*jall grins a bit at iptai's words, wondering why she changed into a cornugon now, but she doesnt linger on that point any longer and scouts ahead as usual. Jall had of course the intention to go deeper* ''let's go and don't split, we'll need all the power we can muster to defeat the five. ''
*wuhi, now small again, pouted at the buried wolves and followed Jall, second in line, a few feet back to leave her space to scout *
((going to bed now, no more posts till tomorrow morning from me))
The Undren's Missing?
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*MirielKanan
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Going through the doorway leads to a large room and a staircase. A long winding expansive staircase.
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Dace likewise follows the Golgherro's.
"Emmy?" He asked Jall. "Was hoping to find someone else down this way, but...Emmy's gone too?"
"Emmy?" He asked Jall. "Was hoping to find someone else down this way, but...Emmy's gone too?"
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*Er_Nano_Infame
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" Emmy, Crys and Saph have all been capture by the false gods of their homeworld that emmy defeated time ago.i thought they were slain tho'..."
*she scans the room and stairs, as she tries conjuring an earth elemental with a staff of earth, both to verify if summoning works in this place and to send it explore the room wading through the stone of the floor and staircase as per its earth glide ability, and have it report back should it find anything suspicious embedded in the stone
She'd also use a true seeing scroll on herself
(( earth glide allows moving in any kind of stone, dirt, earth but no metal. It leaves no trace nor effect of its passage))
*she scans the room and stairs, as she tries conjuring an earth elemental with a staff of earth, both to verify if summoning works in this place and to send it explore the room wading through the stone of the floor and staircase as per its earth glide ability, and have it report back should it find anything suspicious embedded in the stone
She'd also use a true seeing scroll on herself
(( earth glide allows moving in any kind of stone, dirt, earth but no metal. It leaves no trace nor effect of its passage))
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*MirielKanan
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The summoning would take longer but would prove successful. You get the sense that the elemental definitely did not want to be there. The room is empty as the elemental moves through it. It comes up empty and the use of the scroll shows there is nothing hiding or waiting to a ambush you.
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*Er_Nano_Infame
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Jall dismisses the elemental and swiftly moves upstairs, wuhi not far. She feels closer , and more tense...as she runs up she triggers a few more magics on herself with this or that trinket, the usual must-have wardings, and a potion that makes her even more nimble than with the usual agility belt.
Until she would arrive ontop to see...?
Until she would arrive ontop to see...?
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*The party takes to the stairs which is several floors high. The climb takes quite a bit of time but it end at a door. During the climb a scream can be heard and the following happens.*
EmmyÂ’s eyes shoot open at the screams. Her head darts over to the left to see a deep gash in her arm. ItÂ’s at this point she realizes the scream came from her. Mortimal stands over her blood dripping from his claw. He licks the talon clean and shudders with delight. Luna steps in and whispers something in MortimalÂ’s ear.
He merely nods, "We shall make haste then."
Mortimal turns his attention back to Emmy.
“Finally, who'd have thought a simple knock would have put you out for so long. Must have been that nasty soul you fought so hard to get back. I always had such high hopes for you Poppet.”
“Stop calling me that you sadistic megalomaniac. I am no longer yours to control!”
Emmy looks around finding the confused wide eyed stares of her sisters. They are on the stone floor with their hands tied in front of them. She clenched her fists in anger.
Mortimal laughs, “You will always be mine to control so long as you employ the gifts I have given you. You try and fight it but your heart does not beat. You are undead. You are Strigoi! It doesn't matter that you reclaimed your soul! You can fight it all you like but so long as you remain Strigoi you will ALWAYS BE MINE!”
Mortimal throws a hand catching Emmy in the sensitive area of her jaw. EmmyÂ’s head rocks hard to the side with a snap. She tests her neck twisting it slowly from side to side to see if anything is broken.
“Leave her alone!” shouts Crystalis.
Mortimal bends down in front of Emmy, “Perhaps you should have killed us when you got the chance.”
“I did!” Emmy shouts defiantly, “It’s not my fault that you found a way to break the divide of the Astral.”
“It wasn't easy,” Terramour states, “Had to stow away on a Spelljammer.”
“TERRAMOUR! It is none of their concern.”
“Who put you in charge Mortimal?” Ignus hisses.
“It was a majority vote, now is not the time Ingus. We’ll discuss it once we are through here.
“Ah look at you now my faithful.”
Terramour bends down to Crys. His smile is oily with a wrongness to it that Crystalis had never before felt.
“I can’t believe I never saw you for the fraud you actually were.”
Terramour laughs, “Do you remember a time when you actually hunted your sisters. Saphhira not so much but Emeraldin, yes her death would have been glorious for your Silverguard.”
“That won’t work Terramour, we’ve put all that behind us.”
Nicti steps forward, “This is the might Furies? Gatekeepers of the Source? Pathetic.”
“What are you talking about?” Saphhira asks.
Emmy looks to Saph then to Crys, “I was going to tell you but we were interrupted before I could.”
“What are you talking about? Crys asks with confusion.
“When The Source charged me with returning it’s lost power we were given a responsibility once the task was completed.”
Luna laughs hysterically, “They do not know. She never told them.”
“Emmy?” Saph asks.
“The Source charged us to protect it to keep away those who would take from it. Like the Overseers did.”
“What!?” Saph and Crys scream in unison.
“Why didn’t you tell us?” Saph asks.
“I just found out myself a couple of weeks ago.”
Crys scowls, “You should have come to us right away.”
“I know, I’m sorry.”
Ingus laughs, “You deaths mean us returning to our way of life though why you remain in those pathetic forms is beyond me.”
Mortimal circles the sisters looking at each of them in tow., “Ignus brings up a very good point. Why do you still continue to hide your true selves. I mean we all know why you did it on Aramas. To be discovered would mean death by the races as well as your own kind. But now, in Sigil, they are more accepting,” Mortimal considers it then breaks into a cackle, “You have come to believe the lie haven’t you?”
“Perhaps we should break the veil.” Nicti offers.
“NO!” all three scream in unison.
The fallen Overseers laugh at the sisters.
“I give it back!” Emmy shouts.
“What?” Mortimal has a look of utter shock on his face.
“I give it back! The powers, the magic, and most of all the hunger. I GIVE IT ALL BACK!”
“Emmy no!” Saph shouts.
“You’ll die Emmy, don’t do this.”
Emmy gives her sisters a sad look, “Better to die free than to live in slavery.”
“I do not accept,” Mortimal states simply.
“You have no choice. I return to you all that has been given!”
A purplish sphere of light forms at EmmyÂ’s chest surrounding the area where her heart should be. A phantom thumping can be heard in the cavern sounding in time with that of a heart beat. Suddenly the beats stops. EmmyÂ’s eyes go wide with pain. She takes a few heavy weezy breaths. Her eyes roll to the back of her head in pain. Emmy lurches forward hitting the hard unforgiving stone floor. She remains motionless as she lets out her final breath.
“No!” Saph screams with tears in her eyes.
Crys shakes her head, “This isn’t happening.”
“Foolish girl,” Mortimal says with a shrug, “Nicti!”
“Yes Mortimal?”
“Help them see the error of their ways.”
“Of course.”
Nicti waves a hand through the air and a haze blows out from her fingertips. It blows over the trio engulfing them. Crystalis and Saphhira begin to shake and shimmer with a silvery light. The haze envelopes the three forms obscuring them from sight.
*This is where the party enters. They see the Overseers sneering but obviously distracted. Three shadowy forms can be made out in a hazy mist. Choked garbled noises can be heard in the mist.*
EmmyÂ’s eyes shoot open at the screams. Her head darts over to the left to see a deep gash in her arm. ItÂ’s at this point she realizes the scream came from her. Mortimal stands over her blood dripping from his claw. He licks the talon clean and shudders with delight. Luna steps in and whispers something in MortimalÂ’s ear.
He merely nods, "We shall make haste then."
Mortimal turns his attention back to Emmy.
“Finally, who'd have thought a simple knock would have put you out for so long. Must have been that nasty soul you fought so hard to get back. I always had such high hopes for you Poppet.”
“Stop calling me that you sadistic megalomaniac. I am no longer yours to control!”
Emmy looks around finding the confused wide eyed stares of her sisters. They are on the stone floor with their hands tied in front of them. She clenched her fists in anger.
Mortimal laughs, “You will always be mine to control so long as you employ the gifts I have given you. You try and fight it but your heart does not beat. You are undead. You are Strigoi! It doesn't matter that you reclaimed your soul! You can fight it all you like but so long as you remain Strigoi you will ALWAYS BE MINE!”
Mortimal throws a hand catching Emmy in the sensitive area of her jaw. EmmyÂ’s head rocks hard to the side with a snap. She tests her neck twisting it slowly from side to side to see if anything is broken.
“Leave her alone!” shouts Crystalis.
Mortimal bends down in front of Emmy, “Perhaps you should have killed us when you got the chance.”
“I did!” Emmy shouts defiantly, “It’s not my fault that you found a way to break the divide of the Astral.”
“It wasn't easy,” Terramour states, “Had to stow away on a Spelljammer.”
“TERRAMOUR! It is none of their concern.”
“Who put you in charge Mortimal?” Ignus hisses.
“It was a majority vote, now is not the time Ingus. We’ll discuss it once we are through here.
“Ah look at you now my faithful.”
Terramour bends down to Crys. His smile is oily with a wrongness to it that Crystalis had never before felt.
“I can’t believe I never saw you for the fraud you actually were.”
Terramour laughs, “Do you remember a time when you actually hunted your sisters. Saphhira not so much but Emeraldin, yes her death would have been glorious for your Silverguard.”
“That won’t work Terramour, we’ve put all that behind us.”
Nicti steps forward, “This is the might Furies? Gatekeepers of the Source? Pathetic.”
“What are you talking about?” Saphhira asks.
Emmy looks to Saph then to Crys, “I was going to tell you but we were interrupted before I could.”
“What are you talking about? Crys asks with confusion.
“When The Source charged me with returning it’s lost power we were given a responsibility once the task was completed.”
Luna laughs hysterically, “They do not know. She never told them.”
“Emmy?” Saph asks.
“The Source charged us to protect it to keep away those who would take from it. Like the Overseers did.”
“What!?” Saph and Crys scream in unison.
“Why didn’t you tell us?” Saph asks.
“I just found out myself a couple of weeks ago.”
Crys scowls, “You should have come to us right away.”
“I know, I’m sorry.”
Ingus laughs, “You deaths mean us returning to our way of life though why you remain in those pathetic forms is beyond me.”
Mortimal circles the sisters looking at each of them in tow., “Ignus brings up a very good point. Why do you still continue to hide your true selves. I mean we all know why you did it on Aramas. To be discovered would mean death by the races as well as your own kind. But now, in Sigil, they are more accepting,” Mortimal considers it then breaks into a cackle, “You have come to believe the lie haven’t you?”
“Perhaps we should break the veil.” Nicti offers.
“NO!” all three scream in unison.
The fallen Overseers laugh at the sisters.
“I give it back!” Emmy shouts.
“What?” Mortimal has a look of utter shock on his face.
“I give it back! The powers, the magic, and most of all the hunger. I GIVE IT ALL BACK!”
“Emmy no!” Saph shouts.
“You’ll die Emmy, don’t do this.”
Emmy gives her sisters a sad look, “Better to die free than to live in slavery.”
“I do not accept,” Mortimal states simply.
“You have no choice. I return to you all that has been given!”
A purplish sphere of light forms at EmmyÂ’s chest surrounding the area where her heart should be. A phantom thumping can be heard in the cavern sounding in time with that of a heart beat. Suddenly the beats stops. EmmyÂ’s eyes go wide with pain. She takes a few heavy weezy breaths. Her eyes roll to the back of her head in pain. Emmy lurches forward hitting the hard unforgiving stone floor. She remains motionless as she lets out her final breath.
“No!” Saph screams with tears in her eyes.
Crys shakes her head, “This isn’t happening.”
“Foolish girl,” Mortimal says with a shrug, “Nicti!”
“Yes Mortimal?”
“Help them see the error of their ways.”
“Of course.”
Nicti waves a hand through the air and a haze blows out from her fingertips. It blows over the trio engulfing them. Crystalis and Saphhira begin to shake and shimmer with a silvery light. The haze envelopes the three forms obscuring them from sight.
*This is where the party enters. They see the Overseers sneering but obviously distracted. Three shadowy forms can be made out in a hazy mist. Choked garbled noises can be heard in the mist.*
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*Jall struggles to control the tremors of fear and urgency that gradually quake in her as she climbs the stairs, squinting watery eyes upon hearing the scream, hopping over steps until she gets to the door opening it just when the vibration of the dying heartbeat echoes and the shimmering haze spread.
desperatly she stares toward the overseers and the shady figures , she fears she lost too much time, she fears the sisters didnt know they were arriving. she knows she must take advantage of this moment of distraction of the overseers but how to get the most from it? she doesnt know, by now all of the five must know they're here, matter of seconds, something already happening, must act, now, but they're sure resilient, some damage wont give them any real advantage, they must do something else, something to flip the table, but what? WHAT?*
*all these thoughts stormed in jall's mind in those few seconds until she got grabbed and ported by iptai , finding herself in the hazy mist , not even knowing if touching it or the changing sisters will harm, she confides in the wards she put up. she sees those chaging small figures producing noises save for one , who may or not be still in the normal halfling form of the dead Emmy.
with a pained whine and and a thought she would activate that ring she worn before turning into a large cornugon to be hopefully able to grab all the three sisters and use her last daily dimension door to port back to the door they came from with iptai, eventually gliding down the staircase. or so she would intend to do, at least*
desperatly she stares toward the overseers and the shady figures , she fears she lost too much time, she fears the sisters didnt know they were arriving. she knows she must take advantage of this moment of distraction of the overseers but how to get the most from it? she doesnt know, by now all of the five must know they're here, matter of seconds, something already happening, must act, now, but they're sure resilient, some damage wont give them any real advantage, they must do something else, something to flip the table, but what? WHAT?*
*all these thoughts stormed in jall's mind in those few seconds until she got grabbed and ported by iptai , finding herself in the hazy mist , not even knowing if touching it or the changing sisters will harm, she confides in the wards she put up. she sees those chaging small figures producing noises save for one , who may or not be still in the normal halfling form of the dead Emmy.
with a pained whine and and a thought she would activate that ring she worn before turning into a large cornugon to be hopefully able to grab all the three sisters and use her last daily dimension door to port back to the door they came from with iptai, eventually gliding down the staircase. or so she would intend to do, at least*