Just as Lydia turned to call to the bugbear shaman, crying out,<em>"Shugar! Move your ass!"</em><br/><br/>But then as her eyes fell on the half human, half bugbear beauty, she saw that Shugar was no longer as helpless as she had been.  The white glow about her body that had started at her hand, with talisman enclosed, had covered her entire body.  More Lydia noted that Shugar was in the grips of a powerful orgasm, trembiling and shaking as the slick tentacles pushed her body to the brink, and then over.  With a cry, muffled by the slick mimic tentacle inside her mouth, she screamed out.  The white light that surrounded her body flared to life, bright enough to sting the eyes of those watching.  Then Shugar's orgasmic cry was unleashed, a moaning yell of pleasure.  Her cry was unmuted now because the mimic that was invading her, holding her, burst into white flame.  The flame licked across Shugar's body without hurting her, and the parts of the mimic that did not burn dissolved into a slick sickly looking green goo, falling to the ground in a quivering splash.<br/><br/>The bugbear sat up, her nipples hard through her fur, her sex covered in her own sexual fluids, as well as those of the mimic.  Yet she had a wide grin on her face,<strong>"Lydia, I owe you.  Let us escape,"</strong>She scrambled to her feet as eyebots buzzed about wildly.  With her head she gestured north where the crawling black void was approaching steadily,<strong>"We don't have much time left.  But it was worth it, for this." </strong>She holds up her talisman for a moment before bringing the leather thong over her head and letting it settle about her neck.  The talisman, on the leather thong, resting between her full breasts bounces once then settles.  She quickly bends down to collect what scraps of her uniform remain before looking towards the board with the keys.<br/><br/>Lydia, feels the shifting of the magical chainmail as it changes shape again, from the more protective form it had during combat back to the much more exhibitionist form that exposes much of her flesh.  She knows that she can will it into a protective shape again at any time, if she wanted.  But there is no need for it any longer.  She needs to enter the dungeon, with the two rescues and the collision with Xara, she has enough time to try for three more attempts at picking the right key before the void makes it to the center of the arena and will block the path between the keys and the gate.<br/><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 2.</strong> This will not have any major effects on most actions, but might have thematic effects.<br/><br/>There are five key types.<br/><del>Short with indent</del>  <em>(doesn't work for Lydia)</em><br/>Short without indent<br/>Medium with indent<br/>Long with indent<br/>Long without indent<br/><br/>Each contestant, once they touch a key, find it impossible to drop that key or to pick up another.  They can try to pass through the portal, and if the key type matches the magical 'rhythm' of the silver stamp on her upper arm, she is transported to the first level of the dungeon.  There is a one in five chance that she would randomly select the right key, however Lydia now knows that the short key with the indent will not work for her, and can avoid touching any of those.  If the key that Lydia touches does not match her magical rhythm, it does not work for her.  She passes through the archway and feels a tingling sensation as the magic causes her to become subtly aroused.  (1 point of arousal)  The key then vanishes from her hand and returns to it's place on the board.  She can run back over and select a new key.<br/><br/>You can use the Elliquiy dice roller to roll to see if the key 'works' when she passes through the portal.   Roll a 4 sided die.  If she rolls a 1, it works.  2-4 and it fails.</div></div>