
Kobold Catgirl |

wait...a dragon with no hoard??? WTF...thats just wrong...by the dark lords..thats odd and ...well kinda funny really
He lost his hoard when he died. Kobold Cleaver sold it all to pay for the resurrection spell components. If you don't recall, there were a lot of deaths then.
Of course, this was all off-'camera'.
Charles Evans 25 |
Demon Lord of Tribbles wrote:wait...a dragon with no hoard??? WTF...thats just wrong...by the dark lords..thats odd and ...well kinda funny reallyHe lost his hoard when he died. Kobold Cleaver sold it all to pay for the resurrection spell components. If you don't recall, there were a lot of deaths then.
Of course, this was all off-'camera'.
It's not The Eighth Runelord's intention to mess over the Fiendish Ape; if neccessary, he's rigged something (off-camera) to move a modest hoard of treasure from his personal reserves into the lair. (Being able to predict lottery numbers comes in handy sometimes!) The main idea is to give the Fiendish Ape something to do, keeping him away from assisting Candle Lighter, or better yet maybe the Fiendish Ape turns up but abandons Candle Lighter at a crucial moment to go loot the lair.

Evil Monkey |

The large ape awakes, rolling out of his circular bed. None of the ladies had come over from the harem last evening and he was alone.
Hmm. The boss must be back from his adventures. Oh well, I needed a break anyway...
Scratching one hairy butt cheek absently, he shuffles over to the refrigerator and begins pulling out several old pizza boxes, chinese food cartons and a partially-devoured Larva roast.
Man am I Hoooooongry! He chortles
Sitting down to his early-morning snack, he ponders the Runelord's bargain.
I gotta tell the boss about this caper .....
Placing some old egg foo young on a slice of double anchovy pizza, he absently crams the morsel into his gaping mouth and chews meditatively

The_All_Seeing_Abomination |

The large ape awakes, rolling out of his circular bed. None of the ladies had come over from the harem last evening and he was alone.
Hmm. The boss must be back from his adventures. Oh well, I needed a break anyway...
Scratching one hairy butt cheek absently, he shuffles over to the refrigerator and begins pulling out several old pizza boxes, chinese food cartons and a partially-devoured Larva roast.
Man am I Hoooooongry! He chortles
Sitting down to his early-morning snack, he ponders the Runelord's bargain.
I gotta tell the boss about this caper .....
Placing some old egg foo young on a slice of double anchovy pizza, he absently crams the morsel into his gaping mouth and chews meditatively
Hmmmm, looks good. Got any more left-overs.

Evil Monkey |

Evil Monkey looks up from the poker game he and ASA had been indulging in. Several half-dressed succubi toss piece of clothing into the pot as DloT comes in
Hey boss! Welcome back! I ran into the All Seeing Abomination over some anchovy egg foo young pizza at breakfast and we've been discussing a contract robbing that snooty dracolich Candle Lighter's hoard! Some swell from some new place on the Prime gave me this scroll with the particulars.
Tosses scroll over to DLoT. Looks at his hairy liege lord.
You want in on the action?

Evil Monkey |

The large fiendish ape returns to his treehouse chuckling. A host of two-headed flying monkey tribble minions follow behind laden with swag.
WHAT. A. HAUL! He chortles in glee. He slaps the All Seeing Abomination on his ..errr back?
Man Blinky, did you see that pile? I can rig every slutty succubus on this plane in Dolce and Gabbana now!
Looking over the haul, he directs a fifth of his minions onward to DLoT's lair
Yeah tell the boss we did it and give him his Infernal Fifth of the swag! Oh MAN what a haul!
Opens the fridge and begins rummaging in the contents.
Hey Blinky! You hungry? I got a broccoli and anchovy pizza, some Funyons, a carton of General Moloch's chicken, shrimp puffs ...
Turns back and looks at his flapping two-headed minions.
Well? You dopes know where the treasure vault is right? So get goin!
Shakes massive tusked head
Sheesh two heads and they still need someone to wipe their @zz when they take a crap ....
Hums a little ditty as he fixes a early-morning post-raid snack for him and his polyocular buddy
O I wish all the girls were like dryads so fair
I'd split all their knotholes while pulling their hair
O roll yer leg over
Roll yer leg over
Roll yer leg over and hump me till noon!
Emerges with a huge platter of dodgy leftovers
MMM ..My favorite class is LUNCH!
Commences to a severe pigout. Soon the rumble of ape gas echoes throughout the plane.

The_All_Seeing_Abomination |

The Demon Lord stretches and goes for a bit to eat, snacking on a tribble as he makes his way though the Halls of the great hall. He has much to do and soon, so many souls to claim. He stops when he sees Evil monkey and a many eyed Abomination eating at the table.
"When did I get a new minion?"
I don't know. That Troll, uh I_want_to_Touch_You, said something to me, and here I am. I'm still hungry. Got any tribbles to eat.

The_All_Seeing_Abomination |

yay A fifth of swag. Puts it into the vault
"Now humm new minion, sure we have tribbles, and have some soul to torment and twist as well. You can help with that too, hummm ...feel free to eat a few of the mortals we got around, left overs from the BBQ mostly."
An impossibily long tongue descends from his tooth-filled orifice and licks his full lips. He slurps out loud.
BBQ! Mmmmmmmmmm!

Cultist of Destruction |

Death and destruction! Tee hee! Evil grows stronger my lady. Yes, yes, it does. Hoo hoo! The little rats they scurry from their holes and raise the banner of chaos high. Soon, soon, soon now my lady. Hee hee hee!
The crazed gnome runs through, stopping briefly to pick something up and put it in his bag before running on.

Demon Lord of Tribbles |

hey a cultist. Hummm hey you want more power!"
shrugging his shoulders the Demon Lord looks back to his new minion
"Oh, my yes was a fine BBQ, we roasted a few hundred thousand from a new world somewhere. Feel free to do some raiding however. Nothing keeps the worship up like bloodshed and orgy's I always say"

The_All_Seeing_Abomination |

hey a cultist. Hummm hey you want more power!"
shrugging his shoulders the Demon Lord looks back to his new minion
"Oh, my yes was a fine BBQ, we roasted a few hundred thousand from a new world somewhere. Feel free to do some raiding however. Nothing keeps the worship up like bloodshed and orgy's I always say"
Oooo! Oooo! Oooo! I have special eye powers, 6 or more as I loose count. Can I use them in the next raids? Can I eat crazy gnome too? I have an extra eye in my navel.
Goes back to eating his BBQ

Evil Monkey |

A large pile of naked flesh lies tumbled on Evil Monkey's bed. A hairy arm pokes out from the bottom. As light increases in the plane, the bed begins to lose sleepers: Fiendish dryads and succubi rolling off, yawning, stretching and searching for clothes on the floor. They giggle and walk back to the harem quarters, eventually leaving the recumbent snoring ape alone in his bachelor pad.

The Eighth Runelord |
Whilst the evil monkey broods upon this doleful news, the Runelord waits a little, then goes on.
Your spies in the Palace of Skulls may be able to assist the hostess of Club Calistria in keeping track of her enemy's doing; since the destruction of a tome, it has been much more difficult to scry the Palace, as the wards have been redoubled; I do not say that it is completely impossible for an archmage who is a master of divination, but only that more conventional means are much more effective in relation to effort in most circumstances.
I am a little concerned as to the chances of success for most head-on attacks against the Palace at this point; my counsel is of caution and cunning. I find myself distracted by more ominous portents of something of more personal interest to me than the insults that have been piled upon the Lady Alaina. I can offer you a spare crystal ball, carved from a gemstone tears of one of the oldest of crystal dragons if that might be of any use to you.

The Eighth Runelord |
Whilst the Palace protected as it currently is may often be beyond it's capacity to scry, it will be very difficult for subjects of less than master of divination status elsewhere to detect observations made using this.
The Runelord leaves a globe of white crystal, the size of a man's fist on a table, and discreetly bows out.

Evil Monkey |

The fiendish ape takes the large crystal
"I'll try to keep an eye out Mr. Ed, thanks.."
Looks over at the TV where a fat man in a red cap is dancing wildly.
Man, just when I was getting settled in..

Nameless Narrator |
The large fiendish ape stares into the large whitish crystal. He is dressed in sweatpants and a wifebeater, one that has seen several messy meals. The Facts of Life plays on his TV unnoticed as he looks into the crystal.
"Hmm, I'm not so good with this scrying stuff .."
Suddenly a sexy voice interrupts
"Looking for me?"
Alaina walks into the living room. She is dressed in her combat chainmail bikini, her large Wasp whip buzzing at her side like an angry hornet's nest.
The large ape jumps up.
"Hey Alaina, I head thru the grapevine something bad went down at your club. You OK?"
Alaina smiles, her eyes black as night
"I'm fine, never better. I do need some help though. I am looking for some folks that did me wrong, some very ..naughty folks. I was wondering if maybe I could borrow that pretty rock the Runelord gave you?"
The ape fidgets, not sure of the situation
"Umm, I dunno Alaina, he seemed worried about you, an Mr. Ed ain't the kinda guy I'd like to get mad at me. I got enough worries.."
Alaina saunters over to Evil Monkey, trailing a yellow-and-black nailed hand across the ape's furry chest. She licks her full red lips.
"Perhaps we could make a little ...trade?"
Alaina stands before the large simian and runs both her slender hands across his torso. She then brings them behind her back, unfastening her top ..
FADE TO BLACK

Ashaundra |

The Demon Lord looks around Well damn, go off to convert one little world to your worship and all hells brake lose. Well not really, although them barking lose would teach them uppity devils now wouldn't it."
"Watch it now, some of us 'uppity devils' might take offense." The Erinyes leans against a wall, giving him an amused smile. "I wonder just whose side you're really on."

Ashaundra |

Your flunkie? Have you gone daft? I've never even seen your flunkie. Of all the...What is it with good guys and this stupid fixation on underlings? You sound like my sister. 'Don't hurt them, they're innocent, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.' Like I care. Or even notice for that matter. You want to fight, I'll fight. You want to whine about your missing underling go find somebody who cares.

Ashaundra |

Not talking eh? Well no matter.
The Witch Hunter General utters a command word, dimension doors to behind where Ashaundra actually is and swings expertly for her neck.
He has some sort of true seeing effect currently running.
She parries the blow expertly. Oh, please, you didn't really think it was going to be that easy did you?
With a grin to the Demon Lord, And you think you're going to have more fun with this old guy? Whatever.She presses the attack, flaming scimitar blurring with the speed at which it is wielded, with an extra smite good tacked on for good measure just in case she gets lucky and hits.

The Witch Hunter General |

The Witch Hunter General carefully watches Ashaundra's technique, using the greater reach of his bastard sword to good effect in the open terrain of the demon-lord's throne room. He only exerts himself if she tries to spread her wings to get airborne, occasionally dimension-dooring again, or at other times clicking his boots together for just long enough for a sudden burst of speed to nip around Ashaundra's flanks and slash at her wings.
My dear. If you mistake me for a do-gooder your sister and her friends must have beaten what sense you had out of your head. There is no room for mercy in dealing with witches and warlocks - only for justice.
I assume you know what happened to my my Flunkie, since he was last on his way to observe you, and nothing untoward is likely to have happened to him on the way, since he was making for the carnival via the relative safety of the Grove of the Ancients.

Ashaundra |

The Witch Hunter General carefully watches Ashaundra's technique, using the greater reach of his bastard sword to good effect in the open terrain of the demon-lord's throne room. He only exerts himself if she tries to spread her wings to get airborne, occasionally dimension-dooring again, or at other times clicking his boots together for just long enough for a sudden burst of speed to nip around Ashaundra's flanks and slash at her wings.
My dear. If you mistake me for a do-gooder your sister and her friends must have beaten what sense you had out of your head. There is no room for mercy in dealing with witches and warlocks - only for justice.
I assume you know what happened to my my Flunkie, since he was last on his way to observe you, and nothing untoward is likely to have happened to him on the way, since he was making for the carnival via the relative safety of the Grove of the Ancients.
Look, Old Man, she said becoming increasingly annoyed at how difficult it was to keep him from clipping her wings, I told you. I've never seen your flunkie. I wasn't even at the carnival since I was on my way over here to pay a little call on my former mistress's former ally. Maybe he just got lost in the woods. Maybe you need to hire better help. And maybe you need to get a hearing aid. I don't know where your flunkie is and I don't care. And I'm not a witch. I'm a blackguard. Sheesh. Can't even get that straight. Senility setting in perhaps?
Whatever. I'm done here. Come visit me at the carnival sometime, she says to the demon lord with a wink before planar shifting away.
The Witch Hunter General |

Edit:
You promised me you would dimensionally lock your throne room, keyed to prevent travel by fiends save for your tribble servants in and out, the Witch Hunter General glances sharply at the Demon Lord of Tribbles. You permitted her to escape.
No matter. The temptress' ignorance seemed sincere, and whilst I shall eagerly seek to dispatch her again should our paths cross, I shall not bother to go out of my way to hunt such small fry down.