Noisy_Cricket wrote: Thieving Wasp wrote: Blood_Sample wrote: Thieving Wasp wrote: Blood_Sample wrote: Blood Sample flies in and drops gasoline and a match on St. John. It's not honey, but the flames will keep the bug amused for hours to come. Got ya! *Fires at Blood Sample* The agile insect ducks in front of St. John's head, where stray rounds strike the over-eating bishop squarely in the center of his skull.
He trips and Thieving Wasp is yet foiled again by bad accuracy and poorly designed firearms. Curses! *Fires again* Comes in and kicks Thieving Wasp across the thread. Watch it, chirpy!
*Changes targets*
Black widows? I eat black widows for BREAKFAST! Of course, they're poisonous, so you have to remove that, and make sure to get all of it, their fangs complete with venom fetch a pretty penny, and their abdomen is disgusting, because those spiders need to lose weight... *Rambles*
Blood_Sample wrote: Thieving Wasp wrote: Blood_Sample wrote: Blood Sample flies in and drops gasoline and a match on St. John. It's not honey, but the flames will keep the bug amused for hours to come. Got ya! *Fires at Blood Sample* The agile insect ducks in front of St. John's head, where stray rounds strike the over-eating bishop squarely in the center of his skull.
He trips and Thieving Wasp is yet foiled again by bad accuracy and poorly designed firearms. Curses! *Fires again*
Blood_Sample wrote: Blood Sample flies in and drops gasoline and a match on St. John. It's not honey, but the flames will keep the bug amused for hours to come. Got ya! *Fires at Blood Sample*
Thieving Wasp gets past Jack Hammer and Lynora, but gets a bit too close to Sunny and has to dive into a puddle to put out the fire. He gets back up, shakes off his wings, and gives chase.
Blood_Sample wrote: Thieving Wasp wrote: Blood_Sample wrote: :::Flies back into the thread. Finds a place to land::: HAAA!!! *Leaps out from under flamingo and fires* Missing his target, Blood Sample takes off and flies towards another thread. I'll get you yet! *Flies after Blood Sample*
Blood_Sample wrote: :::Flies back into the thread. Finds a place to land::: HAAA!!! *Leaps out from under flamingo and fires*
Vomit Guy wrote: Celestial Healer wrote: Vomit Guy's was... inspirational.
It was?
Sploooorrrrtch! *Smack*
Blood_Sample wrote: Thieving Wasp wrote: Where'd that bloody biter go?! TW hears the hovering drone of a mosquito descend behind him. As he the turns the malaria spreading insect turns and zips away fro him. GET BACK HERE YOU SON OF A FEMALE WOLF SPIDER!!!
*Gives chase*
Where'd that bloody biter go?!
Blood_Sample wrote: Jack Hammer wrote: Blood_Sample wrote: A giant insect lands on a keg and punctures it with his hard snout. He drinks deeply but forget his alcohol tolerance level. Dizzy, he quickly flies into the nearest wall before scaling it and disappearing into a hidey hole. Who needs a fumigator? Not us!
*Backs up to the hole the overlarge mosquito scuttled into and...*
BLUMPH!
Oh! That one was lumpy! Out from another hole, a giant insect buzzes past the back of Jack Hammer's head. JH and the other jacks are no much for it's speed and agility. It lands on another keg, wings flaring, daring the Jacks to strike at their one true possession.
It moves it head to the left then to the right. As a Jack approaches, it flares it wings, it hovers like a well armed assualt helicopter, and it darts past the Jacks and out the clubhouse. Damn it! Where'd that idiot go?! *Flies in, carrying tiny cannon strapped to his belly*
lynora-Jill wrote: Cockapoo wrote:
*sits innocently on the couch with a bikini top in his mouth* YAP!
She sighs. A girl goes for a little spa time in Elysium and the whole place goes to heck. Now I know the poodle didn't open my closet door all by itself. And for the record you guys are totally paying to replace that bikini. "Yep, I was tryin' ta watch the Roleplaying World through the scryin' orb, but then one o' the poodles started chasin' it."
Frat Jack wrote: This place seem back in good'ol Jack Club house... no more drama but senseles poodle abuse and booze running loose all around. I hope the chick come around from time to time thou...
*passes frosty beer all around*
A Wasp walks in.
"Alas, she cannot return, for the Board will not permit her to. By teh way, Candle Lighter is coming."
Joking.
"Lost him...Jay's gone, too....he was...too strong...to risk...
Suddenly, a voice carries over the oasis.
"The Wasp is dead."
Ebony Jaguar wrote: KC I don't know where you are going with this assault, but Wasp isn't taking the thread down. So wrap up whatever you are doing ..
For each undead that Thieving Wasp destroys, another three erupt from the soggy ground and advance moaning towards him. As he destroys left and right a large pillar of shadows coalesces in front of him. It bellows at him:
HOW DARE YOU INVADE MY SANCTUM!
A wave of pitch black shadow crashes over the wasp, strangling him with streamers of night.
Don't worry, he'll fall soon. Very soon, in fact.
Wasp chokes, and barely manages to escape. He lies, gasping, and takes a single seed, which he thrusts into the ground.
"Let you find life in a place of death."
Then, he leaps up, and charges the Jaguar, Cleaver held high.
"FOR KOBOLD CLEAVER!!!"
But suddenly, a wolf appears. It leaps, a few feet away from Wasp. Wasp falls. And dies.
Wraith Lord wrote: <And now, the servants of the goddess know exactly where you currently are... you have told them; and you have carried out a truly worthy act of worship of her, in this destruction, which will help to bring about her return.>
The thunderous detonation of something akin to a gigantic roman candle rocks the palace. When the smoke and afterglow clears, there is no sign of the Wraith Lord or the undead pokemon.
Wasp sighs.
"Typical undead arrogance. He doesn't get it. While the goddess likes destruction, she does not get power from it. She is a goddess of dangerous knowledge, and knowledge has not been involved here enough to give her power. Clearly, he must be using 4E or something. If destruction helped all the deities who liked it, the few non-destruction gods would be overrun."
He continues massacring the undead, knowing that the Wraith Lord clearly has a very low wisdom. Or intelligence.
Wasp chuckles.
"You really do not understand, do you? As a creature of the Board, my energy cannot be 'siphoned'. As long as it is on the Board, it is part of me. It will simply annoy the Board."
As he speaks, the energy 'sent away' by the Wraith Lord comes back like a slingshot, twice as strong. it blasts through the waves of undead, and hits the Wraith Lord devastatingly. Oddly enough, it seems like his Board Essence is merged with red energy which stinks of the undead.
You didn't really think he came in here pointlessly, did you? If I'd wanted him to die like that, I would have killed him off during that attack on the Club.
"None of you can withstand the power of the Board!!!"
Wasp yells, and Thread Essence overwhelms the first three rows of undead.
He glares at the Wraith Lord.
"Please. I do not align myself with Candle Lighter. I have learned much since my last battle. It's surprising what you can..."
He blasts the Wraith Lord and 'pokemon' with Board Essence, which is specifically geared to destroy undead.
"...learn, given enough time!"
El-Lina Solareil wrote: Shadows form and El-Lina vanishes Wasp glares, and mutters a spell to track her essence. He sends the knowledge to a friend. He continues massacring the zombies and ghouls (and ghasts), searching for a leader.
The Dalesman wrote: lynora-Jill wrote: Jarl of the Kitten Vikings wrote: A kitten flies in, bearing a message. He drops it at Lynora's feet.
"Wasp renounces the challenge. He has gone to avenge his friends."
LJ picks up the note.
Oh no! Well, partly good. Wasp has rescinded his challenge. But he's gone off by himself to fight against our enemies. He's going to get himself killed! "Crap....can you try to scry where exactly he went, without putting yourself in danger?" Any attempts reveal that he is protected from scrying.
Wasp flies in.
"My friends...I see now what I must do. I see what happened to Kobold Cleaver. It is not true, what I said. I see that now. I, like my mentor, have been manipulated. KC was manipulated to secrecy, I was manipulated to vengeance. You must not follow me."
He flies off.
Warforged Jack wrote: Thieving Wasp wrote: Wasp glares. In one motion, he blasts Warforged with Board Essence.
"ENOUGH!!!"
He looks furiously at everyone.
"As an honorable member of the Protectors of the Board, and as the last member, I challenge Lynora to the Vengeful Right of single combat! By our law, refusal to fight is a crime against the Board, and will draw its own wrath upon you!"
Those without honor cannot make that challenge. You deceive yourself Wasp.
If you must taste blood, challenge me. He glares.
"Those without honor? I am vengeance! And it matters not. It is a Law of the Board, and if it is not obeyed then nothing good will follow. I invite you to refuse, Lynora. It will be a worse death than I could imagine."
He shakes with rage.
You, Lynora, shall meet me at the scene of KC's murder--at your hands, no matter how indirect--tomorrow. Be there."
He vanishes. The kittens leave, knowing that their work is done.
Wasp glares. In one motion, he blasts Warforged with Board Essence.
"ENOUGH!!!"
He looks furiously at everyone.
"As an honorable member of the Protectors of the Board, and as the last member, I challenge Lynora to the Vengeful Right of single combat! By our law, refusal to fight is a crime against the Board, and will draw its own wrath upon you!"
Warforged Jack wrote: As the Wasp approaches a shield of white magic appears around LJ. She is is wrapped by a pair of wings of energy. Wasp glares and begins casting a counterspell.
"I shall avenge them!!!"
lynora-Jill wrote: What in the blazes is wrong with you? LJ shouts standing up, anger giving her the strength to move beyond self-doubt for the moment. Are you secretly working for the goddess too? It seems to be something of an epidemic lately. We just found a spy of hers here at the club not two minutes before your arrival. "I know that!" Wasp shouts. "No doubt there for my benefit! But I found all the evidence I need! Now...DIE!!!"
The barrier falls, and he charges at Lynora, slashing at her with his cleaver.
"MURDERER!!!
Much later...
Wasp flies in. He looks grief-stricken.
"My friends! Those at the Club are traitors! I have evidence that they have murdered Jay Frogskin, Aunt Esmerelda, Uncle Meepo, Plantjack, and Kobold Cleaver himself! We must hasten, before they find out that we know!"
Wasp comes in.
"Plant, I have some bad news. It's Frogsk--"
Plant is not there. In his room, smashed plant pots scatter the floor. There has been a fight here.
"PLANT!!!" Wasp cries. Then, he kneels on the ground, and find a lock of hair. It closely resembles Lynora's. Nearby is a dead wasp.
"I should have known...they've been against us all along. That's why everybody conveniently died while trying to help them! They never needed any help! They..." His eyes are fevered now. "THEY ARE IN AN ALLIANCE WITH CANDLE LIGHTER!!! THEY KILLED THEM ALL!!!"
He looks half mad. He draws his Cleaver.
"TO THE VIKINGS!!! They shall help!"
He disappears.
Wasp frowns.
"Hmm, this is not goo--wait."
He turns to the others.
"The Goddess is your problem now, just as Candle Lighter is ours." He says bitterly. "I will not make Kobold Cleaver's mistake, or Frogskin's. How many of our number must we lose before we learn not to help you? You're all trouble. First KC, then his aunt and uncle, and now Frogskin. We are a dying order."
He glares, and disappears.
Warforged Jack wrote: This will reveal if there is a Fallen among us!
The dwarf begins chanting in a mix of celestial and dwarvish, and a wave of positive energy bursts forth from him.
Wasp appears, and counters it with a word.
"Now, now, no suing that unfairly. You don't want to kill me, energy of life can be--wait, what's going on?!"
He looks around, and quickly casts a spell to reveal what has happened.
Wasp sighs and teleports in.
"Now, what's going on here? You'd be well advised to not threaten one of our own, demangel."
Wasp flies through, muttering to himself and ignoring the battle.
"No, Jay, I keep telling you, do not intervene! Remember what Lynora said? 'Candle Lighter is your problem now'. Well, her pals can deal with their own problems now. KC shouldn't have bothered helping them so often. That's why he's dead."
He flies out, still muttering.
Thieving Wasp is seen flying through. He seems to be talking to himself.
"No, the creature will be here soon...yes, the frequencies and magic agree on it. We mustn't get involved, we have a lot of work to do! Any news on the angel? She is an unnecessary distraction. Can we do anything to postpone her...visit? Well, we aren't going to intervene, alright Plant? Now come on, get back to work. We'll find it eventually."
He wanders out, still talking.
Wasp staggers back.
"By...the...BOARD!!! KOBOLD CLEAVER!!!"
Jack's Right Hand Man wrote: Jack Hammer wrote: lynora-Jill wrote: Power rushes into LJ. It burns. The taint of it is unmistakable. If she had been mistaken, if the wards Sunny G had given her proved to be insufficient...
It was too late to worry about any of that now.
Remembering LJ's warnings JH reluctantly summons the hammer and beats a hasty retreat.
Jacks! Regroup a bit away from this 'reunion'.
Gotta go for now. Good luck! *JRHM hightails it out of the area*
Wasp carefully flies a little ways away and puts up a ward.
The Wasp tumbles back in shock. Then he turns to Lynora.
"TAKE THE DAMNED VIAL!!! OR WE WILL ALL DIE!!!"
Wasp barely dodges, and sends a giant spear of ice at the Tsar.
"HURRY!!!"
"The power does not wear out, you fool! We need it now! 'No power of teh Jacks can harm it', remember??? But teh power is not of the Jacks! Now use it!!!
Wasp quickly sends another blizzard spell at the Tsar.
"LYNORA!!! USE THE VIAL!!! OTHERWISE, WE'RE DEAD!!!"
The Steel Tsar wrote: Actually guys, it's getting a bit late here, so start your endgame on the Steel Tsar.
The lumbering armored behemoth faces the Jacks.
NOW ... IS ... THE ... TIME ... JACKS
Thieving Wasp shouts...
"Jacks! Get out of here! Lynora! Jack Hammer! Right Hand Man! All of you! The Defective was right, no power of the Jacks can harm this thing!"
Thieving Wasp dives at the Tsar and sends an enormous blast, strong as a blizzard and just as cold, and it.
We got rid of the protection rune, right?
The wasp flies in, his eyes blazing, wielding the Cleaver. Magic flickers all around him. He starts killing the Defectives, teh Cleaver going effortlessly through the armor.
lynora-Jill wrote: Thieving Wasp wrote: lynora-Jill wrote: Seeing her friend so badly worn from battle, LJ blows a small cleansing and restorative spell to Alaina.
The wasp found the book, and I had to fetch it. Now he's trying to find the spot that will tell us how to restore the kobold. At least, I think that's what he's doing.
No, we mustn't do that. That would free the goddess, and we aren't prepared to deal with that right now.
Ah ah! I found it!
Okay, Lynora, we're gonna go into your mind to contact KC. You ready?
The wasp flies to perch on Lynora's shoulder. Sure. I hope you have better luck with that than me. So far, it's like trying to talk to someone with a bad cell phone connection. This is gonna send us both INTO your mind. Right now, you're just listening from a distance. One moment...
Powers of the Board! send us to commune with the trapped ones! Send us into the Mind!
Mist swirls around the two. Then, suddenly, they are inside Lynora's mind. There is no sight, no sound. Just thought.
To others, something clouds over the expressions of Lynora and Wasp.
"Alright, we're here. Where is the room with KC and the Goddess?"
lynora-Jill wrote: Seeing her friend so badly worn from battle, LJ blows a small cleansing and restorative spell to Alaina.
The wasp found the book, and I had to fetch it. Now he's trying to find the spot that will tell us how to restore the kobold. At least, I think that's what he's doing.
No, we mustn't do that. That would free the goddess, and we aren't prepared to deal with that right now.
Ah ah! I found it!
Okay, Lynora, we're gonna go into your mind to contact KC. You ready?
The wasp flies to perch on Lynora's shoulder.
lynora-Jill wrote: LJ flies back in clutching the book and the Cleaver.
Okay, I got the book, now what?
Thieving Wasp nods. Now we gotta contact Kobold Cleaver. Gimme a sec to look it up....
The Wasp flies back.
Lynora! We can't get the Cleaver! Only KC can!
But we cannot get him free without the book. And we can't get that either.
Guess not...
The Wasp sighs.
Forgive me, Kobold Cleaver...
Smrf!!!
Nothing happens.
Crap. Not! Good!
The Wasp nods to himself, and tucking the note in his pack, hurries to the Runelord Roundtable.
The Eighth Runelord wrote: Dying, the goblin with the tube pulls a switch, mumbling
'The bardey wardey in the sky,
who cannot rhyme is gonna dieeeee....
urk.'
The sphere flies forth....
Ranged touch attack, 1d20+2=14 Darn. That Icy Sphere which would have turned the bard into a popsicle missed I guess.
... and sails harmlessly past the Bard.
Meanwhile, the Runelord is watching from somewhere a couple of planes away, not having actually appeared on the field of battle, but having merely sent goblins to test the heroes.
Kill da wabbit!
The wasp shouts, charging in to help.
The wasp flies out of the bathroom, carrying a book.
I came as soon as I...damn.
He goes to the body and checks it.
He's dead. Damn. Who killed him?
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