Drask, despite being weaponless, attempts to bite the woman as she retreats. Slippery little thing aren't you.
He frowns at the combat situation. Cramped, hard to get much of anywhere. He turns when Esrisi offers the crossbow. He grabs it, turning and firing it towards Natalya.
Caroliss gives Vel some more luck and makes an image of her as she makes her way through the group and attempts to get across the ledge. However, in her haste she slips on one of the slopes and falls down into the muck instead.
Mokashi casts a spell and it seems to take hold of Natalya and she stands there dazed. Drask grabs the crossbow that Esrisi offers to him and takes a shot, hitting Natalya in the gut, but she remains standing, just barely. Sapher, seeing that the others are dealing with Natalya jumps down into the much again and wades over toward the goblins hiding behind the crates up on the ledge.
The goblins all continue to follow orders and attack the elf, now down in the muck.
Only one manages to graze Vel with an arrow, while the other two miss.
"Out of reach... hmm..." Sapher thinks as she stares up at the annoying screeching goblins. Briefly she looks at the ledge and considers, just for a moment, about climbing up... but no, never, not at all. Climbing like negotiation is not a skill she has, and not something she wants every one to have an image of. Poor stubby little dwarf struggling to climb something they can all reach because of the enormous legs.
Instead she yells at the goblins, because that, she is okay at.
At least normallay she is, right now she is having trouble think of good insults so just says.
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Esrisi takes note that her blessing has just faded at the worst possible time. She places her left hand on her right elbow and lifts her right hand up to the ceiling. As she opens her palm she declares "May the mysteries of the heavens be bless my allies against these filthy evils."
She draws another bolt from her pack and keeps it in her left hand. "Drask! Toss the crossbow and go get Natalya!"
Drask grunts in agreement since Vel is out of his way now. He tosses the crossbow down and grabs his axe again as he closes the gap, carefully stepping over the thin ground. Then he shoves past Natalya to cut off her escape.
How does this girl keep slipping free? wonders Caroliss. She stares deeply into her eyes and once again speaks words, but this time in a low whisper.
"Natalya. Give up. You can't escape. Yield to the inevitable."
She also sidesteps and creates a mirror image of a mucky Vel once more.
Veltariel tries to jump up out of the muck, but the grime clings to her feet like a vice. She clenches her teeth and remembers her time fighting in the slum arenas in the destitute parts of the River Kingdoms...
”Throw her down here! She can’t run from here!”
Caroliss tries to shake Natalya's confidence but it doesn't work. Mokashi drops some more grease but Natalya deftly stays upright in the grease. Vel tries to jump up and grab her feet to trip her, but with the muck sticking to her feet she can't get the height needed to reach Natalya. Drask moves over to Natalya, navigating the slopped ledge and stands next to her ready to act. Esrisi bless the group once again, renewing their ability to attack better, while Sapher stumbles at her attempt to intimidate the goblins overhead.
The one goblin with the crossbows, sits down behind the crates again and reloads one of the crossbows. The other two golbins fire more arrows at Vel.
Vel get an arrow in her back from the one goblin but the other misses. Natalya pulls out a metal shard and points it at you all "You wish to die here?! Very well!" She waves the shard around and it begins to spew fire toward the upper portions of the walls and the ceiling. The fire quickly starts to spread down the walls and across rafters as they are engulfed in flame and with the buildings already dilapidated state, it won't be long with the fire before the entire building collapses. You can feel the heat radiating off the walls, and the sound of the engulfing flames licking at the building is almost overwhelming.You estimate you only have a quarter of a minute before the building comes down in flames on top of your head.
The goblins cheer in glee at the sight of the fire, less concerned with the own safety and more interested in watching the blaze spread.
Natalya looks at you all defiantly with a grin on her face. "I told you, you should have left if you wanted to live!"
Veltariel climbs out of the pit and up to the ledge beside the human wench.
Drask's face furrows in anger as she sets the building on fire. "Alright, fine. Remember we tried to take you in nicely." He shifts his axe in his hands and is about to bring the business end down on her. But he pauses, seeing her sway in place and barely on her feet. I'll probably kill her. He turns the blade away and smacks her with the flat of the iron, hoping that pinned as she is she won't be able to dodge his blow.
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Esrisi is amazed at Natalya's metal fire wand and her eyes go wide when the entire room erupts in fire. She shouts to Veltariel and Drask "Get that wand out of her hand! Hurry up, we don't have a lot of time before the place comes down!"
She fires a shot at the goblin that just shot Veltariel, but as per usual, she misses terribly. She pulls out another bolt and loads it in once more.
"Okay, I think it's time for us to go!"
Caroliss tries to move back across the beam
Target down, Sapher notes, and starts to back away from the over enthused goblins, and tries to climb back up...
... and nope, as expected she is not nimble enough.
As the fire looks to be spreading Caroliss makes a b-line for the exit. However, in her haste she makes a wrong step on the plank and falls into the muck in the first room. Mokashi waits to see what the others do, while Vel manages to climb her way out of the muck pit. Drask clobbers Natalya with the flat side of his axe and knocks her out. As soon as he does the flames disappear and everything turns back to normal, there isn't any damage or anything. Esrisi takes another failed shot with her crossbow completely missing the goblins as the bolt flies up into the rafters. Sapher tries climbing out of the muck as well, but doesn't have much luck as she slides back down the slopped walls.
The two goblins with bows, disappointed with the fire magically disappearing turn their attention back to Vel and take aim, cursing at the group the whole time.
Neither one hits though. The other goblin grabs the second crossbow and begins loading it as well.
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Esrisi refuses to stick her hand down to help Sapher, but she'll stick a leg to help. Sitting down on the ground she extends her left leg to the dwarf to grab onto along with Mokhasi's hand while she holds on. Unfortunately however, all she does is get in the way as she dangles fer foot in Sapher's face.
"What the..." she asks curiously when the fire disappears. She spins in a circle in place to verify that the fire is gone. Turning to where Caroliss should be, only to find the beam empty and no one in the doorway. Looking around she finds the cleric face down in the muck, grimacing at the sight. She shouts down "Caroliss? What are you doing down there? Now is not the time to be playing around in the muck!"
Drask grabs Natalya, throwing her over one shoulder and making his way out. "Come on, we're done here."
Veltariel grabs her bow off her back again, quickly launching another arrow at the goblins firing on her.
Sapher will sling her shield, and try again with the aid. "Thank you" she says with some relief, grasping the hand of Mokhasi, and getting out of the muck. Barely, and with much grunting.
"We're leaving, right?" she asks hopeful, even with goblin bolts shooting around.
"What the..." she asks curiously when the fire disappears. She spins in a circle in place to verify that the fire is gone. Turning to where Caroliss should be, only to find the beam empty and no one in the doorway. Looking around she finds the cleric face down in the muck, grimacing at the sight. She shouts down "Caroliss? What are you doing down there? Now is not the time to be playing around in the muck!"
"I'm trying to get out of here before the whole place burns d--" Caroliss looks up from the muck, only to see that the fire that was consuming the building was now completely gone. "Damn it!" She hurls some muck in frustration. "That b*@+# is gonna PAY for this!"
Caroliss clambers back up and out the door.
She spends the rest of her time trying to get the gunk off her clothing. "This is SO GROSS!"
Caroliss and Esrisi make their way back outside.
Mokashi dazes one of the archer goblins, while Vel nearly knocks the other one to the ground with her well placed shot. Sapher manages to climb her way out of the pit, but is faced with the potential for another fall with the plank ahead of her. Drask grabs Natalya and throws her over his shoulder as he makes his way back toward the plank.
The goblin Vel hit returns fire, and the one behind the crates pops up again to take a shot with the crossbow.
As the injured goblin lets the arrow fly it opens up the wound from Vels arrow and falls on the ground and then tumbles into the muck below face down, bleeding out. The other goblin misses his shot and looks around trying to decide the next best course of action.
Veltariel makes her way towards the front door, looking over the various cuts she’s sustained from goblin bolts.
"We got what we need, Mokhasi." Sapher points out. But she stays back to guard him, until he retreats, or manages to kill two goblins.
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What was I thinking? When we get back to the lodge I'm going to set these Pathfinders right. They should have recognized my noble stature and put me in charge of all of these amateurs!
After picking up the metal shard, Esrisi shoves it in her pocket and makes her way out. She marches across the beam and stops on the other side and claps her hands at the elf. "Move your ass, Veltariel! You're slowing us down!"
Once she makes it outside, Esrisi looks at the remaining three that are still inside and shouts "Come one! Come on! Let's GO PEOPLE!"
Sapher looks back at the normally bubbly human with a raised eyebrow, but neither yells back or obeys. She instead continues to wait on Mok.
What crawled up her ass? Something to deal with later. He continues the retreat with their target on his back.
That does it!
Veltariel quietly but purposefully walks across the beam, and the moment she is within reach of Esrisi, she reaches out and wraps one arm around her neck and clutches a handful of hair while the other grasps her arm.
”First you literally shoot me in the back, then DARE to bark orders at me like I’m a lapdog? I have had it with you, human wench!”
And Veltariel nimbly wriggles around and regains control!
Veltariel pushes off the floor with her legs, lifting and rolling backwards into the muck with Esrisi in tow!
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Esrisi screams as she flies backwards into the pit wrapped up with the elf.
She continues to thrash about, but it clear she is out her element here. "FILTHY B$+$~! GET OFF OF ME"
Show her you mean business Ez! Don't take her s&@+!
Out of frustration and anger, she rips off her right longsleeve glove. While the rest of the aasimar is pristine and beautiful, the same can't be said for her arms and hands. Long black veins prominent run down her arms and into her hands, pulsing with her curse from the abyss. She clenches her fist and fumbles about for the elf's face.
Veltariel straddles Esrisi and says ”I am not yours to command!” and delivers a powerful blow to the girl’s jaw!
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The pain floods in quickly when the fist from the elf lands on her jaw, a cracking and crunching feeling shocking her system. She's never been hit in her life and doesn't know quite how to handle it.
The oracle easily has fifty pounds on the elf and uses her size to leverage the elf off her. She slips to her knees and rips her other glove off, her left hand equally ruined by blank lines that trace from her elbow through her finger tips. "You're going to pay for that!"
Veltariel eyes the girls strange sickly hands warily.
Perhaps wrestling isn’t the best tact now.
”We will see, human scum!” she says as she throws a quick jab, more as a threat than any real chance to strike.
Veltariel winces at the hit. She’s been punched before, but this felt off...different.
Maybe it IS the best tact...
She lunges forward and grabs Esrisi’s upper arms, swinging around behind her nimbly!