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<blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 1637062" data-attributes="member: 9255"><p>STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI</p><p>SEGMENT 069</p><p>“Adamantine Might”</p><p></p><p>The Golem only shudders a bit as the three blasts from Megamania’s energy gun strikes it. Jean unleashes a large lightning bolt, which strikes but crackles around the Golem. It is immune to her lightning! The captain unleashes his artifact. It strikes true in the massive chest of the Adamantine Golem. As the Golem looks down to see what has struck it the shield whirls away and strikes it again on the arm. The Golem, now aware of it’s attacker, tries to swat away the insect. Though it misses, the shield swoops but only skips off two more times before returning magically to the Captain’s outstretched hand. Fae and Celion take cover. They know this is beyond their abilities.</p><p></p><p>The huge construct turns its attention to the Captain whom it goes to kick. The Captain moves away keeping the golem at range.</p><p></p><p>Megamania fires away again hoping against hope against what to his mind is a giant well-armored robot. The shots all strike its knee and discolor the armor there. If it hurt it, it doesn’t show. Jean tries a new trick- she calls up the icy air and moisture from high in the sky and calls it to strike the Golem. Thick ice develops on its back and arms. The arm holding the limp minotaur becomes frozen to its side. The Captain unleashes his shield again hoping for the power of truth and justice to guide his aim. The shield flies true but strikes ice as it forms (rolled a natural one) and becomes incased in the ice. The magic of the shield causes it to move to break through the ice storm before returning to the Captain. The elves ponder what to do. Fae knows better but pulls out his bow and arrows. Celion prepares healing spells feeling these will be in great need soon.</p><p></p><p>The Golem reaches the Captain and steps on him. He uses his shield to brace himself but finds the great weight forces him and shield into the ground. The Captain can feel an arm snap and several ribs go as the shield is used against him. The Golem takes another step then turns to locate the other subject that shot it several times. Its limited intelligence knows these gnats want what it guards and it will not relinquish it to them.</p><p></p><p>Megamania notes the shadow that over takes him and he runs for it. It is not a wild run without reason. He hopes to lead it to soft ground and slow it down. Jean concentrates once more. She is going to strike the golem with the fury of nature. She tries to maximize the energies involved as best as she can. Her now undead hands flak and crack as she rapidly twists and wriggles them in the arcane patterns needed. Though the words are correct, the sweet innocent sound is replaced by a dry voice of an undead thinking zombie. Ice and wind form around the head of the golem. A mini but powerful blizzard has magically started. Hail the size of large fruit pummels at it and ice several inches thick form. The minotaur is now frozen to its hand. Jarella, the shapechanger begins to awake as the fierce and unnatural cold creeps to her.</p><p></p><p>The elves wait for the Golem to take a few large steps away from the fallen Captain. Fae puts down his bow and arrows to pull the shield literally out of the captain. The shield speaks to him. The Lawful Good essence of it speaks to the Paladin. This human has no idea what he holds thinks the elf as he considers using and keeping the artifact. Celion is quick to remove pieces of the scale armor from his ravaged and crushed body. She directs her most powerful healing powers into him hoping to seal up his torn open stomach. She fears the worse as the Captain shudders and twitches. His body has taken a lot of damage and it is going into shock.</p><p></p><p>Megamania leaps and tumbles over pieces of broken wall and column trying to lead the golem to a patch of very wet ground. Several Orcs are there, all wet and bloodied. They are angry and have just only crawled out of the underground river. The leader sees Megamania running with his head turned over his shoulder. An easy target. Then the wall bursts and the 30 foot tall Adamantine Golem appears. Now becoming tired, Jean tries more ice as she substitutes electricity for cold and castes that at the golem. The golem is immune to the direct damage but it is carrying tons of ice and snow now on its massive back and shoulders. It is not slowing down yet but its steps are shattering the stone walk it walks on. The Orcs scatter and become airborne as the golem steps onto one end of a column they had climbed onto. Like a great catapult, the three surviving orcs find themselves airborne and land past the others in a wet and messy thud. Fae can only give a quick curse of satisfaction seeing their dead bodies. </p><p></p><p>Celion tries more healing magic. The Captain has stopped shaking but is still very pale. Then Fae hears something. He hears a great and powerful voice in his mind. His eyes go wide and kneels beside the Captain. Celion, now too tired to stop him, leans back. With a look of rapture and tears , he goes to Lay on Hands. The shield glows and somehow channels positive energy to him then to the Captain. Bones reform and torn organs nit and pump. The adrenaline pumps fast and furious as the Captain’s own eyes open up wide. The Rapture now spreads to him. The armor itself begins to rethread and reattach. The power of the gods are being channeled!</p><p></p><p>Jarella looks from the safe distance of a broken building. She admires the efforts of the heroes. Vander is dead. Jean is a mockery of her beautiful body. The Captain is nearly dead put is healing through sheer will. What is their reward? She will be paid a kingdom’s ransom. They fight now …out of caring and fellowship. She puts her head down in disgrace and dishonor then pushes the button to return to her employer with the prize. The great staff.</p><p></p><p>It is not until the golem has sunken to its thighs that it computes its situation and how the blue humanoid has escaped with the prize it was to protect. As close to anger as an unfeeling construct can feel, it tries to tear through the soft mud. All it does is free space for water, which causes it to sink further. The tons of ice begin to push it down deeper and the water freed up by melting makes the ground softer. It is trapped …but not destoried.</p><p></p><p>The heroes meet in a semi-circle. Megamania goes to retrieve something that has fallen. The flag of victory. He brings it to the two elves and thanks them for saving the Captain. Fae looks at the shield then at the Captain. “I am honored to meet you.”</p><p></p><p>The Captain replies likewise and takes the outstretched shield. It feels good to hold the shield.</p><p></p><p>“How do we leave?” asks Jean. “Christina is gone. She had the ability to planeshift.”</p><p></p><p>“Vander”</p><p></p><p>“What was that Jim?” asks Jean.</p><p></p><p>“Vander had a gem that was encoded for returning to home. He should still have it on him.”</p><p></p><p>After a few moments of searching the body, they find a gem they do not know. “How do we activate it?” asks Jim.</p><p></p><p>“Think of home. It is psionic afterall.” Answers the Captain. A new glint of hope in his eye.</p><p></p><p>The surviving members of the Champions of Infiniti think of home and slowly phase out of view. The two elves are left alone as the winners of The World Below.</p><p></p><p>“The Captain is a good man.” Sighs Fae. “He carries a means of touching the gods directly. I ..I..I heard the voice of Corellon Larethian. He said I would do the …right thing.”</p><p></p><p>“and you did.” Replys Celion. “and you did.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megamania, post: 1637062, member: 9255"] STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI SEGMENT 069 “Adamantine Might” The Golem only shudders a bit as the three blasts from Megamania’s energy gun strikes it. Jean unleashes a large lightning bolt, which strikes but crackles around the Golem. It is immune to her lightning! The captain unleashes his artifact. It strikes true in the massive chest of the Adamantine Golem. As the Golem looks down to see what has struck it the shield whirls away and strikes it again on the arm. The Golem, now aware of it’s attacker, tries to swat away the insect. Though it misses, the shield swoops but only skips off two more times before returning magically to the Captain’s outstretched hand. Fae and Celion take cover. They know this is beyond their abilities. The huge construct turns its attention to the Captain whom it goes to kick. The Captain moves away keeping the golem at range. Megamania fires away again hoping against hope against what to his mind is a giant well-armored robot. The shots all strike its knee and discolor the armor there. If it hurt it, it doesn’t show. Jean tries a new trick- she calls up the icy air and moisture from high in the sky and calls it to strike the Golem. Thick ice develops on its back and arms. The arm holding the limp minotaur becomes frozen to its side. The Captain unleashes his shield again hoping for the power of truth and justice to guide his aim. The shield flies true but strikes ice as it forms (rolled a natural one) and becomes incased in the ice. The magic of the shield causes it to move to break through the ice storm before returning to the Captain. The elves ponder what to do. Fae knows better but pulls out his bow and arrows. Celion prepares healing spells feeling these will be in great need soon. The Golem reaches the Captain and steps on him. He uses his shield to brace himself but finds the great weight forces him and shield into the ground. The Captain can feel an arm snap and several ribs go as the shield is used against him. The Golem takes another step then turns to locate the other subject that shot it several times. Its limited intelligence knows these gnats want what it guards and it will not relinquish it to them. Megamania notes the shadow that over takes him and he runs for it. It is not a wild run without reason. He hopes to lead it to soft ground and slow it down. Jean concentrates once more. She is going to strike the golem with the fury of nature. She tries to maximize the energies involved as best as she can. Her now undead hands flak and crack as she rapidly twists and wriggles them in the arcane patterns needed. Though the words are correct, the sweet innocent sound is replaced by a dry voice of an undead thinking zombie. Ice and wind form around the head of the golem. A mini but powerful blizzard has magically started. Hail the size of large fruit pummels at it and ice several inches thick form. The minotaur is now frozen to its hand. Jarella, the shapechanger begins to awake as the fierce and unnatural cold creeps to her. The elves wait for the Golem to take a few large steps away from the fallen Captain. Fae puts down his bow and arrows to pull the shield literally out of the captain. The shield speaks to him. The Lawful Good essence of it speaks to the Paladin. This human has no idea what he holds thinks the elf as he considers using and keeping the artifact. Celion is quick to remove pieces of the scale armor from his ravaged and crushed body. She directs her most powerful healing powers into him hoping to seal up his torn open stomach. She fears the worse as the Captain shudders and twitches. His body has taken a lot of damage and it is going into shock. Megamania leaps and tumbles over pieces of broken wall and column trying to lead the golem to a patch of very wet ground. Several Orcs are there, all wet and bloodied. They are angry and have just only crawled out of the underground river. The leader sees Megamania running with his head turned over his shoulder. An easy target. Then the wall bursts and the 30 foot tall Adamantine Golem appears. Now becoming tired, Jean tries more ice as she substitutes electricity for cold and castes that at the golem. The golem is immune to the direct damage but it is carrying tons of ice and snow now on its massive back and shoulders. It is not slowing down yet but its steps are shattering the stone walk it walks on. The Orcs scatter and become airborne as the golem steps onto one end of a column they had climbed onto. Like a great catapult, the three surviving orcs find themselves airborne and land past the others in a wet and messy thud. Fae can only give a quick curse of satisfaction seeing their dead bodies. Celion tries more healing magic. The Captain has stopped shaking but is still very pale. Then Fae hears something. He hears a great and powerful voice in his mind. His eyes go wide and kneels beside the Captain. Celion, now too tired to stop him, leans back. With a look of rapture and tears , he goes to Lay on Hands. The shield glows and somehow channels positive energy to him then to the Captain. Bones reform and torn organs nit and pump. The adrenaline pumps fast and furious as the Captain’s own eyes open up wide. The Rapture now spreads to him. The armor itself begins to rethread and reattach. The power of the gods are being channeled! Jarella looks from the safe distance of a broken building. She admires the efforts of the heroes. Vander is dead. Jean is a mockery of her beautiful body. The Captain is nearly dead put is healing through sheer will. What is their reward? She will be paid a kingdom’s ransom. They fight now …out of caring and fellowship. She puts her head down in disgrace and dishonor then pushes the button to return to her employer with the prize. The great staff. It is not until the golem has sunken to its thighs that it computes its situation and how the blue humanoid has escaped with the prize it was to protect. As close to anger as an unfeeling construct can feel, it tries to tear through the soft mud. All it does is free space for water, which causes it to sink further. The tons of ice begin to push it down deeper and the water freed up by melting makes the ground softer. It is trapped …but not destoried. The heroes meet in a semi-circle. Megamania goes to retrieve something that has fallen. The flag of victory. He brings it to the two elves and thanks them for saving the Captain. Fae looks at the shield then at the Captain. “I am honored to meet you.” The Captain replies likewise and takes the outstretched shield. It feels good to hold the shield. “How do we leave?” asks Jean. “Christina is gone. She had the ability to planeshift.” “Vander” “What was that Jim?” asks Jean. “Vander had a gem that was encoded for returning to home. He should still have it on him.” After a few moments of searching the body, they find a gem they do not know. “How do we activate it?” asks Jim. “Think of home. It is psionic afterall.” Answers the Captain. A new glint of hope in his eye. The surviving members of the Champions of Infiniti think of home and slowly phase out of view. The two elves are left alone as the winners of The World Below. “The Captain is a good man.” Sighs Fae. “He carries a means of touching the gods directly. I ..I..I heard the voice of Corellon Larethian. He said I would do the …right thing.” “and you did.” Replys Celion. “and you did.” [/QUOTE]
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