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Player: Zoomba
And thanks a ton for GMing this. I had a ball (with some very close calls), and really enjoyed it!
The thief barely has time to respond to Thestil before she the mesmerist rushes past. Shohiraj graciously accepts Eramay's help...only to stare agape as the fighter does something to trigger Faith. Seeing her walk away as the tiefling abandons all sense of self-preservation, Shohiraj hobbles on, numbly horrified. Rag' on a stick A. Who are these people? What is this?
"Self-destruct" Shohiraj grunts as she staggers towards the exit. "There's always a frelling self-destruct." She pauses at the bound men in the beds. "Can someone help me with these? they don't deserve to die down here!"
Seeing the foul not-Joliryn drop, Shohiraj pulls out a curative potion. She speaks to Eramay before tapping her shoulder with it. "Damn, that short-stuff has nine lives it seems. Thanks for the save. You look beat up as Hell - take this. I'm still feeling sluggish from whatever she did to me before you got here."
Shohiraj takes another step up and pulls out her displacement potion. On a whim, she calls back: "F. Your god give you any tricks to patch up the things you shoot? If so, Eramay could use it - and she deserves every cantrip."
Seeing Eramay utterly battered by the false halfling's cut, the Taldan woman steels herself even as she bleeds too. No one's dying for me here. Now get back to the nightmares you little $%#%#% She smacks out with her magic sap trying to knock it down. for
Seeing Faith and Eramay come to her aid, Shohiraj feel heartened but they shouldn't have had too. You were too slow with the machines A!. Still slowed by the numbing cold of the shadow-halfling's spell, the rogue quaffs her potion and moves into a better position.
FRELL!!! the screams to herself as she finds herself cornered and alone in a room, staggered, and isolated. "Cor! Joliryn's still kicking!" she calls out as she steps back. wincing and drawing out a vial. "A little help'd be nice!"
Gah! Shohiraj says as she momentarily finds herself surrounded by arachnids. The feeling passes quickly, as Rataji's spell shows the webbing and vermin for what they are: mental trickery. Cursing under her breath, "Frell. As if this place needed more wrong with it.", Shohiraj quickly gets to work on the next vat before temporarily stepping outside of the spider monstrosity's sight.
Finding herself alone in the room, she mutters as much to herself as anyone. "Yeah, don't mind me. Sure these things just want to play 's all."
Trying to ignore the noises and cackling from beyond, Shohiraj focuses at the task at hand and works to halt whatever is being done to the sleepers - or at least stop one of the vats from getting worse.
Shohiraj stands stunned for a moment at the horrific screaming and sights coming from the vats beofre her eyes quickly follow the path of the containers to the sleepers bound to their beds. The rogue hurries forwards, trying to make sense of the contraptions before them. "Gods! R, what are these things? What are they doing to them?"
"Fine" Shohiraj says to Thestil. "But my brain stays in my head, clear?"
Shohiraj listens to the neh-thalggu say that five times fast as she does a quick scan of the notes her colleagues found. The rogue's dists clench into a ball at the mention of 322. Strnage bird, but no wonder. And she got OUT of here. What would have happened to her if she stayed. Come to think, what did happen to her because she listened... Stepping somewhat closer to the door, but still cautious, Shohiraj speaks to the captive. "Girl's got a point. Payback's all well and good, but ...'thing' like you's gotta understand our fear. So how about an answer or two. You wanna take it out on the people who caged you. That include Kramolag? Kar Zaweeb? What do you know about the people here, those still down below?" She flips a page in the collected packet to the end, then stops, brings it back, re-reads it, then continues incredulous. "And hang on. They tried to extract brains from you? Why in the Nine are there brains to extract?!?"
Shohiraj shakes her head, startled. Her grip on her sap tightens. "Aaog-shagga." the Taldan says out loud, hoping the others hear her and approach. "No, not the old boss at all. You want to be free? Why'd they put you here? And what are you?" Her other arm slowly slides closer to the kukri at her side as she speaks.
Initially stymied in her searches, Shohiraj finally manages to notice a few strange 'specimens'. Looking at the tiny worms and a large crab creature, she loudly whispers back. "Hey! More monsters. But these seem sealed in tight for now. Think it's one of that aeon's friends it wanted to break loose? And any of you have any thought what it is?"
Shohiraj breathes a quick sigh of relief as the final monsters scurry off into hiding. "Well, that was a new one. Any idea what those pets were? And if we should expect some more 'friends' around?" The thief looks down towards Zurnzal shifting hismelf up again. "Z - you all right? Took some nice hits there, good job staying in it. And Eramay: I line 'em up, you knock em down." Retrieving her kukri, the thief scrambles past the broken glass to begin shoving the papers into her pack while the others heal and re-climb. [b]"Now let's grab this and go. That was a bit more than a pin drop and those cleaners likely weren't running anywhere good.
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Shohiraj keeps her hand on her sap as she carefully moves through the narrow corridors. Of course, why not a maze? Place isn't creepy enough yet, right?. On guard, she looks around for more records of what exactly is going on at Slumbersun.
Seeing Zurnzal drop, bleeding, Shorhiraj rushes along the catwalk above. dropping the kukri to rub at her former coworkers ring, she focuses on fire erupting in the treeline.
Shohiraj glares at the people shredding files through the glass. "Be back in a moment. For your sake don't make me angrier." she says before rushing to aid Eramay. Even as she runs, she yells back to Faith: "Another shot. Sprechen the lot!"
Attack: for
If the hits, Bewildering it: -2 on its attacks for one turn, -4 against me specifically.
Shohiraj winces at the shrieking cry before lashing out for two quick blows against the glass.
She then shifts slightly towards Eramay, ready to move in and flank the strange lizard.
As they continue on, Shohiraj with a nice new cloak , The thief looks uneasy as they emerge into a strange tropical display. Glad their platform is high above the green floor, the thief enters the room, only to notice several men and women frantically trying to destroy the records they're there to find. Oh no you don't! Not today. Shohiraj thinks as she rushes towards the nearest room, drawing out the halfling's kukri to mathc the sap in her other hand. "Stop, now." She says as she reaches the glass barroer, unsure if her words even carry to the trio. "There's this," a nod towards the sap, [/b]"if you do. This,"[/b] the kukri, "Only needs to come up if I have to break in there."
As the last guard drops, Shohiraj begins quickly and methodically patting down the fallen figures and stripping them of useful tools. Weighing a curative potion in her hand, the rogue looks at Eramay. "You need this? Nice slicing, but looks like you got a prick yourself." The Taldan woman also lifts and feels the weight of kukri in her hand. "Good balance, quick flicks. Anyone mind I grab this for a backup?"
The gear sorted, Shohiraj tries to make sense of the papers and logs scattered about. "So, this place keeps getting more and more pleasant. 'Slumbersun' - eclipse scheme maybe? 'D be right up Nidal's alley. Five years tho...the Consortium's leak's a bit bigger than they realize. R, Faith, Thestil: you recognize any of these creatures?" She nods towards the preserved specimens in the room at this last question.
If the guard in front of me is still up:
Shohiraj lashes out with two more quick blows with her sap.
for for If Zurnzal drops the guard next to me: [/spoiler]
The Taldan woman gives her old ally a quick nod before stepping up to attack the guard threatening her new one.
for
Shohiraj turns the corner only to immediately catch a face full of sparkles from her one-time ally. Just managing to blink it off, she smiles as a counter spell from Thestil has better effect on the pair of guards in front of her. "Not even for old time's sake Jo? We've already made one regrettable op - you're just doing another right now." Sap in hand, she slides by a blinded guard to deliver a Bewildering blow to the side of his head. for
Shohiraj carefully adjusts her armor, exposing a portion of her back while making sure to retain modesty. "Just make it quick. And light if possible- I'd rather a whack from you or R than Zurnzal's muscle."
Current shame rating, 10%
Flustered, Shohiraj fumes to the rest of the crew. "Damn it to the Nine hells, that thing's locked up tight. It'd be some Tortureous work to break that lock the hard way. A real Pain too. Doubt a Cat or a rat could squeeze even a Tail through there.in there." She turns to the doppelganger in the group. "Thestil, you're lot's good at getting into the heads of people: what might a crazy Kuthie think to do to get some blood on the sheets?"
"All right, here it goes..." Shohiraj whispers a quick prayer to whoever's listening. "Those of you not helping may want to back up. Into the hall. She then takes out her tools and, carefully, gets to work.
[dice=Heal] Shohiraj gives one last look at the blood spatter pattern. "Deal." she also says to Rataji.
"Huh, good plan. But if it's just blood that does the trick, then it ain't from a sticker. At least not a simple slice, and I don't think any of us is crazy to get on the altar slab if more's needed."
The rogue ducks her head back out, again. Hey, Rataji's got a thought as to what the trick is, but we're not quite there. Thinks it may be some type of blood gift, but we don't know what weird weapon these crazies might need to do the trick. Any of you pass a first aid class in your time?"
"Well," Shohiraj says to Rataji. "Think you grok how to get those runes out? Or can we just go with the old 'point-dispel-clik' routine?" While she waits for the wizard to do his part the rogue moves back into the main room for one last tete-a-tete with the aeon. "And you. We see there's a door there. Some type of magic steps to get it open. Do you know them? Can you tell us? Sooner that door slides right, sooner things below can come out or you can go down, or whatever you want. Do. You. Know. The. Ritual? And if the answers more rabbits I swear to gods..." Shohiraj takes a white-ish linen from nearby and does her best to draw a door, then runes, then a question mark, then the runes vanishing on it with her makeup form the disguise kit. You want to play pictionary rather than words? Fine, try it your way.
"Something about prisoners being free and rabbits running through fields. But after that, something with scales being balanced. It seems like it wants something evened?" "Well tell it if there's any prisoners under they're, they're welcome to leave behind us. Apart from that I'm all out of rabbits." ---
Shohiraj takes a step back from the trapdoor concealed under the bed. "Welp, door under the bed. Locked up tight, warded, and a trap as a cherry. Don't suppose any'll lay coin this is another secret entrance?" She looks over at Rataji. Look wiz, I can see there's some sort of ritual that'll make this thing pop open., and a trap and bars to keep it shut elsewise. But runes were always more your thing. Got any clue as to what we're looking at? Preferably without touching anything." The Taldan woman also notices the room starting to get crowded. "Just in case, best have as few in here as possible at a time 'til its popped, one way or the other. Any of you want to help Rataji ID this, come in one or two at a time, otherwise, keep watch. Maybe see if that curve-talking chandelier is any clearer to the rest of you. And where'd that tiefling go?"
As the half-orc goes about manhandling the bed, Shohiraj pokes her head back out to call down to the cavalier. "How's it Em? Shiner saying what it wants or how we get below yet? Or still drawing us in circles. 'Cause if the latter, we may have found something in here. Keep your eyes posted - me and Z need to check it out." She then ducks back in to assist Zurnzal with searching for the bed's secret.
Feeling confident the way is currently clear, Shohiraj opens the northern-most door.
Unnerved and frustrated by the aeon's visions, Shohiraj leaves Eramay and the others to commune with it and carefully makes her way down the eastern hall, listening to the southern door, then the northern one for any signs of movement in the rooms beyond.
Shohiraj takes in the vision grimly. Regainaing some of her composure, she gritted whispers to Rataji, Eramay, and the others in the room. "That slaughter, that our 'future' then? And is it trying to say it'll open the way for us? Why, what's it's stake? And why can't it just tell us where the place is 'stead of giving a picture show? " She looks down the east hall. "That lady's here we should sneak up and knock her out quick. Only she has the key means no one else'll interrupt a search of the place.
Shohiraj listens to Rataji's explanation, but isn't especially relieved. "And what the spheres' an aeon? And why is it showing what looks like all nine Hells running out of here? That a warning, is it a spy?"
Shohiraj stares at the mirror, her eyes first confused, then widening as she realizes the figure seems meant to be keyed to her. Spoiler:
Nononononono "Does, does anyone see anything strange in the mirrors."
The Taldan woman whirls around as she spies someone behind her. Startled even more by his absence as she looks at where he should be, she turns back to the mirror, gropes backwards for a bit, then snarls. "Magic mirrors. %$^$% magic mirrors. If it's a scrier, we may be made."
Shohiraj backs slowly up to the edge of the wall then wrests her gaze away from the mirror just long enough to peek down the hallway and make sure no one is down the Eastern hall before she darts across and gives in a more cautious look from the other side, where she can keep one eye on the mirror.
As she does so, the Taldan sees Thestil and Zurnzal enter. "Who was that you were gabbing to? That Temarra lady? Did you trick her away from the house for a bit?"
Shohiraj motions down with her hand to Eramy, indicating to stay quiet. She carefully looks around the immeadiate room, using the mirrors to try and see down each hallway. "Unsure, but good question." she whispers back. "Keep your ears and eyes peeled. We're not alone, may need to knock out a guard quick.
Out of earshot of whatever is going on regarding the 'Joliryn situation', Shohiraj listens carefully at the now unlocked double-door. If she doesn't hear anyone on the other side, she quickly opens the door, slips in, then shuts it quietly behind her
Shohiraj hears voices coming from around the corner, including Zurnzal's name spoken aloud. Spectacular. What ex-partner has that muscle bumped into now? Still, with the rest of the party currently occupied, the thief turns her attention to the main door. She carefully tries the pharmacist's key to see if that can slowly open the estate's main entrance. If that doesn't work, maybe the 'backup key' might.
Noticing the trap, the Taldan woman allows herself a moment of self-congratulations See A, just another job. No different than the others. before attempting to disrupt the miniscule runes and arcane lattices warding the door.
Apologies in advance if the trap Perception DC is 30 :p
"HOLD!" Shorhiraj hisses out. Strange -acting animals equal one of two things: trap or spies. Or both." The rogue slips slightly ahead of the party, scanning the area around the pond and the manor doors while keeping a careful eye on the crows.
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