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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 823089" data-attributes="member: 1210">Uh-OhIt's hours before the party is expecting to have to be ready to fight- three hours.  They're relaxing, enjoying the time they have. Then the stink of the bile arrives in a puff as Chemnu the Bile Lord and Axon and Axel arrive.*  The three of them teleport in a few dozen yards from the forcecage and our heroes belatedly leap into motion.  This next battle suddenly looks less certain than... well, than any fight they've been in.Red gulps a flask of red liquid that tastes like liquorice and speeds up.  He hustles away from the cluster of people he's with.  Axon and Axel, humanoid constructs of metal with what appear at a glance to be dual-wielded rapiers, stand ready to act.  Who wants to throw the first punch?  Sheva casts spell resistance instead, reasoning (quite correctly) that she may need it at any moment.  Habiskis, invisible as usual, moves stealthily into attack position.Throwing the first punch, anyone?  Well, you can always bet on an angel to do the right thing- Lionel blasts the Bile Lord with a flame strike.  Chemnu is serene and unaffected.  The deathbringer seems poised and ready within the confines of the forcecage, and with good reason: the Bile Lord points and a green ray shoots out, disintegrating the cage of force.  And the deathbringer springs forth, attacking with a massive flail, crashing heavily into Thrush's chest.  Red steps in to help his fellow swordsman, but to his surprise, he misses.  "This thing's hard to hit!" he shouts.Axon and Axel tumble in to flank Red, attacking with insane speed, slicing and stabbing no less than six times after their move!  Even though only two of the blows land, it's impressive- as is the damage they inflict.  Red glances down at the new holes in his arm and chest, coughs, and mutters, "Not bad.""Now, my servants," Chemnu hisses, "we will destroy them."*For those who missed it, it happened <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=754683#post754683" target="_blank">here.</a>Next Time: For the first time, we'll get to see one of the Bile Lords in combat!  It ain't pretty!</blockquote>

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