Entry 29: At the Edge of a Hole, Tabitha Finds Nymph and Herself
Her shoes skidded on the lake surface as the pink haired girl came to a stop, her breaths coming out in light pants. A large hole (leading to who knows where) lay in the lake surface, looming menacingly before her. Reddish vapor rose from its depths, reaching up towards the heavens.
At the opposite side of the sizable opening, Tabitha’s brown eyes found her other self. Her red eyed double met her gaze, a smirk on her face and a sparkle in her eyes. Beside the other her, Nymph was strung up on a silver cross, her wrists and feet bound.
“Welcome!” The other her shouted across the expanse. “Have you decided to join us?!”
“Give Nymph back!” Tabitha started a frantic dash around the hole’s perimeter, worry on her face as she desperately tried to reach her bound friend.
“Can’t say I didn’t give myself a chance.” The double shrugged before reaching into the thick red vapor. A ceremonial red dagger materialized in her grip, its edge coated with red water. Smirking, her red eyes studied the weapon, looking over the many arcane symbols glowing at the sides of the thing’s blade.
“The time has yet to come.” She turned her crimson eyes to her approaching self, a malicious grin spreading across her face. “How’s this for a playmate?!” She stomped her right foot, and the lake lurched (nearly knocking her brown eyed self down). From the depths of the cavernous hole, a large red hand reached out.
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Entry 30: Tabitha Faces a Behemoth
“Red Water Behemoth.” Tabitha froze, her brown eyes on the lumbering humanoid monstrosity, its huge body pulsating disturbingly. The translucent red creature lacked a face yet looked right at her, almost daring her to make a move. She glanced beyond the thing towards Nymph and the other her before looking back to the monster. Knowing it wouldn’t simply let her pass, she took out her Pan of Great Smiting +1.
She lunged at the large beast, pan meeting watery fist, its fist rupturing. The behemoth pulled back, one hand short. Grinning, the pink haired girl took a swing at the creature’s left leg, cleaving the lower portion off. The monstrosity hobbled on one leg, failing to maintain its balance as Tabitha shoved it over the hole’s edge.
A sickening squelch sounded as its remaining hand grasped the ledge, pulling itself back up, its missing hand and lower leg reforming. Tabitha nervously backed up, the creature towering above her. Even with no mouth, the great beast somehow managed a nightmarish smile.
It sent its right fist down, the pink haired girl jumping back to safety, its fist plopping against the lake surface. She swayed as the lake rippled from the impact, struggling to maintain her footing. Sidestepping a follow up punch from the behemoth, she countered with a slash of her pan, taking the thing’s left hand. Red water splashed and the colossal creature stumbled back, wet plops sounding with its steps. Still, it barred her path, its missing hand reforming.