Sub-Turn 69.05
Roeway the Hell WolfAttack the webspinner that had targeted me
Roeway: [3]
Weaver #1: [4]
You bite at the chitinous body of the weaver, inflicting moderate damage to it.
The weaver#1 counterattacks by throwing you away, sending you flying until you slam in the middle of the tunnel.
You lose 3HP
Weaver#2: [4]
Gaverstep: [2]
The second weaver lunges again at the she-wolf, biting her lethally in the head. Gaverstep is unable to free herself, and laps into unconsciousness.
Iverpack: [3] vs [3]
Wrapfur: [3]
Iverpack rushes toward Gaverstep, attempting to free her. He bites at the leg of the arachnid, but the creature doesn't release its grip, only softening it.
Wrapfur on the other hand comes to your help, biting at the leg of the weaver.
Enemies:
-Invisible Cave Weavers [2]
Weaver#1: Wounded
Weaver#2: Okay
Allies:
-Hell Wolves Pack : 3 (Iverpack, Gaverstep and Wrapfur)
>Iverpack (M): Freed / Wounded
>Gaverstep (F): Unconcscious / Critically Wounded / Poisoned
>Wrapfur (M): Very Badly Wounded / Poisoned
HP: 5/10
MP: 10/10
Essence: 0/2 [None]
Status:
-Leg Hurts Horribly
Dahak the Fear Lord(:v twilight zone)
Twilight zone..?
What the hell is a twilight zone? You're not sure why you even spouted that. It seems your mind is assaulted by intrusive thoughts from nowhere a lot more often here. But there's no time to think of that.
Dahak looks at his living double. What is this? Dahak isn't sure about anything here, but he thinks he could be dreaming. If he is, then what does this mean, doors and naked past living self? Some sort of very odd repressed fetish for autosexual visions and antigravitational doors and keys?
Dahak prefers to not think about it too much
However, it seems that its VERY HARD to just not think about things in this place. Dahak's minded is filled with thoughts and visions of other things:
You decide this is dumb, and that you don't exactly trust mysterious behind-the-door sounds either, so you decide to talk to yourself.
Inquire living self about surroundings, visions, and key.
Your magical journey to the center of the mind and beyond is turning into the weirdest trip you've ever had, even after you smuggled some of that forbidden dream flower in your old days. And you have no regret.
"Whew, glad to see even in death, I am still as dank as ever ! Welcome to some place, actually I don't know where we are either. And why I am naked for that purpose. But let's not caaaare."
Doppelganger-you keeps saying :
"It looks like some summoning subspace, the place summoners see when trying to bring some really dope helper in the material world. But you never physically enter in one, so I don't know. What did you -we- do to arrive there ?"
Dop-you slaps the back of his head :
"Just joking, I know why we are here. You accidentally triggered a summoning ritual, and something caused it to go way overboard. As if there were a hundred summoners doing the same ritual at the same time. But as you are, well, alone, you are the one who have the final word."
Doppel says about the visions :
"Dunno, maybe memories ? Or some connection through fate ? Or just trippy visions ? Or a cosmic resonance ? Bullshitting about the last one."
He comes back on the key :
"The key is just that, a key. It is the final trigger to activate the ritual, and will figuratively open a door for whatever was called to come."
The sounds behind the door stops for a moment. Doppelyou looks curiously at the door. And suddenly a calm voice comes from the door :
"The key Dahak. Open the door."
What an insistent fellow.
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^: Hilly
f: Woody
Å: Nodus
☼: ??
D: Dahak
C: Chalet
T: Temple
=: big road
HP: 9/21
MP: 25/25
Essence: 15/20 [32]
Corruptor Core Expansion : 60%
Status:
Whole Body Fractured but Whole
In a trance
Companions:
-Delinde:
>Posing as Farmgirl [Bad Acting]
>Critically Wounded
>Stabilized
>Unconscious
-Nihil: Posing as leprous-gangrened-terminal brother [Bad credibility]
> Also wearing pile of spiritually-imbued garments
>Critically Wounded / Falling apart
Glint the Elemental Arcanivore"Worst-case scenario, then?"
Glint pauses for a moment, lost in thought.
"...If he's already dead, I've failed. Maybe I'll try to exact revenge, maybe I won't. It would need to feel right in the moment, really. Either way, I'd rather you two get to safety. A second loss is bad enough."
Vagush doesn't bat an eye.
"How very like of you, surprisingly nice and caring. Despite only knowing this metal being since a few days, you would risk your life as if he was a brother. Did something happen in your past for you to be this way ?"
HP: 21/21
MP: 25/25
Status: Wounded
Companions:
-Vagush: Wounded
-Tirim: Wounded
ZoomochScoomtarto the Four-Eyed BeholderWait for them to pass then blast em' with my third eye.
You silently lie in wait as they walk, and once they are within range...
[1] ...you blast them apart, hitting the four in one go !
You lose 5MP
Three of them have a straight hole in their bodies, while the last one has lost his arm. None of them have been killed, and they blow a strange object, emitting a high-pitched sound.
Presumably Enemies:
-Demons [4]
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
...∆∆∆∆∆∆∆
..∆∆∆∆∆@∆∆∆
...∆∆∆∆∆∆∆
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
∆: Mountainous area
?: Unknown area
@: You
... : Desert
HP: 17/17
MP: 12/17
Essence: 3/10 [10]
Status:
Internal Injuries Healed but still weakened
Smell like dead rotting stuff
Oran the Decrepit Fountain GolemHmm... an idea to consider.
Oran simply lifts himself up, and walks to find a way out of this statuary
[2] Walking away only leads you to more greenery. Having left the statue garden, you are now in a forest.
The place is calm, you spot some brown birds and a deer-like mammal in the distance.
[2] Further walking around give nothing interesting. Still more trees. You feel like you are not going anywhere, this is frustrating. At least judging from the sun position, you have been walking south. Maybe.
HP: 10/10
MP: 7/10
Essence: 1/2 [1]
Status:
Okay
Sarralmir the DrownerSwim onward, looking for easy prey.
You keep swimming upstream, on the lookout for something to kill.
[1] But something finds you to kill you instead.
The river bed is rather deep, and the river is wide. The water is decently clear. Some fishes are swimming, nothing that interesting for now.
Until you sense something big moving. You even hear a deep and menacing underwater sound. Something is coming.
Dodge Roll: [5]
You suddenly turn back, and see an enormous toothed maw wide open rushing toward you. You swiftly dodge the huge maw, and get a proper look of your aggressor.
A large eel like river monster, at least five meter long. It is turning back, ready for another assault.
Enemy:
Eel-like river monster [1] Dangerous
HP: 10/10
MP: 10/10
Essence: 0/2 [None]
Status:
-Okay
Caedan the Bloody ImpalerCaedan shakes her hand.
"I've no problem with accompanying you for a while."
Eh, why not. Let's accompany Vanare for now. I get to ask some questions (like if she knows if there are some old mansions or ruins nearby) that way.
After a medium-short walk, you arrive at Vanare's home. A house made of rock bricks, surrounded by a wooden fence. The plot of land is well-tended, with a visible vegetable garden.
As you walk, you ask about ruins or old mansions nearby. She raises an eyebrow once more, and smile in snarky way.
"Mmh ? How do you know ? Are you really there by pure luck ? I will assume you are really amnesiac and know nothing of this place. There are indeed some ruins around, but they are really hard to find.
You see, there is an ancient region-wide spell over this area, that has the effect of making the ruins disappear and reappear seemingly randomly. Furthermore non magic-users get their sense of orientation completely confused. As such only curious mages, scholars or reckless hunters wander in this forest, and Eastarm forbid the creation of a settlement there."
She pumps her chest up, and puts her hands on her hips in a triumphant way :
"But as a mage myself, I am unaffected by the disorienting effect. And I already visited many ruins !"
Unknown:
-Vanaremalia, short Vanare. Songstress.
HP: 21/21
MP: 15/25
Essence: 4/20 [21]
Status: Okay
Companions:
-Ramas: L. 2 [3/10] [BloodAwakened]
-Firande: L. 1 [Locked/5] [PotentialNotAwakened]
Map :
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^: Hill
f: Forest
+: Eastarm
æ: Village
@: You
-flashback- Gray the Metal BlobPast Gray:
Study the room and the magic, learn what I can.
[2] Sadly, you couldn't decipher the human words and the magical languages all around the place.
If you could read them, you would have learnt this place was the deepest and most secret magical research center of the once great kingdom of Valern. This is where was forged the Cursed Crown, and all the strongest artifacts of Valern. Many more secrets laid down there, but you where cut short in your search by a sudden and dangerous noise.
A being of great power approaching.
You saw only a glimpse of it before a blast of pure magic sent you back out of the gate, unscathed :
A man-sized humanoid figure crackling with magic energy, wearing a cloak hiding itself. Who, or what was that ?...
Gray the MetalslingerPresent Gray:
"I wanted to invite you to that oasis over there if you wanted to rest. We aren't hostile."
Talking.
The Radasar spoke back to the Human. Both of them seemed to discuss the matter for a moment, until finally the reptile said :
"We accept your invitation. Do you have a name metalone ? I am known as Kokaun, and my human companion is Barag."
The strange duo follows you to the oasis.
(...)
You arrive at the oasis, Brown and Tirim are hiding behind the towering Vagush, who is standing at the side of Glint. Everyone seems incredibly wary of the Radasar and the Human.
Neutral:
-Muscular Human
> Great Spear
-Golden Radasar
HP: 20/20
MP: 14/14
Essence: 4/10 [11]
Status:
-Elementally Overcharged
-Slightly Wounded
Companion:
-Brown: [color=redWounded[/color]