A party with a horrible outcome

We went to the Amenthyst district to check out the Yakuza warehouse that Zyanya had told us about, but when we got there it was abandoned. Either we had gotten the time wrong or she gave us the wrong information. Regardless i was so annoyed that we had wasted our time.
 
Lucid then suggested that we go to the Victri party that Arthom had gotten an invite to the night before. Since we had no other leads i thought we might as well go, and if were lucky we would get some information there. Arthom and Syrus agreed with Lucid's suggestion. Gurval reluctantly agreed but I could tell he would have preferred not to go, probably had something to do with his major dislike for the Victri. Toes, Fingers and Saib decided they would come too. We ventured to the outskirts of the Ruby district and walked up to a fancy looking mansion. We entered through the front doors and once we got inside the other guests stared at us, which made me feel that we stood out, and not in a good way,
 
A female victri approached us and after welcoming us to the party then escorted us to the cloak room. She told us she had met Arthom at the Velvet Lotus tavern and had invited him to the party. I introduced myself and she told me her name was Lacey, and then she gave us some garments to wear for the party. Once we left the cloakroom Lacey arranged for a waiter to bring us some drinks. I had only ever seen Gurval drink milk, so i was intrigued when he asked to taste my wine, however he found the taste disgusting and asked what the beverage was. I tried to explain what wine was made of but i don't think it changed his opinion of the taste. We then went to mingle with some of the other guests, expect for Gurval who choose to stay to the side of the room and keep to himself.
 
l looked around and saw a smartly dressed Victri with slim goggles, standing at a table filled with various glass bottles and flasks. I approached him and then inquired about the items on the table. He advised me that was a creator of sorts and liked to test his creations at the Victri parties. He then offered for me to sample one of his concoctions, assuring me it was not harmful. Letting my curiosity get the better of me i then drank some of the blue coloured beverage. A few minutes went by but nothing happened and then after i excused myself i went to chat with Gurval and Toes. Toes informed me he had a crush on Arthom and asked me if i could put in a good word to Arthom. I told Toes that i had assumed Arthom was into females but had no issue in braggin about him to Arthom. Suddnely my stomach started to feel bad and after asking a random Victri where the bathroom was, i went to look for it in a hurry.
 
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I opened my eyes and realised i had passed out during my attempt to locate the bathroom. I could feel that i was laying on a cold surface and then attempted to get up, but shockingly i could barley move no matter hard i tried. I tried to reach out to Gallant through my mental bond with him and when that did not work i whistled out to him, unfortuntaly he did not turn up. Suddently i heard a blood curdling scream and just managed to turn my head to see someone tied down onto a table, close to where i was lying. Pools of red liquid, which looked like blood, was on the floor around them and then i noticed a shadowy figure in black clothing standing over them. They continued to scream and i then i realised to my horror that this figure was cutting off the persons arm. I could smell what seemed lke meat and saw a steaming cauldron next to them, and then a leg poked out of that same cauldron.
 
I started to scream but then stopped myself, not wanting to draw the attention of the shadowy figure. I began to panic and was scared that i was next on the chopping board. Suddenly i felt a hand stroking the top of my head and a voice exclaimed that they were glad the potion had worked. It then dawned on me that it was that same Victri that i had spoken to earlier who was now taunting me. He went on to say that he had lied when he assured me his concotions were not harmful and was now going to experiment with the rest of them on me. Luckily i started to feel the effects of the potion starting to wear off and attempted to lift myself off the floor, but then the Victri held me down. I silently prayed to Skipan and it felt like the strength of a god was flowing through me as i pushed the Victri off me. I then heard what sounded like a howl and it seemed like i could see almighty Skipan appear beside me. I stormed over to the Victri and bit him in the neck, and then tore out part of his throat.
 
The shadowy figure had disappeared by this stage and when i looked over i was shocked to see that it was Fingers that the shadowy figure had been hurting. Fingers had been cut open and was missing both his legs and an arm. His eyes were rolled back in his head and he was not moving, his body was so mutilated that i came to the conclusion he was dead. I was sad that he had died in such a horrible, painful way. I ran off to go find the others, hoping they had not been attacked.
 
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I ran out through the first door i saw and keep running but got lost amongst the various hallways. I ran into a large room and there were a bunch of Victri crowded around a sunken pit in the ground. I pushed through the crowd and was shocked to see Gallant in the pit with Lucid. He was attempting to bite Lucid but Lucid keep dodging the attack. I was so worried they were going to hurt each other badly, Gallant was frothing at the mouth and his eyes looked red. I screamed out to Gallant to stop which he did and then his eyes seemed to fade back to their normal colour. He no longer looked at Lucid with aggresion and then Lucid jumped onto Gallant. Gallant at first tried to shake Lucid off him but then i told Gallant to stop thrashing and jumped into the pit. I got onto Gallant also and then Gallant trampled over some Victri as we rode away.
 
We managed to find our way back to the main room where the party had been and came upon a chaotic scene. Syrus was standing over Lacey who was cradeling someone in her arms and their head looked like it had been torn apart. Arthom had shifted into a warhound and was attacking the remaining Victri in the room. Then Gurval walked over to Lacey and said something to her, and after she responded he iaid his hands on her face like he was going to cure her. Only instead what looked red electricity was coming off his hands and he melted away the flesh on her face till there was nothing but a charred head. He then screamed out that we needed to leave and went outside along with Syrus, Arthom and Saib. I grabbed my weapons from the cloakroom and then Lucid, Gallant and myself joined the others outside.
 
Arthom had shifted out of his warhound form and then Gurval asked us if we ended up getting any information about Ko Rava. We stood there in silence and then Arthom punched the ground, the punch was so hard that the shockwave of it caused me to be knocked to the ground. I understood why Arthom was angry and was also pissed at how the night had turned out. Gurval argued with Arthom and then stated that he will find Ko Rava on his own, and in a flash of light was gone. I was worried we might not see him again and wondered what had happened to make his lay on hands power change form. Arthom walked back into the mansion and a few seconds later we could see smoke coming out of the windows, and then fire started engulfing the mansion. Arthom then walked out and without a word he shifted back into a warhound and ran off into the distance.
 
Syrus then mentioned that he and Saib had a hideout nearby so Lucid and i went back with them to the hideout. I was grateful to have escaped the jaws of death and for almighty Skipan protecting me in my time need.