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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7460182" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 60, Part Three - Festoon & Mehmood</strong></p><p></p><p>As they went, the power of Rumdoom’s <em>frost giant plate </em>subsided and he resumed normal size. But even then he was easily powerful enough to crash through the door into the conference room beyond.</p><p></p><p>Members of the unit had been into this room on several previous occasions. It had always been spacious and splendid, with a large window overlooking the city where Stanfield’s desk used to be. The room had been entirely changed and shifted around to accommodate some sort of ritual: another sorcerer Stanfield busied himself at one of four control panels that converged on a central gurney. There lay Stover Delft, wracked by spasms of pain, a beam of bright energy extending up from him through the ceiling.</p><p></p><p>They only had a moment to take this in before the sorcerer incarnation barked an order at “Festoon!” and “Mehmood!” From an alcove stepped the man in the stove-pipe hat with his colourful, diminutive accomplice flitting around his head.</p><p></p><p>These two had been there when Stanfield and Nicodemus abducted Andrei! They were the ones who had kidnapped Isobel! Spurred to anger Andrei sprinted across the chamber and launched himself at the sprite, remembering how dangerous she could be. So athletic was he that covered the distance before her wings could unfurl, and struck her a blow that sent her spinning. But she recovered, righted herself, and spread her wings…</p><p></p><p>Rumdoom and Andrei were instantly rapt, helpless. Korrigan, however, had seen all this before, and he resisted Festoon’s mesmeric effect with the same grit and determination he had displayed last time. While Andrei was pinned, knowing how dangerous he was, the sorcerer incarnation hurled magical orb at him. It struck home with full force and burned into Andrei’s face. His regeneration ceased to function and his flesh peeled away. “It may interest you to know,” said the incarnation, “that this marvellous ‘Alakhest’ invention of Heward Sechim’s was used to etch the necessary sigils in the otherwise impenetrable skin of the colossus”. This fascinating side-note was wasted on Andrei.</p><p> </p><p>Mehmood drew his pistols and emptied them into Rumdoom, who was badly injured despite his magical armour.</p><p></p><p>Gale and Quratulain were still outside. Gale also had an axe to grind with these two foes: Isobel had been abducted while in her care. She summoned the fog of the Cloudwood in the central portion of the chamber beyond and completely obscured the sprite. This wasn’t enough to end the hypnosis, but it made resisting it easier.</p><p></p><p>The swordsmen, who had been poised on either side of the door, sprang out to attack Korrigan. Quratulain killed them both instead.</p><p></p><p>Korrigan used the power of his crown to help Rumdoom shrug off Festoon’s influence. At once, Rumdoom drew an advanced grenade and, concerned for Delft, gently rolled it like a boule to explode at the edge of Gale’s cloud. Gale summoned a vortex there too. Neither attack produced any noise or an indication that it had hit home. Quratulain also fired uselessly into the cloud where Festoon had been.</p><p></p><p>Andrei shrugged off Festoon’s magic and stumbled, in agony, back towards the door. Quratulain handed him her dragonbane sword to ease the effects of the alkahest. The terrible stinging stopped, but as he slumped against a wall outside Andrei could see that his flesh had not renewed.</p><p></p><p>Rumdoom invoked his eschatological fervour to tell the story of their defeat of these enemies, and make it so. They would <em>not </em>fall victim to Festoon’s glamour again!</p><p></p><p>Korrigan channelled the positive energy to heal all those around him, and not a moment too soon: Mehmood took a step out of the cloud. He was holding just one pistol, and a pocket watch in the other hand. He clicked it and time stopped for everyone but him. Then he fired two shots at everyone he could see. His bullets struck home when time resumed, wearing down their defences.</p><p></p><p>Sensing they were on the ropes, the injured Festoon flew forward to finish them off. Confident he had this without her help, Mehmood cried, “Festoon, no! Stay back!” But it was too late. She unfurled her wings once again but, bolstered by Rumdoom’s pronouncement, none of her foes fell victim. Gale then summoned another vortex right next to her, and hurled her against wall. She struck it with full force and then fell to the ground, inert. Distraught, heedless of his own safety, Mehmood crouched beside her and confirmed that she was very much dead.</p><p></p><p>“I’m going to wear her as a pendant,” said Quratulain. Enraged, Mehmood stood up, both pistols in his hands. Korrigan ordered Quratulain to ‘finish him’ and she did so before he could fire.</p><p></p><p>Gale dismissed her fog cloud to reveal the desperate sorcerer. This was her final act before she succumbed to sudden, inexplicable vertigo and struggled to remain on her feet.</p><p></p><p>The sorcerer had a hand poised over Delft’s head. He warned them not to come any closer. Rumdoom called his bluff and tried to use the Icon of Avilona to spring over the ritual contraptions and take the sorcerer out, but he could not. Instead, he crashed into the first table and caused Delft to cry out in agony.</p><p></p><p>The sorcerer turned. “Very well,” he said, “since you cannot be otherwise persuaded…” and he began to gather mysterious, arcane energies about him. Not wanting to wait and find out what would happen if she left him to his own devices, Quratulain killed her sixth incarnation with a rifle shot to the head.</p><p></p><p>Only then did Gale realise that it might have been a good idea to leave someone alive if they wanted to find out what had happened to Isobel. …</p><p></p><p><strong>End of Session</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7460182, member: 79141"] [b]Session 60, Part Three - Festoon & Mehmood[/b] As they went, the power of Rumdoom’s [I]frost giant plate [/I]subsided and he resumed normal size. But even then he was easily powerful enough to crash through the door into the conference room beyond. Members of the unit had been into this room on several previous occasions. It had always been spacious and splendid, with a large window overlooking the city where Stanfield’s desk used to be. The room had been entirely changed and shifted around to accommodate some sort of ritual: another sorcerer Stanfield busied himself at one of four control panels that converged on a central gurney. There lay Stover Delft, wracked by spasms of pain, a beam of bright energy extending up from him through the ceiling. They only had a moment to take this in before the sorcerer incarnation barked an order at “Festoon!” and “Mehmood!” From an alcove stepped the man in the stove-pipe hat with his colourful, diminutive accomplice flitting around his head. These two had been there when Stanfield and Nicodemus abducted Andrei! They were the ones who had kidnapped Isobel! Spurred to anger Andrei sprinted across the chamber and launched himself at the sprite, remembering how dangerous she could be. So athletic was he that covered the distance before her wings could unfurl, and struck her a blow that sent her spinning. But she recovered, righted herself, and spread her wings… Rumdoom and Andrei were instantly rapt, helpless. Korrigan, however, had seen all this before, and he resisted Festoon’s mesmeric effect with the same grit and determination he had displayed last time. While Andrei was pinned, knowing how dangerous he was, the sorcerer incarnation hurled magical orb at him. It struck home with full force and burned into Andrei’s face. His regeneration ceased to function and his flesh peeled away. “It may interest you to know,” said the incarnation, “that this marvellous ‘Alakhest’ invention of Heward Sechim’s was used to etch the necessary sigils in the otherwise impenetrable skin of the colossus”. This fascinating side-note was wasted on Andrei. Mehmood drew his pistols and emptied them into Rumdoom, who was badly injured despite his magical armour. Gale and Quratulain were still outside. Gale also had an axe to grind with these two foes: Isobel had been abducted while in her care. She summoned the fog of the Cloudwood in the central portion of the chamber beyond and completely obscured the sprite. This wasn’t enough to end the hypnosis, but it made resisting it easier. The swordsmen, who had been poised on either side of the door, sprang out to attack Korrigan. Quratulain killed them both instead. Korrigan used the power of his crown to help Rumdoom shrug off Festoon’s influence. At once, Rumdoom drew an advanced grenade and, concerned for Delft, gently rolled it like a boule to explode at the edge of Gale’s cloud. Gale summoned a vortex there too. Neither attack produced any noise or an indication that it had hit home. Quratulain also fired uselessly into the cloud where Festoon had been. Andrei shrugged off Festoon’s magic and stumbled, in agony, back towards the door. Quratulain handed him her dragonbane sword to ease the effects of the alkahest. The terrible stinging stopped, but as he slumped against a wall outside Andrei could see that his flesh had not renewed. Rumdoom invoked his eschatological fervour to tell the story of their defeat of these enemies, and make it so. They would [I]not [/I]fall victim to Festoon’s glamour again! Korrigan channelled the positive energy to heal all those around him, and not a moment too soon: Mehmood took a step out of the cloud. He was holding just one pistol, and a pocket watch in the other hand. He clicked it and time stopped for everyone but him. Then he fired two shots at everyone he could see. His bullets struck home when time resumed, wearing down their defences. Sensing they were on the ropes, the injured Festoon flew forward to finish them off. Confident he had this without her help, Mehmood cried, “Festoon, no! Stay back!” But it was too late. She unfurled her wings once again but, bolstered by Rumdoom’s pronouncement, none of her foes fell victim. Gale then summoned another vortex right next to her, and hurled her against wall. She struck it with full force and then fell to the ground, inert. Distraught, heedless of his own safety, Mehmood crouched beside her and confirmed that she was very much dead. “I’m going to wear her as a pendant,” said Quratulain. Enraged, Mehmood stood up, both pistols in his hands. Korrigan ordered Quratulain to ‘finish him’ and she did so before he could fire. Gale dismissed her fog cloud to reveal the desperate sorcerer. This was her final act before she succumbed to sudden, inexplicable vertigo and struggled to remain on her feet. The sorcerer had a hand poised over Delft’s head. He warned them not to come any closer. Rumdoom called his bluff and tried to use the Icon of Avilona to spring over the ritual contraptions and take the sorcerer out, but he could not. Instead, he crashed into the first table and caused Delft to cry out in agony. The sorcerer turned. “Very well,” he said, “since you cannot be otherwise persuaded…” and he began to gather mysterious, arcane energies about him. Not wanting to wait and find out what would happen if she left him to his own devices, Quratulain killed her sixth incarnation with a rifle shot to the head. Only then did Gale realise that it might have been a good idea to leave someone alive if they wanted to find out what had happened to Isobel. … [B]End of Session[/B] [/QUOTE]
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