Start of #Odal buffer: Mon Nov 30 21:42:57 2009 [17:50:14] * Charles changes topic to 'Xan: 30 Magister: 20 Eve: 16 Eilenia: 14 Paera, lackeys: 13 Otto, cultists: 8 Corpses: 6 Flesh titan: 3' [17:51:29] * When last we left our heroes, they had begun sneaking about the shadowed Necropolis looking for clues as to the location of the ioun stone. Or at least the might have been, had Eve not alerted the horde. Now, they face down a massive tide of the undead. [17:51:50] * And, for that matter, the living. [17:51:56] [Session start] [17:52:02] [Xan's turn] [17:57:30] [Magister's turn] [17:58:39] * Xan paces calmly, catlike from the side of the building, looking upside-down at the lackey in the front as he does, sending twin darts of silver streaming from the orb, one flying wide, making the overconfident lunkey turn his head to the side and grin, the second piercing him neatly through his temples as he does. He falls limp. Xan kneels low by the buildingside, orb coming up ober his shoulder. [18:02:19] * The magister points at Eve, and long tendrils of rusty-red death energy push their way out of cracks in the street surrounding her, and lashing at her. [18:02:23] [Eve's turn] [18:03:38] [Eilenia's turn] [18:04:03] *Eve reels back for a second, shaking her head. Then she yells something groggily at Otto. "Go.. up... front! I'll... clean up... rgh." [18:04:52] * Eve_Kasnora then hurls herself somewhat drunkenly toward the flank of the cultist formation, still swinging her rain of radiantly glowing steel down on the corpses there. [18:13:22] [Paera's turn] [18:17:53] * Eilenia summons a lavish dislay of wealth and other goods in the center of the mob, which condenses further. She hurls an explosive fireball into the center of the group, and backs off. [18:22:30] * Paera stays behind Eve and begins to pray. [18:28:13] * The last remaining lackey breaks away from the pack and charges Otto, pulling a knife from the sash of his robe. He slashes at Otto, but goes wide, barely nicking him [18:29:54] * The flesh titan pushes itself from the ground and totters uneasily, the steams between its many bodies stressed. It picks up the corpse next to Eve and flings it at Xan, but goes wide, and it skids across the flat rooftop, battered [18:30:31] [Xan's turn] [18:34:16] * Gtab (Gtab@S0106001e8c02a25e.vc.shawcable.net) has joined #Odal [18:35:43] [Otto's turn] [18:38:19] * Xan kneels lower, aiming carefully, spiraling bits of mercury into twin stakes, sharp on the end and blunt on the other, both thudding heavily into the Magister, sending him reeling backwards. [18:38:30] * Eve_Kasnora dazedly looks around, wondering where her target went. [18:43:34] [Magister's turn] [18:45:23] * Ottonius steps back at the dagger hit, and looks at the lackey that did this with RIGHTEOUS FURY ! He then proceeds to run straight forward him, shouting, each of his steps ringing hard on the floor, sparks following his heels. As the cultist is brushed away, he takes his dagger, and screams "This is what you get, when you're in the way OF JUSTICE !" before jumping high, to the titan's chest level, using all the momentum to thrust the da [18:45:26] The magister thumps his staff against the ground, and with a sickening slurp, a layer of skin and viscera siphons off of the flesh titan, snaking off in four tendrils to the downed corpses, re-animating them. He turns, and points his rod at Paera [18:46:01] * The rust-red tendrils snap through the ground around Paera and lash at her [18:48:47] [Eve's turn] [18:53:44] [Eilenia [18:53:48] 's turn] [18:54:41] * Eve_Kasnora snaps out of it when she sees the corpses rise again. She grits her teeth. "LIFE IS NOT BEING A TOY TO PLAY WITH! I SHALL TEACH YOU!" [18:55:15] * Eve_Kasnora barrels into the closest knot of targets she can see through her haze of vengence, and proceeds to dice all of them to pieces. [18:59:07] [Paera's turn] [19:00:08] * Eilenia grabs her orb tigher and the zone of flame suddenly triples in size, engulfing more of her enemies but staying out of the way of Eve and Otto. THe illusion also intensifies in power, puling more of the wretched creatures tighter together [19:04:55] [Otto's turn] [19:06:44] * Paera chants a prayer and a wave of light washes harmlessly over the monsters and Eve, but Eve finds herself strengthened. [19:08:16] * Eve_Kasnora looks over her shoulder admidst her unending bloodbath and nods, grinning at Paera. [19:11:15] * One of the cultists chants in a strange tongue, and stabs himself in the chest. Whatever hex he was working seems to have had no effect but to harm himself. [19:11:25] * Ottonius proceeds then to make a jump, high enough to leap entirely over the titan, a powerful booming noise heard when he parts with the ground. Unfortunately, some piece of flesh at the landing site seemed to prevent such an effect to occuring as well when touching the ground again... [19:13:40] * The corpses swing their limbs awkwardly at Otto and Xan to no avail. As the flesh titan pushes himself up, he swings his arm around and grabs Otto, squeezing hard as he spins his bodies around and hurls him at Eve, sending the two of them tumbling across the ground. [19:15:16] [Xan's turn] [19:25:22] * Xan glances passively to the body that rises up to attack him, a spattershot of flechette shredding the corpse to a fine vapor. He resumes his focus on the magister, who has retreates behind the hulking, corpse-flinging inconvenience. The right lens of his goggle flips over two, his eye closing on the left. He fires once and a bolt skids into the dirt among the legs scrambling in the fray. He breathes out. "Focus." [19:26:15] * The magister thumps his staff again, and more tendrils of meat slurp off the titan, wrapping around the corpses. This time, though, several other tendrils wrap around the fallen cultists, mummifying them in a thick layer of flesh and guts, and pulling them to their feet [19:26:21] * Xan closes his eyes as the orb itself moves out above him. It fires downward, striking the Magister in his collarbone. Xan's nose begins to bleed. [19:26:38] * Xan smirks. [19:26:47] * The magister yelps, and points his staff at Xan, launching a bolt of necrotic energy at him. [19:27:00] * And missing widely [19:27:02] "Eve, confirm impact?" [19:28:02] [Eve's turn] [19:28:11] * Eve_Kasnora is on the other side of the Titan with Xan. [19:28:20] "BUSY METTING JUSTICE!" [19:28:59] * Having much of its mass siphoned off, the flesh titan teeters uneasily on its feet [19:29:42] "I *think* that was a hit." [19:33:19] [Eilenia's turn] [19:33:33] * Eve_Kasnora uses her righteous anger to fuel her determination, hauling ass around the perimeter of the battle, then diving straight into it, leaping with her swords in an X-pattern at the Magister. "YOU WILL TASTE BAHAMUT'S JUSTICE, SOULLESS CURR!" [19:34:10] * Eve_Kasnora lands in the fracass, slicing her swords down into the Magister's chest, leaving two deep gashes. "I AM YOUR EXECUTIONER!" [19:37:01] [Paera's turn] [19:37:59] * Eilenia concentrates on strengthening the illusion and hurls a cloud of daggers at the humongous titan. [19:38:29] * Eilenia releases the fire [19:39:26] It seems they are easily fooled. [19:40:07] It would appear... *seems to look for something to put before his eyes, but then shrugs* That they got fooled again. [19:43:37] [Otto's turn] [19:53:23] * Paera is now known as Yon [19:53:43] * The flesh titan paws at Otto, but grasps only empty air, barely able to support itself [19:54:02] * Ottonius gets back his spirits, after crash-landing on Eve. "Sorry about that !" He then proceeds to run around the big pile of corpses lumped around invisible dead babies, and, screams in a boisterous tone: "MIGHT RIGHTEOUS LIGHT IN YOUR FACE... Or faces ? Hard to tell since you're made of several... You know..." After a bit of embarassement, he screams "WHATEVEEEER !" as a war cry, while charging, jumping, and thrusting his dagger in i [19:54:47] in it, vaulting it again. [19:55:15] [Xan [19:55:17] 's turn] [19:56:30] * Eve_Kasnora seems to calm down just before slicing the magister's head from his shoulders. Her rage-fueled expression slackens to a cold mask as she watches the fear in his eyes the second before he knows his end. [19:57:17] * We return from this thrilling view into Eve's mindscape back into Xan's turn [20:08:40] * The magister is torn apart as he begins to act [20:09:00] [Eve's turn] [20:09:59] * Xan holds his orb out in fromt of him, letting it rotate out a perfect ring of arrows, firing out into the titan's chest in a gatling pattern, some flinging wide, some connecting. [20:12:21] * Eve_Kasnora flings her off-hand sword away from her and draws a handaxe from the small of her back, haphazardly chucking it at the flesh titan as she moves around to a cluser of undead, about to rip into them with a two-handed full-circle swing of her grandfather's sword. [20:14:39] [Eilenia's turn] [20:16:38] * Eilenia focuses on mainting the illusion and summons more flying daggers [20:16:49] [Otto's turn] [20:25:48] * Ottonius stands proud next to the shaky titan, moving around while keeping up shouting threats and things about how dead bodies moving around are unrighteous, the sound of his steps and words manifesting into harmful energy [20:26:34] * Ottonius adds "And STAY DOWN ! All of you !" seeing it fall apart. [20:28:06] * Eilenia summons a burst of thunder, shattering one of the walking dead. [20:28:07] * Eve_Kasnora slices her share of the remaining opposition into pieces, silently. [20:28:38] Oh dear. Do you suppose they know we're here now? [20:28:44] * Eve_Kasnora moves to retrieve her old templar sword, sheathing it and her sunblade at her hips before walking over to the shirtless man. [20:29:11] * Eve_Kasnora extends her hand to him. "You are very strong. Thanks being to you for assistance." [20:29:18] * There seems to be no lack of cultists in the distance, but they seem to be withdrawing from the town square [20:30:10] * Ottonius walks a bit away from the pile of dead bodies, and stretches. "Aaaah, thank you... Yes, we're probably noticed, but the prisoners have escaped, so they're safe. Thank you by the way. I am Ottonius Flamesoul. I was looking for your party." [20:30:42] * Xan leaps down quietly. "Seeking us?" [20:30:52] "You were looking for us?" [20:32:09] "I heard about your deeds, and motivated by your glorious exploits, seeked you to be part of these. Unfortunately, I was attacked during my sleep, and send here with others, for sacrifice and reanimation apparently. And so you came to me, ironicaly." *a burst of laughter later* "But eh... Were you looking for freeing the prisoners, or... [20:32:46] Is there another reason you are here ? Because if there's not, I propose we do the civil talk in a place with... You know. Less people in a moderate distance trying to kill us. [20:32:46] * Xan narrows his eyes. "Heard about our deeds, hmm? Who are we then?" [20:34:37] * Eve_Kasnora lowers her hand and puts them on her hips. [20:34:42] "Yes. Who are we being?" [20:35:03] * Ottonius gives a virile handshake to Eve by the way, before turning to Xan. "Heroes of your town, bringing food back to it thanks to the help of a relic of Pelor, and settlers of a conflict between kobolds, dwarves, and orcs... Or was it gnomes ?" [20:35:06] * Eilenia watches Ottonius with interest. [20:38:05] * Ottonius gives a virile handshake to the air in fact, due to bad timing. Bah ! [20:38:18] * Eve_Kasnora looks back to the building they were just in. "Yes, that is us being. But for now we are continuing to save prisoners." [20:39:27] Sounds right. [20:39:31] "Well, can't tell if there are many others... But these cowards, seeing the way they seem to be on the move, proably are entranching their other positions, in they have other jails... Or even moving to another location" [20:39:34] And you seek to join us? [20:39:45] * Ottonius nods at Eilenia [20:40:13] Another friend! Wonderful! The better to finish this so that Eve may revisit Anisse. [20:41:25] By letting me join you, I feel you are letting me join History, written in glorious letters of shimering gold ! It is an honor truly. *puts his fist against his heart* [20:42:14] Delightful. [20:42:22] * Eve_Kasnora looks to Elena. "Why would I want to be visitng your teacher?" [20:43:30] * Eve_Kasnora looks back to Otto. "I am grateful to be having such valuable assistance. I am hoping we can be talking about where you were learning to fight after this is done." [20:43:43] I seem to recall a certain interest. [20:44:12] Yeah. And wait until I get something bigger than this dagger. *has a wide smile, and plays with it a bit* [20:46:17] "Well, let us go and open the rest of the prisons. We can try leading them back to portal." [20:47:21] * Eilenia nods [20:47:28] * Eve_Kasnora retrieves her thrown handaxe from the muck of the flesh titan's remains. Rather than being visibly revolted, she just sets her jaw with grim determination. [20:48:45] * And so our heroes set off to open further prisons, and assault the hastily-constructed stronghold the Orcine cultists are creating. [20:49:24] [Session end] End of #Odal buffer Mon Nov 30 21:42:57 2009