Metropolis (The World in Waiting) - Chapter One

[Festy_Dog]

Ba'aktar watched the halfling rise impassively. Casting his mind back to his fight with Ulam perhaps this undying state was a sort of blessing. After all, Ulam had died far too quickly for Ba'aktar's liking. With the aid of the current problem plaguing the city, it would seem this opponent would actually take a satisfying amount of punishment. Ba'aktar advanced on Hentre, carving wicked arcs through the air in the effort to rekill the crazed halfling.

"If I never see another walking corpse for the rest of my life..." Ru says, pulling his kama out. "If he's like the others, he'll just keep getting up. If we can at least cut him down, maybe we can hold the bits down with something."

"Hold them down?" Ba'aktar echoed, sounding a little puzzled, "No, no, hack them off!"

 

[Fenris]

Ba'aktar watched the halfling rise impassively. Casting his mind back to his fight with Ulam perhaps this undying state was a sort of blessing. After all, Ulam had died far too quickly for Ba'aktar's liking. With the aid of the current problem plaguing the city, it would seem this opponent would actually take a satisfying amount of punishment. Ba'aktar advanced on Hentre, carving wicked arcs through the air in the effort to rekill the crazed halfling.



"Hold them down?" Ba'aktar echoed, sounding a little puzzled, "No, no, hack them off!"

A loud whistle cuts through the din. Everyone turns to the source, Jackal. "Hey Bruno, what happened when you cut off the ettin's heads, hmmmmmm? Failing that, just stomp him into goo, or as you saw on the catwalks, there are other ways of dealing with him"

 

[Bront]

Taran pulls back his master as he recalls his healing spell again, and prepares to cast it.


OOC: Perl of Power recall.

 

[D20Dazza]

"Right children, time to take matters into my own hands." Ghost says addressing the children gathered around his feet "This has gone far enough, and maybe I can get some much needed combat experience! Too bad I used my best spell on that ettin, we'll have to try something else" He pulls his mace from his belt and before advancing on the melee he dips his hand into a pocket and withdraws a piece of what looks like bacon rind, targetting the knife in the halflings hand he starts to sing.

"You're going to loose that thing, that bladed thing, it's slipping now, that slippery thing"

[sblock]Grease spell on the halflings knife DC 14 Reflex or drop the knife, needs to make the save each round the spell is in effect - lasts 5 rounds[/sblock]

 

[Phoenix]

[sblock]Taran Cure Light Wounds - 10pts (29/42hp - Vulgrath)
Hentre Reflex save (DC 14) +13 - Failure
OOC: Ok then, prehaps this isn't in the spell description, but....bugger it
Ba'aktar Balance check (DC 10) +10 - Success
Ba'aktar attack roll (AC hidden) +19 - Hit
Ba'aktar damage roll - 10pts (40pts toal)
Ru Balance check (DC 10) +20 - Success
Ru attack roll (AC hidden) +22 - Hit
Ru damage roll - 7pts (47pts total)[/sblock]

Taran's healing hands worked once more upon his master's wounds, dragging him from the fray to treat the damage that Hentre had done. The halfling however faced off against Ba'aktar and Ru, his undying form prepared to slice them to pieces no matter what the cost.

The form of Ghost coming from the sidelines was something that the halfling wasn't watching for though, and a few words, followed by a gesture or two, caused a spray of filthy liquid to cover him. The liquid was slick, oily, and for a moment Hentre looked in confusion at himself and the ground around him.

He fell, hard, dropping his knife and writhing about to try and get his feet. Ba'aktar and Ru stepped careful towards the halfling, and as Ru's blade pinned the creature down, Ba'aktar's mighty khora fell down in a deadly arc, slicing the halfling into bloody pieces.

Hentre screamed and swore, his severed legs tried to kick Ba'aktar for a moment before lying still, but his upper half tried to grab his blade and stab back, to no avail.

 

[Festy_Dog]

"Silly halfling. I'd take your head, but it's too small to make a good trophy," Ba'aktar said, before continuing the grizzly session.

He made an effort to remove the arms, his curiosity getting the better of him and causing him to save removing the head until he had a few answers.

 

[jkason]

A loud whistle cuts through the din. Everyone turns to the source, Jackal. "Hey Bruno, what happened when you cut off the ettin's heads, hmmmmmm? Failing that, just stomp him into goo, or as you saw on the catwalks, there are other ways of dealing with him"

Ru sets his face to the unsavory task of dismembering the halfling, though he hits on Jackal's catcall.

"What the bloody hells is 'The Jackal' going on about? You have another way to take these things out that doesn't involve having to play slaughterhouse floor?"

 

[Bront]

"Master Vulgrath, are you all right?" Taran asks as he sizes up the remaining wounds on the elf.

OOC: Heal +5

 

[Fenris]

Phoenix only please:
[sblock] Jovik will gather his boys around and take stock. He'll find out who got nabbed, who is too young now and who can't rememeber. He'll then turn to Wasp "Ok, Wasp, the ball is in your court. We have a small group here we may be able to con into helping us if the job is close to them. But you need to concentrate and remember. You need to tell us grown-ups (Ha! says the 18 year old!) what we need to do to help you kids and Metropolis." [/sblock]

 

[D20Dazza]

Ghost races over to Taran and Vulgrath, dipping into a deep pocket in his cloak he fishes out two potions "Here Taran, these may help" he says as he hands the small vials to the halfling "Will he live?" he asks of his small friend quietly.