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Lynore follows Lanthair down into the ship.
"You." Arishat points to the nearest of her drillers. "Keep this going. And do it right, or I'll be seeing you later." She steps towards the intruder. "So who are you, and why are you down here yelling at people?"
Lanthair and Lynore peer into the darkness, groping their way furtively through the gloom. With the light from above, they can just see large numbers of crates. One appears to have been opened. The contents glow slightly.
The new arrival turns wild-eyed to Arishat as he takes in the performance team on the dock.
"I'm meant to be here! Alfie!," he calls to the other guard, "tell her I'm a guard."
"I'm yelling at you to get out of the way and clear the dock before that thing on the Maid breaks out."
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Lanthair cautiously approaches the glowing crate to see what is inside or if there are any visible markings.
Waiting for her head to clear, Raya contents herself with closing on the monster.
Flicking a contemplative gaze at the paladin, the Curse Slaad turns its immediate attention to Barel, clawing roughly at the dwarf and missing narrowly. Judging from the oozing matter attached to its claws, Barel has had a lucky escape.
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Barel swings back at the creature.
standard: rough strike--39 v AC
on hit: 37 damage and he is slowed UEMNT.
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"Yes, Alfie, tell us how the person ranting about an unnamed problem is a guard. It sounds so very plausible, doesn't it. I'm sure these fine gentlebeings," She waves in the direction of the githyanki, "are just waiting for people to stop watching them to release the whatever-it-is. It's not as if they've been here long enough to do that already, is it? Or, maybe the situation is under control after all. If something was going to break out or be released, why hasn't it already happened." She glances round. "Keep that line straight. No-one gets backs off a line of spear heads that point all over the place."
Dock
Alfie pats the distraught Mervin on the back and turns to Arishat.
"No need to take that tone, miss. Alfie's reliable and if he says trouble is breaking out it is. We'll be doing our duty and clearing the dock of bystanders if you don't mind."
The gith sailors glance warily at each other, and turn towards the hold.
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The box agrees with Chloris's description of her wanted goods.
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Barel's axe bites deep, damaging the raging Curse Slaad and causing it to spit forth a smaller version of itself.
causing it to spit forth a smaller version of itself.
Thom grimaces as he sees the Slaad replicate itself. "Raya, please snap out of it, Barel needs your help!"
Dock
Alfie pats the distraught Mervin on the back and turns to Arishat.
"No need to take that tone, miss. Alfie's reliable and if he says trouble is breaking out it is. We'll be doing our duty and clearing the dock of bystanders if you don't mind."
The gith sailors glance warily at each other, and turn towards the hold.
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The box agrees with Chloris's description of her wanted goods.
Maid
Thom can't hide the panic in his voice as another slaad appears, but his arcane skill remains unerring. Reptilian eyes turn beadily towards him.
Thom calls out in the strange tongue of the Chaos beings,
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Slaad Fight
"Why are there two of them now?" She frowns as she moves to engage the smaller Slaad at 016.
Minor: Divine challenge smaller Slaad
Standard: Virtuous Strike
for radiant damage.
We might be able to push the big one back into the portal, then have Thom close it. Either way, I think we need to kill the small ones first.
Dock
Alfie pats the distraught Mervin on the back and turns to Arishat.
"No need to take that tone, miss. Alfie's reliable and if he says trouble is breaking out it is. We'll be doing our duty and clearing the dock of bystanders if you don't mind."
The gith sailors glance warily at each other, and turn towards the hold.
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The box agrees with Chloris's description of her wanted goods.
Maid
"Beneath the moongroves walks the crazed lord. His poetry is without parallel and he exhorts us to propagate with epic verse."
Leaving Thom to make what he can of the statement, the Curse Slaad keeps its attention on Barel, ignoring Raya even as she obliterates the smaller spawn.
Barel takes Raya's suggestion, but not before taking a guardian form with extra long arms. He then steps back to give Raya more room before swinging his lengthened arm and hammer at the slaad.
Barel is so used to being the buffer between the bad guys and his team, that he is unnerved by Raya's suggestion and whiffs off-balance at the slaad. Chagrined, Barel mumbles apologetically at Raya, and tells himself to do better next time.
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Lanthair sees that the lid has been roughly prised open. It would be possible to re-seal by some means or other.
Lynore's quick senses alert her to approaching footsteps. You will have to move fast, or hide.
Maid
Barel's attack does little, but at least the slaad creates no more spawn.
Thom grimaces again. "Sounds like they want to stick around for a while. Looks like we need to extend a welcoming hand to them."
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"I don't think I have anything for this," Lanthair whispers. "Lynore, do you have a way to seal or tie this up? Quick..."
Maid
The Curse Slaad blinks gently and turns its attention to Thom.
"While there is honey still for tea, we shall spread our seed"
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Raya frowns, quickly murmuring a prayer for Thom.
[/b]Immediate interrupt. Shield of Devotion[b]
Thom regains 14 HP, I gain +2 to strike the Slaad.
"No, monster, I am your foe. Leave him be."
Move: to R6 around the portal.
Standard: Enfeebling Strike.
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Cursed Slaad has -2 to attacks his next turn.
Minor: Divine Challenge Cursed Slaad
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Lynore pulls out some cloth from her disguise kit, and ties up the box with her silk rope.
Thom mutters to himself, "Jeez, don't these guys ever make sense?" even as his cohort steps in to save the wizard.
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Lynore deftly wraps the box, forcing the lid down as the footsteps above come closer.
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The Iron Cohort clanks slightly as it takes the hit meant for Thom.
Raya tries to remind the Curse Slaad of her importance and gets another spawn next to her for her pains.
Barel swings his hammer in a mightly arc at the boat hull in front of his feet, creating a mighty crash of thunder throughout the ship. He then steps up to confront the slaad one more time.
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"I'm sure there's no need to clear the dock." Arishat puts herself between the would-be guards and the gangplank. She tries to project her voice further. "As I have pointed out, already, in a way that should be obvious to everyone, if there was something dangerous in the hold of the githyanki ship and it had any chance of breaking out, it would probably already ahve done so. And then probably caused them some damage before getting into the city." In a more normal tone she continues. "Besides, wouldn't you rather have a sizeable group of trained mercenaries and other hard cases around to back you up in case there was trouble?"
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Lanthair grabs the crate and makes his way out as quickly as possible.
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Alfie and Mervin look at each other.
"Could have a point, Merv. What's down there anyway?"
"A big gaping hole, a toad-thing and no crew. They got et."
Alfie blenches.
"I'm giving you permission to examine the area, miss. Now me and Merv will keep an eye on the perimeter and ... keep away any newcomers. Yes. Keep people away. At the edges."
He backs away, leaving Arishat in control of the field.
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As Lanthair and Lynore arrive back on deck, they are confronted by three Gith sailors.
"Practising a little thievery?" says the first, with a nasty smile.
Maid
Barel wipes out the latest spawn and moves alongside Raya as the Curse Slaad continues to ramble in primordial.
Thom thinks to himself, That actually made sense...almost. even as he continues to work on the portal.
Maid
Bolstered by the presence of his iron guardian, Thom makes deft work of preparing to close the portal. The Curse Slaad in the meantime moves past Raya and Barel and contemplates the door before kicking a hole in the wall.
It seems to consider the group of no further interest.
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"On the contrary. We're just making a delivery. We've been sent to retrieve these for the intended recipient. They are quite perishable," Lanthair says quickly.
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"You'll have to do a bit better than that if you want to lie to professionals"
A second gith merchant looks more closely at the box. Lynore's makeshift wrapping is starting to writhe a little as the egg sacs continue to pulse.
"If that's what I think it is, destroy it. Now."
He moves towards Lanthair.
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Lanthair tries to employ his monk reflexes to avoid the giths.