<div class="floatright">(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/018/5/9/ghost_by_angel_dust00.jpg)</div><br/>"Yes Wahida," the ghostly apparition said.  "You see me now as I was when I came to this place nearly five years ago.  I did not escape in time.  Once you came here, to this cave, my life, my torment, my hell, in this place finally ended.  Now I must serve you for the next five years until mother replaces you with the next sacrifice.  Just as my older sister served me during my five years here.  Our mother made a pact with the demon queen Mal, one of the rules of this world, and the ultimate power in this kingdom.  How long ago, no one knows, but we, the ghostly gaurdians, beleive it to be at least a thousand years."<br/><br/>The ghostly image of Miraka let that number silently settle, "Over a thousand years of bearing daughters, and every five years sending them to this hell as a sacrifice in exchange for her youth eternal.  She sends others, commoners, peasants, criminals, perverts, whoever she desires more often in exchange for smaller boons.  But every five years she must send her own blood, a daughter who has come of age recently.  I've found out that Mother enjoys doing this on our eighteenth birthday, though I know not why.  This is why I never knew you or any of my other sisters.  We were kept apart so that our greed and isolation would foster a sense of greed and entitlement, making it easier for us to be thrown into this trap"<br/><br/>Miraka gestures to the pile against the wall, "There are furs and leathers and blankets.  Not as soft and comfortable as you're used too, but nothing will ever be the same for you as it was.  Sit and I shall explain much to you."<br/><br/>Miraka spends the next several hours telling you about this place.  She answers your questions and tells you how to survive here... after a fashion.  You'll need to find food and water, but this cave will be your home unless you find one more suitable to your liking.  She explains how everything in this place is tainted, corrupted, that lust and magic and violence rule this world.  That your only hope of escaping fate is to somehow find a way back home before mother sacrifices another daughter.  There is a legend passed down along the line of princesses that have been trapped here, that thier mother, the eternal queen Kuraga the Magi, she of limitless power, had at one point been a princess herself, caught in a trap much like Wahida found herself now.  But after amassing so much power and owing to the Queen of this land, was able to return and overthrow her own mother, taking the rule of the land.  Miraka knows not if this is true or just hope, but it could be.<br/><br/>Miraka explains how time and distance work in this place, and that you can 'quick walk' to a place once you're familiar with it.  That by focusing, the path to that place decreases and you find yourself there in a fraction of the time.   That she will always be able to quick walk back to this cave, her make shift camp for now.  That if she ever dies, she'll find herself here again.  This gives Wahida hope, but Miraka crushes that.  "Death would be a kindness in this place."  She explains that most denizens would choose to enslave and use you for their own sexual deviance than to kill you.  She tells how her ghostly guide had been caught early on after arriving and was turned into some sort of 'breeding bitch' for some demons.  That she spent most of her five years doing nothing more than being fucked while shackled to a table, forced to birth demons month after unending month.  Only Miraka's arrival in this place 'freed' her as she died and became a spirit guide.  Miraka said that her sisters's mind had been mostly gone.  In addition if Wahida does die, she'll return to this cave with nothing other than what's in it right now.  A few blankets, the gauzy dress she currently has, a leather backpack, two pouches, a map, and a waterskin.  The magic of this place will strip every possession from her.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/besrikarie/dnd/demonworldmapstart.jpg)</div><br/>Several hours pass and Miraka tells what she knows of this world, which is far less than Wahida would like.  She suggests traveling to Kleine far to the east in the morning.  That along the way she might find pinkberries by the lake edge to eat.  They are fairly safe to eat.  She tells Wahida that she will be able to sell her only possession there, her gauzy samite robe for some of the currency of this world, Gems, there.  That outland clothing is valuable, and should she wish to part with it, she should be able to have enough gems to buy some cheaper local clothing, maybe a weapon or a single low level spell.  Before Miraka leaves however she tells Wahida one last thing.  That once a day she may summon Miraka, her spirit guide for help if she has questions, but that Miraka may not be seen or heard by any in this place other than Wahida.  That she can not interact in any way other than to answer questions to the best of her ability.  To summon Miraka, all Wahida has to do is to masturbate to her peak, then gathering up her own ejaculate with her fingers, coat her lips and call Miraka's name three times.  Miraka will be able to stay and answer questions as long as Wahida's lips stay moist with her own juices.<br/><br/>Then Miraka fades from view and Wahida realizes how tired and hungry she is.  But that it is pitch black outside and she'd best wait for morning before exploring this odd place.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Miraka's advice gave Wahida a very small understanding of this place.  She knows that certain foods cause her body to change, though Miraka also said to seek out the alchemist, that for enough gems, he could reverse any transformation, but that it was expensive.   She also explained how the different areas of the world were more dangerous.  Currently your cave is in the north east section of the map, in the hills.  The easiest section is around the lake, then slightly more dangerous, the grasslands south of the lake.  Then the forest south of that.  Then the hills which she was currently in, then the grasslands to the southern part of the kingdom, the desert, the southern two forsests, the swamps, the mountains, and then most deadly of all, the great city of Melinir.  Where a woman could find anything she was looking for, including instant death or worse.<br/><br/>Your map will be updated as you discover new locations, currently you can view the larger image here:<br/>http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/besrikarie/dnd/demonworldmapstart.jpg (http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/besrikarie/dnd/demonworldmapstart.jpg)<br/><br/></div></div>