<span class="bbc_u"><em>Flashback: the night before the battle</em></span><br/><br/><em>Oh, thank you so much!</em>Ishtar called out with joy and hungry anticipation, as she positively pounced on Rayne. Perhaps the succubus was used to taking the lead, or desperate for love-making after a dry spell, because she was aggressive almost to the point of forcefully ravishing her partner. In moments she had the archer's top stripped off and then kissed her again, unlike the measured, almost formal kiss for passing on the profane gift earlier, this time it was full of heated passion and spontaneity, her tongue practically trying to fuck Rayne's throat while holding onto her lover's sides at first and soon enough moving up to cup and knead her breasts one in each hand.<br/><br/>Both of Ishtar's hands were obviously occupied, but Rayne still felt something warm and fleshy hooking both her skirt and panties at once and tugging them down and out of the way. It was the succubus's tail, curled around and slipping between their legs, evidently a flexible and prehensile appendage. The bulbous spade-shaped tip teased Rayne's lower lips for a bit, spreading them only to lift away just before they would have entered her proper.<em>You're so sweet,</em>Ishtar said, telepathically of course, because she was trailing sucking kisses down Rayne's neck and along her collarbone at that moment. She seemed to mean it quite literally, because she felt the need to add,<em>Don't worry, I still remember not to suck you dry... well, maybe just a little, hehe...</em>Finally, she stopped teasing, feeling that the half-elf was wet and ready for the main event, and pushed her tail in penetrating her fully at last, the flare at its end spreading and rubbing against her inner walls.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><em><span class="bbc_u">The battle vs Telethrax</span></em><br/><br/>In a normal conversation, one would be able to hear background sounds - for example, the sounds of a battle in the background. In a telepathic conversation, these background sounds were obviously not present as sounds, but there were other cues as to what the speaker was doing at the same time that leaked into the telepathy. While receiving Ishtar's words, Rayne could feel the succubus's body twisting, a little as though it was her own, dodging incoming blows and striking back too, disadvantaged by her need to incapacitate not kill while her opponent her no such restrictions.<br/><br/><em>We're doing our best, but some of these people have been collared, and they aren't coming along quietly!</em>There was nothing that Rayne could do to help Ishtar right now though, other than giving it her all against Telethrax!<br/><br/>"Is this all you've got, little one?" Telethrax sounded amused at Rayne's misses, either unfazed by the one arrow that did hit him or really good at pretending. He was also apparently a bit of a ventriloquist, as he managed to speak while keeping Grogza trapped within the toothy cage that was his maw. "And now... watch her<em>fall</em>." He opened his jaws and bit down hard, not merely trapping Grogza this time but impaling her on his teeth with a sickening crunch audible even at Rayne's distance. He thrashed his head from side to side, like a carnivore tearing meat, and tossed her mangled body up into the air on the last shake.<br/><br/>That was not all, though - Telethrax's tail, as thick as the barbarian's body, swung around and slammed into her from above, hurtling her towards the ground below,<em>fast</em>. Rayne suddenly saw that the dragon had quite deliberately chosen this particular spot to make Grogza fall, because directly below her was one of the treasures of Telethrax's hoard, a sword standing upright with gleaming point waiting for someone to fall upon it.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">If Rayne casts Feather Fall</div><div class="spoiler_body">Rayne activated the spell in time, feeling a surge of magical energy envelop Grogza's falling form in time! But why wasn't she slowing down? The spell had negated gravity's hold on the half-orc, that much was true... but it could do nothing against the momentum already imparted upon her by the dragon's tail slam, momentum which carried her on the rest of the way down.<br/></div></div><br/><br/>Grogza fell, the sword piercing clean through her chest, like a toothpick through an olive. "Grogza!" Starstrike shouted, rushing forward through the golden treasure heaps to do what she could. The only silver lining was that as a party member, Rayne could tell that she was unconscious and dying, but still alive.<br/><br/>"Starstrike will take care of Grogza. Rayne, Sabrith, keep the pressure on Telethrax and make the bastard pay! I'll make sure he can't run away!" Zombs's voice was strained but he managed to remain calm and in control. He shot a green ray of<em>dimensional anchor</em>at the black dragon, and succeeded in piercing his spell resistance  to ensure that he wouldn't be able to teleport away.<br/><br/>With magical flight, Sabrith charged in. "For Grogza!" she cried out as her axe bit deep.<br/><br/>Telethrax himself was already over three quarters of the way to defeat, if the boss HP bar - now in the red - was telling the truth!<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Available called shots</div><div class="spoiler_body">Normal shot: AC 31<br/>Wing shot: AC 36, prevent Telethrax from flying<br/>Eye shot: AC 41, automatic critical plus blindness<br/></div></div>