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Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2021 3:56:06 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/CsRBTTY/images-q-tbn-ANd9-Gc-Qr-Mcc2sy-Sl-AXkz-X8-Wqge-Ar31-NTX0-VR9-D7-Kg-usqp-CAU~jpg Dio:"You have made a wise choice, Novitiate," The Mother Superior says. She draws her arm back, then forward, her whip arcing out to wrap around Dio's neck tight enough to nearly choke her. "But you will still have to pay; to earn forgiveness for your rebellion. To now work twice as hard at your chores, yes? And be given twice as many."She gives the whip to another sister and receives a large mace in return. "Sister of Enforced Repentance, take this novitiate back to the convent and ensure the correct punishments. The rest of us will teach the Hidden One not to interfere with our charges."
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Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2021 4:21:40 GMT
Brian, Hammett & Lorelei:
The Dorian-looking man continues to fight against a pack of demons. His sword strikes and strikes but rarely lands a great blow to his foes. To a trained eye, he isn't the greatest of swordsmen and the chain about his neck is not helping him. The burnt man still lays on the ground, his every attempt to stand thwarted by Dorian's movements. Two of the elephant-like demons surround him and kick at him with their stubby elephant feet. He fights back with a little dagger.
Dionisia's three companions rush past Lorelei and Shelly, Hammett and Pinky, and Brian. They smash into more of the demons and fight their way towards Vada.
Behind them rush five nuns brandishing various weapons.
Brian throws his spear and a brave demon jumps in front of Vada and gets impaled. As it falls it knocks the chest off the pedestal. Vada swears and speaks a few syllables. Brian is suddenly surrounded by dozens of flying daggers that slice and dice him. Most are deflected by his armour but enough strike his exposed skin and joins in his protections to cause considerable injury. Vada leaps to where the chest is and stabs a treacherous demon that tries to grab the prize for himself.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 19, 2021 4:25:11 GMT
Dio had hoped she could have talked to mother superior. But when the whip coils around her neck she instinctively tries to grab it, trying to push her fingers between the coiled whip and her skin.
When she can take a breath of air. Dio screams out a loud fierce scream of frustration.
"MOTHER NOOO."
Her eyes then slowly move bavk to the sister holding the whip her eyes pained but very angry. Feeling slightly betrayed by the order that raised her.
Sje tries to stand, if she can't she will sit on her knees focusing her will until she feels she can call forth the logrus to her aid.
She also wants to sense if the whip is in anyway containing power or abilities.
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Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2021 4:27:30 GMT
Hammett:
"Sorry, dude, can't come through now - I'm all tied to this mountainside."
A bright flash blocks Hammett's view of Dalt. He hears a crashing sound and swearing. A moment later the vision clears, and he sees Dalt hanging by one rope.
"What the hell was that? What's going on in there? You nearly got me killed."
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Post by Hammett on Sept 19, 2021 4:47:35 GMT
Hammett"Sorry, dude, can't come through now - I'm all tied to this mountainside."A bright flash blocks Hammett's view of Dalt. He hears a crashing sound and swearing. A moment later the vision clears, and he sees Dalt hanging by one rope. "What the hell was that? What's going on in there? You nearly got me killed." "Sorry. Hope I we can get that pint some day." He cuts the connection and tosses his deck of trumps to Pinky. "Get to Lady Shelley and guard her." He tells her, "If it looks like we've lost here, trump the both of you to the warehouse in Ceridin. Tell Conrad. He'll know what to do." He pauses for a moment and gives her a smile, "Thanks for everything kido."With that, he leaps over the rock and slides down the the side of the oval pit Vada has created, his speed and direction taking him towards Lady Vada and the fallen over chest. Their best chance now was defeating her, then maybe her minions would surrender or flee. His sword and eye glow with the trump power he is feeding into them. He had learned a few tricks since he last tangled with these beings, hopefully it would be enough to survive the night.
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Post by Brian on Sept 19, 2021 11:12:23 GMT
Brian, Hammett & Lorelei:The Dorian-looking man continues to fight against a pack of demons. His sword strikes and strikes but rarely lands a great blow to his foes. To a trained eye, he isn't the greatest of swordsmen and the chain about his neck is not helping him. The burnt man still lays on the ground, his every attempt to stand thwarted by Dorian's movements. Two of the elephant-like demons surround him and kick at him with their stubby elephant feet. He fights back with a little dagger. Dionisia's three companions rush past Lorelei and Shelly, Hammett and Pinky, and Brian. They smash into more of the demons and fight their way towards Vada. Behind them rush five nuns brandishing various weapons. Brian throws his spear and a brave demon jumps in front of Vada and gets impaled. As it falls it knocks the chest off the pedestal. Vada swears and speaks a few syllables. Brian is suddenly surrounded by dozens of flying daggers that slice and dice him. Most are deflected by his armour but enough strike his exposed skin and joins in his protections to cause considerable injury. Vada leaps to where the chest is and stabs a treacherous demon that tries to grab the prize for himself. I grunt in pain. I take a moment and draw my sword and try to make my way towards Vada and the chest. Slicing through any of her demons serving Vada in the bedlam that get in my way.
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Post by Lorelei on Sept 20, 2021 18:34:49 GMT
Seeing Pinky coming over to guard Shelly finally frees Lorelei to act. Words flow from her lips in an ethereal, deep-sea way - the spell is cast. A thin outward rolling mist fills the depression and surround areas in seconds, causing the still floating snowflakes to dance in its wake. Lorelei, Brian, Shelly, Hammett and Pinky have carefully been excluded from sharing in the spell's effect. All others find that while arms and legs go through the motions, these other beings CANNOT move from their current locations - an AoE modified Anchor spell... If one manages to break themselves free, this does not affect the others... This leaves Lorelei with a known Water of Life [used mainly for healing] and two currently unidentified spells yet to be cast...
(OOC: I hate when the [long-ish] response is nearly typed out and the browser window closes, forcing a redo... The redo is [almost] never as good as the original...) .
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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2021 7:47:43 GMT
Dio:
The Logrus comes to Dionisia's mind, and through it, she can sense the potent powers erupting from the battle inside the cavern. The Sister of Enforced Repentance also feels the power and pauses to stare up to the cave entrance.
She can stand, and the whip feels like an ordinary working of strange metal.
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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2021 7:59:57 GMT
Brian, Hammett, and Lorelei:
[OOC: Lor's spell will need a few seconds to include all the lynchpins necessary to exclude the others. In the meantime...]
The cavern is a scene of bedlam. Nuns fight demons; demons fight other demons, Dorina fights a losing battle against demons, the burnt man tries to evade the stomping feet of demons. The General and Mother Superior fight a duel on the periphery of the madness.
Brian fights towards Vada, but demonic foes block his way requiring him to take precious moments to dispatch them. Also slowing him down is the Sword of Choas, who accidentally bumps into him while in a fighting retreat from two nuns.
"Lend us a hand against the idolators, and great rewards will be yours," she tries to entice Brian as she stumbles over his foot still hold the two nuns at bay.
Hammett slides down the curved wall and trips up one of the nuns. Entropy slices her open with his glaive.
"We don't need any of your help, Wormwood," he says sneeringly, then stops as a demon's great sword plunges through his back, missing Hammett's head by a hair.
The huge demon kicks the still shuddering Entropy off his sword then advances towards Hammett.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 28, 2021 8:15:29 GMT
Dio:The Logrus comes to Dionisia's mind, and through it, she can sense the potent powers erupting from the battle inside the cavern. The Sister of Enforced Repentance also feels the power and pauses to stare up to the cave entrance. She can stand, and the whip feels like an ordinary working of strange metal. Dio works to uncoil the whip around her neck she looks at sister of enforced repentance amd says in a certain voice. "We cannot let them fight there alone it is not only the General and the other two. More demons are there. We have to assist Mother Superior!"If she manages to pull off the whip she does not even wait for response but struggles her way up the mountain to join Mother Superior at her side. She thinks... even if she wanted to punish Dio... and didn't listen.. and it qould again mean chores gruel and a killing monotonous lofe. Dio hopes the other sister follows her to the top.
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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2021 8:22:19 GMT
Dio:
"We must obey the Mother Superior! You will only make things worse for yourself by going back in there," the nun warns her.
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Post by Brian on Sept 28, 2021 8:23:54 GMT
Brian, Hammett, and Lorelei:[OOC: Lor's spell will need a few seconds to include all the lynchpins necessary to exclude the others. In the meantime...] The cavern is a scene of bedlam. Nuns fight demons; demons fight other demons, Dorina fights a losing battle against demons, the burnt man tries to evade the stomping feet of demons. The General and Mother Superior fight a duel on the periphery of the madness. Brian fights towards Vada, but demonic foes block his way requiring him to take precious moments to dispatch them. Also slowing him down is the Sword of Choas, who accidentally bumps into him while in a fighting retreat from two nuns. "Lend us a hand against the idolators, and great rewards will be yours," she tries to entice Brian as she stumbles over his foot still hold the two nuns at bay. Hammett slides down the curved wall and trips up one of the nuns. Entropy slices her open with his glaive. "We don't need any of your help, Wormwood," he says sneeringly, then stops as a demon's great sword plunges through his back, missing Hammett's head by a hair. The huge demon kicks the still shuddering Entropy off his sword then advances towards Hammett. I grumble at the scrum going on as I press on to fight Vada. I do my best to advantage my strategy with Hammetts. Pushing to keep Vada focused on wounds to keep her from spell casting. Best to give her injury to focus on.
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Post by Dionisia on Sept 28, 2021 8:36:40 GMT
Dio:"We must obey the Mother Superior! You will only make things worse for yourself by going back in there," the nun warns her. Dio looks back. "There is little getting worse if she dies! Stay if you want. But i choose not to and disobey to help. My ideas of priorities might be skewed but that can always be corrected later." Dio then grabs her blades and hopes to have not already lost the fight. She will cautiously approach and not charge in.
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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2021 9:03:21 GMT
Brain, Dionisia, Hammett, and Lorelei:
I know! I've done that many times myself, and, as you say, you can never quite catch that inspiration or idea like when you were first typing it out. I installed a browser app to record fields, but I'm sure it is a security risk, but I have lost hours of work when I, or Windows, or Firefox, screw up.
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Fighting continues.
From the hole in the cavern wall that the burnt man created, Dalt pulls himself into view carrying the tattered remains of climbing gear and severed rappelling ropes. He sees Vada and draws his greatsword. Vada sees him and snarls a spell which blasts him out the opening and off the side of the mountain.
On the other side of the cavern, high on the wall where a bit of outcropping juts, a point of light extends and morphs into a white silhouetto of a man. It reaches to its left and a golden orb of light begins to form.
Lorelei's spell works its way through the cavern and binds every non-PC to their spot - except Dionisia who had come into the casting's ambit and finds herself rooted in place. And Vada, who spits out a power word and is able to resume her gathering up of the chest.
Lorelei hears and feels what must be a cross between the largest bell in shadow being rung and a thunderclap which disorients her and causes the Broken Pattern to be lost from her mind.
Brian and Hammett find that although the demons are stuck to their spot on the floor they can still swing their weapons about and those which can shapeshift have very long reaches. It takes a bit of manoeuvering and slashing to try and work closer to Vada...
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Post by Lorelei on Sept 28, 2021 13:40:48 GMT
Lorelei is relieved to see that Dalt is alright... right up to the moment that he takes up involuntary sky-diving. With a bit of luck she would have another opportunity to talk with him. Current circumstances won't allow her to help him even if she could...
With the passing of the sound, Lorelei shakes her head for a moment, refocusing her senses. Her eyes glide over the others to see if they were also affected, or if she alone was targeted.
Three potential targets and only three spells still racked, one of them being her goto healing magic. Lorelei risks taking the moment to bring her Advanced Broken Pattern back up, using it first as a Pattern Lens but ready to shift it to magical defense if the need arises... .
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