T946 the Security Bot I ought to thank you since without your help, I would not have being able to take that killing shot
Thank the scavengers for their part in defeating the scorpion
The scavengers all snaps in delight. Afterward, they rejoice on the remains of the scorpion.
They attempt to communicate with you. The more you hear their snapping, the more you notice a pattern.
It is beginning to make sense.
One of them, bigger than the other snaps rhythmically. You attempt to translate what it is saying.
"[Thanks] -fast snapping- [Friend] -slower snapping- [Follow] -claw waving- [Us] -wiggling motion-"
They seem to want you to follow them.
HP: 13/15
MP: 12/12
Turn 66+1 Essence to Gray
+11 Essence to Ulkas