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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7822820" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 239, Part One</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Battle in the Belly of the Whale</strong></p><p></p><p>As the darkness enveloped them, they became aware of a deleterious miasma. Not a gas or a poison, something more akin to the necrotic energies of the Bleak Gate or Nem. While they might be strong enough to resist it, the fey refugees and crew would not. Leon used the last drops of Panarchist oil to bathe everyone on board the <em>Pleasure</em> with regenerative energies.</p><p></p><p>Then the flying lacedons struck. The first wave, a score or more across each ship, took the occupants by surprise. Fey on the <em>Pleasure</em> and crewmen on the <em>Coaltongue</em> fell, paralysed. A couple were killed outright as the creatures swarmed out of the midnight aether.</p><p></p><p>Korrigan took to the air to see if he could tell where they were coming from, but the blackness was entire. Each of the unit picked off as many of the creatures as they could, which was a fair few on the golden legion flagship – over half the creatures were felled by Uru, Quratulain, Uriel and Rock. (“Welcome to the party!” Rock shouted as he fired.) But only Rumdoom remained on the Coaltongue (ably swinging the Stone of Not and obliterating foes instantly), though Calily and Amielle joined its defence.</p><p></p><p>Gupta invoked the Vision of the Fall on the nearest lacedon, which caused all of them to quail and falter, assaulted by radiant fire. This bought the unit and their allies a moment before a second wave of lacedon appeared.</p><p></p><p>Landing on the deck of the Coaltongue, Korrigan held the Symbol of the Sun aloft and once again, the lacedon shrank back before it. Leon tried to figure out a way to get everyone into the aura of the Wayfarer’s Lantern. He cast the incredible spell he had discovered on Padyer – Time Stop – and used it to open five portals between the two ships. The he stepped through one from the Pleasure to the Coaltongue and enjoined the fey to follow him.</p><p></p><p>Only Sly Marbo and his family followed (although that was something like thirty individuals). Rock was annoyed at this plan to seemingly abandon his ship, and gave orders for the fey to hold their ground.</p><p></p><p>There were too many lacedons. Uru had already killed six, but for every one he shot, two more appeared. He ghost-stepped down to the Coaltongue’s gundeck and used his <em>ghostly entourage</em> to fire a sudden broadside, but it didn’t do much good, swallowed by the blackness.</p><p></p><p>Uriel dominated a lacedon in an attempt to find out what was going on, but the stupid creature could provide no insights, so he gave up and had it attack one of its fellows.</p><p></p><p>Korrigan tried to guess where the mouth of the whale was, and ordered Admiral Smith to fire the brand in that direction. Smith said he was already working on it, turning the ship so that the <em>Aural Pleasure</em> was not in its sights. Korrigan told Rock to be ready to run if the brand gave them a clear exit.</p><p></p><p>Although it was draining, Leon cast Time Stop, again! This time he used it to get eyes on the situation, to figure out where the lacedon were coming from and where Jenny Greenteeth and Weary Enid might be lurking. He teleported out into the murky blackness. His first jump landed him in the midst of dozens of lacedon that appeared to be emerging – literally crawling – out of thin air. Here was an arm, reaching out of nothingness; here a leering face; over there the head, arms and torso of another – all frozen in place by the Time Stop spell. Leon used another teleport spell to explore further, but this one only took him a few feet. Something was amiss! He tried again and this time, he travelled such a huge distance that it took him a moment to reorient himself. There was the battle in the far distance, frozen. But even when the Time Stop spell ended, the scene remained still, as if time were moving much faster for Leon now he was far out into the dark.</p><p></p><p>Though a minute or so had passed for Leon, his findings were relayed immediately to the others, almost as soon as he left the ship. Quratulain stopped fighting – except to defend herself – and began to study their surroundings, focusing her incredible intellect in search of answers. Around her, the battle turned against them: Gupta fell, paralysed (though she fell out of sight of the ghouls, and was not killed); Korrigan realised he was their primary target as a dozen or more of them swarmed him in an attempt to get to Kai.</p><p></p><p>Slowly, slowly, the <em>Coaltongue</em> banked. When its prow was clear of the Pleasure, Smith fired the Brand. It did nothing! Swallowed by the blackness, just like the broadside. This was no good at all. They were trapped; the lacedons just kept on coming.</p><p></p><p>Quratulain finished her calculations: time and space were being stretched by magic; they needed to enter the miasma and find their way to the centre of it somehow. It might feel like they were abandoning their allies, but only moments would pass on the ship in the time that they were gone.</p><p></p><p>“Whatever you do, you need to do it fast!” cried Smith, alerting them to the fact that the command deck itself was under heavy assault.</p><p></p><p>Korrigan was fending off too many undead; he couldn’t lead the charge. Suddenly, a path was cleared for him. Ayesha’s children, the young gith, had come to defend their youngest ‘brother’, Kai. Korrigan yelled his thanks, and gave orders for the unit to follow, as Leon opened a dimension door between himself and the ship.</p><p></p><p>Leaving the <em>Coaltongue</em> and the <em>Pleasure</em> to fend for themselves, the unit plunged into the miasma.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7822820, member: 79141"] [B]Session 239, Part One Battle in the Belly of the Whale[/B] As the darkness enveloped them, they became aware of a deleterious miasma. Not a gas or a poison, something more akin to the necrotic energies of the Bleak Gate or Nem. While they might be strong enough to resist it, the fey refugees and crew would not. Leon used the last drops of Panarchist oil to bathe everyone on board the [I]Pleasure[/I] with regenerative energies. Then the flying lacedons struck. The first wave, a score or more across each ship, took the occupants by surprise. Fey on the [I]Pleasure[/I] and crewmen on the [I]Coaltongue[/I] fell, paralysed. A couple were killed outright as the creatures swarmed out of the midnight aether. Korrigan took to the air to see if he could tell where they were coming from, but the blackness was entire. Each of the unit picked off as many of the creatures as they could, which was a fair few on the golden legion flagship – over half the creatures were felled by Uru, Quratulain, Uriel and Rock. (“Welcome to the party!” Rock shouted as he fired.) But only Rumdoom remained on the Coaltongue (ably swinging the Stone of Not and obliterating foes instantly), though Calily and Amielle joined its defence. Gupta invoked the Vision of the Fall on the nearest lacedon, which caused all of them to quail and falter, assaulted by radiant fire. This bought the unit and their allies a moment before a second wave of lacedon appeared. Landing on the deck of the Coaltongue, Korrigan held the Symbol of the Sun aloft and once again, the lacedon shrank back before it. Leon tried to figure out a way to get everyone into the aura of the Wayfarer’s Lantern. He cast the incredible spell he had discovered on Padyer – Time Stop – and used it to open five portals between the two ships. The he stepped through one from the Pleasure to the Coaltongue and enjoined the fey to follow him. Only Sly Marbo and his family followed (although that was something like thirty individuals). Rock was annoyed at this plan to seemingly abandon his ship, and gave orders for the fey to hold their ground. There were too many lacedons. Uru had already killed six, but for every one he shot, two more appeared. He ghost-stepped down to the Coaltongue’s gundeck and used his [I]ghostly entourage[/I] to fire a sudden broadside, but it didn’t do much good, swallowed by the blackness. Uriel dominated a lacedon in an attempt to find out what was going on, but the stupid creature could provide no insights, so he gave up and had it attack one of its fellows. Korrigan tried to guess where the mouth of the whale was, and ordered Admiral Smith to fire the brand in that direction. Smith said he was already working on it, turning the ship so that the [I]Aural Pleasure[/I] was not in its sights. Korrigan told Rock to be ready to run if the brand gave them a clear exit. Although it was draining, Leon cast Time Stop, again! This time he used it to get eyes on the situation, to figure out where the lacedon were coming from and where Jenny Greenteeth and Weary Enid might be lurking. He teleported out into the murky blackness. His first jump landed him in the midst of dozens of lacedon that appeared to be emerging – literally crawling – out of thin air. Here was an arm, reaching out of nothingness; here a leering face; over there the head, arms and torso of another – all frozen in place by the Time Stop spell. Leon used another teleport spell to explore further, but this one only took him a few feet. Something was amiss! He tried again and this time, he travelled such a huge distance that it took him a moment to reorient himself. There was the battle in the far distance, frozen. But even when the Time Stop spell ended, the scene remained still, as if time were moving much faster for Leon now he was far out into the dark. Though a minute or so had passed for Leon, his findings were relayed immediately to the others, almost as soon as he left the ship. Quratulain stopped fighting – except to defend herself – and began to study their surroundings, focusing her incredible intellect in search of answers. Around her, the battle turned against them: Gupta fell, paralysed (though she fell out of sight of the ghouls, and was not killed); Korrigan realised he was their primary target as a dozen or more of them swarmed him in an attempt to get to Kai. Slowly, slowly, the [I]Coaltongue[/I] banked. When its prow was clear of the Pleasure, Smith fired the Brand. It did nothing! Swallowed by the blackness, just like the broadside. This was no good at all. They were trapped; the lacedons just kept on coming. Quratulain finished her calculations: time and space were being stretched by magic; they needed to enter the miasma and find their way to the centre of it somehow. It might feel like they were abandoning their allies, but only moments would pass on the ship in the time that they were gone. “Whatever you do, you need to do it fast!” cried Smith, alerting them to the fact that the command deck itself was under heavy assault. Korrigan was fending off too many undead; he couldn’t lead the charge. Suddenly, a path was cleared for him. Ayesha’s children, the young gith, had come to defend their youngest ‘brother’, Kai. Korrigan yelled his thanks, and gave orders for the unit to follow, as Leon opened a dimension door between himself and the ship. Leaving the [I]Coaltongue[/I] and the [I]Pleasure[/I] to fend for themselves, the unit plunged into the miasma. [/QUOTE]
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