Metropolis - The Weight of the World (and Found Wanting)

[Tonks]

"I'm coming with you. I want to get to the bottom of whatever is threatening our city." Just as he says this the doors start to go. "Let's go now."

"All things alive have a heart. Let us seek the heart of this place."

Ignoring the fatigue in his legs, Azot forced his stride to remain steady. He would not allow a little discomfort to stop him when he was getting closer to his goal.

'The Tower will fall, even if I have to tear the bricks apart with my bare hands...'

 

[Fenris]

Alexi kneels for some time in quiet, intensive prayer or mediation. Sighing, he finally stands.
"My brothers, the evil of this place is overwhelming and I find no guidance here. My heart aches with this choice. But still, I cannot abide this evil that exisits within our city. So we must find the source of it, no matter the cost. Please proceed brother Whale and we shall face the Void."

 

[GlassEye]

[sblock=Ymris vs Zimmerman]Ymris attack roll (Zimmerman - AC 9) +17 - Hit
Ymris damage roll - 4pts (4pts total)
Zimmerman attack roll (Ymris - AC 18) +25 - Hit
Zimmerman damage rol - 9pts (9pts total)[/sblock]

Ymris' hand thrust forward with determination and a lifetime of training, the heel of her hand slammed into Zimmerman's nose with a crunch, causing blood to pour forth across the fat man's lips. It only caused him to grin and roll his tongue around his lips before slashing out with his dagger, the blade felt like ice as it cut Ymris across her arm deeply.

"Ymris my dear, you have grown wise in the years that we have been seperated, but I have the knowledge of the dead on my side, you cannot beat me..."

Grimacing, Ymris clutches her arm where the dagger cut deep. "I don't know what you want, Zimmerman, but knowing you, it can't be good..." Though a bit surprised when Jasmine launches her own attack on Zimmerman she quickly smiles in grim approval. The girl can handle herself... Trying to take advantage of the distraction, Ymris kicks out at Zimmerman's knee and follows up with another hand strike.

OOC: Flurry +1/+1

 

[Phoenix]

Grimacing, Ymris clutches her arm where the dagger cut deep. "I don't know what you want, Zimmerman, but knowing you, it can't be good..." Though a bit surprised when Jasmine launches her own attack on Zimmerman she quickly smiles in grim approval. The girl can handle herself... Trying to take advantage of the distraction, Ymris kicks out at Zimmerman's knee and follows up with another hand strike.

OOC: Flurry +1/+1

[sblock=Combat Round 2]Zimmerman attack roll (Ymris - AC 15) +18 - 8pts (17pts damage total)[/sblock]

There was a strange rush through Ymris, like she had lept to her feet too fast. Zimmerman's grin spread wide over his fat face and he did not even try to move our of the way of her assault. Her foot hit Zimmerman's knee cleanly, but it felt like she was kicking a floating wooden board into water, a strange sense of bouyancy push her foot through him and aside. Her hand spashed straight through his face like he was a thin veil of running water, both strikes leaving no damage behind.

"Interesting..." Zimmerman muttered, the look on his face as surprised as Ymris'. He looked at his hand as Jen launched her attack, but her blade simply passed straight through him like he was a cloud, he simply wasn't there to strike.

Zimmerman had no such problem, lashing out again with obese arms, slashing Ymris about her stomach with his cold blade, causing blood to splash onto the floor.

 

[Phoenix]

Alexi kneels for some time in quiet, intensive prayer or mediation. Sighing, he finally stands.
"My brothers, the evil of this place is overwhelming and I find no guidance here. My heart aches with this choice. But still, I cannot abide this evil that exisits within our city. So we must find the source of it, no matter the cost. Please proceed brother Whale and we shall face the Void."

Whale stepped up onto the bridge and crossed to its halfway point, standing before the great doors that bulged with the power that was chained behind. His hammer crashed down once, sending an ominous echoing ring through the chamber, then twice, the third time caused the great lock to crash to the ground.

The door burst open, sending Whale hurtling back across the bridge and rolling across the ground. A wave of pure evil poured into the chamber, reducing the corpses in the chamber to dust with a touch. The four knights' pale light only reached mere inches past their own selves now, as if the rest of the world had been swallowed by the Void.

Beyond the door was a horizontal waterfall, of sorts. Thousands of souls poured past the door like water, each slumbering in eternal rest, illuminating a small area before the door with their protective light. In the centre of the barrier was a dark hole which the souls avoided, the point where the Void crawled into this world. Five sickly purple-ochre tentacles snaked forth from the breach, each sporting a savage maw bursting with teeth and screeching with unearthly hunger.

[sblock=The Knights of Metropolis vs Void Demon (Round One)]Initiative -
Alexi - 20
Dragon - 18
Void Demon - 15
Whale - 12
Boar - 3[/sblock]

 

[GlassEye]

[sblock=Combat Round 2]Zimmerman attack roll (Ymris - AC 15) +18 - 8pts (17pts damage total)[/sblock]

There was a strange rush through Ymris, like she had lept to her feet too fast. Zimmerman's grin spread wide over his fat face and he did not even try to move our of the way of her assault. Her foot hit Zimmerman's knee cleanly, but it felt like she was kicking a floating wooden board into water, a strange sense of bouyancy push her foot through him and aside. Her hand spashed straight through his face like he was a thin veil of running water, both strikes leaving no damage behind.

"Interesting..." Zimmerman muttered, the look on his face as surprised as Ymris'. He looked at his hand as Jen launched her attack, but her blade simply passed straight through him like he was a cloud, he simply wasn't there to strike.

Zimmerman had no such problem, lashing out again with obese arms, slashing Ymris about her stomach with his cold blade, causing blood to splash onto the floor.

Fear courses through Ymris and she steps away from Zimmerman. Her wounds throb with an icy pain and as she wraps her arms about her abdomen she seems almost to shrink in upon herself. She looks over at Jasmine, face empty of hope. "I'm sorry, Jasmine."

 

[Bront]

Fear courses through Ymris and she steps away from Zimmerman. Her wounds throb with an icy pain and as she wraps her arms about her abdomen she seems almost to shrink in upon herself. She looks over at Jasmine, face empty of hope. "I'm sorry, Jasmine."

"Don't be week woman, Fight him!" Jasmine says. "Let not this man hold power over you."

'Who is this woman. How does she know my name? And why was she holding me? Is this the Eternal Well?'

 

[GlassEye]

"Don't be week woman, Fight him!" Jasmine says. "Let not this man hold power over you."

'Who is this woman. How does she know my name? And why was she holding me? Is this the Eternal Well?'

Though her eyes still seem empty Ymris tightens her jaw for a moment before beginning to chant in a low voice. She isn't certain she can still tap into arcane power as a spirit of the dead but she will try.

OOC: Casting Shocking Grasp

 

[Scotley]

Jazick

Once they are away from immediate danger, Jazick slows and shows his companion the guidebook. "Perhaps this can tell us where the heart is. This place is way too big to keep running aimlessly."

 

[Phoenix]

Though her eyes still seem empty Ymris tightens her jaw for a moment before beginning to chant in a low voice. She isn't certain she can still tap into arcane power as a spirit of the dead but she will try.

OOC: Casting Shocking Grasp

Jen and Ymris readied themselves to strike at Zimmerman once more, while the obese man smiled sickly and lashed out again with his deadly blade. There was a churning sensation in the women’s stomaches as the world seemed to drift apart, the walls faded into mist and fog, the smiling people began to evaporate, the furniture faded. Even Zimmerman, screaming and cursing, seemed to fade slowly, like he was being drawn away.

[sblock=Jen]The Sceptre seemed warmer to touch and vibrated softly, almost as if it itched to leap from Jen’s hands, or strike out at someone, or simply escape this bizarre nightmare.[/sblock]