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((This fish would have a 6 in Small, so I went with its opposite stat, which would be Fat in this case. And since your Fat is 6...))
Ellody managed to shove the statue off the fish. The fish nods in appreciation. Ellody can see that this girl was dressed up like a clownfish with brown hair, which seems befitting of her size.
The clownfish swims up the pipe and up to the door. It seems that she doesn't want to mess with the door yet, awaiting Ellody's lead.
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Ellody, of course, opted to see if she can get more help... Perhaps the pipe further down on the right side would work..?
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Ellody stopped at the lip of this tank as she could feel a slight pull. From her angle, she sees that a mermaid with glass-like lenses was at the bottom of the mesh-like floor, though the flow kept her pinned. There seems to be a switch on the ceiling of the tank that probably controlled the flow of the water here.
(Test your Hunger to get an Intelligence fish)
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Ellody turned her attention towards the switches. Ellody tried flipping the switches, though her attention may shift back to the mermaid here and there.
((I rolled four times because I wasn't sure what else to do.: https://prnt.sc/8mBt9cjgOVIZ
Got two 3s and two 5s in alternating order.))
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(Hungry Fail)
(You already did 3 challenges up to this point, so...Stamina...barely succeed.)
Ellody could not even reach the switch as that meant swimming through the flowing tank. A feat that was not meant to be as the flow pushed her down to the floor as well. Thankfully, the fall did not disorient her.
The glassed mermaid pointed to another panel that was at their level, closer to where Ellody was. Perhaps Ellody could figure that panel out, try to swim against the current, or maybe try to force an opening in the floor.
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Given the mermaid was signaling her to do so, Ellody went to the panel, figuring that doing so might be her easiest bet.
((5 for... Whatever: https://prnt.sc/PI3Zc2M50GBq ))
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((Intelligence Pass))
The panel only used symbols, though the two that caught her attention looked like puffs of air. Ellody ended up pressing the outline rather than the solid shape, which might be the right answer as the flow slowed and stopped. The glass fish thanked Ellody, and she probably figured out the significance of the pipe that Ellody came from.
With two mermaids waiting by the gate, would Ellody risk opening the gate now or look for one more mermaid?
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Ellody would make her way out of that tank. From there, she decided to go across. Maybe there's a fish that would work well with the Hunger stat, but I don't think Ellody would know how this game works.
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Ellody swam into the remaining tank. It seems that there was a mermaid with her mouth strapped to a tube and to a mast, with some sort of panel nearby automatically feeding her.
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((Yep. That's the one.))
There should be a way to get her to stop munching on... Whatever she's eating... Ellody thought. Maybe there's a power switch in that panel..? Ellody decided to check the panel.
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Figuring out this panel was no more difficult than the last one as the other option would have been to feed her more. Pressing the right button freed the thicc mermaid, who at least fled the tank to get away from the machine.
Ellody and the mermaids were able to force their way through the complex door, swimming through a tunnel of rock and into an ocean. It just so happened that a cat-like rubber mage was nearby to fish them up.
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He was able to revert one of the mermaids back into a human girl, but pointed out that it was only him on the boat and he only had one rubber suit to spare, which the naked girl accepted. He could revert them now or wait until they reached the shore where his assistant would have gotten spare clothes; the other two mermaids chose to wait.
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Ellody thought about it and decided to wait like the rest of the girls.
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The free girl, who was thick, asked the mage about...well, everything. The mage in question run a shop that sells rubber toys of his own creation. Yes, he does sell rubber mermaids and their suits, but he assures her that reselling the girls is just bad practice. Of course, should they wish to become rubber mermaids again after they are free, that is up to them.
They must have reached the shore because a catgirl in a catsuit hauled a basket of (thankfully normal) clothes. The mage then removes the rubber from the other free mermaids and waits outside the boat as they change.
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Once Ellody changed into her normal clothes, Ellody thanked the pair, then went on her merry way, waving them off as she did.
((And I think that's the end of that unless someone else goes for it.))
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