Against the Storm Part II: Luskan

[DM_Matt]

Elone grins wickedly upon opening the bundle. She whispers a quick prayer of thanks to Solonor. She grabs her Quiver of Meilikki quickly, reaches in, and withdraws her Bow of True Striking and a number of Alchemists Arrow's, and then checks them over with a glance to be sure they are ready for use. Assuming they are, she quickly strings the bow, whispers the command word for the bow, and takes aim at the beasts eye, letting an arrow fly.

(OOC: That's like 2-3 rounds of actions, I'd assume).

The brute ignores Elone behind him and continues to strike at the other two. He strikes Jaina, throwing her up against the force field (20dmg), then he strikes her in the forehead with his palm as she bounce back (40dmg crit). She collapses onto the ground, lying against the wall.

Elone spends the round gathering her equiptment and checking it out.

Rana gets back up , a bit shakey, and lets fly her mightiest spell, sending a blast of green energy into the creature that sends chunks of him flying off and disintegrating into dust in mid-air. The angry brute pounds Rana twice with his heavy fists (36dmg), as Elone says her prayer and activates her bow.

The monster grabs Rana, groggy and nearly helpless, and raises her into the air by her neck and hits her twice more. He grabs her hair with the other hand, and seems to be about to snap her head backm, then Elone finally gets off her magically-enhanced shot, followed by two more (24dmg). They all land in a closely-packed cluster in the back of the brute's head. The brute and Rana fall together to the ground.

 

[dead_radish]

Elone smiles grimly as the thing falls to the ground. "So fall all who would oppose Solonor." She quickly rushes to Rana's side, and examines her wounds, letting the healing energies flow from her hands as she checks her over (ooc: Dropping Inflict Serious for Cure Serious), and waits for her to awaken. "Jaina, are you with me again? Is there anyone else about? Where did Rana come from?"

 

[DM_Matt]

Elone smiles grimly as the thing falls to the ground. "So fall all who would oppose Solonor." She quickly rushes to Rana's side, and examines her wounds, letting the healing energies flow from her hands as she checks her over (ooc: Dropping Inflict Serious for Cure Serious), and waits for her to awaken. "Jaina, are you with me again? Is there anyone else about? Where did Rana come from?"

Rana is pretty beat up. Nothing appears broken, though. While waiting fo Rana to come around, Elone gently shakes Jaina, who opens her eyes and stares at Elone rather confused. "Owwie," she mumbles, as Jaina collapses forward into Elone's arms. "Rana mutsa woke up while were were fighting, and came up on the others from behind." Rather than sitting up, she lays there dazed.

Rana meanwhile slowly sits up, shaking her head so as to clear it, pulls herself over to the rest of you, and lays against the force field (the demon is still standing behind it) . " 'bout time you woke up and saved the day. Now what?"

 

[dead_radish]

Elone smiles wryly. "I was somewhat hoping you would have an answer to that question. I would guess that we pick the most likely direction, and head that way...."

Elone will also take a moment to prepare herself and her gear. It seems that they may end up fighting their way out after all (OOC: Casting all relevant buff spells at this point).

 

[DM_Matt]

No one comes to bother you as you do so. Jaina drifts back to sleep very rapidly and you are unable to wake her.

 

[dead_radish]

Elone sighs, and shakes her head, then considers how best to carry Jaina. She ends up tossing her over into a shoulder carry, and peering about, seeking a possible escape route.

 

[DM_Matt]

In front of Elone is a huge set of double doors. Next to the doors are two keyholes and a switch. The switch is shaped sorta like the letter pi and is set into a semocircle coming out of the wall. Presently, the handle is at the top of the semicircle. Elone and Rana discover that the keys that the guards carry fit into one of the holes, and a key set into a finger of the dead construct fits the other.

 

[dead_radish]

Elone considers this. "Why do they also have to have puzzles? Why not just a thrice-damned lock?" She considers carefully. She first tries to tug the handle, see what happens, and then test out the pi shaped key.

 

[DM_Matt]

Elone considers this. "Why do they also have to have puzzles? Why not just a thrice-damned lock?" She considers carefully. She first tries to tug the handle, see what happens, and then test out the pi shaped key.

An alarm bell begins ringing loudly. A vent in the ceiling opens and a pink gas seeps out. Rana tries to leave the area, but collapses. Elone feels the effects quite strongly (7 temp wis dmg), but manages to remain coherant. She's not sure how long she'll last, though (i.e. Seconday dmg might pose a problem in one minute), and now shes the only one left.

 

[dead_radish]

Elone curses again under her breath. "Shar's fetid breath! Testy, aren't they?"

She runs back and grabs the construct, dragging the creature over, and attempting to jam his finger into the relevant hole, and prays she'll have time to put the other two keys in the locks.