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<blockquote data-quote="Ealli" data-source="post: 3449426" data-attributes="member: 804"><p><strong>Chapter 12: Friendly Contact</strong></p><p></p><p>Thundina dashed back to the fallen barbed devil to scoop up her own guisarme and the locket the devil had worn. Thundina flipped open the blood-red heart-shaped locked suspended on a golden chain to gaze upon the face of a handsome bearded devil. Thundina began running across the walkway towards the Dayheart while calling out, “Cyron, there are no instructions in here. How do we use the locket in destroying the Dayheart?”</p><p></p><p>The entire party reached the adjoining tower and Thundina looked questioningly at Cyron and Jessuf. Both shook their heads to indicate they did not know anything about how to break the Dayheart. Thundina shook the locket at the giant crystal, “Look, I’ve got this locket, so you’re supposed to break now.” The crystal and the locket beat in unison with red glows, the Dayheart looking even more like a heart than it already did.</p><p></p><p>Talor muttered, “Maybe, I don’t know, I’m going to try this.” He fired an arrow at the Dayheart. The arrow deflected harmlessly off the giant floating crystal, but both the Dayheart and Hellheart Locket briefly flared red together.</p><p></p><p>Thundina narrowed her eyes, “Fine, you don’t want to play nice, we’ll play rough.” She whirled the Hellheart Locket in a circle and smashed it to the floor. The locket disintegrated as it hit causing the Dayheart to flare strongly a bright red. That light was matched only by the red light from the crushed locket. The glow faded leaving behind the bearded devil from the locket. The devil looked down upon Thundina and spoke in a gravely voice, “How can I serve you, mistress?”</p><p></p><p>Thundina shouted and pointed to the Dayheart, “Smash that!”</p><p></p><p>Strahd came striding up the stairs near the Dayheart, shrieking and screaming, “What have you done? Do you have any idea what you are doing?”</p><p></p><p>Thundina and her devil were using their polearms to hack at the Dayheart while Talor was throwing flights of arrows into it. The first hits from bearded devil put a small crack in the Dayheart near the top. Each hit, from guisarme, glaive, or arrow, caused the Dayheart to shudder and slowly widen the crack. Strahd moved against those who were attacking his Dayheart, draining the devil of its energy, banishing it.</p><p></p><p>Thundina looked shocked that her minion fell so quickly before Strahd. “That was my servant, my minion. We could have been great friends. Why, Strahd?”</p><p></p><p>Thundina and Talor retreated up the stairs away from Strahd to continue their attacks on the Dayheart. Romann and Urik interposed themselves between Strahd and Thundina to keep him away from the demolitionists. Strahd’s form began melting. His jaw elongated and his skin spouted fur, while he continued to shriek. Strahd then barged through Romann and Urik anyway and Thundina barely caught Strahd’s claws on her guisarme. She then laughed and dodged her way down the stairs, past the protective wall of warriors.</p><p></p><p>Talor retreated further up the stairs and away from Strahd and called to his bat. Thundina didn’t catch the bat’s name, but it soon landed on the edge of the landing by the pit. The bat began leaning out over the pit and slamming against the giant red crystal, further exacerbating the slowly growing crack. Cyron had run back to the devil’s parapet to heal Jessuf. Jessuf created a <em>Spiritual Halberd</em> to assault the Dayheart and then both set to healing themselves and Romann.</p><p></p><p>Strahd once again pushed past Romann and Urik, ignoring them like they were inconsequential pests incapable of hurting him. Thundina again deflected Strahd’s attack and put the warriors between her and the vampire and then continued to chip at the Dayheart, expanding the crack inch by inch. Strahd looked up towards Talor and Talor realized there was no one between himself and Strahd. Talor’s arms changed into giant bat-like wings and he leaped across the open pit and flapped his way down to the lower stairs.</p><p></p><p>Romann hefted his greatsword and challenged Strahd, “I will not let you near Thundina.” The strike penetrated Strahd’s loamy earth defenses and plunged into the vampire’s flesh. The combined relentless assault of Romann and Urik was slowly wearing Strahd down, threatening to force him to abandon his defense of the Dayheart, but Strahd once again brushed past them to chase Thundina.</p><p></p><p>When Thundina again eluded Strahd, he howled in rage and slowly reverted to his elegant form. He then called to the sky, “To me my children of the night.” He then turned to the intruders and growled, “Sleep, sink into a <em>Deep Slumber</em>.”</p><p></p><p>Thundina wobbled on her feet and then sank to the floor. Romann, Cyron, and Talor’s bat had all succumbed to sleepiness as well. Urik quickly shook Romann back awake. Strahd took a step over to the bat and whispered in its ear, “You should have been on my side, now I need your life force.” Strahd raked his claws across the bat, drawing energy into himself, restoring himself.</p><p></p><p>Thundina felt a sharp prick. She roused from her sleep and the pain intensified where she had felt the prick; a trickle of blood on her left arm gave visual evidence of the wound. She didn’t remember taking such a wound. She bounced to her feet and looked at the Dayheart. The crystal had fractures running through it, and the crack reached nearly from top to bottom. Thundina lined up her target and struck directly at the crack. The crystal shattered. It dropped down into the pit, falling from sight.</p><p></p><p>Strahd screamed once more and filled the space around him with fog. Thundina pulled out one of the alchemical sunflashes provided by the Lightbringers and hurled it at Strahd. The flask hit Strahd and splashed its daylight and fire. As it struck Strahd, the sound of a trickle of water like a fresh running creek filled the area. Thundina moved down the stairs and back towards the exit, “Well Strahd, it’s been fun and all. We’ll have to do this again sometime.”</p><p></p><p>Strahd began imposing his will on several of the party members. Those in the mist were completely unable to put up resistance to the suggestions. Jessuf and Talor were simply told to leave the castle with Talor taking the direct way out by jumping off the walkway and flapping his way safely to the ground.</p><p></p><p>Once everyone was outside, Cyron spoke, “I don’t think anyone else saw this because you were all already on the stairs, but the consistency of Strahd’s fog changed at the very end. It sent out tentacles like they were questing to drain life. I can only thank Balinor for giving me the speed to keep ahead of those tentacles. Without him, I surely would have been consumed.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ealli, post: 3449426, member: 804"] [b]Chapter 12: Friendly Contact[/b] Thundina dashed back to the fallen barbed devil to scoop up her own guisarme and the locket the devil had worn. Thundina flipped open the blood-red heart-shaped locked suspended on a golden chain to gaze upon the face of a handsome bearded devil. Thundina began running across the walkway towards the Dayheart while calling out, “Cyron, there are no instructions in here. How do we use the locket in destroying the Dayheart?” The entire party reached the adjoining tower and Thundina looked questioningly at Cyron and Jessuf. Both shook their heads to indicate they did not know anything about how to break the Dayheart. Thundina shook the locket at the giant crystal, “Look, I’ve got this locket, so you’re supposed to break now.” The crystal and the locket beat in unison with red glows, the Dayheart looking even more like a heart than it already did. Talor muttered, “Maybe, I don’t know, I’m going to try this.” He fired an arrow at the Dayheart. The arrow deflected harmlessly off the giant floating crystal, but both the Dayheart and Hellheart Locket briefly flared red together. Thundina narrowed her eyes, “Fine, you don’t want to play nice, we’ll play rough.” She whirled the Hellheart Locket in a circle and smashed it to the floor. The locket disintegrated as it hit causing the Dayheart to flare strongly a bright red. That light was matched only by the red light from the crushed locket. The glow faded leaving behind the bearded devil from the locket. The devil looked down upon Thundina and spoke in a gravely voice, “How can I serve you, mistress?” Thundina shouted and pointed to the Dayheart, “Smash that!” Strahd came striding up the stairs near the Dayheart, shrieking and screaming, “What have you done? Do you have any idea what you are doing?” Thundina and her devil were using their polearms to hack at the Dayheart while Talor was throwing flights of arrows into it. The first hits from bearded devil put a small crack in the Dayheart near the top. Each hit, from guisarme, glaive, or arrow, caused the Dayheart to shudder and slowly widen the crack. Strahd moved against those who were attacking his Dayheart, draining the devil of its energy, banishing it. Thundina looked shocked that her minion fell so quickly before Strahd. “That was my servant, my minion. We could have been great friends. Why, Strahd?” Thundina and Talor retreated up the stairs away from Strahd to continue their attacks on the Dayheart. Romann and Urik interposed themselves between Strahd and Thundina to keep him away from the demolitionists. Strahd’s form began melting. His jaw elongated and his skin spouted fur, while he continued to shriek. Strahd then barged through Romann and Urik anyway and Thundina barely caught Strahd’s claws on her guisarme. She then laughed and dodged her way down the stairs, past the protective wall of warriors. Talor retreated further up the stairs and away from Strahd and called to his bat. Thundina didn’t catch the bat’s name, but it soon landed on the edge of the landing by the pit. The bat began leaning out over the pit and slamming against the giant red crystal, further exacerbating the slowly growing crack. Cyron had run back to the devil’s parapet to heal Jessuf. Jessuf created a [i]Spiritual Halberd[/i] to assault the Dayheart and then both set to healing themselves and Romann. Strahd once again pushed past Romann and Urik, ignoring them like they were inconsequential pests incapable of hurting him. Thundina again deflected Strahd’s attack and put the warriors between her and the vampire and then continued to chip at the Dayheart, expanding the crack inch by inch. Strahd looked up towards Talor and Talor realized there was no one between himself and Strahd. Talor’s arms changed into giant bat-like wings and he leaped across the open pit and flapped his way down to the lower stairs. Romann hefted his greatsword and challenged Strahd, “I will not let you near Thundina.” The strike penetrated Strahd’s loamy earth defenses and plunged into the vampire’s flesh. The combined relentless assault of Romann and Urik was slowly wearing Strahd down, threatening to force him to abandon his defense of the Dayheart, but Strahd once again brushed past them to chase Thundina. When Thundina again eluded Strahd, he howled in rage and slowly reverted to his elegant form. He then called to the sky, “To me my children of the night.” He then turned to the intruders and growled, “Sleep, sink into a [i]Deep Slumber[/i].” Thundina wobbled on her feet and then sank to the floor. Romann, Cyron, and Talor’s bat had all succumbed to sleepiness as well. Urik quickly shook Romann back awake. Strahd took a step over to the bat and whispered in its ear, “You should have been on my side, now I need your life force.” Strahd raked his claws across the bat, drawing energy into himself, restoring himself. Thundina felt a sharp prick. She roused from her sleep and the pain intensified where she had felt the prick; a trickle of blood on her left arm gave visual evidence of the wound. She didn’t remember taking such a wound. She bounced to her feet and looked at the Dayheart. The crystal had fractures running through it, and the crack reached nearly from top to bottom. Thundina lined up her target and struck directly at the crack. The crystal shattered. It dropped down into the pit, falling from sight. Strahd screamed once more and filled the space around him with fog. Thundina pulled out one of the alchemical sunflashes provided by the Lightbringers and hurled it at Strahd. The flask hit Strahd and splashed its daylight and fire. As it struck Strahd, the sound of a trickle of water like a fresh running creek filled the area. Thundina moved down the stairs and back towards the exit, “Well Strahd, it’s been fun and all. We’ll have to do this again sometime.” Strahd began imposing his will on several of the party members. Those in the mist were completely unable to put up resistance to the suggestions. Jessuf and Talor were simply told to leave the castle with Talor taking the direct way out by jumping off the walkway and flapping his way safely to the ground. Once everyone was outside, Cyron spoke, “I don’t think anyone else saw this because you were all already on the stairs, but the consistency of Strahd’s fog changed at the very end. It sent out tentacles like they were questing to drain life. I can only thank Balinor for giving me the speed to keep ahead of those tentacles. Without him, I surely would have been consumed.” [/QUOTE]
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