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in much greater numbers.
    “Yahg!” Conrad
blurts out in pain as a piranha latches its sharp teeth onto his bare
right thigh. The barbarian slams his ivory club onto the piranha, and
it falls lifelessly onto the floor.
    “Run!” Lucious
yells again. I can’t blow
these piranhas away with a fireball if the two of them are still on
the bridge, he thinks with frustration. What
mass effect offensive spell can I cast? Think, mage, think!
    The barbarian decides
to heed the mage's advice, and makes a quick dash for the end of the
bridge. “Yecqk!” he blurts out in pain as more piranhas latch
onto his body. The biofeedback loop delivers small jolts of
electricity into the player’s hands through his virtual reality
gloves. Grinding his teeth, Conrad ignores the pain and the fish, and
concentrates on making it across the bridge. The piranhas continue
biting him, causing him to bleed out his health points rapidly: 10%,
12%, 14%. . .
    Finally, Conrad stops
at the end of the bridge. With a big exhale of his lungs, the
barbarian jumps across the gap above the piranha water, and lands on
both feet. Thud! Another piranha tries to nip at his heel during the
jump, but misses.
    Diana pounces on the
barbarian right away, smashing her mace at the piranhas still latched
onto Conrad's body.
    Conrad takes out his
club, and the two of them forcibly remove all the attached piranhas
in short order. As the piranhas release him, drips of blood begin to
run down his legs.
    Diana attaches her mace
back on her belt loop. She places a hand on the wounded warrior’s
chest, and starts a low level Heal Simple Wounds prayer: “Oh
Merciful Gods of Eternia, Please grant my request to Heal this mighty
warrior, To continue his valorous deeds in your names. Amen.”
    In the meantime,
Lucious keeps his eyes on the bridge, and sees that the piranhas have
formed a living wall of teeth blocking Wesley's path on the bridge.
An idea begins to form in his mind. Raising his voice, Lucious asks
without looking at the pair standing with him, “Approximately how
much damage does each piranha take?”
    Diana looks back at the
mage with a slight frown. “One or two hits from my mace,” she
replies, worrying over what the unpredictable mage has in store.
    “One hit from my
club,” Conrad adds.
    Satisfied with their
answers, Lucious raises his staff in the air and starts casting a
spell: “lite-augh-lite-ghal-lite-tuuu-lite-jolt.” Switching over
to magic screen view, the player directs the Chain Lightning bolt to
target the wall of piranhas blocking the bridge. Dark clouds begin to
form over the bridge, and thunder rumble within the fast growing dark
clouds.
    Conrad suddenly
realizes what the Lucious is planning to do. “Wait! Wesley is still
on the bridge!” he yells out, and starts to move towards the mage.
Before he can reach Lucious and shake the mage violently to interrupt
the spell, Lucious clicks the “Enter” icon and finishes casting
the spell.
    Crackle! A bolt of
lightning crashes from the sky in a brilliant flash of light, and
hits the wall of piranhas. BBBBOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM! The thunder bolt
dances across the bridge, jumping from one living creature to the
next and hitting every creature on the bridge. Ccchhhheeeee! The bolt
jumps off the bridge and electrifies the surrounding water.
    “Augh!” Wesley
yells out in pain as the character is seared by the powerful
lightning bolt, and the pain feedback loop hits the player's hands
via his virtual reality gloves. The cavalier drops down to his hands
and knees on the bridge, vaguely aware of the charred fish
surrounding him on the bridge.
    Conrad sees his fallen
leader, and twirls on the mage with unbridled rage. The barbarian
grabs Lucious by his collar and pulls the battle mage off the ground.
“Are you crazy!” Conrad yells into the mage's face. If
Wesley's character dies from this spell, I’m going to teach this
treacherous yellow bastard a lesson!
    Lucious stares back
into Conrad's eyes