After spending several minutes studying the secluded area, Litheene announces she is ready, and weaves a hole through tel'aran'rhoid, folding existence tightly, opening onto the area they departed several hours ago.
20 feet ahead of the opening a wall of air hardens into existence, blocking any attackers from hitting the people through the gateway.
I will lead Amorial says, stepping through the open gateway. His foot crosses the threshold, touches onto the surface, and continues down.
AHH AMorial cries out in shock as the area around the gateway gives way, opening into a dark pit below him.
A moment later a thud, splash, and cry of pain emit from the hole.
Keelix nods to Ryvin, "I will show you what she has shown me. When you are well, we will see about learning the forms yourself. For now, just try to rest." He steps back into a more open space, draws his greatsword, and sets himself in the opening stance for Boar Rushes Downhill, "This is Boar Rushes Downhill, a closing attack that adds much power to the strike, but leaves you less well protected." Keelix makes a short rush forward....
Ryvin watches Keelix' maneuvering with bright, eager eyes. It's almost as if she were trying to drink in the forms...
... but she frowns. "Again, please?" she asks. "More slowly, this time."
The young Ebou Dari shakes her head and sinks back into her pillows, the clear look fading to one of dull weariness and disgruntlement.
"Too tired," she mumbles. "Toob loody tired."
[ooc]ryvin, give me a fort save DC 20[/dice]
Just as ryvin recovers from her failed attempt at the sword form, she faints, face planting into the floor with a sickening and wet thud.
Amorial roars in pain as he slams down into the pit, "Stand back Litheene Sedai, somehow our foes have seen us coming!"
Amorial rips the spike out of whatever body part it plunged into and attempts to jump out of the pit.
Perception
A sudden flare of light erupts from somewhere near the gateway opening.
Come out, witch, otherwise your friend below will be burnt to a crisp.
To accent the point, a torch comes into view from the gateway, waving up and down. As this is done, another torch flares to life, out of sight.
Litheene winces at Amorial's pain, further filling with worry at the words and the threat. I can't surrender to white cloaks, this must be dealt with carefully. They appear prepared. We must also act quickly, the gate will close in a few seconds.
Releasing Jasmine from the link, Litheene prepares weaves of air, and steps through the gateway, forming her weave as she does. a platform form right beneath her feat to prevent her falling into the same trap, and extends all around her. A space is left directly in front of the gateway, leaving place for Vala, Jasmine and herself, but everything else in every direction is encased in air.
Jasmine moves through quickly after Litheene, weaving as she goes. She murmurs to her companions to shut their eyes before letting loose a blast of bright white light, blinding her foes.
Vala pops out her sword sliding out from its sheath as she slides into a simple stance ready to strike with her blade if necessary.
Stepping out onto the platform, Litheene hurls out her weave, capturing the seen and unseen.
Your eyes are drawn to a sight, a naked man in a tree to your right. Yet this man appears to be hanging in mid air, as if suspended. It takes you a moment to realize that he has a rope around his neck, and is hanging from a tree. His feet flail, as if trying to stand on something, anything. His eyes bulge out from his skull, his skin turning blue. His fingers claw at his neck, raking gouts in his flesh, causing himself to bleed as he attempts remove the rope around his neck.
You dare to use your witchery upon me! Vile wench, disgusting witch, itll be a pleasure to enjoy your flesh before i hang you! A voice cuts across, and your eyes snap back to the man standing next to you, the one who waved the torch. Leaping forward, he attempts to grapple Litheene.
The man, farthest from you three, seperated by hardened air, drops his torch and runs away, towards the hanging man, drawing his dagger and throwing it.
The blade sinks into the mans stomach, and immediately the area around the impact blackens.
Jasmine, seeing the man throw the dagger, pulls it from the man's belly and hurls it at the man who threw it.
" You dare harm my Sisters" Vala spat as she quickly drew her blade and struck the charging fool
Gander
Gander's Damage
Litheene quickly weaves a knife of air to cut the hanging man free from the rope.
As the man slams into Litheene, she yell in surprise. While managing to maintain her focus on the knife of air, the air hardened around and beneath them gives away, the weave falling apart. As Litheene suddenly finds herself falling down into the pit.
In the 'hospital' room, Keelix can see Ryvin's eyes flutter closed. A few moments later, she starts to snore softly.
Acrobatics
Keelix sheathes his blade, and takes a seat near Ryvin where she can see him easily should she wake, and he can see the greatest amount of the rest of the room and its entrances.
The man leaps at Litheene, arms wrapping around her. The shock of the sudden attack causes her to drop her focus on the platform of air that she, vala, and jasmine are standing upon.
As the platform dissolves, Jasmine forms a hand out of air, and uses it to hurl the corrosive item out of the hanging man's body and at the one who threw it. Just as she falls out of sight of the hanging man, she sees the blade jam itself into its owner, illiciting a blood curdling scream.
Vala, leaping to protect litheene, swings at the deranged whitecloak, leaving a gash in his side, yet not enough to detract him from his target. Feeling the sudden weightlessness, vala spreads herself out to avoid the worst of the damage.
Litheene, as she falls, sacrifices herself to cut down the man hanging, a sliver of air slicing through the rope.
for a moment everyone hangs in the air, until gravity brings about its mastery.
Vala, Litheene and her grappler, and jasmine all land in the murky liquid below.
Falling, vala is able to grab ahold of amorial and use him to slow her descent to the ground. .
Litheene and her attacker fall, yet luck is on their side as neither one of them gets injured by any of the spikes.
Unfortunately, Jasmine falls right onto a spike, the weird angle of her descent driving the pointed tip through her shoulder and lodging into her shoulder blade.
The child, maintaining his grip upon Litheene, takes advantage of this and slides his hands up onto litheenes face, his thumbs pressing hard against her eyes.
If i cannot kill you, i can blind you, and make you worthless to your other witches
and from above, you hear the sound of a stone striking metal.
Screaming in pain Litheene spreads her arm forward towards the man, hurling weaves to get him away from her.
Hearing the strike of metal on stone Amorial whirls around to confront the latest foe. With the long arms of his people Amorial strikes at the foe who may be threatening his allies.
Axe Attack #1
Axe Damage #1
Axe Attack #2
Axe Damage #2
Vala strikes at the man on top of Litheene, using her deadliest of maneuvers.Arc of the Moon!
ARc of the Moon
attack roll
Damage
Jasmine wrenches herself off of the spike and in a moment of pure rage she throws her hand outward and a series of flaming darts slam into the child on Litheene.
Vala growls at her failure and grips both hands and slices down and than across.
1st blow
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Vala swings her blade, attempting to behead the opponent in one shot, yet instead the blade falls between his shoulder blades, sliding harmlessly off of his armor.
Before the man can act, Jasmine strikes at the guy, 7 darts streaking from her hands. But, something that has never happened before with her occurs. Four of the flame darts, heading true, simply disolve, their weave structure collapsing. Yet three darts hold true, striking at the man. The Child shifts around, avoiding one of the flame darts, allowing it to streak past him and impact a wall. The other two strike him, the flame hot enough to sear his flesh beneath his armor, and catch his uniform on fire.
That isn't supposed to happen? Jasmine says in amazement, before the darkness of the pit suddenly grows a giant fireball.
The flame, small, miniscule, normally wouldnt catch the mans uniform on fire, yet unbeknownst to Jasmine, the liquid that everyone has fallen into is lantern oil, a fluid designed to easily light from the smallest of sparks, and produces vast amounts of heat and light within a lantern.
The flame, utilizing this special fuel source, flares up, coursing over the mans body, and finally down his back and into the shallow reservoir of oil. Upon reaching this, the flames spread instantaneously, consuming all of the available oil, culminating in a violent explosion.
[ooc]for everyone within the pit, you take full damage. there is no place to evade or reflex to
You charge at the man, swinging your giant axe in a large arc, attempting to strike down the man who would attempt to burn your companions. The blade catches the man at the neck and drives itself halfway through the mans ribs, stopping at the diaphragm. No sooner do you stop and attempt to remove the ax from the body than a massive explosion hurls you from your feet.
Reflex
Fort
the flames spread instantaneously, consuming all of the available oil, culminating in a violent explosion.
Amorial yelps out as he is lifted off of his feet and thrown back.
Reflex
Fort
Jasmine manages to not be blinded but falls unconscious from the sheer shock of the pain as the fire explodes around her.
Just as the crazy child holding her disengages, and Litheene's hands rubs her eyes while she tries to realize what's going on, a blast of fire fills the hole. Covering her eyes with the hand, and grinding her teeth from the searing pain, Litheene slump against the wall of the pit.
As her fires go out, she opens her eyes, to see the madman who strungled her dead, and Jasmine passing out.
Grabbing Amorial's arm, Litheene relies on his strength to pull her out of the pit, signaling Vala to take Jasmine. Once out, Litheene weaves a Master Ward around the area, covering all of them and the man she cut down from the rope. Before I heal Jasmine, it's best to make sure we have time to regroup.
As ryvin sleeps, Keelix stands watch over his ward.
A half hour after amorial had left, a woman walks in, wearing a black dress with a plunging neckline. It is so deep that Keelix believes that he can see her belly button. Her skin is tanned, just the right amount, not to dark nor to light. Her hair hangs from her head, mimicing the look of waves crashing upon the shoreline. Her eyes, soft, innocent, yielding, draw in Keelix's, making him almost forget about her neck line, her curves that are displayed. Almost.
Good sir, i have come with a tray of food and drink for you and this one Her voice is intoxicating, deep, sultry, sexy.
As she spoke, her hand wove in the direction of Ryvin, and you cannot help but find this gesture to be sensual. Everything about this woman is sensual, as if she is the personification of every mans deepest sexual desire.
Keelix attempt to say something, but only a gutteral moan emits from his mouth.
Hmmmm...what's that? Oh thank you, i am glad you noticed this. i had this made, for tonight. Arent you glad? The woman asks as she twirls around, making her dress flare up, exposing exquisite legs, toned, firm, long.
Keelix makes a gutteral noise, primal, need filled, a groan filled with desire.
Yes, tonight. Oh, i see...perhaps we shouldnt wait for tonight, no?
She stands in front of Keelix, her hands with perfectly formed fingernails begin to caress his body, his arms, wrists, shoulders, chin, until her arms are around his neck.
Oh, where are my manners. My name is Halima, and please dont forget it. she says with a wink as she kisses Keelix.
As ryvin sleeps, Keelix stands watch over his ward.
A half hour after amorial had left, a woman walks in, wearing a black dress with a plunging neckline. It is so deep that Keelix believes that he can see her belly button. Her skin is tanned, just the right amount, not to dark nor to light. Her hair hangs from her head, mimicing the look of waves crashing upon the shoreline. Her eyes, soft, innocent, yielding, draw in Keelix's, making him almost forget about her neck line, her curves that are displayed. Almost.
Good sir, i have come with a tray of food and drink for you and this one Her voice is intoxicating, deep, sultry, sexy.
As she spoke, her hand wove in the direction of Ryvin, and you cannot help but find this gesture to be sensual. Everything about this woman is sensual, as if she is the personification of every mans deepest sexual desire.
Keelix attempt to say something, but only a gutteral moan emits from his mouth.
Hmmmm...what's that? Oh thank you, i am glad you noticed this. i had this made, for tonight. Arent you glad? The woman asks as she twirls around, making her dress flare up, exposing exquisite legs, toned, firm, long.
Keelix makes a gutteral noise, primal, need filled, a groan filled with desire.
Yes, tonight. Oh, i see...perhaps we shouldnt wait for tonight, no?She stands in front of Keelix, her hands with perfectly formed fingernails begin to caress his body, his arms, wrists, shoulders, chin, until her arms are around his neck.
Oh, where are my manners. My name is Halima, and please dont forget it. she says with a wink as she kisses Keelix.