We have to burn them, or smash them utterly. Paul states calmly.
"Kill them how!?" Lina was panicking. They won't die! What do I do, what do I do? Something hefty. We need something hefty. She attempts to bludgeon one of the things that got to close with her left fist. She had a mean left hook, but it probably wouldn't do her much good. Shooting didn't. In the midst of the melee, she looked around frantically for something to bludgeon the dead with, keep them off her.
"We need clubs or something!"
Just fighting wasn't working, it seemed. And Paul was right, he tried to physically drag Sterling back towards the group, knowing that he likely was not the strongest person there. It didn't matter, though. What did they have in the way of environment to defend themselves.
Neri is looking for any structural weaknesses to possibly bring the ceiling down on the enemies... as unlikely as that is.
Kong stands his ground before the group...Ok, I can't chust stop zem...let's go to ze gate...I sink all togeter, we can open it...ya?
Kong slowly backs up, swinging the chain in a figure eight.
[I'm.sinking maybe ze glowink crystal...[/b]
If the group is gathering near the gate, he'll sprint for the crystal...
Sterling wades into the undead, getting hit from multiple sides. Neri leaps after him, trying to pull him back, swinging his half-sword.
As Sterling is hit by multiple claws, and blood begins to stain his already rumpled $1200 armani suit, Sterling's eyes begin to look more and more yellow. Next to him, Neri's eyes begin to burn with an internal flame.
As Neri's eyes begin to burn, a soft ching ching sound begins to echo with every swing of his abbreviated sword. Then the sword shatters on the shield of a skeleton with a sword and shield. The sword is swung down toward Neri, and he instinctively tries to block with the now shattered blade.
The skeleton's sword shatters on thin air, causing a very loud ching ching sound. Flame erupts from Neri's hand, flowing up into the shape of a sword. The flames rapidly solidify into a long broadsword with 9 heavy rings in the back of the shaft. The rings ching ominously. The dark metal of the blade has a red sheen to it.
A sudden 'thwap' sound comes from Sterling's hand as he points at the dead german soldier. The soldier jerks, a wooden shaft through his black cross, right through his heart. The corpse topples over backwards. In Sterling's hand a mechanical crossbow forms of golden light, golden metal on a dark black wood. On his arm, a dozen bolts also coalesce out of golden light, fastened to an arm sheeth.
The yellow square on the 2nd bar is glowing. So is the red star on the first bar.
What ze...damn...
Luna seems in a daze watching that two weapons just materialized into people hands.
"How did you do that?" Luna waved her hand in a vein attempt to arm herself
"Um, Guys?" Luna points towards the glowing bars.
Harry will see if he can find a bone or anything even vaguely like a hammer and swing it at one of the walking dead.
"That's it! Those are part of the game." And whoever made this game up is going to pay.
That wasn't her thought, was it?
"Well. That's certainly.." He looked over his shoulder, rings clinking, and with a light flick of his hand, tossed the blade over his shoulder, to descend hilt-first to Kong, "Kong!"
Kong tries to catch the sword coming his way...
The sword vanishes in a puff of flames as it leaves Neri's hand.
You are fatigued.
Harry finds a thigh bone from the skeleton that collapsed after attacking Neri's sword. His attacks break weaker bones on the clammering dead, but sounds from the back of the cave.
Neri smirked having not heard the sword hit the ground, then immediately felt a wave of exhaustion pass over his body. He reeled backwards, moving away from the undead as best he could, letting Kong take up the forward position... unaware of the fact that the blade had disappeared.
They were "supposed" to embody their picures. There weren't any lances or shields around, but maybe that wasn't the point. In a flash, she realised that feeling the rage would probably let her do what Neri just did. She'd had to cool her anger to think, though.
Right now, the only thing she could feel was panic as what vaguely resembled a mummified leggionare attempted to stick a half-disintegrated gladius in her gut. It's front teeth snapped together in front of her face.
She punched it.
Sterling winces at the pain. A light from the corner of his eye grabs his attention. He retreats back and grab his mark's rod
Sterling reals backwards, and presses his hand to the bar with the glowing yellow square. The bar doesn't grind back into the stone... instead it simply collapses into dust. There's now a gap of about 15 inches on the left hand side of the bars. Enough for people to squeeze through one at a time.
Neri get over here and touch the bar. Quickly!
Neri sluggishly pulls back, and slaps his hand on the bar, panting.
((Removed the unnecessary roll))
Neri stumbles into the bars, and presses his palm to the other glowing symbol. The second bar collapses into dust, allowing everyone to escape the growing horde of undead. As they exit, even more undead begin to claw their way out of the dirt of the cavern floors.
Fortunately, the undead seem unable to move past the gate. Even with two bars missing, they shamble and hiss at the gate, unable to step past it.
Once out of the cavern area, they find themselves in a small cave that leads out to a larger chamber. This chamber has 3 vents that look vaguely volcanic that have 3 foot flames pouring up, the color of the flames vaguely blue. Air rushes up from the heat, vanishing up through holes in the roof. This causes a light wind to rush through the chamber. The sound is actually fairly soothing.
There are two dark exits, more caves, at right angles to the cave the group comes out of.
There is a large sparkling pool opposite of the group, bubbling softly as water rushes up from below and then flows out through a hole in the back of the chamber. The pool has a great many minerals built up around it, giving it the look of a fountain.
Damn, that was getting pretty bad there for a minute. Well at least there's some water here. "
to see if it is potable
Its a new world. The old world is dead. You will all have to accept this and adapt Lumpy says emotionlessly. He walks to the pool and examines it.
[dice=Perception]1d20 + 7]
The water is, surprisingly, cool to the touch. The room has a faint sulfur smell, but it seems to be coming from the flames, not the pool. The pool smells fresh.
Lumpy reaches down with both hands and cups some water. He brings it up to his lips and slurps.
Kong walks to the pool and shoves a hand in it, then drags it over his face.
Zo much for zat.
Neri watches the undead warily for a moment, backing away slowly... then kneels, panting, to catch his breath. "I don't suggest... trying to share. Also... the voices thing. If you have rope, tying up is still on the table."
Luna stays facing the gate in fear the undead will break though she backs up to the pool and also tries to determine if it is safe to drink.
"So care to fill us in on the weapon summoning?
Neri spoke between breaths, "The voice told me to fight. I fought. Maybe I pleased it enough to help me survive. Pretty sure I'm demon-possessed, now. Which is a shame. Terrible movies.
Listen Neri. What do you think just happened? We are rats in a maze. Someone has made us inject our bodies with magical, for lack of a better word, gems. The biters engaged us to promote whatever the gems are doing. The fountain placed strategically, as if they have the maze set up to a science.
Neri simply looked to Sterling, brow lofted. "And he's possessed by a Chia pet."
Harry will drink his fill. "Well I ain't no rat in a maze. I will find my way out of this nonsense. "
Though you know, a food pellet might not hurt right now.
Well Done. Come Relax at the lake. Lumpy waves his hand to his new friend.
Harry, once he has sated his thirst will check out the prospective exits.
Kong paces the area, looking everywhere...frustrated and perplexed...
You have a gem inside you. Yes...you are a rat like the rest of us Lumpy tells Harry
looking back at the rather smug man back by the water "We'll see. I ain't licked yet. I've seen worse things in my time. "
Ziss iss inzane. I haff ztudiet ze occult. It iss all nonzense.
Neri stood, shaking his head. He moved over to the water to drink. On his way he tried to call up the sword again.
Then again.. life is nonsense... so is death... two sides of the same coin... But then again... how you lived that life... or died that death... isn't that what matters? How did I live my life... and die my death... The troubling thought slashes into Kong's mind.
Really? worse than undead attacking you? Sterling smiles warmly to indicate a joke.
Neri looks at his hand and concentrates. Flame erupts from the palm of his hand and reforms the blade as a ching ching sound fills the air.
"Well the Grizzy I was looking at right before I got here wasn't any nicer and hit a whole lot harder with them claws. "
Lumpy concentrates hard on jug of wine, and scrolls
After a minute of concentrating, Sterling's stomach rumbles.
I haff voices in my head, too. Zere iss not enough thorazine...
Kong stands there...and just looks at people...
Scars...leavink?
"Alright. I can apparently make it come just by desiring that it's there. Hopefully it doesn't bite me when it disappears again."
Neri wills it away once more, and then kneels to take a few drinks with cupped hands.
As she rested at the pool, Luna watchs Neri summon his sword once more.
"That! How do you do that?"
Once Neri answers Luna tries to will a weapon of her own, anything that would help her stay alive.
Kong stares at the tiny skull embedded in his hand...
Makes no zense...