Checking on Nora

After some consideration, Blair felt it best to check on Nora. They had been apart for far too long in her opinion. She quickly picked up her phone from the nightstand, placing it once again in between her breasts before looking for Nora. As her right foot touched the entryway of Nora's bedroom, a sharp pain shot through her head, though this pain was rather intense, enough to **** her to close her eyes, it was short lived, lasting only a second before subsiding. She blinked while touching her right temple, wondering what that was. After a moment of looking around, she shrugged, continuing her search for Nora. Several confusing minutes later, she came up with nothing. This was very odd, it was one thing to not be able to find Nora, but she couldn't even find Henry. She went back to Nora's bedroom, hoping to at least see Ellinor still upon the bed, but alas, she was not there. "No, no, I know she was here just a moment ago." She said while looking around, quite confused. "Oh? Missing them already?" The voice was all too familiar, Master Tong, but she was certain he wouldn't come here himself. His words pierced through her all the same, sending a chill down her spine, filling her with dread for just a moment before Gamer's Mind kicked in, allowing her to turn quickly, leaping back a few feet, but much to her surprise, no one was there.

'Great, he is toying with me.', she thought while looking around the room. "Where have you taken my friends?" She asked to a seemingly empty room. "They are safe, for now. That is all you need to know." She used Observe on the door, thinking something was odd. If she had ended up in an illusion barrier, she would have gotten a notification. It would seem her hunch was correct, her Observe came up with some useful information.

Observe:

Dream state of Nora's bedroom door - This door is a delusion of your mind caused by a spell Master Tong has placed you under.

She sighed softly, saying. "Great, just great. Um, Master Tong, what do I need to do to get out of here?" There was a short pause before a chuckle. "My my, you found out you were asleep faster than I expected. Very clever, but you aren't powerful enough to get out of this by yourself." A figure of Master Tong appeared before her, showing up in dark robes, similar to that of Obi One Kenobi with the hood up, saying. "Accept my offer, and I will let you out, no harm done." She shook her head, backing up slightly. "No, even if it takes days, weeks, or even months, my friends will help me out of this. Either that, or I will find a way out. It is just a matter of time." The figure moved closer to her, lifting a hand up. She felt something grip her wrists and ankles as she was pulled hard up into the air then back onto the bed as he said. "You say that now, but after I **** you and play with your body for a while. I think you will see things my way." Her body bounced once on the bed, sending her breasts up against her face. It only took a moment for her to realize she was bound to the bed with iron chains.

Her eyes closed as she pulled hard on those chains, but found she was unable to break them. She tried to use Meditate while thinking of a way out of here, but before anything further occurred, she noticed those chains were gone. She slowly opened her eyes and found herself standing next to Nora's bed. Both Ellinor and Nora were watching Blair, a deep look of concern upon their face as they were painstakingly focused on her. Both Nora and Ellinor looked to someone behind, Blair which caused her to blink. "Um, did I miss something?" She asked, but the voice that replied came from behind her, catching her slightly off guard. "Both yes, and no. There was a trap left for you in this room. It triggered when you tried to exit. Trapping you in a shadowy dream-like state while you were standing." Skyler said, moving to her left side, a slight look of concern upon his face. He smiled softly before asking. "How are you feeling?"

She blinked twice, processing all of this new information before nodding slightly. "I, I see. I guess that is what that sharp pain was about earlier." She said, noticing two new exclamations were flashing, but ignored. "I am okay, at least, I am pretty sure I am. The last thing I remember was about Master Tong. He had bound me to Nora's bed while trying again to get me to join him." Nora brought Blair over to the bed and had her sit down. "I am going to scan you to make sure there aren't any lingering effects." Blair nodded slightly before looking to Skyler then Ellinor. She smiled knowing that her time with Ellinor wasn't made up.

Ellinor spoke to Skyler while Nora cast her spells to verify that Blair was all right. "Thank you very much for helping Blair, Skyler. I was quite worried when she was just standing like that in the entryway of Nora's bedroom." Skyler smiled, but shook his head, saying. "Think nothing of it. I am just glad she is all right. I wouldn't want to have something bad happened to her. Too many nice folks out there being put in harms way for my taste."

Meanwhile, Nora's eyes ran over Blair's form as she chanted, "Sanctuary. Scrying. Blessing of Gaia." Three pillars of light enveloped Blair's body, one white, green, and yellow before fading, leaving a few glimmers of shininess around Blair's form. Two notifications popped up.

Nora is really checking you out.

Can nothing keep you down, Arcane Deviant?

Reward: Minor respect from me!

You have been forcefully given two buffs.

Sanctuary protects you from all harm up to twice the caster's level for 1 minute.

Blessing of Gaia has a 75% chance to remove any debuffs every second for 10 seconds.

(Effectiveness drops to 25% if the debuffs are from a caster twice the caster's level or higher)

Blair glared at that pop up before waving it away as Nora's eyes widened slightly as if looking at something important and said. "Ah, I, I see. Well, I have good news and bad news." Blair blinked before asking. "What's the bad news?" Nora sighed. "Apparently Master Tong is obsessed with you." Blair glared, clearly not amused before asking. "Okay, well what's the good news?" Nora smiled, leaning in to kiss Blair's lips gently. "I don't see any lingering effects." Nora whispered against her lips after that kiss before saying. "I love you, Blair. Be more careful." Blair smiled while nodding. "I love you too. I promise to be more careful from now on." Nora laid her head down upon Blair's breast as a few tears fell from Blair's eyes, not because of what Master Tong had tried to do, but because she had so many people who cared about her. She truly felt lucky within this moment. She wiped away her own tears before letting those exclamations from earlier pop up as she said. "I am quite lucky to have so many who care about me."

Achievement Unlocked!

Taking one to the face!

Activate a trap without seeing it coming, but survive anyway.

Reward: 1 Endurance and New skill: Detect Trap

New Skill gained!

Detect Trap lvl 1 - Toggled

Cost: 10 Mp on cast, 5 mana per minute.

While active your ability to detect and see traps increases by 100%, but your movement speed is reduced by 25%.

(Passive) - Increases natural trap detection by 5%

She chuckled, seeing the achievement and new ability. Nora nuzzled slightly to Blair's breast while asking. "What's so funny?" Blair smiled and replied. "Well, at least I learned something from this." She felt a little stupid for falling into Master Tong's trap, but hey, everyone makes mistakes. What was important was learning from those mistakes and moving forward.

Name: Blair Mitchell

Title: The Gamer

Lvl: 12 XP 219/2,400

Hp: 312/312

Hp regen: 3.84 per min

Mp: 258/258

Mp regen: 3.3 per min

Money: $6,342,605.77

Bust size: D cup

Inventory slots 8/20 (Ring of Fingering, Emiko's Leggings, Hearthstone, Firebrand of Nature, Demon Leather Boots, Ellinor's **** Collar with key, and White Dragonscale Chainmail Shirt)

Unspent skill points: 0

Str: 35 + (5) End: 31 + (5)

Int: 31 + (0) Wis: 36 + (0)

Agi: 35 + (5) Cha: 35 + (0)

Lib: 20 + (18)