Esther's encounter

Esther frowned as she realized she had gotten separated from Jasper. She had turned thought she had heard something move and had looked away for one minute before realizing Jasper had disappeared. She didn't quite blame him though. She had realized something was off with the dungeon the longer they had stayed inside. It was meant to be a self improving maze. Essentially it often tried to warp and adjust itself to trap those involved. Those were very dangerous due to there unpredictable natured but often times the dungeons would sooner or later spit out those who wandered inside. All they needed to do was simply survive and avoid any traps or monsters that could harm them.

So far this Dungeon had neither traps nor monsters, so she hoped Jasper was fine on his for the time being. As for herself, well she decided to explore whatever options she could get to see if their was anything worth while in the dungeon. That was the trade off for maze makers. They were a pain to explore but often had very rare and valuable goods held within them.

So Esther wandered around....until eventually she found it. The puzzle room so to speak where the treasure often lay. She entered it cautiously wondering what it would be like. It was empty much to her surprise with a single chest in the middle of the room. Esther walked forward cautiously. It couldn't be this easy, could it?

The first thing she did was take out a small bag of pebbles most adventurers were advised to keep for exploring. She took out a few and threw them across the floor, then waited. Nothing happened. No floor cracking, no traps were sprung, nothing happed at all in the room. Surprised she walked forward with her staff held in front of her. Still nothing happened. How strange.

Eventually Esther arrived at the box which looked rather unremarkable upon closer inspection. It didn't even look all that fancy she mused as she reached out to open the box. It was unlocked as per usual and with a quick flick, the chest was open. "What in the world?" Esther gasped as she stared at the contents.

It was...slime.

Nothing but a chest full of a thick black slime. She scowled. No wonder it had been unguarded. Who would even want to steal slime? It was literally one of the most common monster types in the world. Heck it wasn't even a monster to some, just an annoyance. Who would even store it in a chest?

Unfortunately Esther would soon learn just how dangerous the slime could be. The young mage had turned her back away from the chest as she decided to examine the door, thinking that perhaps the true treasure was beyond that. In her naivety she failed to notice the slime slowly forming tendrils as it slowly crawled out the box. Before she Esther had even realized what had happened the slime had gathered behind her....and then it engulfed her.

The mage struggled as she felt herself become encase in the giant black goo. She struggled to free herself but it was to no avail. No healing magic could help her now. As she found herself within the giant blob, soon her world began to fade as she felt the lack of air make her feel to pass out. Finally after a few moments of thrashing, Esther went limp within the blob.

Once she was **** the slime held her in place before it begun to compress itself, seeping into her form.