The bending over is relative, as the zombie doesn't feel anything.
But that doesn't mean it isn't in for a severe beating. Monty hits the zombie in the face from the side, whacking off the lower jaw, and makes a back-swing that crunches the skull at the temple.
The zombie goes down.
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Brady (can post ahead)
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Imrizade (-1)
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Darren
Armik, Faliana & Monty
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Frustrated with his inability to free her from the influence of the tendrils, Brady draws his dagger. At least its blade was better suited even if the weapon itself was a little clumsy. He darts his hand out, trying to catch the dagger on a loop of tendril, drawing it back to slice it through.
He then steps to the side, both opening up a spot for Monty and helping him dodge any retaliatory attacks.
Brady flashes forth his dagger, and slices across the other hip-connected tendril. Imrizade glares at him for his action. The tendril is still attached, but it has been damaged badly.
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Imrizade recovers from the backlash from the severing of the 1st tendril. Raising the stick again, she steps 5ft from her position, now aiming the wand for a cone vs Brady and Monty, determined to disrupt the nuisance and the staff wielding head-smasher.
A flash of colors floods the two.
Both men are overwhelmed, and drop their held items.
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Armik bled to -11.
Darren
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Faliana feeling the magic fading from her wand angrily chuks the damnable thing halfway across the room and reaches down to Armik's belt and pulls out Brady's wand.
She starts smacking the teifling's wrists before stopping with a slightly embarrassed look. "Whoops, force of habit. Luckily Armik's out cold so he can't complain." Her movemtns however seem to mess wiht the smooth operation of the wand and cause it to sputter slightly before activating properly. "Brady, jsut what was I supposed to do with this dang thing again?"
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The wand Faliana picks up sparks, but isn't yet responding to her command.
Darren makes quick work of two tendrils, finishing the job Brady had started, and severing another connected to Imriade's shoulder.
This causes great discomfort to the woman.
"Arrogant--mongrel! Do you know how difficult it is to find a suitable thrall?"
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Imrizade recovers slightly, then steps away and charges up.
Her hand plants onto Brady's chest, discharging a massive surge of electricity into his body. The effect briefly shedding more light into the room.
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Darren
Faliana
Darren notices, since he is closest to the cylinder, the mass inside kind of looks like a brain.
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Faliana gives an annoyed look in Brady;s direction when the half-orc doesn't answer her question. "Brady just how..." She gets cut shorrt as she see's him light up like a lightning strike in the middel of the night. Blacnhing at the sight of the blackened flesh she turns her attentions back to the downed teifling with the ability to heal much more reliably.
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Darren severs the remaining two tendrils.
The tendril that was previously atached to the base of her skull leaks some particular nasty looking fluid.
"No!, No!, you savage!"
If you didn't know any better, you'd swear the brain vibrated simultaneous to the influenced Imrizade's outburst.
The wand isn't too responsive to Faliana's 2nd attempt.
Monty's eyesight returns, but he still feels too numb to move.
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Brady's eyesight likewise returns, but he's feeling worse.
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Imrizade (-9) steps away from Darren, unequipped to do anything in melee at the moment.
Having stepped away, she points a finger at Brady, it starting to glow green, before a stream of corrosive substance flies towards him.
On top of the electricity, it is too much to remain conscious, and Brady passes out from the acid burns.
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Darren
Armik bleeds 1 to -13.
Monty recovers from his weakened state, and is once again able to join the fray.
Faliana & Monty
The first hit comes down on the cylinder...which seems quite resilient to the impact, as Darren sees not even a scratch on it.
His second swing slides off its smooth exterior.
Faliana & Monty
*Spark*..*spark*
Faliana's heartbeat is up her throat, as the wand refuses to respond to her command.
Monty smiles and tries a leg swipe to lay Imrizade flat, but the woman lifts her left leg in time to avoid that from happening.
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Brady doesn't yet stabilize, and bleeds 1 point to -7.
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Imrizade's full attention is now aimed at Darren, who's trying to break the cylinder.
"My superior intellect is not meant to be smashed by you, get away from me!"
You can hear a hint of angry concern in her voice.
She steps away from Monty, and charges up her hand again.
Darren is the third to get a taste of the electric current the possessed woman wields. The smell of burnt hair is now even more present in the air.
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Darren
Armik bleeds 1 point to -14.
Faliana & Monty
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"Can't help you, Faliana," Darren claimed through gritted teeth. "But I'll do what I can to take care of this rude problem here now that I have its attention," Figuring that he probably could have destroyed the canister with his earthbreaker if he still had it, and his current weapons were no match for it, he took a five foot step towards Imrizade. He swung twice at her, though obviously trying not to hurt the vessel with anything other than nonlethal damage.
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Finding that all of the wands in the bloody world don't seem to want to work for her, Faliana angrily throws them away and starts tearing at Armik’s already bloodied clothes, deciding to heal the man instead. She glances up at Monty and starts in a serious voice, but affectionate voice. ”Monty, I say this with all of my love for you…” Her voice drops an octave, before turning into iron. ”But STOP playing with the pretty lady and HELP ME SAVE ARMIK!”
With a final glance she looks down again at Armik and works on getting his bleeding stopped. After a few seconds she gives a sigh of relief and looks up again at Monty again. ”Op, Nevermind, you were too slow, I handled it.”
Faliana then pulls her very rarely used bladed scarf off her shoulders and moves up to the rest of the group. ”Mind if we make this a four-way?”
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By a miraculous turn of events, Faliana manages to stop the bleeding. Quite so in time, as Armik's skin was deathly pale from the blood loss.
She then moves closer towards Imrizade.
Brady's hardy half-orc body needed less help, and he becomes stable too.
Imrizade is dodging Darren's attacks.
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Monty dances around his opponent, giving a grin to Fali.
Knew you had it in hand sweety, never doubted you for a second!
He moves over to the woman again He turns as if walking to Fali before spinning back, reaching down, to yank the woman's ankle from under her.
Snake Style - AC vs first attack in round =
And that he does, a pulling of her leg has Imrizade landing on her rear.
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In her predicament, Imrizade takes a defensive attitude, before standing up. As she does, Monty maks a jab at her, which she manages to push away.
After she steps up, she steps 5ft away.
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Darren
Faliana & Monty
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All around the mulberry bush...
Monty steps forward to match the woman and waggles his fingers.
The monkey chased the Weasel...
The monkey thought it was all good fun!
He hoots with laughter as he pulls the woman down on her rump again, waggling his tail as if waiving to one side....
and tries to kick her as she stands.
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Faliana snorts at Monty's vote of confidence, "Oh, sure you did, You just wanted to play with the pretty girl." With a sigh Faliana snaps her scarf out at the girl in question as she stands up.
She then rounds on the woman and says with a slight smile, "I can't help but notice you've been taking the attentions of the man I'm interested in. He's certainly free to go, but not with someone who is demonically possessed!" She brings her scarf around in a slicing arc, not really caring for the safety of the woman who was going after her man!
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Darren scowled as Imrizade turned out to be too hard to hit consistently, especially when he wasn't trying to hurt her too badly. He threw down his Klar and machete and walked around the battle so he was flanking with Faliana. "You two make such a great couple, I just want to say that. You're adorable."
Changing gears, he reached for Imrizade and attempted to grapple her, keeping her in place and making it easier for the others to hit her.
Darren's clenching Imrizade in a bearhug from the side, holding her arms alongside her body at waist height, and she angrily looks at Darren.
Following that, Monty swipes her legs, and she slips down partially, her erm.... chest, now squeezing between Darren's biceps.
For a moment, she's as silent as a sleeping person, eyes wide in utter disbelief.
For but a moment, you'd swear the discoloration of her eyes partially faded...and a blush is on her face.
"Aaah! Perver----Unhand my vessel, you thug!"
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She wiggles her hand.
Somehow, she is able to charge up, but doesn't quite manage to make a proper touch against him.
Darren
Faliana & Monty
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"Alright, calm down, calm down, only way I'm unhanding you is if you leave." Darren responds as he attempts to pin her hands so she can't attempt anything at all.
Darren successfully pins Imrizade to the ground, but also being very respectful about it so the Blackros don't have a reason to make him disappear someday.
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What can I say dear? Monty quips as Darren pins the woman down.
I've got a thing for girls with other people in their heads! Hohohohoh!
He laughs at his joke and looks at the girl and shakes his head.
Gotta admit hon, the folks knocking around in your attic are a lot more pleasant.
He walks over and grabs his staff from the floor, giving it a good heft.
Keep her held down Darrn, I'll see if I can't crack open that nut.
I've got a thing for girls with other people in their heads! Hohohohoh!
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Imrizade tries to touch Darren, her hand still charged.
But Darrenś grip is solid, and leaves too little room to move her hand.
Darren
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Imrizade tries to touch Darren, her hand still charged.
But Darrenś grip is solid, and leaves too little room to move her hand.
Darren
Faliana & Monty
Faliana glances over at Monty, a bemused smile on her face. "Ah leave it to you to find a way to turn that around. Fine, but I'm knocking that person out of her head!"
She then tries to flick the flat of her scarf across the back of the other woman's neck
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Back in round 8, Imrizade takes a sharp smack across the head.
The fighting comes to a close, when Faliana slaps the woman again in round 10, at which lights go out as she drifts into unconsciousness.
With everything quiet again.....what from here?
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Faliana gives the two other people istill standing in the room a look and a smile. "Well if you boys don't mind taking care of that canister somehow, I'll go see to our two companions unless there's something you can do to help them."
She heads over to where her wand ended up and picks it up, before searching for Armik's and Brady's that she threw about as well.
With all three wands in hand she takes her time trying to get them to activate on their respective owners, taking a moment to use her mostly useless at this point want to take measurements. "Wow would you look at that, Armik's wand is a good eight inches! But Brady's has only five. Hmm, that's not what I would have thought!"
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I hadn't though there might be any potions on what's her name, so if we find anything that can heal I say we use it first! If we don't:
Three successes and three charges (though I recommend we use any potions found first) Armik should be at 5 hp now.
Two successes two possible charges. Should be at 1 hp now.
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Monty happily batters away at the cylinder.
Between his strikes, he seems to deal but 4 dmg to it.
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Brady was apparently already starting to come to consciousness, and finds himself feeling at least fully awake after Faliana's healing. He looks over to Armik. "That was... well, that was a doozy. When you feel up to it, can I trouble you to heal me more over here? I'm afraid that even just standing up would knock me right back down."
Monty's swings leave no further marks upon the cylinder.
For convenience's sake, you all gang up on the item, eventually destroying it.
As it shatters, the gate seems to fade, as there is nobody sustaining the efforts to open it further. The whispers fade, until there is only the arche left.
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"Thanks, Armik. Sorry we couldn't help you stay on your feet."
"And, just for the record," Darren says as he picks up his weapons. "If anyone asks, I was definitely not disrespectful to a Blakros. I feel like the less anyone knows about that, the better." He says this part more towards Faliana and Monty than to Armik and Brady.
"But, uh. Shall we take her upstairs?"
Darren lugs Imrizade over his shoulder, and the team carefully maneuvers upwards again, taking an immediate detour through the room with the boxes, avoiding the dangerous mold.
Up above, you find Nigel standing bent over a register, writing in it.
As he notices you, he claps his hands together.
"Ah, you are back! Splendid, splendid.
Tell me, please, tell me, what had happened down there? Is everything alright now?"
Brady and Armik walking up front, he utterly fails to notice Darren behind them carrying Imrizade.
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"What happened, Nigel, is that the Blakros needs to review and update its processes for taking in new objects for the collection. Do you do any kind of quarantine and evaluation at all?"
He waves his arms towards Imrizade draped over Darren's shoulder. "She was possessed by some extraplanar creature in that canister; it was controlling her and a bunch of the former employees of the museum!"