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Hello all... I apologize for this, but my life has changed dramatically in the past 12 months and I simply cannot allot even the small amount of time the PbP format requires. It was my pleasure gaming with you all at the virtual table and I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Thank you for your hospitality and creativity :)
Seeing half of her dogs cut down so quickly makes Karri a bit nervous, but Legion is ever willing. Send more to the slaughter!. Her screams add to the cacophany or barking and baying as she pulls more of her tainted blood Karri sends in another fiendish hound.
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Elated and anxious, Karri unleashes Legion. The infernal hounds bay as they slam into the skelton.
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"Should Legion go first, clear the way a bit?"
Karri pulls out a copper coin and casts Light "Will this do?"
Karri tenses expecting, if not hoping, this will turn from banter to the violence rising under the surface.
"Let us take a look."
"We'd like to have you around when we are done here, Kitten." Karri tries to smile, but her nagging worries about Laori and Scream make it a fleeting thing at best. I don't know him, but he seemed to see things... a certain way. "Shall we begin or, do we have other plans?"
"I am pretty sure Scream is not in good hands." Karri sniffs, but does not elaborate.
Karri frowns deeply at Laori's words. She debates with herself about saying something and then after Nalun and Demitri speak their minds, "But you don't laugh only at your own pain. You inflict it on others then laugh. I have experience with sadists, and unless your victim is a masochist, there is nothing healthy about wanting to hurt people."
Legion's voice booms out, "Kill any you catch." The two Dretches scramble after the thugs hoping to catch any stragglers. Once the demons race away Karri reasserts control, her body heaving with the effort. She wipes away a trickle of vomit and closes her eyes. Her voice is ragged, but her own, "Please, stop the screaming!
Karri moves across the room as Legion drags another one of its own from her flesh. Hurling the bead of contagion across the room another Dretch manifests standing on the opposite side of the 'emperor'. Both dretches attack in a wave of snarling curses. for
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Karri steps into the passageway, her limbs moving almost like she is a marionette. Once in the hall, she again reaches into herself and pulls forth something the party has not seen. Oh, yes, bring this one into your world. You need it's strength... The tainted glob of Legion is hurled past Boule and into the next room. It hits the opposite wall with a wet *splorch*. The form rises up, a short but corpulent stain of corruption, that then waddles into the main room. As it goes it lets loose a foul belch, and the room is filled with the odors of the Abyss' rot.
Karri doesn't seem to notice Lyla's jibe. Instead she is focused on keeping Legion in check. "Fools playing with fire." She turns and looks directly at Laori, "This is Legion!" Her glowing eyes flare as she moves aside her robes and plunges a hand into her gut. Karri's scars swarm and merge to where her hand has dug in as she fights to grab the essences she needs.
A booming inhuman echo rises from Karri, "Let it begin. We will drag his soul into the Abyss and chew his sinew and bones for all eternity!" Karri pulls up her sleeves and her scars respond to her touch, surging and longing to be pulled out and into the world. Her raised hands curl into claws and a haze begins forming around her now green glowing eyes.
In a small echoing whisper, "We would prefer it, too!"
Legion cries out, and Karri barely muffles them, as the guards tuck their tales and back out. As the guards cast down their eyes, Karri whispers to Demitri, "Once in this emperor's presence, will we banter, or just kill him and be done?"
Blood is best Legion's voice croaks from Karri's throat. Let us join this slaughter
"Legion is coming." Karri returns her attention to holding back the Abyssal energy.
Karri waits. Her netvousness is palpable. She turns to Laori, "Before Legion comes I wanted to tell you this is what I fear. And thank you for listening." With that Karri turns away and lets Legion's tide begin to come up in her blood.
"I can't answer that. Maybe because the Devil's would have demanded more in return? Demons only want destruction. Trust me, that's all I hear. Flame and lies."
"No, he was killed. Not by my hand, but I was there when my master was slain. I helped." Karri doesn't go so far to say who did the deed.
Am I glad someone is so direct? Karri frowns in distaste when Laori asks her bold qeustion. But, Legion is silent...What, no mockery? Assured that their silence speaks volumes, Karri takes a risk and answers with a blunt honesty. "These are more than scars. They are the demons I was given in order to make me a more suitable vessel for another's power." She holds her arm out, and says, "Watch" Her arm trembles for a moment as Laori watches, then Karri begins thinking of her ever loyal hounds and the scars on her arm begin to writhe, pushing outward. She drops her arm and her sleeve falls back into place. "The scars are my connection, my conduit to pulling the abyss from my flesh." Karri looks down for a moment, knowing that she never told anyone this much, but of all the people she has ever met, no one could understand. Except Laori. She bore her own scars, and maybe there was something she could teach the elf. You don't really want these terrible marks.
"To be honest, I look forward to it." Karri looks around at her friends before explaining. "We were brought together to help Korvosa. This emperor is anything but good for Korvosa. I think bloodshed is the answer, and if some are squeamish about it, then they are fools." Suddenly, the dream of holding an ivory handled knife returns and she falls silent.
Seeing everyone's discomfort, Karri turns away, muttering, "Nothing."
Karri sees the end of Laori's display and is disgusted by it. She has felt the pain Laori seems to be seeking and is sickened that someone would seek such mortification. It's not as if I asked for what I got, is it? Kasdaye takes a moment to mock her discomfort, A bit dishonest, aren't you Karri? You love the power your scars give you and you resent this other fleshling for seeking the same path. Karri blurts out, "No! It's not the same thing! If you say so, fleshling.
Karri is updated! Went with Combat Casting for utility and simplicity. Demitri, I like your point about the demons all being in her head (even when they clearly are not...) and I didn't want the extra layer of work for Dragon in regards to running/personality of Kasdaye. :) Lyla, Karri's equipment is accurate (or should be) mostly she just saved up and bought a few goodies (Headband and Gloves ;) )
Karri has Andi's cloak. Karri will be taking Black Fire Adept, the Standard Action summons is hard to resist. :) But feats...
I am open to other suggestions, too. I will publish a new Karri soona
Caster issues. We have gone over the binary AC issues, that is Karri's AC will never be a dependable source of protection. Weapons? Not worth investing into. She won't be using it anyway... Basically, if it doesn't bump CHA or something like that it is not really iseful. Items that would buff her summons would be good too.
Nalun has a super sweet rapier, though...
How does Ortik make himself comfortable with anyone he meets? Karri offers her hand, "Karri". After the handshake she pulls back her hand, feeling awkward.
"Somehow I doubt we were going to leave him enthroned." Karri shrugs, "A larger Lamm, nothing more."
Karri follows the party inside. Without being prompted she finds the painting. With Legion locked away, for now, They are so much easier to control if I let them out now and then..., the painting feels... Known. Staring at it, Karri misses the conversation behind her as tears begin sliding down her cheeks.
Karri sends the elementals after the man with an almost negligent wave of her hand. "End him."
Karri smirks at the man facing Demitri. Her echoing voice, "Last chance to flee Legion before you are dragged to the Pit!"
The lightning elentals continue to discharge electricity into the thugs. for for for
Legion laughs in a echoing chorus emanating from Karri's throat. She crawls forward and asserts herself, though her voice is a mere squeak, "She's trying to heal Nalun!" Legion rushes back up and gets more bloody work. She closes in on Demitri, her hand out stretched. She grabs his sleeve and transfers some Legion's essence into to former guardsman. She hisses, Blessed are the servants!
The elementals swarm about, punishing the thugs. Two mass around the man on the stairs, zapping and popping from both sides. for
Karri bides her time, glaring at the elf caster, Show me something new, fleshling! Legion clamors for release but Karri holds them in check.
Karri ends her incantation a pulls forth a trio of thuder clouds. With almost preternatural speed they slam into her enemies. The first smashes into the man closest to Karri, driving tge man to the ground in a shower of sparks.
Her second fiend comes into reality on tge other side of the broken front window. Its tendrils of lightning stroke the black clad elf's chain, arcing electricity into her hands causing them to spasm and blister.
The final elemental turns the man in the middle into a dancing chicken. The lightning rides the man ever closer to tge building.
Karri tries not to scream through clenched teeth as she begins to pull the Hounds from her flesh.
"Yes!" Karri shouts in a voice not entirely her own. She begins chanting and the process of reaching in.
Her eyes flashing luminous green and her breath fogging before her, Karri lets Kasdaye speak through her.
"We will know when we get to this artist." But his work does sound delightful, no?
No coincidences. Only traps.
"Before we run off, we should probably destroy Vencarlo's confession. It can't come to any good if it's discovered." Oh, clever. Cover your tracks. We don't want to get caught!
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