"All right kids, single file behind the barricades, no pushing, so help me if you make trouble right now I am not coming to rescue you again Bradley, and do you really want to do that to your sister? Yeah, that's what I thought."
She continued to bark out orders as she herded as many students as she could round up into hastily constructed stone shelters to protect them from the roaming demons and devils.
Black lightning surges into sight, the cries of destroyed demons reaching Aananada. Taron appears next to his mother.
"Um, Kam's gone a wee bit crazy if you didn't guess that already." He explains. "I don't know how he's doing it, but even the fiends normally immune to lightning are getting beaten back. I'm getting the feeling this is very therapeutic for him."
"Well, as long as he minds the other students around them and doesn't hit them with lightning, I'm all in favor. Your brother and Fieri have gotten a group together and are wandering the halls looking for stragglers of the variety that can't look out for themselves."
Another frightened and disoriented student popped in, teleported rather abruptly.
"Get inside the barricade, stay calm, and let us take care of this," she said, rushing the student inside the shelter.
"With so many shelters in this hallway I can't leave them unprotected now so if you happen to see any more kids who should be in the shelters, send them my way."
"I'll see if I can find where the fiends are coming in from too, while I'm at it." Ammy forms what appears to be a cross between a shotgun and a sniper rifle around Taron's hand. "Looks like Dad came back just in time, huh?"
He's gone just as abruptly as he arrived.
Ryo steps around a corner to find the hallway ahead of him filled with enemies.
"Attention Lower Planes scum!" He calls out. "You can either go back to where you came from or experience true death."
One devil breaks away from the fray and charges Ryo, only to to flung back at the seething mass as a door opens up in front of it and slams it back.
"You should have run."
Doors open with much more force than the first, destroying demons and devils with almost disturbing ease. Lockers open up and swallow those that get too close, the floors open up and close again with crushing force and, finally, the hallway implodes. A moment later everything returns to normal and the fiends are gone.
"I love my house." Ryo says simply as he moves on.
Wakes from a nap to the sounds of chaos...
"What in the 9 hells..."
He opens his door to see a startled devil reaching for his door nob
"Are you a student? Can I help you?"
"You can diee!" it replies and it takes a swipe.
"Not a student then." he says coldly.
As the devil tries to land a blow, Genosuke reaches out and grabs its forearm and twists it quickly breaking it. He drops his arm, and casts.
Thinking him momentarily defenseless, he strikes out with the other arm. Genosuke continues to cast, a wicked portal forming behind the devil, and grabs the offending arm with his other hand with similar results.
"Have fun in the Abyss, devil." he says calmly, as he front kicks the devil into the portal to his doom, then closes the portal.
"I wonder what other foul things roam the halls..."
He decides to go have a look.
Tamrin is in the family workshop, with multiple viewscreens enabled to see what's happening across the school. One other screen is off to the side, glowing with magic. It shifts between locations at speed, until finally settling on a particular room. He sighs with relief.
"Gotcha."
He quickly grabs up a large belt pouch bulging with several items, seals up the shop and races down the hall, slamming a shell home in his Caster as he goes...
Aleister swings Rinth straigh down sending out a shockwave that decimates a hallway full of devils and demons. As he searches for their entry way.
He skidded to a stop in front of Kitty and Ryuzo, realized he was still holding the limb of a demon and dropped it as he grinned cockily.
"So...having fun yet?"
Aleister swings Rinth straigh down sending out a shockwave that decimates a hallway full of devils and demons. As he searches for their entry way.
As Aleister proceeds to head down the hallway he just cleared, he hears a whistle from back the way he came. He turns around and sees Tamrin sprinting down the hall.
"That's not where you want to go, my man....the fiend party's down this way," he says, coming to a stop next to him and pointing down the corridor to the right.
"Wanna help me crash it?" :)
Studies keme for a second.
"Hope? I am Deception's champion, pleasure to meet you." He says with an out of character flourishy bow.
"I am having quite a bit of fun at the devils' expense. I was just checking up on my friend Kitty, here, and now moving to make sure another friend of ours is unharmed. How are you faring, Champion? I ho...err trust you';ve been enjoying yourself?" He says with a galnce at the devil arm he just dropped.
Aleister swings Rinth straigh down sending out a shockwave that decimates a hallway full of devils and demons. As he searches for their entry way.As Aleister proceeds to head down the hallway he just cleared, he hears a whistle from back the way he came. He turns around and sees Tamrin sprinting down the hall.
"That's not where you want to go, Aleister....the fiend party's down this way," he says, coming to a stop next to him and pointing down the corridor to the right.
"Wanna help me crash it?" :)
"Very much so." He replies as he resheathes Rinth and begins to follow Tamrin. "I thought the school was set up to avoid these kinds of problems?"
"I ho...err trust you've been enjoying yourself?" He says with a glance at the devil arm he just dropped.
"I know he has, since it's quite entertaining to watch him fight." Alton says as he drops down from above, a dagger in his hand. "Who else thinks the Summoning Club is going to get disbanded for this?"
Studies keme for a second.
"Hope? I am Deception's champion, pleasure to meet you." He says with an out of character flourishy bow.
"I am having quite a bit of fun at the devils' expense. I was just checking up on my friend Kitty, here, and now moving to make sure another friend of ours is unharmed. How are you faring, Champion? I ho...err trust you';ve been enjoying yourself?" He says with a galnce at the devil arm he just dropped.
"Well, that explains why I keep seeing you in mutliple places...I'm Keme. At least I'm not bored today," he said, grinning.
"Who you looking for? Maybe I've seen them."
"I ho...err trust you've been enjoying yourself?" He says with a glance at the devil arm he just dropped."I know he has, since it's quite entertaining to watch him fight." Alton says as he drops down from above, a dagger in his hand. "Who else thinks the Summoning Club is going to get disbanded for this?"
"Ah, but you're assuming they haven't already been dismembered for this...which seems more likely."
"Ha! Good one! Failed summonings can be so messy. Umm, guys this is Kitty Tanaka. The friend we are looking for is Michael Decamara. She said he mentioned a meeting with a staff member, so I assume he's ok, but it never hurts to check. I've seen some faculty attacking the outsiders, but so far the headmaster hasn't come out of his office...unless he has other ways out." He looks at Alton "I am Ryuzo Kato, pleased to make your acquaintance."
"The headmaster doesn't need doors to get around this school." Alton replies with certainty. "He's already delt with an entire hallway of fiends."
"Alton Keme de Eil. I'm pleased to meet you too, Ryuzo. You as well, Kitty."
"Dacamara....thin fellow, brown hair, something funny about the color of his eye?....No, I don't think I've seen him since the fun broke out. The teachers have been rounding up a lot of the less combat oriented students into shelters. Maybe he's there?"
Ryuzo changes his appearance to look exactly like Michael, even down to the scent."This is what he looks like" he says in Michael's voice. "So, yeah pretty spot on there Keme. Alton, you seen him?"
"Very much so." He replies as he resheathes Rinth and begins to follow Tamrin. "I thought the school was set up to avoid these kinds of problems?"
"It is. Which means something either failed, or somebody found a loophole. But we get to deal with that bureaucratic nightmare later," he replies as he then motions for silence as they come to a halt several yards before a corner. He quickly casts a spell, and closes his eyes. Pulling up a map on his datapad bracer, he confirms what he saw.
"Yep. Probably using some kind of glamer to hide the door. Right here on the left side," he shows Aleister quietly. "I've got a plan to shut down whatever gate or portal is spewing these things out, but I could use some help 'distracting' these guys to do it."
Ryuzo changes his appearance to look exactly like Michael, even down to the scent."This is what he looks like" he says in Michael's voice. "So, yeah pretty spot on there Keme. Alton, you seen him?"
"Nope, but I might be able to help." He whistles shrilly, then holds out his hand, waiting. A moment later a red-furred rat drops into his hand. "Hey, Ember. Could you do me a favor and spread the word that we're looking for someone who looks likes this?"
"Squeak."
"Thanks." Alton looks to Kitty. "You know anything that might help?"
Flys up among the pterodactyls...waiting for them torealize he ain't one of them, and when they break he roars and pursues one...
Kitty shook her head. "All I know is he was going to talk to a teacher. I think the teacher he spends most time around wouild be Professor Yrrum...but he's also had some run-ins with Professor Relkav lately...well, we both have, really."
Flys up among the pterodactyls...waiting for them torealize he ain't one of them, and when they break he roars and pursues one...
:Oh, like that's fair:: He rockets up as fast as he can...still no where near as fast as Ephebe...As Ephebe flies up ahead of him a red 'tree' moves coughing out a cloud of something that surrounds Ephebe.
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"Yeah I was there for one of the run-ins...he seemed to have it out for Mikey." Changes back to himself
:Oh, like that's fair:: He rockets up as fast as he can...still no where near as fast as Ephebe...As Ephebe flies up ahead of him a red 'tree' moves coughing out a cloud of something that surrounds Ephebe.
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"Alright then, I can work with that. Ember, spread the word to search for Michael primarily around Professor Yrrum and Professor Relkav's offices. Have everyone stay out of the halls until it's safe." With a squeak and a puff of ash, the ray disappears. "We'll know in a while if he's near either office or somewhere else, but I think we should move to a more defensible place."
"Yeah I was there for one of the run-ins...he seemed to have it out for Mikey." Changes back to himself
"He's not exactly my biggest fan either, even though thanks to my power he doesn't even remember who I am. He just knows he doesn't like me when he sees me...partly because I'm usually with Michael when I run into him."
"Alright then, I can work with that. Ember, spread the word to search for Michael primarily around Professor Yrrum and Professor Relkav's offices. Have everyone stay out of the halls until it's safe." With a squeak and a puff of ash, the ray disappears. "We'll know in a while if he's near either office or somewhere else, but I think we should move to a more defensible place."
He shrugs. "Works for me...although I wouldn't mind running into a few more new playmates on the way. I get so few opportunities for unrestrained violence." ;P
"I think we're close to the evocation practice room...that should be pretty defensible. I mean, it's mostly designed to keep stuff in, but it should still be good at keeping stuff out too."
"Ephebe!" Krays strafes the 'tree' with a line of acid on his way up
80ft. line of acid
Kalesril kept examining the rift, seeing what he could do. An arm starts to come thru, he rips it off and beats whatever was attached to it trying to come thru. Then tosses the arm back thru, he was getting tired of blocking the rift. He had managed to keep it from widening with dispelling magic. But he could not close it himself.
"I'm okay," she called out. "Well, mostly, but it'll heal soon....I don't remember there being anything like that here before...."
Her voice trailed off as she heard a thunderous noise in the distance and billows of smoke appeared coming from the tops of the cliff.
"I don't know what that is, but I'm betting it's trouble."
Tamrin nods as Aleister, then starts casting. As he finishes, everything around him stops moving. Everything just...stops.
He quickly puts on a visor, the true seeing magic in it activating as he then makes a run for the now visible door.
Ignoring any fiends in the room, he looks around and finds the rift. He heads over to it and quickly pulls off the belt pouch, opening it just enough to push a button on something inside it before he tosses it in the portal.
Taking a step back, Tamrin draws his caster and fires three mage's disjunction shells at the portal (targeting it solely) to shut it down.
He teleports back out to the corridor where he started.
Tamrin casts haste on himself and Aleister as the Time Stop comes to an end.
There is a dull THOOM-ing sound from inside the room as the seven 'Aananda-class' gravitic grenades in the pouch go off, rendering everything nearby on the other side of the portal into very compressed bits before it is disjuncted.
He smiles at Aleister.
"Go get 'em, ace." ;P
The acid is maybe half as effective as it should be and the creature reaches out its tendrils, trying to grab at them, but failing as it couldn't stretch far enough to grab them.
He flys up to Ephebe...
"You alright!?"
Casts status
A large force of fiends makes their way to the clockwork tower. The gates open in welcome, the clockwork gate waits with the pocketwatch atop its head with a smug smile. The cat floats before the clockwork gate.
"I suggest you leave this area."
The fiends ignore the cat rushing the tower, the cat floats out of the way. The pocketwatch stomps its tiny foot on the clockwork gate, in response it opens. A massive roar can be heard thru the gate, the fiends stop in their tracks. A metal dragon's head the size of a titan comes thru the gate, from around the gate comes an army of clockworks and golems. The fiends are soon being torn apart or fleeing from the construct monstrosities. The cat floats above the chaos.
"You should have listened."
Vakkler stands and fires. "The eyes, Dacamara. Bulettes love the eyes."
And that's what he aims for. The right eye, to be precise.
"Wow your healing has increased. Very nice! What was that?" indicating the tree-thing.
"Wow your healing has increased. Very nice! What was that?" indicating the tree-thing.
"Yeah, apparently the natural healing is a side effect of the repairs Soli made to my genetic code."
"And I think that thing was...a...mu spore? I vaguely remember reading about it once, but I can't really recall the details....Ummmm....also, that very loud smoke that is most definitely not smoke is heading in this direction and I'm thinking we might want to be elsewhere," she said eyeing the approaching dark cloud warily.
"I think we're close to the evocation practice room...that should be pretty defensible. I mean, it's mostly designed to keep stuff in, but it should still be good at keeping stuff out too."
"Evocation... yeah, I can work with that. Keme, would you mind keeping the way clear?"
Michael ignores Vakkler's last comment, trying to find out where he's talking from and getting closer to pinpointing the spot. He creates a dagger and imagines it slicing off Vakkler's other horn...
Vakkler stands and fires...
And that's what he aims for. The right eye, to be precise.
"I think we're close to the evocation practice room...that should be pretty defensible. I mean, it's mostly designed to keep stuff in, but it should still be good at keeping stuff out too.""Evocation... yeah, I can work with that. Keme, would you mind keeping the way clear?"
"It would be my pleasure, sir," he said with mock formality.
Vakkler stands and fires...
And that's what he aims for. The right eye, to be precise.Well, at least he somehow didn't see me stand up and shoot at him. :P
The sound of the crossbow firing is the only warning Michael gets to try and avoid the shot. Too bad his reflexes aren't at their best after tha icy burst bolt. He manages to avoid losing his eye, but the bolt is dangerously close to his temple. He roars in pain as he tries to remove the bolt, but his own helm is working against him and is keeping it lodged firmly in place.
He lashes out with power, causing the sewer system to shake and crack. Pieces of rock begin to fall from the ceiling as sewage drains away into freshly formed crevices that are growing even larger.
"It would be my pleasure, sir," he said with mock formality.
"I should hope so, since you were wanting to have more fun."
"My point was--" Vakkler leaps to another rock as a chunk of concrete the size of his head falls on his hiding place. "My point was that the earthquake shook the supports. You're removing them."
The kobold pulls out a gooey, sealed bag.
"It would be my pleasure, sir," he said with mock formality."I should hope so, since you were wanting to have more fun."
Keme was about to come back with a witty comment when the hallway shook violently.
"Wherever we're going I think we should hurry up and get there. It doesn't seem that safe here any more."
He started to lead the way towards the evocation classroom, but stopped short when the way was cut off by a gang of chain devils.
"I got this." Alton says as he casts a spell on the run, tiny bolts of magic flying from his fingers to slam into the chain devils, knocking them off of their feet. "Either wipe 'em out or keep running!"