For those who don't want to go through the link...
Quote:
[HP: 14%] [ME: 31%] [PE:100%]
> A gnarled male halfling utters the words, 'yucandusbarr'.
A gnarled male halfling is severely burnt by his own fireball!
A gnarled male halfling's fireball slams into you, burning your chest and face!
You sure are BLEEDING!
A gnarled male halfling misses you.
Overall, a gnarled male halfling is in awful condition.
[HP: 0%] [ME: 31%] [PE:100%]
>
A gnarled male halfling starts to concentrate.
[HP: 0%] [ME: 31%] [PE:100%]
> flee
A gnarled male halfling utters the words, 'yucandusbarr'.
A gnarled male halfling bursts into fire from his own wicked fireball!
A gnarled male halfling is DEAD!!
A gnarled male halfling's guts spill out.
Someone's attack passes right through you.
[HP: 0%] [ME: 31%] [PE:100%]
>
Cast the spell on whom?
[HP: 0%] [ME: 31%] [PE:100%]
> flee
You run south.
That's the round immediately before. Salak wasn't ethereal. Apparently the spell just stopped working as soon as the warlock died (he was casting it on himself).