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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7160316" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 20 (143) - Part One: The Ghost Council Swarm</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the aftermath of the bomb’s explosion, the unit hastily exchanged ideas. Yes, they had spent over an hour with Macbannin going through what to do in the event of an emergency, but here was living proof of the maxim that no plan survives contact with the enemy. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It was decided they should try to access the lighthouse from outside rather than head through the main hall. Those who had not been freed from their hosts were returned to their own bodies. Kiov Hetman, Xavier Sangreal and Ken Don stood perplexed and dazed. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Korrigan used his sending stone to contact Captain Rutger Smith aboard the Impossible: They would require extraction imminently. (Thank goodness they had had the forethought to leave the second stone with Smith…) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They had talked for too long: drawn by the sound of the explosion, Vicemi Terio arrived in the Grand Foyer and, with a disapproving groan, surveyed the scene before him. His eyes blazed brightly. Two ghost councillors glided in to hover alongside him. They were followed by Macbannin. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“There is a stray spirit in this hall,” said one councillor. Was it Xambria? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Summoned by Vicemi, the ghost council swarm appeared, moving with deliberate menace. Vicemi said, “Destroy those you do not recognise.” The swarm swept forward and attacked en masse, draining the life-force of everyone they touched. Ordinary weapons were no use against them, and most other forms of attack did a lot less damage than normal. Vitus Sigismund proved his worth: his radiant fists caused the swarm to groan and quail and his divine aura warded off their attacks. It was now clear why the council had been afraid of him. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leon, Uru and Livia were already moving to the front door, but they found it was secured and were unable to open it from this side. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Standing firm alongside Vitus Sigmisund, covering the others’ retreat, Korrigan dragged Ken Don to his feet and urged him, Hetman and Xavier to “follow us”. But the Malice Lands knight was having none of it; he had made up his mind who to trust. “You, I don’t recognise,” he said and swung his sword at Korrigan. Korrigan caught it in his huge stone hand, wrenched it from his grip and threw it clattering to the floor. “This is some serious <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />,” he said. “You’d better do as I say or you’ll die here.” Xavier backed away slowly, then turned on his heels and ran. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Through his connection to Jiese, Korrigan absorbed the energy of the ghosts’ attacks and turned it back upon them. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gupta scrutinised Vicemi, searching for an advantage of some kind. Vicemi raised a hand and magically attacked an invisible form. They heard Xambria scream. Then Macbannin raised his hand and attacked Vicemi. Vicemi gave a wordless cry of anger and attacked back. They alternately disappeared, reappeared to attack and disappeared again, before Vicemi closed on Macbannin and the two of them vanished entirely, wreathed in magical coils. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Matunaaga used his Icon of Apet to become insubstantial, then ran across the foyer and straight through the front door. There was chaos outside – frightened officers, noises and shouting, a carriage racing by. He thought he could hear Han Jierre yelling orders in the distance. But all of that took a back seat to the shape that loomed in front of him: a shadowlisk on guard outside the main doors. He turned on his heels and ran straight back through into the foyer again! “Don’t go that way,” he said. Still insubstantial, he tried to run through the ghost council swarm, but found himself ducking, weaving and dodging their grasping necrotic hands – the swarm was insubstantial too! He emerged unscathed on the other side and dashed through the closed doors into the main hall, just as Cula Ravajhani kicked them open to come back through. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cula did not notice Matunaaga as he dashed through her, focused as she was on the chaotic melee in front of her. She had her whip-like blade in one hand, a glowing wand in the other. She fired three flaming missiles at the newcomers, setting Rumdoom and Gupta on fire, and then raised her sword for battle. Korrigan absorbed the fire missile and fired it back at Cula. “You have betrayed the ideals of Miller’s philosophy,” he told her bluntly. This was a de facto challenge, and Korrigan’s words were so forceful they carried the weight of a clergy paladin. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">With the doors to the main hall now open, Leon turned and opened a fey wormhole from the barred front door to just by the stage – as far as he could see. Livia jumped through, and Uru went through carried by Little Jack. Between them they opened all the doors through to the lighthouse and Leon opened a second wormhole, right by the exit of the first, that would take his allies (and anyone else following them), into the base of the lighthouse in an instant. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rumdoom was dominated by one of the ghost councillors, but Korrigan used Glaucia’s bracers to free him. Then Rumdoom clutched at his reserve weapon, the hammer Kvarti had made for him and used it to put out the fires on him and Gupta. Then he retreated towards the wormhole alongside Vitus Sigismund and Gupta - who had both been fending off the ghost swarm, when it suddenly retreated before their onslaught. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Matunaaga had only a moment to take in the scene in the main hall. So many dead officers! He caught sight of a few he recognised: Ramos Zoltan; Oort Magus; Glaz du Sang Magi – all slumped, horrified and open-mouthed. From Leon’s vantage as he passed through, he noticed that Catherine Romana wasn’t there, but near where she had been sitting was the corpse of a dire tiger. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Matunaaga turned away from the scene of execution, and attacked Cula Ravjahani. She attacked back, forgetting Korrigan’s challenge, and was felled by the radiant power that punished her defiance. Matunaaga took her blade and followed Leon, Uru and Livia towards the lighthouse. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not wishing to engage the ghost councillors that the swarm had left behind, Korrigan sent the bemused Ken Don and Kiov Hetman stumbling through the wormhole, waited until everyone else was clear and then followed. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Uru had already sent Winkin, Blinkin and Nod ahead to bring down the service elevators. Everyone piled in. (Cue musak.) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Their slow, steady trip upward was interrupted only by a return sending from Captain Smith: there were hostile ships in the area which he had been at pains to steer clear of until now. They needed to know that the Impossible’s approach to and depature from Mutravir would not go uncontested… </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7160316, member: 79141"] [b]Session 20 (143) - Part One: The Ghost Council Swarm[/b] [LIST] [*]In the aftermath of the bomb’s explosion, the unit hastily exchanged ideas. Yes, they had spent over an hour with Macbannin going through what to do in the event of an emergency, but here was living proof of the maxim that no plan survives contact with the enemy. [*]It was decided they should try to access the lighthouse from outside rather than head through the main hall. Those who had not been freed from their hosts were returned to their own bodies. Kiov Hetman, Xavier Sangreal and Ken Don stood perplexed and dazed. [*]Korrigan used his sending stone to contact Captain Rutger Smith aboard the Impossible: They would require extraction imminently. (Thank goodness they had had the forethought to leave the second stone with Smith…) [*]They had talked for too long: drawn by the sound of the explosion, Vicemi Terio arrived in the Grand Foyer and, with a disapproving groan, surveyed the scene before him. His eyes blazed brightly. Two ghost councillors glided in to hover alongside him. They were followed by Macbannin. [*]“There is a stray spirit in this hall,” said one councillor. Was it Xambria? [*]Summoned by Vicemi, the ghost council swarm appeared, moving with deliberate menace. Vicemi said, “Destroy those you do not recognise.” The swarm swept forward and attacked en masse, draining the life-force of everyone they touched. Ordinary weapons were no use against them, and most other forms of attack did a lot less damage than normal. Vitus Sigismund proved his worth: his radiant fists caused the swarm to groan and quail and his divine aura warded off their attacks. It was now clear why the council had been afraid of him. [*]Leon, Uru and Livia were already moving to the front door, but they found it was secured and were unable to open it from this side. [*]Standing firm alongside Vitus Sigmisund, covering the others’ retreat, Korrigan dragged Ken Don to his feet and urged him, Hetman and Xavier to “follow us”. But the Malice Lands knight was having none of it; he had made up his mind who to trust. “You, I don’t recognise,” he said and swung his sword at Korrigan. Korrigan caught it in his huge stone hand, wrenched it from his grip and threw it clattering to the floor. “This is some serious :):):):),” he said. “You’d better do as I say or you’ll die here.” Xavier backed away slowly, then turned on his heels and ran. [*]Through his connection to Jiese, Korrigan absorbed the energy of the ghosts’ attacks and turned it back upon them. [*]Gupta scrutinised Vicemi, searching for an advantage of some kind. Vicemi raised a hand and magically attacked an invisible form. They heard Xambria scream. Then Macbannin raised his hand and attacked Vicemi. Vicemi gave a wordless cry of anger and attacked back. They alternately disappeared, reappeared to attack and disappeared again, before Vicemi closed on Macbannin and the two of them vanished entirely, wreathed in magical coils. [*]Matunaaga used his Icon of Apet to become insubstantial, then ran across the foyer and straight through the front door. There was chaos outside – frightened officers, noises and shouting, a carriage racing by. He thought he could hear Han Jierre yelling orders in the distance. But all of that took a back seat to the shape that loomed in front of him: a shadowlisk on guard outside the main doors. He turned on his heels and ran straight back through into the foyer again! “Don’t go that way,” he said. Still insubstantial, he tried to run through the ghost council swarm, but found himself ducking, weaving and dodging their grasping necrotic hands – the swarm was insubstantial too! He emerged unscathed on the other side and dashed through the closed doors into the main hall, just as Cula Ravajhani kicked them open to come back through. [*]Cula did not notice Matunaaga as he dashed through her, focused as she was on the chaotic melee in front of her. She had her whip-like blade in one hand, a glowing wand in the other. She fired three flaming missiles at the newcomers, setting Rumdoom and Gupta on fire, and then raised her sword for battle. Korrigan absorbed the fire missile and fired it back at Cula. “You have betrayed the ideals of Miller’s philosophy,” he told her bluntly. This was a de facto challenge, and Korrigan’s words were so forceful they carried the weight of a clergy paladin. [*]With the doors to the main hall now open, Leon turned and opened a fey wormhole from the barred front door to just by the stage – as far as he could see. Livia jumped through, and Uru went through carried by Little Jack. Between them they opened all the doors through to the lighthouse and Leon opened a second wormhole, right by the exit of the first, that would take his allies (and anyone else following them), into the base of the lighthouse in an instant. [*]Rumdoom was dominated by one of the ghost councillors, but Korrigan used Glaucia’s bracers to free him. Then Rumdoom clutched at his reserve weapon, the hammer Kvarti had made for him and used it to put out the fires on him and Gupta. Then he retreated towards the wormhole alongside Vitus Sigismund and Gupta - who had both been fending off the ghost swarm, when it suddenly retreated before their onslaught. [*]Matunaaga had only a moment to take in the scene in the main hall. So many dead officers! He caught sight of a few he recognised: Ramos Zoltan; Oort Magus; Glaz du Sang Magi – all slumped, horrified and open-mouthed. From Leon’s vantage as he passed through, he noticed that Catherine Romana wasn’t there, but near where she had been sitting was the corpse of a dire tiger. [*]Matunaaga turned away from the scene of execution, and attacked Cula Ravjahani. She attacked back, forgetting Korrigan’s challenge, and was felled by the radiant power that punished her defiance. Matunaaga took her blade and followed Leon, Uru and Livia towards the lighthouse. [*]Not wishing to engage the ghost councillors that the swarm had left behind, Korrigan sent the bemused Ken Don and Kiov Hetman stumbling through the wormhole, waited until everyone else was clear and then followed. [*]Uru had already sent Winkin, Blinkin and Nod ahead to bring down the service elevators. Everyone piled in. (Cue musak.) [*]Their slow, steady trip upward was interrupted only by a return sending from Captain Smith: there were hostile ships in the area which he had been at pains to steer clear of until now. They needed to know that the Impossible’s approach to and depature from Mutravir would not go uncontested… [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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