Jamie vs Bewitching Elise.

Jaime awoke to find himself in the middle of a forest. Each gust of wind shook the trees and carried away some of their browning leaves. The sky was dark and cloudy, only portion of the moon peaking out from it's hiding place.

Nearby, on the roots of one of the trees, was a jack o' lantern grinning at him.

"Ah... what the...?" Jaime got up and surveyed his surroundings, utterly confused and worried as to the unknown forest he was in. "Where am I? Last thing I remember... Echo was quaking and..." His eyes widened as he realized none of his friends were around. "Griffin? Ren? Mavis? ANYONE!"

The stranded young man received no response except the wind and the leaves rustling in a way that resembled laughter.



Jamie: 30 Willpower

He got up to his feet and approached the jack o lantern, keeping an eye and ear out for his friends. What on earth was going on and why was he here? He couldn't be in Echo right now, right...?

As he approached, eight spindly legs suddenly emerged from the pumpkin's sides and lifted it up. The jack o lantern hissed at the man as the flame inside it took on a purple-ish hue.


Jamie: 30 Willpower
Spiderling: 2 Stamina

Jaime backed away from the spiderling and the jack o lantern, instinctively summoning his Persona Herme-- Wait, that's not Hermes, that's Perseus!! He looked up and noted the sky was a perfectly normal night sky, confirming that he wasn't in Echo... But then how was he able to summon Perseus? "What in the hell is going on!!"

(Venom Bite -roll 31- Fail!)

The jack o lantern lunged at him, but the man managed to evade it despite his frazzled state.

"Oh?" a womanly voice, carried on the wind, said to the man. "Has a magician wandered into my woods?"


Jamie: 30 Willpower
Spiderling: 2 Stamina

He backed off and sent a wave of wind out to smash that pumpkin and take out the spiderling heckling him. Looking around the forest, he couldn't quite see the source of the voice, but he was not very eager to meet her anyways, considering his situation. "Who are you, and where am I?"

-Garula-

(Garula -roll 71- Fail!)
(Paralyzing Bite -roll 24- Success!)

"So serious. How about a little game to lighten you up?" the voice suggested. "All you have to do is find me, and I'll answer all of your questions."

While he was distracted by the voice in his ear, the pumpkin creature dodged his spell and bit him. Immediately, the man felt his body lock up.



Jamie: 30 Willpower + Stunned
Spiderling: 2 Stamina

"Gah, damn it! Fine, if that's the way you're going to play, I'll bite! But you better have answers..." He growled as his body seized up from the poison, waiting for the moment he can move again to try and take that damned spider down and start his search.

(Venom Bite -roll 52- Success!)

"Of course I'll have answers. Whether or not you'll like them is another matter." the voice told him as the pumpkin creature bit him again.


Jamie: 29.5 Willpower + 1 Stack of Poison(2)
Spiderling: 2 Stamina

Free from the paralysis, but now suffering from another affliction, Jordan sent Perseus after the pumpkin creature, swinging a sword at it in a blur of three shots. "As long as they explain what's going on, I've got no complaints..."

-Kill Rush-

(Kill Rush -roll 92, 57, 65- 2 Fail and 1 Crit Success!)

The persona swung his blade and cleaved the jack o lantern in two. The pumpkin shell fell apart to reveal the giant spider that was inside it.


Jamie: 29 Willpower + 1 Stack of Poison(1)
Spiderling: 1 Stamina

Ready to squash the bug, Jaime raised his bat and gave a mighty swing, ready to just move on and figure things out for himself. "GET LOST!!"

-Basic-

(Basic -roll 21- Fail!)
(Venom Bite -roll 60-Success!)

The persona user swung his weapon, only for the spider to dodge it and bite his leg.


Jamie: 28 Willpower + 2 Stack of Poison(2)
Spiderling: 1 Stamina

"Dammit, will you just piss off already!!" he growled as he shook the creature off of his leg and made another attempt to hit it with his bat.

-Basic-

(Basic -roll 56- Success!)

Jamie finally managed to land his attack and splattered the spider into pulp.

"Well done." That womanly voice whispered into his ear. "You managed to kill one of them, but there are many more lurking around and hungry for a meal." she warned.


Jamie: 30 Willpower

"Bring it on!" Jaime huffed, as he walked through the forest, searching for this sinister woman. "I helped pummel a god, I can squish some bugs, even with Perseus." He was confident he could do it, stomping right on through, throwing caution to the wind.

(Encounter -roll 39- Fail!)

The man made his way through the forest, but he found no sign of the mysterious woman or any more of the spiders he was warned of.


Jamie: 30 Willpower

"Griffin and the others are god knows where and I'm stuck in some spooky forest playing hide and seek with a witch or something," he grumbled as he navigated desperately through the forest.

(Encounter -roll 91- Crit Fail!)

Somehow, the man had ended up going in a complete circle and ended up back at the remains of the pumpkin where spider he had previously slain.



Jamie: 30 Willpower

"GAHHHH THIS IS GETTING NOWHERE SO DAMN FAST!! JUST COME OUT ALREADY!!" He stomped his foot down, frustrated by the combination of being lost, confused, and angry.

(Encounter -roll 98- Crit Success!)

At his stomp, the ground gave way beneath him. The man found him self falling into darkness until he eventually landed on something soft.

One by one, purple flames ignited around him and illuminated the room in their eerie light.


"Well, looks like you found me." a familiar voice said.

Jamie turned to see an incredibly beautiful woman standing at the edge of the light She tipped her classical witch hat too him and smiled a sweet smile.

"What can the bewitching Elise do for you, young man?" she asked him sweetly. Maybe it was a trick of the light, but, for a moment, it looked like something was moving behind her.



Jamie: 30 Willpower
Elise: 40 Stamina

"You're the one I've been trying to find...?" he asked, her beauty almost stunning him. He'd never seen someone so gorgeous before in his life, almost distracting him completely from the movement in the background. "Th-Then, you're going to answer my questions right? Where am I?"

(Blown Kiss -roll 42- Success!)

"You're in my web." The woman answered as she leaned forward and the man's eye's were immediately drawn to her cleavage. She winked and blew a kiss, which sent a pink gaseous heart at him that made him feel lightheaded.



Jamie: 28 Willpower + Fascinated + Poisoned(2)
Elise: 40 Stamina