Doing this now because I probably won't get the chance on Monday. Also we've had some level-ups, so you can peep the updated roster if you want!
[spoiler=Roster]
1: Krista (Average Ranger, 22/F): 8/8 HP, +4 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 1, 1/10 XP (Fine)
2: Princess (Incompetent Thief, 16/F): 4/4 HP, -2 Atk, 10 Def, Lv. 1, 7/10 XP (Fine) NO KILL
3: Sasha (Elite Fighter, 25/F): 12/12 HP, +6 Atk, 16 Def, Lv. 1, 4/10 XP (Fine)
4: Alice (Elite ??? ?/F): 30/30 HP, +6 Atk, 16 Def, Lv. 3, 3/40 XP (Fine)
5: Elena (Average Ranger, 26/F): 8/8 HP, +4 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 1, 6/10 XP (Fine)
6: Jenessa (Elite Fighter, 22/F): 12/12 HP, +6 Atk, 16 Def, Lv. 1, 5/10 XP (Fine)
7: Kuroneko (Elite Thief, 20/F): 12/12 HP, +6 Atk, 18 Def, Lv. 1, 2/10 XP (Fine) NO KILL
8: Amuria (Unlucky Healer, 22/F): 8/8 HP, +2 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 1, 4/10 XP (Fine) <333
9: Meredith (Elite Monk, 34/F): 12/12 HP, +6 Atk, 16 Def, Lv. 1, 3/10 XP (Fine) NO KILL
10: Desti (Average Fighter, 21/F): 8/8 HP, +2 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 1, 6/10 XP (Fine) NO KILL
11: Mary (Average Ranger, 21/F): 8/8 HP, +4 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 1, 9/10 XP (Fine)
12: Neve (Average Healer, 20/F): 13/13 HP, +2 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 2, 4/20 XP (Fine)
13: Rain (Elite Ranger, 26/F): 12/12 HP, +8 Atk, 16 Def, Lv. 1, 3/10 XP (Fine)
14: Ariadne (Average Thief, 19?/F): 13/13 HP, +2 Atk, 14 Def, Lv. 2, 0/20 XP (Fine)
15: Naomi (Average Fighter, 18/F): 8/8 HP, +2 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 1, 4/10 XP (Fine)
16: Raquelle (Incompetent Fighter, 19/F): 4/4 HP, -2 Atk, 8 Def, Lv. 1, 7/10 XP (Fine)
17: Marco (Incompetent Fighter, 18/M): 4/4 HP, -2 Atk, 8 Def, Lv. 1, 0/10 XP (Fine)
18: Xylia (Average Fighter, 25/F): 8/8 HP, +2 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 1, 0/10 XP (Fine)
19: Gnorg (Average Fighter, 18/F): 8/8 HP, +2 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 1, 7/10 XP (Fine)
20: Amanda (Incompetent Healer, ?/F): 4/4 HP, -2 Atk, 8 Def, Lv. 1, 3/10 XP (Fine) NO KILL
21: Leanna (Elite Fighter, 207/F): 12/12 HP, +6 Atk, 16 Def, Lv. 1, 3/10 XP (Fine)
22: Andaragashkat: (Average Ranger, ?/M): 13/13 HP, +4 Atk, 12 Def, Lv. 2, 0/20 XP (Fine)
23: Tristan (Incompetent Fighter, 14/M): 5/5 HP, -2 Atk, 8 Def, Lv. 2, 0/20 XP (Fine)
24: Aceline (Elite Thief, 16/F): 12/12 HP, +6 Atk, 18 Def, Lv. 1, 7/10 XP (Fine)
25: Aria (Elite Mage, ?/F): 12/12 HP, +6 Atk, 16 Def, Lv. 1, 7/10 XP (Fine) NO KILL
[/spoiler]
11/26/18, Queen of the Damned
"Andaragashkat..." It's a woman's voice, and vaguely familiar.
Andaragashkat's eyes snap open. He can't remember the last time he heard his own name pronounced correctly. But did he really hear it after all? With his ears? Or had the voice just been a dream? Weird dream. He shakes his head, and settles back into his bunk. The one he had taken from the succubus, Alice.
"Andaragashkat..."
Alice. It's Alice's voice! Now that he's awake he's certain of it. He leaps out of bed and looks around, but the other nearby bandits are snoring, fast asleep. If anyone else can hear the voice, it isn't enough to wake them up.
Alice continues to call to him. He follows her voice. It's leading him forward, but a part of him already knows where he's going. As he listens, he's sure there isn't really a sound. Alice's voice is in his mind. Normally, Andaragashkat wouldn't trust the stupid succubus any further than he could throw her. But this isn't Alice, a part of him knows. The same part of him that knows where he's going. It isn't really Alice. Not anymore. Just her voice. And whoever it is that's using her voice, Andaragashkat trusts them implicitly.
Undetected by the others, Andaragashkat makes his way through the unlit parts of the dungeon. Following Alice's voice, he makes it.
To the shrine.
There, Andaragashkat finds the missing succubus. He only recognizes her by smell. Her face and body are obscured by a hooded robe so black it looks like it's actually made of shadow. For all he knows, it might just be...
"Andaragashkat..." No more telepathy. Alice is speaking out-loud to him now. "The time has come. The Empire falls..."
"That is what they do," says Andaragashkat.
"Yes." This seems to amuse her. The corner of her mouth is just barely visible, and it twists into smile that fills the goblin's heart with hope. "Yes, they do. But they also rise, don't they? Tell me, Andaragashkat... are you yet my loyal servant?"
"That depends... who are you?"
"Call me Alice. Her body and soul belong to me, so why shouldn't her name be mine as well? But you already know who I really am. You know my true name. Even if it would kill you to say it."
"Your Majesty!" Andaragashkat falls on his knees and presses his forehead against the cold stone floor. "O Terrible High Queen of Hell!"
Alice laughs. "Even in this sad, sad time, you and your people are true to me. Soon you will all have your revenge, I promise."
"Command me!" Andaragashkat almost shrieks.
"Another faithful servant approaches," says Alice. "You'll know it for certain when she arrives. Obey her as you would obey me. In the meantime, be good to these poor, stupid girls."
"The bandits, My Lady? Why?"
"Humans have their uses, Andaragashkat. You see a pitiful little band of wretches. And indeed, that is what they are. Now. But I see something in their future. I see an invincible legion of champions. The core of a new and mighty horde." Alice raises her fist. "We will use these humans to their fullest!" She laughs. "Return my effigy to this shrine, and speak nothing of our meeting this night."
With that, Alice melts into her own shadow and vanishes. "Take heart, Andaragashkat, your years of pain and humiliation will soon be at a glorious end!"
+30 XP for Alice, +10 XP for Andaragashkat, +5 XP for Ariadne, +3 XP for Neve, Princess, Sasha, and Tristan
