”Eh, its all part of the game! And we won, so turn those frowns upside down!” Princess Hot-bottom says as she flits between her teammates. ”Heal up your boo-boos and let’s keep exploring!”
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Princess Hot-bottom infuses her arrow with her fiery nature and lets fly at Gomwai! The hobgoblin dodges again!
Hot-bottom marks and fires on the same enforcer that Irekeek attacked, hitting him twice and leaving him flat-footed for her allies to take advantage of!
Princess Hot-bottom is similarly terrified. She squeaks and looks for a place to hide. "Wh-what do we do? Fight or flight?"
"I'll get it! Glitterdust!" shouts Princess Hot-bottom. She casts a spell, blanketing the room with glittering dust.
The spirit reappears in the same space, though it is still hazy and indistinct. "There! Get it!" The sprite fires off an arrow.
"Ouch! Eeek!" Hot-bottom shrieks as a barrel bounces off of her. She resists the ghost's scary appearence, though. Knowing her precision strikes won't be of much use against the ghost, she instead infuses her arrow with her magical flames and fires on the spirit!
The fire doesn't faze the ifrit fairy! She laughs as she fires an enchanted arrow at Rijana and follows up with a double shot!
All of the fairy's arrows miss! "Drat!"
Hot-bottom spends 500 gp on a flaming rune for her bow.
"Let's go!" Hot-bottom shouts. She marks Rijana and opesn fire. Her first shot finds her foe, and while her second misses, her final one scores a critical hit! The barrage leaves Rijana distracted and flat-footed.
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Princess Hot-bottom does a victory dance, shaking her little glowing rump. "We did it! We did it! All your base are belong to us!" Afterwards, she flits up into the air and nods enthusiastically. "Sure, let's hit the market! We found lots of treasures already. Somebody should slap that greater striking rune on their weapon, and we should make sure we're ready to fight tomorrow morning!"
"Hee hee! Nice work, team! Here, Princess, allow me to get the sand out of your wounds!" Hot-bottom conjures a soothing mist of positive energy around Irekeek.
"We still have to find two more here, plus the phoenix necklace," the spirte replies. "Where to next? South or east?"
"Let's go this way first," Princess Hot-bottom says, leading the way north. Prayer and meditation aids fill the chamber, including rows of candles, dozens of bells, and multiple singing bowls, many of which are scattered haphazardly about the floor. A single silver feather lies among the detritus. "This looks suspicious!" the sprite declared. Indeed, peering closer, she can sense the spiritual energies in the chamber. "Yes, it's haunted! I'm gonna run in there real quick and grab the feather. Be right back!" The ranger dashes forward. When she enters the room, the spirit of a monk appears and begins to channel powerful ki energy. Hot-bottom doesn't linger, grabbing the feather and rushing out of the room just before the monk unleashes a powerful kinetic storm! The storm seems to tear apart the monk's body and she disappears as the lightning crackles about the room for a few moments and dissipates. "Whee! That was fun! One feather down!"
Hot-bottom almost resists the poison breath, but not quite. Coughing and gagging, she empowers an arrow with fire and lets it fly!
It lodges harmlessly in the monster's thick hide!
Hot-bottom marks the monster before firing arrows at it!
"You said 'probably,' but it 'definitely' was one!" the sprite insists. She lets it drop, though, and holds up the arrow. "Sweet! Fire and ice! Let's go find something to shoot!"
"Uh, hello? It was a temple, or weren't you listening to Ingdani and Ahmitar?" Princess Hot-bottom says, poking at Nomi's calf. She walks over and picks up the magic arrow. "Ooh, this looks nice! Maybe you can cast a big-boom spell into it, so I can shoot somebody with it later?"
Princess Hot-bottom marks the next ghost and opens fire!
Princess Hot-bottom targets the closest ghost, firing two arrows into its body.
Hot-bottom shrugs. "Who cares? If they'll help us clear the temple, then slap those bad boys on your blades and let's get to ghost-busting!"
"Woo-hoo! Keep it up!" Hot-bottom shouts. She marks the other spider as she switches her aim, but this time, she fires hastily and her arrow goes wide.
"Yes! Fire! Fire! Fire!" Princess Hot-bottom cackles as Nomi's fireball envelops the spiders. She marks the more wounded of the pair, taking careful aim before firing an enchanting arrow right into its eye!
"Let me check it out," says Princess Hot-bottom. She casts a spell, transforming into a little, innocuous-looking lizard. She scuttles towards the webs, getting a closer look. After a few minutes, she comes back and returns to her glowing sprite form. "It looks like a dinosaur is stuck in the webs! A three-horns! Uh, triceratops. There are two enormous spiders on the roof of the temple, but I think they're asleep. We could try to sneak past them, but they'll notice if the webs are disturbed."
"None from me!" Princess Hot-bottom proclaims. The fiery sprite darts back and forth, gaping at all the structures in the distance. "We're here! We're finally here! This is amazing! We're gonna kick so much ass! Get all the silver feathers! Win the tournament! We can do it!" Her wings flutter as she leaps in the air and spins around, full of manic pixie energy!
"Let's go! I know the perfect place to drink and celebrate!" declares Princess Hot-bottom, doing aerial pirouettes around the party. She leads you to a tavern at the edge of the Witchmarket built inside the trunk of a giant, hollowed-out tree called the Oak and Dagger. Within, a dryad bartender serves drinks to the patrons of various and diverse ancestries. "Here's to us!" Hot-bottom declares, hoisting a comically oversized tankard before guzzling down its frothy contents.
The nereid crumples to the sand after Orchid lands two heavy blows to its head! Princess Hot-Bottom shifts her focus to the fire giant, firing an enchanting arrow into the giant's neck and narrowly missing her jugular! The giant staggers, nearly defeated.
The fire fairy marks the nereid and shoots him with an enchanting arrow!
Princess Hot-Bottom casts a spell, infusing an arrow with fire, then shoots it point blank into the troll's bulk!
Princess Hot-bottom blinks as everybody breaks off to attack different foes. ”Come on! The einherji is almost down! Focus fire!” she shouts. Unfortunately, the warrior deflects all of the arrows the tiny sprite sends at her.
Princess Hot-bottom leaps aside, evading the lightning bolt. A bit shaken by the troll's roar, she marks the einherji as her chosen foe. She nocks an arrow, infusing it with enchanting power as she lets it fly!
"You proved yourselves to me, but now we all have to prove ourselves to the Lantern King!" says Hot-bottom. "As I said before, we have to best his current champions to secure our place as his new ones!"
"Well, then, no time to waste! Let's go!" Princess Hot-bottom leads you away from the market and along a well-trod dirt road. The scenery here in the First World is bright and vibrant, the colors just a bit too bright, the sounds of chirping birds just a bit too clear. The rolling hills around you seem to fly by even though you are walking at a normal pace. Soon enough, a small arena rises up to greet you. The fiery sprite darts off ahead, and by the time you catch up to her again, she's already nodding and shaking hands with a wide-eyed brownie. "Okay, we're all set for the tryouts! Eat this cake--it will revitalize your bodies and minds! Just give the word when you're ready and we'll get things started!" The fey offers you each a plate with a delicious-looking slice of cake on it!
Princess Hot-Bottom squeaks and flutters away from Orchid. "I didn't clobber her! The monster did! But I'll heal her if it will make you feel better!" The fairy conjures healing mist around Akira!
"I can neither confirm nor deny that releasing the doprillu was a test," Hot-bottom giggles. "But I am a member of the Lantern King's court! He's gathered together a bunch of oddballs as a potential team to enter into this year's tournament, but I wanted to gather a group of even odder balls to challenge them! If the five of us can beat them, then we'll take their place as the Eldest's team of choice! Then we can fight in the tournament, and we can win!"
"Wow! What a fight! What a fight!" comes a chipper voice from above. A tiny, winged woman flitters down from the sky and sits on the edge of a nearby tent, looking down at you. The sprite's body glows like a torch, emanating a warm, orange light. Her skin is a pinkish hue, and her bright red hair wavers and flickers like flames. She wears scant, wispy clothes, but a comically oversized bow is strapped to her back. "Not many can go toe-to-toe with a doprillu and live to tell the tale! You may be just what my liege is looking for. I'm Princess Hot-Bottom! How would you all like to try out to compete in the Ruby Phoenix Tournament?" |