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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sunshadow21" data-source="post: 6778293" data-attributes="member: 6667193">Menik's magic seems to give Lem the room he needs to recover from the steady stream of pummeling he has gotten since opening his mouth, knocking the mud creature prone, or at least as prone as one can knock a creature made of flowing mud, and sending some damp sticky mud flying, some of which sticks to Lem somewhat unpleasantly. While this exchange is going on, Larissa and Weylyn turn their attention to the crab like monstrosity, and though none of the hits seems to have the full impact that is expected, the sheer number of blows is too much for the creature to take. As the the whole party hears amused chuckles in their heads, every blow not only sends green ichor that smells of rotten eggs flying out of the creature, covering Larissa and Weylyn, but also causes the cave itself to distort and shrink as it starts to fade away. By the time Larissa starts in, a faint outline of the inside of a snail's shell is becoming visible as the party is pushed closer and closer together. Finally, as the last blow falls, the party, along with the still bleeding body of Thrax, two mud men, and a tiny floating tentacled creature, finds itself crammed into a tight space between a moss covered swamp rock with a well dissected body of the crab like thing, the inside walls of an overly sized snail shell, and the opening through which the party can see darkness and rain. The chuckles turns into a deep voice with a tone of a parent talking to a child, "So the heroes of the chains finally arrive; no matter, the seeds have been planted. I shall return soon enough to reap the harvest. The unnatural chains cannot hold against the forces that are now arrayed to tear them apart."----------The floating thing disappears out into the rain quickly, clearly having no interest in staying to get to know you better. The mudman that had been pummeling Lem continues to do so, but the halfling's healing efforts prove to be sufficient to keep conscious as yet another blow hits home. The other mudman releases a stinking cloud that is even worse than normal due to the extremely cramped conditions of the snail shell. While Lem and Weylyn find themselves barely able to act because of nausua, Menik and Larissa are able to finish off the mudmen without any further difficulty, and a silence broken only by the eerie reverbations of the pitter patter of the outside rain falls on the scene. Pushed together close enough that any movement is uncomfortable, covered in sticky mud, green and rotten smelling ichor from the crab, and the almost, but not quite, normal blood from Thrax's still bleeding wounds, and surrounded by a sickening fog filled with weird shadows created by the lightning balls, the party has a chance to take in the surreal scene and ponder what the heck just happened.[ooc]Sorry about the delay, but there was a lot to cover with this post, and I wanted to make sure to include all of it. Combat is over, Thrax can still be saved if the party wishes, and the party is free to react to the scene described above. The opening looks like the one you came through, so it is big enough to go through; you can also climb onto the rock with the dissected crab-like thing bits on it.[/ooc]</blockquote>

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