[hr][center][h2]Swallowed Whole[/h2]
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Arcane power pulsed through the menagerie of smoothed bones. They vibrated loudly with a strange rattle as complex spell formulae covered the ground. One of the ivory pieces began emitting a powerful white glow and drifted into the air. It writhed with uncontrolled growth. Bulging, popping, stretching, bending, and crunching. In only a few moments, the silhouette of light took the form of a gangling creature with long arms and sharp, angular features. It vaguely resembled the shape of a man, but much of its body was sheathed in dark gray fur. Four gleaming, yellow eyes wrenched themselves open and stared mindlessly at the ceiling for a long moment. Its fanged muzzle hung open and moved constantly as if trying to silently mouth words.

[b]"No..."[/b] It finally said with telepathic force. It's thoughts rippled through the air, carrying with it a cascade of terror, reverence, and longing. [b][i]NO! NO! NO![/i][/b] repeated over and over in frenzied bursts of psychic power, echoing with raw emotion and increasing anxiety.

A hysterical, ear-piercing cry of anguish suddenly erupted from its throat. The creature stampeded itself further into the cavern, galloping on all fours. It threw itself into a boulder-sized glob of glistening blue slime. More than a dozen pseudopods burst from the fleshy mass, wrapped around the creature and submerged it completely. A psychic wave of ecstasy shuddered out from the creature. It closed its eyes and surrender itself to be digested.

Masrith could sense the vast space even in the darkest areas untouched by his angel's light. Slanted columns of natural stone ran from floor to ceiling at odd angles. As if responding to their presence, dozens of green lights began to blossom around him and his angels, illuminating the cold, musty cavern. Bioluminescent streams of light throbbed through a vast gelatinous body. 
The slime was everywhere. Every inch of every wall, floor, and ceiling was coated in a blanket of translucent blue sludge, and the carpet of ivory fragments only became thicker deeper into the caves. The angelfire drew attention to vague shapes of other animals, some of them human-like, within denser patches of slime. Upon closer inspection, they all seemed to be in various stages of digestion. Nearby, what remained of a human male was suspended in another large, bulbous mass. His skin had been eroded and his eyes dissolved, leaving a discolored cloud in the slime. Yet, somehow his grotesque face had been permanently twisted into an expression of pure bliss.

Did these caves cross under the entire mountain range? Even at a glance, it was obvious this cavern only contained a portion of the protean slime's vast body. Slimes and ooze creatures had existed in Yggdrasil, but nothing like this.

A humanoid figure rises from the fleshy, glowing mass. Taking on the vague but voluptuous shape of a woman, it glides across the floor towards Masrith. It mimicked walking, but its feet never left the string of slime that connected to its larger body. Pulses of blue-green light streamed through its body like branching veins.

[b]"Welcome,"[/b] it said sweetly, but without moving its lips. It slid smoothly towards Masrith. [b]"There is nothing to fear little one. I intend you no harm."[/b]