<strong>"Excellent!"</strong>Harlan cried.<strong>"Truth and justice prevail yet again!" </strong>Following the silver burning trail set forth by Delphine's spell, he paced his way across the chamber.<br/><br/><em>"... if only he didn't have that damn Guardian Spirit with him.  Oh, the things I'd do to her.  I'd strip her down to just the blindfold and..."</em><br/><br/>Delphine's mind was suddenly invaded by lewd images of an old man holding her hands behind her back bending her over an altar between two giant jugs of wine.  She was in her Night form, and he was putting his genitals into her's--and at quite a fast rate, too.  The image was gone as quickly as it had appeared, but strangely, it left a certain soreness on her rump.<br/><br/><strong>"With you by my side, we cannot fail,"</strong>Harlan declared.  Cocksure and ready for anything the Paladin proceeded deeper into the temple.<br/><br/>There he wandered for a time.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The sun had set hours ago, and Harlan was no closer to finding his map.  Woodblock paintings and screens littered floor after floor of post-revelrie debris.  Wine, torn bits of fabric, and on one occasion what seemed to be a pair of pink silk panties.<br/><br/><strong>"I grow weary.  Guardian spirit,"</strong>Harlan said with a yawn.<strong>"Guard me."</strong><br/><br/>Just as he was about to go to bed, however, Delphine overheard the voice again:<br/><br/><em>"This is my chance.  I'll wait until he's asleep, and then send in the present the Master gave me.  That stupid Paladin won't know what hit him."</em><br/><br/>Harlan heard none of this, of course.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Harlan</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Energy</strong>: 2/3<br/><strong>Attack</strong>: 3<br/><strong>Defense</strong>: 2<br/></div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Delphine, Guardian Spirit</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/rr9TUtN.jpg)</div><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/XG7SBAr.png)</div><strong>Energy</strong>: 3/6<br/><br/><strong>Power</strong>: 3<br/><span class="bbc_u">Absorption</span>: 2<br/><br/><strong>Spirit</strong>: 2<br/><span class="bbc_u">Seduction</span>: 3<br/><br/><strong>Bondage of Justice</strong><br/>Justice is blind, and so are you.  Any time you make an agreement or swear to arbitrate a contract you magically follow it through, and force those involved to do so as well.  You're also not great at seeing threats coming because of this, although you can see through the blindfold... a little.<br/><br/></div></div>