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The level-125 Bloodlust Sprite catches Carl on the forbidden floor and begins boiling his blood while demanding he open the guild door.
Astrid is the Desperado Club's level-125 assistant manager and a specialist in cardiovascular magic. After guards stop pounding on the guild-room door, her smaller voice orders Carl to open it or lose club access forever.
She casts a spell that literally sets Carl's blood boiling. His skin bubbles and cracks, vision reddens, and health collapses. Carl is relieved the enforcer is Astrid rather than an unknown attacker because he knows she is deliberately not applying enough force to kill him immediately.
He tells Pearson to resume an elf disguise and try physical contact when opening the door, hoping the goodwill or changeling interaction changes the confrontation before he loses consciousness.
A small hovering Bloodlust Sprite glaring with concentrated cardiovascular magic.
Astrid terminates the unauthorized meeting and places Carl under near-lethal club discipline.
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