The party thought they were safe but they were quite wrong. After the last slime was destroyed, the pit disappeared and the entire floor turned into the bubbling floor that had been in the pit. Everything seemed to be drawn toward the ceiling as the walls were flowing upward but every once and a while would be broken by an on looking eye. The globs were still flying towards the ceiling. The screaming that had been haunting the party’s ears since they entered the building grew louder. The party decided to all jump on to a globule and fly upwards. From here, things only became more distorted….
The tower melted away and turned into an ocean of amoeboid shapes where it could not be discerned whether it were a million beings or one. The black globules started to merge with the sky. The sky turned into a billion distant stars. The screaming turned into babble. At this point, everyone seemed completely lost. Garo and Berrian were able to figure out a path to a staircase were they waited for others to arrive. Orin pushed with all his might to force the dizziness out of his head so he could push himself through the void. Kabuteri bounced around until he could finally find his way to the staircase. Garo was able to see Kaida as she drifted by. He made his way out to her and pulled her onto the staircase but then became stuck in the void again himself. Everyone else became lost in the void.
As Kaida arrived, it was obvious something was wrong. Her body began to change. Her skin turned purple, her eyes shifted, a tail grew from her backside, her face became disfigured. Berrian figured out that she had somehow been magically tainted but knew of no way to fix her. She still remained herself inside but her outer figure had been greatly disfigured. The party knew of nothing more than to push on through this crazy world to try and find a way to cure her.
Those who had made their way to the ledge were greeted again with utter chaos. The stars grew larger and turned into millions of cards. Three large cards were clustered at the center of the vast void. All the other cards simultaneously blew away into the void. The paths to the cards left were covered in horrific tentacles. An otherworldly wind blew strongly at everyone but nobody seemed to lose their ground. Berrian figured out that it was magical and could see the holes in the path. Kabuteri dipped and dodged his way through the tentacles. Kaida forced the images out of her head and made it to the other side. Orin tried to push past them all but was grabbed. He was able to slip out and eventually make it to the other side.
Before the doors opened, Orin began to change. His fingers became one, his legs shifted backwards, he feet turned into hooves, and his eyes became part of his forehead. The party pushed as hard as possible and fell through to what seemed to be an armory. Kaida and Orin looked normal again. When the party stood up, they saw 4 suits of armor decked in tabards. Suddenly the armor exploded to show twisted humanoid creatures and the room began to shift and morph. Then out of the wall a large, floating eye erupted and looked upon the party. Things did not look in favor of the group.
Suddenly, the floor beneath Kabuteri and Orin shot 20 feet up in the air. Orin tried to fight the warped manifestation, only to pass right through it. Kabuteri realized it was a magical energy and jumped down from the area to attack one of the wretches. He was able to slice it straight in half. Berrian shot at 2 others with lightning making them both dust. Kaida tried to destroy the remaining one and missed.
At this point, the beholder became violent. It shot a ray at everyone in the room. Orin was knocked from the pillar to the ground and others were damaged greatly. The pillar disappeared and turned into slime. Orin pushed his way through the slime and pulled out the card he had taken from Reef and used it, feeling quite proud that he had successfully fulfilled slight of hand against an expert. Orin jumped on the zone and shot a ray at the beholder. He suddenly felt as if he could control it. He moved it away and it shot a beam from the beholder at the wretch but slightly missed. Kaida then tried to destroy the wretch herself and again whiffed. Berrian shot a lighting bolt that the wretch danced under but the arc shot at the eye hit dead on. Kabuteri was able to maneuver around the beholder but only to miss with a strike.
The fight was just beginning…..
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