Viridian Plague--Act 4: The Sleeping Queen

[Rystil Arden]

*Trayah's beam of divine energy shines light on the ice, but the ice doesn't respond.*

"Hmm...I'd throw a Fireball, but I'm afraid of melting the ice. underneath us too, or hurting Arylyra. Do you think you can use that...whatever you did with the petals before? Or did that last attack take too much out of you?"

(OOC: I believe he has no more turn/rebuke attempts due to the loss of 6 Charisma)

 

[unleashed]

Trayah, Lacerta Shaman

OOC: Correct. In fact he’s over his new limit by 1 use with the current Cha drop.

“No, spiritually I have nothing left. That last strike by the King of Winter took a lot out of me, more than I would have thought possible. Perhaps if we carry Rowanne down first, you could throw a fireball up here, Lyssa, if we don’t find some other less dangerous way. Though I think some healing is in order before we try that trek.”

*Trayah tries to contact Arylyra once again, before healing the wounds of the group.*

[SBLOCK=OOC]Trayah has 2 cure critical wounds (4d8+17) left, 5 cure serious wounds (3d8+15) left, 8 cure moderate wounds (2d8+13) left, and 9 cure light wounds (1d8+7) left.

Note: Doesn’t include Inspire Greatness if it’s still active (would add +2, +2, +1, +0 to damage healed respectively if it’s still working). So heal away. [/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: It is still active or else I believe he would have died, actually)

*Arylyra seems just out of reach, so Trayah tries to heal everyone.*

(OOC: Trayah recovers 42 HP and 42 nonlethal

Lyssa recovers 6 HP and is at full

Whinoah recovers all her nonlethal)

"Perhaps...the ice seems lesser now, but I think it isn't natural. I tried a minor magical flame on the ice surrounding her and it didn't seem to react. It's like this ice is not merely ice but also a manifestation of the spirit energy of the dragon we defeated...Dragons, why are all the big dangerous evil things always dragons? It is like that on my homeworld as well..."

 

[unleashed]

Trayah, Lacerta Shaman

OOC: Actually Trayah didn’t have any of the IG hp left, I accidentally removed actual hp instead of the temporary hp when he got hit earlier after the IG took effect.

“I would say you’re right about that, considering I tried a spell which damages inanimate objects and it had no effect whatsoever. Well, if a fireball won’t work, we’ll either need to wait for Arylyra to free herself, which I’m not sure is possible considering her weakened state, or I’ll need to rest and recover my energies.”

*Trayah pauses for a moment before continuing.*

“Hrrrmm, I wonder. I’m not conversant on these things, but perhaps we simply need to leave this pocket plane to free Arylyra. Could our presence be holding it open? Do you think it might close and eject Arylyra if we leave?”

 

[Rystil Arden]

"It may just be that the ice was so massive that you didn't notice the effect, or it just made it melt faster?"

"As to leaving, I'm not sure that makes any sense, but I suppose we could try if you like."

 

[unleashed]

Trayah, Lacerta Shaman

“If that was the case you’d think I would have seen the beam do something to the ice holding Arylyra, even if it was only an indication the two reacted... though perhaps Arylyra drew the power into herself.”

*Trayah takes a look at Arylyra to see if she seems any stronger after his searing light spell.*

“As to leaving, well I have no idea myself, as I know nothing of the planes or such. I just wondered if it might be a possibility...”

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Arylyra looks about the same. The ice seems a bit smaller and meltier overall, thought just a bit--it is incredibly massive.*

"I've never heard of a plane working like that, but...want me to try a bigger Fireball?"

 

[Erekose13]

cursed, diseased, afflicted, frozen... dead... Obscurity/Rowanne has passed beyond.

 

[unleashed]

Trayah, Lacerta Shaman

“Yes, we might as well try that, considering the immense amount of ice surrounding her.”

 

[Rystil Arden]

*The group heads down to a safer vantage point and Lyssa tosses a roiling Fireball at the huge hunk of ice. The ice seems to absorb it as if unaffected, but then it begins to melt noticably at a faster rate, becoming significantly smaller. Heartened, Lyssa throws another Fireball...and another...and another and the colossal icy prison becomes thinner and smaller until it barely surrounds Arylyra in a thin icy shell...and then...*

*Tiny cracks begin to appear in the ice, and the fractures grow larger and spread across the block of ice until suddenly, the icy prison shatters. Arylyra shakes her hair of the shards of ice that clump it all together and then gazes for a single horrified moment at her missing hand, then she lets out a weak groan and collapses, imploding in a cloud of sparkling dust that drifts to the quiet ice.*

*The portal whorls with icy energy, and a pack of the cold spirits from before enter one by one, drifting around the room in a low ring, like vultures circling a kill.*