Exculpatory?

Yulia, Cherchiel and Isalia seem mostly confused by the voices conversations. Lem however raises his hands submissively in a sign of surrender, "I do not desire any harm of course, to myself or others and I do not wish to anger Warider, your goblin friend is I believe in the path of riches. I could guide you there as well, however... The hivemind would not like it if I did so, I would need some sort of payment to make the resulting punishment worth it," he explains, "In the meantime, I do not imagine she will be harmed, would you like me to still guide you to the stone as well?" he asks.

Yulia seems confused, "I don't... I don't understand, what goblin friend?" she asks and Cherchiel and Isalia look like they're struggling as well. They all seem to be having difficulty remembering Goma.

"Did we... are we missing someone? That doesn't seem right," Isalia states.

"They're fucking with our heads! There was no goblin!" Cherchiel says angrily.

"But the voices sai-" Yulia starts, but gets cut off.

"How do we know we can trust the voices" Cherchiel interrupts her. Yulia looks horrified by the insinuation that the voices can't be trusted.

"She's right! Even if the voices can be trusted, we can't trust that we're hearing them correctly. We need to leave," Isalia responds and doesn't seem to notice that she's begun crying for some reason.

Lem remains standing, watching the three women as they break down, "I repeat do you wish me to guide you to the stone?" he asks and Yulia immediately latches onto the one thing she remembers.

"Yes! We need that stone!" she says and Lem nods.

"Follow," he says and turns walking into the mists. Yulia hurries to follow him, Isalia and Cherchiel hesitate for a moment and are swallowed up by the mist, disappearing from sight and not returning as Yulia chases after Lem.

True to his word at least, they soon arrive at a dais on which rests a strange pulsing stone. Yulia hesitates as she looks at it, but Lem nods to her and she hesitantly grabs the stone. It feels strangely soft and squishy in her hands and it continues to pulse uncomfortably, but she takes it, "your friends are back in town. Shall I guide you back?" he asks.

Yulia clutches the stone in her hands, "everything feels wrong," she mumbles and then something hits her like a truck and she audibly gasps, before pocketing the stone and fumbling in her bag, she draws out an adrenaline syringe and stabs it into herself. For a second everything seems different. Isalia and Cherchiel are there, standing mere feet away, the mist is gone and so is Lem, but then the Mist returns before she can get a better look at her surroundings and Yulia is again standing in front of Lem with Cherchiel and Isalia nowhere to be seen. Yulia clutches her head and shakes it from side to side.

"G... Goma... Her name was Goma... HER NAME IS GOMA!" she yells and draws her rapier pointing it at Lem, "You bastard! Where's Goma!? Take me to her!"

Lem raises his hands again in surrender, "it is not safe to go alone, your friends are back in town. I will take you to her I promise, but you should return to the town first," he says.

Yulia is gripping the rapier hard enough to hurt and she hisses and then moves one hand and grabs the blade of the rapier, intentionally cutting into her fingers as she keeps it pointed at Lem, "you will not make me forget my friend again!" she yells at him.

"You are hurting yourself! Please calm down!" he pleads with her.

(Health: 190%

Mana: 40%

Equipment: Ceramic Beaked Mask, Reinforced Monastic Scapular, standard bra, Standard Panties, 3 poison gas grenades, 3 healing kits, 1 syringe of poison, 1 syringe of adrenaline, 1 syringe of poison antidote, 1 sewing kit, 1 vial of strong aerosolizing aphrodisiac, 8 days worth of rations, 3 two liter water jug, 1 health potion, 8 mana potions, A boar mask, 4 vials of sticky white liquid, Ornate Rapier (-5), 4 arrows, Quiver, God's Favour (Halo. Prevent **** one time), 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Apples), Bone Spear (-1), Demonic Spellbook, Ash's Quiver, 6 charm arrows, Smithing Ingredients (6 steel ingots), 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Vegetables), Grenade Launcher, Empty Bandolier, Silver Staff (-2 added to the effect of all spells), Spidersilk gown, Smithing Ingredients (3 silver ingots), 10 silver throwing knives, One Grenade, One Adrenaline, Black Leather Armor, twenty feet of Spidersilk rope, Rubber Plants, 1 sack of Cooking Ingredients (Fish), an Onahole, Curing Stone.

Spells known: Great Heal (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Great Cure (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 15%)

Energize (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Icicle (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 15%)

Unlock (Lvl 1, Unmastered, Cost: 15%)

Repair (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 5%-20% depending on factors)

Undermine (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 25%).

Life Drain (lvl 1, unmastered, cost: 5% per 1 Hp healed)

Fetish: Bondage Rank: 2, Masochism Rank: 1, Lesbian rank: 1, Submission Rank: 1

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

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.

Marked by The Abyss: Searching.

Companion: Cherchiel, Goma, Martin, Isalia.

Cherchiel Equipment: Ultra Durable Spear( -3), Ultra Durable Shield (-3), Solanium Reinforced Bodysuit (add -1 to all physical actions).

Goma Equipment: Runed Dagger (-2), Hunting Horn (-2 for each ally affected), Reinforced and Nethicite Augmented Thick Hide Outfit (Negate most physical damage)

Goma Mana: 100%

Goma spells known: Heal (Mastered, 15%)

Isalia Equipment: Isalia's Sword (-3), Isalia's Shield (-3), Black Leather Armor

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