"Breath?" Hitoru whispers as he readies his rapier.
Hitoru the doors are triggered by an element, Breath as you say could be wind, but that is not the answer here. I believe it is water. No time to waste. that thing is getting closer.
Marcus poor water from his waterskin into the door mouth.
The water drains into the stone. Nothing happens to the door.
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You can hear 4 distinct sounds. Things are coming out of the ground. Down the hall. Near the fountain you passed
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This place is full of surprises. Lets go guys. Something is entering the room with the fountain.
Marcus heads back to that room
Suny blinks... but seeing Marcus turn and head off she hesitates for a moment, looks to the others, before moving to support Marcus.
As you make your way to the fountain, you feel a sudden rise on the ground, in seconds you are knee deep in water, before the rising stops. Before you are 3 water creatures, and they don't look friendly!
Taking in the watery things Suny calls out, "You guys clear out! I got this!" So saying she draws her sword and steps into a defensive pose.
This translucent creature's shape shifts between a spinning column of water and a crashing wave.
is the burrowing still going on? If so Marus will head back.
Be carefull Suny. I trust in your decision. I will try and save the people.
in that case,
Don't be silly Suny we are a team. This seems to be what was burrowing through. We need to stop them to save the people.
Marucs takes an overhead swing at one with his Glaive.
The creature is hurt, you think, but the mass of water it is made off, you can't really tell
"Waterrrr! And water cretures, I... I will cover your backs.." Hitoru panics and retreats out of the water area...
Suny simply 'dives' into the largest creature and proceeds to 'give it a tickle'.
The attack hits the elemental, but you are not sure if the precise damage you expected to happen, happened, there were no vital spots you could readily see!
The creatures in turn each target a different opponent
M1
M2
M3
1 Suny
2 Markus
3 Hitoru
4 Ausk
5 Nyroba
You get AoO on those going after Hitoru and Nyroba
Monster 1 - 14dmg
Monster 2 - 7dmg
Monster 3 - 0dmg
Ausk will sheath his sword and pull out his bow for the turn.
Relatively safe inside one of the attackers, Suny continues to swing and stab.
Marcus continues to attack the one he hit in round 1 with his reach weapon.
Marcus' attacks seem to simply slice through the hydro creature, no pain or damage seem to be had. Same with Suny's
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Hitoru flees toward those door. He panicked.
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Lilah blinks groggily as she starts to come to. What...where? The fog clears from her head slowly, leaving in its place only a dull pounding. She winces and moves to cradle her throbbing head.
There's a soft clink as her bonds prevent her from doing so. Frowning in confusion, she tries again. A feeling of panic starts to creep up on her. She starts desperately and futilely pulling at her bonds, her muscles growing unusually large as her nose seems to flatten to give her a slight, bull-like appearance.
STOP! some part of her mind screams at her and she freezes. This will get you nowhere!
Lilah closes her eyes tightly, trying desperately to calm down, but her attempts at deep breathing only come out as quick gasps for air.
Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the mind killer.
After what seems like an eternity, she gets herself under control, her appearance returning to normal. With one last deep breath, she opens her eyes and looks around.
On another table she sees the form of her unconscious traveling companion Q. "Pssstt! Q!" she whispered. "Wake up!" Oh please don't be dead and leave me alone. Oh please oh please don't be dead.
She furtively glances around the room, looking for any sign of their captors or any clues about where they were or how they might escape.
The last thing you remember is the hail of arrows from the drow ambushers. Now you are tied down to a bed and noone around except Q who also is bound to a table it looks like some sort of medical room
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Q jolts awake, gasping for air. "Lilah? Lilah! Thank the gods you're okay!" Q wrestles with his bonds with all his might but to no avail. "Where are we? How did we get here? I can't remember anything." Not remembering things seems to be a common theme with me. He thinks to himself, getting frustrated.
"I don't remember much either. There were arrows and drow and then we were here. They must have knocked us out and taken us somewhere." She tries to keep the quaver out of her voice but only mostly succeeds.
If possible, her voice sounds even smaller than before. "I don't suppose you have any way of getting us out?"
Q coughs and speaks out to anyone who might be able to hear him, "Um, excuse me, but would anyone mind bringing an old man some water?" He coughs again, doing his best to sound old and feeble. The old part was easy, he just hoped that whoever had captured him would assume the rest. he looks over at Lilah, the best he can, and says in a low voice, "A plan would be nice, but I guess for now we improvise."
You hear loud shuffling and lots of movement outside. Before long you 2 people that look like medical staff staring at the two of you in disbelief
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Q wants to know why they are staring at him, but as for right now he just wants to ask them about hundred different questions, but he figured that his best hope of survival was to keep talking, "I don't suppose you have any water do you?" He lets out a disappointed sigh, "Well could you at least loosen these shackles a little bit? They rub my skin raw. Don't worry, I won't be winning very many foot races. Walking is challenge enough at my age." Right now he is really hoping that they don't know that he is a lot more physically capable than he looks.
It took a few moments before both snapped out of it.
"Im sorry. We just didnt think you would make it, even your friends were on the brink of death..." as he moves to unclamp them the female doctor pointed to a chest
"there are some clothes in there if you need it. When you are ready the mayor would like to have a word" they make sure you are able to stand and move before leaving
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Our...friends? Who are they talking about? And if they thought we were going to die, why were we restrained? Lilah breathes an audible sigh of relief when they are released. She hurriedly grabs a pile of clothes and looks for a private area to change in.
When she's done, she moves towards Q. In hushed undertones she addresses him. "Any idea who this mayor is? Or these 'friends'?" Glancing at their two chaperons, she adds, "At least they seem friendly enough?"
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Q shakes his head and then looks wearily at the two as they are leaving, "We won't know just how friendly they really are until we meet with this 'mayor.'" He goes to the chest and grabs some clothes before saying to Lilah, [b]"I'm not too happy about doing what they ask when we don't even know how we got her, but right now we don't have much of a choice. Neither of us are in a condition to fight, especially without our weapons.
Q shakes his head and then looks wearily at the two as they are leaving, "We won't know just how friendly they really are until we meet with this 'mayor.'" He goes to the chest and grabs some clothes before saying to Lilah, "I'm not too happy about doing what they ask when we don't even know how we got her, but right now we don't have much of a choice. Neither of us are in a condition to fight, especially without our weapons."
Lilah nods and then meekly follows the medical staff to where ever it is they were meeting this mayor character.
Q follows Lilah, still playing up the whole 'too old to be a threat thing,' "E-excuse me but, can I have my walking staff please?
One thing you notice almost every person you see is a human.
The two doctors lead you to a plain looking building. Inside very plain chairs and a table
"Just wait here"
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Q looks around with his wise old eyes and tries to gather everything he can about his surroundings and the people around him.
You would have looked twice if you had a chance. But yiu cant be sure if your eyes were seeing correctly. Between the populace you see a woman. Even with plain peasant garb, she looks like a woman who you know should not be here. But that face. That smile. You seem to have caught a glimpse of what you think should be the High Priestess of Bahamut. The one in the Copper Lands.
You have a few minutes to talk before someone comes in and announces that the mayor is on his way
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Lilah keeps glancing around nervously. She looks like she expects something to jump out yelling "Ooooga boooga boooga!" at any second now. She is silent save for the sound of her shifting weight.
At first Q thought he didn't see anything of importance, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt like he recognized her. He tries to get a second look to confirm his theory, but before he could the announcer came in. In his head he his still thinking "Could it be her? The High Priestess? But why here?"
After a few short minutes, a well dressed, in comparison to the rest, but still not noble, man entered the room. He looked in his middle ages, and a crude necklace made of precious material walked in and took a seat
"Greeting. I am so glad you actually made it through your ordeal. Unlike your fellow friends, we did not think you would make it at all. My name is Rakton. Mayor of this small little town"
he continues
"Your friends are busy helping us with the monster that has plagued us, they are currently at the sludge works if you wish to go meet up with them. In regards to your gear and weapons, all we can offer is basic equipment. Untill our people are saved we can not even try to repair the equipment we recovered"
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Lilah nods hesitantly. "It would be good to regroup. If you give us some gear, we will go do that."
Q nods at the mayor, "Let us not waste time then. I would like to help my friends as soon as possible."
I hope I get to kill something, my blood is starting to boil. Q bites the inside of his cheek as he tries to control himself.
He directs you to where they are.
Inside the sludge works you find the bodies of what look like long dead people. In the office there is an open trap door. From it, you hear the feint sound of fighting
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Q looks at the bodies to see if they murdered and how. . Then he glances at Lilah as he says "Remember, you don't have to do this if you don't want."
Lilah looks hesitant and then steels herself. "No, I need to be as much help as I can." She pauses as she hears the faint sound of fighting. "Sounds like...do you think they could be in trouble?" She frowns, drawing a bow. "We should probably check it out."
Q smiles, trying to be reassuring, "Well of course they're in trouble. They haven't got us with them." He started to wonder if that made any sense at all, but shook his head and followed Lilah.