World of Monsters CYOA (Part I)

This could be good. B. :3

A ring that gives you a strange feeling when you touch it?
Nothing bad could ever happen with that so put iton I say!

D, Asia is with us right? Here try this on.

I hate to divide this vote even more, but I can't go against my aesthetic. C, of course we should give the bride the ring, it's the only thing that makes sense

D Asia should be a blast.....

B. Celtica should wear the ring. After all, its effect would be quite useful for her.

B

Might as well start putting this thing to use right away, Celtica thought, as she slipped the ring on. It's magical energy felt good and made her feel a little refreshed already, and that feeling only got larger as she charged in and started slashing through goblins alongside Lina. She wasn't aware of it, but her eyes took a slightly red tint as she slashed and used it's power. With blades of light and flame at their disposal the weak goblins were like paper to their blades, and even as goblins broke through and managed to get attacks off on them Asia's healing on Lina and Bullet while Celtica used the healing of her ring.

"I think you goblins need to settle down!" Elphelt said as she tossed a grenade over them and down into the stairwell they were coming from, taking out a lot of them from behind. The combined onslaught of the incoming goblins and the grenade sneak attack left many of the goblins scared, jumping back down below with screams of fear.

"Oh, I am loving this ring. I don't even need to pull out any of my potions for these things." Celtica said at a smile, admiring the ring on her hand as her eyes went back to their normal coloring. Elphelt went over and looked at it too. "How pretty! We'll need to find me something nice like that for the wedding~" she said playfully and kissed Celtica on the cheek. "Well I've got four more rings here, I'm sure we can find someone to customize one just for you." Celtica said and kissed her back.

"Hey lovebirds, we still aren't done. We've still got at least one floor of goblins left." Lina said, looking over to the lower stairwell. It was partly destroyed by the grenade, but still usable. It might fully break if another mass amount of goblins tried to use it though.

A. Head down and confront the goblins.
B. Wait for another counterattack to let the stairwell collapse.
C. Head back upstairs.

Charge forwards! We need to find out what's at the bottom. Could be treasure or something.

Exterminate this goblin plague!
With our overpowered ring nothing may stop us!

A, though I'm hoping there isn't a trap waiting for them all at the bottom.

Also, red eyes, huh?  This could be fun~

These goblins had been so easy to take down so far, Celtica was perfectly fine with pressing her luck. "Everyone get ready for round two." Celtica said. None of them were particularly wounded in the previous battle and anything done was fixed by her ring and Asia's magic. "Locked and loaded Cel!" Elphelt said cheerfully. "I'm ready as well." Bullet said, Lina and Asia both also being prepared.

The moment everyone had signaled their readiness Celtica jumped down the partly destroyed stairs with her party in tow to see a massive room through the doorway. Scores of goblins littered the place, some panicking, some preparing to fight and others just drinking. Near the right wall a little ways back there was a massive see through goblet-like construct with some sort of glowing green liquid held within. In the back right corner meanwhile was a massive pile of coins the goblins must have stolen from humans.

A nice long room like this was perfect for Celtica's new technique with Elphelt. "You ready Elph?" Celtica asked, holding her blade out with the end of it facing forward. Elphelt pulled a rather large gun from behind her back. "You know it! Time to show you tiny creeps the power of love!" she shouted, a glow of energy appearing from both weapons. "Divine Romancer!" the two shouted in unison, shimmering beams of light firing off from both weapons, spiraling around each other until they connected into a light of pure destruction that blows away practically the entire left half of the room and of the goblin forces.

Though there had been some goblins that had been coming at the party, that all stopped when the beam went off. They could only look in fear and awe as Elphelt blew smoke off the gun's barrel and Celtica posed with her blade beside her, feeling a strong rush from striking down so many monsters. "P-Please! Stop, no more! We'll stop attacking that place! No amount of booze is worth this! You people are too much!" various goblin voices said.

A. No stopping, these goblins needed to be wiped out.
B. Demand information from them, why were they attacking so frequently?
C. Demand all their valuables.
D. Let them off with a warning this time.

It's tempting right now to demand loot after all the shopping we did, but information is probably best.

B.

Have to agree.
Infos never hurt, even from goblins!

Yeah, we may as well at least find out their motives.

DoubleEdged wrote:It's tempting right now to demand loot after all the shopping we did, but information is probably best.

B.

Aye, even loot can't satisfy my curiosity, B

Going with B as well. I'm genuinely curious.

Celtica pointed her sword towards the goblins as she spoke to threaten them. "Alright, I'd like some answers. Why did you constantly attack Lethrina when you got forced back every time? Even Goblins can't be dumb enough to think doing the same thing every time would work." she said.

"It was a job, from blue lady! She gave us all this booze and more if we attacked daily!" one of the terrified goblins shouted. Blue lady? Was there another monster pulling the strings here. "And who exactly is this blue lady?" Bullet asked. "Uh, we don't know. She just hired us! She was smart and pretty and...and blue! And gave us lots of drinks! That's all we know!"

"But if they failed every time, why would this blue lady keep hiring them?" Asia asked the party. "Maybe she wasn't hiring them as fighters, but as distractions. Blue lady..." Lina said as she pondered what she knew about monsters. Her thoughts returned to those they had encountered recently like Lisbeth before she got it. "An Undine! It must be an Undine pulling the strings here. That's a water elemental, they are blue and if I had to guess they created all this alcohol themselves with their magic to bribe these goblins."

Elphelt had a worried look on her face. "A water elemental? But if one of those were attacking Lethrina, wouldn't the obvious target be..." she said, and Celtica finished her thought. "The hot springs. She must have been using these things as a distraction, then doing something at the hot springs while the guards were busy fighting." the paladin said and then turned to the goblins once again, who remained quite still.

"And when is the next time you were ordered to attack?" she asked. "A-A-About 35 minutes!" one of them stammered out. That was pretty soon, but the Undine might show up at the hot springs then.

A. Deal with the remaining goblins before leaving.
B. Order the goblins to give them all those coins before leaving.
C. Rush out of there, getting to the hot springs on time is integral.

Goblin forces have been crippled enough that the guards should be able to handle them now. It's more important that the party confront the undine as soon as possible. Going with C.

Greed vs need... Damn, time to be heroic. C

A water elemental, eh? Definitely seems like a priority to take it out.

A water elemental doing something to the hot springs... which the party just used the previous day.

Oooh boyyy.

Time is of the essence. C.

As tempting as it would be to take all that money and wipe out these goblins, there just wasn't time. "If you're lucky and never attack humans again you may get to continue living. Let this show of force be a warning." Celtica said sternly and the goblins nodded. Soon enough the group was off. No time to waste checking out any other parts of the fort or whatever that goblin trio was looking at, they needed to get to the hot springs.

The party soon arrived at the village entrance and saw Nephenee. "Welcome back, did y'all manage to take them out already?" she asked. "Not exactly, but there isn't much time. The goblins were a distraction, the real threat is targeting the hot springs." Celtica told her. With a nod, Nephenee went right along with the rushing girls. "Well then let's deal with them!" she said, her spear out and ready.

Thirty minutes had passed before the team arrived at the hot springs, they had managed to barely make it there early. While they had been walking Celtica explained the deal to Nephenee about the Undine. Now all that was necessary was to wait. Roughly on time, their target finally appeared.

She was a busty woman with smooth blue skin and soft and wavy white markings all along their face and body, pure white eyes, long cerulean hair and a lovely blue and white almost priestess looking outfit that seemed immune to wetness. "Well well, the guard captain is here to greet me. And other beauties too, how lovely." she said in a playful tone, seemingly unphased by this.

"We know that you're behind the goblin attacks!" Elphelt shouted with a gun pointed at her. "What have you been doing at these hot springs?" Asia asked, which made the Undine softly laugh. "Why making my paradise of course. Lethrina is my playground where I do as I please, you see. I have just been purifying these hot springs with my divine essence, so that it may purify others." she said with a soft smile.

At that moment a pulse of pleasure struck out at everyone as sensations of beauty and worship struck their minds. This Undine looked so beautiful now, so perfect, like a goddess. "G-Guh...No..." Celtica said, trying to shake it off. "Do not try to fight it. My essence has already soaked into all of you, and every one who has used these springs or drank the Pure Water this town provides. Why don't you follow dearest Nephenee's example?" she asked, and indeed the blue armored woman had walked towards the Undine, dropped her weapon and wrapped herself around one of her legs. "My goddess..." she said, her eyes a deep blank blue and her voice full of devotion.

"Cel, you aren't gonna let another woman distract you already are you!?" Elphelt shouted. Unlike the others she had never been to the hot springs, which meant that she was free of the Undine's control. Her voice seemed to snap Celtica back to reality though the pleasure remained. Lina managed to snap herself and Asia out of it to an extent moments later. Bullet on the other hand had gone to the hot spring again when Celtica and Elphelt were on their date. "G-Goddess...so...beautiful..." the tranced woman said, her pose relaxed as she mindlessly stared at the Undine.

A. Fight the Undine with the four you've got by getting in close.
B. Fight the Undine with the four you've got by fighting from afar.
C. Try to snap Bullet out of her trance.
D. Try to snap Nephenee out of her trance.
E. Flee for now.

I feel like water magic will be more of a threat up close, and we simply don't have the time to free our allies, so B.

I was hoping Bullet's extra time would factor in =)

Now, which one would lead to the biggest Bad End payout...  If we leave that let's Bullet possible get full brainwashing scene.  If we try to snap Nephenee out of her trance, that will give her a big opportunity.  If we fight close, there's a good possibility of her using the arousingly hot spring water against us...

Now how to phrase that in a way to make it sound like a good idea...

Let's fall back and regroup, she's already bewitched two of our allies and she's in her element!  We need to come up with a plan! E, (though if no one else picks E, then my choice will default to D, and if that doesn't wind up close then my vote will go to A).


Also, lovely touch with Elphelt not having been in the spring water and snapping Celtica out of it!