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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 6001095" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Pringle; the downward spiral continues.</strong></p><p></p><p>Nashkar upon hearing the commotion heads on into the temple and finds Pringle only just getting back to his feet; Checking him over he heals him up with some of his divine granted powers while Sayuri and Grembor search through the loot on the Vicar. Grembor also notices a concealed door in the far wall and makes a mental note to investigate that later as they still have some normal doors which they have not checked yet.</p><p></p><p>Sayuri and Zordlan stump up to one of these doors; well Sayuri glides while Zordlan in full plate rattles and squeaks. Listening at the door she can hear furtive movement on the other side as if they have been heard and they are preparing to receive unwelcome visitors. Sayuri moves back to the group which has gathered again in the foyer and discuss tactics. They finally decide that Pringles plan while flawed has merit and that Zordlan while greased up would open the door while Sayuri throws in her tentacles spell hoping to reduce whoever is in there to a pile of crushed and mutilated bodies without any pain on their part. The initial part of the plan goes very nicely with Zordlan all greased up throws open the door and Sayuri launches her spell into the small room. Sayuri only just missed out on catching herself in the spell effects as she stood back significantly further away than Pringle did on his attempt. However the one major flaw in this plan is that the people on the other side of the door decided that this tiny little room was not a favorable battle ground for their tactics and so they moved into another room so the spell is wasted.</p><p></p><p>Sayuri curses in a most un-monk like fashion and stamps about petulantly for a while deploring how other people can have tactics and not conform to her whimsical wishes as the rest of the party look on in surprise. Grembor and Pringle shaking their heads move onto another door further into the temple and perform a similar tactic although Pringle holds back on unleashing a spell as soon as the door is opened. Grembor checks out the room which looks to be a relatively lavish bed chamber; some of the shadows at the corner of his eye seem to shift in a funny ways but apart from this it’s normal. However after stepping into the room four figures emerge from the various shows and behind drapes and attempt to sink their sickles into his vulnerable parts. Grembor being very experienced at such a tactic is however not caught with his pants down and easily evades such an amateur move. Nashkar in the doorway stays in the doorway blocking them moving to hit the more squishy Pringle while Zordlan opens another door to the room and Sayuri repeats her tactic of earlier with much better results. All the Priests are caught in the grasping tentacles; as are Grembor, Nashkar and Pringle along with Pringle’s monkey. Some greasing up from Sayuri soon aids in their release and the wayward Priests are soon brought to account and sent to meet their Demonic patron personally. After Sayuri cancels her tentacle spell they all search the room finding several items to do with water activities and a few expensive looking gold statues depicting disturbing images. Again Grembor finds another concealed door but declines to mention it while Sayuri Zordlan and Pringle go and search the Vicar’s room as they were somewhat indisposed when this room was looked over. Sayuri finds the secret door that Grembor found earlier and moves to open it.</p><p></p><p>Opening the door they discover a young couple sitting and looking very scared; they hold each other in an attempt to comfort themselves. Sayuri tries talking to them but they politely request they are left alone; Sayuri accepts their request and backs from the room. Pringle suspecting something is afoot pulls out his crossbow and shoots the female in the head; he is somewhat surprised and disappointed as her head explodes due to the force of the bolt leaving her still twitching body pinned to the wall behind her with an impressive blood splatter covering the wall. The male in shock leaps to his feet with a scream of fear and charges across the room in righteous anger attempting to punch Pringle but missing by a rather large margin. Pringle calmly reloads his crossbow and shoots again point blank hitting the poor man in his chest; the bolt goes right though his broken heart but he no longer needs it as he is thrown backwards with his blood pouring our and mingling with his wife’s as it trickles to one of the many pools of water in the room which begins to glow gently </p><p></p><p>Sayuri and Zordlan look on in shock as Pringle calmly puts away his crossbow; he turns towards them and seeing their faces looks surprised. Shrugging he starts to walk away before he hears a whispering in his mind with a voice like a million throats spluttering their last breath as they drown. “Not performed in the usual manner but sacrifice accepted puny mortal.” Pringle spins around and his magical sight allows him to see the trickle of blood from the corpse’s pulsating with a sickly green light as it seeps into a nearby pool which also then glows with an eldritch light. The two corpses wither and dry as it the life is sucked from their no longer required bodies as sounds of crackling laughter come from a doorway leading further into the temple.</p><p></p><p>Grembor opens the door and finds himself looking at an evil alter to Dagon where the blood from the two sacrificed victims looks to have seeped to. The altar is currently swimming with vividly pulsating blood as it seems to beat in tune to Pringles swiftly beating heart. He feels as if someone had grasped hold of his heart and squeezed finding it difficult to catch his breath for a moment before he recovers and draws in a huge breath. The altar of blood explodes in a torrent of bloody water covering most of the party who all flinch away reflectively. When they turn to look back a large tentacled creature is squatting before the altar with bloody water running over its glowing rune marked carapace. Pringle takes one look and several thoughts pass through his troubled mind prompted by the insidious whispering before he screams clutching at his head and runs from the temple screaming about the voices in his head. Everyone watches him leave with various thoughts on their mind; mostly that the mass of arcane energy his mind holds seems to have finally broken it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 6001095, member: 52403"] [b]Pringle; the downward spiral continues.[/b] Nashkar upon hearing the commotion heads on into the temple and finds Pringle only just getting back to his feet; Checking him over he heals him up with some of his divine granted powers while Sayuri and Grembor search through the loot on the Vicar. Grembor also notices a concealed door in the far wall and makes a mental note to investigate that later as they still have some normal doors which they have not checked yet. Sayuri and Zordlan stump up to one of these doors; well Sayuri glides while Zordlan in full plate rattles and squeaks. Listening at the door she can hear furtive movement on the other side as if they have been heard and they are preparing to receive unwelcome visitors. Sayuri moves back to the group which has gathered again in the foyer and discuss tactics. They finally decide that Pringles plan while flawed has merit and that Zordlan while greased up would open the door while Sayuri throws in her tentacles spell hoping to reduce whoever is in there to a pile of crushed and mutilated bodies without any pain on their part. The initial part of the plan goes very nicely with Zordlan all greased up throws open the door and Sayuri launches her spell into the small room. Sayuri only just missed out on catching herself in the spell effects as she stood back significantly further away than Pringle did on his attempt. However the one major flaw in this plan is that the people on the other side of the door decided that this tiny little room was not a favorable battle ground for their tactics and so they moved into another room so the spell is wasted. Sayuri curses in a most un-monk like fashion and stamps about petulantly for a while deploring how other people can have tactics and not conform to her whimsical wishes as the rest of the party look on in surprise. Grembor and Pringle shaking their heads move onto another door further into the temple and perform a similar tactic although Pringle holds back on unleashing a spell as soon as the door is opened. Grembor checks out the room which looks to be a relatively lavish bed chamber; some of the shadows at the corner of his eye seem to shift in a funny ways but apart from this it’s normal. However after stepping into the room four figures emerge from the various shows and behind drapes and attempt to sink their sickles into his vulnerable parts. Grembor being very experienced at such a tactic is however not caught with his pants down and easily evades such an amateur move. Nashkar in the doorway stays in the doorway blocking them moving to hit the more squishy Pringle while Zordlan opens another door to the room and Sayuri repeats her tactic of earlier with much better results. All the Priests are caught in the grasping tentacles; as are Grembor, Nashkar and Pringle along with Pringle’s monkey. Some greasing up from Sayuri soon aids in their release and the wayward Priests are soon brought to account and sent to meet their Demonic patron personally. After Sayuri cancels her tentacle spell they all search the room finding several items to do with water activities and a few expensive looking gold statues depicting disturbing images. Again Grembor finds another concealed door but declines to mention it while Sayuri Zordlan and Pringle go and search the Vicar’s room as they were somewhat indisposed when this room was looked over. Sayuri finds the secret door that Grembor found earlier and moves to open it. Opening the door they discover a young couple sitting and looking very scared; they hold each other in an attempt to comfort themselves. Sayuri tries talking to them but they politely request they are left alone; Sayuri accepts their request and backs from the room. Pringle suspecting something is afoot pulls out his crossbow and shoots the female in the head; he is somewhat surprised and disappointed as her head explodes due to the force of the bolt leaving her still twitching body pinned to the wall behind her with an impressive blood splatter covering the wall. The male in shock leaps to his feet with a scream of fear and charges across the room in righteous anger attempting to punch Pringle but missing by a rather large margin. Pringle calmly reloads his crossbow and shoots again point blank hitting the poor man in his chest; the bolt goes right though his broken heart but he no longer needs it as he is thrown backwards with his blood pouring our and mingling with his wife’s as it trickles to one of the many pools of water in the room which begins to glow gently Sayuri and Zordlan look on in shock as Pringle calmly puts away his crossbow; he turns towards them and seeing their faces looks surprised. Shrugging he starts to walk away before he hears a whispering in his mind with a voice like a million throats spluttering their last breath as they drown. “Not performed in the usual manner but sacrifice accepted puny mortal.” Pringle spins around and his magical sight allows him to see the trickle of blood from the corpse’s pulsating with a sickly green light as it seeps into a nearby pool which also then glows with an eldritch light. The two corpses wither and dry as it the life is sucked from their no longer required bodies as sounds of crackling laughter come from a doorway leading further into the temple. Grembor opens the door and finds himself looking at an evil alter to Dagon where the blood from the two sacrificed victims looks to have seeped to. The altar is currently swimming with vividly pulsating blood as it seems to beat in tune to Pringles swiftly beating heart. He feels as if someone had grasped hold of his heart and squeezed finding it difficult to catch his breath for a moment before he recovers and draws in a huge breath. The altar of blood explodes in a torrent of bloody water covering most of the party who all flinch away reflectively. When they turn to look back a large tentacled creature is squatting before the altar with bloody water running over its glowing rune marked carapace. Pringle takes one look and several thoughts pass through his troubled mind prompted by the insidious whispering before he screams clutching at his head and runs from the temple screaming about the voices in his head. Everyone watches him leave with various thoughts on their mind; mostly that the mass of arcane energy his mind holds seems to have finally broken it. [/QUOTE]
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