"And meet other people along the way and form an army to take down this evil little dictator and bend her to our will instead? Okay...sounds like a plan." She says with a smirk.
"Works for me." Sig says with a wicked grin.
"Let me fill in Nolletta and we can leave," Dan says, getting up from the table.
For a moment she looks a little sorry, "You don't think she'll be upset do you?"
"Maybe," Dan answers. "But she'd rather us try something than sit here and rot."
She gets a kind of worried expression on her face, "Oh....okay...but...but make sure she understands that we're not gonna just leave her here and it's just until she's strong enough to walk again and that in the meantime we'll be working on the plan. Oh...she won't be here alone though either, Ishmael will be here and so will Corrie...so that should help make her feel better right?"
"It'll be alright," Sig says laying a hand on Frostine's shoulder.
The physical contact from Sig makes her realize that she's just carrying on so she stops and takes a few deep breaths to steady her nerves. Nodding her head she quietly and simply says, "Yes....Sig." She stands there for a second before running to the bathroom to do her business before they leave again. Trying to relax and not feel like her whole entire world was just turned upside down was a really difficult thing that left her with a lot of feelings that she didn't know what to do with. Taking a few minutes to get herself together, she washes her hands and uses a face cloth to wash her face before going back to Sig and the others.
Dangren returns shortly after Frostine. "Alright, it's settled. Let's head on out."
"We can always come back here if things get dicey...again," Jerrica says.
She nods as she grabs her pack and walks out with the others.
You head toward the Fudge Swamp, out of the Candy Cane Forest. Soon, you hear the sounds of boiling fudge and the clash of steel on something else. Dangren surveys the scene. "We might find a few people here."
"At the very least, we'll find some monsters," Jerrica says.
She nods, "All I can say is, it's gonna be a really long time...if ever before I ever want another piece of candy again or want anything sweet." She says as they try to get to a place where they can get a better view of what's going on without ending up getting cooked in chocolate. She figured once they finally left this crazy land of candy that the mere smell of chocolate and sweets would probably make her feel ill.
"Yeah, this is definitely a bit much." Sig mutters, drawing her axe at the sounds of battle as they move closer.
Staying close to Sig she takes out her crossbow and makes sure it's loaded before getting too close.
"Over there," Jerrica says, pointing to a clearing.
You move in the direction Jerrica indicated, careful not to fall in the bubbling pools of fudge. You see a group of four struggling against what appear to be chocolate goblins.
She shakes her head, "Oh.....that's just gross." Clearing her head she asks, "So...how many of those...things are there?"
"Looks like four," Jerrica says.
"I didn't think goblins could get any dirtier. Shall we?" the battle singer asks her companions.
"Let's go for it."
'All right, let's do this!" Sigrdrífa says striding out into the open, axe held in a combat grip. "Looks like you could use a hand!" she calls out to the embattled people facing the goblins as her group approaches.
Dan pulls his weapon. "Let's be careful."
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"Always with the careful...it's just goblins...again..."
Frostine looks confused, "Again? Did we fight them before?" She says as she readies her crossbow.
As you move in, four fudge goblins emerge from the nearby pools to attack you.
Initiative:
Roll-off:
The goblins approach the frontliners and attack with quite metal looking blades.
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The goblins continue to assault the foursome up ahead.
Round 1: Goblins, Jerrica, Sig, Frostine, Dan
Jerrica yelps in pain. "I fought them before...and they're still pains in the ass."
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The rogue lands a blow on the goblin who struck her, but not enough to finish it off.
Dan moves up and places a healing hand on Jerrica. "By Sarenrae's might, may you fight on."
"Healing is about as effective as when we fought them before too. No offense, Dan," Jerrica sighs.
Wincing slightly seeing the damage already being inflicted she redoubles her efforts to be of more use in this fight. Their last few encounters in Frigia hadn't gone so well for them either....at least she always seemed to have a difficult time.
Focusing on the one attacking Jerrica she holds out her hand and concentrates on cold coming from her in an icy blast to hit the goblin thing, thinking that if she couldn't kill it...maybe she could just slow it down a bit.
Glaring at the goblin she says, "Cool it!"
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Growling angrily, Sigrdrífa takes a vicious swing at the vile little monster that cut her, her xe sailing over it's head as she misjudges it's height.
The goblin avoids the secondary effect of Frostine's spell. The goblins attack again, including Dan as one of their targets.
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Round 2: Goblins, Jerrica, Sig, Frostine, Dan
Jerrica grunts as the battle goes poorly. "I swear I am so sick of this."
She steps up and attacks the wounded goblin.
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With a scream of agony and rage, Sig swings wildly, her attack missing as her axe thuds into the dirt.
Taking in the scene before her, Frostine stretches out her hands towards the two little fudge monsters beating down on Sig as waves of rainbow light flash out of her hands and into the faces of the hideous chocolate monstrosities, "Can I just say how much I really dislike these things?"
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One of the goblins collapses as it catches sight of the multi-colored lights. The other manages to resist the effect.
Seeing that the remaining goblins are uninjured, Dan takes a step back and channels healing energy.
The two conscious goblins attack Jerrica and Sig again.
The goblins stop hitting the skald and rogue for once.
Round 3: Goblins, Jerrica, Sig, Frostine, Dan
Jerrica steps next to Sig and attacks the conscious one with both rapiers.
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Jerrica grins as she lands a strong hit. "Finish it off, Sig."
Summoning the cold within her, she reaches out and blasts the Gobblin in front of Jerrica with another ray of frost. Giving them a smile she says, "I think it's time we ice these fools. Sig, get the other one."
The goblin solidifies and shatters as the icy blast hits it.
As the goblin shatters she actually looks a little stunned before getting a small smile on her face and thinking about what she should do next.
Her chanting song of absolute fury ringing out, Sig spins on her heel stepping towards the other goblin to bring her axe crashing down on the little monster.
Dan moves behind Sig and protects her with a holy light.
In Sig's fury, she misses the goblin, who counterattacks.
The goblin seems to be caught off-guard, perhaps catching a glimpse of the other group starting to rally against the other goblins.
Round 4: Goblins, Jerrica, Sig, Frostine, Dan
Jerrica takes the opportunity to stab the goblin while it's incapacitated.
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Frostine takes aim and fires at the remaining Goblin with her crossbow.