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"Yes, let's see what it will take." Stelle agrees.
Stelle stops gathering mummy debris as a thought occurs to her. "Florence, could it be that the mask just wants that, and that it would be a bad thing possible to put that mask on the mummy?"
Stelle gathers up the shredded bits of Hakotep and assists the others. "It's odd to me, that to stop the undead from -- undead regeneration? -- that we have to put his Ka ridden mask on him in his tomb."
Round 7, Init 3 Stelle can't quite see what is happening to HetKaoshu because Zilchus and the mummy are in the way, but she knows it can't last for much longer. She quietly takes advantage of Florence's proximity while lining herself up for another charge. She takes a standard to:
"Watch out, Zilchus! That one is really full of Haboob!" Status:
Stelle: Hits: 51/91 Annie: Hits: 30/110 (-20 Meteor) (4.5 x HD +Con) HetKaoshu: Hits: 27/172 Stelle AC: 31 Anubis AC: 30 CMB: +20 (BAB,+Str, -Halfling) CMD: 33 (-Halfling) Buffs: Hero Saves:
Challenge: 2/6
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Ow! OWw! OWWW! He grunts louder as the Sheild's vicious, mean and unfair blows rain down upon him, and on each blow he crunches down on Hakotep even harder.
Stelle shrieks, knocking the sand off of her face. "You'll pay for that!" She charges Hakotep.
Status:
Stelle: Hits: 51/91 Annie: Hits: 30/110 (-20 Meteor) (4.5 x HD +Con) HetKaoshu: 112/172 Stelle AC: 31 Anubis AC: 30 CMB: +20 (BAB,+Str, -Halfling) CMD: 33 (-Halfling) Buffs: Hero Saves:
Challenge: 2/6
This fun! HetKaoshu snorts.
HetKaoshu beams at his new mistress, and if HetKaoshu had lips, it would smile very very broadly to show everyone (who can see, anyway) all of its numerous impossibly sharp teeth. It whorls around to engage Hakotep, while slapping Green with its tail.
Then casually bites Hakotep as if he were a long awaited snack.
Hakotep, pinned firmly between the giant Crocodile's teeth, ends up prone when slammed into the ground repeatedly as the Reptile rolls.
Round 5, Init Delay Stelle delays until after Kosei. She has Anubis double move to the other side of the room over green, decends to 20', and summons the Hetkoshu next to Hakotep. "Grapple that Hakotep mummy, keep him from using his hands, and thrash him to death. Have some fun."
Round 4, Init 16 Stelle reaches up and shakes her banner.
Stelle rises to 25 feet. GMEuan: If she has a move for herself, she'll pull a mummified Crocodile egg out of the Haversack.
Round 3, Init 16
Stelle's trusty steed maneuvers to protect his rider, and in the process takes a couple of meters right in the maw. Stelle in turn defends Anubis from purple.
Round 2, Init 16 "Thank you Kosei!" Stelle says, then charges the purple construct.
"Well, you heard what they said!" Stelle exclaims sharply at the Mummy.
Stelle doesn't want Kosei to be unable to present a nice gem to his future wife, or for Zilchus to get zapped. "Wait, before you go in there, Zilchus, let's try this:" She nocks an arrow into her bow and tries to shoot the spears out of their perch. "Take cover everyone, I don't know if the lightning will throw these."
Stelle will take either the spear or one of the jacinths, present it palms up, and walk under the arch.
Stelle enters the room, approaches the low arch, and checks for mummies. "Well, I guess we take gifts through that archway," she points to the eastern archway, "... or crawl through this one. The floor here doesn't look trapped..."
"Unfurl your wings and seek the sky, Mighty Pharaoh!” Stelle says, reading the Pharoah's fluffy toy aloud. "Maybe he's not walking around, maybe he's flying around." Especially with this floor. In response to Zilchus she offers, "The spears can wait, assuming this whole thing doesn't just crumble to dust once we're through with Hakotep. This scarab does not say there are any Mummies about here... Can anyone guess at what the passphrase might be to move the block? Maybe we can just -- push it out of the way?" She heads for the mysterious passphrase locked blocked passage.
"Anyway, remember what we learned back in the Vault of Hidden Wisdom? I think that's the key, though I'm not really sure how exactly we'll have to rejoin the three parts of Hakotep's soul...or what it'll actually do.""Maybe we just need to approach the mask and the pharaoh will pass to the afterlife once and for all my friends" "Hopefully it doesn't require that some ignorant weak poor soul really open to incredibly self-defeating suggestions to have to wear Hakotep's remaining Ka and die." She looks around at her companions. "Because none of us qualify, even if we are wearing it." ~~~~
And -- unless someone objects, Stelle positions herself and pops open the lid with her lance.
OMG. He's purrrfect!
"Thank you, Kosei", Stelle says, once Kosei is done reading the scroll. She proceeds by opening the secret door.
Stelle rides to the center of the room for a good view of of the waterway and both alcoves. She checks for mummies and watches for danger.
"Oh, great job Florence!" Stelle exclaims, moving forward. "Hurry, let's go before the water turns bad again!"
"NO! Annie, Leave it!" Stelle urges Anubis forward sternly. ... "Hm, maybe that is a good idea?" She dismounts to scoop some water into her hands while Anubis takes advantage to slake his own thirst. After a few seconds, she climbs back into the saddle. What am I thinking? For a second there it looked like liquid candy... ... Stelle tries to dismount again at the third statue to get at the water, but Anubis resolutely makes his way past the 3rd statue foiling her attempt. She instead pulls a pint glass out of her Haversack and scoops some water into it to comply with the trap. "Custard apple?" Stelle says, smacking her lips. "Is that what that is?"
Cool, @Florence. Be advised -- these things like to sit on you, your computer, your books, your entertainment center, your paper -- really they just like to sit on whatever appears to have your interest that is not them! But I'm sure you know that already!
"Maybe..." Stelle says. "Maybe we can stop the pitcher lady from pouring. Maybe that will disable the cursey trap." "Or, maybe we can bless the water coming out, and that will negate it?" Stelle moves to inspect the water pouring statue, careful to stay out of the range of the water drinking formenting ones.
"Thank you," Stelle and Anubis curtsey. "Great job everyone!" Stelle and Anubis move up.
Round 4, Init 7 Stelle lines up another charge, and charges! Keep her there, Zilchus.
Status: Stelle: Hits: 51/91 Annie: Hits: 49/110 (4.5 x HD +Con) (Fast Healing, Round 1) Stelle AC: 31 Anubis AC: 30 CMB: +20 (BAB,+Str, -Halfling) CMD: 33 (-Halfling) Buffs: Hero Saves:
Challenge: 3/6
"Oh, thank you so much Florence!" exclaims Stelle. Anubis wags his tail when he is touched by Florence -- and then it's back to business and he focuses at the problem at hand. Stelle and Anubis double move to lurk just behind the column from where The General is currently about to tango with a chaosidile.
Round 2 Init7
Stelle tries to block one of the arrows, but it gets through. Poor Anubis Ki-yis in pain.
Stelle moves to target everyone and grants Anubis, Florence and Kosei a +2 dodge bonus to AC for 1 round, and herself and Zilchus a +2 morale bonus on attack rolls for one round.
Status: Stelle: Hits: 51/91 Annie: Hits: 15/110 (4.5 x HD +Con) Stelle AC: 31 Anubis AC: 30 CMB: +20 (BAB,+Str, -Halfling) CMD: 33 (-Halfling) Buffs: Hero Saves:
Challenge: 3/6
Both she and Anubis take the full brunt of the cold. "HEY! YOU ASKED FOR IT NOW!" Stelle yells in outrage.
Round 1, Init 7 Stelle charges after the little chariot propelled backbiter.
Stelle tries to break one of the wheels of the chariot.
Status: Stelle: Hits: 51/91 Annie: Hits: 70/110 (4.5 x HD +Con) Stelle AC: 31 Anubis AC: 30 CMB: +20 (BAB,+Str, -Halfling) CMD: 33 (-Halfling) Buffs: Hero Saves:
Challenge: 3/6
"Whoa, nice job Florence!" Stelle exclaims as the walls disappear. "Though, that particular riddle seems tortured. So bad." And stupid. But maybe I just don't like riddles. Stelle follows along aiding in perceptions.
"Thank you, Kosei!" Stelle says, as Kosei cleans up the fungal ash mess. "I appreciate the fastidiousness!" ~~
"We might want to try jumping through the teleportation circle now"..."I agree..." "Really... haven't you had enough of the Cephalopod themed rooms?!" she asks, reluctantly following the others. "What? Is it Ben? It's probably Ben,""Shh! Let me think..." "Speak my name, and I vanish. What am I?” ANOTHER riddle?! Stelle shrugs, rolls her eyes and quietly points to the painted serpent. "The other sarcophagus? Or maybe 'Breath'?" She mouths the words "The other sarcophagus".
Stelle watches in complete surprise when the body of the Queen crumbles to dust. "Oh. Well. That was easier than I thought it would be... Anyone in need of a an octopus head?" she asks, eyeing the canopic jar. Wait, what are canopic jars used for? "Which organ of hers do you think was the octopus head?" "Once we are back to Sothis, we must check with reliquaries and experts about the nature and function of the canopic jar" Then, it seems we go south to explore the chamber the queen came from. "Do you think we can check out the other sarcophagus first, then maybe head to Wati? I could use a Restoration." She hangs her head in shame.
Heal ... "Oh, thank you dear Kosei!" ~~~
"So, Hakotep is not here, and only the teleportation circle remains. We are being forced to risk that one" "No, not necessarily. There is the room beyond the arch way over the pool." Stelle pauses, in thought. "What happened to Neferuset's body in that pool? Is that actually what holy water would do? What if we dumped this regenerating Queen mummy in there? Or, what if we just dumped our own holy water -- "
"I think I have found a new teleportation circle my friends. Shall we use it?" Stelle looks on with disgust at the hieroglyphs and the frantically waving limbs and tentacles as Anubis hacks up the remains of his breakfast. "Not without knowing where it goes. Someone, probably sickened from it, tried to seal this away. Maybe it should stay that way." ~~ "Poor chaosodile! They shouldn't look like that! Can it be healed?" She looks at its mouth hanging wide open."I think he's trying to say there is no more body..." ~~
If Neferisis's sarcophagus doesn't appear to be trapped, Stelle will shove the lid off with her lance.
"She was just too wrapped up in herself, you know?" Stelle looks at Zilchus, and with a totally deadpan tone inquires, "No. Did you mean Neferuset, or some other mummy?" She then urges the sick dog toward the secret door, and tries to recover a bit. "Maybe," she says, "We'll find something useful behind the wall, or this secret door." After a moment she and Anubis lean against the door and she says. "You know, I don't feel great. We need to rest, maybe not in this strange room." She inspects the secret door, waiting for recovery and to see what Kosei is discovering beyond the crumbled wall.
Round 4, Init 10+
Round 3, Init 10+
"ugh," Stelle grunts, feeling a little run down. The two Neshmaal puff up a bit like balloons as they die, exploding in wide arcs of gore and ichor, covering Stelle, Zilchus, and poor Anubis in slimy entrails and god only knows what. "We've had worse," Stelle says, glowering at Nesferutea. "You're only luck is that this pool isn't filled with holy water... Or is it?" She cocks an eyebrow.
Stelle rises up into the air near Zilchus and "braces" herself, wishing Firey Acorns lasted forever.
~~~
"I was saving that. I thought I could use it later... Maybe you can reuse it?"
Round 2, Init 10+ Stelle pulls Anubis back a little and pokes away at the Red Tumor.,
Stelle plunges her Lance deep into the amorphous blob with tentacles, then shakes off what sticks into the water. "Oh! oh! The smell! The smell!" she cries as the blue tumor burns and the Mummy Neferuset.
Round 1, Init 10+ Stelle reaches over and shakes her banner, granting everyone an additional saving throw against any one spell or effect targeting them. Anubis continues to drool and grimmace.
"Aaah!" Stelle says, pointing to the tumor with her lance thereby challenging it. Stelle charges in the narrow corridor that will be left by Kosei, Controller of Clouds Roiling with Hot White Ember Precipitation.
"The green sarcophagus appears to house Hakotep's wife Neferuset. Perhaps, judging what disembodied voices and epitaths might suggest, Hakotep's mummy may be to the south." She leans slightly toward the pool as the waters ripple and shouts down the archway.
"The mummy is to the south, past the archway over the pool. I was hoping to maybe find a lever or something to drain the pool past the secret door," says Stelle in all seriousness, frowning at the water. "Or, maybe instead there's a bell we can use to summon some more ferrymen. Of course, the original pair would do also... If nothing else, we can just walk over the water and hope nothing pulls us in!" ~
Seriously, be safe!
"Ooh! A mummy!" Stelle moves into the room past the pool for a closer look.
Stelle checks for mummies and tries to sooth the dog as Anubis drops to the ground now trundling after the others, a thick slime of slobber drooling from his mouth as he starts to pant heavily.
Stelle briefly considers Zilchus's opinion and rapidly concludes that she has no good response for him. Nope, not a one. Quoting Florence, she shudders. "'Thing' for a creature from that Tapestry? No, I don't have a good feeling about this."
"No, I think -- keep the jewels. After what just happened, returning them won't restore any sense of dignity they might have possessed," says Stelle, also following the tunnel south. "Otherwise, being dumb constructs up top, once triggered stopping their attack probably isn't on their list of instructions."
"Just close the door, Commander."
Round 1, Init 9 Stelle rolls her eyes -- first at the sleet which threatens her charging potential into the room -- secondly at the comical sound of large constructs slipping and falling on ice. Gee... can't he make this spell so we can see? I would have liked to have seen that... "Nice job, Kosei," she says, winking to Kosei. "Fall back into the secret corridor! If they choose to bottleneck up here, we'll take them out at this secret doorway on our way back!"
I don't know what to make of this... Stelle joins forces with Florence to check out the alter, then ascends as high as she can to see if bodies just get dumped here from higher mezzanines hidden from sight from below.
Florence remarks as she takes a shot glass. She follows Stelle's lead and kills the shot in one go but immediately begins coughing. "Oh! Are you O.K.?! Sorry Florence!" Stelle says. "It's pretty smooth for what it is. I just didn't think my favorite wine cooler would be strong enough for what we're about to do. I can certainly make those for our later refreshment!" ... "What makes you think that it is Hakotep and Neferuset fighting, and not Herald Ain Mekh doing sacrifices of her own? If only blood could speak!" Stelle holds up the pectoral necklace that belonged to the herald just to see if anything opens up. Stelle keeps an eye out while cautiously following the blood stain down the hall. She checks for fresh mummies further down the hall.
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