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Bella seemed confused by Edie's outburst....did she miss something? She shrugs and cuts in.
"Mother I think it would be safer if Mahurra comes and stays with me till this...orc problem is dealt with. Besides as Sisters we should get to know each other."
Bella thinks about her future conversation...Hey honey you know how we talked about better sound proofing the bedroom and the Dungeon...well I think we will need to step up those plans.
”He was a strong elf, gifted thoroughly by the Sun,” says Laria as she begins plating the meal and setting it upon the table—seared chicken in an herbal dressing. For what it’s worth, it smells quite good; Keeyan may very well eat three full, delicious meals today.
”Elarian’s hair left him before he left me, but I knew that would happen. We were half a century apart, and baldness runs in the family, you see.” She pauses, then: ”The men, of course. Bella has nothing to worry about.”
When Bella “offers” to take Mahurra, she spins on the spot to face her from across the room.
”Ah, yes, a marvelous idea. You can take her from me and leave me with nothing. If I’m lucky, perhaps she will visit me two decades from now and take what little I have scraped together for myself, just like her big sister!”
Her tone is very chipper.
Grongar promises to keep the trebuchets from firing until at least tomorrow night. You give him some parting words and head back to the tunnel.
Bella sighs trying to keep calm.
"So Her going with me is worse than her being incinerated? Mother think for a moment."
She stops thinking Must remain calm.
Laria appears livid. ”You will NOT take away all that I have,” she hisses. ”We will slay every last Orc that comes for her, and if you are so intent on taking her from me...”
”...then you may as well be an Orc too!”
Bella, you are about to be harmed. Would you like to take an action?
Starwing moves to shield Mahurra.
Bella flinched a little and says,"So who do you blame for me leaving? Who will you blame for Mahurra leaving in 10? 20 years? I suggest you look into a mirror."
Laria's nostrils flare in rage. "Mahurra, go play with your Uncle Steve," she hisses.
Mahurra is silent, but nods and runs toward the door.
She opens it just as Keeyan and Klyto are reaching it.
And now, we roll for initiative.
Laria's flesh roils with swirling light, and with a flash, her light fills the dimly-lit room; she grows slightly hard to look at.
"FOOLISH daughter, CURSED daughter, we are all gifted by the Sun but "
Round 1
Laria (glowy magic)
Bella
Keeyan
Klyto
Edie
Mahurra
The party is up!
Edie has Lost Her S~&%, Too. It's Only Fair.
Edie WAS going to try and calm this down, but when the shouting starts it just *hits her* just *so*. Her claws and forearms grow greenish and her scales take on a bit of the same hue as a bit of spittle dribbles from her mouth.
She does not, however, advertise her presence by yelling at Laria *yet*.
Instead, she does what could be considered a foolhardy thing but given her anger at the parental betrayal she launches at Laria to attempt to hug her close.
Bella curses and blindly puts on her sunglasses casting Mage Armor as she does so.
Starwing follows after Mahurra convincing to follow her.
Keeyan can hardly believe what he sees as he and Klyto return, "Seriously? We're trying to avoid a fight!"
Not recognizing the spell, but seeing the fight starting Keeyan casts a Bless on the party.
The action Edie springs into is decidedly more flashy than the rest, who are either busy protecting themselves or Mahurra.
Thankfully for her, Laria has not bothered to arm herself!
Though it’s hard to look at the sun elf, Edie manages to get a firm grasp of her.
Mahurra doesn’t seem to have any interest in staying—or answering the question. She slips by the boys and escapes out to the village.
Laria manages to wrench herself free of Edie’s grasp, and retreats to the kitchen counter... where she reaches for a knife.
Klyto’s hammer thuds into the wood beside Laria’s knife; he fails to disarm her.
Pulling on his divine powers, Keeyan moves to the kitchen to block Laria's way back with the knife. "Please stop! Talk! If you allow just a few moments for calm discussion there doesn't need to be anymore bloodshed!"
Edie don' care.
The tiefling roars in frustration at the glowing blind-as-f*** elf and attempts to grab her once more!
It's unlikely that she was successful in her blind rage -- if anything, the fact that she's not going for rend/tear should be an indication of the limited restraint she's employing to the rest of the team.
As Edie tries to wrap her arms around Laria, the elf sees a—well, she sees a vague shape, to be honest, but even that vague shape is leaving itself quite open...
Laria holds up an arm to keep Edie away and thrusts the knife forward with the other, but she doesn’t find a gap in her armor—in fact, the blade makes a more-or-less direct hit with one of the plates. By the time she finds Edie’s arm, she’s lost all momentum and the Tiefling comes away with just a scratch.
"That is it! Mother would you stop this! I do not want to hurt you.! Bella tells at her.
Laria’s head snaps in Bella’s direction, although it’s hard to tell exactly with her body glowing.
”You will leave,” she demands, ”and never return. Find whatever shadow that drowish b~&$@ crawled out of and wither away there.”
”I have already lost enough. You will not take Mahurra.”
Keeyan and Bella have seen enough casting to be able to tell that she is holding a spell at the ready.
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Well which is it? Is Mahurra yours, born from your womb, or not? Maybe you were just so desperate to replace Belladonna that you stole her away from her real mother. Because Grongar told us what he did with her mother and there could be no mistaking him for anything but an orc. By your own words you would never lay with an orc, so what really happened to Merilwen?
As he further provokes the already irate elf, shadows pool under Klyto while he prepares to defend himself and his new friends.
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Keeyan doesn't back away. With everyone else ready for.... something he just stands ready. "Nobody here wants to hurt you. We just want to understand and try to stop the killing!"
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"There can be no shadow without light, Mother." she pauses,"You think I am here to hurt you? I am just here to protect my sister."
Well which is it? Is Mahurra yours, born from your womb, or not? Maybe you were just so desperate to replace Belladonna that you stole her away from her real mother. Because Grongar told us what he did with her mother and there could be no mistaking him for anything but an orc. By your own words you would never lay with an orc, so what really happened to Merilwen?
Laria does not respond to this verbally.
Instead, she raises a hand toward Klyto.
The glow around Laria's hand fizzles, and she roars in anger.
"Lies and nonsense! Mahurra is of my womb!"
Sense Motive DC14
"If you wish to protect her, than do something about those orcs!"
Laria (glowy magic) (-14)
Bella
Keeyan (AoO?)
Klyto
Edie (AoO)
Edie is trying to not kill Bella's mom! Or is she Bella's mom now?
"STOP! JUST STOP! Edie bellows as she attempts to grab Laria again.
Bella attempts a Sense Motive check...
"We are TRYING to do something about the orcs! But you are blocking us from knowing what REALLY needs to be done! Talk to us without thinking that we are trying to hurt you!"
Laria sees Edie coming at her again and interjects her knife once more; she isn't able to score more than a glancing blow off the armor this time, and Edie's claws clamp over her wrist in the process.
"Let GO of me!" she howls, trying to wrench herself away.
"What more do you need to know!? There are ORCS trying to take my child, YOUR SISTER!" she hisses, face snapping in Bella's direction.
"Kill them, tell them there's a Copperback concert in the next town over, wave Grongar's head on a plate! I don't CARE how you do it!"
Laria (glowy magic) (-14, Grappled)
Bella
Keeyan
Klyto
Edie (Grappling)
Party's up!
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Grongar? The same Grongar you... and... and even... with? That Grongar? You want his head on a plate? And a Copperback concert? Are you trying to piss them off?
We already got them to hold off. The guy just wants to see his daughter and you turned it into a whole big thing.
Keeyan steps away from the melee bt can't stop himself from adding.... "I used to think elves were civilized! But those Orcs are behaving in a much more civilized manner than you! Head on a platter!?!"
Edie attempts to end the issue in a non-violent fashion, but may have inadvertently allowed Laria a chance to escape in so trying...
Bella sighs, she did say that before they came. She rushes in attempting to join Edie in grappling her mother.
Laria manages to wrench herself free of Edie, and as Bella reaches out to grab her, she twists away; her blindness has not ruined her ability to resist, it seems.
With little option left, she sprints-- straight ahead, past the group...
...unless they're quick with their weapons, anyway.
Laria (glowy magic) (-23)
Bella
Keeyan
Klyto
Edie
Unfortunately, Klyto has trouble looking directly at Laria, and doesn’t position his hammer correctly!
Seeing the elven lady trying to run, Keeyan tries to grab....
and succeeds in grabbing himself in an embarrassing manner....
Edie reacts...
Edie attempts to grab out at Laria but the battle to restrain herself from murdering the woman makes her miss horribly.
Bella not having a weapon out and not being greatly skilled with hands watches as her Mother runs by.
And with that, she’s out the door, racing with surprising agility given the condition of her eyes—but of course, this is her home, and she knows it well.
As the group race to catch her, they find that she’s just as nimble as the best of them. As Keeyan and Edie pass the doorway, they see her, arms grasping. ”Mahurra, darling! Call to Mother!”
”Right here!” says the child, though her voice is quivering; she’s not stupid—she knows something is going on.
The woman, still aglow, beelines for her daughter, and as Starwing takes to the air in surprise, Laria’s hand grips Mahurra’s shoulder.
And then, with a flash of heat and light like a summer’s day in the middle of the evening, they’re gone.
Steve stands confused a few feet over, apparently trying to figure out if Starwing’s shape belongs to Laria and Mahurra.
Edie is Fatigued...
The tiefling, no longer seeing her quarry in sight lets out a kind of slumping grumble as she lets the anger go. Engaging in a killfest is not the way to fix this situation, which has just gone from stupid to asinine.
Whatever the spell was, she could care less -- for all she knows Bella's dumbass cultist parent may have immolated herself and her kid. However, if it was some sort of magic it might have to do with a favored memory or something from inside Laria's hovel... and those dishes should probably be done just to be a good guest.
Although he is somewhat embarrassed by the fail of his grab, Keeyan stares at the disappearance of their... host. What ????
Astral Caravan (Su): As a full-round action, you can step into the planar border where the Astral Plane abuts the Material Plane, pulling up to one additional person per class level with you. You can’t travel fully into the Astral Plane or any of the other planes it borders, but while using this ability you can cover incredible distances, traversing 50 miles per hour, as per the shadow walk spell. You can travel for up to 1 hour per day per oracle level. This duration need not be continuous, but it must be spent in 1-hour increments.
...but she was able to do it very quickly.
Keeyan glances at Belladonna, "Your mother can travel through the Astral plane?"
He tries to explain what he thinks he saw, unsure since it seems to be significantly above his training.
"So now what do we do? Sneak back to the orcs?"
Bella sigh,"Maybe we should go get the police. They are trained for this kind of thing. Right?"