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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 2107621" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p><strong>Drinking Deeply from the Chalice of Midnight - Part 3c: Entry to the Tower</strong></p><p></p><p>Ilmarė put one palm out behind her in warning. “Shh!”</p><p></p><p>Vlad and Quintus exchanged looks as Ilmarė put her ear to the door. She nodded, pointed at the door, and put up two fingers and a thumb. </p><p></p><p>Quintus waved Ilmarė back. He pointed to Vlad, then pointed at the door. He nodded towards Ilmarė.</p><p></p><p>Ilmarė lifted two fingers and a thumb. Quintus lowered his spear.</p><p></p><p>Ilmarė lifted two fingers. Vlad advanced on the door.</p><p></p><p>Ilmarė lifted one finger. Vlad smashed open the double doors with his shield as Quintus thrust his spear forward.</p><p></p><p>Two squat-looking, blubbery humanoids charged at them. They were almost entirely hairless, with flesh that hung limply off their bones and a mouth ringed with small fangs. Behind them was a distinctly feline-looking humanoid with a thin membrane that ran from its wrist to its waist.</p><p></p><p>The nearest dretch moaned and raised its fork-like claws to attack. Vlad sliced it nearly in half and it went down in an explosion of ichor.</p><p></p><p>One of Ilmarė’s arrows sprouted out of the other dretch’s eye, but it showed no indication of even noticing the attack. Quintus speared it as the dretch lunged forward and drove it backwards.</p><p></p><p>“Take out the leader!” shouted Quintus.</p><p></p><p>Vlad crouched and advanced on the cat-like commander, keeping his shield up. To his surprise, the cat-man launched itself into the air over his head…</p><p></p><p>Quintus withdrew his spear from the corpse of the dretch just in time to raise it again, catching the commander in midflight. Two javelins clanked off of Quintus’ shield.</p><p></p><p>“I didn’t know these things could fly!” Vlad shouted back.</p><p></p><p>The commander hissed and rolled to the ground as more of Vlad struck at the space it had just vacated.</p><p></p><p>It spun and crouched for another leap. </p><p></p><p>“Vlad, hit it before it jumps a—”</p><p></p><p>The commander was airborne again, two more javelins aimed at Quintus’ throat. He couldn’t bring up his shield in time to block the attack.</p><p></p><p>There was a wet crunch as the feline-like humanoid fell to the ground; an arrow shaft jutted out of its forehead.</p><p></p><p>“Well, at least the cat-things aren’t immune to arrows,” said Ilmarė.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 2107621, member: 3285"] [b]Drinking Deeply from the Chalice of Midnight - Part 3c: Entry to the Tower[/b] Ilmarė put one palm out behind her in warning. “Shh!” Vlad and Quintus exchanged looks as Ilmarė put her ear to the door. She nodded, pointed at the door, and put up two fingers and a thumb. Quintus waved Ilmarė back. He pointed to Vlad, then pointed at the door. He nodded towards Ilmarė. Ilmarė lifted two fingers and a thumb. Quintus lowered his spear. Ilmarė lifted two fingers. Vlad advanced on the door. Ilmarė lifted one finger. Vlad smashed open the double doors with his shield as Quintus thrust his spear forward. Two squat-looking, blubbery humanoids charged at them. They were almost entirely hairless, with flesh that hung limply off their bones and a mouth ringed with small fangs. Behind them was a distinctly feline-looking humanoid with a thin membrane that ran from its wrist to its waist. The nearest dretch moaned and raised its fork-like claws to attack. Vlad sliced it nearly in half and it went down in an explosion of ichor. One of Ilmarė’s arrows sprouted out of the other dretch’s eye, but it showed no indication of even noticing the attack. Quintus speared it as the dretch lunged forward and drove it backwards. “Take out the leader!” shouted Quintus. Vlad crouched and advanced on the cat-like commander, keeping his shield up. To his surprise, the cat-man launched itself into the air over his head… Quintus withdrew his spear from the corpse of the dretch just in time to raise it again, catching the commander in midflight. Two javelins clanked off of Quintus’ shield. “I didn’t know these things could fly!” Vlad shouted back. The commander hissed and rolled to the ground as more of Vlad struck at the space it had just vacated. It spun and crouched for another leap. “Vlad, hit it before it jumps a—” The commander was airborne again, two more javelins aimed at Quintus’ throat. He couldn’t bring up his shield in time to block the attack. There was a wet crunch as the feline-like humanoid fell to the ground; an arrow shaft jutted out of its forehead. “Well, at least the cat-things aren’t immune to arrows,” said Ilmarė. [/QUOTE]
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