A gruesome prison torture chamber. (Tenwat Prison)
A heap of broken wooden furnishings sits amidst the rubble. A brittle, yellowed scrap of parchment rests on the floor. A large creature formed of rusted iron scrapes its feet against the floor as it shambles about the room. Fused to the wall at his waist, a ragged prisoner howls in frustration while swatting at the air. A many-headed hydra towers over the area, his carmine scales glimmering like gems.  Champion Salik Rian is riding on a ruby hydra. He wields an ornate steel rapier in each hand.
You see exits leading west and in.
Salik viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into a berserk prisoner.
Lightning-quick, Salik jabs a berserk prisoner with an ornate steel rapier.
Salik has scored a CRITICAL hit!
You concentrate and are once again Grook.
Wrapping his metal arms around Salik, a creaking rust golem embraces him with crushing force.
Grabbing Salik by the throat, a berserk prisoner tightens his grip, attempting to crush the life out of him.
A berserk prisoner narrows his eyes at Salik, advancing towards him in a threatening manner.
Salik takes a drink from an oaken vial.
Salik eats a potash crystal.
Salik viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into a berserk prisoner.
Salik has scored an OBLITERATING CRITICAL hit!
Salik viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into a berserk prisoner.
Tentacles are already flailing from your body.
Lightning-quick, Salik jabs a berserk prisoner with an ornate steel rapier.
Lightning-quick, Salik jabs a berserk prisoner with an ornate steel rapier.
Salik has scored a CRITICAL hit!
Wrapping his metal arms around Salik, a creaking rust golem embraces him with crushing force.
A berserk prisoner wraps his arms around Salik in an attempt to pull him back into the wall. As Salik wrestles his way free, you hear a sickening crack and he coughs up spatters of blood.
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You throw back your head and utter arcane syllables into the ether.
Private Cezil arrives from the ether.
Salik cries out in horror as his body erupts into flames!
Your chaos worm begins burrowing into Salik's belly.
Salik viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into a berserk prisoner.
Salik has scored a CRITICAL hit!
A berserk prisoner howls, and the flesh around his torso blackens, cracking away from the wall. With a loud 'THUD', his upper half falls to the floor.
The final blow proves too much for a berserk prisoner, who expires pitifully.
A berserk prisoner has been slain by Salik.
A small pile of sovereigns spills from the corpse.
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Your soulmaster lets loose a horrible scream as it lets part of its being flow into Salik.
You sense that the soulmaster entity is in control of Salik's being.
Your humbug entity leaps at Salik's throat.
Salik takes a drink from an oaken vial.
[RCS]-CURRENT TARGET IS [ salik ]
Salik is already an enemy.
A creaking rust golem grabs Salik and throws him across the room, slamming him into a nearby wall.
Salik eats a potash crystal.
What do you wish to charge?
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Salik viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into a creaking rust golem.
Lightning-quick, Salik jabs a creaking rust golem with an ornate steel rapier.
You shuffle 1 card with the image of the Hanged Man out of your deck.
Rubbing your fingers briskly on the card, you charge it with necessary energy.
The card begins to glow with a mystic energy.
[FOOL]--HANGEDMAN BOUND- HANGEDMAN
[FOOL]--HANGEDMAN BOUND- HANGEDMAN
Your green slime entity quickly envelops Salik.
Your oaken pipe has gone cold and dark.
Your oaken pipe has gone cold and dark.
The chaos storm belches fire at Salik, burning him badly.
The chimera's dragon head exhales a cloud of gas at Salik.
Your oaken pipe has gone cold and dark.
Salik clenches his fists and grits his teeth.
Your bubonis entity scuttles over to Salik and then suddenly leaps up, latching itself to his head.
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A creaking rust golem strikes out at Salik with sharp iron claws, rending his flesh.
Salik takes a drink from an oaken vial.
[FOOL]--ENEMY HAS WRITHED FREE
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[CROW] --- WARPED --- [Salik]
Salik scoops up some gold sovereigns.
Salik puts some gold sovereigns in a canvas backpack.
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One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
A creaking rust golem grabs Salik and throws him across the room, slamming him into a nearby wall.
The crone withers Salik's left leg into uselessness.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
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Salik eats a potash crystal.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
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[CROW] --- WARPED --- [Salik]
Unable to maintain cohesion, Salik's mutated and warped flesh sloughs off from his bones as he collapses to the ground in a twisted heap.
You have slain Salik.
Your soul cries out in ecstasy as it reaches new heights of power. You have advanced to level 79.
You have reached the illustrious level of Metamortal.
A starburst tattoo flares and bathes Salik in red light.
===---=== Salik is not dead!!!!! ===---===
===---=== Salik is not dead!!!!! ===---===
===---=== Salik is not dead!!!!! ===---===
A Mhojave falcon falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of Lican, a mad occultist falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of a creaking rust golem falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of a creaking rust golem falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of a pair of grasping hands falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of a pair of grasping hands falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of a creaking rust golem falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of a howling blood mastiff falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of a crazed prison guard falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of a berserk prisoner falls from Salik's person.
The corpse of a berserk prisoner falls from Salik's person.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
Your mind feels stronger and more alert.
Salik eats a quartz grain.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
The gremlin races between the legs of Salik.
Your bubonis entity scuttles over to Salik and then suddenly leaps up, latching itself to his head.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
Salik eats an arsenic pellet.
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One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
Wrapping his metal arms around Salik, a creaking rust golem embraces him with crushing force.
Your soulmaster lets loose a horrible scream as it lets part of its being flow into Salik.
You sense that the soulmaster entity is in control of Salik's being.
Your green slime entity quickly envelops Salik.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
What do you wish to charge?
Salik takes a drink from an oaken vial.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
What do you wish to charge?
Salik eats a calamine crystal.
One of your tentacles lashes out at Salik, wrapping around his body and holding him firm.
A jagged bolt of lightning shoots out of the chaos storm to strike Salik!
The chimera's goat head rams into Salik and knocks him sprawling.
Salik takes a drink from an oaken vial.
Your chaos worm begins burrowing into Salik's belly.
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You shuffle 1 card with the image of the Aeon out of your deck.
Rubbing your fingers briskly on the card, you charge it with necessary energy.
The card begins to glow with a mystic energy.
[FOOL]--AEONED! AEONED!- AEON
You throw a Lovers tarot at Salik and as it strikes true, a look of utter love covers his face.
Your humbug entity leaps at Salik's throat.
You may drink another health or mana elixir or tonic.
A creaking rust golem strikes out at Salik with sharp iron claws, rending his flesh.
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Salik takes a drink from an oaken vial.
Salik stands up and stretches his arms out wide.
Salik's eyes flash with rage.
Salik eats a potash crystal.
There is no exit in that direction.
Salik touches a cloak tattoo.
Salik's eyes flash with rage.
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Salik takes a drink from an oaken vial.
Lightning-quick, Salik jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
Lightning-quick, Salik jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
Your insomnia has cleared up.
The elixir heals and soothes you.
You clench your fists, grit your teeth, and banish all possibility of sleep.
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You shuffle 1 card with the image of the Aeon out of your deck.
Rubbing your fingers briskly on the card, you charge it with necessary energy.
The card begins to glow with a mystic energy.
[FOOL]--AEONED! AEONED!- AEON
[FOOL]--LUST Salik Salik Salik LUSTED. GET READY TO EMPRESS!!
You feel the devilmark fade from your heart.
What do you wish to charge?
What do you wish to charge?
A creaking rust golem strikes out at Salik with sharp iron claws, rending his flesh.
The crone withers Salik's right leg into uselessness.
What do you wish to charge?
The chaos storm belches fire at Salik, burning him badly.
The chimera's dragon head exhales a cloud of gas at Salik.
Salik's eyes close suddenly as he falls asleep.
--+((RAIDER))+-- --OPPONENT SLEEPING/PRONE!!! OPPONENT SLEEPING/PRONE!!! IMPALE!!! IMPALE!!!
--+((RAIDER))+-- --OPPONENT SLEEPING/PRONE!!! OPPONENT SLEEPING/PRONE!!! IMPALE!!! IMPALE!!!
Quit trying to confuse me.
A creaking rust golem strikes out at Salik with sharp iron claws, rending his flesh.
Salik wakes up with a gasp of pain.
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[CROW] --- WARPED --- [Salik]
You may drink another health or mana elixir or tonic.
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Salik takes a drink from an oaken vial.
Salik clenches his fists and grits his teeth.
Salik eats a potash crystal.
The gremlin races between the legs of Salik.
You just received message #2064 from Tanris.
A creaking rust golem grabs Salik and throws him across the room, slamming him into a nearby wall.
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You just received message #2065 from Mizik.
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[CROW] --- WARPED --- [Salik]
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Salik stands up and stretches his arms out wide.
Lightning-quick, Salik jabs you with an ornate steel rapier.
A prickly stinging overcomes your body, fading away into numbness.
Salik viciously jabs an ornate steel rapier into you.
A sense of extreme nausea washes over you.
The elixir heals and soothes you.
You remove 1 bloodroot leaf, bringing the total in the Rift to 188.
Your muscles unlock; you are no longer paralysed.
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Salik cries out in horror as his body erupts into flames!
You have slain Salik.
A pinch of realgar crystals falls from Salik's corpse.
A creaking rust golem batters you with an overhead blow.
You may eat another plant or mineral.
You remove 1 ginseng root, bringing the total in the Rift to 170.
Your stomach becalms itself.
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You pick up the corpse of Salik.
Nothing can be seen here by that name.