Seduce

You relax your grip on your blade. Rosie is quite an attractive lady. You might be able to use your charms to convince her that you aren't a threat...and maybe get other treats out of her. "Rosie, was it? That's a pretty name for a pretty woman." A friendly smile crosses your face as you hope to decrease the tension in the room.

Rosie gives you a confused look and lowers her knife a little. "What? What are your intentions?"

"I'm sure we can figure something out that's mutually beneficial here. You're a beautiful woman, I'm a handsome man. We can come to some sort of arrangement." You slowly approach her, keeping your hands open so she knows you aren't armed.

The mouse girl's cheeks turn pink as she realizes what your intentions are, she stutters at you in confusion and embarrassment. "W-W-What?"

You grin, despite her attire, it seems that she's quite innocent and maybe inexperienced in dealing with the opposite sex...especially when dealing with sex. You put an arm on the wall behind her, your body looming over her a little and your other hand reaches for what's hiding under her cowl. "Uh huh, we cou-"

"No!" Rosie shouts under you and she pulls hands up quickly. The blade is still between her fingers. You feel a sharp pain in your sternum that cuts off your words and stumble back. The small knife now jammed in your chest, you gape at it before stumbling to the ground. The mouse girl looks at what she's done, guilt and fear cross her face. "S-sorry..." She mutters before fleeing back into the corridor.

"Wait!" you gasp, now it's your time to be scared. It's possible that with her help the injury could be mitigated However, Rosie doesn't stop running, and you hear her footsteps disappear into the corridor.

You grunt in pain and reach for Circe's Orb in your satchel, but as you open it; the orb rolls out onto the ground and into the center of the room. With great effort, you drag yourself across the floor towards the sphere that could save you. A trail of blood follows in your stead and each arm's length forward feels harder than the last. Finally, you feel the orb in your hand and grip it tightly and smash it against the ground with all of your might.

A loud clink echoes through the room, but nothing else. The orb didn't break. You grit your teeth and smash the orb down again with similar results. Circe wasn't joking about it needing "a fair amount of ****" it seems. You keep pounding the orb on the stone with all of your remaining strength. Each time you feel more energy leave your body and the clink of glass on stone gets quieter and quieter.

Finally, you collapse in exhaustion and the room goes dark and for a few moments you only feel the cold stone under your body...then nothing.