Alice walked down the steps of the tavern, leaving Bridgette sleeping upstairs in the bedroom they had spent the previous three days residing in. She took careful steps, her body abused in every way possible, each footfall resulting in wincing pain as muscles spasmed and nerves lit on fire again. She had done her best to scrub the worst of the stains from her body, throwing her healer's dress back on, but she knew she stank of sweat and cum, even if her own nose wasn't useful for much at the moment. Alice's body thrummed with the build-up of erotic energy that Fi had requested she obtain for the curse removal ritual, her eyes glowing a fiery pink and her pink hair whirling about her to an invisible breeze.
Colin and Dan stood in the common room of the tavern, a study in opposites. Colin's face was grave as the elven wizard looked at her, taking in her battered and stained appearance, his eyes grave. Dan hunched forward, arms crossed over his chest, red eyes indicative of recent crying, ck of sleep, or both.
"Please," he whispered. "Please help her. I'll do anything."
Alice's voice came from her throat, unbidden and sounding unfamiliar, "I will have a favor of you if we succeed." Dan nodded his assent, carefully opening the door to the bedroom where Jenni y. "Do not enter, no matter what you hear," she warned. "Lock this door. We will tell you when it's done."
Colin and Alice strode in confidently, Colin turning to help close the door behind the two and pce a wooden bar to hold it shut. He turned back around, looking at Alice. "You know what to do? I've been studying my ass off and I have a decent idea, but we're going to need a miracle. Or two." Alice nodded, coming forward and pulling a chair next to the side of Jenni's bed. Colin pulled another chair over, positioning it opposite Alice. "We're going to have to attack the curses in reverse order if we want to succeed, from the inside out, which makes it even more challenging than it would have been normally."
Colin began casting a ritual spell, preparing the environment of the room for his magic, while Alice began channeling her lust energy into Colin's, enhancing the power of his abilities in conjunction with her own. For long minutes, they sat, the mystical power building in the room, invisible wind tearing at the bedsheets and clothes, gusting around them. Eerie purple and pink lightning began to fsh in the air around the two, the pulses and fshes of light slowly synchronizing as their magic achieved a common rhythm.
Colin reached down, his hand passing through Jenni's forehead as he appeared to grasp something inside of her brain. Immediately, the temperature in the room shot up at least thirty degrees, turning it into a sauna as Alice and Colin broke out in sweat, water running down their skin in rivulets. Colin's face twisted into a panic, his hand trying to grab at the mystery object even harder as it appeared to writhe in his grasp, bolts of green energy surrounding Jenni's head as the temperature continued to rise.
The magic continued building, Colin fighting against the evil energy of the immotion curse. The robes on his hand started to singe, his hand turning bck and crackling as the fire energy sought an outlet. The wizard fought back, channeling his magic back into the curse, trying to burn it out with his own powers before it could consume him or the lifeless woman on the bed. Colin's magic burned with purple light, fighting against the green that tried to consume his hand. He gritted his teeth painfully, screaming as his hand began to char, the flesh smoking away in bursts of green smoke. Alice pressed her hands onto his, her hands also passing into Jenni's head, as pink energy synchronized with Colin's purple, pushing the green energy back down as Colin's hand slowly shifted back to a normal color.
With a gasp from Colin, the first bundle of green energy vanished, dissipating into the room as the temperature returned to normal. "Third one down, two to go."
Alice and Colin continued to channel their magic into Jenni's body, fighting the two remaining curses. While they were definitely less dangerous than the now-defunct immotion curse, they did not want to reveal their existence to the unknown figure who had originally cursed Jenni and obviously wanted to break the wasting curse as well to restore the woman to life. Minutes passed, the two continuing to burn their energies, sweat creasing their bodies as they fought an invisible battle. A mystical green envelope slowly raised out of Jenni's head, wrapped in pink and purple lightning, the second curse being exposed for their assault.
The curse writhed, trying to escape from the pair's containment, nearly breaking free before Colin threw a bolt of purple energy at the envelope and dragging it back where Alice helped lock it down further, pink chains emerging from thin air and binding the curse tightly. As Alice continued to push in on the curse, Colin summoned an ethereal purple wolf, the creature howling and shredding the envelope, ribbons of torn green paper falling to the floor around them and vanishing. The envelope faded, the second curse releasing its hold on the woman, and Colin passed out, his unconscious body slumping out of the chair and his head bouncing painfully off the side of the bed and then the wooden floor as he y still.
Alice couldn't spare a thought for Colin as she fought the wasting curse that remained. They were so close to success, but now it was her against the curse with no backup or support. Alice quailed, panic seizing her as she realized she was in over her head, unsure of how to proceed. She felt a supporting presence within her, Fi's love guiding her as her hands sunk back down inside of Jenni, and she grabbed the curse with all of her strength. Alice screamed in pain as it felt like she had just shoved her hands into a pile of electrified barbed wire, the curse energy tearing through her in a crackle of malevolent green pain. Her voice broke, unable to take the strain of the continued scream, as the razor wire of lightning rode through her body, the wasting curse's energy being drawn from Jenni and embedding itself into Alice instead.
With each pulse of her heartbeat, more green energy lifted from Jenni, settling deep into Alice's core. Alice knew that this wasn't sustainable, there was no way that she could survive taking all the curse energy into herself. She would end up just like Jenni or worse if this continued, she had to do something to break the cycle. Fi, I know you're listening. Please help me save this woman. She's done nothing wrong and lives a life of love. You would be happy to know her.
The curse energy crackled again, the intense pain somehow gaining another level and Alice's abused vocal cords cracked again as a scream ripped from her throat, the green lightning dancing up her arms and into her chest. Her eyes bzed with pink energy, her hair standing straight up from her head with an invisible wind, her dress billowing around her, screaming with pain again and again as the color returned to Jenni's face. Please, Fi. Aphrodite. I need you. She needs you. We can't do this alone.
Another wave of energy snapped out, Alice's skin shriveling as she sank to her knees, screaming and crying. Alice saw an ethereal figure step forward, appearing as it broke the pne of the wall, standing between Alice and Jenni, gncing down at the two women. Fi's nude body shone with pink energy as she leaned down next to Alice, pcing her hand on her cleric's.
"It will require a sacrifice, something dear to you yet unknown. Does this woman mean so much?"
Alice managed a shaking nod, still screaming in pain as her flesh began cracking and splitting in her hands. Unable to speak, she directed her thoughts towards the goddess standing next to her. She is an innocent. I want to save her. Please, Fi. I don't want to die, but I want to save her. The goddess inclined her head, accepting the bargain.
"I can accept the sacrifice to remove the curse. The power used here is strong, far stronger than you. Be wary of he who cast it. Your love truly knows no bounds, my dear. You are a jewel to this world."
With that, Fi leaned down, Alice's pain instantly ceasing as the goddess drew her to her feet, kissing her deeply. Alice felt Fi's hand enter her body, reaching into her stomach, and she passed out.
