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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1335253" data-attributes="member: 11574">After a few tense moments between Rebrey and Empythacoreaus, with Rebrey using detect evil on the pit fiend twice, and then Tharhack once just to make sure. Tharhack related his solo adventure in the blaster skull building behind them. Taking great care however to leave out any mention of the doorman, the front doors, or the two diamond prisons that Empythacoreaus found. Rebrey tells Tharhack about Emthur and how he's reforming in front of the tower. Tharhack sends four cure light wounds into Gothmog, waking him through the pain of broken ribs, arms, and a leg. His greatsword, broken and useless, his stone armor shattered beyond repair. "What do we do now?" Rebrey asked, looking around at two halfbreeds, two outsiders, and something not right. "I don't know what's worse, a ticked off lich, or a something that can slap around a pit fiend." "This is where I bid you farewell. I will deal with the headache in the skull, all of you should leave this place soon." Empythacoreaus states, "Please take Charekyal with you, I won't be able to return her to her own plane for quite some time. Perhaps you will come across an individual who may be able to do this soon?" "I think I should stay with you." Alriand spoke up Tharhack expected those words from Charekyal, not from Alriand. "Why would you want to stay?" Tharhack asks "I am sorry my child, as much as I would like to discuss your current state, I fear staying with me will not bring you any closer to any answer you might seek. Perhaps one day, when you have greater questions to ask." Empythacoreaus tells Alriand "I already feel like I don't belong, I didn't belong before today. Today I know I don't." Alriand answers hanging her head. "Look!" Gothmog shouts pointing at the skull building A deep green light emanates from behind the only intact eye socket. "Looks like the time for parting has arrived. I advise you flee this place." Empythacoreaus states "Flee where? The tower is at one end, with a waiting lich, and that thing is at the other end. Gothmog can barely sit, and you didn't do so hot against it last time." Rebrey answers "Tharhack has the means to get you out of here." Empythacoreaus replies, walking towards the fractured building. "What does that mean?" Rebrey asks "Nothing, more riddles for me to solve on my own I guess." Tharhack answers, as he watches the pit fiend make his way towards the front doors of the skull. "Well, I'm not waiting around to see who the winner is going to be. Tharhack, how do we get out of this valley?" Alriand asks "No, we must help him!" Charekyal pleads "Help him? Help him do what? Kill that thing? What's given you the impression we're even cable of that?" Rebrey asks"He is one of a kind, don't you see the implications of this? Can you imagine an efreet dedicated to stamping out injustice and giving compassion out as candy? Maybe Tharhack should show you what other things can be saved?" Charekyal replies"What's she talking about Tharhack?" Rebrey asks"Nothing I can discuss with you at this time." Tharhack says as he starts off to follow the pit fiend"Where are you going?" Rebrey calls to Tharhack"I'm going to start following my heart." Tharhack answers"This is insane!" Rebrey yells as Gothmog limps away to follow Tharhack as well, "not you too?" Charekyal falls in behind Gothmog, as Alriand and Rebrey stare at each other, each hoping the other one will have a better plan. "What do you want to do?" Alriand asks Rebrey"Live, they think they're on some righteous crusade to save a being of pure evil. All they are doing is walking to their deaths." Rebrey repliedAlriand got up from her sitting position, dusted herself off, and followed Tharhack, Gothmog, and Charekyal towards the building."What? Not you too, when did everyone go stupid? This is suicide!" Rebrey yelled out to Alriand as she walked away. Rebrey stood on the red colored ground and watched Alriand, the last in line, disappear inside the mouth of the skull. He stood there for several more minutes before deciding that he'd rather die amongst friends than alone at the hands of a lich. Empythacoreaus reaches the face of the building, and flies up to the gaping hole on the left side of it's face. Looking through the opening, he sees the object of his search. Hunched over, with it's back to Empythacoreaus, stands what Empythacoreaus would mistake as a fellow pit fiend from a distance. However this creature stood a whole six feet taller than Empythacoreaus, and it's face that of a bearded weathered human with eyes the color of death. Empythacoreaus, looking for a place to land, scanned over to see the creature stand up carrying something in it's arms. Empythacoreaus felt a pang of panic as his mind told him what it could be. Empythacoreaus flew up and away as fast as he could, as the beast turned and flung the dead body of the succubus towards the blasted opening where the pit fiend had been moments before. The body carried out through the hole, and landed on the ground in a violent explosion that rocked the gorge, and caused the entire left side of the skull to collapse.</blockquote>

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