[Vile] Puppy Kicking PCs at Work

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Lydia had indeed untied Algernon when he expressed concent for the battle. Hearing the sounds of battle, her head jerks up.*

"Someone's battling downstairs. Come on! We may have a chance to catch him by surprise," Lydia says, giving Aeweth a look.

*Pausing for a moment, Lydia calls to Wee Jas to charge her mace to the side of darkness, and then uses a scroll to infuse it with magic. She then empowers herself with Wee Jas' favor in battle, and summons the power of pain to infuse the celestial with.*

[OOC - align weapon: evil, magic weapon, divine favor, and then dropping hold person for inflict moderate wounds, holding the charge until she can touch the celestial. If she doesn't have time for all of them, she'll just cast them in order, as much as she can.]

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Accalon Darcanda: Human/Male (Unholy Warrior)

Having spent last few minutes finishing the job that Lydia had started, before she went to comfort the blonde haired woman, by carefully untying the bond Algernon. Now done Accalon quickly turns towards the blonde girl his cold gaze showing his obviously displeasure, he accentuates her “real” first name now that he’s heard it, “Aeweth, I’m not sure how useful you could be but if Lydia is so inclined to have you join us I’ll take her judgment, now be a dear, either get your gear and help us or lay down on the bed. You’re either with us or against us and I’m not so keen on the idea of you sneaking up behind us and helping Ezuvial.”

In his free hand dangles the rope that had bound Algernon to the bed only seconds before while his sword arms rests in a slightly threatening manner. He coolly ignores the sounds of chaos that echo up from downstairs.

OOC: I'll post my combat actions once we are a little bit closer to combat.

 

[Telsar]

Gwyn, T’aria, and Alicia rush through the city, getting an odd look or two from people just coming outside to start their day. Madame Brie’s Boarding House looks somewhat serene in the daylight, a nice place for lost girls to find a home. Looking through the windows on the first floor provides no information, as they all show empty rooms, but as they near the front doors, the half-demons can detect the faint sounds of fighting within, somewhat close to the doors.

[Note- if Alicia didn’t go with them, that’s fine. I’ll edit this then]

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Gwyn hefts his scimitar and pick, and slides the door open slightly with his foot, stopping as soon as he sees anyone.

 

[Serpenteye]

Alicia grunts, "The mistress wants the girls. I will not leave them here." She picks up the unconscious prostitutes and carries them each over one shoulder, then she picks up her sword. After a sad glance on the carcasses of the Blink dogs, Good food wasted, tasty dogs, she turns to Loni, "Here is not safe, follow me." then she runs after her new companions as fast as she can to Brie's.

When she gets there she will hurriedly set the two girls down on the side-walk beside the entrance then she will run inside and engage the enemy as soon as she sees him.
(She will not fight to the death, but will retreat when she has lost half her HPs)

(she will arrive a few rounds behind the half-fiends so she probably won't interfere with their stealth too much)

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

T'aria draws her rapier with her right hand and the steel dagger with the other and takes up a position on the other side of the door from Gwyn, waiting for him to enter first. Then, while he has them distracted, I'll just follow him in.

[OOC: Hide & Move Silently. Also, if Alicia arrives and enters the building first, I will follow her inside. I am taking only half move to avoid the -5 penalty on the skill checks.]

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

In the alley, Hex gets a bit frustrated, "The halfling's just some frail old halfling, and the pendant is just some old pendant, dwarf." Then he says "Alright, 100 each sounds fair. And I'm not setting any trap. Don't need to. It's not like you guys are the kings of stealth... I can find you if I need you." He pulls out a pouch, counts the coins in it, saying "There's 30 platinum here. The old geezer always starts playing his flute in the old market square, at high sun. Not sure where he is before that. Like I said, he acts homeless." He throws the pouch at Aligor's feet. "Now, we're just going to go on our way, and you can do the same. Just be sure to take care of this little job I'm paying you for." [Note- it's still very early morning. Probably 4-5 hours 'til highsun (noon)]

Aligor turns to Sunedilar, while keeping an eye on the others. "Whatcha think Sunny? Sounds fishy to me. Too easy actually." He will keep an eye on Hex and his gang, as they leave. Once he is sure they have left, he will motion Sunedilar over, away from Alev. "I think there's sumthin fishy here. Take a look at this. I relieved some of his hired thugs earlier of this." He shows Sunny the map, with the note 'at least 50 gold pieces' on it and tells him of what Boon said earlier in regards to the assassin. "You think he was tryin ta hire that assassin fer this job?" He will continue to follow Alev, as he seems to be knowing where they need to head.

 

[Telsar]

Alicia easily picks up the two girls and takes off at a brisk pace, while Loni, finding no use for the clothesline now with no girls to tie up, starts to run after them, but is considerably slower given how tired she is from her first run.

At Brie’s, the two half-fiends are being quiet, but when they are right up against the front door, they both feel this wave of… anger. Not their own anger, but someone else’s, someone inside. It’s a very disconcerting feeling, which T’aria barely manages to shake off but Gwyn feels running up and down his spine.

[T’aria rolled Will save 17-1=16 success to resist the fear effect. (Yeesh, she has –1 and she still succeeds). Gwyn rolled 12+2=14, failed. Gwyn is at –2 to hit, armor class, and saves]

As Gwyn slowly cracks open the door, he and T’aria see 4 men engaged in a sword fight, all with long swords, in the foyer. Three of these are all dressed in the same uniform, quite likely to be city guards, and all are attacking the fourth man, a rugged looking human warrior that both half-demons feel the anger emanating from.

The warrior must be quite skilled with his swordplay as he only has one small wound on the back of his thigh, while the 3 guards are covered in small scrapes and bruises. The warrior, who apparently has failed to see the door crack open, says to his opponents “So tell me. Which of you has frequented this place the most, hmm? “ He singles out one, “You sir, are fighting the hardest. Do you think you have the most to lose when this place, and it’s owner, falls?” He hits the guard across the face with flat of his blade.

[I’m including a map here since this will probably wind up being a big battle with lots of participants. You can tell me in OOC notes specific squares you move to, if you want, but that isn’t necessary. Alicia will take about 2 rounds to get here and put down the girls]

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

T'aria shudders, shaking off the unreasonable fear. She glances at Gwyn, motioning inside. The message is clear: You first.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

OOC: Is it possible, from 16M on the stairs, to attack downward to 15M where Ezuvial is? If so, Gwyn will move to there and hack downwards with his scimitar; if not, he'll wait until one of the guards falls and makes an opening.