"You, you, and you. Yeah, the one with the ugly braces. Get a line of bucket going. You! sound the alarm, or whatever you have to call people to stop a fire!" Ioann bellows.
Jaw clenched tight, eyes focused and as angry as usual, he turns his head to look inside, trying to see what his allies are doing.
The crowd pays no mind to the bellowing outsider and instead flee the scene.
Ravel will help Father Grimburrow, but otherwise there is not much she can do besides helping others to escape.
Carrying the burned woman down from the stage, Ingrid gently touches her wounds, letting the power of life flow through her hands.
R2
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance
R2
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance
'Where is that water?!', Uklod called out as he tried to pull the old man out of the flames.
Uklod is able to pull the old man out of the fire and put out the flames that were consuming him, he still lives.
Ake uses her magic finger once again to fight the fires, but isn't able to do any good this time.
Kendra helps the sheriff pull Deputy Riff outside of the burning building before running right back in herself.
R2
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance
Terrance takes a quick look around, and quickly moves into a gap on the pews, where he isn't going to be jostled.
Where he casts create water on the fire by the door again.
With the fire by the door put out, the crowd is able to clear out a little faster as people are able to move out both doors instead of just the one.
A window near Ravel breaks and two shrieking, flaming human skulls fly through and slam themselves into Ravel. The first one misses but the second hits her, burning her skin and clothes. Ravel falls to the ground, seemingly dead.
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The fires spread.
R3
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance, Flaming Skulls
Hearing the crash of the shattered window and the horrible shrieking, Ingrid turns to see the flaming skulls. Handing the councilwoman, still wrapped in her cloak, to the first person that seems capable of carrying her she speaks in a tone that brooks no argument. "Get her out of here!"
Drawing her sword she advances to intercept the newest menace.
As soon as Ingrid makes her way around those who were standing in the way and can see past the podium, she sees that Ravel is still alive but unconscious and writing in agony. Her body has become bound with ghostly chains covered in various holy symbols. Before your very eyes, you see the chains tightening.
Two shrieking, flaming human skulls circle her, almost as if confused until they see you. Narcissa is screeching at the skulls, charging at them when they come too close to her mistress.
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Outside, Ioann snarls at those fleeing the scene to get water for the fires. A dazed man snaps out of his confusion and nods vigorously, "Yes sir!"
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R3
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance, Flaming Skulls
...flaming skulls?... why am I not surprised?...
Uklod racked his brain for anything he had heard about such a creature as he kept pushing people out the front door.
Ake tries and fails again to use her magic to snuff out the fire. Father Grimburrow, however, is able to beat it back some. With Kendra's orderly calm, she is able to usher two more people out of the building sooner than they would have made it on their own.
The skulls now have Ingrid firmly in their sites and the throw themselves at the paladin.
The fire spread.
R3
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance, Flaming Skulls
Terrance looks over at the fire to his right, and casts create water again.
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Standing her ground over her fallen friend, Ingrid brings her massive blade slashing down on one of the flaming skulls, gritting her teeth as the flames singe her.
Ingrid sends one of the skulls flying, it hits the wall with such force that it breaks apart into pieces which clatter to the floor spinning around for a moment before coming to a stop.
R3
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance, Flaming Skulls
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With the window broken, the people rushing out too slowly for his taste, and the sound of some kind of battle, Ioann gets fed up. He runs around the building to where the skulls entered, and climbs in through the broken glass.
Once inside, he notices the skull attacking Ravel. Anger builds up, he becomes madder and madder, having drawn his dagger on his way, he prepartes to destroy the remaining undead.
R3
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance, Flaming Skulls
Uklod was scared for Ravel and knew in his heart that they were dealing with the undead. The serious young man shrouded himself in Iomedae's protection and strode along the wall whispering a spell.
Ake tries her magic frosty finger trick once more, whooping with small goblin delight when she finds it successful.
Kendra stays by the door, ready to help people out and accept buckets of water when they start coming in; she is relieved to see that a line has begun to form and water should soon start arriving.
R3
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance, Flaming Skulls
Terrance in a spot that isn't being jostled, continues his poor attempts at firefighting on the one to his right again.
Casting create water
Terrance is able to put out a good chunk of the fire that was spreading to the nearby pews.
The remaining skull throws itself at Akasha once again, emitting a bone chilling screech as it does so.
Ravel archers her back and her face contorts into a grimace of pain, but there also seems to be determination in the set of her jaw. Anyone watching her closely would see that somehow, some way, she's still fighting.
More people flee for their lives as the fires continue to spread.
R3
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance, Flaming Skulls
Gritting her teeth in anger, Ingrid smashes her blade down on the other skull.
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Ioann slipped down from the window, her first attempt having failed. Cursing, he tries once more, ignoring the broken glass and trying to pull himself in.
The second skull receives the same treatment from Ingrid as the first as the force of her swing sends it flying to crash into a wall and shatter. Ravel remains writing on the floor wrapped in ethereal chains.
R3
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance, Flaming Skulls
With both of the flaming skulls down; Uklod turned his attention to Ravel and whatever had a hold of her. He played a hunch and whispered a spell as he pointed at the ghostly chains.
There seems to be a... shift in the ghostly chains, perhaps a sort of weakening of the links with Uklod's attack but still the hold her tight.
Kendra ushers a couple of people out of the door before accepting the first bucket of water to arrive down the line, which she quickly and deftly tosses at the fire, extinguishing some of the fire at the far wall near the window Ioann climbed through. She pauses only momentarily to look over at the commotion surrounding Ravel but nods her head secure in the knowledge that the others have it under control for now and these fires must be put out quickly.
Father Grimburrow desperately wants to help Ravel and decides that in this moment, with everyone else fleeing and Ake struggling to fight the flames on her own, the best way he can do that is to get the fires out. He beats back the flames a little further.
R3
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance
Not quite aware of what is going on in the back, Terrance continues his firefighting efforts on the fire still to his right.
Once that fire is out, he moves to the other side.
The town hall is nearly emptied now, and although the fires are slowly being extinguished it is a frustrating battle because so long as even a flicker of a flame survives it spreads once more consuming everything in its path. Even with the windows broken and the doors opened, the smoke is thick and choking; it stings the eyes and fills your nostrils and mouth.
R4
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance
Kneeling beside her suffering friend, and placing her hands on the chains enveloping Ravel, Ingrid unleashes a pulse of divine power, the white light a destructive force against undeath.
The chains snap and fall loose from Ravel's body before disappearing into nothingness. Ravel's eyes snap open, a wild look of fear evident in them. She opens her mouth gasping for breath and choking on the smoke. Narcissa swoops down to land on her mistress' chest, the little hooks on her wings digging into her clothing she screeches.
R4
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance
Between coughs, tears well from Ravel's eyes both from smoke and trauma. "Narcissa!" her eyes dart about. "Ioann? Where is Ioann? He said Ioann was slain...." her frantic gaze falls to Ingrid standing over her. "It was the Charlatan... whatever you did.... it really ticked him off..."
"Good." Ingrid says helping Ravel sit up slowly. "I mean to show that bastard that there's one god nobody escapes."
Rubbing her friend's back comfortingly she whispers. "It was all in your mind. Ioann's ok....really angry, but he's ok."
Without care for the broken glass, Ioann lets himself slip down from the window and inside the building. Seeing Ravel in trouble, he swears loudly. Anger rose up inside him, he swore to himself he would not let anyone treat any of his friends that way. They would not get away, they would burn for it, suffer forever.
Ioann presses one of his sleeves to his mouth to keep away the smoke, and rushes the skull. His trusts are savage and fierce. His eyes almost crazed.
*cough "Charlatan, you hated how I desecrated your body? Get ready for you soul to suffer! I won't let it slide. You will suffer!... You thought the weight of your chains was painful. Trust me, you have not known pain!" he yells, slowly uncovering his mouth, and spitting as he speaks.
Ravel manages a smile, "Yes he seems his usual self... where did the glass come from? ... Is everyone from town okay?" She slowly stirs and tries to rise. "What can I do to help?" She goes to rub the bruises that the ethereal chains left upon her body.
As Ravel moves her hand to rub her bruises, something tumbles out of her palm onto the floor. Feeling the movement, Ravel looks and sees a gemstone the size of a coin. She feels very drawn to the stone, almost as if it is a piece of herself that has been missing until now.
R4
Fires, Ingrid, Ioann, Ravel, Uklod, Ake, Kendra, Terrance
'Are you alright Ravel? You were quite distressed there for a bit.' Uklod asked.
Caution and concern had guided the priest's words and he was going to make sure the witch was healthy before returning to the fire fight.
Idly, Ravel holds the amethyst stone in her palm, a stone that matches her left eye. She nods slowly as she replies to Uklod. "Yes... yes I think I am okay, just a bit out of breath from the Charlatan's ghostly grip..." It dawns on her that the meeting hall is still aflame. "We have to get everyone outside! And ourselves." She tucks the stone into her belt pouch as she helps her small bat up on her shoulder.
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Ioann throws his dagger to the ground and runs toward Ravel. He seems oblivious to what the woman answers to Uklod for he bends down and, with the one hand not protecting his mouth from the smoke, he picks her up. That's when he starts spewing out threats at Charlatan.
Ravel is much too stunned to protest.