No Man's Land (IC)

Thorn chuckles and shakes her head. "Don't get me wrong. I'm not so much opposed to the morals as I am a little surprised a paladin would just slaughter an innocent to get at a bad guy, regardless of the consequences. I suppose you can always take it up with your god later though, huh?"

"On the OTHER hand...hasn't it struck anyone else here that we might want to learn more about the nature of their bond before we just casually snap it? Maybe it's something we can use against him? Just because I'm not paralyzed with moral angst doesn't mean I can't see reasons not to eagerly slay such a pregnant possibility."
 

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Whin gathers his companions and they set out from the church, flying low towards their destination (20-30' above ground. I believe we can all fly)

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BTW, Roll call for my party - Anybody still here?[/sblock]
 

Morrigan walks unhurriedly after Alex into the city streets. Passing Taibhse, he shakes his head. "Certainly does have a lot of energy, doesn't he?".

Taibhse, of course, says nothing, but merely turns to follow, stepping over the corpses of the city guards.

Morrigan pauses outside, watching Alex as he begins his slaughter. He wonders how he might possibly turn what he's seen to some advantage. A direct attack would likely be suicide, and nothing he's seen would be sufficiently predictive of Alex's future plans to prove salable. He shakes his head. "I believe he means to murder the entire city," he muses to Taibhse, not expecting a response. "I wonder how long that will take him?"

Acting on a whim, while Alex has his back turned, Morrigan casts Discern Location on him. If it works, then perhaps being one of the few who has seen Alex's face and lived will itself prove to be a valuable commodity.
 

Jareel Arinthis - Monk 20, Hp: 201/201

Jareel listens to the paladin's story.

"How strange indeed, that a townswoman is the bait in the trap."

"Could you explain the bond these two share? How do they know each other? When did they first meet?"


"As curious as I find the notion of a paladin willing to sacrifice the life of a supposed innocent, I agree with the outcome, as the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. How are you planning to execute her? She is in the cage -- is it intended to drop to the floor and kill her that way, or is there going to be an executioner?"

"A pity that you had chose midnight as the moment of death for the woman, noon would have been a better choice due to the benefit of daylight. How does the disciple travel -- by air, ground, or teleportation?"

Once the paladin has explained or answered all of Jareel's questions, he motions for the other travelers with him over to discuss plans.

"Well, this appears to be the start of what we've been sent her to accomplish. It looks like we will need to be present at midnight in or around the church to make sure that the disciple is captured. I'm sure any assistance in adding to the traps would be appreciated by the townsfolk for those of you who are magically endowed. I myself will attempt to be as close to the woman as possible at midnight, although I will enter the ethereal plane about 5 minutes prior to midnight to watch for the disciples approach via that route."

[sblock=Darimaus] Jareel plans to be either in the church (ideally located with the woman in the cage at the stroke of midnight) or outside (if the magical traps will not allow him to be inside) At 11:55 pm he will enter the ethereal plane to watch for any approach by the disciple via that route. So if he can be in the cage with the woman while he is ethereal at the stroke of midnight, that would be ideal. [/sblock]
 


Shayuri said:
Thorn chuckles and shakes her head. "Don't get me wrong. I'm not so much opposed to the morals as I am a little surprised a paladin would just slaughter an innocent to get at a bad guy, regardless of the consequences. I suppose you can always take it up with your god later though, huh?"

"On the OTHER hand...hasn't it struck anyone else here that we might want to learn more about the nature of their bond before we just casually snap it? Maybe it's something we can use against him? Just because I'm not paralyzed with moral angst doesn't mean I can't see reasons not to eagerly slay such a pregnant possibility."


Sylvie is almost chuckling at the thought of a paladin doing this... Very odd indeed. She wonders to herself if the trap will spring and a black bolt from the heavens will strike all the paladins at the same time, but she puts that behind her and asks, "Um I assume there is more to the trap than what just happened because for the most part, besides the pyrotechnics, some of us came out okay... And this fella is supposed to be tough right?"
 


Jareel delves into a deep conversation with the paladin, who openly answers all of his questions.

"Alas, we are unaware of how deep the bond goes between that horrid destroyer and the woman we have caged. I have already explained their initial encounter to you, and alas we have little knowledge beyond that. As for the execution plans, I shall be the one to kill her myself. If the Disciple decides to wait until the last moment, I shall be right there to stop him. And we must be willing to kill the woman. If we are not, the discple will not come, and we are left with nothing but a destroyed nation. You asked why we picked midnight? The answer is simple. At night, our disadvantage is his disadvantage. However, people won't be wandering the streets which means if the fighting breaks ouof the viscinity of the church, less people will be harmed in the dreaded aftermath. I'm afraid we have no information on how the Disciple ventures, so we are simply planning for all contingincies. One of which being the Dimensional Lock placed upon the entire church. He will be unable to enter from another plane. Which means he must enter through the trap you inadvertantly triggered. Luckily for you, we noticed you were not the target, and did not attack you while you were caught. That is the fate of the disciple. He shall not escape our wrath."



As Grift, Whin, and all their companions fly over the baron, dead landscape they begin to spot on the horizon random weak undead, wandering aimlessly around the destroyed plains.



Morrigan attempts to Discern Location on Alex, but the spell fails to locate him. An odd tune floats through the air, a compilation of horror and screaming as the torture loving killer makes his way through the streets. Morrigan notes as he enters into a main street that nobody seems to be moving. They are all frozen by the horrid performance, leaving Alex to do whatever he please without letting any of them escape his wrath.
 
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"If we are going to be doing this, then I would suggest we find out what their average undead are like, and whether those examples back in the kings room were normal or suped up." Whin begins heading towards a small group of the undead to 'test' them. "Meekor, stay slightly back and be prepared to dust them, but hold back unless you think it's needed."
The little Priest can tell from Whin's tone that his near defeat back at the palace has got him hot to prove himself.
 

Jareel Arithnis - Monk 20 hp: 201/201

"Thanks you, Paladin, for the explanation. I am pleased to help you serve retribution to this disciple. Hopefully, for your everlasting soul's sake, this womans death will not be in vain."

"I hope you do not mind my presence close to you and this woman tonight at midnight, for I want to be present when this disciple shows his face."
 

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