Nor huffs, before floating over to the Djinn.
This, as was explained before you got here, is the entrance area for the 12th Circle. For newcomers I guess. If you have questions, you can ask the skeleton over there, Xil. My name is Nor, nice to meet you.
Ray whispers back “Maybe he just doesn’t like the pious lizard? Many religions find undead to be abominations, so I’ve heard. It’s possible he wants to limit the aid offered directly to them for that reason.”
"What!? XIL? HERESY!! THAT'S AN UNDEAD!? BY THE LIGHT OF TUHAN, SHALL HE PURGE YOU FROM THIS REALM." Says the lizard man after raising his pendant of religion artifact towards the boney presence... It's not doing anything. The other person noticed other living breathing life form besides her. She then greet and meet with them.
"Ugh... that idiot can't shut his mouth for a second." She grumbles. "Hello, by the way. The name is prom. nice to meet you too... small creature thing..." The female djinn greets back in confusion trying to figure out what kind of creature the small thing is.
After a while, another person soon to appear as the the sound of footstep grew closer towards the fresh meats. A man shrouded in strange looking tattoo and piercings stare at them extremely menacingly. His pupils inside his eyes start to glow. He muttered.
"A new apprentice has arisen from the world, Curious as they seek. No hope shall befall them. Lest they learn the knowledge they seek without knowing true despair." The man start speaking in a bizarre manner.
"Uh.. Vaco, Why are you here? You're supposed to be teaching at this time?" XIL then asked his presence in confusion.
"The time calls for this soul to witness these new apprentices. A similar fate will befall onto these poor wanderer if their soul is not prepared. To spare such tragedy. This method of test shall prove them of their worth." Answers Vaco.
As Vaco raise his fingers A rune circling around the participants neck appears. It materialize some type of collar contraption, even on the small creature. It's completely tight and seem to not have any type of safety feature that allows the participant to normally detach it from their body. The collar is ticking.
"What the.. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?" Prom shocked from what Vaco did to the rest of the party.
"To prevent the sorrow that will befall upon you. This device shall put one at ease in a swift pain. You will not suffer a more horrid torture than this method. You will prove your worth by disarming the bomb inside the collar." Answers Vaco towards Prom.
After realizing that, the purple fellow panics in shock and hurry herself to remove the death ticking device that stuck itself on her neck. She's sweating but to no avail of detaching it. It's likely that any physical attempt at removing such device would result in failure. Even the blue lizard had no success in his attempt. He then continue to dialogue with Vaco.
"... Fool.. You're bluffing!! There's no way for one to materialize such device. Only god have the power to do such. I will not fall into your scheme." Points blue lizard guy at Vaco.
After trying to remove it, Prom felt as if there's a hole similar to that of a keyhole and something written around the collar device. Prom tries to look at it though unfortunately for her she doesn't know any neck bending spell that would allow her to look at the text that is written on the device.
[Current Objective: Disarm the bomb collar]