[IC] Industrygothica's "The Hive"

[industrygothica]

Jonas opens the crate and the light filters out through the strange nuts. Almost maniacally, he digs through the nuts with both hands, sending them flying about the small cavern in all directions. Suddenly he stops, his mouth open in awe. With a gentle hand he reaches in and withdraws the source of the light--a glowing longsword of the finest craftsmanship. It feels as if it were almost custom-made for his hand, and he wonders how he could have ever carried a simple rapier.

As Jonas admires the sword, the others look down into the crate and notice that the ensemble is not complete, and bring up a beautifully crafted suit of full plate armor and a large steel shield emblazoned with the symbol of Heironeous, a lightning bolt in a clinched fist. The outer edges of the symbol also shine with a faint amber glow.

[sblock=ooc]He had to get his equipment somehow...

+1 longsword
+1 large steel shield
m/w full plate[/sblock]

 

[DrZombie]

"Bugger me." Jonas whispers. "It wasn't a dream."

"The Invincible Lord has chosen me to be his servant."


OOC : dramatic thunder and lightning on the background

 

[Mista Collins]

"Well I am sure we will encounter even more odd things during our times together. Though this might always be at the top." Tanith says confused as to exactly what is happening. Glad that it seems for the better she continues. "I suggest we heal our wounds and continue further down these tunnels."

 

[DrZombie]

Jonas reverently puts on his armor, and experimentally whirls his sword in the air, testing it's balance.

He kneels and prays:
"My Lord and Light, Heironeous. Grant us the strength to fight, and the will to carry out Your work."

(OOC : cast cure serious wounds on Courage, Shai and himself, followed by a Bless spell.)

 

[industrygothica]

Jonas dons the armor; amazingly, it fits perfectly. You are all relieved to see that the helm does not sport antennae. As he swings the sword Jonas again wonders how he managed to live this long with only a puny rapier, and thinks that maybe Heironeous as been in his life for longer than he knows.

He utters his prayer and the room fills with a radiant sphere of light, growing bigger as it engulfs the party and then shrinking until it finally winks out completely. You feel energized and ready to move on as Tanith advised.

As you enter the cavern again the gravity of the scene finally sets in. The huge two-headed creature lies in a pulverized heap, its newly dead hands still clutching the massive clubs still stained with your blood. A bloody impression in the dirt floor tells you where Courage fell, and was raised again, and the large spattering of blood on the wall of the cavern will forever mark the spot where Jonas did not find his true calling, but rather it found him.

The wooden door bearing what you can only guess is Hehranna's symbol stands before you, and a deathly quiet hangs in the air.


PC Status (Blessed 5 minutes):
Courage 34/34:
Shai 32/32:
Tanith 20/20:
Jonas 31/36:
Dyspeer 21/29:

 

[Mista Collins]

"I say or best bet is through that door." Tanith says as she points to the door bearing the odd symbol.

 

[jkason]

Shaimon Hu'u, barbaric human druid

"I say or best bet is through that door." Tanith says as she points to the door bearing the odd symbol.

Shai nods. "Seems as good a bet as any," he says, swapping out his bow for his warhammer.

 

[industrygothica]

ooc: So, who's doing what?

 

[jkason]

Shaimon Hu'u, barbaric human druid

ooc: So, who's doing what?

[sblock=OOC]Sorry. Courage had been taking point, and I missed the post about Kobold Stew being MIA for a bit.[/sblock]

Shai steps toward the door, then looks back to the body of their two-headed foe. He stops, pulling some holly from his pouch. Mumbling, he runs the holly up one arm and down the other, then circles it over his chest. Though there is no immediately noticable result, when the light hits him just right, the large man's skin does seem to have taken on a rougher texture.

He nods, returning the holly to his pouch, apparently satisfied with the results of his odd ritual.

Sending Dyspeer to guard the group's back again, Shai moves to the door. When everyone's indicated he or she has finished making preparations, Shai opens the door to see what's on the other side.

[sblock=OOC]Casting Barkskin. AC now 19 for the next 30 minutes.[/sblock]

 

[industrygothica]

The door opens into another vertical corridor leading upward.