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This is translated by Decidio as her sister is communicating now telepathically. "She says the circle is Real; old; active but not on; waiting, she is looking; the snakes come; many; all of them, 13 in each group of 7; we are the eight arm. I must go to my Sister; she cannot hold that many...Wait a few moments, then run through; we will hold them. You must abandon us here; we will hold them until you finish this thing; if we are lost; remember our sacrifice; if we can escape we will, Lord Astinos; you must lead; all of you must be touching him." She appear next to her sister; they reveal their true forms and tap directly into the Dark God and channel his Power; True Absolute Darkness radiates out from them and they stand in the Heart of Darkness; anyone with Arcane Sight can see the Radiance of the Grand Star of Chaos Light up with powerful ancient runes. What does the party do?
"No my Sister, do not do this thing; it is to much"
"We can perhaps do better than that Sir Knight, if you ask it of us; but ask you must. It is within our power to have you see, so to speak, much like the creature does. An imperfect choice; but you will be able to sense anything, or have a chance to, that in contact with the ground. It will cost you a little being a bit painful at first and some disorientation as you adapt, but will let you fight and sense things within 30 feet of you. Many creatures in the Underdark have this sense and use it well; it is how Durr could sense things through the wall, perhaps he could help you make sense of it. We can also find you a gnome, eventually, to restore your sight. No healer can do this, though you have damage; the loss of your sight is more than a wound, and those closest who can fix this are gnomes; but perhaps the Arch Magus Fystor can do it as well." <this comes from both the girls taking turns, said frankly and with much kindness and standing close and touching you> Fox; you would be able to hear this conversation.
"True sister; but perhaps needed to many creatures now await us here; I feel some 30 living on the other side of Kosan and two undead." (10)
Aborts digging and grabs Astinos in a hug and begins to glow in a firey aura. (13..12)
Neither I nor my sister can see through this rock either; though we have some limited skill at seeing Aahz's moving pictures and other spaces.
helps dig you out. "this cave in will not kill my sister, nor lack of food or breath though I doubt she relishes the thought of being entombed next to Mage Kenembi as his body rots away next to her. It is not my intention to be so graphic, M'Lord, but that is the course this will take if some action is not taken. Same as I will exist here long after you three perish if we do not find that which sustains you.
perception roll for Astinos; Caerwyne and Kosan please.
<ok; gm is mixed up on which girl is which again; lol, I think this one is helping Astinos get Kosan into the Tunnel.
"yes, Choose that we see clearly; let Kenembi embrace this for as the Jewel has stated; that which is Bound; is not longer Bound but Sleeping now in restless slumber; touching our world; we must have a sense of it, yet removed from IT.
"Acceptable Sister; if He survives there is Hope in Sacredfice"
"No Sister, I see the Convergence clearly; we are in the right of it; this task of these chosen mortal must not fail, we obey and proceed; fear not little sister, we stand not alone, where there is Darkness there is Hope; Those that prey in darkness now fear the Dark, and the Light moves with us, it is only the Between that I cannot see"
"They always have been Sister, yet now we are aligned with true Power; they fear us."
<directly to Astinos>
"If he comes alone, we will be beneath his notice and live; pray he comes alone, better yet; pray he doesnt come at all"
"I believe she said Contact; not call or summon; and you know how these royal families can be, might be days before he gets the message if she must talk to so many toadies beforehand; and from what I understand about her father; he may not even understand the message, really; I doubt many of us even exist to him with any other worth than the rubble we stand upon; really, do you think if he gave any thought to her she would be here, and be so unprotected? She is toy the family dangles in front of others; a dare; nothing else; nothing of consequence to them; only to us. This is as it has been for millenia among the Drow; and not much different with other elfs; just not as arrogantly obvious. But, in the advent that her father does come, I suggest none of you make any hostile motions; movements or even speak or look at him. He is without compassion, without remorse and could easily kill us all in seconds; but we would probably not be so lucky. With a word he could summon vast forces and change the battle above us. His desires seems to be to end all reality as we know it and remake it into a mad wonderland of horror and pain. His mind is diseased and he is quite mad, but vastly powerful; keenly intelligent and the Lords of the Abyss listen when he speaks; but it is not him who is to be feared; but he whom he owes alliagance; Dont your remember the lae in the poem; "The Four Horsemen come..." and so on; but ends " and Hades comes behind" This is not in reverence to the Greek God Hades; but the Chosen Emissary of the Prince of the Abyss; which prince I do not know as I have been imprisoned for thousands of years; but I bet that prince we met at dinner could have told us had you all not been so rude."
"My Lord; I bid you stop; pour the holy water upon the corpes; delay their transformation"; these other items are not very strong; you may destroy them by mundane means; cut them; burn them; marr their surface; I suggest you pour salt into the dead snake mages and shamans mouth; and as much as you can on and around the bodies. Speak the most powerful prayers of blessing you know; each of you; hurry or all may be lost, Prince Llvenoc; where are you going; do not abandon us yet again; I bid you; play the most blessed beautiful song you know; it will lull any spying snakes to stupor and help hold back this Evil."
"I suggest you not attempt to use them if you desire your soul to remain pure; if you still have one that is; My Lord Astinos; These artifacts they gather; all of human, elf, and halfling bones, skin and sinue; all radiate palatable evil I am sure; bound in the darkest rites of evil; yet they not rest next to that vile sword with Kosan, in near proximity, surely M'lord, this will call to its own; bode evil. I warn thee My Lord; cast not your heart piercing gaze upon these corpses lest your mind be destroyed; that evil is that of the first mistake of creation; older even than any of your known human gods save Tholth and Frey; and the elder Elven and Orkish dieties. This be a Prime Evil beyond us Kojan and Fystor should be notified as well as the Emperor."
Decidio lithefully follows Astinos on his charge; she has her hand on the center of his back during the charge and attempts Empathic Fire. Astinos; warm and invigoration flow through you; you can feel her very close to you with a spiritual fire. In game terms; you may take part of the to hit roll you made and convert it to hit points to heal yourself, thus what she is doing is taking part of your passion and zeal and reinvigorating you body, but it all by your choice. You rolled far above what you need to hit; so you get to play the guessing game of how much to convert to hps; you could convert all of it if you wish; or just one point; all completely your choice.
"Be Strong! Be Faithful! You shall not fail! I foretell true! you are not Fated to Die here! Thank the Blessed Egg. <Catches the Shamman in eye contact; Uses her gaze attack and locks the Shaman in place until he makes a will save; he failed this round; but was a near thing> This shaman is no simpleton; I cannot hold him for long!"
"Fires Of Creation! That is the Weave of Pustulant Anapthae; like a stinking cloud but much much worse." She gestures and weaves and undulates and the PB wizard cries out a harsh bark. "Ha, he wont weave that one again this day, but I cannot do this again either; I fear I have attracted to much notice already, pure hearts and a quick blade can win this day"
yes, potent magic of the fae
yes; some species to tend to go on and on about it; in detail; as if we were interested.
init 7
Do you think there will be that much sand? I have never been buried before, should I be frightened?
"I am confused; did you not ask us to work with you Kosan; and for Goodman Caer to "get through the wall?" and us to help?
Oh; we want to get through the wall? Durr; you have a pick; if we all work at it I am sure we can pull it down pretty fast; is that what you want?
As you say sister mine, it could turn down a hallway before it gets to us, we shall endevor to watch it; it appears a boiling cloudlike mass of darkness moving very slowly. It is still some 200ft or so away, but coming from Hecate's area can you see it Prince Llvenoc? Spoiler:
for those in the ABQ area that need a hook up; my daughter is now taking orders for Girl Scout Cookies till Thurday Morning; yes a shameless plug; and no; they are not made of real girl scouts <ponder>
"I see something moving up ahead of us at the edge of my vision some 230 ft ahead, but I cannot make out what it is, if we are doing something; we should do it fairly soon"
Kenembi, can you make one of those mage shelters like Magus do; Leomunds shelter or like that, Fystor is known to make them all the time or you Kosan; do you have an Iron Tower like your legendary brother?
<Blushes>
Well, dear sister; as non combatants i suppose we are not important to the order, thus I will stand with Astinos; perhaps I can advise lest we gain overmuch trouble.
Dom; do not touch that door! My Lord; that door seeks to eat his soul with powerful negative energy; only one warded should proceed; ah; now I see why the Wize Baelinor had chosen a cleric of this pantheon to attend. I have seen something like this before; fall to that door and you will serve the door as a guardian for evermore. Beware my comrades! Kalona
Spoiler:
with your special vision; you also can see the tendril like fingers of death full of negative energy reaching from the door as Dom gets closer to search for traps and a opening device. Dom
Spoiler: so far you have not touched the door; but you do see a couple figures on the door that seem odd; like the priest figure says a prayer; looks like some scratches are there like his hands move; then you probably lower the dead wrapped figure into the coffin and slide the door closed; looks like some small scratches there as well; other scratches on the door seem less used and weathered; they are probably traps; your fairly certain this has been used quite a bit and is probably the trick to open the door; how to get around touching it; looks like turning, poking and sliding is needed; hard to do without touching the door even with special tools; you admire the craftsmenship...
to Astinos
<to Aahz>
Turns to Astinos after looking at the map: "The Child's plan has merit; the three of us could probably survive freeing her head, if you could free her legs. It is my thought that she is probaby about 30 or so feet tall; it is said the Greek gods are the size of Titans." "know that if we do this plan and I fall, my Lord, I did it because you asked me to and for no other reason, and thus we would be bound and your loving call could return me from whence I am stolen if I fall in this battle" <turns to Aahz>
so, you want us to fly you in there naked as a jaybird, carrying you between us and land on her shoulders while you call your siblings; am I hearing you right <incredulous>
<squeezes Astinos hand>
<turns to Astinos>
<turns to the Fox Masked Mage and the Rogue>
"this should be interesting" she says in a fairly flat voice; sits closer to Astinos and puts her head on his shoulder while looking to Kenembi to relate a story. Astinos reflexively, in a chaste manner, puts his arm around her waist, she snuggles a bit closer. They both watch Kalona expectantly.
Astinos
Spoiler: its no problem for me though it may be for others, I will try to keep it under control
Mi'lord Astinos, I believe this place would be a difficult seige; very difficult to sneak around in with so many tracking devices and alert guards, I believe Master Ronin knows his craft well. He seems careful enough to live yet a while longer; most in his situation are usually assassinated by their own captains; curious way to live.
"how can I help? are we leaving. It seems out is no safer than inside, my sister tells me that the skies above the arena are filled with hundreds if not thousands in aerial battles, the Twisted Ones vs vampires, spectres and gargoyles. She predicts that with the arrival of this foglike creature; the Twisted Ones will seize control of this arena in but a few more minutes.
<winks at Kenembi>
<looks whistful>
<looking pensive> anything more, with unexpected results like that might well kill us. <she chuckles; a sexy chuckle to be sure from a stunningly beautiful woman>
hmm, something is amiss; I feel otherplanular creatures nearby that were not there before; lots of them; a small horde.
My Lord! she gasps...that was....different; I feel things I have not felt before. That should not have happened; what happened, what was that? <her face is a bit red; little bit of sweat on the brow, she too is a bit out of breath>
Keep your coat as your metal armor will chill you to the bones; I am not as suceptable to cold nor fire...nor many other things... that you are, that is, those fully human, than I. I see that ice is forming on your armor; rime upon your shield, at this rate we may be frozen solid if we do not move from this place. It would appear those outside have a short reprieve from our enemies, but that too is but illusion of confidence. Are you cold, it is not unmanly to be cold; you have but to look into my eyes and hold me; give yourself over to that which is between us; shine like the sun with depth of feeling and thus dispel this glamour of ice. Perhaps you have other ideas; what say you Lord Astinos? No choice is without danger. <she cocks her head and looks deep into your eyes inquireingly>
in mindlink too [seems normal to me, life is full of choices the more you make, the more conveluted things become unless you hold very true and close your desires in your heart; you may become lost. Are you to be blown this way and that by the winds of destiny or will you keep a true course my dear Paladin?]
hmm, methinks there are many seals; but only one goddess and one ritual in this time and place; we should save her lest they have a seal from some other source or something of equal value. I say to the Goddess and save this seal for another time. Besides; Bob is the greatest evaluator of relics known; he can access the trophy and tell us if it is the real deal or not. Will you do this Master Bob; please.
So kind of you to notice Sir Stlithyfiss Fireheart, Duke of Amoloth Plains; it is a kindness to me eyes to see you again; how goes the game.
did Thoronhen get us tickets?
I would see this game <looks at Astinos>
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