<div class="floatright"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">mud</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/wJpZxn3.jpg)</div></div></div>Shugar didn't appear on the other end of the portal, even though Lydia did.  What kind of luck?  Shugar got the right key on her first try, and Lydia has had three failures already!  Knowing that every single moment is one that can not be wasted now she begins the pounding run back towards the wall of keys.   Now there are only three other girls in the arena with her, all heading towards the portal as she runs towards the keys.  One she knows vaguely, a human woman of great beauty who goes by the name "Charlie" and is rumored to be nobility, and a firey haired dwarf.  Both of whom seem to have weapons and gear that says that they plundered at least one treasure chest in the arena successfully.  Which would explain why they are still here as well.  The third girl Lydia recognizes, but doesn't really know, and obviously now is not the time to be too concerned about such things.<br/><br/>She reaches the board and has only two choices left, both longer keys.  She can see the shifting mass of black tentacles that is the void only a few dozen feet away in her peripheral vision.  If her next key isn't the right choice, she's likely doomed.  Taking the time to help two fellow contestants now seems like it may have been a bad choice.  She turns and pounds across the sand, ignoring the stitch forming in her side.  She's halfway across the arena, and can see the shifting tentacles closing, closing, closing...  Then from the other side of the portal comes that third human girl, the one she doesn't know.  Her eyes wide in terror she's running full out for the key wall.  Lydia spares a single glance to the side and has a strong feeling that while the girl may get to the wall of keys, she's going to find her path blocked before she can get to the portal again.  With a breath, Lydia barrels into the portal.<br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/oYu3LBV.gif)</div><br/>Then she is falling.  Falling through a yellow mist that surrounds her and envelops her body.  Again she feels a flash of arousal as the magic of the dungeon worms it's way into her core, causing her nipples to tingle, her face to feel flush, and a tugging at the core of her solar plexus.  She feels the key vanish from her palm, and then the blinding bright yellow light is replaced with darkness.  Also the sensation of 'falling' through the magical portal is quickly replaced by the actual feel of falling.  Her feet land on uneven, sloped, and slick ground and she immediately loses her balance.  Then she's sliding, uncontrollably, down a steep incline.  It's almost too quick of a slide to fully notice, but Lydia feels a slick wet clay slide beneath her as she shoots down the slide.  Then with a splash she is plunged into a pit filled with wet clay mud.  A moment of panic grips her as she has trouble getting her bearings.  It's very difficult to get her feet under her in the sucking clay mud, and the bottom seems to almost pull at her rather than offer her a firm ground to stand on.<br/><br/>However with a great gasp of relief, she breaks the surface of the liquid clay.  She feels the mud around her feet sucking up almost to her knees, and the more watery mud reaches her ribs.  But she's covered in the thick, wet, slick, clay mud from head to toe.  She hears the very quiet buzz of eyebots as she gasps for breath and attempts to wipe the mud from her eyes.  A reminder that somewhere, someone is probably looking at her deep in her humiliation, and enjoying every moment of it.  For what other purpose would there be to dunk a contestant in mud, other than humiliation?<br/><br/>Then she pauses... actually in the dungeon she shouldn't assume that.  The mud is deep and thick and might contain hidden horrors beneath it's surface.<br/><br/>She finally manages to wipe enough mud from her eyes to see the glowing yellow portal high up the slick muddy slide twenty feet above.  It sheds a golden glow down on the mud pit, and is bright enough to illuminate two exits to the large muddy room, one that seems to have a more natural torch light coming from it, and the other lined with a glowing lichen moss.  Of course, there may be something, good or ill, in this mud filled room as well that bears her time.  Though she can't check her compass watch, not till she finds some fresh water to clean it, as her entire body and all of her belongings are now covered in slick clay mud.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Lydia now has an arousal rating of 5.</strong> <em>(passing through the portal and failing, then passing through it successfully)</em> This will not have any major effects on most actions, but might have thematic effects.<br/>At an arousal rating of 5, which Lydia has after passing through the portal this last time, she is feeling sexual arousal.  She has a very high willpower of 4 though, and is able to use her strong will to resist a lot of temptation.  She is beginning to reach the lower ends of her willpower however.  She will have to begin making willpower checks from here out, any time she becomes more aroused.  It should be a simple matter for her to use her iron will to avoid most issues around her current arousal, but the dungeon's magic means that it's going to be difficult for her to reduce her arousal.  A score of 6 is that she is fully aroused, and you can decide what sort of effect that might have in game.  I described it a little bit on the ooc thread in this post:<br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=234676.msg11704747#msg11704747</div></div>