A Warping of the Blood

[Jolmo]

*Breaking through the water and finding himself unable to swim, Ke'ch'rhal does not even stop to think about the risk of drowning. That risk was already taken before the jump. Now, getting forward is all that matters.*

*Scraping against the wall in his attempt to swim, Ke'ch'rhal senses a chance to use the cramped environs to his advantage. He reaches out for the rock to either side of him and searches it for grips to pull himself forward by.*

OOC - Climb +4, Can hold breath for 36 rounds without risk!?

 

[ender_wiggin]

After everyone in front had gone forward, the giant grits his teeth and follows. He had no fear of water, only the unnatural dangers that could be found within *this* waterpit.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Vayj will remain perched on Soevi's shoulder, travelling with her, unable to attack a for he cannot target. If possible he will try to aid Soevi in any actions she needs to take, and if he can actually see an enemy, he can begin to fight in earnest.*

 

[hero4hire]

*Leondegrance attempts to find the left wall so he can put his back to it and use it to guide himself forward.*

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Balthazar takes out a small sunrod and taps it against the wall to light it. He hears the hiss and smells the burning chemicals that signal that it indeed lit, but the darkness does not receed. Ke'ch'rhal sinks down, his ears popping a bit, his vision still dark. He finds no protruding rocks on the sides, though his feet kick something as he finally touches bottom. Scinathar pushes himself along, and abruptly comes out of the darkness into an area lit by a glowglobe. There are four men at the edge of the darkness. Two of them are mostly wrapped up in what appears to be a pair of octopi. The other two are frantically reloading their heavy crossbows, startled at Scinathar's appearance. All the men have an iron cuff and chain around each ankle, leading to a melon-sized ball of rock. They all look a bit pinched and thin, certainly dirty, and decidedly scared.

Scinathar cannot actually see the water pit at this point, as it is engulfed in the darkness. There's a small room here, four pallets of rags, a couple of buckets, a passageway blocked by a boulder, and a small lever on the left-hand wall.

As Scinathar watches, the two men wrapped in octcopi go tumbling into the water as the octopi drag them down. Those in the tunnel hear, "No, noooo-!" followed by a pair of splashes. "No, you betrayer, die, die!" In the tunnel, Soevi waits, listening to the people around her, trying to tell if she's needed. The two men scream their epithets at Scinathar, frightened and angry as they launch their bolts at it. One slams home in the mojh's gut, blood welling up around it, as the other shatters against the wall.

Leondegrance and Ra-Pharod inch forward. Leon feels the edge of the waterpit, puts his back against the left-hand side, then eases into the water. Ra-Pharod follows. Leon sinks into the water, his back against the smooth wall, while the giant is able to remain on the surface. Vayj remains on Soevi's shoulder as both wait for a clear target.

OOC -
Balthazar - 25
Ke'ch'rhal - 22
Scinathar - 20
Soevi - 18
Enemies - 17
Leondegrance - 14
Vayj - 11
Ra-Pharod - 6

Balthazar lights it up. Ke'ch'rhal flounders. Scinthar breaks out of the darkness. The octopi pull a couple people in. One guy crits Scinathar for 12 points of damage, the other one misses. Leon and Ra-Pharod go into the water, Leon sinks, Ra-Pharod floats. Vayj sits.

 

[RillianPA]

*Balthazar moves forward along the wall, and draws DawnsEdge. If he finds opponents after a single move, he attacks, otherwise he continues to move until he sees somthing*

 

[Jolmo]

Ke'ch'rhal, Dracha

*Ke'ch'rhal keeps striving to move forward.*

 

[ender_wiggin]

*The giant, sensing that something else had gone sour and that more of his companions may be in need of aid, struggles forward in the water.*

 

[Erekose13]

"The darkness ends, two humans are shooting bolts and will be dealt with soon. Two others were dragged into the darkness by tentacles. The dracha is not here. Scinathar reports, shouting back to it's companions. The mojh then launches a cold blast at the one who launched the stinging bolt.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Balthazar flutters forward, suddenly coming to the end of the darkness. Seeing a man with a crossbow in his hands, he lunges forward with Dawn's Edge and strikes the man hard through the ribs, fire searing his flesh. The man gives a shout of pain, cursing the spryte. Ke'ch'rhal continues to push himself along the floor of the water pit, and is startled by a writhing, warm body that falls nearly on top of him. Above, Scinathar blasts his attacker with freezing cold, covering the man with frost and sapping his strength. The man can't even scream, as his lips are covered with frost. Soevi and Vajy wait cautiously, waiting to see if they can help.

The two men still on land grab daggers from their belts and try to stab their flying and floating attackers. Both miss badly, but it's clear the man are desperate. Leondegrance moves through the water, bumping into something with his foot, while Ra-Pharod manages to paddle to the other side, out of the darkness.

OOC -
Balthazar - 25
Ke'ch'rhal - 22
Scinathar - 20
Soevi - 18
Enemies - 17
Leondegrance - 14
Vayj - 11
Ra-Pharod - 6

Balthazar moves up and hits a 29, dealing 9 points of damage to a crossbowman. Ke'ch'rhal moves forward and hits a falling body. Scinathar hits a ranged touch of 17, Fort save fails, takes 3 points of cold damage and 1 point of Str damage to another crossbowman. Soevi and Vajy delay. The crossbowmen drop the crossbows and attack with daggers, missing horribly. Leondegrance bounces along the bottom. Ra-Pharod finally swims out of the darkness.