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Re: The World Will Know (Blueslime)
Firstly, some OOC stuff:
After absorbing the last piece of Charlotte's essence, the world went pure white around Nala, and she had the sensation of falling. Her vision faded to black, and then she found herself stumbling back, warm lips pressed against hers for the briefest moment before she fell back onto her ass. The reaper daemon smiled down at her, and then flipped his hood back over his head, the sounds of gunfire still going on outside signalling that the mop up of the last of the aliens hadn't quite finished. "Are you alright Nala?" Violet's voice sounded as the assassin knelt next to her, concern in her voice. "That must have been quite a kiss, if it knocked you on your ass."
Nala felt something within her mouth, but not with her physical senses. Some power was held between her lips, and if she did not expend it soon, it might be lost. "Kiss her." The daemon said, and pointed to Charlotte's corpse, which was in exactly the same position as it had been when Nala had last seen it. Nothing had changed since she had last been on the mortal plane, it seemed, but it had felt like hours had passed while she was there. The presences of the three goddesses remained within her mind, including the things she had learned from Corini, but at the same time, Nala felt.... Different. Larger was not quite accurate, but it was the closest she could come to describing the change that had occurred within her. Stained would be another word that she would use, but it wasn't really any different from how she had felt when she had had sex with the goblins.
Nala: HP = 43, PP = 64, EP = 41, Status = Pregnant
Firstly, some OOC stuff:
Nala gains 30 experience from all of her assorted adventures. She's fought off the monsters attacking the camp, and gone through the underworld (in this case, the daemon she summoned earlier) to return Charlotte to life, in doing so bringing three beings out of imprisonment.
She has also permanently gained a +10 bonus to her Spirit stat, and has gained the Demonologist Talent. She has also gained 2 mutations of her choice, and her corruption gets reset to 0.
The logs of how she made it out are in the spoiler below this one, both for reference and for all you readers out there. We did the rolls in another thread, so they won't be in there
She has also permanently gained a +10 bonus to her Spirit stat, and has gained the Demonologist Talent. She has also gained 2 mutations of her choice, and her corruption gets reset to 0.
The logs of how she made it out are in the spoiler below this one, both for reference and for all you readers out there. We did the rolls in another thread, so they won't be in there
The three fallen goddesses did not respond verbally to Nala's words, but as she currently housed all that remained of their souls, she couldn't help but feel a swell of emotion within each of them. >>
Tassadar003 They passed the rest of the way in silence, until finally Nala stood in front of the gateway into the golden glowing fortress. The three drifted back into her silently, leaving her alone outwardly. She could still feel the three inside of her, however. >>
Tassadar003 The netherworld around her remained in shadow, and the stone gateway stood high above her, as large as any structure that she had ever seen in her ancient jungle homeland. Movement caught her eye, and a trio of squat, red skinned creatures loped into view from around the corners of the gate, two on her left and one on her right. >>
Tassadar003 They were all headless, and had arms that were longer than their bodies. The three all advanced on Nala as one, but they weren't the quickest of beings, and she had a good twenty feet between herself and the advancing creatures.
BlueSlime Nala sized up the creatures loping their way towards her. She didn't like the idea of having to deal with these road blocks, there was little else to do but fight. There was a reason for these creatures being thrown at her. Perhaps a test of some sort? Now, what to do about them... >>
BlueSlime The witch elf decided to draw on the power of Shadow, drawing in an swirling vortex of darkness from the the gloomy memory world around her and forming it into sharp knives and barbs before flinging it in a single motion against the three red attackers...>>
BlueSlime Funneling what she thought to be a judicious amount of spiritual energy into her strike, Nala hoped it would be enough to dispatch her enemies in one swift blow.
Tassadar003 All three were pierced in the chest, and the power of the blow tore the three crimson creatures apart. They dissolved into a fine red mist that then collected into a trio of red orbs, which floated about like all of the other energy that Nala had seen.
BlueSlime "I don't think I wish to draw upon too much of that soul energy," Nala said aloud, wondering if one of her three riding spirits had an opinion on the matter of soul harvesting.
Tassadar003 "The energies here can twist your soul, and if you take too much of them too quickly they may begin to take control of you. We will take our influence when we leave, but the absorbed essences will remain with you even after you leave this place." The succubus spoke clearly into Nala's mind. >>
Tassadar003 "But more strength will be of great benefit to you while you are here. I doubt that all of the challenges ahead of you will be so easy to deal with."
BlueSlime "I already have taken a portion of shadow essence within me, I suppose taking a portion of demonic essence might be worth it - but not too much. I must remain myself."
Tassadar003 "Very good. If you absorb it more slowly, it will increase your strength without affecting you. You might even retain some of the abilities that you gained here, if you take enough of it."
BlueSlime "It would be nice to have something to remember you all by when this over, at least til we four of us meet again."
Tassadar003 "None of us can leave any of our essence with you, sadly. We are already very weak as it is. But, if you absorb a small amount more of the demonic essence around you, I can teach you to control it. You would gain powers of the spirit in the mortal realm, but it would corrupt you slightly."
BlueSlime "How much more, Corini?"
BlueSlime Nala took the amount that the former Queen of Hell indicated.
Tassadar003 Nala felt a part of her soul distorting as she absorbed more of the essence around her.
Tassadar003 She couldn't quite discern how she had changed, but she knew that she had been changed by it.
Tassadar003 "You will retain a few of the abilities that you had here when you have returned to the mortal realm. You will be able to draw upon them instinctively, almost like a reflex."
BlueSlime "That will be helpful, I should imagine. Thank you, Corini."
Tassadar003 "You are welcome, Nala."
BlueSlime Having grasped all the demonic spirit that she wanted and put it inside of her own soul, Nala focused on the gateway standing before her. Would it open to traditional means? Pushing? Pulling? or was there another mechanism?
Tassadar003 "Push upon it, and it will open." The voice of the shadow demon spoke to Nala, and she found the assassin god's words to be true. The gateway opened, allowing Nala to see the gigantic pyramid up close for the first time. >>
Tassadar003 A doorway stood at the base of it, and the succubus spoke suddenly into Nala's mind; "That door will take you up a wide corridor, lined in stone guards. I do not know what will lie in this version of it, but the guards were inanimate when I passed through here in life. The passage will take you up to a chamber. That... was where I died."
BlueSlime Nala nodded to indicate that she understood, and opened the doorway into the great pyramid. She would be wary of the stone guardians, but not delay in her passage. "I too know what it is like to die, Coroni. You do not anticipate this chamber being... difficult for you?"
Tassadar003 "Difficult? No.... But I expect that you will see the scenario of my death while you were here. It was an important moment for the one whom we are within." Corini replied into Nala's mind as she ascended into the pyramid. The statues of soldiers glimmered with energy as she passed them, but they did not attempt to stop her passage up into the chamber. >>
Tassadar003 She reached another door, but this one opened as she approached it, revealing a large chamber just as Corini had said. Another memory began to form in front of Nala, forming from the mists just as it had when she had met captain Antioch. >>
Tassadar003 The captain was the first to fully form. The man looked far more haggard than when she had first seen him, and he stood in a defensive position alongside a dozen other men in similar garbs. A woman in rich robes stood just behind the line, a scowl upon her face, and a small crowd of women and children stood well behind the line. That group was the one facing>
Tassadar003 her and the entrance she had come through. On her side, their backs to her, twenty figures holding greatswords, and dressed in black plate armor stood in front of a circle of seven men and women in crimson robes, facing Antioch and his fellows. In the center of the circle of seven, Corini stood, though in memory form. >>
Tassadar003 The woman in robes behind Antioch was speaking, and Corini seemed to be replying in kind, but Nala could hear nothing coming from their lips from where she stood outside of the chamber.
BlueSlime "No doubt you expected to win this contest. You had these humans cornered, outnumbered... who were they?" Nala said, addressing Corini.
Tassadar003 "The woman I am speaking to is the Queen of this land... And we did win this contest." Corini replied, and she watched as those in black armor suddenly leapt forward, cutting apart the defenders like so much wheat, including captain Antioch himself and the woman behind him. They moved in toward the refugees, who trembled in terror. Corini's memory >.
Tassadar003 started forward, and stepped in front of a woman holding a crying baby, who clutched the child to her chest defensively. Something more was said, the words lost in echoes, but Corini spoke into Nala's mind; "She will be made one of my kind, that child. I found out when I consumed her soul that she had been that man's wife."
BlueSlime "I see," Nala said, but reserved her judgement and merely watched the memory play out.
Tassadar003 The baby was torn from the woman's arms, and the memory faded only to be replaced by another one. The chamber had been a throne room, Nala realized, as she saw Corini sitting upon a throne of gold. Color had entered the room, and she could see that in this time, the demoness had lacked her blood red skin, instead being pale as moonlight.
Tassadar003 >>
Tassadar003 A dozen knights stood before her, facing a lone figure dressed in a long black coat, and the demoness seemed amused by the lone figure's presence. She spoke, and this time, Nala heard her voice clearly; "You think that you can do anything, ghost? I was beyond you in life, and I have only grown more powerful from the souls of those you failed to protect." >>
Tassadar003 The figure replied evenly, its voice hoarse and croaking, as if its throat didn't quite work properly; "You are not the only one.... Who has been growing stronger since then... Demon." Two of the knights started forward at once, swords raised high as blood red light began to glow from them. Both exploded into showers of blood and scraps of metal before they >>
Tassadar003 had crossed half the distance between them. The figure had not moved.
BlueSlime Nala regarded the image with a touch of the oracle in her eyes. "I sense you underestimated the ghost... I wonder how he came to return in such a state? Aravel?"
Tassadar003 "He never passed to me. In life, he offered no service to the gods, so none had claim to him. He was left to the lesser daemons to fight over, but he was not so easily consumed." The ghostly voice replied in answer
BlueSlime "I see. So his rage was such that he managed to defeat the lesser daemons who came to devour him after death. The strength it would have taken to overcome such odds... and if he had learned to harness the energies of the spirit world..." Nala's musings were cut short as the scene continued to play out to its crescendo.
Tassadar003 The knights surged forward, and three more died that way. Two more burned to ash with a single touch. Those were the lucky ones. Blades sunk into the figure's flesh, but he didn't seem to notice them. He grabbed the remaining knights one by one, and bodily tore them limb from limb, drenching himself in gore. Corini was not smiling any more as he turned back >
Tassadar003 her, the severed head of one of her knights clenched in one hand. "Your turn... Now." He croaked, and time slowed suddenly as he started forward, moving in one smooth motion. Corini began to rise from her chair, moving at a snail pace, and long before the demoness had gained her feet, the daemon was upon her. Its hand shot through her chest like so much >>
Tassadar003 paper, and time resumed its normal pace as she adopted a shocked expression. Then, the memory crumbled, and the room went black. >>
Tassadar003 Shadows formed, and coalesced throughout the room as motes of red and black and white light formed into a formless glob in the center of the room. It began to adopt a shape, but Nala had time to act if she so chose. There was far more energy there than she had seen anywhere else before, but as she watched, a single golden orb, the last piece of Charlotte's >>
Tassadar003 soul joined the mass forming there.
BlueSlime "The last soul shard!" Nala exlaimed, and jumped towards the formless mass quickly, trying to snatch at the golden soul piece before it could be hidden away within the glob.
Tassadar003 A whip of blackness suddenly lashed out at Nala, and she barely pulled back in time to avoid being bisected by it. The figure began to form into a mass of limbs, the last piece of Charlotte's soul being sucked into that mass and hidden away.
BlueSlime "Bastard isn't giving it up that easy, whatever it is..." >>
BlueSlime Nala had little doubt that what she was about to face had more energy within it than any of the previous minions she had faced. She was uncertain exactly what powers it was capable of, and wondered if her allies had any advice. "What is this thing?"
Tassadar003 "A collection of souls cobbled together. Attacking it with certain powers will weaken those souls more than others." Corini replied quickly. Issir: "Shadow strikes true, even against demons." Avadel: "The life can be leeched from a shadow with ease." Corini: "Demons are adept at taking the energies of those close to death."
BlueSlime "Okay, I get the general premise... so let's start by taking out its shadow..."
BlueSlime >>
BlueSlime Summoning the gifted necromantic powers of Avadel, Nala felt a ghostly nimbus surround her like a white mist. The mist continued to pulse and grow until it contained the entirety of the orb within it. Then with a spiritually concussive blast, the energies within the ghostly sphere began to implode back in on Nala as the point of origin >>
BlueSlime , drawing with it the shadowy essences from the orb, ripping them violently from the orb and draining them back into Nala's spiritual energy pool.
Tassadar003 Chunks of blackness were sucked violently from the mass of souls, which began to writhe in pain and fury as parts of it were torn out. Red and white became more pronounced, though some shadow remained. Both the red and white began to strike out at Nala at once. >>
Tassadar003 A lash of shadow writhed weakly at Nala, but far more dangerous was the line of black lightning that suddenly shot toward her. h
Tassadar003 Her reflexes enhanced by the goddess of assassins, Nala hurled herself out of the way. A wave of white suddenly rushed toward her from the thing as well, but a dome of red light formed in front of her, blocking the attack, and pushing it back into the blob, giving Nala another opportunity to strike.
BlueSlime "Got your attention did I?" She shot out a remark at the powerful orb. Then deciding to continue with her assault, let the familiar (albeit differently fueled) sight of black lightning course around her body. She decided to harm the ghostly energies within the creature next, saving the demonic essence for last. >>
BlueSlime Coiling the writhing, electric serpents of Devil's lightning about her wrists, she then funneled the energy through her fingers, driving it home against the orb, hoping to weaken the ghostly, leeching energies from within the creature.
Tassadar003 The black lightning swept across the entity, blowing sizable portions of the white from out of it, but her strike hadn't been as effective as her earlier one had been. The monstrosity twisted about, and black lightning swept toward Nala once more... and this time, she couldn't avoid it. Agony lanced though her being, and the voice and presence of Avadel >>
Tassadar003 suddenly went silent as motes of white energy were torn from Nala's being, and absorbed by the thing, restoring some of its energies. The sudden loss of the death god was accompanied by the loss of access to her powers, and unless she retrieved the godess quickly, she might not be able to recover her. >>
Tassadar003 "Strike at the deathly portion again!" Corini said desperately,
BlueSlime "Right!" Nala said, heeding the advice and pouring an intense amount of energy, desperate to reclaim Avadel before the Death God was lost entirely... >>
BlueSlime Funneling as much energy as she could to make it count, Nala wracked the orb with an incredible amount of lightning, hoping it would be enough.
Tassadar003 Her black lightning hammered into the behemoth of souls, and all of the white was torn from it in a single lash of her power. Some of it floated over to Nala, and Avadel's presence returned to Nala quickly. The thing suddenly toppled forward, unable to support itself fully now that over a third of it was gone, and Nala could see the portion of Charlotte's >>
Tassadar003 soul within. Taking it now would be a risk, but if she did, this contest might over without further risk.
BlueSlime Nala toyed with the idea for a moment, but decided against taking the easy path. She intended to finish this thing off while it was weakened. >>
BlueSlime With Avadel's powers returning to her, she once again decided to leech the rest of the shadowy life from the creature and hoped to regain a portion of what she'd lost from the lightning strike.
BlueSlime Again, the ghostly leeching ripped more of the creature's soul towards her, and hopefully all that would be left would be the demonic souls left to deal with.
Tassadar003 The mass writhed about on the ground as Nala used the dark gift of the shepherd of the dead to leach the last of the blackness from the fallen abomination. Charlotte's soul was even more visibler now, but bathed purely in a red glow... >>
Tassadar003 Suddenly, the thing coalesced, and a figure rose up.... Corini, only with empty eyes, and a golden glow in her heart. Black lightning lanced out at Nala, but she narrowldy avoided the blast.
BlueSlime Wrapping the shadows around her, Nala let out a murmur: "You're time to shine, Issir... or...whatever the opposite of shine is."
BlueSlime With a rush of power, a large piercing tendril of shadow lanced against the red Corini figure surrounding Charlotte's soul.
Tassadar003 The tendril of shadow tore into the being, and scattered the red energies aside, revealing the last piece of Charlotte's soul to her.
Tassadar003 They passed the rest of the way in silence, until finally Nala stood in front of the gateway into the golden glowing fortress. The three drifted back into her silently, leaving her alone outwardly. She could still feel the three inside of her, however. >>
Tassadar003 The netherworld around her remained in shadow, and the stone gateway stood high above her, as large as any structure that she had ever seen in her ancient jungle homeland. Movement caught her eye, and a trio of squat, red skinned creatures loped into view from around the corners of the gate, two on her left and one on her right. >>
Tassadar003 They were all headless, and had arms that were longer than their bodies. The three all advanced on Nala as one, but they weren't the quickest of beings, and she had a good twenty feet between herself and the advancing creatures.
BlueSlime Nala sized up the creatures loping their way towards her. She didn't like the idea of having to deal with these road blocks, there was little else to do but fight. There was a reason for these creatures being thrown at her. Perhaps a test of some sort? Now, what to do about them... >>
BlueSlime The witch elf decided to draw on the power of Shadow, drawing in an swirling vortex of darkness from the the gloomy memory world around her and forming it into sharp knives and barbs before flinging it in a single motion against the three red attackers...>>
BlueSlime Funneling what she thought to be a judicious amount of spiritual energy into her strike, Nala hoped it would be enough to dispatch her enemies in one swift blow.
Tassadar003 All three were pierced in the chest, and the power of the blow tore the three crimson creatures apart. They dissolved into a fine red mist that then collected into a trio of red orbs, which floated about like all of the other energy that Nala had seen.
BlueSlime "I don't think I wish to draw upon too much of that soul energy," Nala said aloud, wondering if one of her three riding spirits had an opinion on the matter of soul harvesting.
Tassadar003 "The energies here can twist your soul, and if you take too much of them too quickly they may begin to take control of you. We will take our influence when we leave, but the absorbed essences will remain with you even after you leave this place." The succubus spoke clearly into Nala's mind. >>
Tassadar003 "But more strength will be of great benefit to you while you are here. I doubt that all of the challenges ahead of you will be so easy to deal with."
BlueSlime "I already have taken a portion of shadow essence within me, I suppose taking a portion of demonic essence might be worth it - but not too much. I must remain myself."
Tassadar003 "Very good. If you absorb it more slowly, it will increase your strength without affecting you. You might even retain some of the abilities that you gained here, if you take enough of it."
BlueSlime "It would be nice to have something to remember you all by when this over, at least til we four of us meet again."
Tassadar003 "None of us can leave any of our essence with you, sadly. We are already very weak as it is. But, if you absorb a small amount more of the demonic essence around you, I can teach you to control it. You would gain powers of the spirit in the mortal realm, but it would corrupt you slightly."
BlueSlime "How much more, Corini?"
BlueSlime Nala took the amount that the former Queen of Hell indicated.
Tassadar003 Nala felt a part of her soul distorting as she absorbed more of the essence around her.
Tassadar003 She couldn't quite discern how she had changed, but she knew that she had been changed by it.
Tassadar003 "You will retain a few of the abilities that you had here when you have returned to the mortal realm. You will be able to draw upon them instinctively, almost like a reflex."
BlueSlime "That will be helpful, I should imagine. Thank you, Corini."
Tassadar003 "You are welcome, Nala."
BlueSlime Having grasped all the demonic spirit that she wanted and put it inside of her own soul, Nala focused on the gateway standing before her. Would it open to traditional means? Pushing? Pulling? or was there another mechanism?
Tassadar003 "Push upon it, and it will open." The voice of the shadow demon spoke to Nala, and she found the assassin god's words to be true. The gateway opened, allowing Nala to see the gigantic pyramid up close for the first time. >>
Tassadar003 A doorway stood at the base of it, and the succubus spoke suddenly into Nala's mind; "That door will take you up a wide corridor, lined in stone guards. I do not know what will lie in this version of it, but the guards were inanimate when I passed through here in life. The passage will take you up to a chamber. That... was where I died."
BlueSlime Nala nodded to indicate that she understood, and opened the doorway into the great pyramid. She would be wary of the stone guardians, but not delay in her passage. "I too know what it is like to die, Coroni. You do not anticipate this chamber being... difficult for you?"
Tassadar003 "Difficult? No.... But I expect that you will see the scenario of my death while you were here. It was an important moment for the one whom we are within." Corini replied into Nala's mind as she ascended into the pyramid. The statues of soldiers glimmered with energy as she passed them, but they did not attempt to stop her passage up into the chamber. >>
Tassadar003 She reached another door, but this one opened as she approached it, revealing a large chamber just as Corini had said. Another memory began to form in front of Nala, forming from the mists just as it had when she had met captain Antioch. >>
Tassadar003 The captain was the first to fully form. The man looked far more haggard than when she had first seen him, and he stood in a defensive position alongside a dozen other men in similar garbs. A woman in rich robes stood just behind the line, a scowl upon her face, and a small crowd of women and children stood well behind the line. That group was the one facing>
Tassadar003 her and the entrance she had come through. On her side, their backs to her, twenty figures holding greatswords, and dressed in black plate armor stood in front of a circle of seven men and women in crimson robes, facing Antioch and his fellows. In the center of the circle of seven, Corini stood, though in memory form. >>
Tassadar003 The woman in robes behind Antioch was speaking, and Corini seemed to be replying in kind, but Nala could hear nothing coming from their lips from where she stood outside of the chamber.
BlueSlime "No doubt you expected to win this contest. You had these humans cornered, outnumbered... who were they?" Nala said, addressing Corini.
Tassadar003 "The woman I am speaking to is the Queen of this land... And we did win this contest." Corini replied, and she watched as those in black armor suddenly leapt forward, cutting apart the defenders like so much wheat, including captain Antioch himself and the woman behind him. They moved in toward the refugees, who trembled in terror. Corini's memory >.
Tassadar003 started forward, and stepped in front of a woman holding a crying baby, who clutched the child to her chest defensively. Something more was said, the words lost in echoes, but Corini spoke into Nala's mind; "She will be made one of my kind, that child. I found out when I consumed her soul that she had been that man's wife."
BlueSlime "I see," Nala said, but reserved her judgement and merely watched the memory play out.
Tassadar003 The baby was torn from the woman's arms, and the memory faded only to be replaced by another one. The chamber had been a throne room, Nala realized, as she saw Corini sitting upon a throne of gold. Color had entered the room, and she could see that in this time, the demoness had lacked her blood red skin, instead being pale as moonlight.
Tassadar003 >>
Tassadar003 A dozen knights stood before her, facing a lone figure dressed in a long black coat, and the demoness seemed amused by the lone figure's presence. She spoke, and this time, Nala heard her voice clearly; "You think that you can do anything, ghost? I was beyond you in life, and I have only grown more powerful from the souls of those you failed to protect." >>
Tassadar003 The figure replied evenly, its voice hoarse and croaking, as if its throat didn't quite work properly; "You are not the only one.... Who has been growing stronger since then... Demon." Two of the knights started forward at once, swords raised high as blood red light began to glow from them. Both exploded into showers of blood and scraps of metal before they >>
Tassadar003 had crossed half the distance between them. The figure had not moved.
BlueSlime Nala regarded the image with a touch of the oracle in her eyes. "I sense you underestimated the ghost... I wonder how he came to return in such a state? Aravel?"
Tassadar003 "He never passed to me. In life, he offered no service to the gods, so none had claim to him. He was left to the lesser daemons to fight over, but he was not so easily consumed." The ghostly voice replied in answer
BlueSlime "I see. So his rage was such that he managed to defeat the lesser daemons who came to devour him after death. The strength it would have taken to overcome such odds... and if he had learned to harness the energies of the spirit world..." Nala's musings were cut short as the scene continued to play out to its crescendo.
Tassadar003 The knights surged forward, and three more died that way. Two more burned to ash with a single touch. Those were the lucky ones. Blades sunk into the figure's flesh, but he didn't seem to notice them. He grabbed the remaining knights one by one, and bodily tore them limb from limb, drenching himself in gore. Corini was not smiling any more as he turned back >
Tassadar003 her, the severed head of one of her knights clenched in one hand. "Your turn... Now." He croaked, and time slowed suddenly as he started forward, moving in one smooth motion. Corini began to rise from her chair, moving at a snail pace, and long before the demoness had gained her feet, the daemon was upon her. Its hand shot through her chest like so much >>
Tassadar003 paper, and time resumed its normal pace as she adopted a shocked expression. Then, the memory crumbled, and the room went black. >>
Tassadar003 Shadows formed, and coalesced throughout the room as motes of red and black and white light formed into a formless glob in the center of the room. It began to adopt a shape, but Nala had time to act if she so chose. There was far more energy there than she had seen anywhere else before, but as she watched, a single golden orb, the last piece of Charlotte's >>
Tassadar003 soul joined the mass forming there.
BlueSlime "The last soul shard!" Nala exlaimed, and jumped towards the formless mass quickly, trying to snatch at the golden soul piece before it could be hidden away within the glob.
Tassadar003 A whip of blackness suddenly lashed out at Nala, and she barely pulled back in time to avoid being bisected by it. The figure began to form into a mass of limbs, the last piece of Charlotte's soul being sucked into that mass and hidden away.
BlueSlime "Bastard isn't giving it up that easy, whatever it is..." >>
BlueSlime Nala had little doubt that what she was about to face had more energy within it than any of the previous minions she had faced. She was uncertain exactly what powers it was capable of, and wondered if her allies had any advice. "What is this thing?"
Tassadar003 "A collection of souls cobbled together. Attacking it with certain powers will weaken those souls more than others." Corini replied quickly. Issir: "Shadow strikes true, even against demons." Avadel: "The life can be leeched from a shadow with ease." Corini: "Demons are adept at taking the energies of those close to death."
BlueSlime "Okay, I get the general premise... so let's start by taking out its shadow..."
BlueSlime >>
BlueSlime Summoning the gifted necromantic powers of Avadel, Nala felt a ghostly nimbus surround her like a white mist. The mist continued to pulse and grow until it contained the entirety of the orb within it. Then with a spiritually concussive blast, the energies within the ghostly sphere began to implode back in on Nala as the point of origin >>
BlueSlime , drawing with it the shadowy essences from the orb, ripping them violently from the orb and draining them back into Nala's spiritual energy pool.
Tassadar003 Chunks of blackness were sucked violently from the mass of souls, which began to writhe in pain and fury as parts of it were torn out. Red and white became more pronounced, though some shadow remained. Both the red and white began to strike out at Nala at once. >>
Tassadar003 A lash of shadow writhed weakly at Nala, but far more dangerous was the line of black lightning that suddenly shot toward her. h
Tassadar003 Her reflexes enhanced by the goddess of assassins, Nala hurled herself out of the way. A wave of white suddenly rushed toward her from the thing as well, but a dome of red light formed in front of her, blocking the attack, and pushing it back into the blob, giving Nala another opportunity to strike.
BlueSlime "Got your attention did I?" She shot out a remark at the powerful orb. Then deciding to continue with her assault, let the familiar (albeit differently fueled) sight of black lightning course around her body. She decided to harm the ghostly energies within the creature next, saving the demonic essence for last. >>
BlueSlime Coiling the writhing, electric serpents of Devil's lightning about her wrists, she then funneled the energy through her fingers, driving it home against the orb, hoping to weaken the ghostly, leeching energies from within the creature.
Tassadar003 The black lightning swept across the entity, blowing sizable portions of the white from out of it, but her strike hadn't been as effective as her earlier one had been. The monstrosity twisted about, and black lightning swept toward Nala once more... and this time, she couldn't avoid it. Agony lanced though her being, and the voice and presence of Avadel >>
Tassadar003 suddenly went silent as motes of white energy were torn from Nala's being, and absorbed by the thing, restoring some of its energies. The sudden loss of the death god was accompanied by the loss of access to her powers, and unless she retrieved the godess quickly, she might not be able to recover her. >>
Tassadar003 "Strike at the deathly portion again!" Corini said desperately,
BlueSlime "Right!" Nala said, heeding the advice and pouring an intense amount of energy, desperate to reclaim Avadel before the Death God was lost entirely... >>
BlueSlime Funneling as much energy as she could to make it count, Nala wracked the orb with an incredible amount of lightning, hoping it would be enough.
Tassadar003 Her black lightning hammered into the behemoth of souls, and all of the white was torn from it in a single lash of her power. Some of it floated over to Nala, and Avadel's presence returned to Nala quickly. The thing suddenly toppled forward, unable to support itself fully now that over a third of it was gone, and Nala could see the portion of Charlotte's >>
Tassadar003 soul within. Taking it now would be a risk, but if she did, this contest might over without further risk.
BlueSlime Nala toyed with the idea for a moment, but decided against taking the easy path. She intended to finish this thing off while it was weakened. >>
BlueSlime With Avadel's powers returning to her, she once again decided to leech the rest of the shadowy life from the creature and hoped to regain a portion of what she'd lost from the lightning strike.
BlueSlime Again, the ghostly leeching ripped more of the creature's soul towards her, and hopefully all that would be left would be the demonic souls left to deal with.
Tassadar003 The mass writhed about on the ground as Nala used the dark gift of the shepherd of the dead to leach the last of the blackness from the fallen abomination. Charlotte's soul was even more visibler now, but bathed purely in a red glow... >>
Tassadar003 Suddenly, the thing coalesced, and a figure rose up.... Corini, only with empty eyes, and a golden glow in her heart. Black lightning lanced out at Nala, but she narrowldy avoided the blast.
BlueSlime Wrapping the shadows around her, Nala let out a murmur: "You're time to shine, Issir... or...whatever the opposite of shine is."
BlueSlime With a rush of power, a large piercing tendril of shadow lanced against the red Corini figure surrounding Charlotte's soul.
Tassadar003 The tendril of shadow tore into the being, and scattered the red energies aside, revealing the last piece of Charlotte's soul to her.
After absorbing the last piece of Charlotte's essence, the world went pure white around Nala, and she had the sensation of falling. Her vision faded to black, and then she found herself stumbling back, warm lips pressed against hers for the briefest moment before she fell back onto her ass. The reaper daemon smiled down at her, and then flipped his hood back over his head, the sounds of gunfire still going on outside signalling that the mop up of the last of the aliens hadn't quite finished. "Are you alright Nala?" Violet's voice sounded as the assassin knelt next to her, concern in her voice. "That must have been quite a kiss, if it knocked you on your ass."
Nala felt something within her mouth, but not with her physical senses. Some power was held between her lips, and if she did not expend it soon, it might be lost. "Kiss her." The daemon said, and pointed to Charlotte's corpse, which was in exactly the same position as it had been when Nala had last seen it. Nothing had changed since she had last been on the mortal plane, it seemed, but it had felt like hours had passed while she was there. The presences of the three goddesses remained within her mind, including the things she had learned from Corini, but at the same time, Nala felt.... Different. Larger was not quite accurate, but it was the closest she could come to describing the change that had occurred within her. Stained would be another word that she would use, but it wasn't really any different from how she had felt when she had had sex with the goblins.
