\begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}] You enter the green expanse of the forest, feeling a twinge of nostalgia for the beginning of your journey. As you have some time for idle thought, on further reflection, it really [i:was] incredibly fortunate that this was one of the first places you discovered[if (player has discovered rift and crag) \PYZob{}, as opposed to the blazing meat\PYZhy{}grinder of the crag or the frozen wastes of the rift\PYZcb{}]. Even the tentacle beasts that punctuate the area are firmly within your ability to handle, giving the whole place an air of familiarity instead of the objective danger you once assessed it to have as you strode between the sunbeams piercing the canopy up above. However, your peace is soon interrupted by the sound of combat, and it\PYZsq{}s not the typical sounds of clanging swords, knocked arrows, or even the exceedingly rare gunshot. Rather, it sounds like someone is rapidly casting spells. You drop just an inch lower, preparing to deal with the encounter you presume you\PYZsq{}re about to have, as the surprisingly \PYZdq{}sparkly\PYZdq{}\PYZhy{}sounding spells get louder and louder. Soon, a pair of bushes rustle, and a fair\PYZhy{}skinned figure sporting a myriad of bright colors pops out of the shrubbery with several imps in tow! \PYZdq{}Leave me alone, you tiny little freaks!\PYZdq{} the figure vindictively screams behind her as she fires several small, silvery\PYZhy{}pink balls of energy at the horde of six imps giving chase. The girl attempting her escape seems rather young\PYZhy{}\PYZhy{}in her teenage years, if you were to hazard a guess, though her height is that of someone even younger, clearly being a number of inches under five feet tall. She\PYZsq{}s also without much in the way of breasts, sporting a couple small palmfuls. In contrast, given the way her skirt seems to be constantly impacted by a certain jiggling pair of objects, you can tell she\PYZsq{}s got a rather large pair of buttcheeks stuffed in there somewhere, thick thighs visible inside the gap between the bottom of that skirt and the top of an unusually long pair of white socks. Though the girl looks a bit unusual in her own right with sparkly, blue eyes and silvery\PYZhy{}pink, back\PYZhy{}length hair, it\PYZsq{}s her outfit that\PYZsq{}s the most unusual thing about her\PYZhy{}\PYZhy{}[If (Player has visited Marielle\PYZsq{}s shop AND isn\PYZsq{}t wearing the Ballet Dress) \PYZob{}you can\PYZsq{}t say you\PYZsq{}ve seen more than one other example of something so over\PYZhy{}the\PYZhy{}top\PYZcb{}][If (Player has NOT visited Marielle\PYZsq{}s shop) \PYZob{}you have definitely never seen anything like this in all your days\PYZcb{}][If (Player is currently wearing Ballet Dress) \PYZob{}it\PYZsq{}s rare to find anyone out here with as unorthodox of a fashion sense as your own\PYZcb{}]. It\PYZsq{}s revealing and frilly, composed of a form\PYZhy{}fitting, pink, white, and red dress halting at the mid\PYZhy{}thigh, with fluffy fabric composing the lower layers and a smooth, shiny, pink satin on the outermost layer. On each arm is a pink, satin glove, and the pink boots coming up to her knees have a rubbery texture that matches the satin in terms of shine. A generous cleavage window showing off the girl\PYZsq{}s modest chest enhances the sex appeal of the look to the point where, if it didn\PYZsq{}t look so aggressively \PYZdq{}cute,\PYZdq{} you\PYZsq{}d have to say it most properly belongs on a high\PYZhy{}class wench of some kind. It\PYZsq{}s really that juvenile flair that throws a wrench into your analysis. It\PYZsq{}s almost like someone took a princess, a warrior, a priestess, and a prostitute before combining them into one person. Even her weapon screams [If (Silly Mode) \PYZob{}/\PYZdq{}KAWAII\PYZdq{}|\PYZdq{}look how [i:cute] I am!\PYZdq{}\PYZcb{}] with all unapologetic emphasis, being a red staff about half as long as its wielder is tall, one end bearing a circle\PYZhy{}tipped cross made of pink metal, itself capped by a white\PYZhy{}hot halo, while the other end terminates in a shameless, purple, ribbed dildo. \PYZdq{}Seriously, once I power up, I\PYZsq{}m gonna come back here and turn your heads into squishy, red mush under my boot!\PYZdq{} If you were considering stepping in, now would be the time to act on that. The girl is still blasting the imps chasing her with small, glowing orbs of power, but while the imps certainly appear hurt, they don\PYZsq{}t seem to be getting all that hurt each individual shot, each hit imp taking a tumble before resuming the chase at the back of the pack. Observing the situation completely dispassionately, it could almost be described as comical. Do you step in to save the girl? \PYZgt{}CHOICE 1: Tough Luck/Be A Hero \PYZgt{}Tough Luck (Choice 1) \PYZdq{}GYAAAAHHHH, you cherry\PYZhy{}skinned twerps are so annoying!\PYZdq{} is the last thing you hear before the pack of imps chase the girl into the underbrush once again. You get the feeling you\PYZsq{}ll probably run into her again, if you keep looking around the forest. You head back to camp. \PYZgt{}Be a Hero (Choice 1) Whether it\PYZsq{}s for the reward that might await at the end, for the justice of helping someone out, or just for the hell of it, you decide to help the girl. Stepping forward, you shout out towards the imps [If (Silly Mode) \PYZob{}that they should pick on someone their own size, drawing the attention of all present|to attract the attention of everybody present\PYZcb{}]. \PYZgt{}Silly Mode Only: \PYZgt{}If the champ is not close to the height of an imp: \PYZdq{}Have [i:you] met many people around here as remotely close to our size as she is??\PYZdq{} the imps clap back with a sneer. You have to admit they have a point. Nevertheless! \PYZgt{}If the champ is close to the height of an imp, or below: \PYZdq{}Don\PYZsq{}t mind if we do! Get [him]!\PYZdq{} the imps delightedly shout at their next presumptive target, once they see you. Perhaps that wasn\PYZsq{}t the smartest thing to say to them, but it did the job! /Silly Mode Only The imps turn towards you, though that\PYZsq{}s partly because the girl who\PYZsq{}s been chased by these imps has started running in your direction instead, her expression having turned into a bright, wide smile! \PYZdq{}Finally, someone actually useful!\PYZdq{} she shouts! You internally question the tone of her \PYZdq{}useful,\PYZdq{} though it\PYZsq{}s hardly the time to get distracted by minor details. Speaking of which, you get distracted looking at the cute, sparkly girl\PYZsq{}s boldly\PYZhy{}bouncing B\PYZhy{}cups boisterously bumping outwards against her top. Regardless of just how ridiculous her outfit is, it\PYZsq{}s just so eye\PYZhy{}catching that anybody would be thrown at least a little off\PYZhy{}guard. As you stare at the two, small, jiggly tits, they do actually look like they\PYZsq{}re... \PYZgt{}CHOICE 2: Budding/Big Enough (Toggles On/Off Mina\PYZsq{}s Breast Expansion every level\PYZhy{}up) \PYZgt{}TOOLTIPS: They have the potential to get bigger and bigger/They won\PYZsq{}t ever get any bigger than they are now And while you can\PYZsq{}t actually see her ass at the moment, you can definitely imagine it, strapped up tight in a girly pair of undies totally stretched backwards a good few inches by plump, fat cheeks that wiggle and wobble profusely with every single step she takes. With that picture in your mind, you think that ass is... \PYZgt{}CHOICE 3: Blossoming/Plenty Large (Toggles On/Off Mina\PYZsq{}s Butt Expansion every level\PYZhy{}up) \PYZgt{}TOOLTIPS: It has the potential to get bigger and bigger/It won\PYZsq{}t ever get any bigger than it is now The girly voice you heard before shouting out \PYZdq{}Heads\PYZhy{}up, perv!\PYZdq{} is just about the only warning you get before you are shocked to attention and knocked flat on your [ass] by the girl, taking her savior by surprise! You both tumble to the ground as the imps lag behind the girl by only a half a minute, at most. Why is she doing this? Doesn\PYZsq{}t she realize you\PYZsq{}re her best chance at being saved? You\PYZsq{}re about to pump life and might into your limbs to correct the situation when the girl, now looming over your body, straddles your [tummy] with her plump thighs and parks the buttcheeks you can now feel are exactly as fat as you thought directly on top of it, her silvery pink hair draping around your face. She tells you exactly three words. \PYZdq{}Let it happen.\PYZdq{} \PYZgt{}CHOICE 4: Resist (Requires 50 Strength and 65 Agility)/Let It Happen \PYZgt{}TOOLTIPS: You\PYZsq{}re not going to let this tiny girl tell you what to do/You\PYZsq{}re [i:absolutely] going to let this tiny girl tell you what to do \PYZgt{}Champ successfully Resists (Choice 4 branch) Employing your quick wit, strong muscles, and nimble dexterity, you manage to kick the colorful girl off of your body and roll backwards up onto your feet! You almost certainly avoided something fairly depraved, though the girl now stumbling backwards looks up at you with a desperate plea in her eyes as soon as she regains her balance. \PYZdq{}Okay, listen! I\PYZsq{}m sorry! I need a tiny bit of your power so I can defend myself! That\PYZsq{}s all!\PYZdq{} Seems like you really raised an unexpected possibility for her by being strong enough to overcome the element of surprise, but given the circumstances, it\PYZsq{}s almost surprising this didn\PYZsq{}t turn about to be some elaborate subterfuge of a powerful trickster demon, or something like that. The emotion on display certainly seems genuine[If (Champ has encountered an Alice before) \PYZob{}, unlike the manufactured emotion of the typical Alice demon\PYZcb{}]. The imps grow closer, and while you might like to find out what exactly she meant by \PYZdq{}a tiny bit of your power,\PYZdq{} there\PYZsq{}s just no time for that discussion. The girl clasps together her satin\PYZhy{}gloved hands and quickly adds on a pleading \PYZdq{}There\PYZsq{}s no time! I need to kiss you, all right!?\PYZdq{} A kiss? Why didn\PYZsq{}t she just say so? Now that you have a vague idea of what this girl was trying to do to you, will you let her do what she wants? CHOICE 4.1: Kiss The Girl/Fight Imps/Revenge TOOLTIPS: Let her do what she wants/Say that you\PYZsq{}ll take on the imps for her/Give her a swift knock on the dome and leave her to the imps \PYZgt{}Kiss The Girl (Choice 4.1 branch) Despite the situation, the girl\PYZsq{}s panic seems to immediately evaporate when you give her a friendly come\PYZhy{}hither. Accepting your invitation without even a moment\PYZsq{}s hesitation, [If (the champ is close to or below Mina\PYZsq{}s height) \PYZob{}the girl happily skips towards you, her body ramming into your [breasts] with a meaty [i:THUMP] and draping her arms around your body, before pulling you into a sloppy, wet kiss|the girl leaps up directly into your [arms] and wraps her own arms around your back, hooking her legs around your [hips] before pulling you into a passionate kiss\PYZcb{}]! \PYZdq{}Thanks! I\PYZsq{}m Mina, by the way\PYZti{}\PYZdq{} the girl informs you with a slowly\PYZhy{}growing grin before she plunges her lips directly onto yours with all the force that a vampire might bite your neck, your tongue soon assaulted by the Mina\PYZsq{}s own and your body beginning to feel strangely heavy. It\PYZsq{}s an incredibly unusual sensation, like a low rumbling all throughout your form that coalesces into waves of pressure rolling through your flesh, a certain \PYZdq{}essence\PYZdq{} of yours flowing towards your head where those waves gather into your lips and summarily depart from you entirely. If there was any doubt about what Mina was doing to you before, it\PYZsq{}s gone now, as each subtle wave of essence that rolls through your lips seems to generate a complementary wave of pink energy travelling into Mina\PYZsq{}s body instead, the energy absorbing right into her! She\PYZsq{}s draining you! \PYZdq{}Mnnn\PYZti{}! Mhm\PYZhy{}hm\PYZhy{}hmm\PYZti{}\PYZdq{} Mina giggles as she kisses you, any second thoughts you might be having about the situation completely denied by the heaviness in your muscles making you feel physically docile and more than a bit numb. Even if you tried to push her off, your [arms] practically feel like they\PYZsq{}re encased in warm, squishy concrete. Or, perhaps that\PYZsq{}s just her soft, bottom\PYZhy{}heavy little body wrapped tightly around you that\PYZsq{}s making you feel that way. Whatever the case may be, though, the power being drained from you and being permanently reassigned to Mina\PYZsq{}s eternal custody soon builds to a head, the girl\PYZsq{}s entire body flush with goosebumps as she suddenly breaks the kiss and throws back her head! \PYZdq{}Mmmmmnnnnn!!! Oooaaaahhh\PYZti{}... [i:Much] better!\PYZdq{} \PYZgt{}Silly Mode Only: Your eyebrows twist incredulously as you see literal, physical words manifest in the air over the head of your assailant, proudly declaring in bombastic, shining font on behalf of the girl they\PYZsq{}re attached to: \PYZdq{}LEVEL UP!\PYZdq{} /Silly Mode Only Instantly, little scratches you just barely now noticed marring Mina\PYZsq{}s body all begin to close up, and little tears in the cutie\PYZsq{}s clothes mend themselves inside of a few seconds flat. Even the sweat from her skin seems to evaporate as her body renews and re\PYZhy{}invigorates itself, her body practically giving off an aura of empowerment that only fades after[if (minaButtExpansion AND minaBreastExpansion = false) \PYZob{} a few seconds of Mina\PYZsq{}s obvious pleasure\PYZcb{}][If (minaBreastExpansion OR minaButtExpansion = true) \PYZob{} you feel\PYZcb{}][If (minaBreastExpansion = true) \PYZob{} Mina\PYZsq{}s barely\PYZhy{}there B\PYZhy{}cups puff outwards against you into sumptuous C\PYZhy{}cups\PYZcb{}][If (minaBreastExpansion AND minaButtExpansion = true) \PYZob{} and\PYZcb{}][If (minaButtExpansion = true) \PYZob{} the back of her skirt tents backwards even further as her big buttcheeks expand a little bigger\PYZcb{}]! In spite of the implications of the existence of a being like this, you really can\PYZsq{}t deny [If (Champ is anything other than strictly attracted to males AND is female/male/neuter) \PYZob{}the dampening of your underwear at the sight of that/the stiffening of your cock at the sight of that/the tingling of your loins at the sight of that|she does look surprisingly cute when she\PYZsq{}s all happy like that\PYZcb{}], and [If (Champ is anything other than strictly attracted to males) \PYZob{}your arousal|that feeling\PYZcb{}] only grows stronger as Mina practically jumps back off of you and spins around with her skirt fluttering, her tight, pink panties wrapped around one of the perkiest bubble butts you\PYZsq{}ve ever seen displayed in a risque sneak peek, all while the portion of your vision that was blocked by Mina\PYZsq{}s head soon reveals that dastardly pack of imps! \PYZdq{}Ready for round two, little losers?\PYZdq{} As you feel life returning to your limbs and your body shedding its post\PYZhy{}weakening numbness, you see the suddenly\PYZhy{}stronger Mina hold up her staff towards the imps and start blasting away, those once\PYZhy{}dinky little orbs of sparkly light packing considerably more \PYZdq{}persuasion\PYZdq{} per pulse, each one erupting from the halo atop her staff with a screaming vengeance that seems to sear the air in its wake. The sound alone is enough to give the imps pause as they\PYZsq{}re stopped a mere couple seconds away from reaching the two of you, the first victim of the dolled\PYZhy{}up little lady\PYZsq{}s amped\PYZhy{}up attacks absorbing the full brunt of it and getting flung back into a tree, where there is the distinct sound of bones cracking from the impact, accompanied by lifeless flesh slumping to the forest floor. Perhaps if the imps weren\PYZsq{}t already hurt from the girl\PYZsq{}s earlier attacks, they could take a couple more hits now. But as it stands, with their opponent not only fully healed and refreshed, but now even stronger, the tables have more than turned. [i:POP!] While the pack of imps turn their heads to witness the first death of the bunch, another one gets their neck snapped from the whiplash of another staff\PYZhy{}blast hitting him directly in the head! \PYZdq{}Hahaha. What\PYZsq{}s wrong? Did the cute little girl [i:power up] too much for you to haaaan\PYZhy{}dllle\PYZti{}?\PYZdq{} [i:Pop\PYZhy{}POP!] Another imp is unceremoniously executed by two blasts to the torso, and the remaining demons realize that no matter how ridiculous it seems, the girl they were chasing just moments ago is no longer something to run towards. [i:POP!] She\PYZsq{}s very much something to run away from! As another imp falls, the rest of them begin to fly away as best they can, while the girl blasting away at them just lets out a bratty, half\PYZhy{}laughing, \PYZdq{}What\PYZsq{}s wrong!? Come back! Come on, everybody; let\PYZsq{}s be friends\PYZti{}!\PYZdq{} Frankly, if it didn\PYZsq{}t have a twinge of horror to it, it would almost be kind of comical. That said, it\PYZsq{}s not like the imps that clearly intended to rape her don\PYZsq{}t deserve it, too, so it\PYZsq{}s difficult blame the desire for revenge on her part as you at least get to witness that \PYZdq{}sliver of power\PYZdq{} you donated to Mina being put to good use. One final blast from Mina\PYZsq{}s staff erupts off into the shrubbery like a racehorse, and you\PYZsq{}re fairly certain you hear the sound of one more imp biting the dust. You can be certain that the imps here aren\PYZsq{}t going to be bothering this girl anymore. Then she turns to you with a bratty smirk on her face, stowing away her staff. \PYZdq{}Thanks for the power boost, [mister]! Like I said before, my name\PYZsq{}s Mina! Don\PYZsq{}t forget it, because in a few months\PYZsq{} time that\PYZsq{}s gonna be the name of the magical girl ruling this land and turning it into a cutie\PYZhy{}topia!\PYZdq{} she gloats, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, before leaning forward and letting her boobs gently cleave together, continuing with a slightly less naive\PYZhy{}sounding, \PYZdq{}well, I\PYZsq{}d make fun of you a bit more, but you managed to shake me off the first time... so even I\PYZsq{}d feel bad making fun of you for that. Still, that\PYZsq{}s your one freebie! The next time I see you, I\PYZsq{}m gonna take even more, \PYZsq{}kay\PYZti{}?\PYZdq{} It\PYZsq{}s hard to figure out what to say first to that surprisingly bratty response, but Mina just raises her fist up to her mouth and giggles into it, \PYZdq{}Fufufu\PYZti{}... Awwww, c\PYZsq{}mon! You did one nice thing for me, and I admit it! But that doesn\PYZsq{}t make us friends! it makes you... someone I\PYZsq{}ll make sure gets a nice, comfy house full of cute girls in a nice neighborhood once I take over all of Mareth and give it a total makeover!\PYZdq{} That\PYZsq{}s not the worst fate you could imagine,[If (Champ is strictly attracted to males) \PYZob{}if you can ignore the fact you\PYZsq{}d be surrounded by a bunch of women,\PYZcb{}] but could she, perhaps, accomplish that without robbing you of the power you\PYZsq{}ve accumulated over your journey? \PYZdq{}Nuh\PYZhy{}uh! Power\PYZsq{}s like a badge of honor that you get for working hard, so if someone steals it from you, then that means it\PYZsq{}s going to someone who deserves it more! Plus, I\PYZsq{}d use that power [i:wayyyyyy] better than you can! Soooo...\PYZdq{} Mina trails off as she gently half\PYZhy{}closes her eyes, leans further forwards, and smugly points her index finger at her cheek, gently teasing, \PYZdq{}if you end up losing to me when I challenge you to a fight, then that\PYZsq{}s totally on you! Don\PYZsq{}t wanna get drained by me? Then either stay away from the forest...\PYZdq{} Mina\PYZsq{}s smile grows wider as she sticks her tongue out for a second and puts her hands on her hips. \PYZdq{}...Or just don\PYZsq{}t instantly lose to me like a pathetic, perverted loser who wants [his] face to be a chair for my big, bouncy bubble butt\PYZti{}! Hehe... not that [i:I\PYZsq{}d] mind that\PYZti{}\PYZdq{} Mina then turns around, looks back over her shoulder, and smiles with the barest hint of affection and gratitude, so small that it borders on imaginary, the appreciation buried beneath all that brattiness. Perhaps as one final show of thanks, she bends over to hike her miniskirt up above her ass and gently spanks her butt at you, giggling like she just did something naughty and got away with it before she leaves you behind to head deeper into the forest, your body no worse for wear other than a paltry bit of missing power. Half\PYZhy{}frustrated, yet half\PYZhy{}amused, you head back to camp. \PYZgt{}Fight Imps (Choice 4.1 branch) It\PYZsq{}s a tall order to trust this girl, but you\PYZsq{}re not about to leave her to the imps, either. You shake your head and say that you\PYZsq{}re more than capable of dealing with this horde of demons and that she should find some place to hide\PYZhy{}\PYZhy{}a suggestion that immediately causes her to scrunch up her face and shake her head! \PYZdq{}There\PYZsq{}s no way I\PYZsq{}m running away from a fight!\PYZdq{} There\PYZsq{}s no time to argue! The demons are here! (Fight against a group of 6 basic imps that all start at half health. Mina\PYZsq{}s only action is to fire a generic magic attack from a safe distance every turn, since that\PYZsq{}s all she can do right now.) \PYZgt{}Defeat You collapse to the ground, defeated, and you see the group of imps that overcame your strength turn their attention away from you to chase after their original target, now even more tired from firing so many blasts in service of defeating the demons. Before unconsciousness takes your mind, you pray very briefly for the girl\PYZsq{}s safety, but as your eyes close, you think you hear a terrified scream echo in your ears. You don\PYZsq{}t know what\PYZsq{}s going to happen to that girl, but it\PYZsq{}s safe to say that you\PYZsq{}ll probably never see her again. \PYZgt{}(Generic \PYZdq{}you wake up 4 hours later and lose some gems\PYZdq{} message, idk how to format that specifically) \PYZgt{}Victory The last imp falls to the ground in a singular heap of its defeated comrades, the threat on the girl\PYZsq{}s life (or virginity, as the case may be) abated for now. You turn towards her, expecting answers of some kind. Who is she? Where did she come from? What did she mean by taking a sliver of your power? You see her struggling with her words as she looks a bit annoyed, staring off to the side away from her savior. \PYZdq{}H\PYZhy{}Hmph. I\PYZsq{}m Mina... Thanks for helping with the imps... but I definitely could\PYZsq{}a beat them on my own eventually...\PYZdq{} The apparently\PYZhy{}prideful girl clears her throat to stop herself from mumbling as she forces herself to look at you and answer you honestly. \PYZdq{}Anyway, I\PYZsq{}m from another world that I\PYZsq{}m [i:super] not gonna tell a total stranger about, but I got here like a week ago... when I arrived I was in some gross bog or whatever with a sketchy temple in it. It was nice and all, but I needed food[If (Marielle is living in the bog temple) \PYZob{} and there was some sleeping girl who looked like she was undead or something, which was [i:really] freaky\PYZcb{}]... so I [If (Marielle is living in the bog temple) \PYZob{}snuck out |left \PYZcb{}]and found my way here, where I\PYZsq{}ve been harassed by those goddessdamned imps like every day...\PYZdq{} Understandable, though she still hasn\PYZsq{}t told you why she wanted a sliver of your power, or what that would have meant. She groans out like a petulant child having to clean their room, but she does eventually answer. \PYZdq{}Uuuggh! Listen, it\PYZsq{}s really simple! Even an idiot could get it without me explaining it! I have the power to...\PYZdq{} Mina trails off, scratching her nails against her scalp and really getting more than a little annoyed that she feels obligated to bother explaining this, \PYZdq{}...drain people\PYZsq{}s built\PYZhy{}up power for myself!\PYZdq{} You question Mina on that. It\PYZsq{}s surely just a temporary effect, right? That causes a faint smile on the girl\PYZsq{}s face, as she exclaims, \PYZdq{}Nope! It\PYZsq{}s totally permanent! You get weaker, and I get stronger!\PYZdq{} That smile then fades as she clearly assigns at least some blame to you for resisting earlier, as ridiculous as that sounds. \PYZdq{}But it\PYZsq{}s really hard to do that when you can\PYZsq{}t [i:beat] anything in the first place! Plus it\PYZsq{}s less effective on, like... [If (Silly Mode) \PYZob{}generic, nameless mobs like imps and goblins|stuff that has no useful experiences to drain in the first place\PYZcb{}].\PYZdq{} At least that explains why she was so gung\PYZhy{}ho about stealing some of [i:your] power, specifically. Still, it\PYZsq{}s probably for the best that you managed to shake Mina off when you did. If she wants to drain someone, she can go drain someones else, though something tells you that she might not actually find another suitable target out here, and even if she did, she\PYZsq{}d probably struggle to take them down. However, it turns out Mina is a surprisingly perceptive young lady, because she suddenly starts looking more than a little ticked\PYZhy{}off, balling up her fists and slamming them down against the air next to her plump little hips. \PYZdq{}Mnnn... [If (Player is significantly taller than Mina) \PYZob{}I can tell you\PYZsq{}re looking down on me, you know!|It\PYZsq{}s [i:really] obvious what you\PYZsq{}re thinking, you know!\PYZcb{}] Ugh, honestly... the next time I see you, I\PYZsq{}m totally going to bowl you over and give you a firsthand demonstration of what I can do! Just you wait!\PYZdq{} And without giving you a chance to respond, the pissed\PYZhy{}off shortie turns around and storms off, stomping her pink, rubber boots into the dirt of the forest floor and leaving you alone with your thoughts. It seems you\PYZsq{}ve made a new enemy. You head back to camp. \PYZgt{}Revenge (Choice 4.1 branch) This has gone more than far enough, and you certainly don\PYZsq{}t trust this girl who just tried to attack you to be anything other than a problem. Her panic quickly turns into despair, the timbre of her voice wavering erratically as you look at her with obvious intent. \PYZdq{}W\PYZhy{}wait! Please stop! I\PYZsq{}m sorry!\PYZdq{} the girl screams out, but it\PYZsq{}s much too late for that. [If (Champ is at high corruption) \PYZob{}You smile wickedly as the girl\PYZsq{}s blood runs so cold that her face instantly turns pale/You sternly shake your head, intent on letting her taste the fruits of her labor at the hands of these imps\PYZcb{}]. Raising your [weapon], you strike the girl right on the temple and send her tumbling to the ground with an unceremonious [i:THUD], her staff skittering down onto the dirt, where the halo atop it dims and turns an inky black. You pick it up as your prize, just as the imps arrive and slow to a holding pattern. Normally, you would be more than willing to kill these six imps, but right now, they seem to come to a silent understanding with you. After all, you did just subdue the target of their hunt for them, and they can ensure you\PYZsq{}ll never have to deal with this girl ever again. It\PYZsq{}s a strange feeling, coming to even a momentary understanding with demons, but the feeling wells up inside you all the same. Upon seeing you\PYZsq{}re not going to attack them, the demons each don a vile smirk. Four of the imps grab hold of the girl\PYZsq{}s limbs, robbed of her means to defend herself, and they hoist her up into the air... [i:THUD!] ...before they crash back down to the forest floor, not quite able to carry the weight of the unconscious girl and her hefty bottom. The fifth and sixth demons then circle around to help their infernal brethren out, pitching in to assist with carrying the girl up into the air, where they slowly begin to ferry her off into the forest, only one of them bothering to toss a sarcastic \PYZdq{}thanks\PYZdq{} your way from over his shoulder. You get the feeling you won\PYZsq{}t be seeing that girl ever again as you turn around and head back to camp. (+20 Corruption) \PYZgt{}WEAPON: Tainted Magical Girl Staff: An unorthodox, cutesy, magical staff, tainted with the despair of a naive journey cut short. The upper third of it is a large symbol in the shape of a cross beneath a large circle, the whole section made out of pink metal, itself sporting an inky\PYZhy{}black halo above it. +150\PYZpc{} Spell Mod, +20\PYZpc{} spell efficiency. Allows you to use the [Dark Heart Blast] skill, a magic attack fired from the halo of the staff that deals higher damage to opponents with low corruption. Will not provide its power to users who do not look at least mildly Feminine. \PYZgt{}Champ fails to Resist/Lets it Happen (Choice 4 branch) [If (Champ fails to resist) \PYZob{}It all happens so fast that, even though this girl atop you is much weaker than you, the element of surprise lets her get one over on you.\PYZcb{}] Much like you didn\PYZsq{}t expect this wild little lady bowling you over, neither do you suspect her face rolling a couple degrees clockwise and her plump, glossy, sparkly lips pressing directly into your own, a nearly\PYZhy{}electric feeling numbing your body as you feel her begin to suck on your tongue, sealing your lips together more and more by the second. You begin to move your arms to try and tear this girl off, but almost as soon as you do, you feel like they\PYZsq{}ve fallen asleep \PYZhy{}\PYZhy{} like they\PYZsq{}re encased in stone that squeezes the life out of them! Yet, the girl atop you doesn\PYZsq{}t seem concerned, and if anything, it seems more like the corners of her mouth are curling up in delight, a faint, little, girly moan reverberating through only the air shared between your lips. She\PYZsq{}s getting a kick out of this! You suddenly feel gentle waves of... something traveling up your body, from your extremities towards the direction of your head. It doesn\PYZsq{}t seem to emanate from any set of points in particular, but rather each pulse seems to form naturally as a consequence of whatever energy composes it bunching up as it travels through your flesh, leaving your muscles feeling strangely tired in their collective wake. \PYZdq{}Mmmmmm\PYZti{} Mm\PYZhy{}mm\PYZhy{}mm\PYZti{}\PYZdq{} No, those muscles don\PYZsq{}t just feel tired \PYZhy{}\PYZhy{} they feel weaker! It hits you as soon as those waves gather into your lips and start visibly pumping their way into the girl kissing you, subtle pulses of pink light rippling into her body and falling directly into HER custody instead of yours as she steals some of your accumulated power! Suddenly\PYZhy{}tired limbs be damned, you think you can power through the feeling and shake her off, so you try to do exactly that, slowly raising your limbs and rolling your hips to build up momentum! However, the girl manages to keep hold of you for just a scant few more seconds, and that\PYZsq{}s all the time she needs before she pulls herself away of her own volition, throwing her head back and lewdly moaning into the cool forest air, her whole body glowing a powerful, pulsing pink as she seems to power up right before your eyes! \PYZdq{}Mmmmmnnnnn\PYZti{}!!! Oooaaaahhh\PYZti{}... too laaaate\PYZti{}...\PYZdq{} \PYZgt{}Silly Mode Only: Your eyebrows twist incredulously as you see literal, physical words manifest in the air over the head of your assailant, proudly declaring in bombastic, shining font on behalf of the girl they\PYZsq{}re attached to: \PYZdq{}LEVEL UP!\PYZdq{} /Silly Mode Only Instantly, little scratches you just barely now noticed marring her body all begin to close up, and little tears in the cutie\PYZsq{}s clothes mend themselves inside of a few seconds flat. Even the sweat from her skin seems to evaporate as her body renews and re\PYZhy{}invigorates itself, her body practically giving off an aura of empowerment that only fades after [if (minaButtExpansion AND minaBreastExpansion = false) \PYZob{}a few seconds of Mina\PYZsq{}s obvious pleasure\PYZcb{}] [If (minaBreastExpansion OR minaButtExpansion = true) \PYZob{}you feel\PYZcb{}] [If (minaBreastExpansion = true) \PYZob{}Mina\PYZsq{}s B\PYZhy{}cups puff outwards against you into sumptuous C\PYZhy{}cups\PYZcb{}] [If (minaBreastExpansion AND minaButtExpansion = true) \PYZob{}and\PYZcb{}] [If (minaButtExpansion = True) \PYZob{}the pressure of her two fat buttcheeks pressing into your [tummy] grow even stronger\PYZcb{}]! Despite the danger such a being obviously presents, you really can\PYZsq{}t deny you really can\PYZsq{}t deny [If (Champ is anything other than strictly attracted to males AND is female/male/neuter) \PYZob{}the dampening of your underwear at the sight of that/the stiffening of your cock at the sight of that/the tingling of your loins at the sight of that|how erotic this all is\PYZcb{}], and [If (Champ is anything other than strictly attracted to males) \PYZob{}your arousal|that impression\PYZcb{}] only grows stronger as the girl lifts her body up off of you and turns around, her tight, pink panties wrapped around one of the perkiest bubble butts you\PYZsq{}ve ever seen just positively looming up above your face, all while the portion of your vision that was blocked by the girl\PYZsq{}s own body soon reveals that dastardly pack of imps! \PYZdq{}That goes for you little gremlins, too\PYZti{}\PYZdq{} As you start to scramble backwards and catch your bearings, your limbs feeling like they are alive once again, you see the suddenly\PYZhy{}stronger girl hold up her staff towards the imps and start blasting away, those once\PYZhy{}dinky little orbs of sparkly light packing considerably more \PYZdq{}persuasion\PYZdq{} per pulse, each one erupting from the halo atop her staff with a screaming vengeance that seems to sear the air in its wake. The sound alone is enough to give the imps pause as they\PYZsq{}re stopped a mere couple seconds away from reaching the two of you, the first victim of the dolled\PYZhy{}up little lady\PYZsq{}s amped\PYZhy{}up attacks absorbing the full brunt of it and getting flung back into a tree, where there is the distinct sound of bones cracking from the impact, accompanied by lifeless flesh slumping to the forest floor. Perhaps if the imps weren\PYZsq{}t already hurt from the girl\PYZsq{}s earlier attacks, they could take a couple more hits now. But as it stands, with their opponent not only fully healed and refreshed, but now even stronger, the tables have more than turned. [i:POP!] While the pack of imps turn their heads to witness the first death of the bunch, another one gets their neck snapped from the whiplash of another staff\PYZhy{}blast hitting him directly in the head! \PYZdq{}Hahaha. What\PYZsq{}s wrong? Did the cute little girl [i:power up] too much for you to haaaan\PYZhy{}dllle\PYZti{}?\PYZdq{} [i:Pop\PYZhy{}POP!] Another imp is unceremoniously executed by two blasts to the torso, and the remaining demons realize that no matter how ridiculous it seems, the girl they were chasing just moments ago is no longer something to run towards. [i:POP!] She\PYZsq{}s very much something to run away from! As another imp falls, the rest of them begin to fly away as best they can, while the girl blasting away at them just lets out a bratty, half\PYZhy{}laughing, \PYZdq{}What\PYZsq{}s wrong!? Come back! Come on, everybody; let\PYZsq{}s be friends\PYZti{}!\PYZdq{} Frankly, if it didn\PYZsq{}t have a twinge of horror to it, it would almost be kind of comical. That said, it\PYZsq{}s not like the imps that clearly intended to rape her don\PYZsq{}t deserve it, too, so it\PYZsq{}s difficult to blame the desire for revenge on her part as you get up on your knees. One final blast from the girl\PYZsq{}s staff erupts off into the shrubbery like a racehorse, and you\PYZsq{}re fairly certain you hear the sound of one more imp biting the dust. You can be certain that the imps here aren\PYZsq{}t going to be bothering this girl anymore. Then she turns to you with a bratty smirk on her face, stowing away her staff. \PYZdq{}Thanks for the power boost, [mister]! My name\PYZsq{}s Mina. Don\PYZsq{}t forget it, because in a few months\PYZsq{} time that\PYZsq{}s gonna be the name of the magical girl ruling this land and turning it into a cutie\PYZhy{}topia!\PYZdq{} she gloats, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, before leaning forward and letting her boobs gently cleave together, continuing in the face of your still\PYZhy{}gobsmacked expression with, \PYZdq{}Now, I\PYZsq{}m sure you\PYZsq{}re just soooo mad at me and all for permanently taking a little sliver of your power away for myself, but really \PYZhy{}\PYZhy{} I\PYZsq{}m grateful! In fact, I\PYZsq{}m just so grateful for your noble and humble sacrifice of aaaaaall that experience you worked soooo hard for in my time of need that I\PYZsq{}ll even let you go without draining any more of it, for now!\PYZdq{} Objectively, it would not be good for your combat capability to indulge the possibility of this happening again, but that doesn\PYZsq{}t have to be something your heart and libido take into consideration. Or, perhaps the thought of that just makes it better. You want to tell her... \PYZgt{}CHOICE 5: Not A Chance/Drain More/Just Try It \PYZgt{}TOOLTIP: You protest the concept vehemently/You wouldn\PYZsq{}t mind if she took even more/It turns you on... but only if you put up a fight \PYZgt{}Not A Chance (Choice 5) It\PYZsq{}s hard to figure out what to say first to that, but if this brat thinks she can pull something like that again, she\PYZsq{}s got another thing coming. In fact, you move to protest the possibility, but Mina backs away with a hop, skip, and a smile! \PYZdq{}Nuh\PYZhy{}uh! Don\PYZsq{}t even think about talking back! It\PYZsq{}s all fair game out here, so if YOU get bowled over by a cute girl, get sat on, and let her steal your powers for herself, that\PYZsq{}s totally on you! Don\PYZsq{}t wanna get drained by me? Then either stay away from the forest...\PYZdq{} Mina\PYZsq{}s smile grows wider as she sticks her tongue out for a second and puts her hands on her hips. \PYZdq{}...Or just don\PYZsq{}t instantly lose to me like a pathetic, perverted loser who wants [his] face to be a chair for my big, bouncy bubble butt\PYZti{}!\PYZdq{} Mina then turns around, looks back over her shoulder, sticks out her tongue, and makes a \PYZsq{}blehhhhh!\PYZsq{} sound most cutely at you. She then leaves you behind to head deeper into the forest, your body finally returning to its feet, now 100 XP poorer and with naught but the sound of the wind and the birds to keep you company. Slightly frustrated, you head back to camp. \PYZgt{}Drain More (Choice 5) There\PYZsq{}s no denying that you find the concept of this tiny girl dominating you in such an existential manner irresistable. Not only do you find it hot that she can directly and permanently steal your power for herself, but the heat you feel down below just won\PYZsq{}t let you go without expressing the fact to her. You want to lose to Mina. You want to see Mina win over you and get stronger. You want Mina to drain you more and more... \PYZdq{}...\PYZdq{} Mina is completely silent as you admit this, but the terrifyingly satisfied expression on her face is so incredibly loud that it deafens you to everything except your own heartbeat and the fact that she accepts your true feelings without even a moment\PYZsq{}s hesitation. She looks like she\PYZsq{}s about to bust out laughing, her eyebrows scrunched upwards in the center with her lips curled into a smile wide enough to stretch from cheek to cheek, her mouth just ever\PYZhy{}so\PYZhy{}slightly ajar and showing off her pearly teeth. \PYZdq{}Wow, you\PYZsq{}re just totally pathetic, aren\PYZsq{}t you? Like, you\PYZsq{}re spiritually a shrimp\PYZhy{}\PYZhy{}a small fry. Not even the tiniest backbone inside when it comes to girls like me! A little loser who actually genuinely [i:needs] a cutie like me to bully [him]! How gross\PYZti{}\PYZdq{} Despite her words, the magical [If (Silly Mode) \PYZob{}Mesugaki |brat \PYZcb{}]before you doesn\PYZsq{}t actually seem disgusted by your behavior. \PYZdq{}Hehehe\PYZti{} Well, fortunately for you, I totally love pathetic, [i:masochistic] losers like that, ready and willing to kneel down and kiss my ass and submit to me instantly, just because I\PYZsq{}m willing to sit on them and make fun of them and call them all sorts of names. They make for the easiest power\PYZhy{}ups for me, after all!\PYZdq{} Mina then walks directly up to you with a skip in her step, placing her palms firmly against her hips beneath her shiny, pink skirt. [If (Player is significantly taller than Mina) \PYZob{}Even though she\PYZsq{}s so much shorter than you, she still bends over like she\PYZsq{}s talking down to you, and on a purely emotional level, she really is|Leaning forward just enough to make you feel like she\PYZsq{}s asserting her dominion over you, she speaks like she\PYZsq{}s talking down to you.\PYZcb{}] \PYZdq{}And don\PYZsq{}t even try to deny it that that is [i:exactly] what you want me to do to you. The next time I see you, I\PYZsq{}m gonna beat you and make your strength into [i:my] strength. I\PYZsq{}ll take it all for myself and make you worship me like the little goddess I\PYZsq{}m turning into.[If (Silly Mode) \PYZob{} Hehe. That\PYZsq{}s right. I\PYZsq{}ll make you level down and down into the shrimpy little small\PYZhy{}fry you are at heart, while I just power up and up[If (minaBreastExpansion OR minaButtExpansion = TRUE \PYZob{} and get even [i:cuter] and curvier\PYZti{}\PYZcb{}]!\PYZcb{}]\PYZdq{} Having sufficiently teased your critical weakness to dominant little ladies, Mina then puts her fingers over her mouth, stifles another giggle, and turns around to head deeper into the forest, making sure to sway her hips enough to swish her skirt upwards and grant you a gratuitous shot of her plump ass\PYZhy{}\PYZhy{}no doubt a teaser for what she plans to put you beneath once she gets her way. Thoroughly aroused by the thought of that, you head back to camp. \PYZgt{}Just Try It (Choice 5) You express your objection to the concept of losing even more to Mina, but you make sure to purposefully overemphasize your resistance just a little bit. It\PYZsq{}s not that you won\PYZsq{}t fall to her. It\PYZsq{}s that you\PYZsq{}ll [i:never] fall to her, no matter how hard she tries. If Mina wants to take what\PYZsq{}s yours, she is welcome to try, because it\PYZsq{}s patently obvious she won\PYZsq{}t succeed. Mina pauses for a moment, narrowing her eyes at you as their bright blue hues dim just a touch, before her lips curl into a devious grin. \PYZdq{}Oh? That\PYZsq{}s exactly the kind of attitude I want to see get more unjustified by the day as I get [i:stronger] and [i:stronger].\PYZdq{} The girl nearly closes her eyes, cocks her head far off to the side, and sweetly folds her hands together behind her ass as she smugly smiles[If (Champ is taller/shorter/about equal to Mina\PYZsq{}s height) \PYZob{} upwards/ downwards/ straight ahead\PYZcb{}] into your [eyes]. \PYZdq{}Because once I beat you even [i:once], it\PYZsq{}ll get a little easier for me to win. Then I\PYZsq{}ll win again, and it\PYZsq{}ll get a little easier again. Then I\PYZsq{}ll win [i:again], and...\PYZdq{} Mina trails off as she takes one of her hands from behind her back and raises her fingers up to her lips, half\PYZhy{}covering her mouth as she giggles mockingly. \PYZdq{}Hehehe\PYZti{} Well, you might be stupid, but you\PYZsq{}re not so dumb that you can\PYZsq{}t see where that cycle ends up: with you just losing and [i:losing] and losing more and more of your power to me, weakening down and down to the submissive little brat\PYZhy{}enabler you are at heart, praising me like I deserve after I put all that power to better use than you ever could\PYZti{}\PYZdq{} Mina lets out one last horribly\PYZhy{}teasing laugh as she turns around and leaves you with that, a most\PYZhy{}welcome frustration tingling in your loins as you watch her leave, her miniskirt swishing defiantly in the forest breeze. There\PYZsq{}s absolutely no way in Maereth that you\PYZsq{}ll let all that happen to you, right? Right...? You head back to camp. \end{Verbatim}