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eaches my cheek - from my aching eyes.<br />

'Grim Determination.'<br />

The entire hall is in ruins and still in the process <strong>of</strong> <strong>be</strong>ing destroyed, as<br />

<strong>do</strong>zens <strong>of</strong> combatants hurl weapons, deadly, arcane magicks and themselves<br />

at one a<strong>not</strong>her in a desperate struggle <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> the last one standing. Plumes <strong>of</strong><br />

acrid green smoke rise from the pile <strong>of</strong> limp bodies I had dragged myself out<br />

<strong>of</strong>, having barely escaped the wrath <strong>of</strong> some fiendish spell. There it is -<br />

across the way, through the battling throng, through the bloodthirsty battle<br />

ahead <strong>of</strong> me, sitting un<strong>to</strong>uched on a miraculously upright table - my pint <strong>of</strong><br />

mead! And I'll get it back, if I have <strong>to</strong> kill every last one <strong>of</strong> the brawling<br />

tavern patrons <strong>to</strong> <strong>do</strong> it!<br />

'Supernatural Lust.'<br />

I couple with the succubus, a creature <strong>of</strong> such intense, otherworldly <strong>be</strong>auty<br />

that even her fiend's horns and thrashing tail give me no pause. She gasps<br />

under me... flesh dangerously sweet, and I desire her so completely that the<br />

whole <strong>of</strong> my existence seems focused <strong>to</strong>wards this single goal. As my life<br />

explodes from me in a starry burst, I hear the delighted laughter <strong>of</strong> the<br />

succubus as she drains me dry, leaving my body but a soulless husk...<br />

'Complete Bafflement.'<br />

I awake from uneasy dreams <strong>to</strong> find myself transformed in my dank lair in<strong>to</strong><br />

a rather small, four-lim<strong>be</strong>d, fleshy thing. I lie on my shell-less (as it were<br />

wholly unprotected) back and when I lift my tiny head - una<strong>do</strong>rned with its<br />

usual sensory antennae - a little I can see my pinkish <strong>be</strong>lly, partly covered in<br />

s<strong>of</strong>t, curling hairs quite unlike the black bristles I'm accus<strong>to</strong>med <strong>to</strong> seeing<br />

there. My two - only two! - legs now jut from the end <strong>of</strong> my <strong>to</strong>rso, rather<br />

than up from around my ab<strong>do</strong>men. They look thick and ungainly in<br />

proportion <strong>to</strong> my body, and lie there limply, making no attempt <strong>to</strong> right me<br />

on their own - only by actively concentrating can I move the things. What<br />

has happened <strong>to</strong> me?<br />

~~~~~<br />

I left the cham<strong>be</strong>r, swaying slightly from the barrage <strong>of</strong> sensations, coming<br />

away from them with my mind aching at the weight <strong>of</strong> it all. I sifted through<br />

the experiences, drinking what I could from them and enjoying the new<br />

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