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[ZEITGEIST] The Continuing Adventures of Korrigan & Co.
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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7632900" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 232, Part One - “Kill This Idiot!”</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"> <strong>“Kill This Idiot!” </strong>Captain Thrusty sneered, gesturing at Korrigan, as Admiral Taracle turned with a snarl to face Rumdoom, drawing a pair of golden axes from under his sodden robes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Before any of the pirates could react, Korrigan gave Uru the order to shoot, but Uru’s shuriken was already airborne, and bit deep into Captain Thrusty, laden with necrotic poison. Uru hoped to drop the captain and disappear back into the shadows, but before he could do so, with swashbuckling grace that belied his portly frame, Thrusty disappeared and reappeared in the rigging alongside him. It was all Uru could do to throw himself clear of Thrusty’s fiery golden rapier. Then he hid in the shadows of the grim candle as Korrigan flew in to support him (noting as he did so that there was something disarming and distracting about the fat fiend’s proximity).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> As he flew over the flotilla of pirate ships, aiming for the admiral, Rumdoom realised for the first time just how many pirates there were. From his hiding place, it didn’t seem like there were so many. But every ship swarmed with degenerate brigands, and there were many, many ships. So Rumdoom dug deep, flew lower over the decks, and unleashed the frigid power of the end times. Dozens of pirates were killed in an instant.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Calily muttered something under her breath – either a mantra to steady her nerve, or an imprecation at the unit’s audacity – then she launched herself at the deck of the nearest ship, with Quratulain heading for another. Bhalu judged the gap and was like, “No way, man.” So he chucked a couple of inaccurate daggers and began to rethink his decision to tag along. Gupta, meanwhile, gathered dangerous insights into the nature of their foes, telepathically issuing advice as to their weaknesses and fighting styles.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Now the element of surprise was all used up and the pirates responded en masse, launching themselves into the air in a spray of seawater, like a bizarre firework display. Korrigan, Rumdoom, Calily and Quratulain were beset from all sides and did their best to absorb, deflect or parry blows, each after their own fashion. Quratulain took advantage of being swarmed by dropping a grenade at her own feet, excluding herself with the <em>firesight eye</em>, handily clearing some space in an explosion of guts and limbs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Priests on the shore gave orders for the tiered pyre to be lit. The captives began wailing; although the fires would take some time to reach them, it did not look to them as though the battle would go the newcomers’ way. (Indeed, the newcomers themselves were beginning to wonder if they had bitten off more than they could chew.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Other priests throughout the fleet invoked Hunlow’s power to banish the unit from their realm. Holding up depraved holy symbols – a severed hand, a shrunken head, mummified testicles; each with a hook driven through where it would hurt the most – they rebuked these heretical interlopers. Divine energy sought to hurl them across the multiverse, but the Gyre would not allow it. It manifested as a dark mist in the form of gear-teeth that sought to chew up each target. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Some of the pirates closest to the ledge where Bhalu and Gupta were now revealed launched skulls which took on a life of their own and flew an impossible distance to explode in the brush. Then priests on these boats proved that, though lacking cannon, the ships were far from defenceless, invoking the power of combined spellcasting. Several dozen pirates roared ‘Yar!’ in unison. Their priestly captains grasped their voices, tied them together into a giant hook and threw them at Gupta and Bhalu, both of whom were already ensnared by the Gyre teeth. “I’m out of my element,” wailed a battered and bruised Bhalu. (Single - preferably oblivious - targets were his speciality. The last time he went up against an army, he ended up crucified. He had a feeling this was about to go the same way.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Determined to finish off the badly wounded Thrusty, Uru reappeared and fired again. The shot should have killed him; instead, Thrusty vanished and reappeared on the deck of the nearest ship. Inconceivable! Thrusty then responded by invoking the Blessing of the Rum Ration: “Let’s get our enemies drunk!” he proclaimed. Korrigan shrugged off this spell, but Uru suddenly felt nauseous and horribly stumbly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> With too many pirates in the air between him and Rumdoom, Admiral Taracle chose a closer foe: Korrigan. To their surprise, he too was able to fly, thrown into the air by seaspray. He came at the king with sudden ferocity, in a flurry of axes, pincer claws and tentacles, driving Korrigan back before him; Korrigan had the presence of mind to take advantage of this, moving clear of the gear-teeth and Thrusty’s baffling aura, and giving Uru the order to shoot again. Uru did as he was told, and his third shuriken killed the fat fiend. Uru duly vanished.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> A great wail went up from the hundreds of pirates and Taracle was enraged, attacking the king again. This onslaught was hard even for Korrigan to withstand, and he was caught by a poisonous pincer. The venom coursed through his veins and fought for dominance with the regenerative power of his royal rites.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> So effective had his first blast been, and so beset was the path between himself and Taracle, that Rumdoom changed tactics and landed on a nearby deck instead of closing with the admiral, there to emit another bone-chilling blast of cold. Fewer pirates fell this time: Many were protected by the divine presence of the demi-god they followed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Elsewhere, Calily and Quratulain tore themselves free of the gear-teeth – Calily to render herself invisible and fly towards the shore; Quratulian to throw another grenade.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> For all the damage they had done, they were still faced with hundreds of foes. None of the unit, save perhaps Rumdoom, remained confident of their victory after the first few moments of this engagement. Korrigan glanced aloft and wondered, “When will we see the Coaltongue?”</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7632900, member: 79141"] [b]Session 232, Part One - “Kill This Idiot!”[/b] [FONT='inherit'] [B]“Kill This Idiot!” [/B]Captain Thrusty sneered, gesturing at Korrigan, as Admiral Taracle turned with a snarl to face Rumdoom, drawing a pair of golden axes from under his sodden robes. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Before any of the pirates could react, Korrigan gave Uru the order to shoot, but Uru’s shuriken was already airborne, and bit deep into Captain Thrusty, laden with necrotic poison. Uru hoped to drop the captain and disappear back into the shadows, but before he could do so, with swashbuckling grace that belied his portly frame, Thrusty disappeared and reappeared in the rigging alongside him. It was all Uru could do to throw himself clear of Thrusty’s fiery golden rapier. Then he hid in the shadows of the grim candle as Korrigan flew in to support him (noting as he did so that there was something disarming and distracting about the fat fiend’s proximity). [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] As he flew over the flotilla of pirate ships, aiming for the admiral, Rumdoom realised for the first time just how many pirates there were. From his hiding place, it didn’t seem like there were so many. But every ship swarmed with degenerate brigands, and there were many, many ships. So Rumdoom dug deep, flew lower over the decks, and unleashed the frigid power of the end times. Dozens of pirates were killed in an instant. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Calily muttered something under her breath – either a mantra to steady her nerve, or an imprecation at the unit’s audacity – then she launched herself at the deck of the nearest ship, with Quratulain heading for another. Bhalu judged the gap and was like, “No way, man.” So he chucked a couple of inaccurate daggers and began to rethink his decision to tag along. Gupta, meanwhile, gathered dangerous insights into the nature of their foes, telepathically issuing advice as to their weaknesses and fighting styles. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Now the element of surprise was all used up and the pirates responded en masse, launching themselves into the air in a spray of seawater, like a bizarre firework display. Korrigan, Rumdoom, Calily and Quratulain were beset from all sides and did their best to absorb, deflect or parry blows, each after their own fashion. Quratulain took advantage of being swarmed by dropping a grenade at her own feet, excluding herself with the [I]firesight eye[/I], handily clearing some space in an explosion of guts and limbs. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Priests on the shore gave orders for the tiered pyre to be lit. The captives began wailing; although the fires would take some time to reach them, it did not look to them as though the battle would go the newcomers’ way. (Indeed, the newcomers themselves were beginning to wonder if they had bitten off more than they could chew.) [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Other priests throughout the fleet invoked Hunlow’s power to banish the unit from their realm. Holding up depraved holy symbols – a severed hand, a shrunken head, mummified testicles; each with a hook driven through where it would hurt the most – they rebuked these heretical interlopers. Divine energy sought to hurl them across the multiverse, but the Gyre would not allow it. It manifested as a dark mist in the form of gear-teeth that sought to chew up each target. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Some of the pirates closest to the ledge where Bhalu and Gupta were now revealed launched skulls which took on a life of their own and flew an impossible distance to explode in the brush. Then priests on these boats proved that, though lacking cannon, the ships were far from defenceless, invoking the power of combined spellcasting. Several dozen pirates roared ‘Yar!’ in unison. Their priestly captains grasped their voices, tied them together into a giant hook and threw them at Gupta and Bhalu, both of whom were already ensnared by the Gyre teeth. “I’m out of my element,” wailed a battered and bruised Bhalu. (Single - preferably oblivious - targets were his speciality. The last time he went up against an army, he ended up crucified. He had a feeling this was about to go the same way.) [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Determined to finish off the badly wounded Thrusty, Uru reappeared and fired again. The shot should have killed him; instead, Thrusty vanished and reappeared on the deck of the nearest ship. Inconceivable! Thrusty then responded by invoking the Blessing of the Rum Ration: “Let’s get our enemies drunk!” he proclaimed. Korrigan shrugged off this spell, but Uru suddenly felt nauseous and horribly stumbly. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] With too many pirates in the air between him and Rumdoom, Admiral Taracle chose a closer foe: Korrigan. To their surprise, he too was able to fly, thrown into the air by seaspray. He came at the king with sudden ferocity, in a flurry of axes, pincer claws and tentacles, driving Korrigan back before him; Korrigan had the presence of mind to take advantage of this, moving clear of the gear-teeth and Thrusty’s baffling aura, and giving Uru the order to shoot again. Uru did as he was told, and his third shuriken killed the fat fiend. Uru duly vanished. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] A great wail went up from the hundreds of pirates and Taracle was enraged, attacking the king again. This onslaught was hard even for Korrigan to withstand, and he was caught by a poisonous pincer. The venom coursed through his veins and fought for dominance with the regenerative power of his royal rites. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] So effective had his first blast been, and so beset was the path between himself and Taracle, that Rumdoom changed tactics and landed on a nearby deck instead of closing with the admiral, there to emit another bone-chilling blast of cold. Fewer pirates fell this time: Many were protected by the divine presence of the demi-god they followed. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Elsewhere, Calily and Quratulain tore themselves free of the gear-teeth – Calily to render herself invisible and fly towards the shore; Quratulian to throw another grenade. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] For all the damage they had done, they were still faced with hundreds of foes. None of the unit, save perhaps Rumdoom, remained confident of their victory after the first few moments of this engagement. Korrigan glanced aloft and wondered, “When will we see the Coaltongue?”[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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