Casting Mark on Quelana as she walks away, you motion for your apprentice to follow you into the lair. Your feet stick to the narrow tunnel with every step and you do your best to avoid touching the walls. As the tunnel widens a bit, you come across a sight that causes Louise to vomit.
Lying prone on the floor are several people, their mouths moving in silent agony as they move their arms as if begging for you to do something. The cause of anguish is easily identified, the massive growths on their back that press their bodies into the silk, pulsing and wriggling from whatever lies inside... you can't really blame the girl for her reaction.
As Louise retches, you summon a flame atronach and have it immolate the poor souls before you. When that is finished, you help the girl to her feet and continue on until coming to an even larger chamber. The 'room' is almost large enough to contain half of Riverwood, with egg sacks lining the walls and the ruins of the bell tower Quelana described occupying the far end. Not seeing the creature responsible for this... construction, you decide against springing an obvious trap by walking into it, instead sending your atronach ahead while simultaneously summoning a storm atronach as well.
The flame atronach advances through the room, floating over a set of faintly glowing runes on the floor as it makes it's way forward. Everything about Quelana's words implied an abundance of fire, so the flame atronach should be in it's element. "Louise, take Tsun and circle left. Do not go past the center of the room and avoid the eggs." You order while sending the other atronach to the right.
"Right!" She says, leaving you to stand in the shadows of the entrance. The first daedra dances merrily as it reaches the middle of the area, though it isn't until Louise is almost parallel to the burning creature that your enemy appears.
Drawn by the vibrations of the girl's footsteps, arachnid legs emerge from the tower's doorway. The creature, like the smaller of it's kin, manages to squeeze it's enormous body through the small opening that... really shouldn't allow such a beast through. Dozens of eyes rest atop the beast's razor line maw, it's black carapace leaking fire and appearing almost like magma where a deep red glow emanates from between the hardened plates of chitin. At odds with all of this, however, is the nude upper body of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Quelana.
"Wha- Why?!" Your apprentice shouts in alarm, drawing a cruel smirk from the witch. Considering Quelana's admission of being the youngest sister in the family, you really don't like the idea of what this... woman might have in mind for the two of you. As you are preparing to pull the girl away with Telekinesis and flee, Louise turns to you with a horrified expression. "Even the disgusting spider monster is more feminine than me! How is that fair?!"
Palming your face at her outrage, an action that you don't recall doing nearly as often before meeting this girl, you notice the confused look on said spider monster's face as she turns to where the girl is looking. Since it noticed you anyway, you shout back, "Not really a priority!"
Saying something in a language you can't comprehend, the spider daedra look-a-like pulls a sword from... somewhere and the spider roars in an shrill shriek. Her sword combusts and she swings it, sending an arc of fire toward your location, causing you to roll backward into the tunnel. A shout of 'Frost spells' has your apprentice send forth a hail of Ice Spikes as you order your summons to attack. Fireballs pelt the spider's body to no effect and the girl's Ice barely survives the heat radiating from the beast long enough to shatter on impact. Lighting does a significant amount of damage to the woman's exposed torso, though her wounds heal quickly.
Agitated by your party's attacks, she unleashes a flurry of burning swings in all directions, causing Louise to hide behind her familiar before the beast rears up an creates a shockwave of heat that knock everyone off their feet. Getting your feet beneath you, you watch as your apprentice struggles to rise after her swift introduction to the wall while the arachnid skitters it's way toward her. As the witch surges forward to stab at the girl, you pull her off course by tugging her dark hair with Telekinesis and she slams her face into the zombie instead.
Not one to understand hesitation, the moving corpse wraps it's primary arms around her throat while using it's secondary limbs to impale her with it's blades. Using the distraction, you manage to move the girl just before the spider stomps it's forelimbs where she had been laying. The witch's screams of fury draw your attention away from the disoriented girl and you watch as the undead minion is torn in half by the enraged woman's bare hands. Lava drips from the spider's mouth as her fury mounts ever higher, the swords in her chest not hindering her voice in the slightest.
Status: Healthy
Magicka: (190/650)
Choose 1:
[] Continue fighting-
[] Spell write in.
[] Write in
[] Surrender, maybe she will be merciful.
[] Flee!
[] The way you came.
[] Recall.
[] Write in.
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A/N: Though Louise received a head injury of unknown severity and the zombie isn't going to be very mobile until it's legs are reattached, it could have been worse. Also not sure if pictures of Quelaag are acceptable considering her barely covered nudity.