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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 855935" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 39, "Crouching Tiger, Enraged Dragon", July 9th, 1019, 8:00 P.M.</strong> </p><p></p><p>Cassie's owl communicates that she had noticed a bat flying around by the edge of the roof, which appears to have taken an interest in what is going on below. Cassie communicates back to her familiar "I'll race you to it. If you get it first you can eat it." An owl is a remarkable nocturnal predator, with the ability to fly in near-silence, and the bat is taken totally by surprise. Deanna's claws close around the creature, which lets out a sharp shrill cry. The bat initially struggles to get free. When it is obvious that the owl has clamped onto its prey like a vice, the bat then begins to transform.</p><p></p><p>Almost instantaneously, the bat wings fold over and around a pair of human arms, as the creature becomes a human female, approximately five feet in height. The form change forces Deanna to release the woman, who begins to fall to the ground below. She is attired in black form-fitting clothing, with items attached to a belt, with a pair of swords across her back in an X-shaped sheathe-harness. </p><p></p><p>The woman begins to fall the 25 feet to the ground as Cassie goes into a sharp dive after her. Cassie's eagle claws strike at the woman's face, barely missing her eyes, and leaving sharp cuts raked across the woman's forehead. As the woman reaches the ground she lands on her feet and bends her legs, her boots absorbing the impact of the fall. She then jumps upward, propelling herself high into the air. "I guess I now know what those boots are," Cassie ponders to herself as she lets out a loud eagle shriek. This cry causes both Mojo and Serita to round the bend looking towards them.</p><p></p><p>Cassie lands beside Mojo and Serita, and transforms back into her usual half-elf Cassie form (as opposed to her disguised version). She tosses a Haste spell onto the three of them. Meanwhile, the opponent lands and then bounces upward again, this time landing on the roof of the Mallet and Hammer Inn. "I'm on it," says Serita, who then transforms into the form of a 20-foot long white dragon, and takes off.</p><p></p><p>The woman on the roof runs to the other side of the roof and leaps across to the next roof. Serita keeps her in sight, and casts a Faerie Fire spell to further illuminate the opponent. Below, both Cassie and Mojo hurry to keep up with the battle. The woman leaps again to another roof and Serita flies around to cut her off. As the dragon approaches the woman kneels down on one knee to better brace herself, and draws a pair of magical sabers from the sheathes on her back. </p><p></p><p>The woman gives Serita a determined look, which is clearly a challenge for her to move in closer. Never one to play by an opponent's rules, Serita continues to hover just out of he woman's sword range. Below, Mojo reaches the building they are on and kicks in the door, entering the shop of a silversmith. Serita casts a Control Temperature onto the area where the woman is, which drops the temperature to around -30 degrees Fahrenheit. The woman appears annoyed by the change in the air around her, but remains primed to fight. Cassie reaches the building and stays by the smashed main door to keep anyone from exiting from there. </p><p></p><p>Still hasted Mojo bounds up to the second floor of the building. He if confronted by proprietor of the shop, who was apparently asleep. Mojo declares "I'm on official business for the Queen." Mojo then looks around for an access to the roof. Seeing none, he tosses his Throwing Hammer upward, cracking the boards above him. A second toss with all of Mojo's exceptional strength behind it breaks through, creating a large hole in the roof. Up above, the hammer smashes through, but on the opposite side of the roof from where then woman is kneeling. This round she gets hit by a Create Water thrown by the druid dragon, and with the air still chilled, begins to form a crust of ice on top of her. </p><p></p><p>Serita is then distracted by a missile bombardment as three star-shaped shuirken strike her in the right side. The heavy dragon scales deflect two of the shuirken, but the third manages to penetrate. The wound does minimal damage, and Serita successfully saves from the poison that had been coated on it. Serita sees the thrower of the darts, the monk Darlene, who is now on the same roof and fifteen feet away from her companion. By now Mojo has managed to jump up and start to climb through the hole in the roof. As he finishes climbing onto the roof he prepares to throw his hammer again. </p><p></p><p>Serita flies to reposition herself equidistant between the two opponents. Her sudden movement allows her to totally dodge two out of three more star shuirken thrown at her. The third shuriken bounces off the dragon scales and inflicts no damage. Mojo lets his hammer fly, which strikes the woman with the swords full force, and knocks her off the roof. Darlene then charges at Serita, diving into the air at the dragon. Serita flies upward, causing Darlene to miss her. The monk manages to grab onto the side of the building to slow her descent to the ground. Mojo looks up at Serita and yells "Damn it! I just got up here!" She flies down to him and picks him up. </p><p></p><p>They see both women running away, and Serita flies down in that direction. Cassie also charges after the opponents. The smaller woman kicks open the door to the next building and they both charging inside. Cassie cautiously moves towards the door of the building. Serita lowers Mojo to the ground. He activates his Ring of Invisibility and enters the building with Cassie. Serita flies back up to monitor the situation from above, being joined by Deanna. </p><p></p><p>Cassie and Mojo hear sounds coming from both directions in the building, seeing that several interior doors have been left open. They split up, with Mojo catching Darlene climbing out a window. He yells information this to Cassie, and climbs out after her. Cassie heads out the front door to see the still hasted Mojo chasing after the rapidly moving monk. Mojo manages to get two consecutive throws of his hammer to hit the Monk, which start to slow her down. </p><p></p><p>The monk then pivots around, and strikes Mojo with a fatal psionic blast. As Mojo collapses onto the street Cassie arrives on the scene. She casts an Earth to Mud spell beneath Darlene's feet. This catches the monk off guard as she sinks into the ground up to her knees. Cassie then cancels the spell, temporarily trapping he woman in the ground. Deanna flies down and rakes her claws across Darlene's face as Cassie rushes over to Mojo. He appears to be dead, and she casts a Cure Serious Wounds spell on him. </p><p></p><p>At first nothing happens. Then, a very dazed and barely conscious Mojo opens his eyes and looks up at Cassie. He mutters "There was a bright light, and I went towards it. And then there was this bright place, with all these red guys carrying pitchforks." Cassie says "Good thing I brought you back. You'd find that that place only serves warm beer." </p><p></p><p>As Cassie approaches the monk the trapped Darlene draws a handaxe from her belt. "I've had enough of this," Serita comments, as she flies up and over the monk's head. She then pivots around in the air behind the monk and dives straight down. The 1,000+ pound dragon form lands full-force on the monk from behind, bending her over despite the fact that the trapped legs don't bend that way. The dragon claws then clamp down onto her shoulders, digging in for deep cuts. Serita then twists the claws to the side, dislocating both arms. The monk passes out. </p><p></p><p>A squadron of dwarven troops arrives at the scene, and is sent by Mojo to check the nearby buildings for the other woman. Cassie convinces Serita to finally get off the monk. The druid transforms back into her half-elvan form. Cassie goes to cast a Cure Light Wounds to prevent Darlene from bleeding to death. Serita allows her to do this, but makes sure that all four limbs remain in their unnatural positions, to prevent them from setting correctly. Colonel Tenbar arrives, and gets a group of his senior officers to take the severely wounded woman back to the Mallet and Hammer. The troops are unable to locate Darlene's companion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 855935, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 39, "Crouching Tiger, Enraged Dragon", July 9th, 1019, 8:00 P.M.[/B] Cassie's owl communicates that she had noticed a bat flying around by the edge of the roof, which appears to have taken an interest in what is going on below. Cassie communicates back to her familiar "I'll race you to it. If you get it first you can eat it." An owl is a remarkable nocturnal predator, with the ability to fly in near-silence, and the bat is taken totally by surprise. Deanna's claws close around the creature, which lets out a sharp shrill cry. The bat initially struggles to get free. When it is obvious that the owl has clamped onto its prey like a vice, the bat then begins to transform. Almost instantaneously, the bat wings fold over and around a pair of human arms, as the creature becomes a human female, approximately five feet in height. The form change forces Deanna to release the woman, who begins to fall to the ground below. She is attired in black form-fitting clothing, with items attached to a belt, with a pair of swords across her back in an X-shaped sheathe-harness. The woman begins to fall the 25 feet to the ground as Cassie goes into a sharp dive after her. Cassie's eagle claws strike at the woman's face, barely missing her eyes, and leaving sharp cuts raked across the woman's forehead. As the woman reaches the ground she lands on her feet and bends her legs, her boots absorbing the impact of the fall. She then jumps upward, propelling herself high into the air. "I guess I now know what those boots are," Cassie ponders to herself as she lets out a loud eagle shriek. This cry causes both Mojo and Serita to round the bend looking towards them. Cassie lands beside Mojo and Serita, and transforms back into her usual half-elf Cassie form (as opposed to her disguised version). She tosses a Haste spell onto the three of them. Meanwhile, the opponent lands and then bounces upward again, this time landing on the roof of the Mallet and Hammer Inn. "I'm on it," says Serita, who then transforms into the form of a 20-foot long white dragon, and takes off. The woman on the roof runs to the other side of the roof and leaps across to the next roof. Serita keeps her in sight, and casts a Faerie Fire spell to further illuminate the opponent. Below, both Cassie and Mojo hurry to keep up with the battle. The woman leaps again to another roof and Serita flies around to cut her off. As the dragon approaches the woman kneels down on one knee to better brace herself, and draws a pair of magical sabers from the sheathes on her back. The woman gives Serita a determined look, which is clearly a challenge for her to move in closer. Never one to play by an opponent's rules, Serita continues to hover just out of he woman's sword range. Below, Mojo reaches the building they are on and kicks in the door, entering the shop of a silversmith. Serita casts a Control Temperature onto the area where the woman is, which drops the temperature to around -30 degrees Fahrenheit. The woman appears annoyed by the change in the air around her, but remains primed to fight. Cassie reaches the building and stays by the smashed main door to keep anyone from exiting from there. Still hasted Mojo bounds up to the second floor of the building. He if confronted by proprietor of the shop, who was apparently asleep. Mojo declares "I'm on official business for the Queen." Mojo then looks around for an access to the roof. Seeing none, he tosses his Throwing Hammer upward, cracking the boards above him. A second toss with all of Mojo's exceptional strength behind it breaks through, creating a large hole in the roof. Up above, the hammer smashes through, but on the opposite side of the roof from where then woman is kneeling. This round she gets hit by a Create Water thrown by the druid dragon, and with the air still chilled, begins to form a crust of ice on top of her. Serita is then distracted by a missile bombardment as three star-shaped shuirken strike her in the right side. The heavy dragon scales deflect two of the shuirken, but the third manages to penetrate. The wound does minimal damage, and Serita successfully saves from the poison that had been coated on it. Serita sees the thrower of the darts, the monk Darlene, who is now on the same roof and fifteen feet away from her companion. By now Mojo has managed to jump up and start to climb through the hole in the roof. As he finishes climbing onto the roof he prepares to throw his hammer again. Serita flies to reposition herself equidistant between the two opponents. Her sudden movement allows her to totally dodge two out of three more star shuirken thrown at her. The third shuriken bounces off the dragon scales and inflicts no damage. Mojo lets his hammer fly, which strikes the woman with the swords full force, and knocks her off the roof. Darlene then charges at Serita, diving into the air at the dragon. Serita flies upward, causing Darlene to miss her. The monk manages to grab onto the side of the building to slow her descent to the ground. Mojo looks up at Serita and yells "Damn it! I just got up here!" She flies down to him and picks him up. They see both women running away, and Serita flies down in that direction. Cassie also charges after the opponents. The smaller woman kicks open the door to the next building and they both charging inside. Cassie cautiously moves towards the door of the building. Serita lowers Mojo to the ground. He activates his Ring of Invisibility and enters the building with Cassie. Serita flies back up to monitor the situation from above, being joined by Deanna. Cassie and Mojo hear sounds coming from both directions in the building, seeing that several interior doors have been left open. They split up, with Mojo catching Darlene climbing out a window. He yells information this to Cassie, and climbs out after her. Cassie heads out the front door to see the still hasted Mojo chasing after the rapidly moving monk. Mojo manages to get two consecutive throws of his hammer to hit the Monk, which start to slow her down. The monk then pivots around, and strikes Mojo with a fatal psionic blast. As Mojo collapses onto the street Cassie arrives on the scene. She casts an Earth to Mud spell beneath Darlene's feet. This catches the monk off guard as she sinks into the ground up to her knees. Cassie then cancels the spell, temporarily trapping he woman in the ground. Deanna flies down and rakes her claws across Darlene's face as Cassie rushes over to Mojo. He appears to be dead, and she casts a Cure Serious Wounds spell on him. At first nothing happens. Then, a very dazed and barely conscious Mojo opens his eyes and looks up at Cassie. He mutters "There was a bright light, and I went towards it. And then there was this bright place, with all these red guys carrying pitchforks." Cassie says "Good thing I brought you back. You'd find that that place only serves warm beer." As Cassie approaches the monk the trapped Darlene draws a handaxe from her belt. "I've had enough of this," Serita comments, as she flies up and over the monk's head. She then pivots around in the air behind the monk and dives straight down. The 1,000+ pound dragon form lands full-force on the monk from behind, bending her over despite the fact that the trapped legs don't bend that way. The dragon claws then clamp down onto her shoulders, digging in for deep cuts. Serita then twists the claws to the side, dislocating both arms. The monk passes out. A squadron of dwarven troops arrives at the scene, and is sent by Mojo to check the nearby buildings for the other woman. Cassie convinces Serita to finally get off the monk. The druid transforms back into her half-elvan form. Cassie goes to cast a Cure Light Wounds to prevent Darlene from bleeding to death. Serita allows her to do this, but makes sure that all four limbs remain in their unnatural positions, to prevent them from setting correctly. Colonel Tenbar arrives, and gets a group of his senior officers to take the severely wounded woman back to the Mallet and Hammer. The troops are unable to locate Darlene's companion. [/QUOTE]
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