“You know, I get it, you’re seduced. You don’t have to play along quite so hard, okay?”
The mage, however, not only didn’t respond but didn’t even seem to have heard her. Moving on, she toggled to her H.U.D to see when her next [willpower] check would activate and saw the timer had over a minute to go.
As her legs carried her around the room, bouncing and swaying with the beat of the music, she took a good look at the women who were gathering around her partner. All of them had lingerie-model looks in addition to inhuman features like horns, wings, hooves, or colored skin. Several of them had embraced or were making out while shooting longing looks at Lefty. As for the wizard himself, two of the succubi were stripping him of his robe, while he stared at one completely naked woman with skin like night and hair of burning blue flame.
Great, a fire nymph. No wonder he’s playing along. Fire nymphs were temptresses of the highest level, known throughout Sable Unlimited for their ability to seduce anything from epic heroes, to dragons, to even demi-gods. Not only that, they were capricious and violent, known to become bored at any instant and consume their partners with nothing more than a flick of the wrist.
This is going to end with both of us dead or captured unless I can do something. If I can just make this next save, I can break the seduction effect on Lefty and then he can cast Dispel Magic. She again scanned the orgy. She saw succubi, dark elves, and what looked like a fallen angel. However, it was the flame haired woman that was holding Lefty’s sole, focused attention.
She was stomping now, unable to control her feet or her arms or where she was standing or what she was doing. All she could do was dance. Fortunately, everyone else in the room seemed intent on ignoring her as all of the various temptresses had gathered around Lefty. Most of his clothing was off now, strewn about the floor with the rest of his equipment. Dressed in nothing but his boxers, the mage was wandering behind the woman with blue flames as she led him toward the center of the room. I want to scream at him, but I have to be smart here or we’re both dead.
Then a notification populated on her H.U.D that her [willpower] had activated and a moment later a second notification told her [partial action allowed]. A sword without a hilt is still a sword. Still dancing through the throng of women, she spotted the fire nymph fondling Lefty’s hair. I could use my action for another save, or … Inspiration then hit her and she reached into her belt pouch for the statue of her Voorlock, pulled it out, cocked her arm, and threw it at the nearest crowd of poorly dressed women.
“AVERNUM!” She shouted.
The statue landed right behind a pair of dark elves who were far too busy with each other to notice they were now standing in front of a very anxious bird. Some of the women had stopped and were looking at the bird as it looked at them. The music grew louder as a wild look came across the Voorlock’s eyes. Then the bird let out a wild shriek* so loud that everyone in the room turned to look at it.
Calista’s [willpower] blinked green and then a [success] notification popped on her screen. She was free.
Everyone in the room backed off from the bird, which opened a path between her and Lefty who was standing next to the fire nymph sporting nothing but a pair of boxer briefs and a massive erection.
A look of realization washed over the mage’s face. “What’s going on?”
“We’re about to get killed,” she said.
He looked down at his briefs. “Really? Then why am I naked?”
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The fire nymph hissed in anger as the women around Calista spread out in an attempt to encircle her. Calista drew her sword and backed into a fighting stance. Two succubi stepped forward, one with a barbed tail and the other with claws and wings. A dark elf stood behind them, a pair of daggers in her hands.
Calista ducked as a barbed tail whipped past her head. She hacked at its tip, striking home, and the succubus hissed in anger and pain.
“These whores seduced you, you idiot,” Calista shouted. “Now quit roleplaying and cast something or we’re both dead!”
“Seduced?” The mage searched the naked women around him. “Me?” His eyes turned to the fire nymph’s naked breasts. “Can you cast seduction again? I’d like another go of it.”
“Seduced?” The mage looked around at the mostly naked women around him. “Me?” He pointed a finger at his chest as his eyes turned, almost involuntarily, to the fire nymph. “Can you cast seduction again?” He said to the woman’s naked breasts. “I’d like another go of it.”
Calista swiped her sword at the nearest succubus, but the demon whore ducked beneath the blade. “You fool! They’re going to kill you when you’re done.”
Lefty was still staring at the fire nymph. “Yes, but …”
The fire nymph’s voice was full of sex and innuendo. “Don’t pay any attention to her, darling, everyone here is having such a good time.”
Calista aimed a thrust at one foe, missed, spun, and brought her sword down between the breasts of another. The succubus was caught off guard and was soon on the stone floor dying in a pool of blood. The remaining demon and dark elf hissed in fury as they turned to flank her yet again.
“You idiot mage,” she cried, “This isn’t a ticket to a good time!”
“I disagree.” Lefty pointed back to the two dark elves in the corner, who had resumed their spectacle of naked affection. “See? Everyone else is having a very nice evening, Calista.”
“Sorry if I feel left out.” She growled.
The succubus feinted as the dark elf lunged, daggers flashing. Off balance, Calista pivoted and swung her sword in a wild parry. A dagger managed to rip a hole in the thigh of her pants, but Calista caught her foe’s forearm with the tip of her blade. The dark elf howled in pain as she drew back, cradling her bleeding arm.
Meanwhile, a red skinned demon woman crept up behind Lefty and began rubbing her breasts against his back as she twirled her forked tail through his hair. “Look,” the mage said as he turned around to embrace his new friend, “I understand, Calista. If this isn’t your scene why don’t you just go back and play with the kobolds or something?”
Calista ducked under a claw from the succubus and dodged another dagger from the dark elf. Spinning, she counter-attacked and struck the elf in the shoulder. Her foe hissed in pain as she drew back.
“You know,” she replied, “I might just do that if I can make it to the door, but by the name of the Lady, I will cut you down on my way out.”
Lefty’s eyes were full of lust as the red skinned woman sent a delicate hand down into his boxers. “Good,” he said, “I think that would be better for every …”
Just then a talon flew out and struck Lefty square in the jaw and the mage was sent to the floor, erection and all, where he landed in an unconscious heap. Her Voorlock shrieked again as it crashed through the crowd of succubi, elementals, and dark elves toward Calista. This is our chance. Using the distraction, she shoved her blade through the belly of the nearest demon, then dashed over and scooped up the unconscious body of the mage. Grabbing what gear she could, she hoisted Lefty onto the Voorlock’s back and grabbed it by its reigns. The Voorlock continued to whirl about in squawking fury, striking every undressed woman it could find. Holding the mage to the saddle, she pulled at the bird’s reigns and dragged it toward the nearest doorway.
Hacking with her blade while the Voorlock kicked and pecked beside her, they fought their way toward the door. Finally, when it was in sight, Calista jumped atop the Voorlock and gave it a kick. “Ram the door!” she shouted as the bird broke into a sprint. It took only a few steps for the Voorlock to hit full speed, and as it neared the door, it lowered its head and hit the portal with all its might. There was a crash as the wood splintered around them and then Calista was rolling on the floor.
Howls of anger came from the room behind them as Calista rolled and sprang to her feet. Grabbing a tiny pebble from her belt pouch, she threw it at the broken doorway and in a blink the opening was replaced by a wall of solid stone.
*One of the Voorlock’s primary predators is the juniper snake. These reptiles slither around the plains of the Great Joh until they are within less than a meter of their prey. They then draw themselves up to stare into the eyes of their victims as their irises turn into swirling pools of hypnosis. Once said victim is slumped against the grass, the juniper snake then goes about swallowing the unfortunate soul as it is still breathing. However, for the prey, the suffering has only begun as anything that reaches the stomach of a juniper snake is then transported to an alternate dimension where it is torn apart by thousands of tiny needle shaped spurs, drenched with digestive acid, and then finally suffocated. Once the prey stops breathing, the corpse is teleported back to the snake’s stomach and properly digested. Monstrous scholars believe this is the third most painful way to die in the animal kingdom of Sable Unlimited.
Voorlocks, in a response of sportsmanlike evolution, developed a cry that allows any creature within a radius of fifty meters an immediate willpower check against whatever mind-altering effect they are currently afflicted with. This, of course, makes Voorlocks a prized possession for any non-spell-casting player character.