Scope out your surroundings.

It looks like a massive prison cell--more expansive than where you were previously. Everything is made of stone bricks, and there are no pillows this time around. The only light you've been granted are a series of purple candles all along the walls. You stand naked, confused, and still a little dizzy from what happened right before your descent. Of course, the first thing you do is look for Aris. You assume this is some sort of strange celebration room, though you feel unnerved. Something is definitely not right.

"Hello?" you call out, but there's no answer. "Hey, Vex! Is this your doing?" Still nothing.

It's cold... Is this related to what I thought I saw before? I don't like that I haven't heard from Aris at all. This entire thing was her idea.

There's a strange, glitching flash of light ahead--exactly what it looks like when Aris teleports around. You turn to see what you think to be her, though upon closer inspection, there's something off. It's hard to discern details upon a woman who looks to be a silhouette made of the cosmos, though you remember her bust being larger, and she didn't have huge pigtails.

Her voice is different as well. "Well hello there," she says. She's definitely of the same species, but this is not Aris.

"Who are you?"

"It's only fair I suppose. I know your name after all. I'm Nae, Aris' sister, and I'm here to commandeer this Erotrain of hers. It's impressive I admit, but it's nothing I can't intervene with long enough to do what I need to do."

I have no weapons and barely any mana, plus my body is about ready to drop. "And what are you doing? Killing me?"

"While you're all trapped inside, we'll eliminate as many of you as we can. That being said, my lord did ask me to give you once chance. If you agree to come with me and finally explore your potential, I'll let be merciful and only take out Vex and her minions instead."

You clench your teeth. "You're Elok Daven's lackey, aren't you?"

"Well that's a rude word!" She puts her hands on her hips. "Especially for someone trapped inside my demiplane."

"Your demiplane?"

"Correct. I pulled you straight from hers into mine. Amazing, aren't I? Can you see you chose the wrong side yet? My lord said that if you let him continue to build you, you'll be one of the strongest beings in Abso. So why do you fight it?"

"To hell with that. I'm not going with Elok. I'm my own man, so he can fuck right off. Now let us go."

"Of course I can't do that. Now, I have to ask you to die now." She throws her hand towards the wall. Suddenly, the bricks disappear as if the wall is unloading, as well as part of the ceiling and floor on that side of the room. Behind it is like a cosmic storm of sparkling energy, though more immediately, a terrifying creature lunging straight towards the dungeon you're both in.

It looks in most ways like a dragon--blue scales, wings, teeth like swords, a hefty tail. Though it says two sets of eyes, and tendrils seem to squirm out from the sides of its body.

Nae disappears, though reappears behind you up against the wall. "This here is an illidrake, a powerful beast from between dimensions. If you've never fought a dragon before, this definitely isn't the first one you should face! I'll let the two of you play now. Goodbye, Kyle Warren. My lord sends his regards."

"Damn you!" Though she's already gone, just like that. You turn to face the dragon-like monstrosity climbing half-way through the opening in the wall. It isn't small enough to easily make it all the way in, so your opponent is half of the beast. Two deadly claws crash down against the stone bricks around it. "This can't be how I die... though I guess considering what I just went through, it isn't the worst time to go."

The illidrake roars a deafening noise, forcing you to cover your ears.