WH & PG – Crimson League, Venom – Prologue Ok very little of this is mine Lolth belongs to her creators at TSR etc, the Pokegirl's etc belong mainly to Tux and the others at the Addventure the Crimson league belongs to A-kun the only things I lay claim to are the Hunters Guild ... my version anyways and the Magi Academy ^_^ well that's that. (PN) this hasn't been reviewed by my pre-readers etc yet so it will be under revision I just felt the need to get something out. Eternal Rest A voice filled with aggravation rang out through the forest in the cool crisp morning "Remind Me again just why do we have to walk all the way out here and without even one Pokegirl between us." A second voice this one filled with tired resignation joined the first "Because as I've told you three times already Montano we need to do this mission by ourselves to prove we have what it takes to be full Members of the Hunters Guild if we had even one Pokegirl here it would make all this rather pointless No ??" As these words fade into nothingness two men broke through the underbrush and walked onto the path. The first a short brown haired man dressed in red and yellow with a strange guitar type instrument strapped to his back the neck pointing toward the ground. The second long white hair to his waist and a rather grim look on his face, dressed more like a Goth then what most humans would consider traveling cloths, in black trousers, white shirt and black rune covered trench coat. "Ok ok so maybe you have a point but still …. Oh and for the last bloody time the name is Mouse NOT Montano, I swear when I get my hands on my father I'm going to be forced to hurt him for letting my mother get her hands on a copy of The Bards works." The second smirking a little decided to bait his friend some "What's wrong with letting her read that, lots of people and pokegirls do and nothing bad has come of it, so what's the great problem with your father letting your mother read it?" Mouse grit his teeth and growled "I'll tell you what's bloody wrong with it Don old chum she's a Bard for crying out load you know how they fixate of Pre-Sukebe era poets and to give her some of the works from one considered the greatest of PS bards its just asking for trouble … I mean now look at my family I have sisters and brothers with names from throughout the works of Shakespeare." The other nodded sagely "yes I suppose that would be a problem oh and "Montano" call me Donavin please not Don not Dona not Vin, Donavin got it … good." After this outburst they continued on through the forest for sometime. Finally coming to where they where told to go they stopped and the second pulled a sealed letter from one of the pockets lining his coat, opened it and read it. His all ready pale face growing worse after finishing it he sighed and looked at his companion. "Mouse you remember that ritual (1) we worked out just incase we ever got a Culling mission, well looks like where going to need to use it, we where sent here because of a marked increase in Aupairsex numbers. At present calculations they will have over run this forest by the next three weeks so that's why where here." After saying this he looked sadly at his slightly sick looking friend and sighed "Well now I understand why they make us open these things only when we get to the mission sight if I had known about this before we left I probably wouldn't have gone so quietly." Mouse just nodded in agreement and pulled his Tritar from his back and started to tune it. "Yeah your not the only one and yeah I remember the ritual, kind of glad we put in all those Month's working the thing out now, can't say as I look forward to hunting them all down one by one or fireballing the whole forest … At least this why it will be painless." Donavin just grunted as the earth at their feet began to move and change rising into a small alter surrounded by a ring of rune covered pillars, after these had settled Donavin pulled out a small knife from inside his trench coat and a set of bracers. As he pulled the bracers onto his wrists a rush of added power filled him as the conduits between his subconsciously gathered energies, the power reservoirs in the bracers and his mage gift feel into sink. Cleaning the knife off with a small bottle of blessed wine *that he had "talked" a friendly Megami at the Academy into making for him* he cast a quick cantrip to heat the blade and evaporate any of the wine that was left. As the last of the liquid flashed into oblivion the knife blade toke on a black hue and seemed to absorb the light around it, seeing this part complete Donavin went over to the small collection of supplies he and Mouse had carted into this forest, after a few minutes of searching *pulling out a grand total of 57 different pairs of woman's undergarments, All "gifts" to Mouse from his admirers at the Academy* he found the small bottle containing the dried spores of an Aupairsex that they where going to use to target this on that specific breed. Pulling a second bottle from inside his trench coat this one containing siren blood enchanted to increase its potency 100 fold, for a few seconds he stared at the iridescent liquid inside the bottle before shacking himself and popping open to cork on the steel vial. He slowly poured some of the spores into the bowl shaped indention in the Altar. Taking a few seconds to reseal the spores away he poured the contents of the second bottle into the indent as well. As the two substances mixed they hissed and started to froth slightly, once again making sure to seal the bottle once he was finished with it he placed everything he was finished with back into storage and picked up the now darkness shrouded knife. Turning to Mouse he saw a look of melancholy flit across his features before being quickly swallowed by his normal good cheer, pushing his worry's for his friend aside for the moment Donavin cleared his throat causing Mouse to look up expectantly. "I've finished my preparations I'll be ready whenever you are ... lets get this over with." Mouse nodded and finished tuning his Tritar, a look of concentration on his face he strummed a few cords and the air began to shimmer and move, cords and voices coming forward thanks to the effects on one of Mouse's blood gifts a haunting song just out of the range of awareness flowed through the clearing. As the song reached its midpoint Donavin sliced open the palm of his right hand with the dark blade and let a few drops of blood hit the mixture in the bowl of the Alter, the wound sealing almost as soon as it was made "for the lives we take, my blood in price" he said in a solemn voice "for the deaths we seek, my power in price" the runes on the stone obelisk's he had risen gained a black and red hue "for the pact we ask, my strength is yours from now until the new rising sun" these last words spoken he felt all of the power he had been storing for the last three years ripped from its place, his legs turned to rubber and his head began to pound a blazing fire seared through his wrists and the smell of seared flesh caught his attention. As the last of his strength left his frame and the last cords died in the air he spoke a word to set motion to the rite "Invoke" with this said he collapsed to the ground and the world went black. Widow, the killer spider pokegirl Type: Animorph Element: Poison Frequency: Very Very Uncommon (Crimson League) Diet: Anything non-rock or wood Role: Not discovered until after Sukebe War Libido: No one wants to know Strong Vs: All, but Fire and Electricity Weak Vs: Fire, Electricity Attacks: String Shot, Toxic Needle, Sleep Poison, Disembowel, Glare Enhancements: Speed, Strength, Endurance, etc. Evolves: No one wants to know Evolves From: Unkown Bounty: 3,000 CL Credits for confirmed information. 15,000 CL Credits for confirmed extermination. Description: A Widow had four legs and four arms, two of which end with hands and the other two end in blades. The Widow's Carpace is incredibly dense and the only two confirmed ways of killing a Widow is with Fire or Electricity. Widows have three confirmed parts of their life cycles, all of which were discovered by the reknown Widow Slayer. The first is the Berserk Stage, where they kill almost everything in the immediate area. Second is the Web Stage, where they create a web to hold captured prey until they mate. The web is generally ten to twenty feet above ground level and held between six or seven trees/rocks. Any female or unsuitable male captured at this time will remain alive until the Widow has found a suitable male to mate with and it is at this time that the Widow will use it's Sleep Poison rather than it's Toxic Needle. For anyone who wishes to distract a Widow long enough to free any caught in the web, a sack of flour or a large amount of dirt and a bottle of alcohol, preferally industrial grade, should be on hand. The dirt/flour should be flung all over the web and the alcohol poured on the trapped individuals. The Widow is very meticulous about cleaning it's web and will ignore fleeing prey to clean it's web. Fleeing immediately is advised as the Widow becomes more violent after every forced cleaning of it's web. Third is the Mating Stage, where they find a cave or tunnel or create one of their own, to lay eggs. This is often the most difficult stage to defeat a Widow at as their strength doubles and they become one and half times as fast. When at this stage, it is said that Widows MAY regain the lost intelligence as well as their ability to speak, though all Leagues in light of their atrocities have largely ignored this fact. It has been confirmed by the Crimson League Authorities that the Wasp may have something to do with the Widow, as there is almost always a Hive of Wasps in the same area as a Widow. As such, Wasps were raised from third least wanted pokegirl to second least wanted pokegirl. It is also believed that Widows of the third stage may create new Widows from captures pokegirls of varying types. AuPairSex, the fungal pokegirl Type: Animorph Element: Bug/Grass Frequency: Rare (Crimson League) Diet: Water, Fertilizer Role: Domestic helper Libido: Low (High in Breeding Season) Attacks: Vine Whip, Powder Spray, Razor Leaf, Spore* Strong Vs: Rock, Water. Weak Vs: Fire, Ice attacks. Enhancements: None Evolves: None Evolves From: AuPair Bounty: 1,000 for information leading to non-sterilized AupairSex during Breeding Season 5,000 for extermination/sterilization of wild AuPairSex during Breeding Season. This bug/grass-type PokéWoman is quite handy around the house, but must be sterilized or restrained durring breeding season. The AuPairsex' 'breasts' are actually fungi and, while these may look attractive when they grow to fruition, they are actually extremely dangerous. AuPairsex reproduce by spraying other PokéWomen, or humans, with seed spores that then transform the victim into an AuPair. Because of their reproduction methods, the Crimson League puts heavy fines on farms that do not keep track of AuPair or AuPairSex. It is illegal to not sterilize an AuPairSex during Breeding Season. (1) The Ritual in question places the target group into an enchanted sleep for 7 weeks it however doesn't provide food or fluid so most victims die in there sleep through dehydration or starvation.