Nerris steps back and sighs. "There are too many of them to stuff into the bag. I know its loud but...", she says as she takes out throws an explosive.
BOOOM! Nerris' bomb explodes, taking out the tiny fey that is evading Orrias' hands, but burning her allies in the process.
Alexite, free from his paralysis, steps forward and with a mighty chop cleaves one of the fey in two!
Indra gets ready to unleash fury against the little fey, reading a spell to give herself insight into their next moves.
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"Hold still you--ow, Nerris!" Flinching back at the sudden burst of noise and heat, Orrias glowers at the half-orc even as the fairy he'd been trying to snatch fell to the ground with a crispy thump.
Hissing through his teeth and he shakes his singed hands, the elf still darts forward into the swarm of fairies, still vainly trying to snare one out the air.
Despite the foul fey flitting in his face, Pip takes notice of Nerris' explosive display. With a determined grin, he resolves not to be outdone when it comes to fireworks. He shuffles back, away from the tooth fairy attacking him, and starts conjuring some of his snapdragons.
Orrias' grab goes wide, thrown off by Nerris' bomb.
The little fey is struck by Pip's firework, having flown directly into the path of the little explosion! It's clearly quite disoriented from the impact.
Four of the creatures are still fascinated by Pip, but the two with their wits about them fly quickly to the south, turning a corner and speeding east out of sight!
Orrias glares at the fleeing fey, but knows he's not swift enough to keep up. Instead the elf turns back to the nearest fairy charmed by Pip's magic, snagging it and holding it away from himself with a disgusted expression. "I need a bag or something to hold this thing," the elf's gaze sweeps the alley for a bucket or other container.
Indra murmurs a prayer to Calistria (switching her judgment to destruction) and goes after one of the remaining fey with her cold iron dagger.
Nerris approaches Orrias and offers him her bag. "Will this do..., she says holding it out.
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Ooo.... Nerris walked over and handed Orrias her bag. That was her turn.
Alexite is more concerned at getting revenge than capturing fairies, especially since Orrias has one in hand. He glares at the nearest fey and chops at it with his sword.
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Nerris tosses a bag to Orrias, and he's able to secure the little fey inside before drawing the string. It bites madly at the cloth, hoping to tear its way out!
Alexite steps up and swings, but it goes just wide. Indra's strike lands a solid cut, weakening the fey before it startles out of its fascinated state.
Pip launches a splash of acid at the one Indra cut...
... but it goes wide, splattering harmlessly on the ground.
Two more of the fey creatures flee, drawing attacks from the party...
...though these miss, and the creatures get away around the corner of an alley!
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Indra grabs the bag with the faerie and shakes it roughly. "You've got exactly one chance to come out of this alive, you little creep," she says, smacking the bag against the wall for emphasis. "Why are you out targeting tieflings?"
"I'm thinkin' we might just kill you anyway," Alexite growls.
Pip launches off the last of his snapdragon firecrackers to ensure that the tooth fairies do not return to ambush the party. He turns to watch Indra - a crooked streak of blood running down her chin from the hole left by her purloined tooth - clasp the fey miscreant in her hands like a vise.
He briefly entertains the notion of joining in the questioning, turning this into a round of bad cop, worse cop. However, another idea pops into Pips head.
"Um, are we sure these things can even understand us?" he asks with a cocked eyebrow.
Pip's comment gets everyone's attention, and Orrias is able to translate the threats in such a way that the creature holds still and listens. It jabbers back, and Orrias is able to translate, "Damn your hides! Tieflings have the best teeth to pull - the most interesting! But as long as we keep getting pulled here, we'll never stop. We'll never stop! Mah, HA HA HA HA HA!"
Nerris eyes narrow when she hears this. "By who...," she says trying to scowl a bit.
"Yeah! Pulled by who?"
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Pip pulls out a sandwich, wrapped in cheesecloth, from his coat.
He has a spot of dinner while waiting for the tooth-crazed sprites to spill their guts to the big folks.
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"Spill it you little twerp!"
"Spill it you little twerp!"
"Okay! You can have half if you really want," Pip exclaims before looking back at the captive tooth fairy. "Oh! You're talking to him."
The slip resumes tucking into his sandwich.
"Not by who," the little creature grins (a horrific sight that is hidden by the bag). "By what! It calls us from the first world. Promise to free me, leave me be, and I will show you where it is, then get back to doing what I do best. What do you say, silly mortals?"
"Free him?!" Blood flies from Indra's mouth as she gasps incredulously. "They took my damn tooth!" she yells, showing the bloody gap in her mandibular dental arch. She stomps around for a few minutes spitting and cursing until she finally assumes a semblance of only steaming anger instead of outright rage. "If this doesn't work, I'm going to be very angry," she glowers.
Indra, IIRC, you would have seen the tooth fairy that pulled your tooth haul off in the direction of the house indicated by this captive fairy. If you get there soon to recover it, you can put it back in your mouth and get healed (i.e. Cure Light Wounds or the like), then it will set back in place. This will restore the CHA damage, too!
"Come on Indra. Im pretty sure we could fix your tooth with one of my extracts. Lets go get it."
Alexite nods. “Yeah, c’mon, Blue. Maybe we’ll get it back! Or at least we can shake down the bastard who took it for some cash in exchange.” He looks at the little fairy. “Show us where it is now.”
Pip wraps up the leftover half of his sandwich and tucks it back into his jacket. He's tempted to scramble to find the cold iron bullet he launched, but he knows that there is a more pressing tooth to be addressed. He follows at Indra's heels as they pursue the escaped fey.
Knocking another bolt to his hand crossbow, Orrias follows after, checking behind them them every so often.
The five of you make your way into the little abandoned building, a partially collapsed tavern that used to serve excellent cider before it’s structural challenges. As you approach, the fairy that led you there zips attempts to zip away into the night, but you see the final four little fey snarl and prepare to defend their lair!
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Pip launches into a tirade of nonsense rhyming to entrance and confuse the fey.
Please fly into this cloak," he then says to those fey affected, removing and holding up his cloak. "I promise that it's quite comfy."
He does not mention the matter of the pending pummeling, which he will leave to his tall folk friends.
These creatures have seen this trick before, but one of them is still caught mentally off guard and focuses its gaze on Pip! The other three continue to prepare their attack.
Orrias holds his fire, waiting for a bomb from Nerris to injure the nasty little fey and hoping to finish one off.
As soon as Nerris throws her bomb, Alexite bellows and charges any surviving fairy with his silver morningstar.
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Nerris carefully prepares another bomb and throws it straight into the fray.
Nerris carefully prepares another bomb and throws it straight into the fray.