Prepare for combat.

The narrator speaks up again. "The Prison Princess isn't what she seems. As you ready yourself to fight, you watch as her body shifts and transforms into something truly hideous. Dread strikes your heart, and you--"

"That's just rude," she cuts off the voice with hands on her hips. "I didn't describe you like that."

"... Sorry."

"She is right about one thing though." Then her grin stretches much farther than any should. Her bones crack, and her skin stretches and tears, all of which happens in a matter of seconds. Her flesh erupts--not gory, though still unsettling--into a sea of dark, dripping tentacles that flood almost the entirety of the lower level, with the top narrowly missing the swaying chandeliers. It doesn't resemble any octopus or squid you've ever seen. It looks more like a creature of only tendrils. They squirm and writhes in all directions, crashing up against the bars of nearby cells to the fear of those locked inside.

Tenner Lobson of Varat tumbles up against the bars with his eyes still closed, and Regine Ginnis isn't far. Meanwhile, Crissa Jamson falls onto her back with wrists still strapped to the bar, though is nearly buried by the tentacles. The slime coats her naked body, making it even more difficult for her to squirm away.

"Attack, now!" you command.

One arrow. Two. Both sink into the waves of violet flesh that listen an odd colour by the magic flames above. Niki sprints ahead of course, while the others stay behind. You dart in between, hoping to find some sort of weakness. The alternative is to hack and slash at every tentacle in hopes that it actually causes damage.

First, you need to rescue the adventurers.

"Snow!" you call out. "Keys."

"On it," she says with a nod. She darts swiftly up the nearby wall using the bars of the cell as leverage. Her skillful feet lock into the brickwork around the edges holding the bars, and after reaching the upper level, she glances over to see a few tentacles coming straight for her, each one a different size. The smaller ones lash quicker, though thankfully Snow is far from slow.

But at the same time, there are many to worry about.

She puts her hands together and speaks the magic phrase, "Shadow ****". As a kunoichi, she specializes in both bow and blade, but especially the art of stealth. She musters some of her mana to cast a spell as she runs, and the moment she does, there isn't just one Snow above. Four appear, each wreathed in darkness like animated silhouettes. They leap in all directions. One lunges directly into the mount of tentacles. One stops to aim her bow. The other two continue, though in splitting directions.

They aren't just clones. She's swapping between each one as needed, meaning she can be anywhere she needs to be.

After three are crushed, the Prison Princess notices one final shadow turn back into Snow, standing at a dresser at the farthest end of the bottom floor. In her hand is a gold key.

Niki's crushing mace is more than enough though to keep the attention turned mostly towards the other side. Even Amara, who often plays support, sends out as Celestial Blast straight towards the pile of flesh. Xiaoqing peppers the coming tendrils with a machine gun of sharp ice. And while this is happening, you weave through it all and make it to the woman trapped and naked amidst everything.

"Flare Blade!" you call out as your weapon roars with mighty pink flames. You make short work of the ropes, and scoop the girl up into your arms. Then before the smaller, quicker tendrils can strike, you Bunny Hop away--a power that seems to work within this dungeon, as long as it isn't used to pass through walls.

You aim towards both Tenner and Regine who have caterpillared their way towards the party, the former of which is doing so without opening his eyes.

"Catch!" you call out before appearing in thin air. You float there briefly, by the power of your magic boots, and toss the slippery girl onto her allies. Then you cling to the wall above the bars in a manner similar to Snow prior, and hold the point towards your foe. "Frost Bolt!" You try something different. Through your weapon is still ablaze, you send out a pulse of magic from the tip. After it leaves, it turns to a glowing shard that not only stabs into one of the tentacles, but begins to freeze the area around it.

Crissa falls right onto the face of Tenner, right as he opens his eyes.

The gates of Heaven have opened.

Her pink pussy lips are the last thing he sees before darkness. Her pillowy thighs compress the sides of his head as she sits her ass down and holds him tight. He groans aloud, and the vibrations cause her to squirm and moan, making it even worse. He can't hold it back any longer. After repressing his feelings for so long, only to behold such a sight...

Regine looks over from beside them with a face of disgust. "Oh my god. Tenner, are you fucking cumming?!"

"MMMmmmmmnnnggghhh!" he cries out from beneath the woman's cheeks.

A thick tendril wraps around Niki's body as another readiest itself to crush its weight down upon her head. She only struggles in place for a moment though before she begins to push both arms out, stretching its grasp on her to its limit. She grins up at the creature, and though it has no face to stare back at, the Prison Princess is clearly surprised by her strength. The downside is Niki can only do one thing at a time, and there are still many tentacles going every direction.

One smaller one grabs Eva, and heaves her up off the ground.

As she dangles upside down and her dress falls to reveal her panties beneath, she flushes red. "I d-don't like where this is going!" Then her eyes look to a second one nearing her legs. It squirms up her thighs, and then through the leg hole of her undies. It doesn't tug them off, but it does bind itself there to make it difficult for the bunnyfolk to escape.

The Prison Princess speaks. Her voice is similar as to what it was before, but with an undertone of deep, reverberant grumbling. It echoes out as if spoken by countless mouths. "Go ahead, naughty rabbit. Wiggle free. But if you do, you'll leave behind your precious panties--"

"Chain..." Eva mutters as crackling energy dances down her arm to the tip of her carrot-like wand--a gift from the one she cares about most. Then she slips out from its slimy grip, leaving behind her underwear as she finishes her magic phrase. "... Lightning!" she shouts the moment she hits the ground. With an arm still out, she sets loose a barrage of wild, arching bolts of electricity. Its fries the creature's dark purple flesh. All of its countless tendrils flail in pain.

Her panties then fall down beside her with a splat.

She looks over herself, and then the garment on the ground with a gag. "Gross! Now everything is goopy." A moment passes, and then as usual, reality sinks in. Her face fills with colour as she pushes down her incredibly short dress, now with nothing at all beneath it. "N-No applause though p-please..."

"I don't exactly have the hands free to do that!" Niki yells just as she throws the tentacle off her at last. "Oh. Now I do."