Interrogative Interruptus

Talwa groans as she's tossed to her ex-fellows, "bind her, we're bringing her back to the temple. She'll stand before the Desert Mother and hopefully we can figure out a way to solve this," Yulia states.

They pass back out of the temple and make the crossing to the Desert Temple, Talwa struggles as she's carried, bound and gagged, her tail bound to her back. Her face is flushed and she's clearly aroused and hating it.

They arrive at the Desert Temple and make it to the Sand Mother. The guards are both there and the one who bit Yulia looks aghast at seeing Talwa, before suddenly recovering as he also sees that she's being held by members of the Fangs.

"What... Um... What happened?" he asked.

"Talwa has been proven a fool and a degenerate. All her words were lies," one of the other Fangs speaks and he nods.

"Ha yeah I mean I could have told you Fangs tha-" he starts.

"Oh shove it... Keeping your allegiance hidden is pointless now," another fang responds and gestures to him, "he's the one who was responsible for poisoning the temple," he clarifies.

"Dude what the fuck!?" the guard yells.

"The fangs are disbanded, we're going to beg for forgiveness, you should come with," the fang member responds.

Yulia glares at him realizing that he is indeed likely the one who poisoned her then. As she glares at him though she also feels a sudden rush of arousal realizing the curse is of course returned now that she's back in the temple.

"Fucker..." she hisses weakly and Cherchiel puts an arm around her protectively.

"We'll stay out here. It's dangerous for anyone poisoned to go into the throne room after all which means we unfortunately can't bring Yulia inside to cast identify on the Desert Mother as much as the voices want us too," Cherchiel explains.

A bit later everyone except Cherchiel, Yulia, Hess and the guards, the fang guard choosing to stay outside anyway, are in the throne room.

Talwa is tossed face down in front of the throne. Her arms tied behind her back, her tail tied to her hands and she's gagged, but the gag is quickly removed. She stares up at the Desert Mother in terror, her tail straining against the binds.

"Talwa'Ish Renni... It has been some time since I've seen you," The Desert Mother greets her.

"I... I'm sorry, I was wrong!" she yells suddenly and the Desert Mother nods.

"You were, but all can be forgi-" she starts until Lemiel cuts in.

"Perhaps not everything. We know the source of the Curse now and unfortunately it's you, your Majesty," Lemiel states and The Desert Mother hesitates.

"But... That's impossible, I would know-" she starts and Talwa whimpers.

"I'm so sorry! We... agh..." Talwa whimpers squirming, "we tricked you and performed the ritual to make you the source of the curse, we used the person you trusted most, he performed the ritual after you fell asleep," Talwa admits and The Desert Mother's face is horrified.

"What... Uh, what is she talking about?" Lemiel asks, confused about this part of the revelation.

"My consort..." The Desert Mother admits, I had assumed he no longer visited because he too poisoned by the curse, but to think he was in fact betraying me," she says and places her head in her hands, "So... if I am the source of the curse... then I must be destroyed..." she says weakly.

"That's not true, there must be a way to remove the curse!" Lemiel argues.

"Who was the Dark Power who cast this curse, perhaps they can remove it?" Maple suggests and Talwa looks nervous.

"I...Hah... Don't know... She only called herself... The New Arch Demon of Lust..." Talwa admits, she's becoming more and more aroused and it's getting difficult for her to talk without moaning.

"The Arch Demon of lust? Ash?" Lemiel asks.

"It makes sense the Arch Demon of Lust would be behind a curse that causes lust..." Isalia admits.

"Well... Fuck... Yulia already killed him," Lemiel says.

"Excuse me... What part of New Demon of Lust did you miss?" another voice speaks.

"New... There can't be a new Arch Demon of Lust, the Abyss was reserving that spot for Yulia, besides, this curse happened a while ago right? Long enough ago that Ash would likely still not have been dead," Lemiel argues.

"Oh please we both know that the Tower and time are convoluted," the new voice responds.

"I suppose... So, what the Abyss gave up on Yulia and already created a new Archdemon of Lust?" Lemiel questions.

"Indeed... Though he hadn't quite given up on Yulia actually..." the new voice answers from directly behind Lemiel who has along with everyone else, realized that this voice was not one that belonged to anyone who was supposed to be there. Lemiel turns to see...

"Yulia?" Lemiel asks. Standing mingled in with the rest of the crowd is Yulia, or at least an exact copy of Yulia. The only difference is a pair of tiny demonic horns, cute little demonic wings and a stubby, cute demonic tail. She's also wearing Yulia's Demonic Dress.

"In a sense," she responds, "I am The new Arch Demon of Lust, replacement of Ash Medai, The Abyss created me as a clone of Yulia and I must admit... I'm a little jealous of the original," she explains and then smiles, "you can call me Malia Lustra

"So... What you did this just to make Yulia's life harder?!" Lemiel asks.

"Yeah exactly, getting to hurt these snakes, was just an added bonus, especially since while I hadn't planned it, that one voice is correct, once this comes to fruition they'll be easy pickings for Bal... I'll probably go tell Bal once this is done" she responds and then glances at the Desert Mother, "and while I could remove the curse, I won't, so you still only have three options, die, leave or be abandoned," Malia confirms.

"I'm shorry!" Talwa cries out towards the Desert Mother, the full weight of what she's done seemingly dawning on her now.

"Yulia killed Ash, we'll kill you too," Lemiel growls, her swords appearing in her hands as she glares at Malia.

"You think I'll stick around if this becomes a fight? I'm here to taunt you, not put myself at any risk,"

"There is ****... I'll leave the temple," the Desert Mother speaks after a bit.

"Of course the most selfless choice," Malia agrees with a cruel smirk on her face.

"There must be something we can do to get you to remove the curse!" one of the fangs yells.

"Ooh you want to negotiate with an arch demon?" Malia asks, turning on the fang before waving a hand dismissively, "unfortunately a little pawn such as you has nothing I could want," she adds before glancing at Lemiel, "you perhaps though... Yulia and her friends, there's quite a bit I want there. I mean mostly what I want is Yulia, but make me an offer," Malia says and pushes past Lemiel moving to sit on Talwa, causing Talwa to cry out in pained pleasure as she's used as a chair.

"Of course, letting the snakes suffer doesn't actually hurt you at all, you could always just refuse to make any offers, leave them to their fate, it would be the smart choice," Malia adds. Everyone is staring at Lemiel now, waiting for her decision.

(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 ****)

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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