[[Again, apologies; turns out a week long business trip requires a week to catch up.]]<br/><br/>And then only the priestess was left. With a final shudder, Turilia felt her meal at last go slack and still, as the magi because a lump of dead meat to be hurriedly absorbed into her system. She felt the spell lift at the same time, perhaps by coincidence, or perhaps linked to when the tattooed magi died. She still feels... weak, woozy, and knees a bit limp from pleasure still arcing up and down nerve endings trying to catch up to what shape she's in. Though she still feels... different, the strength comes back into the human's legs as she moves- the ray of frost crashes into the Priestess's shoulder and she barely seems to notice it. The others converge on the swollen-stomached, half nude and half scorched woman with a vengeance to save the fairy. All but two- Kaheksa steps between the altar and the priestess, splitting her attention between the two to try to keep them apart. She clutches a staff as she watches both warily. Eiyre, sensing that this is a more intelligent ooze than most, tries to layer its mind with the mental sensation of it being funneled down the oracle's throat into her stomach, and she sees the tendrils shudder where they are and start pulling back, ever so slightly.<br/><br/>Taking advantage of the opening, Albali casts a spell to try to make the priestess even more defenseless on top of the layers and layers of effects that should have put her almost to sleep by now- to say nothing of the raw damage she's managed to absorb thus far. Tiny, pretty motes of light shiver into existence in the air around and above the priestess, concentrated right at eye level. The redhead recoils, screaming in surprised outrage and clawing at her own eyes to wipe the motes away- Kaheksa shakes her head as a horse bothered by flies, but doesn't let the commotion disturb her concentration. Darting in, Xarithe continues to pound his target with talons and flames, but as soon as the priestess turns and takes half a step towards the welcoming ooze Gorun dashes in. Picking one of the many flickering, unsteady images of the priestess, he wraps the still rambunctious woman in a bear hug and keeps her from going into the waiting ooze's embrace. This close, she radiates arcane power like a field flickering around her, compelling and daunting even with her many wounds... but as Gorun holds her close, he can<span style="font-style: italic">feel</span>the bulge of Ambrosia shudder, pushing out in a series of claw strikes against his hide, but... even as the priestess winces, the bulge shrinks in a convulsive jerk. "You're too late," the priestess growls to a point a few inches to the left of Gorun's head. "Even if you eat me, the fairy's raw soul will give me more than enough power to finish you off once I'm done stripping it down to energy. You'll see the pleasure she's experiencing for yourself-"<br/><br/>Thick tendrils of ooze arc around Kaheksa, not quite covering her in an embrace, as they reach out and stroke the priestess's back behind her; the priestess straightens, smiling, as some of her smaller wounds begin to close once more.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Again spoiled</span><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Inside the priestess, as her words echo outside Ambrosia, she also feels them inside her brain- not sensing, but as though she were saying them too as she begins to be drawn more thoroughly into the priestess. She'd struck, and she knew she struck hard. She'd cut into the stomach lining, and maybe even into the strong muscles beyond, rewarding her with the feel of fresh, thinner hot liquid on her lower body as blood mixes with slime. The wounds, unfortunately, seem to mostly heal behind her strikes, but that dilution of the juices around her keeps the fairy from softening any more from acid. Instead, miffed, the stomach walls contract all around her again, forcing her again into a tighter ball... the sensation of being absorbed comes back too, even stronger. Her limbs sink into the soft, hot flesh around her, and the tendril up between her legs thickens and begins to pulsate to distract Ambrosia from her fate. It surrounds Ambrosia like a lover's embrace, pulsing around her- parts of her body start to sink through the lining, and those parts seem oddly disconnected from herself. It's so tempting just to shut her eyes and give in- she can even distantly feel the touch of the ooze beyond her, a vast dark ocean of essence ready to swallow her up. And yet, that stomach wall.. it has to be weak, doesn't it?</div></div></div><br/><br/>[[Actions!<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Turilia moves casts Ray of Frost, and hits. Priestess doesn't seem bothered. Excruciating Deformation ends; move speed returns to full, but ability and nonlethal damage remains until healed. The Magi goes still!<br/>Eiyre tries to cast Doom on an ooze. Luckily for her, it's not a mindless ooze. Spell succeeds! The ooze is Displeased.<br/>Ambrosia goes all out punching the Priestess's stomach. Some damage gets through.<br/>Albali casts Glitterdust. Spell Resistance roll is a 17+4=21, success. Fort save fails; Priestess is BLIND. Kaheksa seems unaffected.<br/>Xarithe casts, talons, and hits; some damage penetrates. It's not a charge because it would pass through an occupied space, but it ends up not mattering.<br/>Ain is a birdie!<br/>Gorun successfully grapples the priestess.<br/>Kaheksa moves.<br/>Ooze tendrils make a touch attack on the Priestess; they hit! Priestess heals five. Kaheksa's opportunity attack fails.<br/>Priestess makes a melee touch attack one-handed, and hits; Gorun is affected by Touch Of Chaos (roll all d20s twice next round and take the worst result). Grapple check to hold onto Ambrosia; 13+4=17, barely succeeds. 6 damage bludgeoning, none acid; Will save is DC 11, 7+2=9, failure. Absorb used: 1 negative level, Ambrosia is again Shaken,</div></div></div><br/>Init<br/>All PCs, Kaheksa<span style="font-style: italic">Currently Up</span><br/>Holy Ooze, Priestess<br/><br/>Status:<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Xarithe is an eagle. 27/35 HP<br/>Ambrosia is Weakened (-6 Strength), Shaken (1 round), swallowed by the priestess, and has 2 negative levels. 8/35 HP<br/>Gorun is grappling the Priestess and Chaos-Touched.<br/>Albali is 20/20 HP.<br/>Ain is 3/10 HP<br/>Eiyre is 24/31 HP<br/>Turilia is 23/27 HP ('Excruciating' Deformation, swallowed magi, 14 nonlethal damage)<br/>Priestess is seriously damaged, blind, and grappled by Gorun. Has taken damage to stomach.<br/>Magi is dead.</div></div></div><br/>Map:<a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/z0OP4Wz.png">http://i.imgur.com/z0OP4Wz.png</a>]]