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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DustinGebhardt" data-source="post: 5442808" data-attributes="member: 82905">Session 36             Session 36                                           The last days of THE Last action HERO...Diary excerpt from The legacy of Mort Cromwell: monk. man. mystery. maniac  After the battle on the ship we went back to the now "liberated" lizard  folk village to summon their god of battle, Zot Zala'ha. As the  villagers were running around in these crazy masks around a burning  wooden stake with a statue on the top, The statue suddenly came to life  as a figure covered in black hair with an angry visage of a bat for a  face. (honestly... I'd hit it... I mean it has been almost a year and a  half) once the figure was standing in front of us she looked at Eriks  and said something* that sounded like she was pissed, or at least that's  the impression I got.  *writers note: she said "I have heard your puny excuses for prayers and that witch is mine should be returned" After she spoke the figure turned into seven flaming bats and that's  when the village burst into utter chaos. We broke out to vanquish these  flamers, but yet again just when I thought I would be of use to the  party by punching the **** out of these foes. I was faced with the fact  that Lizard people like to run to fire producing rodents of the air, and  my punches were doing more damage to me than to the bats. After the  foes were taken down mostly by Hohop, Mathyria, and Karyan. We treated  the wounded and put out the fires that the damnable creatures had  started Unfortunately some of the kind, but less intelligent, Lizard  folk didn't make it. I will always remember you green one, green  two,slightly less green one, and damn near green two. You were not on my  list as the brightest but dying like that had to have sucked. After  I helped clean up, We decided to turn in. This was a pleasant change to  the normal sleep on the ground because we finally got to spend the  night inside a "building". The Bat Cave: The morning was more pleasant than I figured it would be. We found  where the crazy demon man was hiding all of his fancy useless junk and  his food. Most of the village elders that were still around started  going through the room while we restocked our food supplies and headed  off to the bat lady god temple. It was two days of uneventful travel.  The breeze coming off the ocean was nice and I didn't have to struggle  to breathe, walk, or anything for that matter.(I wish we could have  stopped.) When we arrived at Zot Zala'ha's temple entrance man was it  hot. I figured it would have been a building out side of the volcano,  you know, maybe with something like the previous temple, but no, We had  to go into the bottom OF A FRAGGIN VOLCANO. I mean who has the for  thought to think. hmm good place for a temple. GOD DID I SAY IT WAS HOT,  cause it was hot. I'm not one to complain about stuff too much, but  damn it was hot. As we descended down the path to the temple room I  figured with my luck we would run into some more fire rodents of doom,  but no, it honestly was kind of easy. Then we made it to the chamber  where this statue of the god went. When we got in the room Eriks placed  the statue in its corresponding place and we started to leave. That's  when she came out. The same figure as in the village but this time she  had WAY more bats and I'm thinking OH ****. She saw us and then luckily  saw what we put back and sighed. Dismissing all of her flame bats with a  wave of her had she told us that we could have one item out of her  treasure room that was now opening. Now I know what your thinking of  course this is where Mort gets the girl, no, Mort gets an amulet because  the rest of the stuff that was in the room was for the rest of the  pansies in the party. Kamal took a lucky stone, Mathyria took some  Powerful Pearl... figures. Eriks took a buckler with his gods symbol on  it. Hopop found an invisible ring, I mean I couldn't find it. Hekuba got  a breastplate of Mithral, and Karyan found a quiver of holy arrows.  When we were leaving I couldn't help thinking that we could have taken  more stuff than what she offered. I could have taken her.  So we  headed back to the village, again pleasant conditions and a longing for  the sea. Hop hop said goodbye to his elder I guess she told him that. He  needed to stop being a pansy and not to come back until he was a man  cause he left in a fowl(smelling) mood.* *Hopop  was actually told that his visit was not one of unpleasantness, but that  it would be wise for him not to return until his journey was complete,  because it would cause distress to the remaining villagers, Hop hop also  stated that he now knew what his spirit journey was.The day the Muscle died:  So we headed north again to hopefully convince the Recostas to lend us  a hand by lending their arms to the locals so we can finally start  making a dent in the forces controlling the island of dread.**So  lets take a side bar here for a second. Why would you want to liberate  The ISLAND OF DREAD? I mean I feel bad for the people on the island, but  really pick a better name like big ass jungle island of horrible things  that could get you eaten. I mean that's more like it because at least  you know what your getting into I would dread going to the island of  dread because it could be anything dreadful from a parchment cut to not  having enough blankets because the damn weather changes on a whim. I'm  done... On our way to the Recostas we have to cross a  stink fest of awesome known as the tar pits, I mean I have sailed with  men that could compare to the smell of this place, but it is not  anyplace I would like to spend any time in. While crossing the tar pit  we hear a large growl and some high pitched whimpers and squeaks from  the woods to our left. Eriks flew up to check it out while Karyan,  Hekuba and I took the sneakier rout to see if their was anything we  could do. After a few seconds of noise from the other two we quieted  down to actually sneak up on what it was. Eriks got really quiet so I  shouted for him to tell me what he saw. His reply was "I think this is  one for Mort!" After hearing that I broke into a dead sprint to get to  what ever this massive rumbling was, boy oh boy I was not disappointed.  When I broke the tree line their she was. The BIGGEST, the UGLIEST damn  lizard I had ever seen, and she was picking on these little monkey/sloth  looking creatures trapped in the tar pit. I mean like they were a  sampler platter you would get at one of those fancy parties hosted by  someone with way too much money and too little sense to just serve  everyone dinner already. At seeing this I wanted to do nothing more than  to hit this thing as hard as I could. So I ran, and ran, and ran... I  got close, close enough for it to notice that one of the samples had  come out and wanted to get eaten faster. Unfortunately for me. I found  myself in the massive jaws of this colossal beast trying my best to get  out. The last thing I remember is was clawing everything I had to get  out of its jaws, but the smell and the strength of the massive creature  was too much the last thing I saw was Karyan screaming in anguish and a  massive burst of flame from one of Mathyria's great fire ball surprises.  Soon, my body seemed to go numb, but it was as if my eyes still "saw"  everything. I thought I saw Elloy for a moment, but I wasn't about to  leave the party for his ugly mug I wanted to make sure everyone made it. Mythyria hit it with everything she had scorching rays, Hop hop used  powers I had never seen before they were like fire ball surprises, but  full of hate and lightning. Kamal put on Hopop's ring of invisibility  and stood below the beast channeling energy to the now eaten Eriks who  was cutting his way out of the beast not for his own sake but also for  his sister's. All the while Hekuba stood back firing every arrow he had  at his disposal for his comrades in danger. Eventually the Massive beast  was taken down by one of Mathyria's weirder spells she uses. When the  beast fell, it fell on top of Kamal. He shrugged it off and began to cut  out Eriks and the others. I saw my body there. limp and burned from the  stomach juices. Poor Karyan it seemed shared a similar fate to mine.  Eriks was upset of course, but knew he had no time to morn the loss of  his sister at the moment.  The party talked with the little  monkey/sloth creatures for a time. The creatures led them away from the  body to what looked like a near-by settlement. At least my last days weren't as boring as I thought they would be.-M-</blockquote>

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