Insight's Dark Sun: Burning Sands Campaign - IC

[Insight]

[sblock=Combat Round Six]
- COMBAT ROUND SIX -
Initiative Order:
Kesh [23]
Guard 2 [19]
Horran [13]
Korg [5]
Zimno [1]

- Actions -
KESH
- Endurance Check: Succeeds... barely =)
- Move Action: Dragon's Tail on Horran: Kesh and Horran swap places.
- Standard Action: Dragon's Tail against Guard 2: HITS for 8 damage and Guard 2 is knocked prone.
- Free Action: Iron Soul Flurry of Blows against Guard 2: Inflicts 5 damage, which drops Guard 2 below 0 hp.

HORRAN
- Standard Action: Delay
- Move Action:
- Minor Action:

KORG
- Endurance Check: Succeeds!
- Standard Action: Moves to front of tent.
- Move Action: Moves inside tent.
- Minor Action: None

ZIMNO
- Endurance Check: Succeeds!
- Standard Action: None
- Move Action: Enters tent
- Minor Action: None

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Kesh gawks at the naked woman in the brine tank. As he watches the tentacles swish through the water, he stifles a gag.

"We'd better get in there Zimno. That thing looks disgusting, and if it's disgusting, it's probably evil. Right?"

With that, Kesh grabs at Horrin's shoulders.

"Maybe you should sit this one out. Take a break from bleeding."

Kesh whips Horrin backward, then dashes forward to take his place in the fray. The elf swings his pick hard into the guard's knee, forcing it to stumble to the ground. A satisfying crunch comes from the impact, and the elf follows the blow up with a dirty kick to the guard's ribs. In the moment of violence, Kesh pictures the Tyrian officer's face. When he kicks the guard, he feels a slight wave of euphoria.

Kesh's strike drops the remaining guard to the ground, laying bare the entrance to the "mystery tent".

[sblock=Inside the Tent]
Now that there's nothing really blocking the way, everyone but Brandis can see that the tent is just big enough to contain a giant tank of briny water. Inside the tank is Elohasi, completely naked, swimming with some sort of lumpy, tentacled, THING. Even from outside the tent, you all sense something very wrong going on inside.[/sblock]

Horran backs away from the tent opening. "What... what is that THING in there???"

Korg moves quickly to reach the security of the tent, stopping shocked at the sight of the 'thing'.

Zimno moves into the tent, looking at the tentacled creature. He looks around for something heavy. He may need to break that glass.

Horran watches Zimno enter the tent and hesitates for a moment, then slowly follows.

 

[Insight]

- The Remaining Tents -
Both those at/near the "mystery/tank tent" and at or inside the House Njeer tent note that the sandstorm is still violently attacking the remaining tents. Stakes holding the tents in place have been pulled from the ground and you're not sure how much longer the tents will remain intact.

 

[drothgery]

OOC: Right now I'm kind of waiting to see if Amica is going to share what she saw with him.

 

[Shayuri]

In the House Tent, Brandis sees Amica suddenly snap back to herself with a startled gasp. He is the first person to hear her speak since she was captured as well, as she whispers, "What have you done?"

Those words release a floodgate as the female slave whirls to spy Brandis standing there.

"Slaves are fighting guards in front of the other large tent. Elohasi is in terrible danger. If you had a weapon, could you fight? This storm will leave nothing of the camp behind. This may be our only chance."

 

[drothgery]

"I was a templar once. And I am here because perhaps I did favors for the wrong pretty girl. Let us say I can fight, but have no need for weapons, and leave it at that. I suspect you could say the same." He said.

 

[Walking Dad]

Korg

Korg moves quickly to reach the security of the tent, stopping shocked insight at the sight of the 'thing'.

[sblock=OOC]

move and standard to move inside the tent. Use run action on the first move, if needed.

[sblock=Mini stat block]
Korg Wellspeaker
Perception: 19 Insight: 14 Low-light Vision
AC 13 Fortitude 12 Reflex 13 Will 15
Initiative: +0
Hit Points: 30 / 30 Bloodied: 15
Temporary Hit Points: 0
Resist:
Saving Throw: -
Action Points: 1 Second Wind: 1
Healing Surge:7 Surges per day: 7 / 8
At-Will Powers: Telekinetic Grasp, Call Spirit Companion, Spirit's Wrath, Spirit Infusion, Haunting Spirits
Encounter Powers: Healing Spirit 1/2, Speak with Spirits, Spirit of Athas, Scorching Sand
Daily Powers: Cleansing Wind of the North

Condition:

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[Insight]

OOC: Round Six is complete. Round Seven is below.

 

[stonegod]

Zimno moves into the tent, looking at the tentacled creature. He looks around for something heavy. He may need to break that glass.

OOC: Nothing's attacking him (yet). Going inside and looking for something solid.

 

[Insight]

[sblock=Combat Round Seven]
- COMBAT ROUND SEVEN -
Initiative Order:
Kesh [23]
Brandis [15]
Horran [13]
Amica [12+]
THING [12-]
Korg [5]
Zimno [1]

- Actions -
KESH
- Endurance Check: Succeeds!
- Standard Action: Delay
- Move Action: Enter the tent.
- Minor Action: None

BRANDIS
- Endurance Check: Fails. Brandis loses a healing surge.
- Standard Action: Moves towards the "mystery tent".
- Move Action: Moves towards the "mystery tent". At the end of this move, Brandis is a move action away from the tent opening.
- Minor Action: None

HORRAN
- Standard Action: Delay
- Move Action: None
- Minor Action: None

BRANDIS
- Endurance Check: Succeeds!
- Standard Action: Moves towards the "mystery tent".
- Move Action: Moves towards the "mystery tent". At the end of this move, Amica is a move action away from the tent opening.
- Minor Action: None

THING
- Standard Action: Delay
- Move Action: None
- Minor Action: None

KORG
- Standard Action: Ready Spirit Infusion on Zimno if he attacks the THING.
- Move Action: None
- Minor Action: Summon Spirit Companion inside the tank, adjacent to the THING.

ZIMNO
- Standard Action: Sword Burst against the Tank: Misses.
- Move Action: None
- Minor Action: None

KORG
Readied action goes off: Spirit Infusion on Zimno. Zimno can make a melee basic attack against the Tank.
Korg now drops below Zimno in the initiative order.

ZIMNO
- Free Action: Melee Basic Attack (Scimitar) against the Tank: HITS for 9 damage.

Horran does not use his delayed action. His initiative count remains unchanged.

THING
Uses its delayed action.
Thing now drops below Korg in the initiative order.
- Standard Action: Melee Basic Attack (Tentacle Strike) against Zimno: HITS for 13 damage. Zimno is grabbed.
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OOC: Korg and Zimno are currently inside the tent. Horran and Kesh are at the entrance (but still outside).

OOC: Amica and Brandis added to the initiative count.

Elohasi swims with the giant, tentacled thing. It undulates in place, appearing to 'swim' in place. The slave girl stops and steadies herself against the creature. "Oh, my love. My one true love. I am now one with you. Please accept my love, dear one." Elohasi continues to swim around in the greenish muck.

The creature, whose multiple sets of eyes are now apparent, opens its huge, toothy maw and grunts. Those inside the tent immediately detect the scent of fermented death.

[sblock=Korg and Zimno]You each feel sick inside as alien thoughts pour into your heads.

"Come to me, my servants. Become one with the intelligence. It is your destiny."[/sblock]

The elf pulls his pick from the guard's side with a squick, then adds an extra kick out of spite.

Kesh moves as quickly as possible into the tent, stepping coolly over the body of the bloody guard. taking his place next to Zimno.

"What is this creature? Is she...mating with that thing?"

He raises his pick, but hesitates, awaiting Zimno's or Korg's go-ahead.

Amica and Brandis brave the sandstorm and cross the open space between the House Njeer tent and the large one at the center of the Rarun camp.

Outside the tent, Horran, the young noble, cowers against the tent canvas, barely able to peer inside. "What is that... in there... with Elohasi? And where is Erro Njeer? Surely, he would not let his most treasured servant cavort with that... THING... in there!"

Alien eyes dart at Zimno and Korg, one set each trained on the interlopers. The amorphous blob within the tank shakes its tentacles, trashing Elohasi around a bit. The creature speaks in a tongue forgotten to the sane people of Athas. It is a deep, guttural tone, rattling the slaves' bones. Suffice to say that none understands the creature, and they are probably better for it.

Elohasi steadies herself. "Oh, my love. They are not here to harm you. They will love you, as I have come to. Please, my love. Give them peace."

"You are wrong, I'm not your servant! Zimno, kill it!" Korg says as the spirits animate a small whirlwind next to the thing...

"I am a slave to no creature!" The hiss is sharp, and as he speaks, Zimno forms a low stance. With two fingers along the blade, he pushes out, force exploding from him! The obsidian scimitar CLANGS off the glass tank, no doubt drawing the interest of the THING within. Somehow emboldened by Korg's urging, and perhaps the spirit of Athas itself, Zimno strikes the tank with a renewed vigor, this time blasting the glass tank with a sturdy blow.

The THING darts its eyes towards the eladrin. It raises a purple and tan colored tentacle, perhaps a dozen feet long, covered in sickly scales, and slaps Zimno across the face and neck. The tentacle then wraps around the swordmage and attempts to draw Zimno into the tank.

[sblock=Zimno]Zimno feels a sickly, greasy presence within his mind. You dare strike at me? Fool, I will crush the very life from your worthless form![/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

"I was a templar once. And I am here because perhaps I did favors for the wrong pretty girl. Let us say I can fight, but have no need for weapons, and leave it at that. I suspect you could say the same." He said.

"I am a weapon," she answered simply. Then she quickly huried around the Njeer tent, grabbing whatever supplies that would keep for a little while, and any clothes that might be easily at hand, and stuffing them into a light woven bag. Then she wound a piece of cloth around her nose and mouth, oriented herself at the tent flap towards the shadow of the mystery tent, and tucked her head down to bull rush into the storm, trying to stay on target despite the flying sand.