Round 105

The crystal structure pulsed with unholy rhythm, its frequency making teeth ache and eyes water from the sheer wrongness of its vibrations. Each pulse felt like a violation—Jeane gritting her teeth against the urge to vomit as she realized this entire chamber had been designed as a...

The metallic tendrils lashed out again, this time striking Halie directly. Her shield dome flickered at maximum capacity, but the force of the blow sent her stumbling backward, her silver cross flying from her grasp. The binding pulsed erratically between the women, the crystalline structure's discordant note echoing through the chamber like a warning.

Jeane watched in horror as Halie's shield stuttered under the assault—her blue-grey eyes wide with shock as she fought to maintain it through disorientation from the tendril strike. Critical failure of tactical coordination here. My own magical reserves were at their limit already, the second sequence barely holding together despite my best efforts while pointed ears strained uselessly for sound behind us—Zha'thik's attention snapping toward them like a predator finally hearing its prey’s screams.

Silra caught Halie's silver cross mid-stumble when it skittered toward her—its familiar weight reassuring despite the fact she was currently drowning in Jeane's semen and leaking it across the floor like some kind of grotesque fountain. The metal tasted of her on Silra's tongue from where it had seeped into her mouth during the eruption.

Halie grabbed Silra's hand mid-stumble, pulling her up despite the tendrils still oozing through the gap—her skin cold and clammy from internal trauma but grip firm enough. "Jeane first," she said, already moving back toward the opening while maintaining a shield around herself with what little concentration remained. The binding pulsed erratically between all three of them—the threads stretched thin under strain of...

Twenty seconds until we're pincered between Zha'thik and this crystal monster, Silra thought frantically. Need to expel some of this semen before it becomes a liability, but how?