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Gallix hits the elemental with one solid punch. And the three elementals behind Efwurwa swarm the party...
Gallix takes a hit to the shoulder, and Mr. Peppers actually feels the pain from a melee attack for the first time in a long time.
The whirlwind continues to whip around both Uesugi and Sirettis.
And just as Uesugi gets enlarged, the whirlwind elemental releases Sirettis from its hold.
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Sir D (Temp hp: 1)
Green, Pink, Blue, Orange (-64, charm hex)
Sirettis (-22), Cup
Yellow, Black
Mr. Peppers (-12), Uesugi (-32), Longjing, Gallix (-20)
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Both elementals whip the dust into the clouds. "You're the one that attempted to control our minds with that magic," the elemental responds with a glance at Sirettis. "It sounds like you're a threat to me!"
Yellow swings at D.Arth twice more...
While Efwurwa herself stays put, watching her forces take care of the dirty work.
-- Bold is up --
Sir D (-14)
Green, Pink, Blue, Orange (-64, charm hex)
Sirettis (-22), Cup
Yellow, Black
Mr. Peppers (-12), Uesugi (-32), Longjing, Gallix (-20)
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I'm embarrassing myself here, screwing up a simple casting! This'll show them! Mr Peppers pulls out a small white scale from their last adventure to the North. He cautiously begins casting, keeping his eyes on the two elementals in his face.
Eat frost! Tall, dark and defensive opens his mouth and a cone of frost rolls forward over the blue and green air elementals.
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The force is with self-proclaimed badass Sir D. Arthraven, and he takes down the large air elemental with a solid strike of his empowered blade.
Mr. Peppers pretends he's the dragon he saw in the Realm of the Mammoth Lords and exhales a plume of frosty death upon the two air elementals. One shields itself, but the other takes the full force of the blast.
Gallix moves up and pummels the two creatures with his metal fists, with two of his punches hitting the green elemental with force.
-- Bold is up --
-- Round 4 --
Sir D (-14)
Green (-48), Pink, Blue (-41) <-- (will act after Uesugi and Longjing)
Sirettis (-22), Cup
Yellow, Black
-- Round 3 --
Mr. Peppers (-12), Uesugi (-32), Longjing, Gallix (-20)
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Now free of the whirlwind the samurai turns his attention not to the remaining air elemental he focuses his attention on the creature that is leading these elemental.
Spinning about in his enlarged size he charges at the invisible stalker. Cutting through the surprised creature. All the while Little Dragon flies about trying to find a trace of the creature.
"Little Dragon thank you! We have another to deal with that will end this all."
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Uesugi charges at the invisible creature with his katana held high, and slices the formless creature. "Bah! Big mistake, tough guy, as you'll soon see," she taunts.
Meanwhile, back at the edge of the platform, Gallix is assaulted by a double dose of elementals.
He takes four hard punches before its over, the fourth swing cracking his jaw. Pink swings at the singing gnome...
.. And Cup is similarly bruised, though less so.
-- Bold is up --
-- Round 4 --
Sir D (-14)
Green (-48), Pink, Blue (-41)
Sirettis (-22), Cup (-17)
Yellow, Black (-32, demoralized)
Mr. Peppers (-12), Uesugi (-32), Longjing, Gallix (-60)
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"Who said- ah, I understand now."
Sirettis pulls out a scroll, then casts Aggressive Thundercloud on one of the elementals threatening Gallix.
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Green is blinded by a cloud of dust, while blue dodges both the glitter and the thundercloud. Yellow swings again at D with both cloud-lined fists.
"Alright, samurai, let me show you how to use that sword of yours," Efwurwa mocks, bringing her greatsword down in a wide arc.
The blade wounds Uesugi gravely, and Efwurwa laughs at his misfortune. "So, are you ready to surrender yet?"
-- Bold is up --
-- Round 5 --
Sir D (-36)
Green (-48, blind), Pink, Blue (-41)
Sirettis (-22), Cup (-17)
Yellow, Black (-32, shaken)
-- Round 4 --
Mr. Peppers (-12), Uesugi (-69), Longjing, Gallix (-60)
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The greatsword scores two hits against the samurai and he is surprised at their ferocity. A worthy opponent. They were in short order it seemed these days. With each strike Uesugi summoned a blade from his helm.
At the Invisible stalker's request the samurai remains silent focusing more on respecting this opponent.
"Little Dragon find a curative stick quickly!"
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Mr Peppers starts to get nervous as the group proves a much greater challenge than they were willing to admit earlier. He cautiously casts a spell that he hopes will aid Gallix's situation.
Tall, dark and concerned lays a caring hand quickly on Gallix's bloodied shoulder Eww eww blood that isn't even mine! Gallix's spirit feels bolstered.
"Seems like both groups are in quite a pickle here.. an even match indeed. Perhaps we should call it a draw and avoid the likelihood of more individuals meeting their doom."
"I'll do what I can, Noble Steed!" Longjing flies as fast as he can for Cup's curative stick!
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"Wait a minute!" Cup calls out in Auran. "You are correct that we erred. When entering a negotiation, it's best if all our minds are clear. We should not have used mind magic upon you! So... Let's call for a ceasefire, and figure out terms."
Cup flies upward. "I am the gnome called Cup. I think that we may both be the victims of a horrendous misunderstanding, and have all gotten off on the wrong foot here, so let's talk with one another before lives are lost. Am I correct that we are facing the famed mercenaries of Efwrura's Fury?"
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An air elemental hovers above Gallix's beaten body, about to pummel whatever remaining life remains from the brawler. Another two elementals set their sights on Cup and Sir D. Efwurwa herself holds her blade above Uesugi's head, preparing to strike a killing blow.
"The gnome called Cup? Never heard of you, lady!" Efwurwa responds. "Famous? It's pretty simple. You pay us, we kill things. Which reminds me... We have no agreement here, and I've already lost one of my own."
Efwurwa lowers her greatsword. "Forget it. I could leave six corpses here, and whatever loot you hold, but this is a waste of time. Let this be a lesson not to randomly use spells on unsuspecting mercenary groups. You might just die next time."
The air elementals lower their guard and float towards Efwurwa. The group walks off towards the airship.
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Mr Peppers looks around, his eyebrows raising slightly "I do believe we just got hit with another of those time shifts like last month during our travels north." He checks over his equipment, wands, and scrolls "We best be more vigilant next time, messing with the flow of time has consequences you know." There must be an arcane spell to help avoid those fluctuations... I must discover it.
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After healing yourselves and making some final purchases to be better prepared for the deadly encounter next time, you rest in Port Eclipse for the evening. The next morning, you board the Williwaw, the crew nodding knowingly as you ascend the stairs into the hold. Captain Beysal shouts orders to depart, and the ship takes flight across the skies.
The familiar group of elementals float alongside the ship as it sails along the air current. It looks like Efwurwa's Fury is along for the ride, just as expected.
Having bribed the captain, you skulk just below deck with none of the mercenaries aware of your presence.
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When the time is right, Sirettis prepares.
She casts See Invisibility and Mage Armor upon herself.
She casts Heroism on Gallix, to help his aim.
She asks upon her patron for the hexes of Flight, Disguise, Prehensile Hair, and Tongues.
Once the party is ready...
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As the ball of guano sails past and begins to emit magical heat, Gallix reaches out with his mutagenic cigarette in hand, and lets the heat give him a light. "Thanks, Peps," he says as he puts the butt between his lips and takes a drag of the familiar red smoke. His vision begins to shake as his body transforms with the power of the mutagen, but the power of the potion he had drunk before the fight started still allows him to see Efwurwa flying along with her fellow elementals.
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Uesugi walks onto the ship his face showing complete focus on for what will occur next. He drinks down the vial providing him with the ability to see invisible objects and prepares to drink the potion of protective abjuration prior to beginning the battle.
He looks at the wands that he has on his person and nods to Little Dragon to begin the casting of the first one just before the battle begins. The sheer size will hopefully make him the first target as he looks at the Barbarian worried for him the most.
Looking at the new wand he just purchased he also gives this to Little Dragon. "Use this whenever you feel someone needs it Little Dragon"
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That morning, Cup casts Lucky Number on everyone in the party.
Prior to the Surprise Round, as the elementals close in, Cup casts Good Hope on the Party
Then Cup sings in the Surprise Round.
♫ What do you know?
Such a surprise!
There’s beefy elementals
That don’t look friendly guys...
Time to explain everything...
We want to go way up there
Way up to the Purest Air
We want to be the team
Who does that and everything!
There’s no need for fighting
We have air ship seats to spare
What? You can throw lightning?
Maybe it’s time for all of us to play fair
Let’s share stories
Round the table
Drink wine in a pretty glass
Let’s be reason-able
And if not...
Well, then we’ll kick your ass-
-umptions to bits!
We wanna go
Where the air flows
Wanna exchange wits with our foes
Up at the top
We won’t stop
To the Purest Air! ♩
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The elementals you had fought earlier sail along the skies with the Williwaw, oblivious to your presence. You sneak up on deck and nod at Captain Beysal knowingly. She retreats down below with the rest of her crew, and then, you unleash a barrage of attacks on the unsuspecting foes.
The stinking cloud fills the air around the elementals, causing blue, green, and yellow to choke on the noxious vapor. Mr. Peppers throws a massive fireball at the group, and the ship shudders from the impact. When the smoke clears, most of the elementals look to have shielded themselves, but one in particular is missing half of its body.
Sir D blasts the weakest-looking elemental with sand, and the first mercenary is defeated before the battle actually begins.
"Ah, come for a rematch, have you? This time, you're really going to die."
Two of the nauseated elementals desperately fly out of the stinking cloud.
-- Bold is up --
Blue (nauseated 3 rounds, -23), Green (nauseated 2 rounds, -23)
Mr. Peppers, Sir D
Yellow (nauseated, -23), Orange (-23), Black (-23)
Uesugi, Gallix, Cup, Sirettis, Longjing
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Mr. Peppers conjures another fireball in his palms and ejects it towards the elementals, burning up more of their planar selves. D zaps the poor nauseous elemental with dark energy.
Yellow blows past the fumes but can do little else as it struggles to keep its lunch down. Orange does the same - no elemental can seem to avoid the nasty fumes!
Efwurwa can, however, and the invisible stalker runs out of the stinking cloud. "Quit fleeing, you idiots. You're air elementals in the Plane of Air and you cannot deal with a little bit of stinking fumes? Bah. I'll have to do the dirty work myself!"
-- Bold is up --
Blue (nauseated 3 rounds, -77), Green (nauseated 2 rounds, -23)
Mr. Peppers, Sir D
Yellow (nauseated 5 rounds, -40), Orange (nauseated 3 rounds, -40), Black (-40)
Uesugi, Gallix, Cup, Sirettis, Longjing
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Gallix takes a quick step back from the orange-limned elemental. His eyes dart to the side as he sees his giant samurai buddy facing down the visible-to-him invisible stalker called Efwurwa. Damn, stupid engine thing is in the way,[i] he thinks to himself. [i]Ah well, guess I'll have to stick to taking out this guy. He directs his attention, and his fists, back toward the elemental struggling to hold down whatever it is that air elementals have for lunch, and unleashes on him.
This round, Longjing points Uesugi’s wand at Gallix. “We may have had some disagreements, but you have always been a loyal friend to my Noble Steed. It would be a shame if those Windbag Bullies blew you away! Now, you shall be a much bigger one!”