Metropolis - The Weight of the World (and Found Wanting)

[GlassEye]

Ymris notices the thing's reaction to the light and wishes that she could somehow increase the light's intensity and repel the creature. Lacking any better ideas, she again reaches within to tap her emotional well: letting her frustration and anger of the past few days fuel her magic she chants a few words until she can feel a crackling across her fingertips.

OOC: casting Shocking Grasp

 

[Phoenix]

That's all the prompting Jazick needs. He bows politely and then runs for the makeshift bridge as if the hounds of hell are at his heels. Assuming he encounters no difficulties he will rejoin Azot at the appointed place.

Jazick’s lungs heaved as he leant heavily against the wall of an abandoned building, sheltered against the raging storm. Looking back at the Cathedral of Zsath he felt tired, but the chill of the place had lifted from his bones. There was a flash of light across the sky as chain lightning raced across the sky, followed swiftly by a succession of thundering booms that caused the windows to shudder.

The noise made it impossible to tell what was happening in there, and nothing could be seen through the wall of bones that surrounded the structure. In the light Jazick saw a raven staring at him from the lip of a barrel, its eyes glimmering with awareness, unafraid of Jazick’s presence.

 

[Phoenix]

Ymris notices the thing's reaction to the light and wishes that she could somehow increase the light's intensity and repel the creature. Lacking any better ideas, she again reaches within to tap her emotional well: letting her frustration and anger of the past few days fuel her magic she chants a few words until she can feel a crackling across her fingertips.

OOC: casting Shocking Grasp

[sblock=Void Demon Round 6]Jasmine - 29/29hp
Ymris - 21/21hp
Alexi - 11/42hp
Dragon – -9/48hp
Void Demon - 58/??pts
Whale - 3/67hp
Boar – -22/35hp
Bless active.
Spiritual Weapon active.
Dragon has Divine Favour active.
Light active.

Jasmine attack roll (Void Demon AC hidden) +19 Hit
Jasmine damage roll - 12pts
Ymris casts Shocking Grasp
Ymris attack roll (Void Demon Touch AC hidden) +14 – Hit
Ymris damage roll – 9pts electrical
Alexi attack roll (Power Attack:5 - Void Demon AC hidden) +20 - Hit
Alexi damage roll - 13pts
Dragon attack roll (Void Demon AC hidden) +19 – Hit
Dragon damage roll - 9pts
Dragon attack roll (Void Demon AC hidden) +11 – Miss
Void Demon attack roll (Dragon AC 23) +23 – Hit
Void Demon damage roll – 5pts
Void Demon attack roll (Dragon AC 23) +15 – Miss
Void Demon attack roll (Dragon AC 23) +26 – Hit
Void Demon damage roll – 9pts
Void Demon attack roll (Whale AC 21) +27 – Hit
Void Demon damage roll – 6pts
Void Demon attack roll (Whale AC 21) +20 – Miss
Void Demon attack roll (Whale AC 21) +9 – Miss
Void Demon attack roll (Alexi AC 22) +13 – Miss
Void Demon attack roll (Alexi AC 22) +28 – Hit
Void Demon damage roll – 7pts
Void Demon attack roll (Alexi AC 22) +16 – Miss
Void Demon attack roll (Dragon AC 22) +20 - Miss
Whale attack roll (Power Attack: 5 - Void Demon AC hidden) +18 – Hit
Whale damage roll – 15pts[/sblock]

In a shower of ichor, Jasmine stabbed and gouged, slicing and digging her way into the creature. From here she could see, and feel, the power of the thing. As she tunnelled into its flesh, the creature healed, and swiftly. There was a crackling noise to her right as Ymris hit the creature with some kind of lighting, but the thing didn’t flinch. She could see that the knights were holding off the creature’s many heads, hacking into what could be called its torso, covering themselves with its filth.

She’d seen how big this creature was, could they even hurt it, let alone kill it? The maws screamed in pain, obviously it could feel some kind of distress. The creature’s maws snapped at the knights once more, the one that displayed the strange Dragon shield cried out, then his inner light was snuffed and the darkness took him. She could hear the crunching of metal and bone for a moment, then the maws appeared once more, staring down at her with an alien hatred…

 

[Scotley]

Jazick

Turning to the Raven, Jazick says, "It sounds like this is in the hands of the Gods now. What do we do next? Are you hungry? I have a little food left?"

 

[Fenris]

Alexi didn't have time to scream for Dragon. After Boar had died, it was all too apparent that they would all die. All three were more than what they appeared. Knights all. But one weilded arcane powers, one was holy, one was tough, and one was glib. It was like each was part of the perfect man, the true man of the Olden Days of Glory. Alexi hoped he would find them all on the other side. If there was one.

He turned to Whale and gave a grin. "Hey! At least we die with weapons in hand, huh? See you on the other side my friend. For Metropolis!" cried Alexi plunging his sword deep into the trunk of the void demon.

OOC: [sblock] Power Attack 5 points [/sblock]

 

[Bront]

"This creature is huge, beyond mesure. If you wish to defeat it, find a way to push it back, or seal it off," Jasmine cries. She plunges the dagger in again, being warry of the maw.

 

[GlassEye]

As the crackling energy of her lightning attack skips over the void demon's hide Ymris tries to think of something that might affect or repel the creature. Taking a step back from the battle she casts Light upon her quarterstaff.

 

[Tonks]

Turning to the Raven, Jazick says, "It sounds like this is in the hands of the Gods now. What do we do next? Are you hungry? I have a little food left?"

The words sounded alien and distorted to Azot's ears and as he answered back, a shrill caw was the only sound that escaped.

Forcing the change once more, Azot returned to the skin of his birth and stretched his mouth as he adjusted to the form once again.

"Food and rest would do us both good. Thank you. Your hiding worked I see."

 

[Scotley]

Jazick

Looking a bit sheepish, Jazick responds, "I thought I had choosen well, but the jackals saw me easily and told me to get out. They are clearly more than simple animals. It would appear the fate of the city is in their hands. What the jackal said was strange. 'Get out of here mortal, this is not your fight. Others are waiting for you, others are expecting great things. Time is running out though.' I wonder what it means?"

 

[Phoenix]

[sblock=Void Demon Round 6]Jasmine attack roll (Void Demon AC 15) +17
Jasmine damage roll - 11pts[/sblock]

Whale nodded at Alexi, a wicked grin peeking through his half-shattered visor. Together the two raised their weapons to give their all for the City. A brilliant light shone from one of the strangers that burnt through the darkness, causing the heads to rear in pain, screaming and screeching.

Then there was the girl, she moved so fast so gracefully. For a moment she wasn't even there, Alexi caught her at one side of the gate preparing to plunge her dagger into the beast again. One of the heads swung down to devour her, but she was gone, literally falling out of existance as the head swept past.

Jasmine saw the head coming and focused, she could see it move, she knew where it was coming. The head slowed, the knights dragged their weapons through the air like they were in water, but Jasmine moved swiftly, ducking out of the way and rolling across to the otherside of the trunk.

Her blade slipped into another vein easily, slicing it open and watching the spray of blood drift slowly through the air. Suddenly everything sped up again, spraying her with the foul creature's ichor.

The beast lashed out and snared something from the darkness with one maw, then drew back into the gate, all of its heads snarling at Jasmine in fear, and one of them dragging the body of Dragon. In seconds the creature was gone, leaving a silvery ethereal veil in its place.

The Knights had not killed the beast that threatened the city.

A small girl had.