Stage 5 - The Temple of Doom II

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STAGE 5

THE TEMPLE OF




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You suddenly find yourselves in that 6’x6’x6’ niche—the one that was shooting deadly bolts of lightning a moment ago. Beneath your feet is a pentagram inked in blood.

Orlando steps out into the 20’x20’x20’ room. There is a corpse of a twenty-foot-long Kaligator. Somehow, it is dead and its clones have despawned.

"That was nice work, ladies. Unfortunately, I can’t travel by pentagram-teleporter. One of my exes put a curse on me. Well… seven exes cursed me, but only one cursed me in a way that’s pentagram-specific."

He takes the bullwhip from his hip, whips a fixture at the top of the room, and giving it a good tug, he leaps and swings, joining all of you in the crowded niche.

He removes a red key from his pocket.

"Even if she hates my guts, she did give me one of the keys to the temple."

The door opens. It leads to a twenty-foot-long corridor. At the end is…

"Awww, shit."

…another pentagram teleporter.


After a few seconds of slumping in shameful defeat, Jones asks Casey, "Mind giving me your Shoe Number?"

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Sensing Orlando's disappointment, Murasaki pats his shoulder. "Do not fret, Jones-san. We will be back to return you to the surface."

She turns her attention back to her fellow Bombshells. "Now then, if we're all set, then let us proceed and see what this 'Temple of Doom' has in store for us."

Casey's mouth waters at the scent of freshly fried kaligator. Maybe she could pitch that as a new snack at Dysneo World next time the Bombshells were visiting? But that would have to wait.

At O. Jones' request, she happily writes down her number and makes sure he puts his in the phone also.

Before stepping on the next teleporter, she takes off her fedora and says, "Well, Mr. Jones, do you think you'd mind autographin' this hat for me? I really love your lemon-lime soda."

Gong-ju twirls her trident with a flourish. "I'm ready. Gabsida!"

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Orlando accepts the pity and cheers up a bit as he’s asked for an autograph. He happily obliges.

You all step onto the pentagram teleporter one by one…

THE HALL OF INJUSTICE

…and you appear in a malodorous hallway. The source of the stench is the meaty chunks on the floor—ribs and intestines protruding from broken plate armor and shreds of bloody cloth. Only one corpse is intact enough that you can tell these are military men.

…were.

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Orlando has already given you the red key. It will open the door before you… but!

—before you even get to the door, the meaty chunks of soldiers rise up!



One zombieman has a pulse rifle; the other, a shotgun. "For fae encounters," he tells his fellow zombie as he takes aim at Princess Diamond. The rifleman levels his gun at the wingless Bombshells…

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Gong-Ju quickly dashes for the plate armor, diving behind it to avoid the gunfire! She pops up long enough to hurl her trident at the rifleman, angling it so that it bounces back to her after striking him!

Casey dodges, ducks, dips, dives, and dodges as the rifle toting zombie sprays dark energy their way. But it turns out being able to dodge a wrench is useless when trying to dodge energy pulses.

As she closes in on the trigger man, Casey pulls a knife from behind her and tries to stab him between armor plates.

Murasaki leaps away from the rifleman's gunfire and runs along the side of the corridor. Flipping off the wall, she comes down on the shotgun-wielding zombieman with a flying dropkick.

Gong-Ju dives for cover! Several bullets ricochet off a corpse’s armored remains!

Sparks burst around Casey’s heels as she tries to evade! A few dozen bullets catch her in the chest! As a result, she has a tiny scratch along her collar bone and her dress looks like a tray full of lit cigarettes was dropped on it.

(One wonders why guns were even invented when something as tiny as a bullet hurts so much less than a punch.)Princess Diamond flies up against a wall. BLAM! Suddenly there are over a hundred tiny holes in the wall the size of her fairy fists! Apparently, this weapon is designed to shoot birds out of the sky, but a fairy is so much thinner than a plump robin. The zombie missed.

Unfortunately, so did the fairy princess!

But the mermaid princess has better luck! Gong-Ju skewers the rifleman and Casey finishes him off!

Murasaki leaps over the bullet-hell and knocks the shotgun guy’s head off with a flying kick. "Aw, thanks a lot, lady," he grumbles. "I’m not even gonna bother eating your brain. What good’ll it do when my throat no longer leads to my stomach?"

He shuts up after that, either because he’s finally dead or just ran out of things to say.


Anyone who isn’t a fairy can pick up the shotgun or the rifle. Both are almost out of ammo, but still, they could prove useful later (or in the next room).

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"You gave me no choice," she replies to the shotgun guy's flung head.

Murasaki doesn't take the rifle or the shotgun, as she's not a very good shot. However, she does search the dead men for some sort of insignia that might reveal who they were working for when they were alive.

Gong-Ju picks up the shotgun and cocks it with a dramatic *CHK-CHUNK!* "Lock and load, ladies!"

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Murasaki notices a patch on the soldiers’ uniforms.
Her third-eye is able to read the symbol, comprehending its meaning: The Mark of the Doom Slayer.Once you enter the next room…

PINK BULL GIVES YOU HORNS

You see a large arena. There are hundreds of zombified soldiers in the stands, but all are trapped behind thick plexiglass. They’re not trying to kill you. They’re cheering.

What will try to kill are the half dozen pink creatures—demons that resemble minotaurs, but the bullhead is part bull and part bulldog, and the body might best be described as Neanderthal Demon. These ‘pink bulls’ would be seven feet tall if they stood fully erect, but with their backs arched, their heads are at just the right level for biting and goring.

All this can be seen through the knotholes in the crude fence in front of you, which puts you in the position of being able to see them without them seeing you! But the cheering crowd has their attention, so as soon as you step into view (or attack), you will certainly have their attention.

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Casey picks up the pulse rifle from the rifle guy's cold dead hands.

"Yipee kay aye!" she says in excitement. "Looks like we're just in time for the rodeo."

Casey hops over the fence and starts blasting at the pinkies as she strafes the arena

Murasaki hops onto the top of the fence, balancing on it precariously before leaping at one of the Pinkies at the back of the pack. She slams into its skull feet first and follows up with a series of punches, her fists burning bright with ki.

Casey strafes and takes out a demon! That gets the attention of the other five! They rush you—but the fastest of them run right into Murasaki’s attack!

The three remaining demons run a wide berth around her!After hopping the fence, Casey and Murasaki notice a chainsaw lying on the ground, motor chugging and spewing smoke.