"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.
Michael lashes out as the sound of Vakkler's voice, sending a wave of broken stone about five feet to Vakkler's right and causing the sewers to shake once more.
Kitty shrieked as part of the floor started to collapse underneath her. Keme grabbed one of the chain devils, ripped off a chain and threw it to Kitty to keep her from falling.
"Come on, grab it, you can do this," he called out, giving her a morale boost to make it easier for her.
Michael lashes out as the sound of Vakkler's voice, sending a wave of broken stone about five feet to Vakkler's right and causing the sewers to shake once more."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.
Vakkler laughs.
Kobolds are funny creatures. Some are brave. Some are cowards. Actually, most are cowards.But almost no kobold can resist savoring it when they get the upper hand. As a cat plays with his mouse, Vakkler unconsciously decides to play with Michael.
"How are you doing there, Michael?" Vakkler jumps to another rock. "Enjoying yourself down here?"
He picks up a small stone and throws it at his foe, more to unbalance him than anything else. "Are you afraid now? That wound looks bad. Do you need a bandage, maybe?"
Kalesril noticed what happened to the rift and that something had made its way into the room. He doubted if it was still around but their were still fiends to deal with, they were likely chain summoning. The result would be a massive army of lesser fiends with only a few of the greater fiends. He would work his way from the top. He let his senses spread out, a balor, a purradeamon, a marilith, and......something was trying very hard to hide he could bearly make out its general location. The marilith was closes, he would head for that one.
"Time to start cleaning up this huge mess. Mortals bane of my existance, endlessly toying with things better left alone."
He turns into vapor leaving the room.
Kitty grabbed a hold of the chain and scrambled up to a more stable part of the hallway...that still had a functional floor.
She tossed a few shuriken at the chain devils as she ran past.
Ryuzo pops 2 clones, and him and each of them grab one of the devils' chains, each running in opposite directions at high speed, turning thier own chain into a chain saw. As gory reamains splashed accross the other devils, Ryuzo's two forms meld with him, and he gives them a very, very disturbing look...
Intimidate
"Run, little girls, RUN...."
Ryuzo pops 2 clones, and him and each of them grab one of the devils' chains, each running in opposite directions at high speed, turning thier own chain into a chain saw. As gory reamains splashed accross the other devils, Ryuzo's two forms meld with him, and he gives them a very, very disturbing look...
Intimidate 1d20+35
"Run, little girls, RUN...."
~I knew I should have chosen him instead...~
As the chain devils started running from Ryuzo, Keme quietly summoned a bevy of rust monsters that would be waiting to ambush the devils just far enough away that they would think that they were safe.
Turning around he spotted the slurk.
"What the...?"
Ephebe banked and went to fly away from the cliffs...just in time for the silenceand invisibility spells to wear off the other gigantic swarm that engulfed her just as it became visible. She couldn't see and she couldn't hear and with all of these little creatures attacking her at once she couldn't even figure out which way was up. She couldn't move her wings. She felt a moment of panic as she started to plummet towards the ground.
Kitty paled and then turned around and ran away from the massive herd of slurks.
"Don't just stand there!" she yelled as she darted past the boys. "Run!"
A hall is filled with music and anyone encountering it would find both the sound and sight of a nightmare. What appears to be a combination of hell, the abyss, and abaddon fills the area in its fiendish glory. Gaelvin stands amid a field of fiends lying on their backs in unholy bliss as he plays an epic that sends shivers down the spine and compels you to ward it off with a prayer. His eyes darting around waiting for someone to come across him, he sends his thoughts outward.
"What is going on, someone help. Everytime I move they follow me and if I stop playing their going to swarm me. Can anyone hear me!"
He didn't know what worried him more, when he could no longer play or if more fiends were going to come across him to join their fellows.
Ephebe banked and went to fly away from the cliffs...just in time for the silenceand invisibility spells to wear off the other gigantic swarm that engulfed her just as it became visible. She couldn't see and she couldn't hear and with all of these little creatures attacking her at once she couldn't even figure out which way was up. She couldn't move her wings. She felt a moment of panic as she started to plummet towards the ground.
Krays sees this, and dives for Ephebe. He turns ethereal, dives into the cloud and grabs Ephebe (ghost touch rocks :P) and casts dimension door porting both of them about 350 yards away, on the ground in the trees.
Sees the slurks and ports into the room, out of the hallway.
"What the f...Slurks?"
Ephebe banked and went to fly away from the cliffs...just in time for the silenceand invisibility spells to wear off the other gigantic swarm that engulfed her just as it became visible. She couldn't see and she couldn't hear and with all of these little creatures attacking her at once she couldn't even figure out which way was up. She couldn't move her wings. She felt a moment of panic as she started to plummet towards the ground.Krays sees this, and dives for Ephebe. He turns ethereal, dives into the cloud and grabs Ephebe (ghost touch rocks :P) and casts dimension door porting both of them about 350 yards away, on the ground in the trees.
Ephebe gasps for breath, suddenly realizing she'd been holding her breath in order to not breathe in the tiny creatures that made up the swarm.
::Thanks. Even if I'd reversed time I don't know if I actually could have avoided both of them.::
::And that's presuming I could have held my concentration long enough to do anything at all...other than falling.::
Slarrow glances toward the students with concern, but he has his mission. *Ribbit*
::Thanks. Even if I'd reversed time I don't know if I actually could have avoided both of them.::
::And that's presuming I could have held my concentration long enough to do anything at all...other than falling.::
Krays remain ethereal, but leaves himself visible for Ephebe's sake. He looks around to see if there was pursuit.
::You're welcome. Were we attacked, or was that a naturally occurring thing? Are we safe to remain here or shoudl we get back?::
::Thanks. Even if I'd reversed time I don't know if I actually could have avoided both of them.::
::And that's presuming I could have held my concentration long enough to do anything at all...other than falling.::
Krays remain ethereal, but leaves himself visible for Ephebe's sake. He looks around to see if there was pursuit.
::You're welcome. Were we attacked, or was that a naturally occurring thing? Are we safe to remain here or shoudl we get back?::
::There's never been anything like that here before...but there's also not been anyone here for a while keeping stuff like that at bay...I can't really say whether it's a natural phenomenon or an attack. We should keep moving. Head for the temple. Unless it's really an emergency we probably shouldn't go back to the school until you can change back to your other form.::
::You can go through the ground in that form right? That might be our safest route there.::
::There's never been anything like that here before...but there's also not been anyone here for a while keeping stuff like that at bay...I can't really say whether it's a natural phenomenon or an attack. We should keep moving. Head for the temple. Unless it's really an emergency we probably shouldn't go back to the school until you can change back to your other form.::
::You can go through the ground in that form right? That might be our safest route there.::
::Well, yeah I can...::
<facepalm>::I feel really, really stupid right now. Ok, lets head to the temple.::
Ephebe leads the way down through the ground and into the tunnel system, following that until it led to the temple and then swimming up through the stone to the inside, heading straight for the center. Once she and Krays were inside she pulled a lever set into the floor.
::That activates the magical defenses. There's force screens over the whole place, so not even swarms can get inside.::
Ephebe leads the way down through the ground and into the tunnel system, following that until it led to the temple and then swimming up through the stone to the inside, heading straight for the center. Once she and Krays were inside she pulled a lever set into the floor.
::That activates the magical defenses. There's force screens over the whole place, so not even swarms can get inside.::
::Nice! Well, lets check this place out.::
Once done with the devil that was hiding Enre hears strange music being played. He rushes toward the sound, as he does so he hears "What is going on, someone help. Everytime I move they follow me and if I stop playing their going to swarm me. Can anyone hear me!" Hearing this he starts to run towards the music. As he reaches the source of the sound he sees someone playing the music while the fiends are laying around him. Seeing that there are many fiends Enre thinks to himself before growling. He says "After I kill a few stop playing while I keep them busy." His stance beings to change and his fingers seem to grow claws and his sword glows with lightning as he rushes forward toward one of the sleeping fiends. After slicing the closest being he roars in celestial:
He picks up a small stone and throws it at his foe, more to unbalance him than anything else. "Are you afraid now? That wound looks bad. Do you need a bandage, maybe?"
"People hiding in the sewers shouldn't throw stones, Vakkler." Michael growls happily. Now he knew where the kobold was. Rocks flew from the stone wall, passing around Michael to get at their target: Vakkler.
"Come on, Vakky, laugh! It was fun just a minute ago, wasn't it? It must be fun since you were laughing!"
The instant Alton sees the slurks he leaps into the air and shifts to his firebird form, gazing back just once to make sure everyone is keeping ahead of the seething mass of slurk.
::Nice! Well, lets check this place out.::Ephebe leads the way down through the ground and into the tunnel system, following that until it led to the temple and then swimming up through the stone to the inside, heading straight for the center. Once she and Krays were inside she pulled a lever set into the floor.
::That activates the magical defenses. There's force screens over the whole place, so not even swarms can get inside.::
::Well, this is the central chamber. It's the largest part of the pyramid,:: she said, indicating the large room they were in. The walls were covered in intricate carvings and sunlight filtered through somehow even though there were no windows. ::There's a series of mirrors drawing the light down here. There used to be more here than just a big room, but a lot of it got destroyed. The carvings tell the history of the monks that used to live here.::
Krays trots over and examines the carvings...
::This is really neat. How long were they here before Chan?::
Krays trots over and examines the carvings...
::This is really neat. How long were they here before Chan?::
::Centuries. They started building the pyramid as soon as they got to Agartha back when it was brand new. This is a complete history of this particular part of the world. Mom comes here every year and adds a bit. Since she was raised here she says she counts as part of the order so it's her job to continue the record.::
He picks up a small stone and throws it at his foe, more to unbalance him than anything else. "Are you afraid now? That wound looks bad. Do you need a bandage, maybe?""People hiding in the sewers shouldn't throw stones, Vakkler." Michael growls happily. Now he knew where the kobold was. Rocks flew from the stone wall, passing around Michael to get at their target: Vakkler.
"Come on, Vakky, laugh! It was fun just a minute ago, wasn't it? It must be fun since you were laughing!"
"Idiot--"
Vakkler sees the debris coming, and leaps to another stone.Not quick enough. A rock hits him, and he slips and falls into the muddy water.
In an instant, sodden wet, he has climbed back up. He clutches his bruised chest with his right arm and eyes the water with fear.
Fortunately, no slimes seem to have noticed his incident. He turns back to Dacamara.
Idiot. Idiot idiot IDIOT. But it's not Michael he's referring to. What am I, a drider? Playing around?
No more playing.
He takes a shallow breath and throws the bag.
Michael laughed once, harshly, as he sliced the bag in two the instant it comes within his reach. He doesn't notice the alchemical goo stick to him when it hits.
“A bag of slime, Vakky? You're starting to act like some first year playing pra- AH!” Michael's taunting turns into a shout as the goo catches fire, covering almost his entire body in alchemical flames. “You'll pay for that!”
Michael begins to send bigger and bigger rocks at Vakkler, throwing shadow daggers every now and then in an attempt to catch Vakkler off guard. Unfortunately for Michael, his armor suddenly isn't the only thing on fire. He'd forgotten the bolt stuck in his helm's right eye slit.
Practices her mad running away skills as she tries to keep ahead of the oncoming herd of slurks.
Flying ahead, Alton lands in front of the evocation class room and throws the door open wide, gesturing unnecessarily for everyone to get inside.
"Unless you wanna be like a lilypad for the overgrown frogs, get a move on!"
Keme conjures a big gust of wind to give them one last boost of speed to get inside the classroom before they were trampled by slurks.
Vakkler flees.
If only that slime of Sinh's was here now... he thinks. The kobold leaps from rock to rock with amazing speed.
The rocks are faster. He's being hit hard, but he's tougher than most of his kind. He just has to make it to the trapdoor.
"You have quite the collection here don't you?" Asch says as he drops shells among the fiends. Causing ten foot explosions to go off around Gaelvin.
First shell
Sr
Rapid shot shell
Sr
Second shot
Sr
Last
Sr
"So we've got demons, devils, maybe a few daemons, a school that's falling out from under us, a missing student, and a really large group of slurks rampaging through the halls. In the risk of finding out, how could this get any worse?" Alton asks no one in particular as he goes over to the room's storage cabinet and opens. He begins searching it, mumbling to himself as he does so.
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Frost shows up.
Frost shows up.
"Get back here!" Michael roars as he manages to rip the burning bolt out of his helm. Thankfully the flames have burned the wound closed and he wasn't bleeding anymore. Chasing after Vakkler, Michael gets an idea. He wraps some rock around the bolt and sends it flying towards Vakkler's back.
"I think this is yours!" He taunts.
Frost shows up.
"Get back here!"
"A KOBOLD NEVER FALLS FOR THAT TRICK!"
Michael roars as he manages to rip the burning bolt out of his helm. Thankfully the flames have burned the wound closed and he wasn't bleeding anymore. Chasing after Vakkler, Michael gets an idea. He wraps some rock around the bolt and sends it flying towards Vakkler's back.
"I think this is yours!" He taunts.
Vakkler blinks.
"Good shot, Dacamara."He turns very slowly, standing at his full height (three foot-eleven inches). The bolt is sunk deep in his stomach, and just standing is a struggle. He reaches slowly into his pack. "And now what? Another fight? You'll not win. That mask of yours is probably scalding you right now, and you still have a few of my presents with you." The kobold gestures to the bolts. "If you surrender now, you may leave the school in peace. My anger is passed."
"Good shot, Dacamara."
He turns very slowly, standing at his full height (three foot-eleven inches). The bolt is sunk deep in his stomach, and just standing is a struggle. He reaches slowly into his pack. "And now what? Another fight? You'll not win. That mask of yours is probably scalding you right now, and you still have a few of my presents with you." The kobold gestures to the bolts. "If you surrender now, you may leave the school in peace. My anger is passed."
"Don't... don't patronize me! I won't win? You can barely stand!" Michael replies, now keenly aware of the heat coming from his helm. He separates the powers that make it's shape and the helm fades away, only to be quickly replaced with a different one. "There isn't a single reason I should surrender to you, and I won't run from anyone anymore!"
Vakkler glares. He's bleeding heavily, and knows he has less than a minute before he passes out.
I should get the Headmaster... he thinks, ...or the strange voice. I could use telepathy.
But he immediately shuts down the notion. I need no help from them. Magic never helps anybody in the long run.
Instead, he pulls out his old, reliable heavy crossbow. "I have five reasons already loaded. I'm guessing you'll only need one, though."
Gaelvin is relieved to see two people coming to his aid, he quickly switches songs. The song seems to empower his rescuers as it turns on the surrounding fiends. As soon as a clear path is made he runs around one of his defenders staying behind them and out of the way. He speaks using his telepathy to keep the song going.
"Thanks, I am not the front line type."
"Five reasons I should leave?" Michael says as he slowly creates a stone spike from the ceiling. "One: I hate it here. Two: Only one person seems to give a damn about me. Three: I'm in a &^#$*@! sewer because one of the teachers seems to get pleasure out of being a sadistic jerk toward students. Four: Everyone where I turn I get either pity or a beating. Five: I miss the trees of Anderail."
"Since it's sharing time, why are you like you are? What does being one of the worst bullies in the school get you?" Though it was only a distraction to get Vakkler from firing just a few moments longer, Michael finds that he genuinely wants to know...
"A sadistic--worst--"
Vakkler's mind flashes back to a scene eight years ago.
He stares at Michael blankly. The memory of shouting at Kitty--yes, that's her name--returns.
Vakkler takes a deep breath--not wincing at the pain in his chest this creates. "Not fun. But I don't start fights."
The first bolt seems quite ordinary. The second one, however, seems to have a mouth. And from this mouth comes a scream heard to all in the school save Vakkler himself.
"I end them, you deranged fool."