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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 2939205" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p>Chapter Thirty-six, “I got my idiot, you get yours", August 9th, 1018, 5:00 A,M. </p><p></p><p>At the Y-shaped Ukko church, another twenty minutes have passed before Hans is able to get to the rear door of the church, outside of the room where the prisoners are kept, while Razou makes his way over to a side window near the altar. Razou quietly opens the window a crack, and then activates his Wand of Wonder to create a signal outside, to alert his team's next pair to take action.</p><p></p><p>The wand causes a flock of ten chickens to appear outside of church. The noise from the birds immediately distract the outside guards, who look at the birds rather than towards the woods. Billy Bob and Torvard charge out of the woods, and cover half of the distance to the church before they are seen by one of the guards. At this point Billy Bob lets loose with his M-1 Rifle as Torvald lets out a loud Viking yell, waving his Bastard Sword in the air. Inside, as the enemies wake up to the sound of gunfire, Razou centers a Silence Spell on female mage enemy leader. Hans continues to wait impatiently by the rear door. Razou then starts to move across the church near the altar, towards the opposite wall.</p><p></p><p>While the enemies outside are now distracted from the east side of the church, Flashis and Aurora charge out from behind the nearest building to the west under Haste spells, to get to a side window as quickly as possible. Inside the church, Razou casts a Hold Person, which stops two of the enemy adventurers, the cleric and a thief, as the four hobgoblin guards and the enemy monk charge toward him, weapons out. The rear door opens, with one enemy exiting, as Hans slips in. Razou was watching for this, and casts a Continual Light spell, blinding the enemy monk, as well as temporarily blinding the first two hobgoblins that are almost to him. This light spell is also the signal for Flashes and Aurora to start the next phase of the attack.</p><p></p><p>Outside, Torvald slashes into the few hobgoblins still standing, as Billy Bob lets loose a volley of bullets towards the hobgoblins by the rear door, cutting down two, and causing the other four to retreat around the corner. Razou has now moved to a side window, and is attacked by two hobgoblins, one hitting. Outside, Flashis uses his +4 Battleaxe to smash open this side window, as Aurora moves into position outside to cast spells through this opening. </p><p></p><p>Knowing what is coming next, Razou dives straight out this window. Flashis tries to catch him, unsuccessfully, with Razou taking five points of damage and dislocating his shoulder as he strikes the ground. One hobgoblin also dives out the window after Razou, Flashis picks up his axe again to deal with the monster while also protecting Aurora. Once Razou has cleared the window Aurora casts the first in a series of three successive Fireballs into the building. </p><p></p><p>Hans, still invisible and keeping his presence secret from the heavily armored fighter still in the room, uses a +3 Dagger of Sharpness loaned to him to cut Furynick’s bonds. Hans then places his own magical scimitar into Furynick’s hand. Not knowing or caring who his new “guardian angel” is, Furynick attacks the enemy fighter, as Hans cuts loose Beulla and Silas. </p><p></p><p>Outside, both Torvald and Billy Bob move in the direction of the rear door, as Razou quickly makes his way towards the woods. As soon as the four hobgoblins hiding behind the wall see Torvald and Billy Bob approaching they run away in the other direction. Billy Bob raises his rife to fire, but Torvald stops him, saying “Save your ammunition, we may need it later.” Torvald then kicks open the rear door of the church, the splintered door barely missing Hans. </p><p></p><p>The held, blind and/or silenced enemies inside the main sanctuary are sitting ducks for Aurora’s three fireballs, each centered slightly differently so that each of the enemy adventurers will be caught in at least two fireballs. The fireballs explode for a combined total of one-hundred-twelve points of damage. Aurora is thankful that the building is a stone structure, protecting her party outside from brunt of the fireball backlash, as all of the sanctuary windows are blown out, several wooden support beams collapse and most of the roof is blown to smithereens. The rest of the roof starts to catch fire, as do many of the wooden furnishings inside.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully, the unarmored Furynick was previously captured by a Hold spell rather than being beaten unconscious, so still has enough hit points to survive the devastating first three attacks from the enemy fighter. Outside the door, Torvald sees that Furynick is in trouble, and charges into the room to attack the opponent, while Hans hurries Buella and Silas out the door. Torvald and the enemy both exchange double attacks in the next round, each with their respective bastard sword and each hitting once. The enemy laughs, and yells out "Finally, a near-equal opponent for Donovan the Great."</p><p></p><p>The hobgoblins that had been sleeping in the other rear room rush out that door to escape the burning building, and run towards the woods. Two of these see Aurora and Flashis, and break off to go attack them. Flashis swings his axe into the first one. The axe gets fully imbedded in the monster's chest, killing it. This causes the other hobgoblin to reconsider. As this hobgoblin starts to run towards the woods Flashis tosses a dagger into the creature's side, causing him to trip. Before the hobgoblin can get up again Flashis is upon him, finishing the creature off with a shortsword.</p><p></p><p>It soon becomes obvious that both Torvald and Furynick are totally focused on their fight with Donovan, completely ignoring the burning and collapsing roof above them. Hans has to hit Furynick to get his attention, becoming visible, and yells for Furynick to “Get out now.” Furynick begrudgingly backs off, Hans pulling him out of the door. Hans tells Billy Bob "I got my idiot, you get yours". Billy Bob moves in and points his rifle, but his field of vision towards the enemy is completely blocked by Torvald. </p><p></p><p>Billy Bob waits for an opening, then lets loose a three-bullet burst into the enemy fighter’s leg, causing him to fall to the ground. Billy Bob then grabs Torvald’s shoulder, as says “We've gotta go. Leave him to the fire.” “A more fitting punishment indeed,” answers the Viking, who follows him comrade out. As they head towards the woods Torvald glances back at the raging inferno behind them, and asks Billy Bob “What was that she told Razou about small fires?” Billy Bob answers “Hey, he bought that line, didn’t he. What did you expect from somebody named ‘Aurora’?”</p><p></p><p>Once Razou sees that all the hostages and their rescuers are free, he activates the signal wand that the enemy Druid Spring had given to them the previous day. This creates a huge green firework display in the sky above them, ending with a loud explosion. In addition to their now having fulfilled their obligation to the druid, this also signals Aurora and Flashis that the others have completed their mission, and to break off the attack. Still hasted, the two start to head back towards the town to a pre-determined meeting place, with Flashis stopping briefly to grab up a burning chicken. Aurora gives him an odd look as Flashis, still running at top speed, starts to rip the burning feather off. The dwarf glances to her, and says “It's for breakfast, I love roasted chicken”. </p><p></p><p>Immy and the four crewmembers with him are woken up by the sound of the explosion and a green fireworks display in the sky above the tavern. He sends two of the crew to investigate, with them returning to say that the church is on fire, and that they saw a wagon with two people heading out on the peninsula towards the signal tower. Immy heads out alone to investigate, finding the storm has extinguished most of the fire. He makes his way through the debris, finding two bodies. On one of the bodies he finds a violet-colored signal flare. He then follows the wagon tracks for the four miles to the tower.</p><p> </p><p>Four miles to the east, the green flare and subsequent explosion also wakes the party at Fiona's house. Those who awake are surprised to see nobody awake on guard duty. They soon discover Luekia and the Hendry family are gone, and that both Aradyn and Mojo are unconscious. Fiona Sea Castle informs the group that the Green Flare is the one that her team leader Aurora had agreed to fire up for the druid Spring. This therefore means that the Sea Castle Adventurers are safely on the island, and over in the direction of the town.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 2939205, member: 8530"] Chapter Thirty-six, “I got my idiot, you get yours", August 9th, 1018, 5:00 A,M. At the Y-shaped Ukko church, another twenty minutes have passed before Hans is able to get to the rear door of the church, outside of the room where the prisoners are kept, while Razou makes his way over to a side window near the altar. Razou quietly opens the window a crack, and then activates his Wand of Wonder to create a signal outside, to alert his team's next pair to take action. The wand causes a flock of ten chickens to appear outside of church. The noise from the birds immediately distract the outside guards, who look at the birds rather than towards the woods. Billy Bob and Torvard charge out of the woods, and cover half of the distance to the church before they are seen by one of the guards. At this point Billy Bob lets loose with his M-1 Rifle as Torvald lets out a loud Viking yell, waving his Bastard Sword in the air. Inside, as the enemies wake up to the sound of gunfire, Razou centers a Silence Spell on female mage enemy leader. Hans continues to wait impatiently by the rear door. Razou then starts to move across the church near the altar, towards the opposite wall. While the enemies outside are now distracted from the east side of the church, Flashis and Aurora charge out from behind the nearest building to the west under Haste spells, to get to a side window as quickly as possible. Inside the church, Razou casts a Hold Person, which stops two of the enemy adventurers, the cleric and a thief, as the four hobgoblin guards and the enemy monk charge toward him, weapons out. The rear door opens, with one enemy exiting, as Hans slips in. Razou was watching for this, and casts a Continual Light spell, blinding the enemy monk, as well as temporarily blinding the first two hobgoblins that are almost to him. This light spell is also the signal for Flashes and Aurora to start the next phase of the attack. Outside, Torvald slashes into the few hobgoblins still standing, as Billy Bob lets loose a volley of bullets towards the hobgoblins by the rear door, cutting down two, and causing the other four to retreat around the corner. Razou has now moved to a side window, and is attacked by two hobgoblins, one hitting. Outside, Flashis uses his +4 Battleaxe to smash open this side window, as Aurora moves into position outside to cast spells through this opening. Knowing what is coming next, Razou dives straight out this window. Flashis tries to catch him, unsuccessfully, with Razou taking five points of damage and dislocating his shoulder as he strikes the ground. One hobgoblin also dives out the window after Razou, Flashis picks up his axe again to deal with the monster while also protecting Aurora. Once Razou has cleared the window Aurora casts the first in a series of three successive Fireballs into the building. Hans, still invisible and keeping his presence secret from the heavily armored fighter still in the room, uses a +3 Dagger of Sharpness loaned to him to cut Furynick’s bonds. Hans then places his own magical scimitar into Furynick’s hand. Not knowing or caring who his new “guardian angel” is, Furynick attacks the enemy fighter, as Hans cuts loose Beulla and Silas. Outside, both Torvald and Billy Bob move in the direction of the rear door, as Razou quickly makes his way towards the woods. As soon as the four hobgoblins hiding behind the wall see Torvald and Billy Bob approaching they run away in the other direction. Billy Bob raises his rife to fire, but Torvald stops him, saying “Save your ammunition, we may need it later.” Torvald then kicks open the rear door of the church, the splintered door barely missing Hans. The held, blind and/or silenced enemies inside the main sanctuary are sitting ducks for Aurora’s three fireballs, each centered slightly differently so that each of the enemy adventurers will be caught in at least two fireballs. The fireballs explode for a combined total of one-hundred-twelve points of damage. Aurora is thankful that the building is a stone structure, protecting her party outside from brunt of the fireball backlash, as all of the sanctuary windows are blown out, several wooden support beams collapse and most of the roof is blown to smithereens. The rest of the roof starts to catch fire, as do many of the wooden furnishings inside. Thankfully, the unarmored Furynick was previously captured by a Hold spell rather than being beaten unconscious, so still has enough hit points to survive the devastating first three attacks from the enemy fighter. Outside the door, Torvald sees that Furynick is in trouble, and charges into the room to attack the opponent, while Hans hurries Buella and Silas out the door. Torvald and the enemy both exchange double attacks in the next round, each with their respective bastard sword and each hitting once. The enemy laughs, and yells out "Finally, a near-equal opponent for Donovan the Great." The hobgoblins that had been sleeping in the other rear room rush out that door to escape the burning building, and run towards the woods. Two of these see Aurora and Flashis, and break off to go attack them. Flashis swings his axe into the first one. The axe gets fully imbedded in the monster's chest, killing it. This causes the other hobgoblin to reconsider. As this hobgoblin starts to run towards the woods Flashis tosses a dagger into the creature's side, causing him to trip. Before the hobgoblin can get up again Flashis is upon him, finishing the creature off with a shortsword. It soon becomes obvious that both Torvald and Furynick are totally focused on their fight with Donovan, completely ignoring the burning and collapsing roof above them. Hans has to hit Furynick to get his attention, becoming visible, and yells for Furynick to “Get out now.” Furynick begrudgingly backs off, Hans pulling him out of the door. Hans tells Billy Bob "I got my idiot, you get yours". Billy Bob moves in and points his rifle, but his field of vision towards the enemy is completely blocked by Torvald. Billy Bob waits for an opening, then lets loose a three-bullet burst into the enemy fighter’s leg, causing him to fall to the ground. Billy Bob then grabs Torvald’s shoulder, as says “We've gotta go. Leave him to the fire.” “A more fitting punishment indeed,” answers the Viking, who follows him comrade out. As they head towards the woods Torvald glances back at the raging inferno behind them, and asks Billy Bob “What was that she told Razou about small fires?” Billy Bob answers “Hey, he bought that line, didn’t he. What did you expect from somebody named ‘Aurora’?” Once Razou sees that all the hostages and their rescuers are free, he activates the signal wand that the enemy Druid Spring had given to them the previous day. This creates a huge green firework display in the sky above them, ending with a loud explosion. In addition to their now having fulfilled their obligation to the druid, this also signals Aurora and Flashis that the others have completed their mission, and to break off the attack. Still hasted, the two start to head back towards the town to a pre-determined meeting place, with Flashis stopping briefly to grab up a burning chicken. Aurora gives him an odd look as Flashis, still running at top speed, starts to rip the burning feather off. The dwarf glances to her, and says “It's for breakfast, I love roasted chicken”. Immy and the four crewmembers with him are woken up by the sound of the explosion and a green fireworks display in the sky above the tavern. He sends two of the crew to investigate, with them returning to say that the church is on fire, and that they saw a wagon with two people heading out on the peninsula towards the signal tower. Immy heads out alone to investigate, finding the storm has extinguished most of the fire. He makes his way through the debris, finding two bodies. On one of the bodies he finds a violet-colored signal flare. He then follows the wagon tracks for the four miles to the tower. Four miles to the east, the green flare and subsequent explosion also wakes the party at Fiona's house. Those who awake are surprised to see nobody awake on guard duty. They soon discover Luekia and the Hendry family are gone, and that both Aradyn and Mojo are unconscious. Fiona Sea Castle informs the group that the Green Flare is the one that her team leader Aurora had agreed to fire up for the druid Spring. This therefore means that the Sea Castle Adventurers are safely on the island, and over in the direction of the town. [/QUOTE]
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