TURTLEDOME! (Battle Bone!) -- Part 2

[KenHood]

"It's a perfect day for a no-holds-barred battle at TURTLEDOME! I'm Hobner Hobbes, the Hobgoblin Harbinger of Horror, and to my right is Paladin Pete..."

"Hey, Hobbes!"

"...holy warrior of Lauto, the most resurrected adventurer in existence..."

"All without side...uh...thingies..."

"...and our color commentator for today's Battle Bone!"

"I like blue, Hobbes."

"..."

"And I'm a unique tater."

"..."

"Though I was once mashed like a tater."

"Right you are, Pete!"

"Today promises to be an unusual and amazing fight, folks. For the first time in recent memory, a party of adventurers has chosen to engage in a battle to the DEATH!"

"That means they're going to try to kill each other, Hobbes."

"But before we introduce our combatants, let's all rise as Roy, the Quickling Castrati Bard, sings the Daunton National Anthem!"

Zeep!

"Ow!"

"Ha-ha! Moving. Absolutely moving. There will be dogs barking for miles around after that one!"

"Why are my ears bleeding, Hobbes?"

 

[weldon]

Finnian stands a little hesitatingly at the singing of the Anthem and looks around to see what everyone else is doing. After the "Zeep!" he sits down and stares at the floor, clearly at a loss as to what he is supposed to be doing in these situations.

 

[KenHood]

In the distance, you hear the sound of hard sticks smacking against one another.

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

"Uh-oh! Do you hear that, Pete?"

"Huh? My ears are still bleeding. I can't understand what you're--"

"That's the battle anthem of our TURTLEDOME! defenders!"

The crowd, laughing and shouting, joins in, clapping their hands and stomping their feet to the beat.

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

Two columns of skeletal soldiers march through the archway on the opposite end of the arena. Each holds a femur in their hands and whacks the bones together, producing the sound.

"The Legion of Bone!"

"Hey, look! It's the Legion of Bone, Hobbes!"

The skeletons begin to sing.

"We will, we will BONE YOU!"

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

"We will, we will BONE YOU!"

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

The crowd joins in.

"We will, we will BONE YOU!"

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

*thunk-thunk! THUNK!*

"We will, we will BONE YOU!"

You hear a loud *DING!* the Legion's Approvalometer jumps up a notch.

In an instant, as if on cue, the skeletons and the crowd stop.

In the silence, you hear the *tak, tak, tak* of heel and toe bones against stone, as a lone skeleton in a red cloak marches to the head of the column. It raises a fist, and shouts...

YOU!

ARE!

BONED!​

The crowd roars its approval.

---

In the Green Room, where the party awaits its entrance, a female ogre gestures towards the double doors leading to the arena. "That's it! That's your cue! Go! Go! Go!"

And now for the party's entrance...

If you want to make a skill or ability check associated with your entrance, do it on Invisible Castle (or whatever roller you wish to use) and roleplay the results. Everybody gets only one 'Entrance Action'...

 

[mohalloran]

[sblock=Entrance]1d20+8->19

Athletics: Charging and slamming open the door.[/sblock]

Vaunea hears the roars the crowd gave the legion of bone, and decides to make a grand entrance of her own. Looking back at Emral, she says, "You last. End with bang. Vaunea start bang." And she charges down the hallway, getting into a full sprint before lunging through the doors shoulder and horns first. The doors give way to her easily, as she comes through the other side with a mighty roar. "VAUNEA SMAAAAAASH!!!!"

[sblock=KenHood]I understand that depending on how well that went, I might have a slightly damaged door to help repair. But hopefully the great battle will make him forgive me.[/sblock]

 

[weldon]

Finnian charges down the hall after Vaunea and explodes through the open doorway. In a display of raw strength, the ranger hurls his broad sword and hammer high into the air (Athletics Check=25) where Erlai catches them in mid-flight. The hawk allows the weight of the weapons to pull him towards the ground in a dizzying dance of spinning wings until he finally releases them and pulls away in a graceful arc that majestically encompasses both Vaunea and her fighting companion.

As the weapons fall, Finnian moves gracefully from a cartwheel to two back handsprings and into a full back layout. At the peak of the layout his arms extend and his weapons fall into his outstretched hands before he lands smoothly on his feet. (Acrobatics Check (1d20+1=21) - Natural 20!)

He flashes a boyish grin for the crowd, waves, and then moves to embrace his companion before he turns to watch for his remaining two friends to join them in the arena.

[sblock=20!]It was hard to come up with something a little extra in the fluff to match that roll. [/sblock]

 

[Reklaw]

Drivan strides through the doors, flames dancing about him as he walks calmly along the path his companions have taken. Rose petals fall around the stadium, into the laps of select women and he winks at the crowd.

A serious expression settles on his face as he nears the skeletal legion. The flames wink out around him as he raises his hands in the air above himself. Those close to Drivan hear a muttered "Son of a b----."

Moments later, slightly too late to be perfect timing a dragon formed of fire flies in over the stadium, swooping down at the legion it appears to grab some in it's mouth and crush them before exploding into colors resembling those that the party wears.

As the fireworks fade letters form, "WE WILL CRUSH YOU!!"

Drivan calmly lines up with Finnian and Vaunea waiting expectantly and hopefully for Emral's entrance.

[sblock=Roll...]Arcana Roll - [3,13] = (16) damn...[/sblock]

 

[mohalloran]

[sblock=ooc]
oh emral, my emral!
[/sblock]

 

[fireinthedust]

[sblock=the reason I've been tardy] ahem: my wife and I are pregnant!!!! WOOOOO!

I'm a gonna name mah kid Raistlin, or Eustice, or Drivan!

Anyhoo, just thought I'd share!


That and I've been choking on exams and getting papers in to fool the world into thinking I'm a competent, contributing member of society.

That and I want to make a good entrance; if invisible castle nails me, bam: everything I've imagined is gone! Oh well, gotta jump into that frozen lake sometime![/sblock]


As the others make their way into the stadium, Emral ducks back in the shadows. He twinkles his fingers, releasing short, frantic bursts of electric guiar music, then balls them into fists, and shakes out his arms. As the others head one by one into the arena, he paces back and forth, swearing at himself.

Yo, Emral! C'mon, man, time ta kick some bone! Just pick a song, you know we'll rock it!
Yeah... okay, let's do this!

With that the sorcerer plucks a few air guitar notes, holding the last note and getting THE COAT! to amplify the sound across the stadium. From the mouth of the tunnel comes a barrage of electric guitar, playing classical acoustic guitar in a heavy metal vein, a veritable maelstrom of epic proportions. Finally a solid tune comes forth, drawing the crowd's attention, and setting the tone as Emral struts into the light to stand along side his companions.

[sblock=and now we look at the die result to see how we did!] um, let's see[/sblock]

 

[fireinthedust]

[sblock=and, um, this is how I did]1d20+4=24

Check it! I don't know of any other die rollers!

Man, if I'd rolled a 1 I was going with "the final countdown"!

Okay, what's a good song... I was thinking star spangled banner; or the theme from Flash Gordon... but I think I've figured it out![/sblock]



Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive
And the world, I'll turn it inside out yeah
I'm floating around in ecstasy
So don't stop me now
Don't stop me
'cause I'm having a good time
Having a good time

I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go there's no stopping me
I'm burning through the sky yea
Two hundred degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now
I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball
Don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call
Don't stop me now
'cause I'm having a good time
Don't stop me now
Yes I'm having a good time
I don't wanna stop at all

I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars
On a collision course
I am a satellite
I'm out of control
I'm a sex machine ready to reload
Like an atom bomb about to oh oh oh oh oh explode!
I'm burning through the sky yeah
Two hundred degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman of you

Don't stop me don't stop me, don't stop me hey hey hey!
Don't stop me don't stop me ooh ooh ooh
I like it
Don't stop me don't stop me
Have a good time good time
Don't stop me don't stop me
ohhhhhhh!

(guitar solo)

ohhhhhhh
Burning through the sky yeah
Two hundred degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now
I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball
Don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call
Don't stop me now
'cause I'm having a good time
Don't stop me now
Yes I'm having a good time
I don't wanna stop at all

Da da da da daaaa da da da
Ha da da ha ha ha ha
Ha da da da da

During the guitar solo Emral starts running around the arena, exploding fireballs into the air and dancing around in front of the skeletons, then running back and climbing up on Vaunea's head for some crazy notes, hanging down between her horns, then sliding like Fred Flintstone down her back to do a harmony with Drivan and Finnian as back-up. THE COAT! is exploding fireworks in fantasmarriffic colors like tie-die'd Octarine, finishing the whole song up and a flash-bang of smoke and light!

Emral huffs, then points two fingers at his eyes before pointing one finger at the Legion of Bone.


bam!

 

[weldon]

Don't!

Stop!

Me!

Now!