Start of #Sharn buffer: Wed May 30 21:44:42 2007 [17:36:49] [The group makes it to the bottom of the wide staircase, all the way down into the Depths of Fallen. They cautiously make their way past a rent-apart wrought iron fence and only make it a few paces before Phanos looks off to the northeast and shouts a warning. But it's too late as a faceless monstrocity charges straight into the light radius of Sev's maul.] [17:38:40] [The faceless attack swings two bloody hands at Sev, and he notices while dodging out of one's path that the creature's fingertips are exposed bone. He gets the taste of one boney rake across his ribs.] [17:39:30] [Session Start.] [17:39:36] [Phanos's Turn] [17:54:58] * Phanos moves his zombies into a wall of corpses before him, waving his hands in the motions of a spell, shooting an enfeebling ray out towards the faceless one. [17:55:17] (Gametable) [17:59:54] [The faceless one is washed over with green energy and appears marginally weaker] [18:00:02] [Suprise Round over] [18:00:41] * Sev grunts as he's raked, looking the creature over. [18:00:47] Well, I'd bust your face up, but.. [18:00:59] [It looks at Sev blankly.] [18:02:58] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init order: Sev, Aun, Faceless, Phanos, Aurora' [18:06:23] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init order: Sev, Aun, Faceless, Phanos, Mari, Aurora' [18:06:27] [Sev's Turn] [18:07:09] * Sev grips his maul, bringing it up over his head and down onto the faceless'. [18:10:44] [Aun draws her thinblade as she takes a round-about path along the edge of the bright illumination to come up behind the faceless creature. She chants along the way, immediately holding the weapon more compentantly by the time she thrusts at it.] [18:11:52] [Aun rips her weapon free with a flourish, flicking blood off it.] [18:13:19] [The faceless one's facial muscles contract, giving you all the impression it's expression is trying to change, except that it remains smooth and featureless from chin to hairline.] [18:13:46] [It turns sideways slightly and rakes a bone-tipped claw as both Sev and Aun.] [18:14:50] "Gah! Son of a bitch!" [18:15:00] [Phanos's Turn] [18:15:20] * Phanos continues to chant, spliitle flowing from side to side as he speaks the dark words of a spell, shooting the same deep-purple enfeebling ray from his fingertip. His zombies impassively stand by. [18:17:23] * Phanos spits on the ray, encrusting the dark energy with briny saliva. [18:18:34] [The creature shakes its head at the energy's effect, but fights through it.] [18:18:39] [Mari's turn] [18:20:23] * Marianysa moves into position behind the monster, but her attack misses. [18:24:51] * Aurora moves a bit closer to Marianysa and thrusts out her arm, pointing at the creature. "HOLD IT!" [18:28:31] [The creature turns to Aurora as she shouts... and then freezes.] [18:28:53] GET IT! [18:29:20] [Sev's Turn] [18:29:33] * Sev grings, raising his maul up again. [18:29:42] This'll hurt you more than it hurts me. [18:31:58] [Sev misses in his glee.] [18:32:02] [Aun's turn.] [18:33:32] [As Aurora's mind connects with the faceless one's to exert control over it, she catches a glimpse of unimaginable anger and hatred, raw fury almost engulfing her before it's over just as quickly as it started.] [18:34:33] * Aurora flinches. [18:34:48] [Aun takes her time to slit the thing's neck.] [18:37:18] [Blood sprays briefly.... and then the wound scabs over and the faceless monster turns around to strike at Aun.] [18:38:28] [It claws out and grabs onto her neck and squeezes briefly. Aun's eyes roll back into her head and she falls limp.] [18:38:49] [Without another sound, the faceless one bolts, dragging Aun behind it into the shadows.] [18:38:56] Aun! [18:39:08] Oh no it doesn't..! [18:39:37] * Sev smashes his maul into the thing's back as it flees. [18:41:33] [Phanos] [18:41:48] * Phanos whirls his hands in the air, conjuring a miniature rain cloud, flashingly lit and reddened by tiny bolts of thunder and lightning. It dissipates and reappears over the faceless one's head, the tiny lightning bolts striking down at the creature. [18:42:06] * Marianysa takes a swipe, but misses. "Dammit!" [18:42:57] * Phanos sends a zombie out of the way, bolting after the faceless one. [18:45:07] * Phanos 's zombies trail after him. [18:46:04] [Phanos can just barely make out the faceless one runing through the shadows, straining hard to see him in the dim light.] [18:46:39] [Mari's Turn] [18:47:15] * Marianysa runs after Phanos. [18:48:19] [Mari runs into the shadows but can just barely make out Phanos standing a yard in front of her.] [18:48:26] * Sev (~crazysapi@ip24-252-34-39.om.om.cox.net) Quit (excalibur.esper.net windows.esper.net) [18:48:27] * Phanos (~rustangel@ip-116-200.atvci.net) Quit (excalibur.esper.net windows.esper.net) [18:48:41] * Phanos (~rustangel@ip-116-200.atvci.net) has joined #sharn [18:48:43] * Kesuke (~crazysapi@ip24-252-34-39.om.om.cox.net) has joined #Sharn [18:48:44] * Kesuke is now known as Sev` [18:48:51] [Aurora's Turn] [18:53:40] * Aurora runs as best she can after the thing. D: [18:53:55] [Sev's Turn] [18:54:33] * Sev` runs quickly, ending up behind and to the side of Aurora. [18:57:19] [Sev runs to the side of where everyone's looking and doesn't illuminate far enough down the corridor to see anything.] [19:00:07] [Sev corrects his movement to run that farthest down the corridor everyone's looking down as possible.] [19:01:00] [He illuminates the faceless creature and Aun's forms briefly before the creature picks up speed and runs completely into the shadow, and not even Phanos's sensitive eyes can see it any longer.] [19:03:17] [Phanos runs up next to Sev and bends down, grabbing a pieces of debris and charging it with light. [19:03:21] ] [19:03:39] [His zombies follow] [19:03:47] [Mari's Turn] [19:07:24] * Marianysa rushes after the group, catching up to Phanos before stopping. [19:09:29] [Aurora's Turn] [19:13:03] * Aurora rushes down the hall, ending up next to Marianysa [19:13:27] [Sev's Turn] [19:17:28] * Sev` rushes down, the light casting off walls and hallways as he goes. He takes a deep breath, turning around. [19:17:31] PICK A DIRECTION! [19:18:12] [19:18:31] [Sev runs headlong into a massive pile of debris, like the wall of the tower collapsed and bring and mortar fell through the storefront, obscuring everything.] [19:19:04] Urgh, no way he'd get through that.. I THINK HE'S DOWN HERE SOMEWHERE! [19:19:05] brick* [19:19:21] Aun, if you can hear us, yell real loud! [19:19:41] [No answer.] [19:19:57] [Combat ends.] [19:20:01] * Phanos heads down to the junction, tossing the lit pebble as far as he can down the way that none have taken. [19:20:35] Augh. [19:20:44] * Aurora looks around for any place it might have run to. Or climbed. [19:21:05] * Sev` grits his teeth, groaning and leaning forward. [19:21:11] Uaagh. I've got such a damn headache..! [19:21:26] * Sev` wipes his mouth, standing back up. [19:21:29] I'll be alright. [19:21:59] We almost had it too... [19:22:21] * Sev` looks back. [19:22:31] I'm gonna keep an eye out up here. Phanos, you're taking that hallway, right? [19:22:54] "I no take pointe. I jes look mon. Does I looks like you?" [19:23:13] Just find her! [19:23:20] * Sev` starts to move toward the cleared-off passageway. [19:23:36] [Phanos's sensitive eyes almost definately saw the creature run toward where Sev is now, before he couldn't make out any more.] [19:23:57] Oh man. What if it could turn invisible? [19:24:03] "He be in your direction, mon. Me be almost sure." [19:24:12] Then we look twice as hard! ..Alright! [19:24:18] * Sev` stares forward, moving slower and carefully. [19:24:23] * Marianysa folds her arms. [19:25:03] * Phanos lets his zombies catch up to him, heading to where sev is. [19:25:03] * Aurora moves over to where Sev is and tries to help search [19:25:12] [The walls where Aurora searches are still sturdy, and they reach up to a 30 foot ceiling of the current tower floor. They're only superficially cracked, not deep or wide enough to even put a finger in.] [19:30:15] * Marianysa starts looking as well. [19:31:39] [With everyone else's help, Aurora finds the door to what must have been a storefront in the massive pile of debris. When lifted, it covers a tunnel barely tall and wide enough for Sev to duck and walk through.] [19:33:30] * Aurora frowns. [19:33:37] This must be it... [19:35:09] How's he get around so fast without...eyes? [19:36:33] Well... Sev, I guess you're up front. I'll try to stick behind you and support you as best I can [19:37:10] "I bring up de reah, well, zombos do, I stay in de middle o dem, in de back. Ya." [19:37:55] Lemme deal with your current wounds first... [19:37:58] * Aurora gets to work [19:39:48] * Phanos steps up to sev, his hand turning green and white with energy, patting Sev's shoulder as Aurora heals him, adding his own. [19:45:53] * Sev` rubs his shoulder, shrugging. [19:46:06] Well maybe it's like a bat or mole or something. [19:46:09] * Sev` starts into the tunnel. [19:47:15] * Phanos follows last, zombie cohort surrounding. [19:48:03] * Marianysa enters the tunnel, clutching her sword warily. [19:48:07] [The group files into the tunnel and staggers along, with just enough room to bend over at the waist. The stone and debris under them crunches with every step, and sometimes they get minor nicks and scratches from glass or steal puncturing through the makeshift tunnel.] [19:48:38] * Sev` mutters. [19:48:55] Damn garbage.. ow!\ [19:49:08] [Minutes go buy as they continue down the tunnel, ocassionally having to squeeze past a tight or low spot, and Sev's maul eventually stops glowing.] [19:49:28] * Phanos recasts light on it. [19:51:17] [Eventually, after a particularly tight squeeze past a fallen pillar, the group comes to a wider chamber.] [19:52:21] * Aurora tries to get a better look at the surroundings [19:52:56] [The floor evens out and it appears this is a pocket of some structure that survived the collapse around it.] [19:53:39] [Aurora looks out to the edge of the light granted by Sev's maul and barely makes out a body lying on the floor.] [19:55:21] Over ther! [19:55:23] * Aurora moves [19:55:25] [Gametable Update] [19:55:32] * Sev` follows after Aurora. [19:55:35] Wait! Hold on! [19:55:47] Huh? [19:55:53] * Phanos moves towards the body [19:56:26] Aura, what're you- [19:57:02] [As sev approaches, everyone sees that the "body" is just a leg, flesh greyed and decayed. However, covering the rest of the body's skeleton is a mass of writhing, teaming fist-sized beetles.] [19:57:17] * Aurora backs off [19:57:23] "dat not even be a usable body mon." [19:57:31] * Marianysa wretches. [19:57:35] (retches even) [19:57:39] C'mon. Stick to this wall.. [19:57:48] * Sev` backs against the far wall, moving along slowly. [19:58:16] * Phanos proceeds after sev, not knowing why seeing a dead body now is so scary when he's had four following him around for quite some time. [19:58:23] [Notified by the light and the scent of fresh meat, the beetles start to swarm, a disgustingly dry and hollow clicking noise sounding in the tunnel as it advances on you.] [19:58:34] [Init] [19:58:38] "Must be de smell. [20:00:13] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init order: Mari, Aurora, Phanos, Sev' [20:04:23] Oh hell. I don't think we can just smash these. [20:05:24] I'll be the judge of that! [20:05:37] [Mari's Turn] [20:09:36] * Marianysa closes her eyes and clenches the hilt of her sword tightly. The sword starts to glow a faint red. [20:09:50] [Aurora's Turn] [20:11:01] * Aurora keeps her distance from the beetles and stays on alert [20:11:57] [Phano's Turn] [20:12:34] * Phanos takes a step back, letting his zombies step ahead as he conjured a cloud of thunder over the swarm, tiny bolts striking out at the individual beetles. [20:14:19] [Phanos barely makes out a sizzling pop as one beetle in the mass of thousands bursts.] [20:14:35] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init order: Mari, Aurora, Phanos, Swarm, Sev' [20:16:18] [The swarm continues it's inexorable advance and starts to crawl up Aurora's legs, biting and gnawing on her flesh.] [20:17:27] [Sev's Turn] [20:19:39] * Sev` drops his maul, using two "move" actions to draw a torch and his flint and steel. That's about it for this turn. [20:21:10] [Mari's Turn] [20:23:20] * Marianysa opens her eyes. "Alright, I got this." She steps up and lowers the sword with one hand, raising the other, which has gathered fire. She releases the blast towards the bugs. [20:24:49] [Mari's spell scorches a large majority of the swarm, and you're actually able to see the ground under it now, but it keeps coming.] [20:25:05] [Aurora's Turn] [20:25:46] Gah! [20:26:00] * Aurora tries to get away from them and kick them off [20:26:03] Get off! [20:28:38] [Aurora skewers a single beetle admist the hundreds that remain.] [20:28:45] * Aurora shoots an arrow at it. Mostly out of anger. [20:29:06] [Phanos's Turn] [20:29:51] * Phanos moves back, ordering his zombies to as well. [20:32:07] [The swarm, or what's left of it, crawls over to sev and Mari, skuttling up their legs and peircing their flesh with mandibles.] [20:33:10] [Sev's Turn] [20:34:20] * Sev` growls, ignoring the sting and focusing on lighting the torch. [20:39:23] [Mari's Turn] [20:42:55] * Marianysa grits her teeth, raising her sword again and infusing it with the spell. [20:42:59] [Aurora's Turn] [20:44:55] [Phanos's Turn] [20:44:58] * Aurora holds position and waits for something. [20:45:43] * Phanos holds position. [20:46:51] [The bettles continue to crawl up Sev and Mari, reaching their waists as their pincers pierce through clothing and from under clothing, biting and gnawing.] [20:47:01] [Sev's Turn] [20:51:52] * Sev` bats at the space ahead of him in anger, spitting at them as well. [20:55:39] [Sev's torch lights a few of the remaining buggers on fire. Apparently the colony decides to cut its losses becuase the beetles drop off Mari and Sev and dissipate, scurrying all over the room in random directions and finding small holes to crawl through. [20:55:57] Ugh. Whew. [20:56:01] What?! Get back here! Don't bite off what you can't chew! [20:56:07] * Sev` waves his torch threateningly. [20:56:24] Alright, let's move on... ugh. [20:56:31] * Marianysa sighs, relieved. [20:56:53] "Everyone okah?" [20:57:10] "I was gonna keel dem all, youda seen it." [20:57:40] * Phanos moves forward and over to the severed leg, looking for anything of value. [20:58:00] I'm fine. Mostly. Yeah. [20:58:40] That's good [21:01:10] * Sev` grumbles. [21:01:15] * Phanos proceeds after sev when he moves. [21:01:20] * Aurora moves [21:01:23] [As they move further into the room, who's interrior walls are broken and shattered from the stress, they find more bodies that the beetles have fed on. So many, that this appears to be a dumping ground.] [21:01:37] * Marianysa looks away. "Ugh." [21:01:58] How long have these been here? [21:02:07] Long enough. [21:02:11] Look for Aun. [21:02:15] Right [21:02:19] * Aurora continues searching [21:02:47] [As Phanos looks for valuables, he finds one skeleton unlike the others. It's jaw is fused into the skull and contains no teeth, and it has no eyesockets or nostrils.] [21:03:18] * Phanos picks up the skull, tossing it to Sev. [21:03:22] [Most of the bodies are completely barren of flesh, the beetles having finished their meal long ago.] [21:03:23] "Looka familiar?" [21:04:54] ... oh, geez. [21:05:09] THere's more of that thing? [21:05:25] "It appeahs dey WAS, at leas." [21:05:48] [Aurora closely examins a few of the bodies, comparing a completely barren skeleton to a half eaten one to one thats mostly flesh. It's hard to tell how long the decomposition has been, but it might be anywhere from decades for the oldest specimen to days for the newest. However, none of the bodies are warm enough to be Aun's.] [21:06:25] * Marianysa shudders [21:07:17] See? They're flesh and blood. Able to get killed just like anything else. [21:07:20] Let's go. [21:07:44] * Phanos moves on with sev [21:08:48] [The tunnel further on is much wider, enough for Sev to stand up straight and walk through without resorting to doubling over at the waist.] [21:08:57] * Marianysa follows Sev, trying not to look at the bodies. [21:09:06] * Aurora shivers. [21:09:51] * Sev` continues down it, holding his maul out ahead of him. [21:10:40] [The path is more more winding, with solid walls ocassionally lining one side of the tunnel. Your best guess is that you're in the remains of the tower that crumbled into the mountain of rubble. As you move on and shards of crystal from the Crystal Tower start appearing in the rubble, it only adds to the validity of your assumption.] [21:13:14] [The tunnels start to branch off, as avenues and streets that used to run through the tower go off in different directions.] [21:14:02] "Can any of ya track down ere? Dey be footprints, bound-ta." [21:16:27] [Unfortunately you've been turned around so many times, no one can discern the relative location of the biggest chunk of the Crystal Tower that's supposed to sit at the base of Hethran Tower.] [21:16:46] ... so what do we do now? [21:17:35] Complain about how damn lost we are? [21:17:41] How we might not see Aun again any time soon? [21:18:00] "How she probably get eaten by next time?" [21:18:18] We gotta keep wandering aimlessly, I guess... how's the Light holding out? [21:18:26] "We leaves us a trail, ya." [21:18:40] "Start to make us a map. Mmm." [21:18:52] I don't have anything to write with. Or on. [21:19:37] Y'think I do? [21:19:40] * Marianysa scratches her head. "What a disaster." [21:21:26] * Phanos collects some pebbles, beginning to lay them in a path at each junction the group takes. [21:21:44] * Sev` slowly leads on, muttering under his breath. [21:22:50] [After an hour of wandering through the tunnels...] [21:27:29] [Phanos comes across one of his stones he set previously and suddenly it connects in his mind how they've walked in one huge loop around the rubble of the broken tower.] [21:28:03] "We done walked a loop ya." [21:28:31] Oh for.. augh damn it! [21:28:50] * Sev` spins around, smashing his mace into a part of the wall wildly. [21:28:51] [Aurora puts this new information to mind and manages to picture how they walked south and west from when they first found the tunnel through the debris, and how they should have to head north now.] [21:30:30] [Sev looses a brick from the wall.... and then another.... and then five more.] [21:30:37] * Phanos claps his hands, utters a quick chant, then points north. [21:30:57] * Sev` seethes, looking around. [21:31:04] * Marianysa slaps her forehead. [21:31:16] [And then that section of cave starts to collapse... for a second anyway, before a marred and battered interior wall is revealed behind the debris.] [21:34:47] [With the right direction in mind, the group heads off toward the remains of the Crystal Tower to find more information about the source of the ravers.. and more importantly for any sign of Aun.] [21:40:51] * Marianysa is now known as Yonjuuni [21:44:19] [Session End.[ [21:44:25] [Session End.] End of #Sharn buffer Wed May 30 21:44:42 2007