Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
Well, it's time to check out #54c Clutch of Decaying Houses: Rotting Cottage. I have a feeling this is probably going to be a little more eventful considering we were specifically warned about it, but hey, no one gains experience only staying in their comfort zone!

So let's check it out and see what kind of dark secrets are in there.
Knowing that you're more than likely to come across something unpleasant, all the while understanding that this is all part of the necessary process, you leave Orin to the others and depart the clubhouse, gliding through the dusty landscape until you come to the clutch of decaying houses you've visited twice before. You feel your stomach drop as you begin to move between the decrepit, disturbing ruins of poorly taken care of buildings which were once homes to residents.

The crawling, creeping sensation tickles your skin as you continue, suddenly feeling under-prepared and minuscule in comparison to your looming surroundings. Everything here is damp and dark, and glistening under the moonlight. The sickness in your stomach continues lingering, and you get the sense that it will not leave as long as you remain here. Nevertheless, you persist, and finally come upon the cottage emanating the highest amount of sickness-inducing darkness. The stairway up to it is collapsing and covered in lichen, and everything about it unsettles you. The whispering begins snaking through your ears as you reach the top of the concrete stairs and push the door open. A cold gust of air sweeps past your face and ripples your gliding skin, giving you chills. You are drawn in, and the door slowly shuts behind you with a small click.

You begin to make your way through the pitch-black room, reaching out in front of you as you take slow steps. You notice that parts of your skin begin to grow colder, followed by the application of a strange sense of pressure. You frown, ẗ̢̧̤̞̮̤̳́͂̃̈ͨͩ͗̀r̸̒ͥ̐͒̇̍ͤ͝͏̰͚̹y͑̆ͯ͏̯̦͔͎̜̝ing to shake your limbs free of this strange feeling, õ̪̗͇̓͊ͩ̊͞͝͠nly to meet resistance as you realise that the sensations are physical restraints now wrapped around you. You instinctively pa̛̖̱͚̍̿̂̅̀̚nic, attempting to pull at your limbs to get away from whatever has grabbed you, and you release a stream of sparks to light up your surroundings. You almost blind yourself with the bursts of light as a multitude of black̶͉, shad͓̭ͮ͊ͪowy limbs all around you stretch from the ̵̧͈͕̪̩͈ͩ̑͗͋ͪ̉ͯ̔darknȇ̾̈͏͜҉̜̪ͅsş̧̛̬͇̖̪͛̋̔ͩͪ̂̿ ͈͖̝̖ ̷̢̝ͪ̾̏ͩͦ̉ͯͯ and grasp a part of your body, somehow freezing and burning you at the same time.

Neo the Emolga sustains 5 points of damage to Purity.

The feeling is ͍̪̗̫̯̀ͅs̻͔̮̼̫̪̫i͉͚̙͎͓c͝ke͕n̳̫͍̗͘i̸̪̳̙n͉g͖͍͇̟ͅ, like you were suddenly poisoned and the toxins spread throughout your body faster than you could comprehend what had happened. Your ̷̠̰̓̒͢s̞͍̦̘̤̱̿̐̏̃͛̾̂ͫͪ́͞ei̝̤̗̹̼̫̺ͮ̉̄͌ͥ̀ͥ̔̈́z̋͆̌ͮͤ̓̑ ̨̯͔̳̜̬̲͎̲̺͢ė̡̟̦͑̏̐͜s̞͔̳͂͂ͮ̓̓ ̨̰͖͔̣͛͛͋̈̏ͥͥͅů̸͚̟͈͍̫̈́͒ͤ̒̃̚͠͞p͔̣̮͚͉̘̓̋̑͜ as̤̺̹̪̦͗̽͘ ̵̭͖̞̼̬ͬ̔͒̈ͫ̒ͪͩ̿̕ͅy̖̙͓̹̰̽ͮ͒͂ou̡̲̇ͬ͌̈́͟ ͈̺͚͗͘͞ try to move, but are terribly hindered as each inch of your skin is grasped, scraped, or clawed. The fe̛͎̰̯a͘r w̹eḽ͔̻̀li͖̙͈̪̻͉ǹ̥̖̱̭͔g̪ ̶̩̫u͎̻p̱̙̹͉͕̞͜ ͉in̘̬̦̻̻s̻͓̤̼̳͉id̩͈̳̻̻̹͘e̗̣̜̘͉̩̕ͅ ̟̀o̼͔ͅf̮͇̗̜͇̟ ̤̰̪y̛͎̯̜͙o̷͚͙̲̩u̴ is enough to paralyse you alone, but the real inhi̪̪biting force is the physical restraints. The thought of being trapped floods your mind as you scream and let loose more electricity, illuminating enough̬̳̹͈͙ͅ of the room for you to see two,҉͕͍̘̰̯ ̲̥sunken, void-like eyes amid a swirling black form at the edge of the room. With great ̯͈̜̟̰̝ͅd̘̩͇̹̬̪e̩a҉̣͕̯̤t̲͚͇͍͍̻hly̴̙̟̮͔ moans̱͚̹̭͖͇, the enormous form moves towards you, each of its limbs swarming around you or holding you in place.

{Shadow Entity: <Seinaru>} was noted in the Team Records.

It opens its great maw, releasing a swarm of h̸̼̰͆̑́̒͒͘͞orrible little shadow inse̼͓cts that land on your eyes and fill your ear canals. You t͍̮̻ͅr̺y̟͚̯͉ ͍̣͝to҉̝̮ ͍̗̳͔sc͈̳̹̻̩̞r̦͝e͎̙̼̻̳͙͍͞a͔m͙̙, but the ongoing sensation of tiny nibbles infesting your mind, bơ̶͓͔̜̰̪̞̰͛ͧͩͥdy and soul is all you can focus on as you stra̎ͦ̈́͗ͤͬ̒ͭ͗҉̪̱̲̰in yourself to releas̢̛͇̰̺̯̳͉͔͆̑̀ͭ̚͘ͅe even more el̫͇͇ectricity, trying with all your might to have some effect on the looming creature.

Neo the Emolga sustains 7 points of damage to Purity.

Your consciousness begins to fade as your body shakes with immense pain and your mind is locked in a state of panic, your very spirit being devoured by this horrible entity. You cannot see, feel or hear anything besides the end of your own m̍͋̇ͣ̚͝͏̟ͅö̸̺̹̰̯́ͪ̈́͗͛́̚̚r̵͍̝̣̭̹ͮ̇ͧͭ́ͧ̈́͒̇͢͜t͐̈́̆͌́͐ ͚aliţ̴͇̮͒͌ͤy̫̝͍̱̑̐̚͠ͅ ̸̨͉͎̙̣͈̦͚ͭ̈ͩ̽̓ͭ͋̚ͅą̷̰͕̖̯͖͎̙͑͝s t͍͈̦̟̤̣̦͓̽̋́́̅̏͗͌h͎̝͇̾͒̍̈́ͧe̵͌̿̍҉͇̰͔̘ ̥̃v̙͉̰͚͓̘̪̫͇̓͂̈́͋̚͞oi̴̷̧̜͉̣̩̿ͯͬ̒ͬͩͫ̅ͫd sw̗̲͋̉ͥ͌ͧá̈́͑ͯ̃͐̍́͘҉͈͍̱̜̩ḽ̮͉̜͈̗͈͛͜͞l̡̪̤̬͖͐͊͊ͩͫ́o̊ ̴̨̭̻̖̗͖̥̠ͧ͜w͚̤͔̗̖ͫ͋ͤ͊̉̈́̕͢͝s you w̞͑̐ho̐͌͢͏̱̞̣̥͈̫͔͜ͅl̢͇̦̜̩̟̣͖̃ͥͣ̕e̢̫̪͓̞ͤ̂ͬͤ͐̄͑́̿ ...