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<blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 5656459" data-attributes="member: 5675"><p>Ruby's death scene</p><p></p><p>The battle to destroy the opposing army’s war machines is upon us. A team of several dwarf sappers have helped by digging a tunnel under enemy lines. We slowly emerge from the ground to the sight of a long line of siege engines. They are guarded by a squad of troops and led by a commanding officer, in the sky above a small red dragon flies above our heads. Cricket takes the initiative and charges into a group of the troops and gets stuck in. He is followed by Silas who starts blasting any and all with eldritch energy. Ruby follows at a distance as she is more suited to range combat.</p><p></p><p>As more and more reinforcements bolster their numbers we were in danger of being overwhelmed, and quickly Ruby finds herself boxed in by an entire squad of the soldiers’ and set to bashing her brains out with their flails, or slice her to ribbons with their short steel blades. She defends herself valiantly but eventually one of their swords slides easily between the gaps of her armour hitting something vital. Clutching her side to stem the blood she falls to the slush covered ground, a final crunch of a flail head striking her sends into the dark embrace of unconsciousness. The brave dwarf sappers at the mouth of the cave picked up crossbows and began to shoot at the mercenaries that surrounded her. All of this however was in vain as she quickly succumbs to her wounds and breathes her last breath as her lifeblood stains the white snow around her body.</p><p></p><p>~~~~~ Wavy lines ~~~~~</p><p></p><p>Brick stands up and looks down at his feet to see the corpse of Ruby at his feet. Looking around him the world is different to how he remembers it, there is no colour and the sound from the battle appears muted.</p><p></p><p>In the distance he can see Silas being surrounded by soldiers and battered with flails "Hey! Come back and get my body! I’m not quite dead!" shouts Brick, but is pretty sure no one can hear him. Looking passed the battle raging all about him he spies a figure standing on a hill in the distance staring at him. With nothing else to do the Goliath starts walking towards the figure. With every step towards the figure seems to be further away, the world seems to slip away with every next step until finally the figure stops and Brick feels he is gaining ground. When he finally gets there the scenery has changed to a desert and he can see the figure clearer now, his father.</p><p></p><p>“Well son, it saddens me to see you here. You have so much left to do. Your mother and I have been watching your progress for some time now. We are both very proud of you" says his father, his voice a distant murmur that seems to reach his mind a few moments later than spoken. Brick feels tears coming to his eyes, he doesn’t even notice a second robed figure until it has come close enough to drape its limbs around his father. The cowl of the figure is pulled taut; the curve of a mask revealed instead of a face as a set of bladed claws drift from the confines of the robe towards his father’s face and draws the tips deeply across his throat, blood flows like a waterfall from the wound. Brick tries to run to his aid but finds that he cannot move and watches in horror as the inquisitor peels the skin from his father’s body, with a sick jerk the torturer yanks the remaining skin from the body exposing its raw muscle, it suddenly swells and explodes into flame, showering the Goliath in gore.</p><p></p><p>The inquisitor turns to face Brick "So then Brick you thought you could hide from me, by hiding in different flesh, we had a deal. You think you can escape me by simply dying, you will feel the full force of the scourge when we meet. You will be mine body and soul; your screams will be music to my ears. You are not going to die today Brick but when we do meet; I want you to remember it was me who spared you!" She reaches down and touches her hand to his chest, he screams in pain as he is branded, the flesh decays turning chalky white, leaving the mark of her hand sunken into his skin. A light appears over Brick and he can feel himself being pulled back towards his body. He utters a scream as his being is yanked back into the land and finds himself back surrounded by priests. Her hands immediately move to her chest, long supple fingers tracing the grooves of the scar she knows sits under her shirt.</p><p></p><p>Back in the Lab:</p><p></p><p>It has been many weeks since the mistress has been home, it has had to make do and find company of its own. Sat on simple chairs arranged like an audience around the tank sit several people, their faces are blank, jaws sag open with only the barest flicker of their brains reminding them to breath, their eyes only focus on the tank. With a flex of its power the tank begins to swell, the tinkle of cracking glass echoes around the silent workshop and suddenly shatters sending a torrent of biomantic fluid out across the floor, the scum is dragged out of the tank in the surge and comes to a stop on the warm stone floor. With a thought he guides his servants and the stand as one, in unison they chant lending their power to another as a disc of energy forms under the scum and carries it into the air. The scum opens its mouth, voice ragged from its first use “My servants, the time has come for us to leave this place" he motions towards a well dressed man "purchase a dwelling, I wish to know more about the outside world"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eccles, post: 5656459, member: 5675"] Ruby's death scene The battle to destroy the opposing army’s war machines is upon us. A team of several dwarf sappers have helped by digging a tunnel under enemy lines. We slowly emerge from the ground to the sight of a long line of siege engines. They are guarded by a squad of troops and led by a commanding officer, in the sky above a small red dragon flies above our heads. Cricket takes the initiative and charges into a group of the troops and gets stuck in. He is followed by Silas who starts blasting any and all with eldritch energy. Ruby follows at a distance as she is more suited to range combat. As more and more reinforcements bolster their numbers we were in danger of being overwhelmed, and quickly Ruby finds herself boxed in by an entire squad of the soldiers’ and set to bashing her brains out with their flails, or slice her to ribbons with their short steel blades. She defends herself valiantly but eventually one of their swords slides easily between the gaps of her armour hitting something vital. Clutching her side to stem the blood she falls to the slush covered ground, a final crunch of a flail head striking her sends into the dark embrace of unconsciousness. The brave dwarf sappers at the mouth of the cave picked up crossbows and began to shoot at the mercenaries that surrounded her. All of this however was in vain as she quickly succumbs to her wounds and breathes her last breath as her lifeblood stains the white snow around her body. ~~~~~ Wavy lines ~~~~~ Brick stands up and looks down at his feet to see the corpse of Ruby at his feet. Looking around him the world is different to how he remembers it, there is no colour and the sound from the battle appears muted. In the distance he can see Silas being surrounded by soldiers and battered with flails "Hey! Come back and get my body! I’m not quite dead!" shouts Brick, but is pretty sure no one can hear him. Looking passed the battle raging all about him he spies a figure standing on a hill in the distance staring at him. With nothing else to do the Goliath starts walking towards the figure. With every step towards the figure seems to be further away, the world seems to slip away with every next step until finally the figure stops and Brick feels he is gaining ground. When he finally gets there the scenery has changed to a desert and he can see the figure clearer now, his father. “Well son, it saddens me to see you here. You have so much left to do. Your mother and I have been watching your progress for some time now. We are both very proud of you" says his father, his voice a distant murmur that seems to reach his mind a few moments later than spoken. Brick feels tears coming to his eyes, he doesn’t even notice a second robed figure until it has come close enough to drape its limbs around his father. The cowl of the figure is pulled taut; the curve of a mask revealed instead of a face as a set of bladed claws drift from the confines of the robe towards his father’s face and draws the tips deeply across his throat, blood flows like a waterfall from the wound. Brick tries to run to his aid but finds that he cannot move and watches in horror as the inquisitor peels the skin from his father’s body, with a sick jerk the torturer yanks the remaining skin from the body exposing its raw muscle, it suddenly swells and explodes into flame, showering the Goliath in gore. The inquisitor turns to face Brick "So then Brick you thought you could hide from me, by hiding in different flesh, we had a deal. You think you can escape me by simply dying, you will feel the full force of the scourge when we meet. You will be mine body and soul; your screams will be music to my ears. You are not going to die today Brick but when we do meet; I want you to remember it was me who spared you!" She reaches down and touches her hand to his chest, he screams in pain as he is branded, the flesh decays turning chalky white, leaving the mark of her hand sunken into his skin. A light appears over Brick and he can feel himself being pulled back towards his body. He utters a scream as his being is yanked back into the land and finds himself back surrounded by priests. Her hands immediately move to her chest, long supple fingers tracing the grooves of the scar she knows sits under her shirt. Back in the Lab: It has been many weeks since the mistress has been home, it has had to make do and find company of its own. Sat on simple chairs arranged like an audience around the tank sit several people, their faces are blank, jaws sag open with only the barest flicker of their brains reminding them to breath, their eyes only focus on the tank. With a flex of its power the tank begins to swell, the tinkle of cracking glass echoes around the silent workshop and suddenly shatters sending a torrent of biomantic fluid out across the floor, the scum is dragged out of the tank in the surge and comes to a stop on the warm stone floor. With a thought he guides his servants and the stand as one, in unison they chant lending their power to another as a disc of energy forms under the scum and carries it into the air. The scum opens its mouth, voice ragged from its first use “My servants, the time has come for us to leave this place" he motions towards a well dressed man "purchase a dwelling, I wish to know more about the outside world" [/QUOTE]
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