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<blockquote data-quote="Cyronax" data-source="post: 212450" data-attributes="member: 822"><p>I cannot seem to end the blasted second session !! I keep going on for longer than I thought was necessary. Okay, well this one gets us close, but its not the end yet. Sorry Nota Pixie Insight....next time will definetely be the last ::crosses fingers for good measure::</p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p></p><p>Session II (Part 5)</p><p></p><p>“Get over here!!” Kelec shouted again.</p><p></p><p>The dwarf was now nervously watching the shack for any sign of movement. He knew that the strange leader, the woman, and three other guards were now all holed up in the shack. Gareth was in there too, probably bleeding to death and unconscious even as he stood there.</p><p></p><p>He wheeled around again to shout for his companions, but Gorbag was already standing right behind him with his sword and much of his armor dripping with blood. Gorbag was wounded, but most of the blood was from the two guards he had just killed. The orc seemed unfazed as usual.</p><p></p><p>Kelec looked behind the orc and saw Li Hai standing on the edge of the island, behind the small stone barricade, which nearly came up to the short Halthyte’s chest. He had his crossbow loaded and aimed at the door to the shack. Li Hai just nodded to Kelec and said, “I got you covered, try and flush them out somehow.”</p><p></p><p>Even as Kelec muttered a curse about cowardly humans and trying to formulate a plan of attack, the door to the shack banged opened, and the two guards, Porlow and Fredrick came out of the house both with short bows aimed at Kelec and Gorbag. Both the orc and dwarf were surprised by the pair’s appearance.</p><p></p><p>The second they came into sight, Li Hai let loose a bolt, but it went wide, and ended up on the roof of the shack. </p><p></p><p>Porlow and Fredrick both reaimed their bows and fired at Li Hai. Li Hai ducked behind the barricade, even as one arrow passed through the space where Li Hai’s head had just been. The other arrow bounced harmlessly off the barricade. He started to reload his crossbow, still crouched behind the cover of the barricade.</p><p></p><p>With the surprise of the moment wearing off, Kelec yelled, “Git them Gorbag!”</p><p></p><p>As the dwarf and orc began to charge towards the shack no more than fifteen feet away, both of the guards dropped their bows and drew their long swords. Both men had a look of true horror in their eyes as the saw Gorbag rushing at them.</p><p></p><p>Preempting his guards’ imminent defeat, the stunted and ugly leader suddenly came out from behind Porlow, and brought himself to full height all the while holding a strange speckled green medallion out before him.</p><p></p><p>With a look of utter confidence on his twisted features, the leader loudly said, “Please, Heed my words.”</p><p></p><p>Gorbag, who had by that time inched ahead of Kelec during their charge, stumbled to a halt a mere three feet from the one-eyed man, and simply said, “OK.”</p><p></p><p>Kelec, nearly barreling into Gorbag’s halted rear, also lurched to a halt. For a split second he almost thought he knew the leader or at least felt like he could trust him, but the feeling passed. Kelec was confused for a split second, but quickly realized that the man thought that Gorbag and himself had fallen under some sort of enchantment.</p><p></p><p>“Men, remove their weapons, we are finally victorious!” the leader said, and then looking arrogantly into Gorbag’s and then Kelec’s eyes asked, “So travelers, what brings you into my little domain?”</p><p></p><p>Gorbag obediently dropped his sword on to the ground, and then said to the man, “I think we come to bash you!”</p><p></p><p>The dwarf allowed the guards to remove his weapon, even as he tried to hide the horror he felt after hearing the orc say that. </p><p></p><p>“To bash me!! That’s not going to happen now will it? You’ve obviously had your will tainted by those scoundrels in Cherry Knoll!”</p><p></p><p>Kelec replied, “I don’t know what….what you mean….we were looking to rescue some rich girl from Archaven. We’re just adventurers. We don’t get involved in politics friend.”</p><p></p><p>The leader laughed derisively, “You mean Janne don’t you? Hah!!,” The ugly man then called into the shack and said, “Janne, come out, there is nothing more to fear. The misunderstanding has been cleared up. These men now know I am no threat to them. You have seen my pure virtue have you not?”</p><p></p><p>Kelec grumbled, “Yes Master…..uh…..yes friend.”</p><p></p><p>Gorbag just said, “Huh?”</p><p></p><p>As Kelec tried to explain to the leader that Gorbag was a simpleton and didn’t understand much in the way of Mytherian or any other language for that matter, Janne emerged from the ramshackle hovel.</p><p></p><p>“See here my friends, this is Janne. I believe this is the woman you seek she is no prisoner however…”</p><p></p><p>“Um…excuse me Master?” interrupted Fredrick, even as he held Kelec’s club and Gorbag’s bastard sword gingerly in his arms.</p><p></p><p>“Grrr..what is it? I’m in the middle of something here!”</p><p></p><p>“Uh, forgive me milord, but I just wanted to remind you that there is still at least one more man left out there,” Fredrick continued, after meekly glanced down at the arrow wound on the leader’s lower back, “……um, remember the archer.”</p><p></p><p>“Blast these quibbling details!! I’m sure he saw my great display of virtue! Where is he, why has he not come into camp to offer his apologies for shooting me?!!”</p><p></p><p>“I don’t know master! I really don’t!!” quivered Fredrick.</p><p></p><p>Porlow and the other guard, who even now were investigating the stone barricade and nervously scouting around the bridge for any sign of Li Hai called back saying that they saw no sign of him.</p><p></p><p>“Bah!! Alright then, he must be too ashamed of himself or something,” the Master, but then muttered, “Find him and bring him back here, alive you can.”</p><p></p><p>“As you command Wise Master!!” the three guards said in unison, and then they gathered up as many arrows as they could find, lit one torch, and then left the island to search for Li Hai.</p><p></p><p>The Master was now nervously rubbing with hands through his greasy black hair. He had a worried, ponderous look on his face, and after a few moments asked Kelec, “So tell me, what else have you heard about me? You two must know a bit more than a false rumor about me kidnapping some girl from Archaven. Tell me!”</p><p></p><p>As Gorbag tried to put meaning to all of the Master’s big words, Kelec nervously said, “I’ll do that <strong>Master</strong>, but first could I see the my friend….the one who your men took into the shack?”</p><p></p><p>“What?!” the Master asked angrily.</p><p></p><p>“He was hurt….I’m sure he needs to be looked at. Um….he’s not a bad guy or nothing. We didn’t know that you were such a <em>virtuous</em> man before we got here. Please.”</p><p></p><p>“No, do as I say, tell all that you know about me and what I’m doing here,” the Master said, but then added acidly, “Besides your friend is dead already.”</p><p></p><p>Kelec gasped and then stammered, “but if I could just make sure. Gorbag….tell the master, we need to help Gareth.”</p><p></p><p>“Uh…..we need to help Gareth,” the orc dumbly repeated, but then after a moment’s thought, said, “Oh…but we’s do! Where Gareth?”</p><p></p><p>“I’m sorry friend Gorbag,” the Master said, “but your friend Gareth is truly dead. I’m very sorry.”</p><p></p><p>Gorbag looked sad for a moment, but then just shrugged and said, “Can na stop that. Poor Gareth.”</p><p></p><p>Kelec lamely added, “Poor Gareth indeed, I still want to see his body.”</p><p></p><p>Janne, still standing beside her Master patiently, said, “Just tell the Master what he wants to know dwarf!”</p><p></p><p>“Yes indeed! I gave you a task, now tell me what you know! You know you can trust me. I need your help now. Think now to the living. Your friend will have to wait.” the Master pleaded. Frustrated by the dwarf’s reticence, the Master finally said, “Orc, tell your friend to do as I say. You know I’m a good man.”</p><p></p><p>“Uh Yaw,…uh....Kah-lack tell Master what um…he want OK.” </p><p></p><p>Kelec just looked at the orc, and gave up trying to manipulate his new Master. Even though the Master was unaware that the dwarf had resisted the charm, Kelec knew that he would be unable to do anything so long as the ensorcelled orc was there to protect him.</p><p></p><p>He began trying think of a good story. The dwarf knew that he was a bad liar, but knew that the key to any good lie was a few well placed bits of truth, so the dwarf told the Master the entire truth, as far as he knew it, about Gareth, Li Hai, and Gorbag. All he could do was leave out any mention of the fact that he was in fact a druid and friends with Thornfur and his pack and also that Gareth and Li Hai weren’t working to help cure the Abbot and his men from the tambrosh.</p><p></p><p>He hoped his “Master” thought it sufficient.</p><p></p><p>------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Li Hai had been lucky. Lucky that he had been out of sight behind the barricade reloading his crossbow, and lucky that none of the men heard him jump off of the island and into the swamp as soon as he realized that the one-eyed leader had charmed Gorbag and Kelec. He wasn’t sure if he would have been affected by whatever spell the leader had cast had he seen it, since he was over fifty feet away at the time, but he knew that he was probably no match for whoever the one-eyed man was.</p><p></p><p>The Halthyte wasn’t one for indecision, and so he quickly formulated a plan and hoped that his luck held. </p><p>Up until a few days ago, Li Hai’s luck was something he had come to count on. Ever since he came to Cherry Knoll however, things felt different. It seemed that his luck was faltering. </p><p></p><p>It was probably well past midnight even as the Halthyte made his way away from the Master’s island. He had swum through the muck towards other island, and then came out of the water only after he was sure no one was nearby yet. Once he emerged from the water, Li Hai made sure to stay among the reeds. It slowed his progress, but it gave him camouflage and also made his tracks all but undetectable without a great effort on the part of the trackers. Even he was slowed in the reeds, Li Hai’s robust physique allowed him to keep going faster and farther than most men could ever hope for.</p><p></p><p>The Halthyte had passed over the island next to the Master’s camp, and managed to get about hundred feet past the old battering ram on the next island, when he heard the sound of several men pounding through the muck at a fast pace.</p><p></p><p>He soon could make out the light of a single torch, and realized that he would have to deal with the men sooner than he had anticipated. Maybe he shouldn’t have bothered to try to hide his progress by staying among the reeds.</p><p></p><p>As Li Hai saw the men pass by his hiding place along the trail, the Halthyte realized that all three men were as of yet unwounded. </p><p></p><p>“Heh, this’ll be fun,” Li Hai muttered, and after the men had gone about ten feet past him, he shot his crossbow, at Fredrick, the last man to pass him by. He hit him square in the back, but the bolt didn’t go very deep and Fredrick painfully wheeled around, pulled the arrow from his back, and shouted for help from his companions.</p><p></p><p>Li Hai reloaded his crossbow, even as the three guards made their way back to his position. Porlow had his long sword drawn, while Fredrick and the unnamed guard had their short bows readied. </p><p></p><p>Li Hai stood up and moved out of his concealment, so that he was about two feet off the trail with his crossbow aimed at Fredrick’s chest.</p><p></p><p>Porlow shouted, “Alright drop the bow! You know you can’t win!”</p><p></p><p>The Halthyte’s lip quivered a bit and his face took on a pensive look. Finally after a tense staredown with the guards, Li Hai dropped his crossbow on to the mucky ground. He now stood there, completely exposed, with arms outstretched in front of him.</p><p></p><p>As the three guards circled around so that they were all standing in front of him with their bows still aimed at him, Li Hai pleaded, “I give up, I can’t win.”</p><p></p><p>“You’re damned right! Get on your knees you bastard!!” Fredrick yelled.</p><p></p><p>Li Hai, shoulders slumped a little as it he were ready to comply, but suddenly the defeated, scared expression left his face, and in its place was one of playful cruetly. Li Hai laughed quietly, even as he touched the thumbs of his outstretched hands together and spread his fingers in fan-like manner, and then said, “You simple fools!! Taste my <em>Reqie de Shou</em> (9)! </p><p></p><p>As he shouted this, a blue-white sheet of searing flame shot from his outspread fingertips. The fire rushed out nearly ten feet forward, engulfing the upper part of each man. Fredrick and the unnamed guard were caught completely off guard, and both were quickly transformed into human pillars of flame that screamed in horrible pain, and fell to the ground dying almost instantly. Porlow had somehow managed to avoid most of the blast, with it only burning around his right arm. He had enough presence of mind to dive into the reeds on the other side of the trail in part to extinguish the flames on his arm and also to try to get away from Li Hai.</p><p></p><p>Li Hai just laughed, and in the light of flames, his face bore a sadistic grin. </p><p></p><p>Fredrick and the unnamed guard were now nothing more than smoking corpses, but Porlow had managed to extinguish his arm and brought his long sword to bear against his powerful foe. </p><p></p><p>It mattered not; Li Hai summoned forth the flames again even as Porlow made a feeble charge towards him. The guard was unable to avoid the blast this time, and he died in agony. The sorcerer’s piercing grey eyes were the last thing he saw.</p><p></p><p>-----------------</p><p>(9) – Wen Rou (Li Hai’s player) and myself are both anime fans, and one of the things that we always found most humorous about anime is that many of the characters have to shout out the names of their attacks. Li Hai, as an arcane spellcaster, must use verbal components for many of his spells. “Reqie de Shou” is Halthyte (Chinese) for “Burning Hands.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cyronax, post: 212450, member: 822"] I cannot seem to end the blasted second session !! I keep going on for longer than I thought was necessary. Okay, well this one gets us close, but its not the end yet. Sorry Nota Pixie Insight....next time will definetely be the last ::crosses fingers for good measure:: -------------------- Session II (Part 5) “Get over here!!” Kelec shouted again. The dwarf was now nervously watching the shack for any sign of movement. He knew that the strange leader, the woman, and three other guards were now all holed up in the shack. Gareth was in there too, probably bleeding to death and unconscious even as he stood there. He wheeled around again to shout for his companions, but Gorbag was already standing right behind him with his sword and much of his armor dripping with blood. Gorbag was wounded, but most of the blood was from the two guards he had just killed. The orc seemed unfazed as usual. Kelec looked behind the orc and saw Li Hai standing on the edge of the island, behind the small stone barricade, which nearly came up to the short Halthyte’s chest. He had his crossbow loaded and aimed at the door to the shack. Li Hai just nodded to Kelec and said, “I got you covered, try and flush them out somehow.” Even as Kelec muttered a curse about cowardly humans and trying to formulate a plan of attack, the door to the shack banged opened, and the two guards, Porlow and Fredrick came out of the house both with short bows aimed at Kelec and Gorbag. Both the orc and dwarf were surprised by the pair’s appearance. The second they came into sight, Li Hai let loose a bolt, but it went wide, and ended up on the roof of the shack. Porlow and Fredrick both reaimed their bows and fired at Li Hai. Li Hai ducked behind the barricade, even as one arrow passed through the space where Li Hai’s head had just been. The other arrow bounced harmlessly off the barricade. He started to reload his crossbow, still crouched behind the cover of the barricade. With the surprise of the moment wearing off, Kelec yelled, “Git them Gorbag!” As the dwarf and orc began to charge towards the shack no more than fifteen feet away, both of the guards dropped their bows and drew their long swords. Both men had a look of true horror in their eyes as the saw Gorbag rushing at them. Preempting his guards’ imminent defeat, the stunted and ugly leader suddenly came out from behind Porlow, and brought himself to full height all the while holding a strange speckled green medallion out before him. With a look of utter confidence on his twisted features, the leader loudly said, “Please, Heed my words.” Gorbag, who had by that time inched ahead of Kelec during their charge, stumbled to a halt a mere three feet from the one-eyed man, and simply said, “OK.” Kelec, nearly barreling into Gorbag’s halted rear, also lurched to a halt. For a split second he almost thought he knew the leader or at least felt like he could trust him, but the feeling passed. Kelec was confused for a split second, but quickly realized that the man thought that Gorbag and himself had fallen under some sort of enchantment. “Men, remove their weapons, we are finally victorious!” the leader said, and then looking arrogantly into Gorbag’s and then Kelec’s eyes asked, “So travelers, what brings you into my little domain?” Gorbag obediently dropped his sword on to the ground, and then said to the man, “I think we come to bash you!” The dwarf allowed the guards to remove his weapon, even as he tried to hide the horror he felt after hearing the orc say that. “To bash me!! That’s not going to happen now will it? You’ve obviously had your will tainted by those scoundrels in Cherry Knoll!” Kelec replied, “I don’t know what….what you mean….we were looking to rescue some rich girl from Archaven. We’re just adventurers. We don’t get involved in politics friend.” The leader laughed derisively, “You mean Janne don’t you? Hah!!,” The ugly man then called into the shack and said, “Janne, come out, there is nothing more to fear. The misunderstanding has been cleared up. These men now know I am no threat to them. You have seen my pure virtue have you not?” Kelec grumbled, “Yes Master…..uh…..yes friend.” Gorbag just said, “Huh?” As Kelec tried to explain to the leader that Gorbag was a simpleton and didn’t understand much in the way of Mytherian or any other language for that matter, Janne emerged from the ramshackle hovel. “See here my friends, this is Janne. I believe this is the woman you seek she is no prisoner however…” “Um…excuse me Master?” interrupted Fredrick, even as he held Kelec’s club and Gorbag’s bastard sword gingerly in his arms. “Grrr..what is it? I’m in the middle of something here!” “Uh, forgive me milord, but I just wanted to remind you that there is still at least one more man left out there,” Fredrick continued, after meekly glanced down at the arrow wound on the leader’s lower back, “……um, remember the archer.” “Blast these quibbling details!! I’m sure he saw my great display of virtue! Where is he, why has he not come into camp to offer his apologies for shooting me?!!” “I don’t know master! I really don’t!!” quivered Fredrick. Porlow and the other guard, who even now were investigating the stone barricade and nervously scouting around the bridge for any sign of Li Hai called back saying that they saw no sign of him. “Bah!! Alright then, he must be too ashamed of himself or something,” the Master, but then muttered, “Find him and bring him back here, alive you can.” “As you command Wise Master!!” the three guards said in unison, and then they gathered up as many arrows as they could find, lit one torch, and then left the island to search for Li Hai. The Master was now nervously rubbing with hands through his greasy black hair. He had a worried, ponderous look on his face, and after a few moments asked Kelec, “So tell me, what else have you heard about me? You two must know a bit more than a false rumor about me kidnapping some girl from Archaven. Tell me!” As Gorbag tried to put meaning to all of the Master’s big words, Kelec nervously said, “I’ll do that [b]Master[/b], but first could I see the my friend….the one who your men took into the shack?” “What?!” the Master asked angrily. “He was hurt….I’m sure he needs to be looked at. Um….he’s not a bad guy or nothing. We didn’t know that you were such a [i]virtuous[/i] man before we got here. Please.” “No, do as I say, tell all that you know about me and what I’m doing here,” the Master said, but then added acidly, “Besides your friend is dead already.” Kelec gasped and then stammered, “but if I could just make sure. Gorbag….tell the master, we need to help Gareth.” “Uh…..we need to help Gareth,” the orc dumbly repeated, but then after a moment’s thought, said, “Oh…but we’s do! Where Gareth?” “I’m sorry friend Gorbag,” the Master said, “but your friend Gareth is truly dead. I’m very sorry.” Gorbag looked sad for a moment, but then just shrugged and said, “Can na stop that. Poor Gareth.” Kelec lamely added, “Poor Gareth indeed, I still want to see his body.” Janne, still standing beside her Master patiently, said, “Just tell the Master what he wants to know dwarf!” “Yes indeed! I gave you a task, now tell me what you know! You know you can trust me. I need your help now. Think now to the living. Your friend will have to wait.” the Master pleaded. Frustrated by the dwarf’s reticence, the Master finally said, “Orc, tell your friend to do as I say. You know I’m a good man.” “Uh Yaw,…uh....Kah-lack tell Master what um…he want OK.” Kelec just looked at the orc, and gave up trying to manipulate his new Master. Even though the Master was unaware that the dwarf had resisted the charm, Kelec knew that he would be unable to do anything so long as the ensorcelled orc was there to protect him. He began trying think of a good story. The dwarf knew that he was a bad liar, but knew that the key to any good lie was a few well placed bits of truth, so the dwarf told the Master the entire truth, as far as he knew it, about Gareth, Li Hai, and Gorbag. All he could do was leave out any mention of the fact that he was in fact a druid and friends with Thornfur and his pack and also that Gareth and Li Hai weren’t working to help cure the Abbot and his men from the tambrosh. He hoped his “Master” thought it sufficient. ------------------------------ Li Hai had been lucky. Lucky that he had been out of sight behind the barricade reloading his crossbow, and lucky that none of the men heard him jump off of the island and into the swamp as soon as he realized that the one-eyed leader had charmed Gorbag and Kelec. He wasn’t sure if he would have been affected by whatever spell the leader had cast had he seen it, since he was over fifty feet away at the time, but he knew that he was probably no match for whoever the one-eyed man was. The Halthyte wasn’t one for indecision, and so he quickly formulated a plan and hoped that his luck held. Up until a few days ago, Li Hai’s luck was something he had come to count on. Ever since he came to Cherry Knoll however, things felt different. It seemed that his luck was faltering. It was probably well past midnight even as the Halthyte made his way away from the Master’s island. He had swum through the muck towards other island, and then came out of the water only after he was sure no one was nearby yet. Once he emerged from the water, Li Hai made sure to stay among the reeds. It slowed his progress, but it gave him camouflage and also made his tracks all but undetectable without a great effort on the part of the trackers. Even he was slowed in the reeds, Li Hai’s robust physique allowed him to keep going faster and farther than most men could ever hope for. The Halthyte had passed over the island next to the Master’s camp, and managed to get about hundred feet past the old battering ram on the next island, when he heard the sound of several men pounding through the muck at a fast pace. He soon could make out the light of a single torch, and realized that he would have to deal with the men sooner than he had anticipated. Maybe he shouldn’t have bothered to try to hide his progress by staying among the reeds. As Li Hai saw the men pass by his hiding place along the trail, the Halthyte realized that all three men were as of yet unwounded. “Heh, this’ll be fun,” Li Hai muttered, and after the men had gone about ten feet past him, he shot his crossbow, at Fredrick, the last man to pass him by. He hit him square in the back, but the bolt didn’t go very deep and Fredrick painfully wheeled around, pulled the arrow from his back, and shouted for help from his companions. Li Hai reloaded his crossbow, even as the three guards made their way back to his position. Porlow had his long sword drawn, while Fredrick and the unnamed guard had their short bows readied. Li Hai stood up and moved out of his concealment, so that he was about two feet off the trail with his crossbow aimed at Fredrick’s chest. Porlow shouted, “Alright drop the bow! You know you can’t win!” The Halthyte’s lip quivered a bit and his face took on a pensive look. Finally after a tense staredown with the guards, Li Hai dropped his crossbow on to the mucky ground. He now stood there, completely exposed, with arms outstretched in front of him. As the three guards circled around so that they were all standing in front of him with their bows still aimed at him, Li Hai pleaded, “I give up, I can’t win.” “You’re damned right! Get on your knees you bastard!!” Fredrick yelled. Li Hai, shoulders slumped a little as it he were ready to comply, but suddenly the defeated, scared expression left his face, and in its place was one of playful cruetly. Li Hai laughed quietly, even as he touched the thumbs of his outstretched hands together and spread his fingers in fan-like manner, and then said, “You simple fools!! Taste my [i]Reqie de Shou[/i] (9)! As he shouted this, a blue-white sheet of searing flame shot from his outspread fingertips. The fire rushed out nearly ten feet forward, engulfing the upper part of each man. Fredrick and the unnamed guard were caught completely off guard, and both were quickly transformed into human pillars of flame that screamed in horrible pain, and fell to the ground dying almost instantly. Porlow had somehow managed to avoid most of the blast, with it only burning around his right arm. He had enough presence of mind to dive into the reeds on the other side of the trail in part to extinguish the flames on his arm and also to try to get away from Li Hai. Li Hai just laughed, and in the light of flames, his face bore a sadistic grin. Fredrick and the unnamed guard were now nothing more than smoking corpses, but Porlow had managed to extinguish his arm and brought his long sword to bear against his powerful foe. It mattered not; Li Hai summoned forth the flames again even as Porlow made a feeble charge towards him. The guard was unable to avoid the blast this time, and he died in agony. The sorcerer’s piercing grey eyes were the last thing he saw. ----------------- (9) – Wen Rou (Li Hai’s player) and myself are both anime fans, and one of the things that we always found most humorous about anime is that many of the characters have to shout out the names of their attacks. Li Hai, as an arcane spellcaster, must use verbal components for many of his spells. “Reqie de Shou” is Halthyte (Chinese) for “Burning Hands.” [/QUOTE]
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