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A Weiss speed runs derailing the plot of Wrath of the Righteous
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One of the more human like monsters following along turns off and walks in another direction, not directly toward Weiss, but in her general direction.

A voice speaks into Weiss's head.

They are on to you, they know someone has been casting an unusual style of illusion.  The Glabrezu, the demon with crab arms on the outside, has true seeing and can see straight through any illusion it gets within 120 feet of.  The Marilith Aponavicius, that is a demon with a snake-like lower body and six arms, if she comes out, she also has true seeing.  The Babau, the red demons, can see invisibility at any range, but can't see illusion in general.  And many demons have generally better sense and perception than mortals. 

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Uh huh.

Random voices in her head are ~definitely trustworthy~ and she will commit the whole thing to memory.

NOT.

The really big, Cryptid-type ones can probably see through illusion, or so is claimed, it's not unbelievable. Maybe she can make an illusory bridge that holds up her and not them, if they chase her.

...The "army" of nonhuman-things here appears to only be a real army so much as a mob is. They're not gonna be able to grid search.

Why is she even here. What is she hoping to gain. Information? Magic stuff? Some sort of - not being lonely - allies against Horns Lady?

Sigh.

She pauses and makes sure that, under all the illusion work, she's wearing a dark hood and coat that look... Peasant-y enough and conceal her ears and tail. And watch the new horns lady who is coming after her with a remote illusion-lens-thing high high in the air and zoomed in. Drone view, like.

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The crab-armed demon is indeed failing to do a proper grid search.  Some lesser demon is slow to answer his demands, and he rips it apart with his claws.  An idea seem to occur to him, and he grabs one of the humans milling about...

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What is it... oh no.

Arueshalae continues walking not quite towards Weiss.

The Glabrezu is coercing one of the human cultist into a mental state where they will be able to use one of the Glabrezu's wishes, I think probably something intended to reveal your location or help with the search for the illusionist?  I know it is probably pretty unbelievable that a succubus like me would be trying to help you, but I really am trying to help you... it's a long story.

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Look. That is Sus. So very sus. And anything I mention while questioning this is more info to lie with so, you know, some sus sauce for the top of the sus steak. This entire region is like vomit pie made of evil and dread.

But you might not like Crab Guy much, so. Can I make it a waste of his time and effort somehow?

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You're in the Worldwound, you know, the rift leading to the Abyss that was opened up a century ago?  I don't know exactly what form the wish will take it, it could basically end up being any spell of 8th circle of below directed towards solving that cultist's most intense desire, which the Glabrezu is working to make sure is about finding you.  If I know in advance how the wish would work out I could try to warn you... I could get closer to mind read the cultist but then I would be out of range of the telepathy I am using to talk to you.

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He's taking his time with it.  It is actually quite tricky to direct abyssal wishes granted to mortals in useful directions!  He can't just hurt the mortal, otherwise their wish will be for healing.  He can't make himself the enemy (too much), otherwise the mortal's desires will be lashing out at himself.  And abyssal wishes tend towards really twisted and destructed directions, so even once he gets the mortal in the right mental state with the right desires it's going to be tricky to keep the wish constructive and useful.

He has one succubus helping him by layering on suggestions, but it's still taking a while.  "Get over here Arueshalae, help us work over this mortal!"

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She turns back.  I'll try to think of a way to mess up the wish that they won't notice.

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Ughhhhhhhhh this is painful to watch.

This is going to be Expen$ive, but NYEH.

Hey. She's halping, ya dingus. She has a PORTRAIT. Multiple of them! Important. [Impression of an ear-scritch.]

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My goddess just said you're legit. Want ME to cover YOU out of here?

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Do you worship Desna also?  I had a plan to try to collect some useful information, I think the demons will have another big attack ready within the next year or two.  I can probably escape at almost anytime, but I want to do something to make up for, well, sorry going out of range.

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"Never mind, we've got it!"

A wave of tainted energy pours forth from the Glabrezu.  Every illusion within two thousand feet (including Weiss's illusions) is dispelled.

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"Shit!"

Okay fuckthis wand out, command word Sinnah's Fly-

-pause for just half a round to put a self-hiding tracker illusion on Aree-whoever, and shove a really generous amount of energy in so it'll last-

-Sinnah's Fly is extremely fucking fast when you are really booking it. It starts at highway speeds and can get up to airliner speeds in straight lines. Maybe she should have brought it out earlier, but she definitely is going to make best use of it now.

The locals might get parting shots before she's too high if they're quick.

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