71: He's like some non-giving up barbarian-guy!

[Ebiris]

[12:12] <@Ebiris> After taking the tower, the night that passes is a cold one for Liamae and Rudy keeping watch while Lucie and Henrietta rest their weary bones underneath cosy fur blankets on soft but somewhat scratchy straw mattresses. The stars are out brightly, which at least allows some range of view for all that Liamae seems more interested in the skies than the pass, occassionally lamenting that she can't see the meteorite without her telescope. But otherwise the night passes without notice, a change of shift called for as dawn's rays creep above the horizon unseen to the East yet casting long shadows over the pass below...
[12:15] <@Rudy> Waiting and watching is terribly tedious, and Rudy is already wondering if they shouldn't have just gone looking for trouble instead of waiting for it. But, a plan is a plan, and at least now he gets to nap for a while. "The dirt is really interesting. I've never seen so much, for so long," he adds, as he curls up in a bedroll.
[12:16] <@Ebiris> The muzzled captives make some fuss as they're brought up to the third floor, but whatever they have to say can't be made out.
[12:17] <@Lucie> "Try that again? Speak up this time, can't hear you," Lucie says apathetically as she occupies a chair near the window.
[12:17] <@Ebiris> In the face of such concern whatever protests they had become disconsolately muted.
[12:19] <@Henrietta> Shaking her head, Henrietta decides to approach their captives and loosen their gags briefly.
[12:20] * @Lucie settles in to the notably more important business of keeping watch!
[12:22] <@Ebiris> "Ah, thank you!" Will gasps, slurping up all the drool that's accumulated in his gagged mouth while Bertrand just sucks in great breaths of air, his face pallid. "Please, even if we're captives at least grant us some human decency! We need to relieve ourselves and I expect you wouldn't enjoy it any more than we if it happened right here! Some water wouldn't go amiss, either."
[12:23] <@Lucie> "Guess it wouldn't be nice for any of us if the place started smelling of shit," Lucie admits grudgingly.
[12:24] <@Henrietta> "Water, water...." Henrietta fishes in her backpack, before retrieving her supplies. "Here you go," she continues, offering it first to Will and then Bertrand. "It is the first time I actually have to guard prisoners, you see. There is a very fine line between ensuring they don't betray us and sign their own death warrant in the process and keeping them comfortable, I have so far found."
[12:27] <@Ebiris> Will takes a few modest sips, while Bertrand guzzles down several mouthfuls with greedy abandon, earning a disparaging head shake from his fellow prisoner. "Do you *want* to spend your imprisonment with a full bladder?" he asks in disbelief before turning his attention to Henrietta, "Regardless of all that, humans have biological needs that must be met."
[12:28] <@Lucie> "Fine, fine," Lucie grumbles. To Henri: "One at a time, right? And someone should be watching him to make sure he doesn't try anything funny. Someone who's not me."
[12:28] <@Henrietta> "Oh, certainly," she agrees to that, helping Will to his feet. "I can take you first, and then return for Bertrand. But please don't try anything that will force me to hurt either of you!"
[12:29] <@Lucie> "And she's good at that," Lucie warns as she goes back to watching the outside world.
[12:31] <@Ebiris> "There's a latrine under the stairs on the ground floor. You'll have to either loosen my bonds so I can attend to myself, or help me yourself," Will explains with ill grace, looking away from Henrietta.
[12:35] <@Henrietta> "Oh, that is quite alright. I am certain that Myra will be more than willing to lend a hand," Henrietta says brightly, heading over to collect the friendly abomination before she takes Will downstairs.
[12:36] <@Rudy> "Oh, geez, don't inflict that on him," replies Rudy, propping himself up and peering at Henri with distaste. "Her hands are covered in acid, I mean... that's just not right. He can pull down his own damn pants."
[12:37] <@Henrietta> "They are?"
[12:37] <@Ebiris> Both prisoners shrink in on themselves at hearing that.
[12:37] <@Lucie> Lucie, over by the window, has a good laugh at everyone's expense.
[12:39] <@Rudy> "Yeah, look at them!" Indeed, Myra's claws are covered in a greenish slime that sizzles when it comes into contact with the floor or the wall. "Just wait outside it until they come out, right, Myra? It's not like they're gonna try escaping through the drainage. If there is in fact drainage here."
[12:40] <@Ebiris> "Just a pit full of shit," Bertrand confirms queasily.
[12:40] <@Henrietta> "Ah, is that so? Then this is settled!"
[12:42] <@Ebiris> Thankfully nothing goes amiss, Will going first and returning a bit paler in the face, while Bertrand follows and returns a few moments later with a fresh adornment of vomit over his tunic, swaying unsteadily. "It smells like death down there..." he moans weakly.
[12:42] <@Lucie> "Well, you fill a room with dead animals, you're gonna get some of that," Lucie observes.
[12:44] * @Henrietta takes a bit more of her time to use Prestidigitation to clean up Bertrand's tunic, trusting in Lucie to spot any arriving enemies in her stead.
[12:44] <@Rudy> "Let's give 'em some food as well," says Rudy, glancing back and forth between the prisoners. "Plenty of stores here, so no need to be paltry about it."
[12:45] <@Ebiris> Thus the morning passes, giving way to afternoon. It passes peacefully, Rudy and Liamae eventually rousing themselves yet remaining relaxed to prepare for their own shift later...
[12:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri/Lucie, who's covering which approach?
[12:45] <@Henrietta> OOC: I'll cover the back, Lucie the front
[12:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: that translates to what on the north/south axis?
[12:47] <@Henrietta> OOC: I'm south, she's north
[12:48] <@Ebiris> OOC: roll perception, Henri
[12:48] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+2
[12:48] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+2 and gets 16." [1d20=14]
[12:51] <@Ebiris> Lazily looking down into the pass leading back to Lessmus, Henrietta could almost swear she blinked one moment and suddenly they were there, though it could simply have been inattention. Regardless, she can see down below a group heading her way! They're about three hundred feet away, looks like four humans - although one noticably towers over the others - and two great black cats with bloody red muzzles ranging a bit ahead.
[12:52] <@Henrietta> "Oh, look!" Henrietta alerts the others. "They are back, it seems, and both cats appear to be fine as well."
[12:52] <@Henrietta> There is little time to waste, and so she casts her spells in preparation!
[12:52] <@Ebiris> "Oh, let me see!" Liamae yelps, leaping out of her chair by the fireplace and rushing up the stairs!
[12:53] <@Lucie> "Great," Lucie says, standing up, stretching and activating her own arcane protections. "Times like this I wish we had a few archers of our own."
[12:54] <@Henrietta> "They can be shot," Henrietta asserts, ready to do that if they have to.
[12:54] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+6
[12:54] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+6 and gets 10." [1d10=4]
[12:54] <@Rudy> Rudy looks forlornly at his crossbow before advancing to join the others. "What's the plan? I figure, we let them get in close, then you guys start sniping them from up here while Lucie and I go down to fight from the ground?"
[12:54] <@Ebiris> "They're pretty close," Liamae observes, ducking her head under Henrietta's chest to peek through the slit. "I could fireball them."
[12:55] <@Lucie> "If that's the way we want to play it, I could freeze or zap someone if we wait 'til they're up at the door."
[12:55] <@Henrietta> "I want to wait until they--" Henrietta coughs. "Until they either pause or decide to call out to the inhabitants. Then I will follow up by tripping one after the other?"
[12:56] <@Ebiris> "Okay, no fireball," Liamae deflates. "Lets go down to the door to meet them, then?" she squeezes her head back out and straightens up, smoothing down her slightly mussed hair.
[12:57] <@Lucie> "No, I like that fireball plan," Lucie agrees.
[12:57] <@Rudy> "Eh? Nah, you guys should stay up here and hit them with stuff," replies Rudy. "We'll let them come in close, then I'll send Myra out to fight them and you guys start shooting them."
[12:58] <@Henrietta> "Yes, the fireball plan is a great plan!" Henrietta agrees. "I only want to wait until they are much closer, first."
[12:59] <@Ebiris> "Okay," Liamae returns to her previous position bunched up with Henrietta at the too-narrow slit, resting her hands on the bottom of it. "Give the word and I'll light them up!"
[12:59] <@Rudy> "Well, when I hear it, I'll send Myra out to fuck them out," decides Rudy, before moving to head downstairs along with his friendly monster. He mutters a couple spells to shield them both from harm as well.
[13:00] <@Ebiris> Downstairs Rudy goes, the double doors at the entrance facing him and the stench of blood and carrion greeting him! Up above the group continues to get closer, Liamae squirming against Henrietta as little puffs of flame light from her fingertips in readiness to invoke her mighty magic!
[13:02] <@Rudy> Myra stands at the door, shivering with anticipation whilst Rudy shivers with disgust just a few meters away.
[13:02] * @Lucie heads downstairs to wait with Rudy and his loyal abomination.
[13:03] * @Henrietta settles for waiting until their enemies are within eighty feet. Then, it would be a simple matter to coordinate her own attack with Liamae's!
[13:04] <@Ebiris> Seconds tick by as the group gets ever closer... two hundred feet... one fifty... one hundred! Straightening up just a bit to see better from underneath Henrietta, Liamae hisses out something in an arcane tongue before a ball of surging flame leaps from her outstretched palms and rockets down to impact the ground between the cats and the humans!
[13:04] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6
[13:04] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 6d6 and gets 21." [6d6=1, 6, 3, 5, 1, 5]
[13:04] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+7 cats
[13:04] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+7 cats and gets 36." [2#1d20+7 = 21, 15]
[13:04] * @Henrietta follows up with an acid arrow at the human leader!
[13:05] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+6 ranged touch
[13:05] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+6 ranged touch and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[13:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6
[13:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[13:05] <@Henrietta> roll 2d4 acid
[13:05] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d4 acid and gets 6." [2d4=2, 4]
[13:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7
[13:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[13:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4
[13:06] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 and gets 21." [1d20=17]
[13:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+3
[13:06] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+3 and gets 21." [1d20=18]
[13:06] <@Lucie> On cue, Lucie opens up the tower door to let Myra fly free!
[13:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: who are you designating the leader, Henri?
[13:07] <@Henrietta> OOC: Sorry, I went for the human literally in the lead
[13:08] <@Ebiris> Fire and acid burns the group, setting them in momentary disarray before they immediately rally even as Lucie opens the doors to let Myra out!
[13:08] <@Ebiris> OOC: init
[13:08] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+3
[13:08] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+3 and gets 20." [1d20=17]
[13:08] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+8
[13:08] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[13:08] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6 myra
[13:08] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 myra and gets 10." [1d20=4]
[13:08] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 Liamae
[13:08] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 Liamae and gets 3." [1d20=1]
[13:08] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 rudy
[13:08] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 rudy and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[13:09] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+6 cats
[13:09] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+6 cats and gets 32." [2#1d20+6 = 22, 10]
[13:09] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 Terlonius
[13:09] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 Terlonius and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[13:09] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20 Hortia
[13:09] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20 Hortia and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[13:09] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7 Stanford
[13:09] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 Stanford and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[13:09] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 Kezwick
[13:09] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 Kezwick and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[13:11] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Rudy > Stanford > Cat 1 > Terlonius > Henrietta > Cat 2 > Myra > Kezwick > Liamae > Hortia'
[13:11] <@Ebiris> OOC: Open, Lucie
[13:12] * @Lucie immediately focuses on the hulking enemy leader and emits a beam of light from her palm in his direction.
[13:12] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+8 ranged touch
[13:12] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+8 ranged touch and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[13:12] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[13:12] <@Lucie> roll 3d8 searing light!
[13:12] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 3d8 searing light! and gets 11." [3d8=3, 7, 1]
[13:13] <@Ebiris> The light smacks him square in his armoured chest, causing him to stumble backwards!
[13:13] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[13:14] <@Rudy> Rudy is next, and points an accusatory finger at the group of humans! The ground swells beneath them, threatening to send them tumbling down into a pit-like spatial warp!
[13:14] <@Ebiris> OOC: does this invoke a save or anything?
[13:14] <@Rudy> OOC: reflex DC 18 to not fall in if you're within a 10-ft square, +2 to the save if you're standing at the edge
[13:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6
[13:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[13:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7
[13:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[13:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4
[13:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 and gets 15." [1d20=11]
[13:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+3
[13:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+3 and gets 5." [1d20=2]
[13:15] <@Rudy> OOC: 3d6 falling damage ensues
[13:16] <@Ebiris> The giant figure leaps aside with quick reflexes in defiance of his hulking frame just as the hole starts to form, but the other three are less lucky, plummeting downwards unceremoniously!
[13:16] <@Ebiris> roll 3d6
[13:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d6 and gets 17." [3d6=5, 6, 6]
[13:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+19
[13:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[13:19] <@Ebiris> Whatever happens within the pit is unseen, but whatever it did it made those not in the hole suddenly a whole lot faster! The lead cat charges forward with insane speed, claws out and mouth slavering as it leaps pell mell at Myra!
[13:19] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+13 claws
[13:19] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+13 claws and gets 52." [2#1d20+13 = 31, 21]
[13:19] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12 bite
[13:19] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 bite and gets 27." [1d20=15]
[13:20] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+13 rake
[13:20] <@Rudy> OOC: AC is... 26! ow
[13:20] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+13 rake and gets 40." [2#1d20+13 = 14, 26]
[13:20] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+6 first claw and grab
[13:20] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+6 first claw and grab and gets 10." [1d8=4]
[13:20] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+15 CMD Myra?
[13:20] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+15 CMD Myra? and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[13:20] <@Rudy> OOC: 22
[13:21] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+6 rake
[13:21] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+6 rake and gets 14." [1d8=8]
[13:22] <@Ebiris> Myra is suddenly all tangled up in a ball of thrashing and spitting feline hatred, clawing viciously at her with all four legs as it rolls around the doorway with its new chew-toy!
[13:23] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 belated haste claw
[13:23] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 belated haste claw and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[13:25] <@Ebiris> Lifting up a huge double-bladed axe, the giant brute charges forward with a bellow, his long legs eating up the yards just as quickly as the enormous cat did! All of a sudden he's in the doorway himself, sweeping his great blade through Myra with his darkly lined face contorted in fury!
[13:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+20
[13:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+20 and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[13:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+16
[13:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d12+16 and gets 26." [1d12=10]
[13:26] <@Ebiris> Myra is discorporated on the spot, her spine severed by that great sweeping blow undoing her and making the cat suddenly drop with a yowl of surprise, though landing on its feet nonetheless!
[13:26] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[13:26] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Rudy > Stanford > Cat 1 > Terlonius > Henrietta > Cat 2 > Kezwick > Liamae > Hortia'
[13:26] <@Ebiris> OOC: Go Henri. You can only see cat 2 right now.
[13:28] <@Henrietta> roll 2d4 acid again
[13:28] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d4 acid again and gets 7." [2d4=4, 3]
[13:28] <@Henrietta> "Fireball that pit when you have the chance," Henrietta tells Liamae, taking careful aim at the only enemy she can see. And then three roses slam into the beast's paws, seeking to send it tumbling on its back!
[13:28] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3 cat2
[13:28] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 cat2 and gets 14." [3d4=3, 4, 4]
[13:28] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+14 trip
[13:28] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+14 trip and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[13:30] <@Ebiris> The cat is already starting to move only to find its forepaws locked in place by Henrietta's roses, making it stumble head over heels in a scrabbling heap! It gets up afterwards and rushes onwards, but can't quite make up for the false start and reach the melee at the door just yet.
[13:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7
[13:30] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[13:31] <@Ebiris> Nothing much is seen within the pit, but Liamae acts to be certain and sends another fireball arcing down to slam into the exposed far side of it, flames detonating downwards upon those trapped inside!
[13:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6
[13:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 6d6 and gets 19." [6d6=1, 5, 4, 5, 1, 3]
[13:31] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7
[13:31] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4
[13:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[13:31] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+3
[13:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 and gets 13." [1d20=9]
[13:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+3 and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[13:32] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Rudy > Cat 1 > Terlonius > Henrietta > Cat 2 > Kezwick > Liamae > Hortia'
[13:32] <@Ebiris> Screams sound from within, heard even at this distance as the unfortunates within are barbequed alive!
[13:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+1
[13:33] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+1 and gets 17." [1d20=16]
[13:33] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[13:34] * Merc-zzz is now known as Merc
[13:34] <@Lucie> "That's far enough!" Lucie commands the big brute, reaching out with her will to freeze him in his tracks after stumbling a few feet away to relative safety.
[13:34] <@Lucie> OOC: Hold Person, will DC 19.
[13:35] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+11
[13:35] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[13:36] <@Ebiris> "This will end in your death!" he roars, brandishing his oversized weapon menacingly at Lucie, dark eyes shining with hatred!
[13:36] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[13:43] <@Rudy> Rudy spits a curse out, and after a brief moment of effort, a a trail of darkness detaches itself from his shoe! With a sudden surge, it interposes itself between Lucie and the cat, taking the form of a dog-headed man armed with a terrific sword, which soon whirls about to cleave the cat apart!
[13:43] <@Rudy> OOC: first, they both need to make will save vs. DC 16 aura of menace
[13:43] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+11 Terlonius
[13:43] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+11 Terlonius and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[13:43] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+3 Cat
[13:43] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+3 Cat and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[13:44] <@Ebiris> OOC: what does it do?
[13:44] <@Rudy> OOC: -2 to attacks, saves, AC until they hit the archon
[13:45] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+9 PA-2
[13:45] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+9 PA-2 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[13:45] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+4 PA-2 sword x2
[13:45] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+4 PA-2 sword x2 and gets 11." [1d20=7]
[13:45] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+3 bite pa-2
[13:45] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+3 bite pa-2 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[13:45] <@Rudy> OOC: All at cat
[13:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: 1 sword hit
[13:45] <@Rudy> roll 2d6+9
[13:45] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d6+9 and gets 18." [2d6=4, 5]
[13:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: bite hits
[13:46] <@Rudy> Rudy himself retreats back further, shouting "Help!" up the stairs.
[13:46] <@Rudy> roll 1d3+6
[13:46] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3+6 and gets 9." [1d3=3]
[13:46] <@Rudy> OOC: also, add 3 to the sword damage, forgot str bonus
[13:46] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Rudy > Terlonius > Henrietta > Cat 2 > Kezwick > Liamae > Hortia'
[13:49] <@Henrietta> "I will take care of it," Henrietta says to Liamae, raising her voice to call, "I am on my way!"
[13:49] <@Ebiris> The dog takes revenge for Myra by stabbing the cat in the breast and then taking a big bite out of its head, the mutated beast twitching and falling in defeat and death! Terlonius turns his hate-filled gaze upon the dog that would defy him. "Summon as many worms as you want, coward! They're still just worms!" he gestures at Rudy before sweeping his great axe to undo the brave canine champion!
[13:49] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+18
[13:49] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[13:49] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+18
[13:49] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+18 and gets 38." [1d20=20]
[13:49] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[13:49] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[13:49] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+18 crit check
[13:49] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+18 crit check and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[13:49] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+18 crit check
[13:49] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+18 crit check and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[13:49] <@Ebiris> OOC: -2 on all of those. AC?
[13:49] <@Rudy> OOC: 19
[13:50] <@Ebiris> roll 3d12+48 if this kills it the rest of the attack doesn't matter and he'll move to melee Rudy
[13:50] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d12+48 if this kills it the rest of the attack doesn't matter and he'll move to melee Rudy and gets 71." [3d12=8, 7, 8]
[13:51] <@Ebiris> A single swipe is all it takes to decapitate it, and the hulking giant stomps over towards Rudy, axe dripping fresh blood and a savage leer on his face. He has to be at least eight feet tall, towering utterly over Rudy!
[13:51] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[13:51] <@Henrietta> roll 2d4 acid, last turn
[13:51] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d4 acid, last turn and gets 7." [2d4=4, 3]
[13:52] <@Henrietta> Leaving the pit to Liamae, Henrietta rushes towards the stairs!
[13:53] <@Ebiris> The other cat comes scrambling up towards the tower, leaping over the corpse of its fellow and hissing ominously. Without a word or even a look, Terlonius points at Lucie and the cat prowls up towards her, teeth snapping out!
[13:53] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10
[13:54] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[13:54] <@Ebiris> OOC: AC, Lucie?
[13:54] <@Lucie> OOC: 20!
[13:54] <@Ebiris> But Lucie is able to jerk backwards, her shield of stars blocking the overlarge feline teeth from tasting her flesh!
[13:54] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7
[13:54] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[13:55] <@Ebiris> roll 3d4+3
[13:55] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d4+3 and gets 11." [3d4=3, 2, 3]
[13:55] <@Ebiris> Things probably happen outside but no one's there to see except for Liamae, and she isn't telling!
[13:55] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[13:56] <@Lucie> Lucie backs away from the cat and, as much as she would like to smite the foe presently menacing her, aims another ray of light towards the hulking giant. It's plain enough who the real monster in the enemy group is!
[13:56] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+8 ranged touch
[13:56] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+8 ranged touch and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[13:56] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[13:56] <@Lucie> roll 3d8 can you SEE the LIGHT?
[13:56] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 3d8 can you SEE the LIGHT? and gets 11." [3d8=1, 6, 4]
[13:57] <@Ebiris> The beam strikes him in his left shoulderblade, but he barely even flinches, all his attention focused upon Rudy!
[13:57] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[14:01] <@Rudy> Rudy is used to being the bully, not the bullied. But that was when the arena was one of cutting words, or he had his terrible pet at his side. Facing the terrible prospect of fighting someone so much huger and more immediately deadly than himself, he is forced to resort to rolling backwards and summoning a bunch of allies to assist him!
[14:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+10 tumble vs. this guy's CMD oh god
[14:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+10 tumble vs. this guy's CMD oh god and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[14:01] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+18 AoO
[14:01] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+18 AoO and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[14:01] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+16
[14:01] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d12+16 and gets 22." [1d12=6]
[14:02] <@Rudy> roll 1d3 friends, assist me!
[14:02] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3 friends, assist me! and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[14:02] <@Ebiris> Rudy is too clumsly, stumbling and making himself easy prey for a descending axe stroke that almost cuts off his leg at the knee!
[14:03] <@Rudy> Two earth elementals appear on either side of him nonetheless, ready to do their level best to pound this guy into a non-threatening state!
[14:03] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11
[14:03] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11
[14:03] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[14:03] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[14:03] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 crittage
[14:03] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 crittage and gets 14." [1d20=3]
[14:03] <@Ebiris> OOC: normal hit
[14:03] <@Rudy> roll 1d6+7
[14:03] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d6+7 and gets 12." [1d6=5]
[14:03] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6 damage to elemental that hit him
[14:03] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6 damage to elemental that hit him and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[14:05] <@Ebiris> The first elemental is kicked aside before it can follow through on its punch, and an arm is raised to block the second. Nonetheless he takes a painful sounding blow as rock slams into flesh and bone... but at the same instant, thick jagged spines erupt from his flesh and stab back into the elemental's fist! Further ignoring both summons, he stalks relentlessly towards Rudy, already raising his axe...
[14:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: AoO for both elementals
[14:05] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11
[14:05] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11
[14:05] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
[14:05] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[14:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: 1 hit
[14:06] <@Rudy> roll 1d6+7
[14:06] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d6+7 and gets 9." [1d6=2]
[14:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6 damage on elemental that hit
[14:06] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6 damage on elemental that hit and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[14:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+18
[14:06] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[14:07] <@Ebiris> Rudy miraculously rolls to the side, just dodging as the hateful axe descends and buries itself in the stone underneath rather than his delicate flesh!
[14:07] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[14:08] <@Henrietta> Appearing on the scene with her spear in tow, Henrietta jumps slightly at the dreadful sound of a huge axe burying a few inches away from Rudy. "You-- stop that!" she commands, summoning her roses and tossing them at the giant!
[14:08] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3
[14:08] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 and gets 11." [3d4=3, 4, 1]
[14:10] <@Ebiris> The roses slam into him one after the other, yet more bruises and cuts appearing on his charred yet unyielding form, but he shows no signs of stopping despite the obvious abuse he's endured! The remaining big cat yowls and lunges at Lucie, pressing the assault on her!
[14:10] <@Ebiris> roll 3#1d20+11 claws
[14:10] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3#1d20+11 claws and gets 74." [3#1d20+11 = 28, 24, 22]
[14:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10 bite
[14:10] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 bite and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[14:10] <@Ebiris> OOC: AC?
[14:10] <@Lucie> OOC: 20. Ow.
[14:11] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6+18 claws assuming AC 20
[14:11] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 6d6+18 claws assuming AC 20 and gets 40." [6d6=6, 5, 1, 3, 4, 3]
[14:11] <@Ebiris> OOC: whoops, had scrolled up a bit. Anyway...
[14:11] <@Ebiris> OOC: wait, strike. That was bite damage
[14:12] <@Ebiris> roll 3d8+18+2d6+6 claws and bite combined
[14:12] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d8+18+2d6+6 claws and bite combined and gets 44." [3d8=5, 5, 4][2d6=4, 2]
[14:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+15 CMD as it grapples from bite?
[14:12] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+15 CMD as it grapples from bite? and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[14:12] <@Lucie> OOC: given STr penalties, my CMD is...16.
[14:13] <@Ebiris> The cat bowls over Lucie with its furious assault, clamping great jaws down to hold her and bring her to the ground with it in a savage fury!
[14:13] <@Ebiris> "One more guy coming in fast!" Liamae warns, her footsteps heard as she hurries down the stairs after Henrietta.
[14:13] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:16] <@Lucie> Lucie can only properly express her dismay at this situation with a wordless scream of pain and rage! As the tower echoes with her cries, crystals of ice form around her attacker and freeze it in place!
[14:16] <@Lucie> roll 6d6 cold, fort dc 20 halves
[14:16] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 6d6 cold, fort dc 20 halves and gets 25." [6d6=5, 5, 5, 3, 5, 2]
[14:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+8
[14:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[14:17] <@Ebiris> The cat is flash-frozen by Lucie's terror-driven attack, falling off of her and shattering in a grisly pink/blue scatter of crystals!
[14:17] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Rudy > Terlonius > Henrietta > Kezwick > Liamae > Hortia'
[14:17] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[14:18] <@Rudy> The two elementals charge at the hulking brute, whilst Rudy's mind fumbles for the right thing to do after that!
[14:18] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 charge
[14:18] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 charge
[14:18] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 charge and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[14:18] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 charge and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[14:18] <@Ebiris> OOC: 1 hit
[14:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6 damage on the hitter
[14:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6 damage on the hitter and gets 3." [1d6=3]
[14:18] <@Rudy> roll 1d6+7
[14:18] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d6+7 and gets 12." [1d6=5]
[14:19] <@Ebiris> Terlonius is knocked back by one hit even as his axehead blocks another, his bloody spines wreaking havoc upon any that dare to engage in melee with the terrible giant!
[14:20] <@Rudy> Rudy stumbles back, and the earth elementals crumble apart, only to be replaced by-
[14:20] <@Rudy> roll 1d3
[14:20] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[14:20] <@Ebiris> OOC: tumble, Rudy? Or five foot step?
[14:20] <@Rudy> OOC: fivefootstep
[14:21] <@Rudy> OOC: To clarify here, mind, can I fivefootstep into the stairs and block the path to me with an elemental?
[14:21] <@Rudy> OOC: Or even to a wall or alcove or I don't know
[14:21] <@Ebiris> OOC: No, you're not that close to cover
[14:22] <@Rudy> OOC: Let's ex that, sorry
[14:22] <@Rudy> -replaced by themselves, with enormous frowns in their faces whilst Rudy flees to the bathroom!
[14:24] <@Ebiris> Clearly sick of all this bullshit, Terlonius continues to ignore the elementals while inexorably pursuing Rudy into his hidey-hole!
[14:24] <@Ebiris> OOC: AoOs for elementals
[14:24] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+10 PA -1
[14:24] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+10 PA -1
[14:24] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+10 PA -1 and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[14:24] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+10 PA -1 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[14:24] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6 on elemental 2 which hit
[14:24] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6 on elemental 2 which hit and gets 4." [1d6=4]
[14:25] <@Rudy> roll 1d6+9
[14:25] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d6+9 and gets 13." [1d6=4]
[14:25] <@Ebiris> "Nowhere to hide now, little man!" the giant bellows as he swings his axe to introduce it with Rudy's face!
[14:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+18
[14:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+18 and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[14:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d12+16
[14:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d12+16 and gets 24." [1d12=8]
[14:27] <@Ebiris> A splash of blood obscures Rudy's vision as he sways back just enough to keep himself from having his skull cut in half but still takes a massive slice across his face, ruining his nose!
[14:27] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[14:27] <@Rudy> A terrible scream emnates from the privy, as Rudy loses one of his most handsome attributes!
[14:28] * @Henrietta gives chase, and then her roses try to dispatch the giant once more!
[14:28] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3
[14:28] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 and gets 13." [3d4=3, 4, 3]
[14:29] <@Ebiris> "Hiii-ya!" a figure suddenly appears from the doorway, his visage horribly scarred by acid as he leaps with a furious flying kick at Lucie!
[14:29] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+11
[14:30] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+11 and gets 14." [1d20=3]
[14:30] <@Lucie> OOC: am I prone from cat attack?
[14:30] <@Ebiris> OOC: No
[14:32] <@Ebiris> Slipping on the scattered cat crystals, he blunders and misses terribly! Liamae comes hurrying down the stairs, "That's him!" she gasps, taking in the situation and nearly bumping into Henrietta's back. Reaching out, she sends a flurry of mini-meteors at him!
[14:32] <@Ebiris> roll 3d4+3
[14:32] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d4+3 and gets 11." [3d4=2, 3, 3]
[14:32] <@Ebiris> "Aiaiaiaai!" he jerks and screams, his body battered and slammed staccato by the flurry of magical projectiles before he slowly slumps to his knees and falls face-first on the cold floor, unmoving.
[14:32] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Rudy > Terlonius > Henrietta > Liamae > Hortia'
[14:33] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:34] <@Lucie> "Damned right!" Lucie gasps, before turning her attention back to the giant. "And you-what ARE you? Fall down and die already, dammit!" Another beam of light aims to scramble the brute's brains!
[14:34] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+8 ranged touch
[14:34] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+8 ranged touch and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[14:34] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[14:34] <@Lucie> roll 3d8 THE LIIIIGHT
[14:34] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 3d8 THE LIIIIGHT and gets 11." [3d8=2, 4, 5]
[14:37] <@Ebiris> Breathing heavily, blood dripping from numerous injuries and his skin blackened with bruises and burns, Terlonius hauls his axe back, clearly already preparing to strike when Lucie's beam hits him square in the side of his bald head. It burns through his ear, blood pouring freely from it as his eyes roll up and he collapses bonelessly before Rudy...
[14:37] <@Ebiris> OOC: free act
[14:38] <@Lucie> "Somebody cut his throat before he gets up again," Lucie says immediately, giving Liamae a wordless nod of thanks before strolling to the tower door.
[14:38] <@Rudy> "My face, you fucking, huge- fuck!" screams Rudy, stopming repeatedly on the face and neck of the fallen brute.
[14:38] * @Henrietta rushes towards Rudy, looking over him worriedly. "Are you alright? There is so much blood!"
[14:39] <@Rudy> "Thanks, Henri! I think it's mine!"
[14:39] <@Ebiris> "Does anyone have that wand of healing?" Liamae asks, joining Henrietta in fretting over Rudy's ruined face.
[14:39] <@Henrietta> "That-- that is with Lucie! I will go fetch her!"
[14:40] <@Lucie> "Liamae, back me up out here in case the last one wants more trouble?" Lucie asks before heading outside and calling out, with a voice hoarse with pain and controlled fury, "Your friends are dead! Any resistance and you join them! Drop your weapons, stay where you are, and even if you even THINK about tossing spells around I promise your last night on this world will be one of legendary pain!"
[14:41] * @Henrietta joins Lucie with her spear. Knowing the spell, that pit will raise back any moment now, and she is ready to secure their potential prisoners!
[14:42] <@Ebiris> Liamae hurries out after Lucie, completely uninjured and fresh to counterpoint Lucie's weary fury. There's no reply to her threats, however.
[14:42] * @Lucie proceeds outside to the pit's edge to check on their last foe.
[14:42] * Quits: @Rudy (~Kallen@ppp59-167-140-198.static.internode.on.net) (Ping timeout)
[14:43] <@Henrietta> "I can handle this with Liamae, Lucie," Henrietta assure her. "Please, go and help Rudy!"
[14:43] <@Henrietta> And then she imbues herself with the power of flight to take a look over the pit.
[14:43] <@Ebiris> Looking down Lucie and Henrietta can see a pair of charred up corpses against the walls of the pit, likely having spent their last moment scrambling up the sides and burning to painful death?
[14:43] * Joins: Nao (Nao@ppp59-167-140-198.static.internode.on.net)
[14:43] * Nao is now known as Rudy
[14:44] <@Lucie> "Good enough for me," Lucie says on seeing this, thenceforth returning to apply the wand to hers and Rudy's wounds.
[14:44] <Rudy> Rudy stumbles out of the privy and falls onto the floor, lying next to the fallen freak who decided kicking was the best way to enter mortal combat.
[14:44] * @Henrietta brings the corpses up and into the entrance of the tower, one after the other.
[14:45] <@Lucie> roll 5d8+5 don't die Rudy!
[14:45] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 5d8+5 don't die Rudy! and gets 32." [5d8=3, 7, 8, 5, 4]
[14:45] <@Lucie> roll 3d8+3 me
[14:45] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 3d8+3 me and gets 19." [3d8=7, 1, 8]
[14:45] <Rudy> "Lucie, I think I love you," he remarks, as most of the pain goes away.
[14:46] <@Lucie> "That might be romantic if I were someone else," Lucie says after finishing up. "Need more? Still a little wobbly myself."
[14:47] <Rudy> "I think I'll live," he replies, bouncing back to his feet and holding his head. Anxiously, he pulls out a mirror to peer at what remains of his nose.
[14:48] * @Lucie nods, and goes to take a careful look over their fallen enemies to see if any yet breathe.
[14:48] <Rudy> "You know, there's a bright side to this," he remarks, gingerly touching the jagged slash that now branches across either side of his nose. Fortunately, it looks like it's entwined with the black tattoos that likewise swirl about his face. "I can't smell anymore."
[14:48] <@Ebiris> The corpses flake bits of burnt flesh and clothing all over Henrietta and smell real bad! They don't move much either.
[14:49] <@Lucie> "That's a good thing?" Lucie wonders as she makes her inspection.
[14:50] <@Henrietta> Prestidigitation was surely not meant for this when the spell was first created but Henrietta uses it to rid herself of the grime and smell all the same before rejoining Rudy once more. "Maybe it will come back?" she offers. "The sense of smell, once we are far enough away from here?"
[14:51] <@Henrietta> She frowns. "Between the axe and the terrible smell that makes people pale and vomit, I am not sure which part would be causing that, to be honest," she admits, offering her shoulder to Rudy. "How about we go upstairs to decide on our next move and rest up?"
[14:51] <Rudy> "It's good right now," he replies, poking his nose. "That fucking cat took my Myra down in half a second. Didn't think there was a thing that could do that, 'cept maybe a dragon." He slumps a little. "Yeah, let's."
[14:52] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+4 heal are peoples alive?
[14:52] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+4 heal are peoples alive? and gets 19." [1d20=15]
[14:52] <@Henrietta> "A cat just like that took Val down in only slightly more time," Henrietta agrees solemnly. "Outdoor cats are terrifying."
[14:53] <Rudy> "Yeah, I-" Rudy seems amused for a moment. "Whipped up a dog-man-thing to kill it. Wish I could do it again."
[14:54] <@Henrietta> "Oh, you did? Where is it now?"
[14:54] <@Ebiris> One of the charred up corpses Henrietta brought back does seem to be clinging to a pale shadow of life, though even if it does survive it's going to be in a bad way. It might have once been female but it's hard to tell, all she knows for sure is there's a very thready pulse felt at the neck.
[14:54] <@Lucie> "Nice trick," Lucie agrees. "Dog vs. cat and all. Remember that one?"
[14:55] <Rudy> "It died."
[14:55] * @Henrietta looks sad to hear that.
[14:55] <@Lucie> "Got a breather here still," Lucie shares with the others. "Barely. Isn't gonna be pretty even if she wakes up. Probably wouldn't want to if she had a choice."
[14:55] <@Ebiris> "We may as well see if we can find out anything from her," Liamae suggests, leaning over as she joins Lucie.
[14:56] * @Lucie shrugs. "I guess. Not like she's in any condition to put up a fight even if she does pull through."
[14:59] <Rudy> "Not keen to talk to that," voices Rudy, uneasily.
[14:59] * @Lucie hefts the wand, looks at the body skeptically. "We want to make sure, or let nature take its course and see what happens? Don't think this wand has too much juice left in it, mind."
[15:01] <@Henrietta> Pausing, Henrietta says, "Use it on her. We will question her, and then she can stand trial when we take her back to Lessmus."
[15:01] * @Lucie shrugs again. "Sure. Hard to feel too angry at someone sat in a hole while her buddies did the work, anyway."
[15:01] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+1 may you stabilize or something
[15:01] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+1 may you stabilize or something and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[15:03] <@Ebiris> The dark charring slowly recedes into pinkish-red new flesh, the figure stabilising as she flops onto her back, sucking in great lungfuls of air and sightlessly staring upwards. What's left of her hair is dark brown, but with most of it missing and what's left a singed ruin she may be better off without it anyway.
[15:04] <@Henrietta> "Can you bring her up, or would you need my help?"
[15:05] <@Lucie> "I can barely carry my weapon right now, Henri," Lucie says, gazing down at the woman. "Anyone in there?"
[15:05] <Rudy> Rudy looks around. "Think maybe we should bring the others down. This place feels like it's just rotting away," he voices.
[15:06] * @Henrietta glances at Lucie and Rudy, before nodding curtly and making her way up to bring their prisoners along.
[15:06] <@Ebiris> The woman's eyes flicker towards the sounds of voices around her before she speaks, voice coming out in a scratchy whisper. "Who- who are you?"
[15:07] <@Ebiris> Henrietta finds Will and Bertrand waiting upstairs. "You actually killed Terlonius?" the former asks in faint disbelief.
[15:07] <@Lucie> "Lucie. And you'd be Hortia. Able to move at all, or are we taking you by litter or something?"
[15:07] <@Henrietta> "Why do you sound so surprised?" Henrietta asks quietly, feeling somewhat peeved at that.
[15:09] <@Ebiris> The woman slowly pushes herself up with seeming great effort into a sitting position, then achingly clambers to her feet, stumbling a bit into Lucie. "He's less man than monster," Will shakes his head, "Or rather, was."
[15:10] <Rudy> "He isn't much of anything now," agrees Rudy. "He an attempt to make one of those supermen?"
[15:10] <@Henrietta> "It is a shame they did not surrender, but there we are," Henrietta muses.
[15:10] * @Lucie Lucie can't help but feel an unusual stab of empathy given the woman's somewhat mutual condition, and helps her stand up.
[15:12] <Rudy> OOC: ex that, oops
[15:13] <@Henrietta> "In any case," Henrietta continues, gesturing towards the stairs. "Continue behaving as a proper prisoner, and I will keep my end of it. I gave you my word, after all."
[15:13] <@Ebiris> The two prisoners upstairs rise up and file along obediently before Henrietta. Downstairs the female prisoner gives Lucie a faint nod before standing up properly, hissing slightly. "Am I prisoner?" she asks, voice cracking and starting to return to something more normal to listen to. Her gaze settles on Terlonius's corpse and her eyes widen but she makes no comment.
[15:14] <@Lucie> "Yep. Don't give us any trouble and you won't get any," Lucie says. "We're marching back to Lessmus."
[15:14] <@Henrietta> "We shall be ready to move once we know what we need to," Henrietta tells the others as she rejoins them.
[15:14] <@Ebiris> She sighs but says nothing more.
[15:15] <@Ebiris> "Hortia, you survived?" Will asks the woman as he leads Bertrand downstairs, Henrietta following. The woman just gives him a weary and accusing look which he wilts somewhat under.
[15:16] <@Henrietta> "You were part of a group that went to attack a beastman village?" Henrietta asks Hortia. "What became of that?"
[15:17] <@Ebiris> Hortia mutely shakes her head at Henrietta.
[15:17] <@Lucie> "But you talked to 'em, right? That was your job or something?"
[15:23] <@Ebiris> "Yes. But I won't talk now. Ask him if you must," Hortia says, still looking at Will. "He's said enough."
[15:25] <@Ebiris> "I guess it's true, we really do know pretty much everything they're doing here," Liamae comments lazily. "Wonder why we even bothered healing her, now."
[15:26] <@Henrietta> "We thought that she might value her life instead of throw it away," Henrietta responds, frowning.
[15:27] <@Lucie> "Better for you if you talk now," Lucie suggests. "Can't guarantee what's waiting for you once we get back to town, but cooperation might make it easier for you."
[15:28] <@Ebiris> "I'll take my chances," she asserts blandly.
[15:29] <Rudy> They are essentially the law here, aren't they? So, the decision is ultimately theirs, as it is now. But it's just too harsh for him to tell someone outright to 'talk or die!' "Good luck with that. I'm tiring quickly of people dying for such an inane cause."
[15:30] <@Ebiris> Hortia offers no argument or comment to that.
[15:31] <@Lucie> "We've taken down three of their groups in a week. She can think about that while we're on the road. Let's pack up and get out of this charnel house?"
[15:32] <Rudy> Rudy nods in agreement, and heads straight out the door.
[15:32] * @Henrietta first makes sure that Hortia is properly tied, and gagged for good measure.
[15:33] * @Lucie gives Hortia a thorough search for weapons as Henri goes about tying the woman up.
[15:36] <@Ebiris> She submits to both without any fuss, no weapons found on her. It's made easier to see since her clothes have been reduced to sooty rags that conceal little. As far as the rest of the group their equipment is rather lacking - the other burnt corpse has what might have been a spellbook but only the bindings remain. Terlonius at least has a very impressive axe and armour, if rather heavy ones. Thus the group sets off for the journey down the pass back to town.