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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1292374" data-attributes="member: 11574">Tharhack watches as the tower speeds up from behind him, refusing to turn over and watch his death come at him. He then catches a glimpse of a white horse with white wings speeding down the side of the tower heading after him, this causes Tharhack to look over at how far he has until he's paste and how much further the pegasus still has yet to go, to catch up to Tharhack. Tharhack prays as he freefalls down to the ground, watching as a cavern walls appear to either side of him, knowing that the end won't be long now. Gothmog slams into Emthur, causing Emthur to lose his concentration on pushing Rebrey over the edge as well. However instead of the wizard flying away from the half-troll and flying over the edge, Emthur merely glides along the tower roof, pushed along by Gothmog who was expecting a violent collision. Gothmog pushes Emthur over the edge of the tower, and watches as Emthur continues in a straight line off the edge of the tower for about five feet and hovers in midair. Emthur rotates in the air and points his ring at Gothmog, forcing his feet to slip out off of the tower and onto the non-supportive air, feeling himself fall, Gothmog flails his arms out and manages to grab hold of Emthur's boot covered left foot. Dangling in midair, Gothmog calls for help.Rebrey recovers from the force of Emthur's ring, draws his crossbow, and begins to load it. Tharhack watches as the sun disappears behind the west tower flanking mountain, the sides of the cavern  also darken the area. The cavern walls are dark with deep reds along with black streaks that meander through the red. The pegasus gains ground on Tharhack, but Tharhack believes it to be too little too late. Unsure of whether he wants his eyes open or shut when he creates his own crater, Tharhack begins to count backwards from ten, as the pegasus gets about ten feet away from Tharhack."Well, my big trespasser, looks like you've created a messy situation for yourself." Emthur says to Gothmog.Emthur looks up to see Rebrey aim his crossbow, Emthur throws open his arms, and taunts Rebrey with an open shot. Rebrey fires the bolt, it sails true towards Emthur's head, but just before it reaches it's target, it swerves and clangs off a silver breastplate worn by Emthur. Rebrey watches as the bolt tumbles from the armor, and begins to make it's mile long descent to the ground. Emthur, grabs something off his necklace, and tosses it over to Rebrey. Rebrey watches as the small glass ball arcs down to the tower roof. The glass ball strikes the tower's stone, and erupts in a huge blast of heat and fire, the hot air burns Rebrey's skin as it flings him backwards away from the epicenter of the blast. Rebrey lands on his back just a couple feet from the edge of the tower. Recovering Rebrey notices something amiss on the roof, Alriand's body is missing.The pegasus attempts to extend it's legs out in an extended stride as it flies towards Tharhack hoping he can latch onto a leg or two, as the pegasus realizes getting under Tharhack is impossible now, there's just not enough time. Tharhack brushes against a hoof a couple of times with his finger tips, but is unable to get a handhold. Twenty feet from death, Tharhack manages to grab hold of the pegasus' kicking hooves, the pegasus uses Tharhack's weight to fly out away from the tower and out into the cavern. Trying to slow Tharhack's fall as gradual as possible, unfortunately there isn't enough room, and the pegasus drags Tharhack a good thirty feet before being able to pull up far enough to get him off the ground. Tharhack's back is burned with friction and peeled from the rough stones on the pass floor. This causes Tharhack to lose his grip and fall to the ground, and roll to a stop, heart pounding but still alive. Rebrey sensing that Tharhack has been saved from plummeting to death, recalls the pegasus back to the tower, just prior to Tharhack dropping to the ground. The pegasus thus obeys Rebrey and begins to return to the rooftop. Gothmog grabs Emthur's right leg with his left hand, and begins to ascend Emthur's legs. Emthur grabs another glass ball from his necklace and throws it to the tower's roof, Rebrey watches as another glass ball falls to the stone, Rebrey covers his eyes and braces for an impact he hoped wouldn't send him over the edge of the tower. The glass ball strikes the stone and a brilliant flash of light erupts around Rebrey, then disappears as quickly as it arrived. Feeling no heat, hearing no fire, and feeling no concussive force, Rebrey uncovers his eyes to see that instead of a broken ball of glass, there stands a tall lizard like biped. Long fingers end in claws, two small tendrils flank each side of it's mouth that's filled with sharp pointed teeth. It hisses at Rebrey and leaps to attack. Tharhack manages through clenched teeth to mutter out a cure moderate spell on himself, stopping the bleeding and numbing enough of the pain for him to stand up. Tharhack surmises that he's about in the middle of the crevasse, tower at one end, and at the other a huge skull sits on the path. The skull's eyes shine with a white-blue light that gives Tharhack a feeling of inner peace, and calmness. Tharhack looks back up the tower to the roof, but can't make out anything. Tharhack turns to the skull and starts off towards it. Gothmog feels his hands becoming numb with cold, he can no longer feel his fingers gripping onto Emthur's meatless legs. The cold begins traveling up to his wrists, and he wonders just how long he'll be able to hold out, when he sees a smaller body float up behind Emthur.Emthur, sensing another behind him, twists his head around to look behind him. Emthur stares into the soulless pits of Alriand's eyes, as she drifts alongside Emthur. "My, my. Learn some new tricks have we? Or did you just steal mine?" Emthur says growing more angry with each wordAlriand remains silent, lowering herself down to Gothmog's level, she withdraws her dagger from her belt. Looking into Gothmog's eyes, Alriand begs him for trust, and then cuts off the boot on Emthur's right leg. Emthur lists to right, pulled down by Gothmog's weight. "What are you doing?!" Emthur shouts, as Alriand cuts off the Left boot. Gothmog, and Emthur immediately begin their mile long descent. Alriand flies off after Gothmog.</blockquote>

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