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Seren's in a good position to battle with the red carpet thanks Hangust's aid. She continues to whirl like a dervish, every pulse of her dance sending out a surge of strength to her allies, and bolstering their combat power.
She takes advantage Lilianna's magic and flicks her wrists as she goes, first one and then the other blade snapping out in lethal strikes. As lethal as you can get when your target is made of string. "Hah, give her my thanks!" Her altered voice quips to the cleric as she fights.
Spirit Aura: All allies within 30ft gain a +2 bonus on all non-spell damage rolls.
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Consistently the banners, being clothe, are only able to flail aimlessly at whatever is thrown in their direction. Kitajo makes his way with ease and punches a nice hole right through the old rotting fabric.
Seren makes full use of Hangust position, delivering some quick, precise, and sharp cuts into the banner. After she is done with it, there is almost nothing left of the banner but thin strings hanging from the rod that once held a full clothe.
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In a sudden twisting spin, Torrel steps in, grasping his battle scarf and sending cloth against cloth, lashes out at the banner. "I had hoped we could be friends. . ."
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Varuna's rapier at first stabbed right through the banner, it looked like it did not do anything. But upon withdrawing his rapier, it seemed to have pull a lot of thread along with it.
Torrel uses another piece of cloth, and does it gracefully. He proves a point to the animated objects that not all cloth are useless.
The torn apart banners again attempt to subdue Torrel and Seren. But consistently prove a point that they are absolutely useless. To a point that the banner with the red highlights falls apart as it attempts to subdue Seren. Only one more very badly torn banner remains.
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"Yes! Take the other one down too!" Lilianna encourages. Easy! Who told me to send thanks to Sarenrae? I'm going to have to pay more attention to their voices...
For good measure, she draws her angelic ankh and raises it high above her head. With a defiant yell, she releases a rippling wave of holy energy that attempts to flood the banners.
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With one banner out if the picture, the pathfinders gang up to remove the last threat of flying banners. Kitajo, Torrel, and Hangust are not so used to fighting cloth that they miss a few strikes here and there but do enough to restrain it completely.
Almost like magic, the guards are able to handle their own threat, and the glowing artefacts seem to immediately die down. Faint sounds of murmuring is heard escaping the animated objects but it dies out almost immediately.
The Lieutenant comes in after the commotion dies out, and looks impressed with how the group has handled things. But doesn't make it easier as he gives you no rest.
"We're still in need of assistance throughout the grounds. There's flying swarm of runes outside the building, uncontrolled animals in the room next door, and I think clockwork like beings upstairs!"
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Seren stop her mad, spinning dance after the second banner goes to pieces. Her eyes drop back down to a more natural position, but her color doesn't immediately return. All the battle confidence she had a moment ago has disappeared into the wind with the end of her performance. "Why were the curtains attacking us, anyways?"
She pokes at one with the pointy end of a sword, then jumps back a bit as if expecting it to react. She nearly stumbles over herself in the process when she overbalances. With a cough she glances to the guard. "I just need about a minute, I'm still a bit lightheaded Mr. Bossy." Some gratitude.
She shushes the air and then looks to Lilianna. "Zela says she can burn a swarm right good once I can handle another turn on the dance floor. But maybe we should go after the things we can all poke a lot first. Like animals. Dibs on any bear skin rugs, though." She knew the perfect corner in the Lodge for one.
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The group somewhat decides that the animals seem like the least threatening of the havoc that is in the museum and work their way there. The guards do inform you additionally that the dogs are hired by Nigel himself, and that they have been unsuccessful in calming them down, should you think there is no other choice... you should decide what is best for survival. They are totally clueless as to why the dogs are wrecking anybody on sight.
Into the adjacent hall, long shadows cast by ruined displays and broken furniture litter the floor. A humanoid-shaped figure made of shattered clockwork lies slumped over a bench. Above, an elaborately painted sign reads “Crusader’s Chronicles.” Three mean looking dogs, much larger than your average dog, growl loudly towards the party.
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"Hmmph, crazed, blood thirsty dogs. Why attacking us? Can't calm them though hmpmh." Varuna analyzes the situation for a moment, wondering if anyone is going to try to calm the dogs, but decides that waiting isn't the best option. His little legs rush his towards the closest mutt and he stabs at it with his blade.
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Varuna scurries and takes things into his own hands before the dogs get out of hand. He stabs one and injures it slightly, it still stands looking ready to return the favour, snarling right at Varuna.
Lilianna starts off in the same manner as she did before, calling upon the blessings of the Dawnflower to guide the pathfinders hands in their time of need.
Kitajo moves quick to another dog in attempt to subdue it the non-lethal way, but he holds himself back and does what was supposed to be a punch ends up being a nudge. The dog does not see Kitajo as a kind hearted man though, and also looks to be ready to bite him.
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Seren will spend a moment before they move on to get her wand of longstrider working, it's a bit of a struggle as she refuses to put away or drop either of her swords. The awkward act eventually ends with her success.
When they reach the next room the color has returned to her faintly frowning face. "Aw, these are dogs. I wanted to hit bears, I'm not sure about dogs..." Lilianna's request earns an odd look and she holds up her two rather sharp swords helplessly. "I don't think these do anything but kill."
Even as she speaks there's an unconscious spring in her step which has her eventually darting after Varuna to focus on his choice of target. As before, her body slips into a whirling dance during her advance, and she takes on the pallid trance that came with her movements. With a firm, deep voiced cry one of the swords lashes out at the red collared dog. There's no hint of the hesitation Seren had a moment before.
Spirit Aura: All allies within 30ft gain a +2 bonus on all non-spell damage rolls.
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Seren's fancy footwork is alluring and distracting, enough so that the dog with the red collar is mesmerized and is caught off guard when Seren comes in for the attack. The dog whimpers loudly as the Seren cuts deep.
Hangust enters the room to recognize the kind of dogs they are, and recalls that they are somewhat skilled in combat. They have been trained in the art of biting the legs and pulling their opponent down to the ground.
Torrel moves in with the rest of the group to tend the unattended wild dog. However along the way, he fumbles as he attempts to use his scarf to subdue the dog. It's been a reoccurring theme that cloths are not an effective choice of weaponry.
The dogs all lash back at the first opponent that attacked them, and they do so without any sign of remorse. They each attempt to bite low at the legs and upon contact, pull their opponent down to the ground just as Hangust had recalled.
The red collared dog seems to go in quick and strong, but is no match for Varuna's swordmanship as Varuna retaliates. Varuna's swordplay cuts the already wounded dog badly enough causing to fall unconscious likely due to loss of blood.
Kitajo's punching partner runs around him and does not land solid bite on him. Maybe Kitajo's softness has grown on to him after all, or maybe this dog is confused, or just not that good at it's job, but no one is sure at this moment.
Torrel is unlucky as when he fumbles the dog gets a good bite at his leg, pulling him down shortly after towards the ground. The bite must have hurt as well as there is lots of blood gushing out of his legs.
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Kitajo doesn't make the same mistake twice. As the dog prances around him, Kitajo sees a quick opening to take advantage off, he punches the dog with a one two knocking the dog off it's feet. It falls unconscious from the pain that Kitajo exerted on it.
Liliana comes to the aid of Torrel, and seeks others to do so as well.
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Seren moves with Varuna, breaking off from the bleeding dog. But where he tries to flank she opts to skirt just around its jaws. The spinning dance she uses to fight never stops. As she comes into the fray at Hangust's side she rolls her own blade through an arc just above his shorter blow, trying to use the halfling's attack to distract it from her lighter, flickering style.
"Strike hard, little warrior, we shall draw its attention." The Tien accent has returned to her voice with the combat.
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And soon after Liliana's call to aid, the pathfinders quickly rush to Torrel's side. They each attempt to surround the last wild dog to take it down. Seren deals a damaging blow to the dog, but not enough to put it into an unconscious state, leaving it a real threat against Torrel still.
As Torrel attempts to rise up, the dog again attempts to put him down. And surely enough, the green collared dog prove to be the real deal, immediately pulling Torrel back down to the ground.
Torrel attempts to retaliate, but in his current position, he seems to be unable to get a good view of the dog.
Being surrounded, the dog attempts to try to bring things into a level playing field, and jumps on Seren. Unfortunately, Seren's fancy footwork has it confused and it times it's jump inadequately.
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The dizzying distraction from the pathfinders all round is enough to give Hangust a clear moment of opportunity. Swinging both his Kukri's swiping the dog off his feet. The dog knocks his head on the wall, the same wall that Varuna nicks his rapier with. And the blow to the head is enough to put it unconscious.
The guards peek in to watch the group apprehend the dogs, and a sigh of relief falls upon their faces. In the last hour, the pathfinders have been able to secure more of the museum than the city guards were able to, and they seem grateful for that. Although, the threat is clearly not over, Clockwork creatures still wreck havoc on the upper floor, and outside the castle grounds, menacing swarms of flying rune stones are disturbing the peace.
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Seren lets out a heavy sigh, more a huff and stops dancing. She sets her hands on her hips, weapons still grasped, and catches her breath while looking down at the now unconscious dog they're gathered around. "Well, that wasn't so bad. Nice move, Hangust." She tries to elbow him approvingly, then watches Lilianna start marching off.
She makes a silent, gagging expression and takes a few steps after her. "Hang on, hang on. I need a minute here to catch my breath. All that footwork is tiring." She does still seem a bit pale, but if given a brief minute to rest her color will return and she'll stretch noisily. "Right, okay, I'm good. We can go hit some clocks now."
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Before anyone is able to say anything, Liliana makes her way halfway up the stairs. Thus inevitably everyone follows suit to meet the Clockwork creatures.
The upper floors are full of smaller exhibits and relics. This is also where the museum has several offices and classrooms for holding lectures.
Gears, glass, and chunks of wax litter the polished wood floor under a sign that proclaims “Scars of the Lich.” The corpse of a Kellid warrior lies in a pool of blood, her furs soaked through. A constant ticking and whirring sound echoes in this area. Around the corner in an enclosed area, three creatures seem to be aimlessly walking about. An extremely odd contraption of sort, this creature. It is humaned sized but has four-arms, and balances on three legs that rise into a central body. It looks very mechanical in nature.
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Varuna wipes the blood from his blade, and is a bit disheartened to see Lilliana march off so fast. I've always wanted to visit this place, to study all of its relics and treasures. Now that I'm here, we have to rush off and fight instead of learning from all these pieces.
"Hmmph, clockwork servants. Workers, maids. Not killers. Usually. Something's odd here."
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Together, Varuna and Torrel know a lot about constructs, and their traits. A typical construct does not breath, eat, or sleep, making them the perfect worker! They are Immune to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms). Also they are immune to to disease, death effects, necromancy effects, paralysis, poison, sleep effects, and stunning. And they likely cannot repair themselves.
A typical clockwork is capable of reasoning, or even shutting down with a special phrase, however these clockworks look like they have some sort of malfunction, manufacturing defect maybe? Torrel is quite certain these creatures cannot be stopped other than through brute force.
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"Looks like they're working fine to me, they sure cleaned his clock." Seren whistles lowly while peering over the top of Varuna's head, then she hops around him and fails entirely at creeping closer to the trio of constructs, peering rather obviously around the corner to look at them. "Hey guys, I think we're just going to have to hit them until they stop cleaning. It works really well, I do that a lot with all the gizmos they have at the Lodge." It might explain the commonly incorrect time most of the public clocks in the Grand Lodge experienced.
She's ready for a fight, weapons held up in her best attempt at a menacing stance.
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Having successfully flanked an enemy with her earlier, Hangust moves up to the room with Seren so they can possible engage in battle together again, utilizing their strengths to cut the constructs down quickly before they did more harm. The halfling seems eager but remains quiet, the thrill of battle still thrumming in his ears.
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These clockwork creatures are vulnerable to electricity.
The clockwork servants are quick to react as Seren and Hangust enter their line of vision.. "Clang, Whizz, Whoop!" They turn menancingly with their mechanical arms flailing, as if to hit anything in their path.
Varuna is quicker to react than the clockwork.