Showdown

Yulia casts identify as Goma sounds the horn.

"Rebecca 'Beck' Hardcliff, a member of a smaller subgroup of Scorpions in the desert who call themselves the Hunters. They are generally Ostracized by the other Scorpions, but are also far more effective at combat than a normal Scorpion, using trickery, natural skills and what resources they can acquire and learn to use to overcome opponents stronger than them. She is only one of the Scorpions currently in this chamber," the identify returns, but before Yulia can act on this information the ground beneath the group suddenly erupts as stingers lash out from below. Yulia cries out as the stinger stabs into her lower back and her body almost instantly goes numb and she collapses to the ground. Cherchiel is also hit and drops. Goma and Isalia were also targeted, but Lri manages to grab both and pull them out of the way.

Four more scorpions emerge from the ground in the midst of the group, causing immediate panic and throwing the suggested formations into disarray. Lemiel turns her attention to the four new scorpionesses in their midst as Beck takes the opportunity to lunge at Lemiel from behind, but she's intercepted by Sally who blocks the attack with her mirror shield. The spear upon hitting the shield erupts with a burst of energy which forces Sally back, but the mirror shield also redirects the power back at Beck who is launched backwards by it and lands on her back a short distance away.

Talwa casts magic armor on the party before starting to fire off her spells. Fire based attacks don't seem very effective against the Scorpions and the Firestorm while it does hit all of them also hits plenty of the rest of the group and only the magic armor keeps it from being a devastating case of friendly fire. She stops after a bit her hands bleeding from the spikes impaling her hands as she casts her spells boosted with the prism staff.

A similar problem is found with the plasma rifles given that they are in such close proximity the effectiveness of the weapons is minimized as car needs to be taken to avoid hitting friends and also they are just generally more difficult to use effectively at close range.

Goma manages to protect herself from the Scorpioness attacking her with Puppet and sets her on one of the other Scorpions. It's clear the Scorpions are making use of powerful weapons and armors taken from previous chosen. One of the Scorpionesses is wearing a full suit of plate armor that seems to sap the energy of those around her as she uses her fists and punches at Lemiel. Lemiel blocks the punch, but is **** back by the **** of it. Lemiel hits the armored one at near point blank range with the plasma rifle and it barely slows them down as they slam into Lemiel knocking her onto her back with the Scorpioness on top of her starting to try and pummel her. The Scorpioness' **** is stopped though when Lemiel's remaining undead grab and drag the Scorpioness off of her letting Lemiel get back to her feet.

Maple tries to get away from the melee, but one of the Scorpionesses seems to suddenly teleport behind her as she's taking aim and closes her claw around Maple's throat starting to **** her. Maple lets out a choked gasp and tries to turn her gun on the Scorpioness, but the Scorpioness grabs the gun and forces it away with her other hand as her stinger rises up ready to stab Maple, however at that moment Lri uncloaks behind the Scorpioness and fires a plasma burst into her back. She cries out and drops Maple before turning on Lri only to get hit again with more Plasma from Maple. Her Chitinous body seems to mitigate some of the damage, but it is still plasma and she's clearly badly injured, collapsing to the ground.

Isalia joins with Goma and with the help of the puppeted Scorpioness the three of them concentrate fire on the fourth Scorpioness who is wielding a pair of scimitars that seem to manipulate the wind and she uses them to avoid attacks from the other Scorpioness and turn away the Plasma bolts, but when Maple and Lri join in she's overwhelmed and **** to her knees, under the repeated onslaught, the puppeted Scorpioness pinning her down.

The Armored Scorpioness tears through the undead holding her and charges back at Lemiel again who blasts her with more plasma and even her angelic rays to no avail. The rest join to stop this final Scorpioness, but everything they throw at her is useless. She even easily tosses her own comrade away when Goma sends the puppeted Scorpioness after her.

She seems to be unstoppable until suddenly she's slammed with a powerful beam of light. This knocks her on her ass finally and breaks through her armor, leaving her exposed. She crumples to her knees. Talwa is breathing heavily after using Searing Light once again and collapses. Lemiel running over to heal her as at the same time Beck has stood back up, supporting herself on her spear.

"Hah... Impressive... For a bunch of inferior creatures..." she states, "you think you've won... Well we have one more trick up our sleeve!" she yells and raises her hand. The entire group brace for whatever is coming, but time passes and nothing has happened.

"What was-" Isalia starts to ask when Maple yells.

"The Scorpions... the others they're gone!" she exclaims. Indeed while everyone was focused on Beck the defeated Scorpions had all fled into the ground. Only disturbed ground marking their exit. They had fled.

Beck laughs, lowering her hands, "See you!" she yells and jumps seemingly intending to burrow away as well, but she stops, landing uselessly on the ground, "Hgh... No..." she groans as Goma is puppeting her to prevent her from escaping.

The Scorpions were defeated but they escaped. However Beck is left behind and so is most of the treasure lining the walls of the room.

Beck growls **** to kneel by Goma as she glares at the group.

Yulia and Cherchiel are also still lying paralyzed on the ground.

Ambush (Targeting Yulia)

Difficulty: 20

Lri's expertise -5

Wariness -2

Roll: 11

Result: Failure

Ambush (Targeting Cherchiel)

Difficulty: 20

Lri's expertise -5

Wariness -2

Roll: 9

Result: Failure

Ambush (Targeting Goma)

Difficulty: 20

Lri's expertise -5

Wariness -2

Roll: 15

Result: Success

Ambush (Targeting Isalia)

Difficulty: 20

Lri's expertise -5

Wariness -2

Roll: 18

Result: Success

Combat: Hunter Scorpions

Difficulty: 20

Numbers +5

Poisonous Stinger +10

Durable Armor +10

Using the tools they have available +60

Crushing Claw +5

Combat Tactics +10

Heat Resistance +10

Hunting Horn -18

Puppet -10

Fireball- 5

Great Fireball -12

Firestorm -10

Magic Armor -8

Invisible Lri -10

Plasma Rifles -25

Needle Mace -5

Zombie Grapples -10

Mirror Shield -10

Searing Light -20

Final Difficulty: -13

Yulia's Roll: 4

Result: Victory

(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, 100 mana potions, 8 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), 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, 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%)

Open (Lvl 3, Mastered, Cost: 15%, Cost currently halved rounded down: 7%)

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 ****)

Paralyzed: Unable to move, act or speak, but still conscious.

Calm

Not Thirsty

Cool

Companion: Cherchiel, Goma, Martin, Isalia, Lri, Lemiel, Maple, Sally, Talwa'Ish Renni.

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, Carapace Armor (Currently Unequipped), Aspect of the Apex.

Cherchiel Status Effect: Divine Grace. Combat Level raised to High

Paralyzed: Unable to move, act or speak, but still conscious.

Not Thirsty

Cool

Goma Health: 100%

Goma Mana: 30%

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), 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.

Not Thirsty

Warm

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, three charges), Tech Armor, Tech Suit (Core Upgrade: Speed).

Isalia spells known: Life Drain (lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 2% per 1% Health healed)

Isalia Fetish: Submission Rank: 1, Domination Rank: 1.

Isalia Status Effect:

Not Thirsty

Cool

Lri Health: 100%

Lri Mana: 80%

Lri Equipment: Twin Daggers (-3), black swimsuit (currently removed), Blood drinker, tech armor (Sans helmet), tech suit (Core upgrade: speed), plasma rifle (-10, three charges), 3 EMP grenades, Veil of Hidden Depths, fishbowl of Illusions.

Lri Status Effect:

Not 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, three charges), Necromancy Staff, 0 undead servants.

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.

Not 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, three charges), targeting helmet, rail gun bow (-10 when used ignores evasion abilities or resistances), 8 cross bow bolts.

Maple Status Effect:

Not Thirsty

Warm

Sally Health: 100%

Sally Mana: 100%

Sally Charge: 100%

Sally Equipment: Ultra Durable tech metal shield (-4, unequipped), Ultra Durable Tech Metal Club (-4, unequipped), Mirror Shield (-4, reflects all damage and spell effects to the caster/attacker), Needle Mace (-5, Inflicts hit targets with a deadly poison, potency increases with each hit)

Sally Status Effect:

Not affected by heat or cold.

Does not require hydration or Nutrition.

Talwa Health: 100% (dropped to 0 but was quickly healed back to full by Lemiel)

Talwa Mana: 100%

Talwa Equipment: Bustier, Glasses, Prism Staff, Potion of Libidinous vitality.

Talwa Spells Known:

Magic Armor (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 10%)

Firestorm (Lvl 3, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Great Fireball (Lvl 2, Mastered, cost: 25%)

Fireball (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 15%)

Talwa Status Effect:

Calm

Not Thirsty

Cool

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