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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4512963" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 12 - Revelations and Reckonings (Part 4)Lavren moved further along the edge of the pool and loosed more crackling black energy towards the slime creature while eying the treasures visible on the island. He could get there without getting wet by using his innate magic to teleport there but he could not then get back. Still, it would be an ideal place from which to strike at the slime creature, providing it did not turn on him. Enlishia moved towards him along the pool edge and looked towards the island herself. She glanced at Lavren then and knew his intention. Almost imperceptibly, she shook her head, her eyes full of stern warning. Lavren winked at her and then watched with horror as a slimy blue tentacle slammed into the side of the ranger. She was sent reeling and then struck again by another pseudopod as she recovered. Her side and her shoulder seared painfully as acid ate into her flesh. Enlishia staggered and cried out.Kel heard Enlishia cry out as she reached the bottom of the stairs and squeezed between Thira and Dulvarna. She reached out her hand and with an act of will limned the slime creature in purple light so that the others could more easily hit it. Dulvarna nodded her thanks and slashed at the creature while Erlmoor paid the purple halo no mind as he surged forward. Thira loosed a silvery bolt from her staff that struck the slime creature forcing it to recoil but still it showed no signs of slowing.Lavren took a step towards the island and with what felt like a rush of air, he appeared on the island in the centre of the pool. He glanced down at the treasures at his feet and quickly noted a fair scattering of silver coins, less gold coins, a vial and a shield, half-buried in the fungus mulch of the island. He turned towards the slime creature then and with a wave of his wand and a gesture of his free hand, he called forth a fire within the monster that seared it from the inside. He wondered whether now it would turn towards him but the creature was primal and would finish the prey before it first. Lavren saw Enlishia waver then and wished that she had not been distracted by his intention to magically leap to the island. The ranger’s face went pale and he could see that the left side of her deerskin jerkin was black with blood in the dim light. She stumbled and then fell, her bow clattering to the floor beside her.The creature moved left then and lashed a pseudopod out to strike Kel in the chest, smashing her back against the wall. Another swept her legs from under her and dragged her from her feet. The dark elf cried out as the acid burned into her and then slumped back against the wall as the darkness beckoned to her. For the second time since coming into the chamber, the drow summoned her inner strength and forced her eyes open. She made to stand but found that her legs would not support her as the acid seared through them. Kel slumped back against the wall and reached up to grasp the amulets at her neck. Her goddess would save her, she decided and with that thought in her mind she made herself try to stand again.Thira looked down at the drow for a moment and contemplated aiding her but then she remembered the amulet that she knew Kel wore. Let the Fiendish Foot protect its wearer, Thira thought. And if Kel was too weak to serve it….. Thira smiled and loosed another silver bolt at the slime creature, wondering for the first time whether anyone would be strong enough to stand against this terrible creature.Lavren loosed more black energy from the island but this time his aim was awry and his blast flew wide of the slime creature. He cursed and looked desperately to Enlishia who was surely dying if she was not already dead. The creature shifted in the water then and, without appearing to turn, it lashed out a tentacle of slime at the elf. It struck Lavren in the chest and set him sprawling back to the far edge of the small island. The acid seared into his chest and he smelled the pungent odour of his own disintegrating flesh. Another tendril lashed out and seized his leg around the angle, dragging him back to where he had first been struck before letting go. He felt more searing pain in his ankle and coughed up blood as the acid started to burn into his lungs. Just then, his hand touched the vial that he had seen earlier and a desperate plan hatched in his mind.Across the cavern, Kel fell back against the wall as the searing agony became too much for her and as she did so she felt nausea and dizziness assail her along with the pain. The blackness closed over her and she shut her eyes, wondering briefly whether she would ever open them again. Then, merciful darkness, the darkness of her Underdark home, close over her. She hoped that her goddess, Lolth the Queen of Spiders, would forgive her failure.Dulvarna darted left and right, slashing her blade at the slime creature wherever she could. She cut at one pseudopod that came from her right and then plunged her blade into the creature. It recoiled but showed no sign of any real damage. Another silver bolt from Thira’s staff struck the monster then and then another straight afterwards but still the creature remained unvanquished. To her left, Dulvarna saw Erlmoor plunge his own blade into the creature and then kneel beside Enlishia. The dragonborn uttered a prayer and laid his hand on the shoulder of the fallen ranger. White light flowed from his hand into the woman and miraculously, Enlishia’s eyes opened.</blockquote>

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