Haldan tries to cow the beasts:
Don't want none
Fail
Fail
Chark then goes big and lights up the tent! The wall burns the anaconda a little bit, and elicits the weirdest sounding scream anyone has ever heard from the other side of the curtain.
ROUND 2:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): Go
Smilodons!: TBD
Anaconda: TBD
Charlie (99/99): TBD
---Goliath (65/71): TBD
Tiny (74/108): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): TBD
Haldan (76/76): TBD
Chark: (39/71): TBD
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Dendillion desperately tries to escape from the snake's grasp.
Dendillion feels the coils tighten as he realizes that it'll take a miracle for him to break free.
Despite their fear the cats smash at the gate: and finally tear it off!
The giant anaconda slides Dendillion deeper into its coils, freeing its jaws up to try and get Tiny next:
MISS
MISS
ROUND 2:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): Stuck
Smilodons!: Smash
Anaconda: Bite
Charlie (99/99): Go
---Goliath (65/71): Go
Tiny (74/108): Go
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): Go
Haldan (76/76): Go
Chark: (39/71): Go
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Tiny continues his assault against the snake, commanding Þóðᛞrekkr to do the same as he raises his shield.
Dendillion continues to struggle to break free...
Only Tiny manages to wound the snake as it continues to crush Dendillion.
ROUND 2:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): Stuck
Smilodons!: Smash
Anaconda: Bite
Charlie (99/99): Go
---Goliath (65/71): Go
Tiny (74/108): Hit
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): Miss
Haldan (76/76): Go
Chark: (39/71): Go
ROUND 3:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): Meep
Smilodons!: TBD
Anaconda: TBD
Charlie (99/99): TBD
---Goliath (65/71): TBD
Tiny (74/108): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): TBD
Haldan (76/76): TBD
Chark: (39/71): TBD
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Chark sends a jolt of fire-red electricity at both the snake and Red.
She then conjures up a disk of force for protection.
Chark's spell:
shocks the smilodon more than the snake, but with Dendillion's life measured in seconds, every little bit helps.
ROUND 2:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): Stuck
Smilodons!: Smash
Anaconda: Bite
Charlie (99/99): Go
---Goliath (65/71): Go
Tiny (74/108): Hit
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): Miss
Haldan (76/76): Go
Chark: (39/71): Zap
ROUND 3:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): Meep
Smilodons!: TBD
Anaconda: TBD
Charlie (99/99): TBD
---Goliath (65/71): TBD
Tiny (74/108): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): TBD
Haldan (76/76): TBD
Chark: (39/71): TBD
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Charlie watches in awe as the flame red electricity courses through and past the snake. He keeps his bead on the central coiled body as he fires more arrows.
HP 99/99
AC 24 (26 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 65/71
AC 23
The snakes curved body deflects most fo the arrows, but Goliath's jaws clamp down.
ROUND 2:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): Stuck
Smilodons!: Smash
Anaconda: Bite
Charlie (99/99): Miss
---Goliath (65/71): Hit
Tiny (74/108): Hit
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): Miss
Haldan (76/76): Go
Chark: (39/71): Zap
ROUND 3:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): Meep
Smilodons!: TBD
Anaconda: TBD
Charlie (99/99): TBD
---Goliath (65/71): TBD
Tiny (74/108): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): TBD
Haldan (76/76): TBD
Chark: (39/71): TBD
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Haldan sees the snake crushing his friend, clenches his fist and starts an incantation. With electricity sparkling from his eyes, he sends an Intimidating Glare at the snake, then lets loose a Sudden Bolt at it.
Haldan is not really enough to scare the snake, but , but he does shock it a fair bit. When the snake takes the spell and keeps squeezing, the realization of how tough this thing is alerts everyone to how much danger Dendillion is in.
ROUND 3:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): Meep (Go)
Smilodons!: TBD
Anaconda: TBD
Charlie (99/99): TBD
---Goliath (65/71): TBD
Tiny (74/108): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): TBD
Haldan (76/76): TBD
Chark: (39/71): TBD
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Driven by desperation, Dendillion tries to break free.
He finds himself incredibly bound by the snake.
Try as he might, Dendillion can't break free. It begins to crush the life out of him.
The scream from the tent to the north turns to frustration. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?" The voice is fading like it's moving away though.
Unwilling to face the fire, the big cats crouch to pounce.
the snake pulls away from the fire and lashes out at Tiny:
, but slams it head into the bar.
ROUND 3:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): FORT
Smilodons!: Ready
Anaconda: ATK
Charlie (99/99): Go
---Goliath (65/71): Go
Tiny (74/108): Go
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): Go
Haldan (76/76): Go
Chark: (39/71): Go
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Tiny bravely heads through the wall of fire to try and claw the snake open.
Tiny also whistles for Þóðᛞrekkr to join the assault.
Tiny makes a point to act like a hero , but misses the snake. Þóðᛞrekkr gets a good bite in though!
ROUND 3:
Dendillion (42/78, Grabbed): FORT
Smilodons!: Ready
Anaconda: ATK
Charlie (99/99): Go
---Goliath (65/71): Go
Tiny (58/108): Miss
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): Hit
Haldan (76/76): Go
Chark: (39/71): Go
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Chark sees Den turning purple as the snek continues to give hugs. With a scowl, she sends a blazing band of orange-white fire arcing through the air at the anaconda.
She then conjures up a disc of force for protection.
Chark fires off a ray of fire that nearly strikes the snake in the face. Still it's a lage and smoking wound. Below the snake the ground catches fire, forcing a decision on the snake...
ROUND 3:
Dendillion (34/78, Grabbed): Meep
Smilodons!: Ready
Anaconda: ATK
Charlie (99/99): Go
---Goliath (65/71): Go
Tiny (58/108): Miss
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): Hit
Haldan (76/76): Go
Chark: (39/71): Cookin
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Haldan stomps on the ground and sends forth a Sea Surge to extinguish the fires. The launches a ball of fire at the snake.
"Th..th..this snake isn't going down too easy!" Charlie calls out as his breathing gets a bit heavier.
HP 99/99
AC 24 (26 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 65/71
AC 23
Haldan's spell causes the snake to pull back, giving Goliath an opening. The bear closes down just behind the snake's skull. Suddenly Dendillion finds the coils loosening as the snake dies!
ROUND 3:
Dendillion (34/78, Grabbed): Meep
Smilodons!: Ready
Anaconda: ATK
Charlie (99/99): 2 Actions
---Goliath (65/71): Kill
Tiny (58/108): Miss
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): Hit
Haldan (76/76): Toss
Chark: (39/71): Cookin
ROUND 4:
Dendillion (34/78, Grabbed): Go[/b]
Smilodons!: TBD
Anaconda: TBD
Charlie (99/99): TBD
---Goliath (65/71): TBD
Tiny (58/108): TBD
---Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71): TBD
Haldan (76/76): TBD
Chark: (39/71): TBD
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Location: Celestial Menagerie
Black: (Frightened 1)
Red: 12 (Frightened 1)
With the snake dealt with Charlie rushes to the cage and tries to secure it before the Smilodon's get loose and cause more havoc. He looks around for a bar or something to jam across the doors.
Charlie quickly kicks one of the bars of the gate so that it bends just right to block the door!
It's enough that the party is confident that they're safe for now. Once the fires die out, a weak voice from the other room can be heard, "Bloody hell this is ridiculous. The level of inconsideration is simply ridiculous."
I always hated that snake, Chark says disdainfully, but I love cats.
She touches an arm tattoo, sending forth a burst of bright whitish flame from her hand that washed over the room, the warmth from the flame licking over every wound and knitting flesh together.
Dendillion (62/78)
Charlie (99/99)
Goliath (71/71)
Tiny (86/108)
Þóðᛞrekkr (71/71)
Haldan (76/76)
Chark (67/71)
"We should be hasty and head after her."
Charlie nods, waiting just long enough for the fire to subside before rushing past. His heart pounds nervously as he has not faced the Mistress in quite some time.
Memories of abuse cloud the mind. In the moment though, the choice is merely where to go from here?
Through the curtain, Chark states firmly.
Chark pulls back the curtain. Images of moons and celestial bodies adorn the walls of this small room. A small cage made of wooden bars painted a garish red stands against the north wall. It seems be devoid of any creature, containing only a garrish fuzzy pillow. The disembodied voice coos, “Wait. Customers or firebringertypes? I mean, ohhh ummm.. Shh! Wouldn’t want to wake the Moon Mole!”
"You m..m..might call us customers. We are looking for Mistress Dusklight." Charlie looks around as the disembodied voice unnerves him.
"Ah! Looking for! Interesting interesting..... And what would you DO when you find her?"
"Ahem... Excuse me. I asked you a question."
Chark hesitates, then replies, Why, to give her all the honor her place at the head of this circus is her due, of course.
"Eww.... I was much more hopeful when you were all burny downy. Eh... Okay, move along."
"Thank you Moon Mole." Charlie gives a small sigh of relief as he urges the others onward before the creature changes its mind. "Let's hurry."
Tiny cracks his knuckles and tongues his gold tooth that he finally got fixed and nods to Charlie.
"So wait, which is it? Are you the burny downy type or the give her honor type? Inquiring minds need to know."
Chark purses her lips as she considers a heartbeat. Some honors earned are accolades. Other honors earned are flames; "burny-downy", if you will. Chark looks about, trying to identify the source of the disembodied voice, but continues. Tell me, then, which honor do you feel Mistress Dusklight may have earned?
"Ohhhhhhhhhh...." Suddenly the garrish fuzzy pillow shakes a bit.... Then a creature unlike anything any of you have ever seen unfurls a thing. It's a thing, a .... it's something.
"Well, you should definitely burn it down. All of it. I think there are some supplies under my cage. Oh wait.... I mean... if you free me I'll tell you where to find some treasure. Awwwww shoot. Please unlock me."
Dendillion takes in the sight of this thing, trying to recall if he's heard something like it described in all the bits of stories he's heard.
This one is way beyond him, and none of the others recall such an oddity being part of the menagerie.
We see things with Mistress Dusklight much the same, then. Of course we will free you, Chark says, looking to see whether the cage is simply latched or bears a lock. Just a moment while we work on that.
Dendillion shrugs, then retrieves a set of tools to deal with any lock. If necessary.
He'll then open the cage.
Dendillion moves to open the cage, and breaks his tools in the process. Fortunately, it's easy enough to the others to rip open the door.
"Ah! Thank you. Thank you. Unfortunately since you didn't ask my name, I'm going to have to melt your brains... KIDDING! My name is Ź̶̧͓̖͎͇͗́̏̽͒͌̈́̐u̷̪͛͛́̑̀͂̌̓͝i̸͇̖̲͍̻̫͈̥̻̩̠̦̩͉̋̾̌̈̽̆̌͜p̷̛̩̥̘̱͚̠̗̲̋͌̍̀̽̐͊̽̒͠͝ͅ ͙͚n̴̪̆͗̍̅͘y̴̛̼̓́̃̏̈́̾̊̈́̊́̽͘͘͠r̴̨̛͈̤̞͈̐̎̇̽̏̄̓̕͝ñ̸̗̖͍̗̗̂͜." Your head hurst just hearing it.
The creature then gives a couple of hops before hopping into another dimension...
Charlie pulls his hands away from his ears as a trickle of fluid flows from them. "That's a name I c.c..c..could not hear again." He wipes the fuid on his cloak before nodding towards the enxt room.
Dendillion shakes his head, trying to clear his mind after having heard the creature's... name. As the thing leaves he manages to say, "Good luck out there."
"Ditto, Charlie. I don't have near enough wax build-up in my ears to hear that again."
To the next room?
Angry that he broke his picks, Dendillion tries to distract himself with the task at hand. "Let's keep moving. I don't think we want to keep the mistress waiting."