Engineered Solutions

"I mean we definitely have the capacity to turn grenades into a trap in terms of like tripwires and the like, but the grenades aren't really timed explosives or proximity triggered, so unless we have something that can actually pull the pin on them, just putting them down somewhere for it to crawl over, doesn't have much use," Maple notes.

"The floors of the temple are sandstone, it's not the hardest material, but digging a hole in it will still be a bit difficult, though it is likely just sand as soon as you get past the stone. Are there any parts of the temple that aren't sandstone actually?" Lemiel notes, tapping her foot against the floor.

"Not really the basic structure of the temple, walls, floors and ceilings are pretty much all sandstone, I mean the dungeon has parts that aren't, but that's only because those areas were reinforced so they'd just be even harder to dig in," Hess admits. Her, Yulia and Cherchiel having come in as the Desert Mother left.

"So... digging pits is possible, but difficult and we can't really easily rig the bottom of the pit with grenades and expect them to reliably explode anyway," Lri summarizes and then sighs, "Okay I think the current plan might be a bit of a bust," she adds.

"When... The creature... grabbed me," Yulia starts, "it reared itself up and exposed it's underside. The voices are right it didn't do that earlier, but it did once it figured no one else was around or available. If we leave Talwa alone and let it grab her, it might expose itself if it doesn't think there's danger around," Yulia suggests. She's clearly still a little horny, but the effect is going away as the Desert Mother gets further from her.

"Ambushes are my specialty... so I suppose I should give my opinion," Lri adds, "using Talwa or someone else as bait isn't a bad idea, especially if as Yulia says we might be able to trick it into exposing it's weak point. That being said if it exposes itself and we just run in, it will probably just drop down again as soon as it sees us. We might get a few seconds of exposure at best. Oiling the ground was suggested and might be a good idea for negating it's rolling attack, but we'll also suffer trying to fight on slippery ground so if we went that route we'd have to be careful about either where we placed the oil or how we deal with the existence of the oil. If we do go with the bait option, I would suggest one of two possibilities. One is to have someone invisible nearby to get a good strike on it once it exposes itself, hopefully a strike that will either get it in one hit or that will make it harder for it to recover before the rest can swoop in or... we make the bait themselves a threat," Lri suggests.

"Make the bait a threat?" Isalia asks and Lri nods.

"Well... There's a few ways we could do that, but the most dramatic example would be something like... Giving the bait a grenade and when the creature grabs them and exposes itself they set off the grenade, of course that would potentially kill our bait as well and they'd have to be willing to accept great personal risk, but as said that's just the most dramatic option, we could also just give them some sort of hidden weapon and hope they can use it when the creature grabs them, something like that," Lri adds.

"I mean I like the oil idea, I don't think I'd have much difficulty moving on the oil, at least relatively, but I understand the rest of you would be quite badly hindered," Hess states.

"The people here are terrified of the Rack, clearly, but we might still be able to get them to help fight if we can convince them with a good plan," Cherchiel suggests and Maple nods in agreement.

"The creature does, occasionally leave the temple, not very far, just hanging around the entrance, but that area is just sand, not part of the temple at all, do you think setting up an ambush at the temple entrance might be a good idea?" Talwa suddenly cuts in, seemingly having recovered from her ordeal and trying to be helpful, she's still bound and dripping wet, but the Desert Mother's absence seems to have allowed her to recover her mental faculties.

"I... I also wouldn't be against the sacrifice plan... I've hurt my people so much, it would be only right that I sacrifice myself to help them now," she adds weakly, "I also heard a question about my spellcasting, I know Firestorm, Fireball and Great Fireball and have also mastered Magic Armor," she says sounding proud momentarily, despite still being bound face down with her soaking cunt on display.

"Oil plan... Bout stopping roll, right?" Goma asks suddenly, "why not use Pool? Moving hard in water," Goma chimes in.

"Isalia glances at Goma and then looks thoughtful, "fighting it in the pool in the bathing room... That's definitely an interesting idea," she agrees.

"So... we have a couple of options here... We can try to lure it into the pool in the bathing area to restrict it's movement, set up an ambush in the sand at the entrance or... let Talwa here sacrifice herself and fulfill her Martyr and Saviour complexes," Yulia repeats, clearly feeling much better as it seems The Desert Mother is now fully out of the temple. Her mention of Talwa's martyr and saviour complexes makes Talwa noticeably blush and stare at the ground.

(Health: 100%

Mana: 100%

Inventory:18 EMP grenades, 17 Aphrodisiac Grenades, 17 incendiary Grenades, 17 fragmentation grenades, 18 flash grenades, 17 smoke grenades, 3 healing kits, 1 sewing kit, 8 days worth of rations, 1 two liter water jug, 3 two liter jugs of Lemiel's Milk, 2 empty two liter water jugs, 12, mana infused health potions, 2 health potion, 12 mana infused mana potions, 3 mana potions, 7 vials of Semen, Quiver, 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Apples), Ash's Quiver, Smithing Ingredients (3 steel ingots), 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Vegetables), Grenade Launcher, Grenade Bandolier with 1 grenade, Smithing Ingredients (1 silver ingot), twenty feet of Spidersilk rope, 1 sack of Cooking Ingredients (Fish), an Onahole, a shard of Illustone, Gloves of Harvest (-3, heal for all damage dealt), modest two piece swimsuit, Binding Bandages, golden bangles, silk gloves, Siren Queen's black heavy armor, black bikini bottoms, Smithing Ingredients (98 metal plates), 12 mana infused cure potions, 1 cure potions, Shutdown Gun.

Yulia's Equipment: Simple black one piece swimsuit(currently removed). Ceramic Beaked Mask (currently Removed), Reinforced Monastic Scapular (currently removed), standard bra (currently removed), Standard Panties (currently removed), Ornate Rapier (-3), Silver Staff (-2 added to the effect of all spells), A tarnished Silver Ring of clear mind (warded against demons and angels, can bind a Demon or Angel), Cloak of Turbulent Waves (immunity to ranged attacks and offensive magic), Demon Horn Hairband (-2 to all ice magic, currently removed), tech armor, tech bodysuit (Core upgrade: speed, Special Upgrade: Light Module, Arcane Flux), plasma rifle (-10, 5 remaining charges.).

Spells known: Great Heal (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 25%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 12%)

Great Cure (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 15%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 7%)

Energize (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 25%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 12%)

Icicle (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 15%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 7%)

Masterful Unlock (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 10%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 5%)

Repair (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 5%-20% depending on factors, Cost currently halved rounded down: 2%-10%)

Undermine (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 25%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 12%)

Life Drain (lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 2% per 1% Health healed, Cost currently halved rounded down: 1% per 1% Health healed)

Blizzard (Mastered, cost: 5%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 2%)

Lightning Strike (Lvl 1, mastered, Cost: 15%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 7%)

Identify (Lvl 1, mastered, Cost: 10%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 5%)

Fireball (Lvl 1, mastered, Cost: 15%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 7%)

**** Lance (Lvl 1, mastered, Cost: 15%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 7%)

Cloak (Lvl 1, mastered, cost: 10%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 5%)

God's Light: (Mastered, cost: none. Passive ability. Fully heals mana and health outside of combat)

Fetish: Bondage Rank: 3, Masochism Rank: 3, Lesbian rank: 4, Submission Rank: 3, Incubating Rank: 1, Large Insertions Rank: 2, Degradation Rank: 2, Exhibition Rank: 1, Anal Rank: 2, Breathplay Rank: 1, aphrodisiacs Rank: 1.

Status Effect: Permanent increase to physical attribute. Combat level raised to medium

Atrophied: Permanent Decrease to Physical Attribute. Combat Level lowered to weak. (Countered previous Permanent Increase)

Faithless: Yulia gains no effect from support spells cast on her, but offensive spells cast by her double in effectiveness. Lasts until faith is restored or replaced.

Psychosexual Break: In order to deal with her trauma, Yulia has begun to subconsciously fetishize her experiences.

Deflowered: Virginity Lost, sexual experience changed to: Inexperienced, non-virgin.

Trauma Rank 1 : Costs of all spells doubled for the remainder of the floor. (Caused by **** involving aphrodisiac ****)

Mind Numbingly Horny

Thirsty

Cool

Companion: Cherchiel, Goma, Martin, Isalia, Lri, Lemiel, Maple, Sally.

Cherchiel Health: 100%

Cherchiel Mana: 100%

Cherchiel Equipment: Ultra Durable Spear( -5, -10 with Boar Mask), Ultra Durable Shield (-5, -10 with Boar Mask), Staff (-1), God's Favour (Halo. Prevent **** one time), Bikini(currently removed), plasma Sword (-10, five charges), Tech Armor.

Cherchiel Status Effect: Divine Grace. Combat Level raised to High

Thirsty

Cool

Goma Health: 100%

Goma Mana: 100%

Goma Equipment: Ritual Knife of Escaping Threads (-1, -3 with boar mask, automatic -5 when being used against tentacles, webs or other binding methods), Hunting Horn (-2 for each ally affected), Reinforced and Nethicite Augmented Thick Hide Outfit (Negate most physical damage, Currently removed.) Tech Armor (currently removed), Swim Trunks (Currently Worn), tentacle dagger (-3), Scepter of Still Waters, Plasma Rifle (-10, five charges).

Goma spells known: Heal (Mastered, 15%), Puppet (Mastered, 10% per active command)

Goma Status Effect: Atrophied: Permanent Decrease to Physical Attribute. Combat Level lowered to weak.

Thirsty

Cool

Isalia Health: 100%

Isalia Mana: 100%

Isalia Equipment: Isalia's Sword (-3), Masterwork Trident (-3)(Unequipped), Isalia's Shield (-3), One Piece Swimsuit (Currently removed), plasma rifle (-10, five charges), Tech Armor, Tech Suit (Core Upgrade: Speed).

Isalia spells known: Life Drain (lvl 1, Unmastered, cost: 5% per 1% Health healed)

Isalia Fetish: Submission Rank: 1, Domination Rank: 1.

Isalia Status Effect:

Thirsty

Cool

Lri Health: 100%

Lri Mana: 100%

Lri Equipment: Twin Daggers (-3), black swimsuit (currently removed), Blood drinker, tech armor (Sans helmet), tech suit (Core upgrade: speed), plasma rifle (-10, five charges), 3 EMP grenades, Veil of Hidden Depths, fishbowl of Illusions.

Lri Status Effect:

Thirsty

Cool

Lemiel Health: 200%

Lemiel Mana: 200%

Lemiel Equipment: Angelic Visor, twin magic blades (Summoned, -10, take 5% mana to summon), Tech Armor, Tech Suit (Core Upgrade: Strength, Special Upgrade: Arcane Flux), plasma rifle (-10, four charges).

Lemiel Spells Known: Angelic Rays (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 20%), Heavenly Soothing (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 25%), Retribution (Lvl 1, Unmastered, cost: 100%, unusable, triggers automatically at 0% hp if Lemiel has enough Mana to trigger it), The One True God's Judgment (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 100%), God's Light (Mastered, cost: none. Passive ability. Fully heals mana and health outside of combat)

Lemiel Status Effect: Divine Grace. Combat level raised to high.

Thirsty

Cool

Maple Health: 100%

Maple Mana: 100%

Maple Equipment: Tech armor (Helmet removed), tech suit (Core upgrade: Speed, special upgrade: Conversion), plasma rifle (-10, five charges), targeting helmet, rail gun bow (-10 when used ignores evasion abilities or resistances), 8 cross bow bolts.

Maple Status Effect:

Thirsty

Cool

Sally Health: 100%

Sally Mana: 100%

Sally Charge: 100%

Sally Equipment: Ultra Durable tech metal shield (-4), Ultra Durable Tech Metal Club (-4)

Sally Status Effect:

Not affected by heat or cold.

Does not require hydration or Nutrition.

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