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Post by Vail on May 22, 2023 19:32:53 GMT -5
Vail's head swiftly returns to the bar counter as his new allies obliterate any concept of subtly. The fellblood in particular was driving him up the wall. If you do happen to somehow know a father, it's not something you want to be announcing to the world. Making such a bold claim offers little in terms of leverage here, unless Javal's goal was to get kidnapped himself. Many a goon here would no doubt be itching to ransom off anyone connected to the Fathers. Worse yet, depending on which family the father is a part of, they might just kill the jovial fellblood as a form of retribution.
He stays silent as the bartender takes Layla’s place. It must be hard for her, having to deal with these kidnappings so soon after the natural disaster that struck the city; he can’t blame her for losing her temper when dealing with some rather intrusive outsiders. As the woman returns, he lifts his head to offer her a reassuring smile; a small gesture to hopefully lift her mood at least somewhat. “Thank you for your hospitality.” he replies as he places three solars on the bar. He casually takes one of the keys before walking towards the stairs, making sure not to make any unnecessary eye contact with the dregs hiding in the dark.
The upstairs hallway hadn't changed too much in eight years, aside from the new locks present on several doors, no doubt a response to some less than savory tampering. The Dancer’s Den clearly hadn’t improved its safety rating in all these years. He was about to enter his room when he spots the veiled woman, or at least he thinks it's her, there was something different about her that he couldn't quite put his finger on; nonetheless, it was clear to him that she wanted inside one other rooms for whatever reason. He watches as she drinks a familiar potion and prepares to kick the door down, a rather roundabout solution considering there was likely a multitude of criminals who could easily get the door open within the building, himself included.
He tilts his head, giving the door lock a quick glance before retrieving a small box[1] from his jacket. He digs around for a brief moment before grabbing a couple of needles and a small cloth wrap to bind them together. With his newly crafted instrument in hand, he approaches the veiled woman, still eyeing the fanciful lock. This wouldn't be much of a hassle, after all, he learned how to pick locks by practicing on these very rooms.
"That's a very interesting use for that particular potion, but I'm pretty sure whoever's in there would still hear the sound of the lock breaking or the door slamming into the wall. You know, if you want that door open so badly you just have to ask. No need to deafen brute force when a gentler hand will get you in there all the same[2]."
[1] Medical Kit [2] Lock Pick
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Post by Story Teller: Lynn on May 25, 2023 9:22:26 GMT -5
Layla is just floored by Javal’s openness and unapologetic honesty. A rare trait in this city of lies and corruption. Rather than argue with the man, she bites her tongue and just nods at Nadia’s offer.
After she returns with the keys and slides them across the counter, she nods to Gwen. “Of course, there are windows in every room, a back door through the kitchen, and a hidden escape tunnel through the cellar.” She pauses for a moment and frowns, clearly not having expected to have included that last detail in her answer. Before she can process what compelled her to speak so honestly, Gwen has already stood up from her stool and scaled the stairs.
She looks at Vail, concern clearly visible on her face as she’s slid the few coins. “Be careful.”
Meanwhile, upstairs in the hall, the maid trips over Alvina and skids her knee on the floor. She gasps in pain and holds her knee before cursing under her breath. Glancing around, she still doesn’t see whatever was in her way and she pushes herself back up to her feet as she hears the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs.
She smooths out her skirt and stands aside as Gwen and Javal pass her to head to their rooms. Or at least, that would be the normal thing to do. But these adventurers seem to have other ideas.
“Enjoy your sta-” The half-elf stops herself as she witnesses Gwen down a potion before slamming her foot into the door the cloaked individual went through. Surprisingly, the impact makes no noise. She’s about to confront Gwen for trying to break into another guest’s room, then she sees Vail pass her by and pull the small box out of his jacket.
Her expression grows dark as the two focus on the door while Javal walks to his own room with Nadia in tow, all seemingly ignoring her presence. Flames lick off of her fingertips as she raises her hand and holds her palm out towards the group.
“It’s rude not to knock first.”
Fire erupts from her hand and a massive fireball filling up the width and height of the hall surges forth threatening to engulf everyone, and everything in the hallway.
Offensive Action - Maid cast Massive Fireball on the party (Earth Domain)
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Post by Gwendolyn on May 27, 2023 7:50:34 GMT -5
The rapid expansion of air in the hallway ruffles Gwendolyns hair, milliseconds after the fireball goes off. She turns to see the maid throwing out fire and can only lift her arm in self defense. Alvinas countless [?] eyes widen as she sits below the expanding fireball, hopelessly defenseless in this measly form. She does still have the girl however…and the girl can deal with this without an issue. She blinks once, pulling Gwendolyns maul from the ether and placing it before Gwens outstretched hand. Arkanon Aurelia manifests itself in the air behind her, pointed towards the door.(1) Smoke billows softly in slow motion as it materializes, glowing with incredible power. Enlightened Redolence in its majesty floats silently, the fireball before it expanding rapidly. Alvina blinks once more, and the maul head opens, a vortex of swirling smoke and embers swallowing the magic wholly before closing once more. (2) Gwendolyns countful [2] eyes open slowly as she discovers obliteration has yet to come for her. The scent of flames and singed wallpaper lingers, but also the pleasant, reassuring scents of Anbar floated from her miraculously present maul. Grasping it, she collects herself and glares at the maid. “Know your place servant, Lest you discover all the other rude and uncouth things this woman is capable of.” A smile all too wide grows across the Archfeys invisible face as she leaps over the maid, stepping on her face, and prancing down the hall and up the stairs to the third story. Meanwhile, down at the bar. Mori Tsuji, the Feline-kin maid stands idly, still holding on to the shot of liquor that had been passed to her. She popped out of the daze that she had been entranced in, staring at a mirror behind the bar. Looking around, it would seem that her master was nowhere in sight. “Hmmm.” She hummed, as about a minute passed. Her ears twitched, an explosion? No… Surely everyone would be worried if there were an explosion. On top of that, Gwendolyn would be angry if she acted without orders again… Eh, forgiveness usually comes easy. Careful not to spill her shot, she pranced over to the stairwell, and walked downwards towards the basement. Gwendolyn had once mentioned a fun card game she had down here with the Witch of the Moonglade, and a door. Maybe Kamille was still down there, wanting to play cards with her! Or even a talking door! Gwendolyn (Through her patron) Support Action 1: Always There, Arkanon Aurelia and Enlightened Redolence Summoned and floating Defensive Action 2: Elemental Consumption, Massive Fireball stolen (Silent, potion of shadows) Free Action: Shit talk, talking mad trash to those lesser than her Passive Effects: Filter Veil - Airborne poison immunity Secret Identity - Ashlands: Lady Gwenevere > Capitol: Lady Gwentillae Arcane Glasses - Magic detection and Identification In Plain Sight - Lie detection immunity, Secret Identity protection. Infinite Soul - Age immunity Elemental Consumption - (1/2) Massive Fireball held Potion of Shadows - (2/2) Mori Tsuji Free Action- Going downstairs to find talking door/Kamille Free Action- Obliviousness Equipped - Shot of liquor SP: Light Fae Alvina Gwen actions: Cat forcing unconscious use of Gwendolyn abilities. Free Actions: Stepping on maid face, Going up to third floor. Being exceedingly smug about it
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Post by Javal Zarrias on May 29, 2023 1:21:24 GMT -5
Javal opened the door to his room not noticing his two earlier fellow adventurers approached a nearby door and walked inside his room.
A worried Nadia came inside behind him and closed the door behind them, “My liege I can’t shake the feeling that something’s very wrong. We brought too much attention to ourselves and may indeed get the wrong type of people to notice us. Also, it seems that Gwendolyn and Vail are doing something down the hall don’t you think we should join them?”, Nadia asks
“Hm, I think we should be fine me and you are strong enough to hold our own against any villainous fiend that dares halt our path of justice”, Javal says as he sets his trusty Katana on the bed he then turns to face the window outside, “As for Vail and Gwendolyn whatever they may be doing we should join shortly I just wanted to see if I could figure out how the kidnappers are doing the kidnapping on my own first”.
Javal then walks over and stands in the middle of the room, “Now if I was a kidnapper what would I do”, he pondered out loud, “Do kidnappers have some sort of rulebook they follow Nadia?”.
“I don’t believe they do my liege”, Nadia says a bit confused.
“Well that seems a bit unconstructive if you are a kidnapper you should at least be organized”, Javal says now walking in a circle in the room. "If I’m a kidnapper then I would have to be evil or a mean fellow perhaps I’d break in through the window or even lockpick someone's door but then again I don’t know that this wonderful establishment has that track record I should ask Layla that those are very important questions in my investigation” he then walks over to the door and begins to open it before he hears the noise of fire being ignited and people fighting, he quickly grabs his katana from the bed and unsheathes it.
He was about to open the door and join the fray until he is stopped by Nadia who is now in front of the door.
“My liege let’s wait a little bit until the dust settles outside may be dangerous” The two then wait until they hear the sounds of combat stop, Javal was very tempted to jump out the door when he hear the sound of some giant war machine being fired but Nadia told him not to and he listened since she was probably right.
After what seemed like an eternity the sounds of fighting ceased and as soon as they did Javal opened the door and jumped out. The first thing he noticed was the bad smell of burning wood and wallpaper. He then noticed that Gwendolyn and Vail were standing with Gwendolyn holding what seemed to be the source of the war machine noises as well as a maid in distress.
Javal then places his sword back into sheath and asks, “Hey guys what’s going on here why does it smell like fire? Did you guys find the kidnapper yet is the maid the kidnapper? Is it like one of those mystery novels where the bad guy was the staff all along? Does Lady Layla know that her maid is the kidnapper? Is she in on this? Is this like a secret fight club? If it’s a fight club can I join in”, in rapid fire way curiously awaiting answers.
Javal Zarrias : Ponder how to kidnap then walk into the burning hallway. Nadia Sadrine (Warlord Minion) : Also ponder how to kidnap then walk into the burning hallway with caution.
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Post by Vail on May 29, 2023 10:48:11 GMT -5
The maid's words surprise Vail. Between his nostalgia and Gwen's sudden interest in breaking and entering, he'd overlooked the half-elf maid already present in the hallway. His mind races for a possible excuse for his actions before the familiar sound of sizzling flames reaches his ears.
"Really? Fire of all things?" He mutters to himself as he looks towards his impending doom with just a hint of displeasure.
He immediately drops any interest he has in the door, choosing instead to dash[1] behind the veiled woman. While using his new ally as a human shield may seem a bit cruel to him, it was her reckless actions that got them into this mess, so he had enough justification.
He shields his eyes, waiting for impact, before the sound of the flames suddenly stops. He squints, seeing that Gwen was suddenly holding a rather peculiar maul, one that must carry a rather odd scent judging by the aroma filling the hall. As the veiled woman begins to trash talk their newfound adversary, he lifts his right arm over her shoulder, positioning his palm towards the half-elf as it begins to glow[2]. His fingers fold around the light, holding it in place as he awaits the half-elf's next move.
All that practice paid off, I'm actually in full control.
He hears the sound of Javal stepping out of his room, bringing yet another cavalcade of questions with him. Ignoring the naive man, he looks to half-elf, addressing her with a tone that offers not a hint of mercy.
"I don't know who you are, or what you want, but you are clearly outnumbered. I suggest that you surrender if you want any chance of leaving this place alive."
Part of him wondered what exactly they were dealing with here. Sure they weren't exactly being stealthy themselves, but that fireball was so indiscriminate that the patrons downstairs would have surely heard it. Perhaps these kidnappers are brazen enough to think they can get away with inflicting as much collateral damage as they please. He puts some distance between himself and the door he was picking. If there are occupants inside, they likely heard the commotion and may join their ally, then they would have a real fight on their hands.
Vail: [1] Free action: Bare hands: Dashing enchantment, endangering allies. [2] Offensive action: Purity bolt, cast but not released. Free action: Threatening murder via self defense
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Post by Story Teller: Lynn on May 31, 2023 21:59:32 GMT -5
Layla exchanges a concerned look with the bartender before looking at Mori. “Uh-” She barely gets a word in before the feline maid heads over to the stairwell leading to the cellar.
At this point, Layla has given up trying to talk this lot out of anything and decides to just mentally prepare herself for the mess she will undoubtedly have to clean up in the aftermath of whatever was going on up on the second story.
Up in the hallway, the fireball has been quelled for the time being.
“Tch,” the maid clicks her tongue in annoyance before something scampers over her face, throwing her off balance for a second as she flails. “Ah! Damn it!” She regains her balance and glares down the hall at the group.
Just then, Javal emerges from his room and starts barraging his companions with questions. The maid rolls her eyes at all their combined threats and chattering before she raises her hands again. This time, a ripple of flames rises from her feet to the tips of her fingers. Intense heat radiates off of her and the hem of her skirt singes slightly, to approach her now would surely leave a bad burn or two. She then turns to Javal and her throat starts to glow before she spews a smaller cone of flames at the man.
Further down the hall where Vail was hiding behind Gwen, there’s a clattering noise from beyond the locked door they were trying to break into. Not a moment later, they hear the sound of the lock clicking into place before the door creaks open, swinging into the room.
A breeze blows into the hallway from the open window beyond the now open door of the room, carrying the scent of smoke and brimstone with it. A quick peek inside reveals some of the furniture has been tipped over and the blankets from the bed have been stripped off and seem to be missing.
Stepping into the doorway and blocking any attempts to slip into the room is the cloaked figure Alvina had originally spotted. He is a burly individual, broad in the shoulders and boasting a crooked grin on his face. His nose looks a bit busted, likely from an occasional tavern brawl or two.
From beneath his cloak, a flash of dark metal quickly careens towards Gwen as the man takes a lunging step towards her. With alarming speed, the man, now brandishing a metal mace, makes two heavy swings, one at her knee followed by an upwards swing towards her face.
He then rocks back on his feet after making the attacks and raises his mace to attempt to block any incoming retaliation from the party.
From behind him and past the open window, there is a shrill sound that pierces the air. A whinny from a horse shortly followed by a “YAH!” and the sound of hooves clattering away at a rapid pace.
The man blocking the open doorway, wags a finger at the group. “Tut tut, too slow, mates. You're stuck dancing with me tonight.”
Defensive Action - Maid cast Heat Cloak on herself (Earth Domain)
Offensive Action - Maid cast Flame Breath, targeting Javal (Earth Domain) - Goon 1 takes two swings at Gwen with his maul (Blunt; Double Strike enchantment)
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Post by Gwendolyn on May 31, 2023 23:01:49 GMT -5
Her head whips back at the door as the maul comes careening towards her face. A quick inhale and adrenaline rips through her muscles, leaping backwards into the door opposite the man. (1) Her back slams against wood, and her scowl turns to pure anger as this cloaked man mocks her. Clicking her gauntlets together, then pushing them towards the ruffian, she sends a whirlwind of force out to push him further into the room. (2) Their objective was escaping, she had no time to deal with goons. “You couldn’t handle dancing with me, ingrate.” She spits at the man, before dashing past him and leaping out the window to chase whoever was escaping on horseback. Alvina hops up to an open window above, jumping out to land on Gwendolyns shoulders once more. Things here were getting interesting, and the list of people worth indenturing was growing by the minute! Mori slowly walks down the dim cellar corridor, humming along fancifully as she stops to knock on several idle doors. She offered the shot glass to each one, but none respond. At least, until she reaches the correct one. “Doorian?” Gwendolyn Defensive Action 1: Bullet Dash (Activation) Dodge Offensive Action 2: Gauntlets of the Howling Gale Special :A pair of blue steel gauntlets that are worn on the hands and cover the forearms. These gauntlets can fire out a small blast of wind, knocking back an enemy up to 10 feet, or can be used to summon a gust of wind towards you, pulling an enemy within ten feet towards you. This can also be used to knock away ranged projectiles. Has no effect on spells. Once used the wind function can not be used again for three post. Free Action: Bullet Dash follow out window Passive Effects: Filter Veil - Airborne poison immunity Secret Identity - Capitol: Lady Gwentillae Arcane Glasses - Magic detection and Identification Infinite Soul - Age immunity Elemental Consumption - (1/2) Massive Fireball held Mori Tsuji Free Action- Finding Doorian Free Action- Obliviousness Equipped - Shot of liquor SP: Light Fae Alvina Free Actions: Jumping back onto Gwendolyn's shoulder for the chase
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jun 1, 2023 12:22:25 GMT -5
Javal noticed that the maid in front of him was raising her hands, this confused Javal as he hadn’t met this lady before and it seemed like she was going to conjure up a spell. This feeling came true as he coated herself with some sort of heat spell and turned to face Javal and fired off a flame breath attack directly at him.
Javal not understanding what was going on but understanding that he was being attacked quickly unsheathed his katana and looked towards the incoming fire and the runes on his blade glowing a bright blue. He then slashes in front of him extinguishing the incoming fire breath.
He then chuckled and said, “Woah there what’s going on? Is this a fight? Have we found the bad guys? And what's the deal with this burly fellow”?
Javal is then surprised to see the burly fellow attack Lady Gwendolyn but even more surprised to see her escape. He knew Gwendolyn was formidable enough to take both the lady and the fellow on herself; it seems like the goal of their investigation was getting away. Well although Javal would love to do battle against those tough goons it appeared that he’d be joining her if it meant saving more people.
Javal yelled to his retainer, “Nadia jump out the window with me” he sprinted towards the nearest window around him and jumped out coming crashing down to the street floor and landing on his feet, “That hurt”, Javal shouted.
Nadia could be heard landing behind him, “I wish you would be more careful my liege”.
Javal didn’t hear her words, only sprinting ahead trying to catch up to Lady Gwendolyn and the escaping fiends.
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Defensive Action: Water Rune (On Katana) to extinguish incoming fire attack.
Free Action: Jump outside the window
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Free Action: Jump outside the window
Water Rune on Katana
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Post by Vail on Jun 4, 2023 2:29:27 GMT -5
The sudden emergence of another adversary was hardly a surprise to Vail, although the sudden sound of a fleeing horse caught him off guard. He wasn’t expecting the maid to come peacefully, but her continued resistance left him little choice but to retaliate. He releases the bolt of light, letting it careen down the hallway. The maid’s sudden interest in Javal only reassured him that his shot would land and the fact the light was growing in size meant it would likely be difficult to block.
His attention turns to Gwen and her adversary, the latter of which had just been launched back into his room. He follows the veiled woman as she dashes, pausing only when she casts herself out the window.
Why do I always wind up with the most reckless companions? Vail thinks as he scans the disheveled room, spotting the mace wielding goon still on his feet and moving to block his path out the window.
He rushes the man, grabbing onto the front of his maul the instant he senses its movement. "It appears you're the one who is too slow here mate. Now let's see if we can make your face match that nose of yours." Vail remarks as delivers a blow to both sides of the goon's face.
With his adversary taking in the impact of his blows, Vail quickly climbs through the window, grabbing onto the outside of the windowsill before climbing downwards. He releases his grip as soon as he lowers himself a few feet, just enough for him to land without risk of an unintended injury.
Active passives: Bull's strength: Hitting hard Hand's are weapons: Blocking Blunt Iron Grip: Holding onto the maul Bare hands, Holy enchantment: The goon is now cowering in fear, crying for his mommy. Offensive action 0.5?: Releasing the purity bolt cast in the last post. Defensive action 1: Hands are weapons + Iron grip, grabbing onto the maul Offensive action 1: Rearranging the goon's face via Two Piece
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Post by Story Teller: Lynn on Jun 5, 2023 21:05:28 GMT -5
“OF COURSE IT’S A FI-” the maid’s scream of frustration with Javal is cut off by the purity bolt striking her and knocking her into the wall, this gives Javal a chance to slip past, back into the room he had the key for, and dart for the window with his retainer.
As this is happening, the goon’s maul connects heavily with Gwen’s knee before he misses on the upswing towards her face. A grin widens across his face as he believes he has her cornered before she proves him wrong and blasts him back with a torrent of wind. He skids back on his heels back into the room he was guarding. His block does little against the wind and he drops his guard.
“Shit.” Is all he can mutter through his clenched teeth as Gwen dashes past him and leaps out of the window.
Just as he is about to go after her and take another two swipes with his maul, Vail closes the gap between them. He goes for a swipe with the maul only to find that, while it connects, Vail stops it with his bare hands.
He yanks on his maul, but cannot get it free of Vail’s grip before he sees the man’s fist flying towards his face. He takes one solid blow to the nose before he takes a second solid hit to the chin. Staggering back, he holds his nose as blood runs down his face, he spots Vail fleeing through the window and does NOT throw himself out the window, instead heading back into the hall and rushing down the stairs.
Landing in the alleyway below the window-- albeit varying in grace and degree of success, Gwen was definitely not doing her injured knee any favors-- Gwen and Vail would quickly realize that the horse they heard had already fled out of sight, though there was fresh tracks in the ash covered street indicating which way it fled.
Only problem was, they were not alone. Two more cloaked individuals stood in their path, one appears to be an androgynous red skinned fellblood brandishing a crossbow, while the other appears to be an older fellow with beads braided into his long graying beard.
“Sorry ‘bout this, but we can’t have you gettin’ in the way.” The fellblood takes aim and fires at Vail before swiftly reloading. The bolt glows red with heat as it zips through the air straight for his shoulder.
“Kekekekeke, I’m not sorry in the least! You’ll all burn! EVERYONE WILL BURN!” Exclaims the elderly man as he throws his hands up and a wall of flames springs up from the ground. The flames encircle Vail, Gwen, and the pair of new adversaries. A wide wild grin spreads across his face while the fellblood looks less than thrilled to also be trapped.
“Oi, let me get back to higher ground,” the fellblood snarls at the old man.
“Bah, go then.” The old man waves his hand, manipulating the flames to create a brief opening for the fellblood to escape through before closing the curtain of fire again.
The fellblood then climbs up a ladder leaning against the side of a nearby building in order to get the high ground on the party and prepare to rain more heated crossbow bolts down on their heads. Or at least, two of them.
Javal on the other hand, crashed through a window and landed in the alleyway on the other side of the inn with Nadia at his side. They certainly would be feeling sore from the landing tomorrow, but it wasn’t much to slow them down. A quick look around reveals a comparably quiet alleyway that is almost serene with the ash softly falling from the sky like snowfall. Though as Javal and Nadia sprint to try and reunite with the rest of the group, a glow from the window they had just crashed through grows.
The maid had regained her senses and chased after Javal. Her hair was all frizzed from the purity bolt which struck her during the fray and her expression was nothing but indignant rage. She glowers down at Javal and Nadia as they flee the scene, still just within range of her spells. She gathers two motes of fire in her hands before firing them down at the two.
Speaking of maids, Mori is still in the basement still trying to talk to sentient doors apparently. Doorian is surprised to see Mori to say the least.
"Oh, hello! How are you doing this grand and sparkling day? Or is it not sparkling? That is what the sky does right? I would not know because I am, in fact, a door."
Wound Tracking Gwen takes 1 major wound (maul to the knee), and 1 minor wound (fall damage) Javal takes 1 minor wound (fall damage) Nadia takes 1 minor wound (fall damage)
Offensive Actions Goon 1 makes 1 maul attack against Vail (blocked, no damage) Goon 2 makes 1 crossbow attack against Vail (Marksman; Fire Rune) Goon 3 casts Ring of Fire around Gwen, Vail, himself, and Goon 2 (Earth Domain) Maid casts Fire Bolt on Javal (Earth Domain) Maid casts Fire Bolt on Nadia (Earth Domain)
Support Actions Goon 3 casts Control Flames to let Goon 2 leave the Ring of Fire (Earth Domain)
Persisting Passives Maid’s Heat Cloak (Earth Domain)
Other Effects Goon 1 is afraid of Vail's fists
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Post by Gwendolyn on Jun 8, 2023 7:53:33 GMT -5
Gwendolyn sighs, frustrated at the amount of people willing to get in her way today. It was certainly growing tiresome she thought, as she was surrounded by fire. Her leg ached, and she just wanted to go back to bed to be perfectly honest. She grabs a hold of Enlightened Redolence, her steely maul of fire and smoke. A quick gesture of her hand and a look of annoyance cast towards the fellblood fleeing the circle and she began to float upwards. (1) The glasses on her face grew slightly misty at the rising heat of the inferno surrounding them as she floated upwards with the help of her maul. Arkanon Aurelia circled around and targeted the pyromaniac, its glow intensifying as it began to spiral itself up. Gwendolyn grabbed hold, and three shots erupted from its elegant spinning rods, aiming to eliminate at least the most imminent problem. The recoil on the Arkanon, combined with the levitation of her spell hopefully sent her careening backwards towards the rooftop opposite the pyro. (2) Alvina concentrated on ensuring that all of Gwendolyns magics and effects went off without a hitch. Patronage of the woman was certainly a full time job at the least. Not to mention that this fragile form was doing all of this a few hundred miles away from it’s main body in the Mystwud. Mori bowed politely, placing the shot glass precariously on the doors handle. She smiled, betraying not her dissapointment that Kamille was not present and ready to play cards. Doorian was nice, pleasant even. She waved, and then turned to go back upstairs. Her master had still not returned, and the music remained gay and joyful. But this situation was certainly not gay, to be without ones master was not gay at all. A few patrons seemed to be interested in what was happening outside. Master Gwendolyn was nothing if not attention getting, perhaps she was out there? Light illuminated the ashen sky as Mori stepped out. Odd, had it become daylight? No, the street lamps were still on. Perhaps a quirk of the everpresent ashfall. But then…. Who employs the lamplighters? Are they on full time? Around the clock? Mori wept, for she did not know. Wait a minute, Magic missile shots? Arkanon Aurelia? Mori’s Holmsian aptitude for piecing together things that were acutely relevant to her specifically was shining today, Lady Gwendolyn must be in a fight dire enough to activate the Arkanon. She leapt into action, taking a few steps toward the hotel at the edge of town that the rest of the maids were stationed in. But wait… leaving the scene of battle counts as dereliction of duty. Sir Cassian said if she ever abandoned her charge she would lose all magic… Quickly, with catlike reflexes, she charged towards the sounds of conflict. Gwendolyn was in the air, floating towards a rooftop. A circle of flame danced eerily in the dimly lit street, and a maniacal madman was reacting to the blast of the Arkanon. Mori, slammed her paws together, and slammed them into the ground. The earth beneath the magician bulged, hopefully throwing him off balance enough that he would fall into his own flame. (3) Gwendolyn Defensive Action 1: Levitate (Assisted by "Living Weapon" x2) Offensive Action 2: Arkanon Aurelia Phase 1, 3 shots. Free Action: Levitate towards rooftops Passive Effects: Filter Veil - Airborne poison immunity Secret Identity - Capitol: Lady Gwentillae Arcane Glasses - Magic detection and Identification Infinite Soul - Age immunity Elemental Consumption - (1/2) Massive Fireball held Mori Tsuji Free Action- Giving Doorian a shot Free Action- Obliviousness Offensive Action - Mold Earth, Pyro towards wall of flame SP: Light Fae Alvina Free Actions: Patron stuff
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Jun 10, 2023 22:36:27 GMT -5
Javal cheered on happily, he was glad to see that his quick-thinking hydro maneuvers worked in defending him and Nadia from the maid’s oncoming attacks. He was honestly expecting her fire attacks to have some sort of heat-seeking aspect to them due to her adept use of fire magic that the fiendish maid had displayed so far.
“Fiendish maid, give it up. Your fire magic is no match for me and my water magic. It is a complete foil for you just to give up now and you shall be quickly brought to justice. Just make this easy on all of us here, surrender and accept your fate”, Javal yells up to the dangling maid grabbing onto the windowsill.
"Darn the sea tendrils missed her and they’ve been destroyed”, Javal thought to himself as his water tendrils dissipated due to the extreme heat exuding from the maid.
He then quickly turns to face Nadia, “Watch out”, and jumps in front of the oncoming mace smash from the new foe, a burly man with a mace. Javal jumps back up to a standing position; he then places his hands on his sword and suddenly his entire body becomes covered with vines, plants, and tiny thorns all over. Javal used this spell to try to get some distance from the goon and stop his incoming grab towards his katana. He then quickly grabs his katana from his waist and unsheathes it.
Javal yells over to his retainer who is now behind him facing the maid, “Nadia it seems that these two criminals will not listen to reason. It is time for us to get serious, let’s finish this battle up quickly and return to help Vail and Gwendolyn".
“As for you”, Javal says now facing the burly mace-wielding fellow, “It’s just me and Nadia here but that’s all that’s needed to bring wicked foes like you to justice. Get ready to face the righteous power of justice and surrender in the face of my strength”.
Nadia is now looking straight at the maid from earlier than she aims and fires an arrow made of light courtesy of the ray bow.
Javal holds his blade with both of his hands in a fighting stance and says, “You wanted to take this blade earlier from me right? Well let me show you what this honorable sword can do, come on Thesmos”, and charges at the burly mace fellow and swings his katana horizontally at the fiendish man.
Javal Zarrias
Defensive Action: Covered himself with the sprout spell.
Offensive Action: Slashes at the mace goon with his katana.
Free Action: Jump in front of the attack meant for Nadia.
Nadia Sadrine (Warlord Minion)
Offensive Action: Fires the ray bow at the maid.
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Post by Vail on Jun 13, 2023 20:19:33 GMT -5
Fire, why is this city suddenly obsessed with fire?
Vail reacts to the fellblood's attack just in time, catching the fire bolt in his right hand (1). Despite the numbness in his hand, Vail can feel the heat of the bolt as the cloth of his glove burns away and the gray flesh underneath it begins to sizzle.He spins as he catches the projectile, both to fake the impact of the bolt hitting him, as well as to wind up his return throw. Luckily for him, his ranged adversary had moved to higher ground, giving him a clear line of sight as he gives the fellblood a taste of his own medicine (1). In his adrenaline, he forgets what occurred the last time he heard a person set ablaze. Realizing his brash action might inadvertently cause him to lose control, he fires a bolt of light towards the fellblood (2), hoping to finish him before the burning sensation elicits any screaming. An undeserved, but necessary mercy. With multiple shots headed towards his unreachable adversary, he turns to face the elderly man foolish enough to remain in the ring of fire with him. While his attention was drawn towards the pyromaniac, Vail could sense that Gwen had managed to leave the circle; he briefly notes a lone shadow within the circle, originating from something or someone above him. Simultaneously, he notices someone moving outside of the flames, the white frills of their outfit reflecting the flames better than anything else through the street. Concluding that Gwen's ally had finally decided to join them, Vail rushes towards the man, but not head on, choosing instead to dart diagonally, drawing his attention away from the maid while also maintaining some distance.
Defensive->Offensive action 1: Deflecting Palm (Brawler level 2 (1/2)) to catch the incoming bolt and to throw it back towards Goon 2
Offensive action 2: Purity bolt (Light Domain) towards Goon 2
Free action: Darting diagonally toward Goon 3 (Bare hands: Dashing enchantment)
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Post by Story Teller: Lynn on Jun 15, 2023 16:15:27 GMT -5
Outside on Javal’s side of the inn, the two firebolts strike the large portal of water and the maid scowls in response. This guy was a bad matchup for her, any fire she throws at him can clearly be countered by his wealth of water spells.
She starts to back up when the tendrils strike out at her, one slamming against the window frame narrowly missing her while the other coils around her and attempts to yank her out of the window. She just manages to grab onto the windowsill and is now stuck suspended in the air outside the window.
The water sizzles and boils against her skin due to the protection of the heat cloak, negating any severe damage from Javal’s attack and creating a stream of steam rising up from their location.
“Help!” She shouts, just using all her strength to hold on.
Meanwhile, the armed burly guy with the mace has made his way down the stairs and just crosses paths with Mori as she comes up from the basement. He gives the catfolk a side-eye as she rushes out of the building and he follows after. He’s just about to keep following her when he hears the cry for help and instead goes the opposite direction from Mori, mace at the ready as he rounds the corner and confronts Javal and Nadia on the ground.
“There you are, slippery aren’t ya?” He glances about and looks a bit confused that the rest of the group is nowhere to be seen. “Your meddling friends left ya behind, huh? Real shame.”
He rushes forward and takes two swings, one at Nadia to knock her weapon away and then he quickly follows it up with another swing at Javal to hopefully make him release the maid. He then makes a grab for the scabbard of Javal’s sword in an attempt to make sure he can’t draw his weapon.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the building, the old crazy geezer is still cackling away as the fire rages around Vail and Gwen. Or rather, only Vail as Gwen starts to float up into the air above the towering wall of flames.
The old man seems to take personal offense to this. “Where are you going?! GET BACK HERE AND BURN!”
He raises his hands up in the air and casts another spell, but in his haste he neglects to protect himself from getting absolutely pummeled by the three strikes from Gwen’s spell.
There’s a rumbling from overhead as the sky darkens as if a thunderstorm was about to start and Gwen hears, oddly enough, the sound of a stone clattering down the shingles of the inn’s roof just behind her. That’s when Gwen would notice that there is a rain of flaming stones falling from the sky over the immediate area.
The old man cackles again, struggling to stay standing after the onslaught of hits he just took. He's about to speak when he gets cut off as the ground erupts under his feet and knocks him off his feet. He lands on the ground heavily and wheezes in pain.
Even in his heavily injured state, he still manages to shout to the sky. “THE END HAS COME! THE EARTH SHALL SPLIT! THE SKY SHALL RAIN FIRE! ALL WILL BUUUUUURN!”
While this is going on, Vail manages to catch the burning bolt and fling it back at the fellblood.
Being on a ladder does not leave a lot of room for dodging, and the fellblood at least manages to scramble up onto the roof and gets hit in the leg rather than in their face or core.
They grit their teeth in pain from the burning of their own bolt before taking aim at Vail again just as the blinding light streaks towards them. Out of instinct, they hold up their heavy crossbow to block their face as the purity bolt hits and shatters their weapon, sending shards of wood and pieces of metal flying across the rooftop.
“Dammit.”
The fellblood winces and attempts to break line of sight by rolling to the other side of the roof, which works fine against Vail and Mori on the ground, but not so much for the airborne Gwen.
Wound Tracking Gwen: 1 major wound (maul to the knee), and 1 minor wound (fall damage) Javal: 1 minor wound (fall damage) Nadia: 1 minor wound (fall damage) Vail: 1 minor wound (burnt hand)
Offensive Actions Goon 1 takes one swing at Nadia and one at Javal with his maul (Blunt; Double Strike enchantment) Goon 1 attempts to disarm Javal Goon 3 cast Meteor Storm (duration: 1 out of 3 posts)
Defensive Actions Goon 2 blocks purity bolt, weapon is destroyed
Persisting Passives Maid’s Heat Cloak (Earth Domain) - fire damage negated by water damage from Sea Tendrils Goon 3’s Ring of Fire (Earth Domain)
Other Effects Goon 1 is still afraid of Vail's fists
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Post by Gwendolyn on Jun 18, 2023 8:40:47 GMT -5
“Idiot” the floating woman says aloud as the old man spews his fiery gospel. Gwendolyn hovers slowly to the rooftop as the sky begins to rain rocks all around her. A whisper in her mind alerts her to the fellblood recovering on the opposite rooftop, a solution to several problems. Grasping onto the handle of Arkanon Aurelia as the body's spin steadily increases, she swings it over to aim at the man on the roof. Six shots burst forth and streak across the courtyard, illuminating windows and falling ash as the recoil pushes her in a different direction, and away from the meteor storm. (1) "V, are you ok down there?" She shouts down "Where the fuck is Javal, did he bail on us already?!" A second to breath gained by the distance, Gwendolyn takes stock of what's going on, and what needs to happen. Mori and Vail can handle the old man, The Fellbloods weapons is broken. At the moment, she was under the assumption that Javal was fighting the thug and the maid, unknown where. She was hurt, but nothing impressive. It could be tended to later, most important objective was ending the fight and tracking the package that got handed off. Captives would be useful, hopefully the fellblood survives the Arkanons onslaught, but push come to shove she could always bring him back from the dead. Take stock after, try not to die in the meantime. Gwendolyn takes a moment to unlatch the cloak she had been wearing. Her armour gleamed in the firelight as it fluttered to the ground, as she took the time she had to don her helmet and inhale a smelling salt from her belt. (2)(3) Mori leaps into the air with glee as the Goon on the Ground (tm) whimsically shouts song lyrics. It wasn’t a song she had heard before, but he seemed enthusiastic about it. The flames danced in her eyes as visions of fire encapsulating the city swirled in her mind. This was normal, and not related to the situation. She snapped out of her daze, and back to the matter at hand. GotG was injured, yet alive. Lady Gwendolyn liked having people alive so she could question them, so binding was the answer. Mori waved her hand, conjuring a thorny green sigil from which a thick mass of vine erupted forth. The spiny whip aimed at wrapping itself around the the arms and trunk of this deranged bard. (3) Gwendolyn Offensive Action 1: Arkanon Aurelia Phase 2, 6 shots. Recoil to opposite direction of Fellblood Utility Action 3: Inhaling Storm Salts, Call Tornado (1/1) Free Action 2: Don Dread Helm (a black helm with a snarling visage. It's eyes always glow a ominous Red. While wearing this helmet you gain one hit prevention to your head and can see in non magical darkness.) Passive Effects: Filter Veil - Airborne poison immunity Secret Identity - Capitol: Lady Gwentillae Arcane Glasses - Magic detection and Identification Infinite Soul - Age immunity Elemental Consumption - (2/2) Massive Fireball/Meteor Storm held Overwhelming Magic - Spell Damage ignore resistance/immunity Dread Helm - Glowing red eyes, Nonmagical Darkvision Mori Tsuji Free Action- Obliviousness Offensive Action - Thorn Whip Binding SP: Light Fae Alvina Free Actions: Patron stuff
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