The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya & BK Geno) [Ex]
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				Title: <strong>The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 01:38:37</strong>
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				Ruins, they are the ultimate fate of any civilization. But not all ruins are because the civilization died out. Sometimes they were because something had been done there that was horribly wrong, so perverted and evil that the world cried out in disgust, and even the natural animals fled and the vegetation died. But nature abhors a void, and often, when something of that nature happens, things that feed on the evil that happened begin to appear there, either evolving or simply appearing, none were sure.<br><br>The Kirunit Temple was one such place, abandoned well before civilization returned, millennium later, but the ancient name had long been lost. The creatures of the ruined temple were insane, and did things that no natural or even unnatural creature would, driven past madness due to generations of living inside or near the ruins. The young kingdom had been forced to build a large fort to protect the region, and from there many adventurers had departed for the ruins, intent on either thinning out the creatures or discovering why the creatures were beyond insane. Few ever returned, most of them either insane themselves, or horribly disfigured by the wild magic that affected the region.<br><br>Eventually, the kingdom was forced to abandon the region, the cost of the fort too much of a drain for no return, and the village was left to suffer on its own. Adventurers still came, and still disappeared, but whenever they did, the creature's predations of the village would slacken, giving them much needed relief. They built a wall around the village, but soon were forced to relocate to the fort, as the creatures didn't stop at a mean wooden fence. Now, years after the kingdom had forgotten about the village except for the taxes, they had a strange relationship with the ruins, having named it the Temple of Madness and Lust, and would help the adventurer's outfit for their trips, and supply what information they could, but once they left for the ruins, they were considered dead to the village, and were not allowed to leave the area, their militia making sure they stayed to endure their 'fate'.<br><br>Recently, two new adventurers appeared, and had just finished outfitting themselves, and as per the village tradition, they had been escorted out the main gate, and pointed to the ruins, before being warned that they wouldn't be allowed back in the village regardless of what happened. The gates shut, and the rising sun seemed to lose a bit of its warmth and light as they headed toward the valley that contained the ruins. Were they mere morsels to be devoured by the ruins, or would they find the truth that had led to the ruins formation?
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 02:52:18</strong>
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				Mahani looked to the fighter beside her and stringed the bow she had brought with her as she moved into the woods to find the ruins in order to free this village from the horror of whatever had wormed its way into it. Her pointed ears picked up the rustling of those unnatural creatures roaming in the thick forest around the ruins. "You know fighter we will have to band together in this venture..." She muttered to the human. She was dressed in her green and brown tunic and leggings to blend into the woods. Then on top of that her leather armor covered her chest and had leather armor for her legs along with bracers strength and boots of agility. Her bow was ready for a long-range attack and her fighting knives at her side along with her short sword. Her hood was up, amplifying the sounds in the forest for her ears.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 03:10:43</strong>
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				Natalia nodded to the half-elf that stalked beside her. She knew that her journey would be long, tedious, and - most of all - dangerous. "I know," she said solemnly. Her green eyes glinted with the thrill of a hunt, for that was what they were doing: hunting down the ruins, and whatever horrors lay inside. "For starters, my name is Natalia," she murmured, her steps quiet in the still forest. Her body was well-toned, from years of training to fight in the rings of the city she was born in. Her muscular thighs were clothed in dark brown leggings, and a forest-green tunic. Settled on top of her shoulders was a set of light, well-constructed plate mail that conformed to her body snugly, leaving little of her curves to the imagination.<br><br>"Are you ready, Theif?" She asked, her voice low; she didn't know what might be lurking nearby, and the less they talked, the better. Her instincts were sending up a red flag that told her she needed to be careful. At her hip, a hand-and-a-half sword was belted and sheathed. Strung on her back was a bow, a quiver full of arrows stretching from her left hip to her right shoulder, snugly fit to her back. The villagers had done well in outfitting her, in arming her, in giving her all the protection they could.
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				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 03:20:17</strong>
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				The forest they were in was unnaturally quiet, especially since it was just barely mid-morning. Nothing moved, and the forest seemed to press in on them. The path to the ruins wasn't marked, nor was it a trail, but the two women would have no problems finding it, as the closer they got to it, the more dead and lifeless the land seemed. After hiking forward for nearly two hours, the two women would know they had to be close, as the trees around them were lifeless, and the forest now more closely resembled a dead swamp.<br><br>As they crested a hill, they would finally see their destination, a twisted ruin, surprisingly intact, but the architecture was not normally, the ruin having been clearly designed to pull people in and trap them, a labyrinth of madness and slow deaths. The sun was just reaching its height, but it felt cold and distant, like the middle of winter, not the height of spring. Something snarled behind the two women, and a pair of gaunt, evilly looking wolves staggered into the open, their fur mangy and thin, and long, thick, fleshy tentacles hanging from their belly. The tentacles might have been mistaken for intestines, if it wasn't for the fact that each one moved on its own accord, twisting and searching the ground beneath the warped creatures, looking for something.
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				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 03:24:30</strong>
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				Mahani smirked at the fighter's question. "I'm always ready Natalia...Have been since birth..." She said quietly as she stayed close to the fighter. "Here's a hint...When I fire arrows protect my ass and I'll protect yours...Got it?" She murmured and hoped that nothing would jump out at them.<br><br>Mahani had been raised by humans after her mother died of childbirth and since the elves did not want a hybrid baby to raise the humans raised her despite her ability of theving at a young age. She snapped out of her reverie and fired an arrow at the wolves. noting the tentacles she shuddered and hoped they weren't what they seemed to be.
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				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 03:31:30</strong>
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				<em>Yeah, I'll do that,</em> Natalia thought snidely. She shivered in the weak warmth; it felt as though the heat from the sun was warped and distributed to another part of the world, almost being sucked out of the very forest itself. "What happened here?" She whispered, touching a dead tree trunk. It gave immediately and she pulled away, looking at the grime of decay on her palm. She wiped her hand on the bottom of her tunic, her ears picking up an extra set of footsteps, and then a snarl.<br><br>The human whirled around, her sword drawn before she'd even set eyes on the animals. They were no longer wolves; starved, hopefully weak, and with... "Are those... tencacles?" She asked uncertainly, not risking a glance towards Mahani. She took a step back, staring at the wolves. "We should kill them, before they get the chance to do so to us," she said firmly, her grip tightening automatically. She was ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time, already planning her attack. With Mahani firing arrows, Natalia could swoop in and sever the spinal cord of the first, then deliver a blow to the second.
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				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 03:39:22</strong>
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				The first two arrows flew straight and true, the left wolf catching one with its eye to the fletching, the right wolf taking its arrow through its throat. The blows staggered the warped beasts, but after a second, they both continued to stagger forward, slowly making their way toward the two women. Neither warped beast seemed to understand that they had taken mortal blows, and snarled as they continued forward. Both of the beasts seemed to be using all their energy to just stay upright, moving even slower than zombies, but they had a certain gleam of madness in their eyes that seemed to promise to chase the women to the ends of the planet to catch them.
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				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 04:12:38</strong>
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				Mahani cursed and kept firing arrows at the wolf on the right and nodded to Natalia's question. "Those are tentacles!!" She said unnerved and drew her short sword and faded into the dark with the ease of a practiced thief. She then sneaked towards the tentacled wolf and sliced it's head of hoping that her strike hit home.<br><br>She looked to see how the human was doing.
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				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 04:28:25</strong>
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				Natalia kept her cool, watching the arrows appear to inflict damage, but for the fact that the wolves didn't stop. The human didn't waste any time in slinking about; she charged the wolf head on, counting on its waking dead-like progress. She leapt into the air, her sword drawn back, and angled a heavy blow towards the wolf who still had its head. She let out a battle cry as the blade streamed in its path, giving off a faint whistle as it sliced through the air.
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				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 04:36:29</strong>
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				Both wolves made no attempt to dodge the attacks, or even appeared to register the fact that they were under attack. Both blades cut deep, Natalia's neatly slicing its head off, and Mahani's sword biting deep into the second's shoulder as it staggered, taking the leg off. Again, both wolves never made a noise of pain.<br><br>Instead their wounds suddenly exploded outwards as a half dozen tentacles lashed out from the gaping wounds, reaching for the two females, trying to wrap around whatever they could, and pull the women with unnatural strength toward the tentacles under the warped beasts' bellies.
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				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 04:56:56</strong>
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				Mahani grabbed the trunk of the dead tree near her as the tentacles that emerged from the front leg of the wolf she attacked and cut the leg off of grabbed her ankle. She yelped clearly not used to these animals and felt the tentacle snake up her leg. She grabbed a long knife from its sheath and cut the tentacle wrapped around her leg. Then moved a safe distance away and shot an arrow to the belly of the 'wolf' where the tentacles were at hoping that was the correct place to shoot.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 05:02:21</strong>
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				The fighter didn't panic on the surface, though in her mind she was freaking out. She angled her next attack for the neck of the wolf, where the tentacles after her were surfacing. "They aren't going to back down," she said loudly, glancing over at Mahani. She swore under her breath, and looked down at the tentacle that had already twined itself around her ankle, and started its way up her leg. She reached down to her free leg and pulled a small dagger from her boot, aiming to cause the tentacle pain by slicing into its flesh. She pressed the tip into the flesh of the tentacle, wondering what it would do. With her luck, more would probably sprout from the wound.
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				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 05:07:02</strong>
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				Both warped beasts didn't respond to the severing of the tentacle, and continued to shamble toward the two adventurers. The ends of the tentacles did not bleed, but quickly grew back over, and then began to slowly lengthen until they were the same length as they had been before they had been cut. Both of the females had managed to barely back out of the reach of the tentacles, nearly five feet in length, but the warped beasts continued to shamble and limp forward, blindly trying to catch them.
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				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 05:18:06</strong>
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				Natalia let out a grunt of frustration and tried to wrestle the tentacle away. "Get off, you stupid thing!" She growled, sheathing her dagger and then her sword. She watched in amazement as the 'head' grew back. "What the hell are these things?" She yelled, "What do they want?" She wondered aloud, still straining to un-wind the animal from her limb. She had a feeling if they didn't get free soon, they weren't going to.
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				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 05:19:55</strong>
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				Mahani looked to Natalia and backed towards the ruins. "Natalia I believe that we should run to the ruins unless you want to be the fucktoy of a dead wolf..." She said and cut the tentacle off Natlia's leghoping the human would get the idea and run with her.
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				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 05:25:25</strong>
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				Mahani's warning was well said, as the tentacles of the wounds lashed out, trying to reach the fertile prey that was just barely out of reach. The warped beast with its limbs intact seemed to be getting stronger, and it was shambling faster toward the females, as if just by being near them it was somehow taking on strength. The other beast was moving a bit faster as well, but its missing leg was making progress difficult. If they didn't flee soon, they might not be able to out run the creatures, and there was no guarantee that the things wouldn't follow them into the ruins.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 05:36:04</strong>
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				Natalia quickly extracted the snake-like leftovers. She threw it on the ground and turned, racing after the elf towards the ruins. She could make out the entrance clearly and moved up so that she was running alongside her partner. "This got dangerous real fast," she said, glancing Mahani. The ruins got closer and closer and, finally, Natalia found herself leaping over the threshhold. <br><br>She took a few steps to slow down and gain her bearings, glancing around the ruin she had stepped into. She looked back, wondering if the wolves would stop or continue.
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				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 05:42:37</strong>
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				Mahani pulled Natalia into the ruins darkness hiding them both from the wolves if they did manage to follow them into the ruins and watched from the cover of the dark. Her stealth skills hid her and the human. She looked into the human's face as her night vision kicked in and covered the humans mouth with her hand. "If they can't see or hear us...they can't rape us with tentacles..." She whispered to the human.
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				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 05:57:53</strong>
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				The two females made it into the ruins, but after waiting a moment, the two warped beasts shamble into view, slowly staggering toward the ruins, as implacable as death itself. The room they found themselves in was more of a short hallway, leading about 5ft to either side, before curving around away from the entrance, toward the east. This hall was about 15ftlong in total, and smelt somewhat... musty and ominous, like the air had been sealed up for so long that it had gone bad, and had only recently been opened back up.<br><br>
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				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>29-07-2009, 06:08:59</strong>
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				Natalia pushed the elf's hand away. <em>I'm going to kill her if she keeps treating me like a kid,</em> she growled mentally, but kept quiet. She rolled her eyes when the beasts appeared and looked down the hall. She didn't say anything, but silently started down the hall. Her eyes adjusted to the medium darkness and she continued around the bend, looking into the next great room of the ruins. The beasts were making her nervous, her pulse beating a little faster but only just.
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				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>30-07-2009, 19:38:45</strong>
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				Mahani followed the fighter letting her lead the way. She kept a close eye for movement, her night vision perfectly making it seem like day to her in the dark. "Do you need a torch?" The half-elf asked and kept her bow close at hand her eyes scanning the hall. She was on full alert and ready for anything to come at her and attack.<br><br>((Gaaahh sorry it's short i couldnt think my muse refuses to work!!!))
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				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>31-07-2009, 06:43:21</strong>
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				Taking the hall to their left, they would notice that the hall went twenty five feet before curving back to the right, and then going another fifteen feet before meeting up with the other hall from the entrance, letting them know that the opening area for the ruin was a circle, and a small one at that. There were torches already scattered along the walls, just enough to provide enough light to see by, but not enough to fully illuminate the area, leaving the corners. The northeastern corner of the rectangular halls seemed odd, and after a moment of examining it, the women would realize that the several of the rough stones that made up the wall were fused together, forming a swinging door.
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				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>02-08-2009, 02:46:14</strong>
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				Natalia let out a low growl through her throat. "Human I may be, but I'm not an infant; if I need your help, I'll ask for it," she said coolly, looking the other in the eyes fiercely. She glanced either way as she came to a fork in their path. She chose the left, but in no time at all came around to the same fork. The slippery squishing sound was a little louder, meaning the beasts were closer. She went through the middle pathway and came out in a cavernous, dimly lit room.<br><br>"How are these still burning?" She whispered under her breath, hardly loud enough for her to even hear herself. She walked to the center and turned, looking at the stone walls. "I think that's a door, up ahead..." she said to Mahani, all too aware that they were in danger.
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				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 06:30:15</strong>
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				Mahani held up her hands in mock surrender. "Fine Natalia...I'll follow your lead..." She followed silently and shuddered as the slippery squishy sounds were louder. "Perhaps they were lit by the one who has contorted the animals of this forest into the hideous things they are?" She answered dryly and nodded to the statement about the door. "Want me to see if there is a trap or a spell guarding it or a lock on it perhaps?" She asked cautiously not wanting to rub the fighter the wrong way.
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				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 06:40:00</strong>
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				The door wasn't trapped, and the sounds only got louder the longer they debated. Opening the door revealed a 15 foot long (north/south) by 25 foot wide (east/west) room, roughly carved walls and uneven flagstones, making running a challenge if they weren't paying attention. As they stepped into the room, several torches along the wall lit up, revealing a rotten and collapsed wooden table, as well as a pair of skeletons by the far wall, both still clutching their heavy steel shields and war axes. They stood in the middle of the south wall, and the east wall had a wooden door in the middle of it, though the other walls had a single protruding section in the middle, about the size and shape of a door.
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				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 06:49:37</strong>
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				"It still takes a lot to keep torches lit," she said, matching her dry tone. She nodded, though, and let Mahani take the lead with the door. She watched the torches light and felt a small sense of victory. "See?" She hissed. "You trying to tell me someone did that in person?" She added, though there was a defining note of unease in her words. "I know that door is obvious, but maybe we should check for another. It could be a decoy," she whispered, muscling the door shut. It no doubt wouldn't take the beasts long to get through it, but the door could hinder them just a bit.
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				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 07:12:47</strong>
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				Mahani glared at the human her eyes shooting daggers if they could and sneered softly. "Ever hear of magic?" She asked and then nodded to the wooden door being a decoy. "I'll check to see if the other two walls could be a disguise for a hidden door..." She moved to check the walls to see if they were doors and if there were traps or locks on the doors. This place unnerved her quite a bit although she would not show this to the human. "I think I found a door!" She said while facing one of the walls with a protruding section.
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				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 07:22:54</strong>
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				Even as the half elf announced her find, the concealed door clicked, and she would feel a pain in her side as a needle lanced out of the door and into her gut. She would feel woozy for a moment, and then tired, but her body managed to fight off the poison with no other effects, though it would be difficult for her to fight or do fine work before she rested for a while.<br><br>If she decided to check the other door, she would find an obvious spear trap, though she still almost set it off when she discovered that both concealed doors were either jammed or stuck. While checking the second door, the squishing noises of the warped beasts could be heard outside the door they came through, and then moving away, around the circle, before it would return, only to fade away again.
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				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 17:41:44</strong>
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				Natalia pursed her lips, hoping the half elf would know to keep her mouth shut with the beasts running the circuit of the other room. She didn't notice when Mahani took a needle to her gut, but since the two doors didn't appear to be open, she walked up to the obvious wooden door. <em>I've got a bad feeling about this,</em> she thought to herself, but stepped up to the door anyway and put a bit of weight against it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 17:56:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Na-Natalia...the doors have traps..." She stammered holding her gut and stumbled a little feeling woozy and shook her head as she tried to blink the sleepiness away and slid down the wall that jabbed her in the gut with a needle. "So...tired..." She yawned widely trying to fight sleep and failing miserably. Mahani watched Natalia through half-closed eyes.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 19:13:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Her warning was a second too late, as another trap went off in the door, this one releasing two vials from cubbyholes in the wall. The two vials flew toward the center of the room, and then smashed against the rough flagstones, releasing their contents, two clouds of gas spilling out to quickly spread and cover the room, one cloud a pale redish color, one a dark blue, and a strange purple where the two clouds intermingled. The clouds quickly covered Mahani, who would immediately feel like her skin was being stung by ants all over, but the cloud slowed its spread as it moved outward, giving Natalia a chance to try and force the jammed door open.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 19:43:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Natalia's eyes widened in surprise. "Mahani, get to this door!" She called, jamming her shoulder against the wood. She repeatedly slammed her body against it, hearing the wood splinter from the other side. Frantically trying to get it open before the cloud reached her, she threw her body against it one more time. The door started to give, but before she could escape through it, the cloud reached her. She coughed reflexively, but kept trying to open the door.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 19:54:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Mahani stood up and winced every inch of her skin feeling like fire ants were biting all over and pushed herself to the open door fighting sleep every step of the way and whimpered in pain. She finally made her way to the door and fell against it adding her weight to Natalia's and coughed loudly her lungs stinging and burning from the cloud. "We...have to get out of here!! I'm so...tired.." she whispered and slid down to the floor against the wooden door close to falling alseep.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 20:28:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Natalia barely got the door open, but she still got a bit of the purple cloud onto her, and her areas affected would also being to feel irritated. After a moment, however, the sensation of her skin being irritated would pass, and both women would only have a touch of red, like a sunburn, on their skin to show for the trap.<br><br>As they staggered out of the room, they would find themselves in hallway that lead only north or back into the room with the roiling cloud, and it would curve around to the east, following the previous room's contours. After the turn, the hallway went for thirty feet, before curving around the previous room to the south, still following it, though there was another door hallway down the hall on the north side, and perhaps they could find the concealed door to the previous room on the south wall of the hallway.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ms Mad Hatter</strong> on <strong>03-08-2009, 23:43:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Natalia cleared her throat and leaned against the door, absentmindedly rubbing her shoulder. It would be sore in just a little while. The right cheek of her face started to sting, as did a few spots on the right side of her body. She ignored the sensation, blocking out the pain in determination. "Come on," she said quietly. "We need to keep moving," she hoped that the adrenaline rush of the situation would help the girl wake up.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>04-08-2009, 01:10:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mahani looked to Natalia and got up despite being bone weary. "I need to rest soon..." she muttered and forced her eyes open. She sighed and drew her short sword just in case she was needed. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BK Geno</strong> on <strong>05-08-2009, 04:55:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Even as the girls paused in the hallway, both girls would suddenly feel a bit chill, and a draft on their chests. Looking down, both females would be shocked to notice all of their non-magical equipment was almost melting off of them, falling onto the ground and then seeming to wither away.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Temple of Madness and Lust (DarkmoonGoddess, Kanrya &amp; BK Geno) [Ex]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kanrya</strong> on <strong>12-08-2009, 04:59:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mahani looked down and realized that the armor and clothing she was wearing had melted off of her and she blushed a deep red. "Oh dear that's not good at all..." She said as she covered her small breasts and her womanhood.
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