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Crystal takes a look at the chests and then moves to pop them open.
Her eyes sparkle at the giant collection of coins piled in the chests. "Well forget about our contract annulment, these Gorumites were loaded. Not sure how we're going to transport all these coins but it definitely makes up for losing our payout."
I don't think I've ever seen this much strong coffee in one place before, not even on long stakeouts of my own. It'll certainly be of use if we can't find a place to sleep again for a while." Crystal throws the alchemicals in her pack and follows closely behind.
"Well at the very least you have an easy time disappearing for a while since no one knows what you actually look like. Good luck laying low for a while and if you can keep an eye on Jakalyn in any way please do so. I suppose we on the other hand lack such a luxury so we'll have to be on our way sooner rather than later." Crystal nods to the dragon and follows Yuki to the stairs, shuffling down into the basement and through the last few rooms for any last minute utilities for the long agonizing journey of clearing their own names.
"Traitors... great. Explains why these losers were so adamant that we had done something wrong. Well... I guess we have some work ahead of us." She turns away from the bodies and back up to the still strikingly massive dragon leaning over before them. "And what of you? Have they caught onto your movements yet or is "Vatum" still clean as a whistle as a courier for doing his job sending us all out and about to our deaths? How much are you still able to be on the inside during this whole mess?"
Crystal sighs. "I've always hated politics, but I suppose going after a batch of heretical fellow assassins does seem like a worthy time investment. And Jakalyn always was quite good to me. And the last thing I want is more of our own stock coming after us time and time again, it would disrupt the simple things in life like getting a pile of gold to kill someone." Crystal shuffles over and helps Kimmich dig through the gear of the other assassins very unceremoniously. "So I take it no one's paying for the Ordulf assassination, huh? That's a pity. But at least we got to kill a celestial entity today, I suppose that counts for something in the cosmic scheme of things. Probably. Dianora would know about that more than I do."
"Now now I'm not used to having this many dance partners. And frankly, since we all showed up to the party wearing the same thing and we got here first you'll all have to go home and change. Maybe I'll just send you back there myself." Crystal turns her swords on Orange first, swinging her sword up then down then left then coming in with the other sword at the last moment.
Then she comes in with the first sword while he's taken unaware by the previous strike. vs OG if the first strike hit
If either one of those hits then give him enfeebled 1 and clumsy 1 for the round. Then she takes a final backswing at the Pink assassin behind her.
Opportune Backstab on the only one in range of two of us if it ends up mattering:
"Traitors? Us? Last I checked you lot have thrown in with those planning a coup so I think I know who the actual traitors are around here." Crystals speeds out from the lower wall and catches Talaro as he enters the room and takes a pair of attacks at him before he gets a chance to even process the contents of the room. vs OG due to surprise attack
Two Debilitations now so let's go with weakness 5 slashing and clumsy 1 on the hit vs OG due to surprise attack
Purple worm Damage on his turn if applicable:
Opportune Backstab if any of my allies hit an adjacent ally this round:
Leveled up to 15, 201 HP, Bumped dex con int and cha, leaving poor wis at +0 I did take training in Survival nonetheless with my extra training from int (I'm not any good at it at all but I am trained now.) Still untrained in Religion :( but I figure it's fine since everyone else in the party seems to have that one well enough. Bumped Stealth to Legendary and took up Legendary Sneak which means no matter what other exploration I'm doing I gain the benefits of Avoiding Notice all the time and also I can hide and sneak even without cover. Took fleet cause I couldn't think of much else I needed so speed is now 40ft. Profile should be updated for any other details but the Avoiding Notice all the time thing is the most important big note.
Crystal thinks hard about who this doppelganger team could be. After all she doesn't like it when people copy her style.
Crystal starts rubbing poisons onto her blades as they speak and thumbing through her other bottles of alchemicals double and triple checking her remaining supplies. "Yes I suppose funneling them into a better position for us to maneuver around while they can't escape would be ideal. I haven't had to use this many ingredients for Figment and Mirage's flesh festering capabilities in some time..." She turns to Vatum quickly. "Well it would not be the first time I have slit the throat of a doppelganger counterpart of mine," she says bitterly, "Tell me do you know if our pathetic shadows bleed?"
critical success
Crystal grits her teeth, as Yuki and Dianora fall to the floor. "Achaekek, if there was any time to offer us your guidance it would be now."
Opportune Backstab:
"Okay okay no more games now, I see." Crystal briefly bites down her concern and worried expression, knowing the intense spillage of her own blood is making her wild and woozy so she swings down with little grace and all the force she can muster. v OG
v OG
v OG
Opportune Backstab:
oh and the reflex before I miss the edit window
The red mist fades from Crystal's body and she takes a moment to shake her cloak again to spill out more of it and continue healing her wounds as she goes. Then she makes two more attacks. vs OG
vs OG
Then she takes one hand and pushes the cloak's fabric, causing it to whirl around her in a dark crimson whirlpool.
Opportune Backstab:
Crystal likewise rolls up into position next two her two fellow assassins. "Alright then, all together now. On three!" She spins down her first twirling swing. "One." vs Off-Guard
"Two!" vs Off-Guard
"Aaaaaand three!" vs Off-Guard
And together for real with Opportune Backstab:
treat as normal failure thanks to Greater Rogue reflexes treat as critical success The aura is little problem for Crystal but the cloud of blades rips directly through her path giving her no place to reasonably dodge away to.
Crystal takes a deep breath and steels herself. "Well, wouldn't be the first celestial envoy I've had to swing the spinning sisters at. And I came here today to kill not to die so here goes everything." Crystal strides up to the herald and tries to swing her left arm while moving to the right.
vs maybe off-guard
Then she diving rolls back into position with the rest of her allies.
Crystal sighs and pulls Ordulf's greatsword off her back and brandishes it openly at the guards. "I said your leader is dead. By our hand, the claws of the red mantis. Leave now or we will be forced to take you out as well."
Crystal pulls her hood back down and displays her mantis armor prominently.
She sighs at their misrecognition. Figures servants of the big idiot wouldn't recognize a mantis when they see one.
Okay run down on those last few rounds: Round 1 was as posted: stow sword, pick up potion, drink potion Round 2: Pick up potion of fly, stow potion, pick up greatsword, hasted action begin running downstairs Round 3: continue running with rest of group for 4 actions --------------------- Crystal hides the grimace she wants to make on her face. She lacks the understanding of the divine to confirm or deny but the thought alone makes her weary. She pulls her hood over her head, an act she very seldom does except in the heaviest of espionage jobs, but somehow she just feels seen in an unpleasant way...
Crystal curses under her breath and Loathe as she is to do so, Crystal flicks the blood off one of her killing blades then stows it away. She leans over Ordulf's body, saddened that she'll have little time to bask in this kill. "Always a shame when we don't have the time to appreciate our handiwork, but it seems like we'll need to make an escape before the funeral party arrives." Crystal does reach down and pulls a nicely labeled body off the corpse then drinks it down to patch up some of the already darkening bruises on her skin.
" Oh fun counting games! You want to know how many of us there are, we want to know how many times you'll die and I'm sure your friends want to know how many acres of this land they'll get. Exciting! Now count my swings and don't forget."
Crystal makes a large number of swings, several of them false, trying to confuse Ordulf with her game of counting her attacks. vs Perception DC Then she follows up with a flurry of real and more dangerous strikes. v OG
v OG
V OG
Opportune Backstab:
"I think your friends here are quite clever, I would stay out of a spat with the Red Mantis too if I were them. Collateral damage isn't exactly a necessity in our profession but it is both fun and occasionally encouraged. You won't be living through this, but I'd suspect your powerful enemies would be a sting in any negotiations going forward anyway." Crystal strides up, leaving room for Sister Dianora to move into a nice flanking position should she need to and then continues to try and lend Kimmich a hand.
v OG
v OG
v OG
Continuing to Opportune Backstab:
"Honestly my colleague is right, I've never had the fun of killing one person so many times before. This is definitely a proper riveting workout!" Crystal rushes over to a flank position then continues the onslaught of sword strikes.
Opportune Backstab:
Crystal's mind clouds, she feels a deep dizziness. A loss of self, a return to the life of reflection, only reacting to the actions of another. But she takes in a breath of the crimson mist, blood soaking up out of her wounds slowly but surely. "Ha! I know who I am. I am greatest assassin and you're already dead!"
Crystal spits out a mouthful of blood into Ordulf's face and folds one section of her cloak over the rest of her body, kicking up a cloud of thick red mist. She tries to hold back her frustration at such a wound but a grumble of discontent escapes her before she continues trying to disembowel the Gorumite. vs OG
vs OG again
vs OG the third
Backstabbin':
Oopsies here's a hasted full MAP attack too. still OG
Previous round Opportune Backstab:
"I hope you don't mind but we let ourselves in, so I'm just letting myself out here for some air. But oh in all that armor you won't be able to get a full appreciate of the nice clear air outside this room, why don't I help you by poking a few holes in it for you? You might find it nice and chilling." vs OG
still OG
Then she twists her sword, letting the teeth of the sawteeth really irritate the wound and fester it.
This turn's actual Opportune Backstab:
Crystal rushes out and attempts to tumble past the warpriest into the larger room while still invisible.
Then she pops out of invisibility swinging her two swords fervently and elegantly. vs Off-Guard
Opportune Backstab when one of my allies hits him:
Crystal takes a moment to poison each of her beloved sawtooth sabers, one with one of her finest Cave Worm venoms gifted from the great mistress herself and the other with a simpler brew of her own design. She smirks and ducks behind the desk, swords drawn and will activate her Cloak of Illusions once the rest of the group has also done so.
Crystal holds her breath and ducks around into the stairwell trying to stay out of sight.
"I can't say I'm sure he'll return alone when he does but we're also not alone and I do think chasing him around will only serve us more opportunities to be spotted in places we needn't be. Lying in wait does feel more like my style. Maybe he'll have a nice mirror in there I could use to make sure I'm as cleaned up as I'd usually like."
Crystal nods her head. "Magic is not my expertise but I suppose I can concede to this being the utility of occasionally sending a team. Those I like to think my solo style is readily effective as well. Regardless, I am ready to proceed to the altar and let the more mystically inclined of you handle it. It really is tainting my vibes."
Crystal pours sponges another strange looking oil on her hair pin and stores it back in her hair and she drags the three bodies into one of the bedrooms before looking around in it, then wedges the lock back into position to buy them at least some amount of time.
Then she drinks down one of her elixirs as they hole up in another room.
Crystal's blood soaks up some but only minimally as the crimson mist around her seeps into her skin and soothes some of the pain. "Ngh you should have taken me out when you had the chance, you won't get that chance again." vs OG and clumsy 1
vs OG and clumsy 1
vs OG and clumsy 1
Crystal holds her breath momentarily refusing to let the blood trickle out of her mouth in front of this foolish guard's face. She glares at them and flips her cape around herself, the red inner fabric briefly wrapping around her and veiling her body in a red haze of soothing blood colored mist.
"We must get rid of this one, their swings are more dangerous than the spells that pathetic priest can throw at us." And then she once again strikes twice at Yellow acting now in spiteful vengeance more than her usual chatty self. vs OG
Reaction: Will try Mirror's Trickery again if someone hits me.
Crystal feels herself growing lighter and kicks off the floor pushing up above the crowd.Thanks, Yuki. This should help me clear out the crowd a little more. Be right there, dear Sister Dianora. I hope you haven't missed me too much!" She flies up around to the far side of Yellow and lands softly, raising her two weapons at the guard. "Well my blade does weep for her twin's temporary disappearance but I suppose their baby sister will have to fill in for today." She tosses Stinger up flipping it while cutting with her saber, then catches it to stab forward as a follow up. vs OG thanks to Gang Up
still vs OG
Reaction if I am hit by a strike:Mirror's Trickery
Crystal looks around the corner at the now especially cramped hallway sighs and drops one of her sabers to the floor, then she sneakily hides behind the cover of the corner.
Then she leans around the corner and reaches up to her hair to grasp her small hair accessory, pulling out of the small bun of hair tied up over the flowing part of locks that she leaves down, and tosses the hair pin in one fluid motion. possibly vs OG
And then as it ceremoniously flies back into her hand she steps up and around the corner to be better positioned to throw Stinger at its fullest potential going forward.
Reaction if I am hit by a strike: Mirror's Trickery
Crystal leans around the corner at her current enemy guard. "You know, as much as I take pride in my appearance, I only wish to be seen when it's of my own volition. So really, this is your fault for peering upon my image without my permission. Didn't you learn that its bad manners to stare at someone?" She spins the blade in her hand closest to Blue and knocks his face with the blunt end of her sword, keeping him focused on Kimmich, and likely confused. "Unfortunately, I fear you're going to learn that lesson from me now, instead. And I'm quite the unforgiving teacher." And then she tries to spit up her nauseating bile right at his feet, knowing he can't jump away from it.
Then she cuts down the rude immobilized man with her sabers.
vs OG
vs OG
Opportune Backstab, you know the drill:
"Well that's not a very nice way to treat guests now, is it?"
vs off-guard thanks to Gang Up
vs off-guard
Opportune Backstab if an ally hits blue while its in my reach:
Crystal sees Yuki step in across from her and she gives a slight smirk before laying into the bird with her sawtooth saber.
She then twists her saber to aggravate the wound. And with a quick flick of her wrist, she spins her second saber into her hand with practiced grace and immediately swings twice more.
Reaction: Opportune Backstab if one of my allies hits a creature in my reach:
"Okay, bell done, tactical re-entry to assist." Crystal drops the empty bottle on the floor and runs back into position for the roc's return. She pulls out the first of her sabers and douses it with a stinging poisonous oil. "Have a taste of one of my latest brews."
"I'll take out their alarm while we have a chance." Crystal rushes out onto the balcony and races down to the bell, sliding down across the stone ground and pulls out a bottle of expanding foam that she bursts open on the wall of the bell, holding the ringer up against the wall and watching a thick gluey foam fills the space inside the bell, rendering its sound completely muted.
"Ah yes good you are some of the adlet guards we were informed about. Well you needn't shake us down with your control over the chills and mists of the land, we are merely aiding our lord in checking up on his security detail."
Crystal looks at them both. "I'm with Kimmich, grab the hatchet. Adamantine could always come in handy. I'll take the pan as well. It's not a favorite of mine but you never know when you'll run into werewolves..." She says the word werewolf bitterly as if they're a problem she has had in times prior. "But let's not dally, we need to find that bedroom." She quickly pushes the frying pan into one of her sleeves, disappearing it from sight.
Crystal gives the guards a curt nod and a salute before purposefully sauntering up the northeastern stairway.
Crystal thinks for a long moment and then shakes her head and puts her hands under her ears like a pillow to indicate the bedroom and points at the double doors slowly and quietly trying to shuffle up to them.
"I admit seeing in the dark is not my current specialty, so I will have to trust the lot of you to guide me if we try to be particularly clever with our nighttime cover. Aside from that I am quite ready to make our move though."
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