'Arcin' curled and uncurled each finger individually slowly till eventually clenching each hand into a fist. Then begun to move her arms and each limb eventually, it was like testing out moving a new toy. Seeing how to move everything before going full out.
After the controller felt like they get a handle on everything that's when things started to happen. They ignored Saisako's yips and growled pushing her to the side a little rough sending her into the wall. But that didn't deter Saisako, she knew something was wrong with Arcin though she didn't know exactly what was wrong with her.
The fight between Saisako and the controller went on for a while. Eventually, Saisako decided to move back and wait for an opportunity to fight against the controller again to save Arin. A downside to Saisako's repeated attempts to fight the controller they got more used to controlling Arcin's body making it easier for them to control.
With nothing stopping them any longer the controller slowly forced the blank eyes Arcin to finally stand up on two feet. With Arcin finally standing you were finally able to see some external damage. Along Arcin's legs her pant legs there were numerous rips and tares that were not caused during the dungeon crawl earlier, these were caused by the tendrils. From at least 6 spots in her legs, you could see the hanging ends of the severed tendrils that were currently embedded in her legs. Following up from that point you would notice bulging pulsating lines tracing up from her legs leading up towards her torso getting smaller and thinner thill they appeared to disappear.
They began to look around at the stairwell before spotting Arcin's staff. To them looking at it was harsh as the staff itself emitted a bright white light. They were also aware of the effect the staff had on its abilities. It had worked hard to locate and take over this prey it felt proud and didn't plan to lose its control over its prey any time soon. In a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing, it went over to the staff and kicked it down the stairs. For a brief moment, the controller felt a searing pain and its control over Arcin slip for a brief moment her foot touched the staff. But that moment was not long so it remained in control.
The staff clanged down the stairs till the sound eventually stopped entirely returning the stairwell to a chilling silence once more. Pleased with itself for a brief moment it tried to do the one thing it was meant to do being the whole reason that it took control over Arcin in the first place but then realized that it was impossible now, it was completely trapped inside Arcin's body. Severed from the main control it had become its own entity in its entirety unable to call on or inform the main that it was trapped in its current host or really anything.
For no real thought of its own, it continued on doing its one mission it had just having to do it differently, as such it did the only thing it knew how to do. Unable to return to the main-body at this moment it made its way down the stairs towards the 3rd-floor boss room. Seeing 'Arcin; make her way down Saisako chased after them down the stairs.
Eventually, they reached the bottom of the stairs and there was a small open room with a small stream of clean water at one wall and at the other end across from the stairs, there was a large metal door which was none other than the door to the boss room. In this small 'room' was where Arcin's staff had come to rest after getting kicked down the stairs.
Not stopping at the clear rest point they made their way over to the door. Raising Arcin's hand a white light that was slightly tainted begun to form around her hand. After a moment Arcin's hand was placed on the door the moment the light had coated her hand. The moment her hand touched energy was quickly being drained from Arcing with a sudden shock that surprised and startled the controller. The shock coursed through Arcin's body causing her muscles to constrict and send a shock of pain through her body.
The jolt caused her jaw to snap down and break open some skin in her mouth the taste of blood began to fill her mouth. The confused controller and the taste of blood made it possible for Arcin to snap out of the daze and the control that it had over her mind and body. Her eyes begun to clear up and return to normal though slightly hazy.
Arcin was a little out of it and confused however one thing rang clear in her mind the tendrils were bad and needed to be removed. The controller was scrambling desperately trying to regain control over Arcin's mind and body but found it extremely difficult without the main force backing it. For the first time in its existence it felt a semblance of fear, as the moment it is completely removed all this work would have been for nothing, it would die.
As Arcin bent down, the tendril ends buried themselves into everything and anything it could in an act of the controller's sense of self-preservation as it dug into muscles and nerves stretching itself extremely thin. The controller didn't really understand this new feeling it had but was about to do everything it could.
Arcin begun to pull out a tendrils from her leg it was extremely painful and caused an extreme feeling of agony and sadness that confused Arcin. The process of removing the one tendril was extremely long which made it even harder for Arcin to continually pull it out, as her hand begun to tremble slightly from the pain she was feeling making git harder for her to ignore. When she finally pulled the tendril from her leg blood began to seep out from the opening it made in her leg.
Each tendril she pulled out of her legs the pain and feeling she felt was multiplied and remained. She had managed to eventually pull out 5 tendrils at this point surprising the feelings that the controller was invoking in her which had become increasingly harder with each passing moment. By the time she finally pulled out the 5th tendril the feeling was beginning to overflow to the point is impossible to ignore as it was so overwhelming that the desire to remove the tendril had almost completely disappeared. Her hand paused from grabbing the last remaining tendril and her eyes begun to cloud over and mind started to turn fuzzy and eventually blank the moment she stopped fighting for control.
Arcin begun to reach for one of the discarded tendrils but Saisako raced over and bit down on Arcin's wrist hard causing it to bleed. But it was enough to bring Arcin to her senses. Arcin quickly turned and ripped the last remaining tendril out of her leg. The moment the tendril was removed tears begun to fall from her eyes and she felt a feeling of emptiness.
With her mind beginning to clear she begun to realize what happened and that the feelings she was being overwhelmed with had something to do with the tendrils, but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't get rid of the feelings that they had invoked she had to wait it out. Arcin grabbed the discarded tendrils and noticed a number of broken ends that were present on each tendril, meaning that there was still parts of the tendril inside her body.
Arcin felt a confusing mix of dread and joy at this realization as she stored the tendrils away. She knew that it was important to remove the remaining parts of the tendrils from her body. The controller feared this since it meant death and failure so it began to perform self-preservation actions to remain hidden but present and can see things.
The broken ends buried themselves deeper into her body a few going into vital location in the body that were dangerous to mess with. With its 'anchor' points all secured it begun to work on Arcin's mind to secure its safety even longer though it would only be temporary considering what it was facing.
'What the hell was that… the note on this place never mentioned anything like it. Also Saisako was safe it only went after me. Those tendrils whatever they are it is somehow capable of mind control and manipulation… ah I can't remember any else about it… or what… ah… umm.' Arcin's mind went completely blank for a moment. 'What was I thinking about… I can't remember. But I have this feeling it was important. Or was it?' she paused as she begun to look around the area. 'How did I get here? Where… ah I remember getting ready for the last floor to face the boss. Ah…'
Arcin looked around the area mindlessly for a moment before spotting her staff on the other side of the room near the stairs. The staff looked extremely bright to her for a moment but only for a moment. She went over and grabbed her staff and noticed Saisako looking at her following closely. Before she could address it as she grabbed her staff the dungeon shook and the energy in the place spiked. Something in the dungeon changed as the air of the place felt different after this.