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<blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 3151485" data-attributes="member: 11"><p><strong>Session #101 (part i)</strong> (1)</p><p></p><p>The great ape, with its exposed brain, was still orbiting the brown-skinned frozen form of Hurgun of the Stone, caught in the swirling blue-white spiral that surrounded the geomancer. Adder rocked back and forth, and barely made note of the Keepers of the Gate’s entrance. But he leapt deftly from one of the wide catwalks to one on the left, twisting his body to avoid the sudden pulse of the time elemental.</p><p></p><p>“What do we do?” Kazrack asked, as Gunthar stepped forward to the top of the stairs, swords drawn. Ratchis followed, but the Neergardian continued, getting as close as he dared to the orbiting ape. He made ready to take a swipe at it as it came around again.</p><p></p><p>“I don’t know if that is a good idea,” Ratchis warned the blonde warrior, taking a moment to look down at the swirling mist below the metal grate they stood on. </p><p></p><p>“We have to do something,” Gunthar complained, letting the ape go by one time.</p><p></p><p>“For once, Gunthar is right,” Kazrack said, and suddenly charged up the steps and leapt across the gulf to the catwalk the monk had leapt to. The heavily armored dwarf teetered on the edge half a moment. Adder walked over calmly, crouching into a fighting position, his scarred face impassive. Kazrack was barely able to throw himself flat to the grate and roll away loudly, as he felt the monk’s foot slam him in the chest plate.</p><p></p><p>Ratchis drained another of his clay vials of the <em>Blood of Ashronk</em> and began to string his bow. (2) Arcane words and gestures came from Richard the Red, as he pointed at the monk, but nothing seemed to happen. Kazrack continued to retreat as he got to his feet. </p><p></p><p>Suddenly, two tendrils of blue-white light flashed out at both Adder and Kazrack. The monk ducked with incredible speed and avoided it, but Kazrack’s cry was cut short as he stumbled back stunned. Adder took advantage and followed a roundhouse kick with a shove that sent the dwarf over the side of the grate and down into the crackling misty abyss below. The mist roiled more violently and a flash of light momentarily blinded everyone.</p><p></p><p>“Kazrack!” Ratchis cried, letting an arrow go that was sure to reach its mark. Adder turned around and brushed it out of the air almost casually.</p><p></p><p>And as Gunthar cut deeply into Ming the Dakkon-King as the paralyzed gorilla flew past, Razzle leapt into the air and came tumbling down onto the catwalk opposite the one Adder was on. However, another tendril flashed out and the half-elf could not avoid it. He stumbled back, dropping his rapier.</p><p></p><p>Sergio’s musical encouraging words echoed across the chamber.</p><p></p><p>Razzle Greyish barely had time to recover when the time elemental struck out again; this time in both directions at once. The monk leapt high to avoid the one that came after him and leapt upon the dais, beside the chair Hurgun hovered over. Razzle, however, was surrounded by an aura of blue-white light and he began a much faster orbit about Hurgun, further out than Ming was.</p><p></p><p>Gunthar sheathed his blades, stepping back to avoid Razzle’s path, and drew out an orcish shortbow and sent an arrow at Adder. It fell short, but as Adder made to step onto the chair, the time elemental whipped him with a tendril, sending him falling backwards. Gunthar, having misjudged how far back he now need to be to avoid the tendrils, could not resist when one whipped around him from Razzle’s passing paralyzed form. The Neergaardian was now paralyzed as well, moving even faster than Razzle did, though just beyond him.</p><p></p><p>Ratchis let two more arrows go the moment he saw Adder fall back, and this time the monk could not avoid them. However, Ratchis had to step back down the steps to avoid Gunthar and Razzle. He and Sergio and Richard huddled there for a moment.</p><p></p><p>“Any ideas?” Ratchis asked, as Sergio continued to sing.</p><p></p><p>“Only one, and it probably won’t work,” Richard the Red said, grabbing the lining of his cloak. “I may be able to reach it by using this, but more likely I will fade away into oblivion.” He paused and looked at Ratchis in the eye. “I hope you can think well of me for this, if for nothing else.” The crimson-robed watch-mage tugged on his cloak twice and he disappeared.</p><p></p><p>“How will we know if it worked?” Ratchis called aloud. The bard just shook his head and continued singing. The whole chamber shuddered, and Ratchis brought his bow up again as Adder seemed trying to make a second attempt. However, two blue-white tendrils shot out at once and again the monk could not avoid them. He too was grabbed in an aura of blue-white light and began to spin about the spiral about Hurgun. </p><p></p><p>“This is bad,” Ratchis whispered, as he heard Sergio stop singing.</p><p></p><p>“I am getting out of here,” the bard said, leaping through the portal. The whole chamber shook again and jerked to the left, hanging about fifteen degrees askew. Ratchis fell to his knees and held onto the grating for dear life. His bow clattered down the grate disappearing into the rising mist. The half-orc pulled himself through the portal and found Sergio waiting for him on the other side.</p><p></p><p>They were in the Hell Room, and the whole chamber shuddered again. </p><p></p><p>“Look!” Sergio pointed at the portal. The normal lightless black was slowly becoming a rising blue-white swirl.</p><p></p><p>Sergio and Ratchis ran through the portal across from the one that came out of and ended up back in the Dining Room.</p><p></p><p>“What are we going to do?” Sergio asked, looking panicky. Sweat was beading up on his forehead.</p><p></p><p>“I don’t know…” Ratchis replied. He looked to where Roland of Bast was still praying silently between the unconscious forms of Bastian and Norena. Cordell of Thoth was laying still, a few feet away. Two of the portals in this chamber began to transform into blue-white light as well, and the whole place shuddered again.</p><p></p><p>“I am not staying here,” Sergio said, and fled through one of the other portals.</p><p></p><p>Ratchis knelt before Roland.</p><p></p><p>“Roland,” he said calmly. “I need your help. I don’t know what to do. Maybe we should be fleeing…”</p><p></p><p>The room shuddered and jerked again as the two portals were now rectangles of swirling blue and white. The floor tilted and the unconscious forms began to slide into one corner. </p><p></p><p>Finally, Roland looked up from his prayer, as he was forced to stop himself and hold the bodies to keep them from being re-injured when colliding with furniture.</p><p></p><p>“I think it is too late to do anything,” Roland said sadly, as he gestured towards the blue and white light pooling into the room like some form of luminescent liquid air.</p><p></p><p>“I thought you said we had all the time in the world…” Ratchis said, as the room suddenly slipped into complete freefall and the blue and white energy rushed in quickly, like water into a sinking boat. Submerged, there was only the barren white flash before non-existence.</p><p></p><p>------------------------------------------</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p></p><p>(1) This session was played on December 3rd, 2005.</p><p></p><p>(2) This is actually the strength bow he commissioned back in Summit long ago and then later gave to Logan. Obviously, he took it back from Logan’s corpse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el-remmen, post: 3151485, member: 11"] [b]Session #101 (part i)[/b] (1) The great ape, with its exposed brain, was still orbiting the brown-skinned frozen form of Hurgun of the Stone, caught in the swirling blue-white spiral that surrounded the geomancer. Adder rocked back and forth, and barely made note of the Keepers of the Gate’s entrance. But he leapt deftly from one of the wide catwalks to one on the left, twisting his body to avoid the sudden pulse of the time elemental. “What do we do?” Kazrack asked, as Gunthar stepped forward to the top of the stairs, swords drawn. Ratchis followed, but the Neergardian continued, getting as close as he dared to the orbiting ape. He made ready to take a swipe at it as it came around again. “I don’t know if that is a good idea,” Ratchis warned the blonde warrior, taking a moment to look down at the swirling mist below the metal grate they stood on. “We have to do something,” Gunthar complained, letting the ape go by one time. “For once, Gunthar is right,” Kazrack said, and suddenly charged up the steps and leapt across the gulf to the catwalk the monk had leapt to. The heavily armored dwarf teetered on the edge half a moment. Adder walked over calmly, crouching into a fighting position, his scarred face impassive. Kazrack was barely able to throw himself flat to the grate and roll away loudly, as he felt the monk’s foot slam him in the chest plate. Ratchis drained another of his clay vials of the [I]Blood of Ashronk[/I] and began to string his bow. (2) Arcane words and gestures came from Richard the Red, as he pointed at the monk, but nothing seemed to happen. Kazrack continued to retreat as he got to his feet. Suddenly, two tendrils of blue-white light flashed out at both Adder and Kazrack. The monk ducked with incredible speed and avoided it, but Kazrack’s cry was cut short as he stumbled back stunned. Adder took advantage and followed a roundhouse kick with a shove that sent the dwarf over the side of the grate and down into the crackling misty abyss below. The mist roiled more violently and a flash of light momentarily blinded everyone. “Kazrack!” Ratchis cried, letting an arrow go that was sure to reach its mark. Adder turned around and brushed it out of the air almost casually. And as Gunthar cut deeply into Ming the Dakkon-King as the paralyzed gorilla flew past, Razzle leapt into the air and came tumbling down onto the catwalk opposite the one Adder was on. However, another tendril flashed out and the half-elf could not avoid it. He stumbled back, dropping his rapier. Sergio’s musical encouraging words echoed across the chamber. Razzle Greyish barely had time to recover when the time elemental struck out again; this time in both directions at once. The monk leapt high to avoid the one that came after him and leapt upon the dais, beside the chair Hurgun hovered over. Razzle, however, was surrounded by an aura of blue-white light and he began a much faster orbit about Hurgun, further out than Ming was. Gunthar sheathed his blades, stepping back to avoid Razzle’s path, and drew out an orcish shortbow and sent an arrow at Adder. It fell short, but as Adder made to step onto the chair, the time elemental whipped him with a tendril, sending him falling backwards. Gunthar, having misjudged how far back he now need to be to avoid the tendrils, could not resist when one whipped around him from Razzle’s passing paralyzed form. The Neergaardian was now paralyzed as well, moving even faster than Razzle did, though just beyond him. Ratchis let two more arrows go the moment he saw Adder fall back, and this time the monk could not avoid them. However, Ratchis had to step back down the steps to avoid Gunthar and Razzle. He and Sergio and Richard huddled there for a moment. “Any ideas?” Ratchis asked, as Sergio continued to sing. “Only one, and it probably won’t work,” Richard the Red said, grabbing the lining of his cloak. “I may be able to reach it by using this, but more likely I will fade away into oblivion.” He paused and looked at Ratchis in the eye. “I hope you can think well of me for this, if for nothing else.” The crimson-robed watch-mage tugged on his cloak twice and he disappeared. “How will we know if it worked?” Ratchis called aloud. The bard just shook his head and continued singing. The whole chamber shuddered, and Ratchis brought his bow up again as Adder seemed trying to make a second attempt. However, two blue-white tendrils shot out at once and again the monk could not avoid them. He too was grabbed in an aura of blue-white light and began to spin about the spiral about Hurgun. “This is bad,” Ratchis whispered, as he heard Sergio stop singing. “I am getting out of here,” the bard said, leaping through the portal. The whole chamber shook again and jerked to the left, hanging about fifteen degrees askew. Ratchis fell to his knees and held onto the grating for dear life. His bow clattered down the grate disappearing into the rising mist. The half-orc pulled himself through the portal and found Sergio waiting for him on the other side. They were in the Hell Room, and the whole chamber shuddered again. “Look!” Sergio pointed at the portal. The normal lightless black was slowly becoming a rising blue-white swirl. Sergio and Ratchis ran through the portal across from the one that came out of and ended up back in the Dining Room. “What are we going to do?” Sergio asked, looking panicky. Sweat was beading up on his forehead. “I don’t know…” Ratchis replied. He looked to where Roland of Bast was still praying silently between the unconscious forms of Bastian and Norena. Cordell of Thoth was laying still, a few feet away. Two of the portals in this chamber began to transform into blue-white light as well, and the whole place shuddered again. “I am not staying here,” Sergio said, and fled through one of the other portals. Ratchis knelt before Roland. “Roland,” he said calmly. “I need your help. I don’t know what to do. Maybe we should be fleeing…” The room shuddered and jerked again as the two portals were now rectangles of swirling blue and white. The floor tilted and the unconscious forms began to slide into one corner. Finally, Roland looked up from his prayer, as he was forced to stop himself and hold the bodies to keep them from being re-injured when colliding with furniture. “I think it is too late to do anything,” Roland said sadly, as he gestured towards the blue and white light pooling into the room like some form of luminescent liquid air. “I thought you said we had all the time in the world…” Ratchis said, as the room suddenly slipped into complete freefall and the blue and white energy rushed in quickly, like water into a sinking boat. Submerged, there was only the barren white flash before non-existence. ------------------------------------------ [b]Notes:[/b] (1) This session was played on December 3rd, 2005. (2) This is actually the strength bow he commissioned back in Summit long ago and then later gave to Logan. Obviously, he took it back from Logan’s corpse. [/QUOTE]
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