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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7161286" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 20 (143) - Part Two: Panicked Evacuation</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They arrived at the top of the lighthouse to find ghost councillors and arcane marksmen waiting for them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leon teleported both Uru and Vitus into their midst. Uru killed a marksman and hid behind his body before the others even realised he was there. Gupta and Matunaaga took out the other two marksmen.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Vitus attacked the councillors with his radiant fists and they flew away and began to try to dominate their foes from a distance.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">By the time Rumdoom arrived, there was no one left to fight!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">All of the sudden, the ghost council swarm returned, spiralling around the tower like a moaning streamer. It began grabbing at the unit in an attempt to fling them off the lighthouse.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leon and Livia made their way inside where they found the lighthouse mechanism and vial upon vial of valuable planar oils. Leon regretted that they no longer had the<em> absurdist web</em>. (Lavanya had given him a copy of it during their brief conversation. She had also told him to give this copy to whoever asked for it, without question or objection.) Livia took out the copy from her belt pouch where Xambria had put it. “Will this work?” she asked. “I doubt it,” said Leon. But they tried it and it <em>did</em>! Leon began to fiddle with the lighthouse levers, while Livia collected oils.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Outside, the ghost council swarm succeeded in grabbing Vitus, whirling him around the tower, and draining him. Vitus kicked himself free, but fell down on to the roof where he was only just able to stop himself from sliding off altogether. When he regained his wits, he tried scaling the lighthouse, but found the going very difficult.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">By now Uru was inside the lighthouse, helping Leon and Livia. Little Jack loaded more and more oils into the web; Uru aided Leon to figure out if they had got the lighthouse settings right. (It was all well and good for Macbannin to tell them it was simple, but it was difficult to see from their vantage which setting was on, which was off, and which was ‘coterminous’…)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gupta asked the swarm, “Can you remember each of your names?” The swarm moaned stupidly and ceased its attacks. The others were able to cause it to disperse again before it regained its wits.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leon announced that he and Uru had sorted the lighthouse. Uru broke the mechanism for good measure. Leon created a wormhole from the lighthouse balcony to the edge of the roof, just above the entrance. As and when they were able to break away, the unit began to pass through it. Matunaaga took out another ghost councillor, then leapt off the balcony and flew down. Vitus simply ran across the roof. Korrigan kept his cool and ordered Ken Don, Kiov Hetman and Rumdoom through the wormhole.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Below, Leon saw a shadowlisk and more ghost councillors. He hoped to evade notice, but they saw him. The shadowlisk hissed menacingly and clambered up the wall of the mansion, smashing its claws through the windows and the plaster façade. Just as it drew close and was about to bring to bear its baleful gaze, a troop of marksmen led by Amielle Latimer arrived in the garden below. They took aim and fired a volley at the beast. It cried in pain, recoiled and withdrew. Amielle gestured at them to flee.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leon created another wormhole as far down the switchback road to the sea as he could manage. The others began to move through it, shrugging off the dominance of the councillors.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Still up on the lighthouse, Korrigan transformed into a <em>Bolt of Avilona</em> and fired himself through both wormholes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leon created another wormhole as soon as he was through, and in this way they created shortcut after short cut on their way down towards the quay. There they could see lights, boats pulling away from the wharf, vague shapes scrambling aboard other vessels.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They were one, maybe two more wormholes away from the shore when Leon found his line of sight blocked by a sudden bank of magical fog. Worse still, his latest wormhole winked out of existence, dispelled, leaving Rumdoom, Vitus, Livia and Korrigan (with Don and Hetman in tow) stuck further up the trail.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Beyond the fog, Leon, Uru, Gupta and Matunaaga heard a mechanical clanking. Gliding through it came Vicemi Terio, a bleak golem and three book-pin guards. Vicemi said, “There has been too much talking already. Please do me this one favour: do not surrender. Give me the pleasure of killing you.” As he spoke, the ghost council swarm reappeared in an ever-decreasing circle all around them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Back up the trail, a shadowlisk slithered through the last wormhole, guided by four ghost councillors.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Out to sea they heard the rumble of cannon, as the <em>RNS Impossible </em>fought its way through the Obscurati blockade…</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>End of Session.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7161286, member: 79141"] [b]Session 20 (143) - Part Two: Panicked Evacuation[/b] [LIST] [*]They arrived at the top of the lighthouse to find ghost councillors and arcane marksmen waiting for them. [*]Leon teleported both Uru and Vitus into their midst. Uru killed a marksman and hid behind his body before the others even realised he was there. Gupta and Matunaaga took out the other two marksmen. [*]Vitus attacked the councillors with his radiant fists and they flew away and began to try to dominate their foes from a distance. [*]By the time Rumdoom arrived, there was no one left to fight! [*]All of the sudden, the ghost council swarm returned, spiralling around the tower like a moaning streamer. It began grabbing at the unit in an attempt to fling them off the lighthouse. [*]Leon and Livia made their way inside where they found the lighthouse mechanism and vial upon vial of valuable planar oils. Leon regretted that they no longer had the[I] absurdist web[/I]. (Lavanya had given him a copy of it during their brief conversation. She had also told him to give this copy to whoever asked for it, without question or objection.) Livia took out the copy from her belt pouch where Xambria had put it. “Will this work?” she asked. “I doubt it,” said Leon. But they tried it and it [I]did[/I]! Leon began to fiddle with the lighthouse levers, while Livia collected oils. [*]Outside, the ghost council swarm succeeded in grabbing Vitus, whirling him around the tower, and draining him. Vitus kicked himself free, but fell down on to the roof where he was only just able to stop himself from sliding off altogether. When he regained his wits, he tried scaling the lighthouse, but found the going very difficult. [*]By now Uru was inside the lighthouse, helping Leon and Livia. Little Jack loaded more and more oils into the web; Uru aided Leon to figure out if they had got the lighthouse settings right. (It was all well and good for Macbannin to tell them it was simple, but it was difficult to see from their vantage which setting was on, which was off, and which was ‘coterminous’…) [*]Gupta asked the swarm, “Can you remember each of your names?” The swarm moaned stupidly and ceased its attacks. The others were able to cause it to disperse again before it regained its wits. [*]Leon announced that he and Uru had sorted the lighthouse. Uru broke the mechanism for good measure. Leon created a wormhole from the lighthouse balcony to the edge of the roof, just above the entrance. As and when they were able to break away, the unit began to pass through it. Matunaaga took out another ghost councillor, then leapt off the balcony and flew down. Vitus simply ran across the roof. Korrigan kept his cool and ordered Ken Don, Kiov Hetman and Rumdoom through the wormhole. [*]Below, Leon saw a shadowlisk and more ghost councillors. He hoped to evade notice, but they saw him. The shadowlisk hissed menacingly and clambered up the wall of the mansion, smashing its claws through the windows and the plaster façade. Just as it drew close and was about to bring to bear its baleful gaze, a troop of marksmen led by Amielle Latimer arrived in the garden below. They took aim and fired a volley at the beast. It cried in pain, recoiled and withdrew. Amielle gestured at them to flee. [*]Leon created another wormhole as far down the switchback road to the sea as he could manage. The others began to move through it, shrugging off the dominance of the councillors. [*]Still up on the lighthouse, Korrigan transformed into a [I]Bolt of Avilona[/I] and fired himself through both wormholes. [*]Leon created another wormhole as soon as he was through, and in this way they created shortcut after short cut on their way down towards the quay. There they could see lights, boats pulling away from the wharf, vague shapes scrambling aboard other vessels. [*]They were one, maybe two more wormholes away from the shore when Leon found his line of sight blocked by a sudden bank of magical fog. Worse still, his latest wormhole winked out of existence, dispelled, leaving Rumdoom, Vitus, Livia and Korrigan (with Don and Hetman in tow) stuck further up the trail. [*]Beyond the fog, Leon, Uru, Gupta and Matunaaga heard a mechanical clanking. Gliding through it came Vicemi Terio, a bleak golem and three book-pin guards. Vicemi said, “There has been too much talking already. Please do me this one favour: do not surrender. Give me the pleasure of killing you.” As he spoke, the ghost council swarm reappeared in an ever-decreasing circle all around them. [*]Back up the trail, a shadowlisk slithered through the last wormhole, guided by four ghost councillors. [*]Out to sea they heard the rumble of cannon, as the [I]RNS Impossible [/I]fought its way through the Obscurati blockade… [/LIST] [B]End of Session.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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