"And that's where you lost me." Honestly I really really wanted to go into the swirling mists of naked passionate whatever the hell allura was sex. But deep down I knew, I knew that she was bad, and everything associated with her was wrong. And as stupid as I am, I am a survivor, and survivors don't make deals with green smokey ladies who live in basements.
"What?" Allura's voice changed a bit, it went from that alluring sensuous come on Trezlan voice, to more of a long term spouse what do you mean you won't take out the garbage voice. It was not a sexy change.
"Lets make this harder than it has to be sweety, just stay where you are and I'll find my way out." I couldn't see the exit any more. To be honest I couldn't even see the basement anymore.
"You are mine Lorentino one way or another." Now the pool was gone and the grotto became a swirling vortex of snakes. I doubted the snakes were anymore real than the grotto was, but they were pretty damned terrifying either way. I'll be honest as I always am (despite me having to maintain that I am honest in pretty much every entry and openly tell you I have lied to you several times) I hadn't exactly come up with a plan past "Tell evil creature I'm not that stupid." thus proving to the creature that yes I am that stupid. See told you I'm honest! I did have my sword which would prove useless against something that could obviously obcure my mind, and one of Hanlon's pistols, which like the sword would be weak against something that could just make me think its one place and be somewhere else.
"Right and I've got you right where I want you." I drew and fired and she died. I admit this was one of those moments when I was a bit more worried that it was too easy. Like literally it was one shot right through the head (completely intentionally I was in no way aiming for her chest or anything, see honest!) I was very worried the illusion would fade and I'd be standing in some little child bedroom with her smoking corpse beneath me. But no the illusion faded I was in a dingy cellar a dead man was to my right his rotting naked corpse showing me the fate I avoided, the snake creature in front of me with smoking blood all that remained of Allura.
So I burned the house down, spread a rumor about some weird incest ghost situation going on at the farm (don't, don't ask) and went on about my life hoping to never have to explain to anyone else what in the gods names I was doing out in the country. It mostly worked I think, I think.
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