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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wraithdrit" data-source="post: 912901" data-attributes="member: 10820">"No!" yelled Will, taking a half step forward. His brain raced through the various spells he might use to save the fallen dwarf, but he could not come up with anything in the few seconds it took for the elemental to slosh its way along the stoney bridge toward where Will and Amador were at. Durgaden bobbed to the surface, kicking and struggling against the weight of his gear. He was not able to swim anywhere, but at least he was tredding water fairly well.As the elemental closed Will finished the first damaging spell he could think of that would hurt this thing. A bolt of lightning shot from his extended hands, ripping through the elemental. It howled in pain and slammed one hand into Will, causing the mage to stumble. Amador began to cast but a tentacle of water shot forth from the elemental and slammed into the cleric. The thing had a larger reach than they thought.  Tanerus loaded his crossbow and took aim. The bolt flew true but seemed to pass harmlessly through the water.Durgaden found a piece or two of the bridge and grabbed hold, using it to help him stay afloat.Will backpeddled away from the beast, and nearly stumbled back into the lake when he reached the edge. His foot skidded to halt, knocking a few rocks off into the water far below. The mage flailed his arms a bit, gaining his balance. He could not outrun this thing, but maybe he did not have to. Crouching a bit, the mage threw out another quick spell. Black tentacles sprouted from the water all around the elemental. Enraged the elemental swept its massive fists through the tentacles. With one sweep it cleared half a dozen tentacles out of its way. With its second it came from the other direction. It cleared the rest of the tentacles from its path and still had the reach and momentum to slam its fist into first Amador and then Will. Amador crumbled under the strength of the blow, his knees already weakened from his first hit moments ago. Will collapsed forward to his knees, coughing blood, his ears ringing from the force of the blow he had just received.The elemental was not done wreaking havoc. It moved lightning fast. Its third and final sweep of a massive fist sent Will sprawling to the side. He landed in a crumbled heap, one arm hanging off the bridge.Tanerus watched in horror as his companions crumbled to the ground. Durgaden was in the water and Will and Amador were both down on the other side of the gap that the wooden bridge once spanned. He lowered himself and pulled the hood of his magic cloak up, dissappearing from sight.The elemental swam toward Durgaden and lowered into the water, forming a swirling vortex that rocked Durgaden loose of the debris he held onto. As the waves crashed into the dwarf he spun and gripped his magic hammer tight. If he was gonna go down, it would be fighting.Tanerus saw his chance, now that the elemental was distracted. He ran full speed at the gap and lept easily over it. He landed in a roll and came up running a potion in each hand. He arrived at Will first, popping the cork and pouring the potion down the mages throat. Will's eyes snapped open and he coughed then began swallowing. Tanerus grabbed his hand and put it around the poition and whispered quickly, "Drink it all." He raced over to Amador, skidding to a halt on his knees, the cork already popped from the potion. He lifted the elves head and gasped softly at the feeling. He was lifeless, his eyes were closed and Tanerus could not feel any sort of beating of the elves heart. "Oh gods no... not now... not after all this..." He poured the potion down the elves throat, hoping that maybe just maybe he was in time.Amador's body spasmed and he began drinking of the lifegiving liquid. Tanerus beamed, "You're not dead! Now get up and do something, Durgaden'll die if we don't help."Will was already on his feet. "See how it likes to tangle with this..." He pointed at the water near the elemental. A bright flash of light was seen and when it dimmed it was replaced by a glowing Orca! The celestial whale turned on the elemental, lashing out and biting it hard. The vortex dissappated and the elemental took its humanoid form again. It lept at the Orca and the two mighty sea creatures battled for dominance. Tanerus jogged up to Will just as Will pulled out a wand. He tossed it to Tanerus and grinned, "Just point it and say Analthia." As the halfling levelled the wand at the elemental, Will cast his own spell. Orb after glowing orb slammed into the elemental. It ignored the attacks though and slammed both fists into the Orca one last time. Amador slipped up to beside Tanerus and Will and watched, there was little he could do to the elemental. He laid one healing hand upon Will's shoulder. The elf's words were strong, had already healed himself a good bit.Durgaden continued to kick his feet trying to stay afloat as much as possible, but it was a losing cause in the frothing water of the battle. His hammer slammed into the elemental again and again. He saw the elemental's blows finally destroy the celestial whale, sending it back to its own plane. The elemental spun on Durgaden, howling out its anger and frustration. From the bridge Will cast another magic missile spell, "I'm running low... this thing is taking huge amounts of energy..." His orbs plowed through more of the elemental as it raised both meaty fists.Durgaden stopped swinging, he looked up and could see the elemental's fists lowering toward him. His face set in grim determination and he pulled his hammer back for a final blow. But fighting in water was hard, and he could tell his blows would fall too late. The elemental fists streaked toward him. He decided he would not close his eyes, no... he would watch death come.Inches from the dwarf the fists were intercepted by glowing orbs streaking from Tanerus' wand. They exploded through one fist, through its torso and through its head. With an unearthly howl the elemental exploded into a shower of pure natural water. Durgaden yelled out in surprise and happiness. He was still alive. Somehow he was still alive. Will grinned at Tanerus and nodded. "Nice shot."Tanerus grinned and tucked the wand away in his belt, "Thanks. Got any more extras?" Will chuckled and shook his head.Amador called down to Durgaden. "Hold on, Durgaden... we'll get you out of there." He fished out his rope and tossed one end down. As Durgaden grabbed the end of the rope and began to hoist himself up he chuckled and muttered to himself, "It was time for me bath anyways..."</blockquote>

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