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Lancyn questions the minor undead hoard wondering what bigger lay within the catacomb. Before he can ponder to much the sole remaining undead lashes out with no avail at him. He returns the favor with enough force to shatter it instantly.
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Lancyn surges forward and bashes the remaining skeleton to bits, negating the "threat" they posed.
With the undead out of the way, the party moseys down the corridor. Now, strange tubes made of a glassy substance can be seen in the alcoves from which the attackers emerged, large enough to fit a tall man and smashed through the front. Their purpose is unknown, they could be holding cells, stasis chambers, torture devices, or any manner of strange or sinister machine, the limit to which being your imagination.
The room at the end of the hall houses yet another strange sight. This fifteen-by-fifteen-foot dead end is constructed entirely of the same smooth-white material seen on the sphere outside. A single white pillar stretches floor-to-ceiling in the center of the room, and in a niche rests a smooth, white, hand-sized square covered in glyphs and runes similar to those on the complex’s front door.
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"I may not be able to tell you what magic is at work here. But i can tell you that it's Azlanti and I can make out the words 'control' and 'protect'."
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"Ako based off what you and Whendel can 'see' and my translations I believe this niche is s control station. What might I guess is that this could be a way to create a protective... something either in this room or possible the semi-sphere outside. If we must make some experiment of it; i volunteer to do it. Iomedae will protect me." Lancyn stands in front of the niche ready to activate it if others agree.
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No one present sees an apparent way to activate the device, but Lancyn takes it out of its niche. Its glow fades slightly before returning to normal in the paladin's hand.
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Lancyn looks shocked and nearly paralyzed for a brief minute. He stands paralyzed except for the movement in his face shifting from confusion to understanding.
"I... um... I don't know the best way to say this but I feel assured that taking this... whatever it is into the fray outside will assure victory in our endeavors." Lancyn begins to think to himself... well thinking to the device What are you? Who are you? Can you bring victory without bringing violence?
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No other ways in or out of this chamber can be found, nor any other interesting devices. Looks as if Juliet and her fellow Pathfinders will have to make do with - whatever this is. It continues to glow at its normal levels.
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"Alright we have gone as far as we can in here. Let us continue back outside with what we were sent here to do." Hold the square shapped object in front of him; Lancyn begins to march back to the front of the complex much a kin to his days as a soldier.
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"Thank you mighty warriors." Gladly accepting the honor guard leading the way Lancyn continues to march cautious and wary with his shield in one hand and the small square in the other
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The party makes their way back out of the bunker, device in tow. They open the door, and, for a moment, bask in the welcome sunlight. Other Pathfinders are still running about organizing the camp's defense. Several seconds later, many things take place practically all at once.
With a great sound of splintering wood, a large portion of the wall comes down, and in pour a massive contingent of charau-ka. As they begin to run amok through the camp, Pathfinders take up arms and begin the fight, and both the sphere at the dig and the device glow brighter. In the distance, their horrible champion - a four-armed gorilla, fifteen feet tall and causing the ground to shake with each step - intelligently scans his troops and roars at them, causing the ape-men to devolve into a frenzy. When it comes into view, the sphere and the device start glowing at an uncomfortable level, and Lancyn collapses to the ground with the square still firmly grasped in his hand. While he continues to breathe and does not appear hurt, nothing you do can wake him up. As the team tries to tend to him, a pair of ape-men roaming the camp with no one to fight zero in on you and rush forward!
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Hunter empowers the entire camp of Pathfinders, as well as the few Aspis mercenaries that survived to be let in, now fighting alongside their enemies for their lives. Essa takes advantage of this to rush ahead and ram one of the incoming charau-ka in the face. Enraged, the pair devolve into a screeching frenzy and shower the Mwangi woman with their clubs and teeth.
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Just after Lancyn collapses the group begins to hear a shuttering, scraping, scratching noise from the catacombs the party just excited.
"Ungh..." a loud thud comes from the catacomb.
"Hrrg...." the ground shakes a little like something heavy hits the ground.
"Mmnn..."
A hulking statue similar to the ones in the ruins the group passed comes crashing through the ruin covered doorway.
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The hulking metallic creature lumbers ip towards the giant ape. The way it walks it seems that it is not quite sure if its footing at the moment. It begins shouting in
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The lumbering statue makes its way up the steps and into the light of day and heat of battle. Juliet Dias lets out a gasp as she and several comrades run past, locked in combat with their own group of screeching ape-men. "An Azlanti monolith...I had only heard of them... she roars, now triumphant, to the battlefield at large. "We'll take care of the little ones. You stay on their champion! Only that thing stands a chance against it, and should it fall, they stand no chance!" The champion, currently laying waste to the fortifications, notices the worthy challenger and takes several bounding leaps to engage, but suddenly winks out of sight and reappears right on top of the golem!
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Ako sees much of the apes being taken care of, but that big one is definitely a challenge.
If that Colossus really is on our side, if it falls we will be in trouble. maybe a little boost could be in order.
turning toward the big ape, Ako throws a ball of ice at it.
After tossing the ice ball, Ako moves to get out of any retaliation range.
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Whendel pummels Essa's former target with force, while she switches to the other, wounding it badly as well. The Maiden then sends it tumbling to the ground with her whip, and Ako throws, of all things, a snowball at the massive monkey. It connects, and looks to be just strong enough to hurt, but the champion shakes it off like nothing and pays no attention to the thrower. "What are you doing?!" Juliet yells at the kitsune. "That thing could kill you without even having to think about it! Besides, I think the monolith's about to show us how insanely strong it is..."
The charau-ka, meanwhile, close in on Essa again. The one the Maiden tripped steps up to do so, drawing the Mwangi's mace once again at its own peril. Even so, they only manage to get one hit in between them, but it doesn't seem to discourage.
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Lancyn begins rocking in place slightly. He barely mumbles a few unintelligible words. His breath is labored as if he is being pushed to his limits. He coughs as if his own breath is chocking him. He groans as if he is swinging his sword with more force than his body could even muster.
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The large construct begins to lurch forward yelling out in
After expelling the gas the giant metal man swings one arm into Champion makong a solid connect into its side between its left shoulders. Continuing with the momentum the metalic beast then hurls its shoulder into it slamming it a second time with its body.
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The monolith breathes a cloud of poison into the champion's face, to no avail. His strikes, however, have a devastating effect on it, causing it to stagger back and take a moment to recover. It then lashes back at full force with its teeth and arms. Managing to strike enough times, it latches on and tries to rip the golem to shreds, to very little luck.
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Ako lands another snowball on one of the charau-ka, and Hunter moves up, smacking the same ape-man and laying him flat on his back. Whendel narrowly misses the other with a beam of fire, and the Maiden uses her magic on Essa's many wounds. The remaining charau-ka launches its frenzied attack on the grippli, but cannot bypass his superior defenses.
The mighty Azlanti monolith yells out again
The metallic monster tries to spew the noxious gas again but nothing comes. Shrugging off the lack of breath weapon he instead swings in with a right hook
And then with a upper cut
Both hits connect solidly as the monolith begins preparing for another assault aginst the huge for armed gorilla.
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The monolith's fist connects solidly with the champion's head, sending it reeling sideways. It tries to shake the impact, but all too soon the other fist hits once again, taking the thing's head clean off! A victorious roar issues from the Pathfinders and their (temporary) Aspis allies, while the charau-ka horde looks on in astonishment and demoralization, but shows no signs of backing down.