Fi stands beside Devie, ready to slice and dice.
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"I must admit that I am not quite as effective at long range as I am up close and personal. How much of that do you think you can handle? "" Thinking about a plan, she adds ""I can turn someone invisible or perhaps make an illusory decoy if it helps.""
Turning to look at Devie, Fi nods. "It's also frequently used to separate the head from the body."
Fioralba reaches out and puts a reassuring hand on Triel's back, her shoulder proving to be far to high for her to comfortably reach. "Nonsense. You've had great success in the past with it. Don't be so hard on yourself."
Fioralba keeeps at it, but decides a little bit of electricity is in order. She casts her shock spell while swinging her blade towards the target.
Fi should easily know what this is ...
Except, no, she has no freaking idea. "Ah. I see the craziness hasn't changed since I've been away. We're now being ambushed by frescos." This lady with the falchion seemed to know what she was doing, so Fi lets the bold woman charge ahead while deftly pivots opposite her and lashes out with scimitar.
"Loss? What? No. She's fine I mean, no she's not fine, but she's still alive, of course. I mean. She was when I left her." Her gaze drifts off as she starts to worry about her sister again. It had been extremely difficult to leave her to come here and she'd only been able to make it this far by not thinking about it too much. She shakes her head side to side as if the physical act will clear her head of bad thoughts and feelings. "Elanna is still ill, but she's recovering. She just needs a little longer to recover. "I tried to stay with her until she was well enough to return, but she insisted I come back to make sure you all were safe." Turning to look at Hope, Fi adds "She was particularly concerned about not being here for you."
To Triel, the magus responds with a half-hearted attempt at concealing her true feelings. "Alright, I guess. I'm very conflicted being here without Ela. But. I am." She runs her hands through her hair and turns to the oracle as she speaks, trying to understand what she means. Fi tilts her head slightly like a confused cat at Devie's response. "What? Body parts in the picture? That's impossible. You see... " She shakes her head and says "Nevermind. I know I missed a few things while I was seeing my sister off. I suppose it will al make sense soon."
Fioralba identifies the figure is the demon lord Baphomet, but doesn't see a need to share the information aloud.
The magus looks back and forth between Triel and "The door", but doesn't see it either. "Triel, that is a painting, not a door."
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Taking note of how badly Triel was cut up, Fi knows they need to bring this thing down quickly. She pivots to flanking with her sister and tries to bury her blade into the terror. +
While not as bold as Ruby, Fioralba moves towards the spider queen, or whatever it is. She tries to swing at it, but she slips on her approach and fumbles the last few steps forward.
"There is nothing normal about this place." Fioralba responds, moving up alongside the others. Fi studies the creatures as she moves, trying to identify them.
"Undead again." Fi groans. "It would seem appropriate. Let's press on and hope that this doesn't occur." She does not volunteer to go first.
Fioralba looks to Screaming Moon and says "Thank you for getting me out." Looking back to Triel who is still locked up, she says "I'd be wary leaving Triel here, Moon. What about breaking them out? Can we bust that open?" She turns to study the runes further, trying to ascertain what is required here to pass this obstacle.
Fioralba stops and turns to study the runes. "I can try. One moment." Picking up her spellbook, Fioralba flips through for a moment before settling on two. "Ah, yes. These will do nicely." Looking back at her group she says "Prepare yourselves." and turns to cast the spells accordingly.
Fioralba nods to Moon, "I agree. We will let him how. One false move however, we ..." Fi doesn't finish her statement as she has a flashback to earlier. She had intended to say that they would put him back into the cage until later, but she knows how that idea would be received by her group. "... deal with it." she settles on, turning away from her allies.
Wary of releasing the tentacle-man, she holds out her scimitar towards him and says "You saw what we just did to that thing. Know that the same can easily be done to you should you have any thoughts of crossing us."
Satisfied that her spell works, she stands a little bit taller with a smirk on her face as she leads the way down the path. That all fades quickly when the horrors of this room emerge "What the hell is this place?!" she gasps just before the things start to grab at her.
Fi manages to wrestle her way free from the Melted, gasping as she moves away from the horror of hands.
'I cannot scald it, but I can try shocking it." Fioralba responds to her sister. "Let's. Try. Thissssssssss." Focusing on the northern door, she reaches out her hand and casts Shocking Grasp.
Relaying the information to the others, she explains the summoning circle as well as "And this gemstone is designed to server a magical key of sorts." Looking back, she says "Let's take this gemstone and try it in the indentation in the other room." As they walk, she ponders "Though I wonder. The one gate is smashes terribly, so it clearly was forced open. This gem still rested back there, so it's unlikely that where we traverse next has been utilized in some time."
Fi surveys the room, but sets her sights on the glowing circle, moving towards it cautiously. "There's something here, hold on . . . " she says, studying it.
"...alright, what in the Nine Hells was THAT?" "It was a chaos beast, a creature known to change forms without purpose or reason." Fioralba agrees with Screaming Moon and nods, "Let's continue."
Fi doesn't worry that Ruby's toss was mediocre and that it may very well end up in the water. Instead, she dashes and leaps over the water to land opposite of Ruby. Once she hits, she swings her blade into the creature.
Fi nods to Moon's plan. "Works for me. Prepare for the worst." she says, readying her blade in one hand.
Pointing to the statue, Fi comments "The idol is a depiction of a human infected by Gholz, a long-dead qlippoth lord associated with unlawful intrusions and magical lures. No depiction of Gholz itself survives to this day, but hints of its shape could be seen in the bodies of those he infected and corrupted." She takes a moment to consider the options for them. "I cannot fathom that it is so simple. Either the statue will come alive or taking the gem will trigger some other type of trap." Fioralba casts detect magic, sweeping the area.
"Not constructs!" Fioralba yells out a little too late.
Fi studies the mosaics before commenting on them.
"Thank you." Fioralba says, putting her hand gently on Screaming Moon's forearm after he helps restore her life. "That was brutal." She then sets about the long and tedious process of arranging all of the papers that slashed her. Once it's complete and Premm disappears, Fioralba sighs and shakes her head "Well that did not go as I had planned. Here I was thinking I was so smart in speaking his native tongue that we could get some useful information from him without trouble." Holding up the scroll with notes on the Gauntlet, she looks to the west wall and asks "Are we ready to undertake this Gauntlet now? Does anyone need to rest first? I can only imagine this will be a taxing activity and we should be at our best."
Fioralba screams as the paper shreds her body, slumping to the floor in a bloody mess after it vanishes.
Stepping forward, Fioralba studies the man, looks at the plaque and makes a decision to address the pale man in Thassilonian "Excuse me, Mr. Premm. I'm terribly sorry to interrupt, as you do seem like a busy man, but my friends and I are on a time-sensitive task and we would appreciate a few moments of your time."
Either through her irritation at how she had just been treated by her allies or through her fascination with information and knowledge, Fioralba insists that they take the time to inspect the volumes on the floor. She begins to meticulous collect and organize the papers the best she can, shrugging off complaints about moving on or hurrying up.
Fioralba is genuinely surprised that Screaming Moon kills Viralane. She doesn't flinch when the woman is stabbed, but she stares at the dying woman and blinks a few times before turning back to the shaman. When he comments on her behavior, something in her words is not well received. She tilts her head slightly and raising her pointer finger as she says "Careeeeeful, my friend. Do not take my actions as squeamishness. Surely you recall the dozens of times I am standing toe to toe with our enemies and never having I hesitated in my actions?"[/]b Looking down at the dead woman, she adds [b]"I care nothing for Viralene, she was a stain on humanity and I will not weep for her death. She chose her own fate." She reaches out to take the blade and states "The moral fiber that runs through your bodies obviously is different than my own." Fi is about to say more when Triel speaks, causing the magus to turn and listen to the drow. Sighing, she shakes her head back and forth "I do not understand the point of view you are all taking here. You all speak as if I intended to lobby for mercy for her or that I intended to arrest her. None of this has been spoken by me and you all seem to have it in your head that I'm choosing actions over our task." Sheathing her blade and looking sternly between Triel and Moon, she says "Understand me now. I have done and will continue to do what needs to be done to protect my own and those around me. These are matter of record and the fact that my loyalty is being questioned here is incredibly frustrating."
Fioralba looks up at Moon and frowns "Alright. Here." she says, handing her scimitar out to Moon, holding it carefully by the blade so it's easier for him to pick up. "Go ahead and kill the defenseless, unconscious woman who is currently unable to injure you or anyone else. Just go ahead and kill her then if you are so worked up about it." She looks him in the eyes and says "She has been defeated and there is no current threat. But if you believe she should not live, I will defer to your past aggressions in ending her life."
"She got away then?" Fi asks, searching the area disappointed. The last person that Fioralba wants to assist is Viralane, but she says to Ruby "Give me a hand." and drags her body to the wall where they can bind her like her unconscious companion. Afterwards, she moves to inspect the volumes with Triel, taking note of the marked passage. "Well she is going to have a hard time running a gauntlet alone without her team."
Scimitar still in hand, Fioralba relaxes into a pose and readies to strike their enemies when they come running towards them. Looking to Screaming Moon, she nods "Do it." As he casts, she says to the others "I'm afraid your words ring hollow, Viralane. Not only did you abuse our trust, but we went out of our way to help you and you still stabbed us in the back. I'm afraid your quest ends today, here and now."
Fioralaba knows all about Retrievers! Nodding to the man, she says "Thank you. Now. What to do with you. I'm afraid there are no good options for you here. The best I can offer you is to leave you tied up here and hope that we live long enough. Turn around so I can tie your hands." As he turns around, Fi smacks him hard on the back of his head with the flat of her blade and knocks him back out.
Fioralba grins at Triel's quick work and moves to the fighter and says "Look. They all wanted to let you die, but I convinced them that you had useful information that you wanted to share with us. So we stopped you from bleeding out and brought you back. Unless you start telling us everything your group knows as quickly as you can, we're going to put those holes back in your body and let you resume dying. The more detail the better. Time is of the essence."
Frowning at Ruby's statement, Fi says "While I don't disagree with you, there is a distinct difference between butchering an animal that can only understand one thing and a human being who has the intelligence to speak." Fioralba wipes her blade off on the dying man's body and says to Moon "It seems a waste to simply let him die when we could at least ask him information about what he knows first? Why don't you save him and ask him about his companions and what they know. Then if you want to kill him again Ruby, he's all yours."
Moving into flanking, Fi takes note of the tremendous strength Ruby puts behind her attack and declares "Oh my Gods Ruby, are you trying to butcher the poor man? Such ferocity!" She then reaches out to tickle their foe with a delicate flick of her wrist that sends her scimitar slicing into him. + Touch of Fatigue DC14
Not wanting to expend any serious magic on the injured man, Fi tries to slice him without getting in the way of her allies. + Touch of Fatigue DC14
Fioralba examines the fabric and confirms, "Definitely belonged to Viralane." Looking at Moon, Fi nods. "I concur. We are behind them and thus we should follow their movements until it is determined that it is the incorrect path. I say we go east."
Fi misses the entire conversation on pricks because she is absolutely engrossed in the ten book set. "I need a moment." she says in a distracted tone, waving in the the groups general direction. She sets down on the ground and begins to flip through the book, slowly, attempting to soak it all in. When someone mentions it's time to go, she shoos them off without looking up "In uh, in a minute. Just a minute."
Fioralba takes note of everyone searching through the sack and loot and asks "Anything of value or interest we should be aware of?" To Screaming Moon she frowns and shakes her head, "Multiple secret doors sounds unlikely, but not unheard of. I agree, let's doubleback and head south. " She adds "Keep your eyes open on the way back for things we missed."
Fioralba turns to Triel and nods twice before raising her hand to hide her return whisper of "Indeed. I'm not sure what to do about it."
After it's explained what's going on, Fioralba looks to her sister and asks "Are you going to deactivate it permanently or shall we press on?"
Fioralba reaches out and places a reassuring hand on Triel's hip, "Thank you for putting your body in harm's way. Your dedication to this mission is impressive." As Moon scans, so does Fio. "I'm not picking up anything here." After a look to Elanna that it's safe to proceed, she nods in agreement and says "Let's press on."
It's okay Hope, you're moment will come. Here, give Elanna a hug and all will feel better.
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I noticed that while both the kukri and the falcata have the same basic idea curved blade with the sharp side on the inside curve. They follow different trends with their crit range. The kukri having 1x-20 x2 and the falcata having |