#036: "You're a moron, but you're also gutsy!"

[Merc]

[18:32] <Kotono> > "It might." Ramuh admits, "There's a powerful force at work here, that much is clear."
[18:32] <Kotono> OOC: To refresh, y'all were heading to the bridge, right?
[18:33] <Lehko> OOC: IIRC, yes, the big one I found, right?
[18:33] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[18:34] <Lehko> OOC: forward, then.
[18:36] <Mycol> "Mmmn"
[18:36] * Merc is now known as Santos
[18:36] <Mycol> "I don't like the.... time? of this place."
[18:36] <Mycol> "But I think you already knew that, yes, Lehko?"
[18:36] * Lehko nods.
[18:37] <Lehko> "Yeah. I've been here hours, but you all seem to only have been looking for me for a few minutes."
[18:37] <Lehko> "I'm no slouch in the endurance game, and I was close to exhaustion before I used some white magic to cure myself."
[18:38] <Mycol> "I'm afraid whatever spell that is is well beyond me."
[18:39] <Morrie> Morrie looks around with a small frown, then speaks up. "Well... if we're all trapped because of the crystal, all we can really do is keep moving forward, right? Relatively speaking." He gestures to the bridge. "It all has to lead somewhere."
[18:39] <Lehko> "Are we trapped, though? I mean, you got here. Presumably we can get back."
[18:42] <Kotono> "We aren't trapped, are we?" Jessica pipes up, "We can still just walk out? Right?"
[18:43] * Lehko shrugs.
[18:43] <Lehko> "Finding out is part of the adventure!"
[18:43] * Lehko grins broadly at the girl.
[18:43] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, are y'all ready to move along to the bridge now?
[18:44] <Lehko> OOC: Yep.
[18:44] <Mycol> "Maybe not walk, but... I doubt we'll be trapped here for more than forever"
[18:46] <Kotono> Hours of walking. Long, miserable hours. It saps your energy as you walk amid this forgotten ruin, but at last you return to the bridge. You eventually come to a massive hall connecting to it. The center of it - a strip of raised iron big enough to allow ten men abreast to walk through - is raised up like a bridge. Everything else is one great floor of cooled iron. Here the skeletons stop at
[18:46] <Kotono> least, the way down this bridge free of them.
[18:47] <Lehko> "Hmm.. Do the skeletons end because this was the defense line? I wonder..."
[18:47] * Lehko starts heading across the bridge..
[18:47] <Mycol> "Maybe they just couldn't walk as far as us."
[18:48] * Lehko shrugs and continues on...
[18:49] <Lehko> "Do we need to rest for a bit, first? We *have* been going for a long while."
[18:49] <Mycol> "Have we?"
[18:50] <Lehko> "Feels like it."
[18:51] <Penelo> "Mycol is a fountain of energy, kupo."
[18:51] <Kotono> "My feet hurt," Jessica agrees, "That was hours of walking! Say, did anyone spring to bring some lunch?"
[18:53] <Santos> "Nope," Santos replies.
[18:53] <Kotono> OOC: Are y'all resting or going down the bridge?
[18:53] <Penelo> OOC: If we rest, do we get back our lost mana?
[18:54] <Kotono> OOC: If you take a full night's rest, yes.
[18:54] <Kotono> OOC: A walk/lunch break won't really make an impact.
[18:55] <Penelo> "Should we rest? We have been here for some time, especially so for Lehko, kupo."
[18:55] <Lehko> "I would appreciate a rest, to be honest.."
[18:55] <Mycol> "How do you feel?"
[18:55] * Mycol nods.
[18:55] <Morrie> Morrie glances down at his feet, then realizes and nods to the others. "Let us rest, then."
[18:55] * Lehko sit downs and pulls off his boots, rubbing his sore feet.
[18:55] <Penelo> "We are not going to be gone for as long as it feels, at least. This should not panic Ebenezer if we take out time here."
[18:56] * Santos shrugs and nods, just keeping an eye out while the others rest.
[18:56] * Penelo will sit down to relax.
[18:57] <Morrie> "I'm still curious what the crystal was doing in the first place. If it... interferred with the espers, then..." He shakes his head. "It's too complicated a scenario to think about."
[18:57] <Kotono> Jessica sits down and closes her eyes, sighing, "I hate that money and foot pain goes hand and hand."
[18:58] * Lehko nods to Jessica while petting Bjomolf.
[18:58] <Kotono> OOC: Make an awareness check, Santos, since you're watching.
[18:58] <Santos> roll 2d6+4
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+4 and gets 16." [2d6=6, 6]
[18:58] <Lehko> "If it interferred with espers... You think there might be one here somewhere?"
[18:58] <Santos> ooc: Well, that's just nice.
[18:58] <Mycol> OOC: Santos can see through TIME
[18:59] <Morrie> "It's possible... I'm still trying to figure out if the barrier was to keep something out... or keep it in." He sighs.
[18:59] * Lehko grunts to Morrie.
[18:59] <Lehko> "We'll just have to deal with it like we have everything before."
[19:00] <Kotono> Santos turns to the bridge. Coming towards you, he can see several figures. Ghostly and mostly invisible, but somehow he picks them out. Dozens of softly crying ghosts! They're lead by a single spirit, seeming more solid and potent than the others.
[19:01] * Santos nudges Morrie. "Psst," Santos whispers as he points towards the lead spirit. "See all that?"
[19:01] <Morrie> He looks up and towards the bridge and squints. "...Maybe?"
[19:02] <Kotono> Morrie can see the faintest images of...something. They're approaching.
[19:02] <Santos> "They're whispering...something about a bloody angel returning," Santos adds.
[19:02] <Santos> "You guys may want to put your shoes back on, they're heading this way."
[19:02] * Lehko blinks and stares at Santos.
[19:03] * Lehko grunts and puts his boots on, standing and drawing pistols with a sour look on his face.
[19:04] <Kotono> As the party is warned, the ghosts begin to become visible. A small horde of lesser ones, lead by a single spirit! They whisper things that only just carry to you, "Bloody....return..." Bu tthey're coming at you and you can see them now! OOC: Init. Snatos was on the ball and avoided a nasty ambush.
[19:04] <Lehko> roll 2d6+6 Init
[19:04] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+6 Init and gets 15." [2d6=5, 4]
[19:04] <Lehko> roll 2d6+2 Wolf Init
[19:04] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+2 Wolf Init and gets 4." [2d6=1, 1]
[19:05] <Santos> roll 2d6+3
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+3 and gets 9." [2d6=2, 4]
[19:05] <Mycol> 2d6+4
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Mycol rolls 2d6+4 and gets 10." [2d6=3, 3]
[19:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol(10)>Santos(9)>Wolf(4)>Jessica(0)'
[19:06] <Kotono> roll 2d6+2 ghost swarm
[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+2 ghost swarm and gets 10." [2d6=4, 4]
[19:06] <Kotono> roll 2d6+3 spirit
[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+3 spirit and gets 9." [2d6=4, 2]
[19:06] <Penelo> roll 2d6+4 init
[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Penelo rolls 2d6+4 init and gets 8." [2d6=3, 1]
[19:06] <Penelo> OOC: that's so horrible
[19:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol>Ghost Swarm(10)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8)>Wolf(4)>Jessica(0)'
[19:07] <Kotono> OOC: Ow.  Morrie's away for a sec, so would someone roll init for him?
[19:07] <Penelo> 2d6+4 morrie init
[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Penelo rolls 2d6+4 morrie init and gets 10." [2d6=5, 1]
[19:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol=Morrie>Ghost Swarm(10)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8)>Wolf(4)>Jessica(0)'
[19:08] <Kotono> OOC: Open Lehko.
[19:11] * Lehko grunts at the vague images and calls upon the holy power of Shiva, firing off a burst of power! OOC: Dia, quickened via pistols
[19:11] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Roll damage.
[19:11] <Lehko> roll 2d6+24, Ghost Swarm
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+24, Ghost Swarm and gets Error: Numeric values only." [2d6=4, 3]
[19:11] <Kotono> OOC: 31.
[19:11] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[19:11] <Kotono> OOC: Strike.
[19:11] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 143." [4#1d100 = 28, 74, 24, 17]
[19:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol=Morrie>Ghost Swarm(10)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8)>Wolf(4)>Jessica(0) | GS: 60'
[19:13] <Lehko> OOC: Holy damage, negates invisibility and natural stealth.
[19:13] <Kotono> The ghosts are illuminated with pure holy power. Dia shines down like winter sunshine, causing the ghosts to glow softly! It adds illumination ot them. They're vaguely humanoid but...unfinished. The faces are little more than sketches of ghostly flesh. Arms and legs end in wisps rather than appendages. They look old, weathered, undone. OOC: Mycol.
[19:13] * Mycol doesn't know what to make of the ghosts.
[19:14] * Penelo looking a little freaked, like Mycol tends to about Malboros.
[19:14] * Mycol starts charging fire.
[19:14] <Kotono> OOC: Regular spell and not quick cast, just to be clear?
[19:15] <Mycol> OOC: Yeah. This is sort of a hedge.
[19:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol(charging)=Morrie>Ghost Swarm(10)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8)>Wolf(4)>Jessica(0) | GS: 60'
[19:15] <Mycol> OOC: Slow actions! It's like a better D&D delay.
[19:16] <Mycol> .
[19:16] <Kotono> Mycol begins to chant! A mandala of flames appears behind him as he channels pure fiery power! OOC: Indeed. Okay. Morrie.
[19:20] <Morrie> Morrie points at the injured enemy and calls on the spirits of wind to strike it!
[19:21] <Morrie> roll 2d6+3 to hit
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+3 to hit  and gets 7." [2d6=3, 1]
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC: That's a quick trip to quick hits.
[19:21] <Morrie> OOC: 102
[19:21] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 287." [4#1d100 = 98, 42, 95, 52]
[19:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol(charging)=Morrie>Ghost Swarm(10)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8)>Wolf(4)>Jessica(0) | GS: 160'
[19:21] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 190." [4#1d100 = 61, 3, 62, 64]
[19:22] <Kotono> Scything wind slices through another ghost! It and another fade away in the onslaught, leaving behind a bit of gil nad a single potion bottle! Seven of the ghost swarm remain! Meanwhile the lead spirit unleashes a strange call! It sounds like nothing and everything, making your flesh go cold!
[19:23] <Kotono> roll 2d6+3 opposed force checks everyone
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+3 opposed force checks everyone and gets 10." [2d6=6, 1]
[19:23] <Kotono> roll 1d6 using reroll on the 1
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 using reroll on the 1 and gets 4." [1d6=4]
[19:23] <Lehko> roll 2d6+5 Force Check
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+5 Force Check and gets 13." [2d6=3, 5]
[19:23] <Kotono> OOC: Total of 13 for him.
[19:23] <Mycol> 2d6+4
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Mycol rolls 2d6+4 and gets 12." [2d6=4, 4]
[19:23] <Lehko> roll 2d6+4 Wolf Force Check
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+4 Wolf Force Check and gets 12." [2d6=3, 5]
[19:23] <Penelo> roll 2d6+6 Force Check
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Penelo rolls 2d6+6 Force Check and gets 12." [2d6=3, 3]
[19:23] <Santos> roll 2d6+6 Force check
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+6 Force check and gets 14." [2d6=5, 3]
[19:24] <Morrie> roll 2d6+5 FORCE!!!
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+5 FORCE!!! and gets 7." [2d6=1, 1]
[19:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol(charging zombie 4)=Morrie(zombie 4)>Ghost Swarm(10)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8 zombie 4)>Wolf(4 zombie 4)>Jessica(0) | GS: 160'
[19:24] <Penelo> OOC: not again
[19:25] <Kotono> Unlife ripples through the party! Lehko's armor protects him and Santos resists with pure will, but the others feel death's touch on them! OOC: Santos.
[19:26] * Santos goes for the evil lead spirit that's placing its evil magic on the others! "Begone, bloody spirit!"
[19:26] <Santos> roll 2d6+5
[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+5 and gets 13." [2d6=3, 5]
[19:26] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:27] <Santos> ooc: 62 dmg
[19:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol(charging zombie 4)=Morrie(zombie 4)>Ghost Swarm(10)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8 zombie 4)>Wolf(4 zombie 4)>Jessica(0) | GS: 160 S: 55'
[19:28] <Kotono> Santos dives in, sword out! He plunges through the spirit and rips right through it! Ectoplasm and power gush from it, the lost soul keening in bottomless misery! OOC: Ow. It's up.
[19:28] <Kotono> OOC: Er, the swarm is since I mixed up them and the spirit. Dur
[19:28] <Kotono> .
[19:28] <Kotono> As you fight, the ghost swarm comes on to the party! Lamentations are heard everyone, becrying lost things and forsaken hopes!
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 2d6+2 opposed force checks all
[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+2 opposed force checks all and gets 6." [2d6=2, 2]
[19:29] <Lehko> roll 2d6+5 Force Check
[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+5 Force Check and gets 16." [2d6=5, 6]
[19:29] <Lehko> roll 2d6+4 Wolf Force Check
[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+4 Wolf Force Check and gets 13." [2d6=4, 5]
[19:29] <Penelo> roll 2d6+6 resist grrr
[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Penelo rolls 2d6+6 resist grrr and gets 17." [2d6=5, 6]
[19:29] <Santos> roll 2d6+6
[19:29] <Mycol> 2d6+4
[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+6 and gets 14." [2d6=3, 5]
[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Mycol rolls 2d6+4 and gets 8." [2d6=3, 1]
[19:30] <Kotono> But the party kicks off the lamentations and keeps going! OOC: Okay. Wolf.
[19:31] <Penelo> OOC: Wolf? Not Penelo?
[19:31] <Kotono> OOC: You're right, sorry. Penelo.
[19:31] <Kotono> "Everything here likes fighting dirty," Jessica calls, "LEt me know if you want an esuna or a cure!"
[19:32] <Penelo> "I hope I don't mess this up..." She says shakily as she quick cast charges her staff, moving to cast Blizzara as an AOE on the enemy.
[19:32] <Penelo> roll 2d6+90
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Penelo rolls 2d6+90 and gets 101." [2d6=5, 6]
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 232." [4#1d100 = 39, 53, 90, 50]
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 157." [4#1d100 = 69, 3, 45, 40]
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 202." [4#1d100 = 13, 26, 83, 80]
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 213." [4#1d100 = 86, 66, 56, 5]
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 194." [4#1d100 = 30, 92, 30, 42]
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 234." [4#1d100 = 93, 94, 11, 36]
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 91." [4#1d100 = 41, 29, 4, 17]
[19:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol(charging zombie 4)=Morrie(zombie 4)>Ghost Swarm(10)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8 zombie 4)>Wolf(4 zombie 4)>Jessica(0) | GS: 160 S: 101'
[19:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol(charging zombie 4)=Morrie(zombie 4)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8 zombie 4)>Wolf(4 zombie 4)>Jessica(0) | S: 101'
[19:34] <Penelo> OOC: This would hit the spirit too, unless he's immune.
[19:34] <Kotono> The wave of blizzard-ice wipes out the remaining ghost horde! Potions and items drop along with gil, the undead banished! Only the spirit remains! It seems resistant to the cold, only mildly disrupted by it! OOC: Wolf.
[19:35] * Lehko points at the spirit grandiously!
[19:35] <Lehko> "Bjomolf! Go for the ectoplasm!"
[19:35] <Lehko> roll 2d6+4 ATK
[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+4 ATK and gets 11." [2d6=2, 5]
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: Hitttts.
[19:36] <Lehko> OOC: 27
[19:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15)>Mycol(charging zombie 4)=Morrie(zombie 4)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8 zombie 4)>Wolf(4 zombie 4)>Jessica(0) | S: 121'
[19:36] * Santos stares at Lehko, and mouths, "...go for the ectoplasm?" before more loudly declaring, "You're a weirdo."
[19:36] <Kotono> Bjomolf leaps through the ghost, biting and clawing! He rips away great big hunks from the ghost's chest, causing the spirit to flicker! It's starting to fade, but hasn't left yet! OOC: Want Jessica to do anything, y'all, or just hold?
[19:36] <Lehko> OOC: Hold
[19:37] <Lehko> OOC: I think?
[19:37] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Lehko.
[19:37] <Mycol> OOC: Agreed here
[19:37] <Morrie> OOC: Aye.
[19:37] <Penelo> OOC: Hold, otherwise was going to suggest healing the spirit.
[19:37] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:38] * Lehko once more calls forth the holy power of Shiva, this time aiming at the Spirit! OOC: Dia, Holy, negates invis/stealth
[19:38] <Lehko> OOC: Quickened, forgot to mention.
[19:38] <Kotono> OOC: Didn't you already use your one quick cast?
[19:39] <Lehko> OOC: Is it restricted like that? It's on the pistol..
[19:40] <Santos> ooc: You can only use it once per combat, unless you have it on both pistols.
[19:40] <Lehko> OOC: Ah, then just charging.
[19:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Lehko(15 charging)>Mycol(charging zombie 4)=Morrie(zombie 4)>Santos>Spirit(9)>Penelo(8 zombie 4)>Wolf(4 zombie 4)>Jessica(0) | S: 121'
[19:40] <Kotono> Lehko begins to chant, gathering holy power! OOC: Fire goes off. Go for it, Mycol.
[19:41] <Mycol> 2d6+27
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Mycol rolls 2d6+27 and gets 31." [2d6=2, 2]
[19:41] * Mycol releases his charging fire at the spirit
[19:41] <Kotono> roll 4#1d100
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d100 and gets 198." [4#1d100 = 13, 80, 98, 7]
[19:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 |'
[19:43] <Kotono> A wave of fire erupts from Mycol, hitting the spirit! It bursts aflame, fadin gaway as it howls in pain! Got it! Gil follows as well as a potion bottle! OOC: Loot and bestiary post. Victory! Free act.
[19:43] * Lehko growls a bit and lets the holy power disapate.
[19:43] <Lehko> "Interrupting our rest like that... Hmpf."
[19:44] * Penelo takes a breath. "I need to rest... or..." she looks through her bag for a moment, taking out one of those delicious looking cookies. Oatmeal!
[19:44] <Kotono> OOC: Post in loot that you used up one of the MP restorers.
[19:44] <Penelo> OOC: She hasn't eaten it yet. She's just considering.
[19:45] <Mycol> OOC: I'll pass. I have Aspir.
[19:45] <Penelo> OOC: But she has less than half of her mana right now.
[19:45] * Lehko nods to Penelo and eats one himself.
[19:45] * Penelo will go ahead and eat hers, since Lehko seems to agree with the idea.
[19:47] <Lehko> "Good cookie."
[19:47] <Penelo> "Yes! This was really good, kupo."
[19:48] <Kotono> OOC: Sec, RL. Won't be long.
[19:48] * Lehko brushes the crumbs off of his hands and stands.
[19:48] <Lehko> "Well, I guess we should move on before we attract more spirits."
[19:52] * Penelo looks downcast for a moment, once again. The mention of spirits unsettles her a little. "Yes. We should move on before more show up. It is not surprising with how many skeletons we have seen.."
[19:53] * Lehko nods and takes lead.
[19:54] <Kotono> OOC: Moving along then, y'all?
[19:54] <Santos> ooc: yes
[19:54] <Penelo> OOC: Yes.
[19:55] <Morrie> Morrie puts the items in the bags and will collect the gil too!
[19:56] * Penelo will help Morrie collect the gil, handing them over when that's done with. Will follow Lehko afterwards.
[19:59] <Kotono> You walk across the bridge. It is a long, empty walk that taxes your reserves of strength. A half hour of walking passes. As you do, you notice it's beginning to get warmer. You can detect a reddish glow far ahead.
[20:00] <Lehko> "Some iron that's still liquid? Hmm."
[20:00] * Lehko looks at Santos.
[20:00] <Lehko> "Ifrit have anything to say?"
[20:00] <Penelo> "It is possible, but it could be anything at this point."
[20:01] <Santos> "Nope."
[20:01] * Lehko shrugs and rests his hands on his pistols for quick draw as he continues..
[20:02] * Penelo looking a bit better after that cookie, still, she is fine with walking onwards.
[20:03] <Kotono> In a whirl of flame, Ifrit appears on Santos' shoulder. "There's fire ahead, I can feel it now. Careful. Wake up Shiva if it gets too hot."
[20:05] * Lehko raises an eyebrow at Ifrit implying that he could make Shiva do anything.
[20:07] <Kotono> Ifrit returns the look without humor, "Tell her to get off her butt," he adds, before vanishing in a wreathe of flames.
[20:09] <Morrie> "Haha." He smiles, continuing the walk.
[20:10] * Penelo walks along.
[20:11] <Kotono> Ahead you walk. The bridge continues as it grows warmer and warmer! Ahead you see the end - the bridge stops. Ahead is a sea of molten iron, the heat coming from it tremendous! It's difficult to advance any further without protection. But rising up from the sea are square pillars of iron, providing a jump-able path ahead. Far ahead you can see another castle, sitting there in the open air. It
[20:11] <Kotono> floats and glows red-hot.
[20:11] * Lehko scratches his head.
[20:11] <Penelo> ".. I do not like this place."
[20:12] <Lehko> "Well.. I suppose I can make bridges between the pillars?"
[20:12] <Mycol> "Maybe. I sure don't want to try jumping."
[20:12] <Mycol> "That's not a net down there.
[20:13] <Kotono> Jessica wipes her brow and whistles, "There must be a fortuine inside of that castle! Look at how well protected it is!"
[20:13] * Lehko looks at Jessica.
[20:14] <Lehko> "I hope so. I'll be.. *unhappy* if we go this far just for a fight and nothing valuable."
[20:14] * Lehko flicks an ear with a grunt, but focuses on making the bridges needed.
[20:14] * Santos waits for Lehko's effort to pay off so they can proceed.
[20:15] <Kotono> OOC: Going on without any protection, y'all?
[20:18] <Morrie> OOC: I'm going to slip on the Red Ring.
[20:19] <Morrie> OOC: Actually, that's a lie.
[20:19] <Morrie> OOC: Nevermind!
[20:22] <Kotono> After a moment, Shiva appears. She begins to dance around, the air around you going cooler. "Remember you won't be able to call on me and I'll fade if Lehko's knocked out," she warns.
[20:23] * Lehko nods and strides forward on the magical bridges! OOC: any MP cost for those, BTW?
[20:23] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. More.
[20:24] <Kotono> With bridges of magic, the party proceeds further in! The heat is tremendous, Shiva's dance holding it at bay. You reach the gate of the castle! It's a traditional drawbridge, currently up and preventing any access. You stand just before it, on the last square pillar before the castle. Lehko's mana has been exhausted, leaving him utterly dry after the trip. OOC: 0 MP, Lehko.
[20:25] * Lehko pants in exsertion.
[20:26] <Lehko> "I.. I have one oatmeal cookie left. Just give me a sec to catch my breath."
[20:26] * Lehko takes his time getting the cookie, using the time to rest a bit.
[20:27] * Lehko shakes some of the exhaustion off and eats the last cookie!
[20:28] <Kotono> Jessica stares up at the castle, "So now what?"
[20:28] <Morrie> "I have some if you need them, Lehko." He offers with a nod.
[20:28] <Lehko> "Anyone think they can blast a hole in that? I can make a final bridge, I think, if one of you can."
[20:29] <Lehko> "Or target the chains, maybe?"
[20:29] * Lehko looks at the draw bridge trying to spot the chain mounting points.
[20:29] <Mycol> "I should be able to break the chains."
[20:30] <Mycol> "Or the hinge or something"
[20:30] <Morrie> "Ah... hm..." He considers, looking at the bridge. "Oh, Mycol, go ahead then."
[20:30] * Mycol will draw in the power of time....
[20:31] <Kotono> The points can be seen easily enough.
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it, Mycol.
[20:31] * Mycol will enervate them.
[20:33] <Penelo> "I can try something if this doesn't work, kupo."
[20:35] <Kotono> The chains are hit by enervation! They grow rusty and old, straining before giving way! The drawbridge plummets down hard! Ahead is darkness. From it comes a single figure. It is a ghost, the image of a time mage, down to the conical cap and robes. The drawbridge falls and connects to the pillar you are on as the mage approaches. In a deathly-chilling voice it utters, "No further!" OOC: Init.
[20:35] <Lehko> roll 2d6+6 Init
[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+6 Init and gets 11." [2d6=4, 1]
[20:35] <Mycol> 2d6+4
[20:35] <Lehko> roll 2d6+2 Wolf Init
[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Mycol rolls 2d6+4 and gets 8." [2d6=3, 1]
[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+2 Wolf Init and gets 6." [2d6=3, 1]
[20:35] <Penelo> roll 2d6+4 init for the moogle
[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Penelo rolls 2d6+4 init for the moogle and gets 9." [2d6=4, 1]
[20:36] <Kotono> roll 2d6+99 time mage
[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+99 time mage and gets 108." [2d6=6, 3]
[20:36] <Santos> roll 2d6+4
[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+4 and gets 11." [2d6=2, 5]
[20:37] <Morrie> roll 2d6+4 Init!
[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+4 Init! and gets 12." [2d6=3, 5]
[20:38] <Mycol> "What the"
[20:38] <Santos> ooc: First strike
[20:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Ghostly Time Mage(108)>Morrie(12)>Lehko=Santos(11)>Penelo(9)>Mycol(8)>Wolf(6)>Jessica(0)'
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Take your freebie, Santos.
[20:39] * Santos shoots the ghost in the face!
[20:39] <Santos> roll 2d6+5
[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+5 and gets 11." [2d6=4, 2]
[20:39] <Santos> roll d6 reroll 2
[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls d6 reroll 2 and gets 2." [d6=2]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage.
[20:40] <Santos> roll d6 reliable to reroll that 2. C'mon 4!
[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls d6 reliable to reroll that 2. C'mon 4! and gets 1." [d6=1]
[20:40] <Santos> ooc: you suck Hatbot.
[20:40] <Santos> ooc: 59 damage
[20:40] <Kotono> Santos braces and fires! He hits the ghost dead on, but it fails to do any damage at all! The ghost isn't even phased by the bullet impact! OOC: Tink. Ghost is up.
[20:41] <Kotono> Power gathers around the ghost! A dreadful amount of power as he begins to chant, gesturing with a staff, "O briarthorns, send a thousand curses on those that would oppose me!" OOC: Charging. Morrie.
[20:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Ghostly Time Mage(108 charging)>Morrie(12)>Lehko=Santos(11)>Penelo(9)>Mycol(8)>Wolf(6)>Jessica(0)'
[20:42] <Morrie> Morrie raises a hand and calls for the winds to strike this fiend down!
[20:42] <Morrie> roll 2d6+3
[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+3  and gets 9." [2d6=1, 5]
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage.
[20:43] <Morrie> OOC: 104 Wind
[20:43] <Kotono> A great gust of scything wind rips through the ghost - but does no damage at all! OOC: Tink. Lehko.
[20:43] <Morrie> Morrie looks confused and looks at the others. "There's something wrong here!"
[20:44] <Penelo> "I think it is protected somehow, kupo!"
[20:44] <Kotono> "Yeah!" Jessica says, staring, "It's not even flinching!"
[20:44] <Morrie> "Try and interrupt whatever it's doing!" He calls out.
[20:44] <Lehko> "Santos! Let's try an attack!"
[20:45] * Santos nods, frowning at the two attacks that missed.
[20:45] * Lehko takes aim and unleashes Orlandeau's Strike at the ghost in time with Santos!
[20:45] * Santos shoots again, in sync with Lehko!
[20:45] <Santos> roll 2d6+5
[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+5 and gets 11." [2d6=1, 5]
[20:45] <Lehko> roll 2d6+3 ATK
[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+3 ATK and gets 6." [2d6=2, 1]
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Success buuuuut a 6 misses.
[20:45] <Lehko> roll d6 reroll 2
[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls d6 reroll 2 and gets 1." [d6=1]
[20:46] <Santos> ooc: You suck Lehko!
[20:46] <Kotono> Lehko gathers his power in and fires as Santos shoots again! But the shots are mistimed and miss the ghost altogether! OOC: Bummer. Penelo.
[20:47] * Penelo is going to see if she can sense something about the mage. A special protection item? A charm? Something? Magical Lore check.
[20:47] <Penelo> roll 2d6+4 Magic Check?
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Penelo rolls 2d6+4 Magic Check? and gets 13." [2d6=5, 4]
[20:47] <Kotono> The creature is protected by an intensely powerful force. Something within the castle, most likely, for he would have to be close to it. As it is a ghost, it is likely unholy power. The only thing that might affect him is holy energies. Otherwise, he's invincible save for destroying whatever empowers him.
[20:48] <Penelo> OOC: So nothing ON the mage.
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: Correct.
[20:49] <Penelo> "He's protected by something further ahead, kupo! Only holy energy might hurt him, as he's giving off a lot of unholy energy!" She withholds actually spellcasting, as she is contemplating her next move.
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Mycol.
[20:51] * Mycol steadies himself, and raises his Maracas, concentration on his face.
[20:51] <Mycol> OOC: Runic
[20:51] <Penelo> Roll: 1d100: (61) = 61
[20:51] <Penelo> OOC: Sorry. Dropped something on my keyboard.
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: Runic absorbs the next hostile spell, yes? Okay. Wofl's up.
[20:52] <Mycol> Just the first spell cast in my presence.
[20:53] <Lehko> "Bjomolf, howl!" OOC: Charging.
[20:53] <Mycol> But since I'm last and he's already charging.....
[20:53] <Mycol> OOC: Also OOC
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: OOC tags. Anyway, noted. Right-o. Jessica holds since she has nothing to do. Ghost mage is up.
[20:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Ghostly Time Mage(108 charging)>Morrie(12)>Lehko=Santos(11)>Penelo(9)>Mycol(8)>Wolf(6 charging)>Jessica(0)'
[20:54] <Kotono> "Consume under a rain of needles! 1000 needles!" So the spell is cast, but Mycol's maracas shine! A torrent of arcane energy flows into the mushboom, stopping the spell cold! The mage remains expressionless, instead beginning to chant again, "Wrath of the storm titans, gather and scatter on the winds!" OOC: Charging again. +100 MP Mycol, that should top you off. That was 1000 needles, Neph, for
[20:54] <Kotono> blue magic.  Morrie.
[20:55] <Morrie> OOC: Hooray!
[20:56] <Morrie> Morrie looks at the others for opinions. "What do you want to do? Can we just run away from this...?"
[20:57] <Kotono> OOC: Doing anything or holding, Morrie?
[20:57] <Lehko> "I have Holy magic, you have healing, and so does Jessica... We might be able to do it."
[20:57] <Penelo> "If you have something that is holy, or a heal, we could try that. Otherwise we might have to retreat, kupo."
[20:58] <Morrie> OOC: Holding.
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Lehko, go.
[20:59] <Lehko> OOC: Did his attack reset Orlandeau's Strike?
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:00] * Lehko snarls and roars out at the failure of his last attack.
[21:00] <Santos> "Aim better this time, Lehko!" Santos shouts as he prepares to shoot in sync again.
[21:01] <Lehko> roll 2d6+3 ATK, Orlandeau's Strike, teamwork
[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+3 ATK, Orlandeau's Strike, teamwork and gets 13." [2d6=4, 6]
[21:01] <Santos> roll 2d6+5
[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+5 and gets 8." [2d6=1, 2]
[21:01] <Santos> roll d6 evil hatbot, reroll 1
[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls d6 evil hatbot, reroll 1 and gets 2." [d6=2]
[21:01] <Mycol> OOC: You had that coming. >_>
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Indeed. Do you have any more rerolls or is that it, Santos?
[21:01] <Lehko> OOC: I can reroll and try to get that 4 a 2?
[21:02] <Santos> ooc: No more rerolls, so yeah, Lehko would have to reroll the 4
[21:02] <Lehko> roll d6 reroll 4
[21:02] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls d6 reroll 4 and gets 1." [d6=1]
[21:02] <Penelo> OOC: You did this, Santos.
[21:02] <Santos> ooc: *snorts* No, Hatbot did.
[21:02] <Kotono> OOC: No joy. Pure Hatebot.
[21:03] <Kotono> The two again gather power - but completely whiff the combined assault, missing the time mage by a mile! Jessica winces, "Aim better, both of you!" OOC: Hatebot. Penelo.
[21:04] * Penelo having no better idea, chucks a healing potion at the mage. OOC: Standard Potion.
[21:04] <Kotono> OOC:Make an ACC roll.
[21:04] <Penelo> roll 2d6+2
[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Penelo rolls 2d6+2 and gets 10." [2d6=3, 5]
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Note the expenditure in loot.
[21:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Ghostly Time Mage(108 charging)>Morrie(12)>Lehko=Santos(11)>Penelo(9)>Mycol(8)>Wolf(6 charging)>Jessica(0) TM: 33'
[21:05] <Kotono> The potion flies and hits the ghost! Healing potion splashes all over it, which immediately causes pure white flames to engulf the spirit! It's burning merrily, the potion working away! OOC: Success. Mycol.
[21:06] <Mycol> OOC: Sec
[21:06] <Penelo> "Healing potions work! Healing potions work!"
[21:07] <Mycol> OOC: Well, worst case scenario is I still have more MP than I started.
[21:07] * Mycol will pull in all the holy power he can muster, releasing it onto the scary scary man
[21:08] <Mycol> OOC: Quickcast Life
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Force check.
[21:08] <Mycol> 2d6+4
[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Mycol rolls 2d6+4 and gets 10." [2d6=1, 5]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 2d6+3
[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+3 and gets 10." [2d6=4, 3]
[21:08] <Mycol> OOC: Well, it's better than 99
[21:08] <Kotono> A tiny angel comes down from the heavens, touching the spirit with the gift of life! This causes it to shudder and rip apart in white fires! It screams as it burns apart, torn utterly asunder!
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 5#1d100
[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5#1d100 and gets 202." [5#1d100 = 11, 2, 77, 17, 95]
[21:09] <Mycol> OOC: Oh, hey, bitchin'
[21:09] <Morrie> He blinks. "Wow..."
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Free act. Loot post.
[21:10] <Mycol> "That was...."
[21:10] <Mycol> "I'm surprised that worked."
[21:10] * Mycol shakes himself.
[21:10] * Penelo claps, jumping around and moves to hug Mycol as hard as she can.
[21:10] <Mycol> "His grasp of time was impressive. WRONG."
[21:10] <Kotono> Jessica comes over, patting the mushboom on top of the cap. "Good job," she says cheerfully, "He dropped treasure, too. Is that an old book? That's probably worth some gil."
[21:11] * Lehko holsters his pistols with a growl and a flat out disgruntled look on his face that doesn't waiver.
[21:11] <Mycol> "I... hmm. Already know that spell."
[21:11] <Mycol> "That's the one that drains me and speeds me up."
[21:12] * Penelo will let go of the mushboom to look at the book. "Drains you but it gives you more power?"
[21:12] <Santos> "That wouldn't be terrible to learn of all the spells, since it might help trigger my armor and being able to attack more often is never terrible," Santos muses. "Mind you, I'm not a mage, so probably wouldn't have much luck with it, but it wouldn't be terrible."
[21:13] <Mycol> "It serves me well enough."
[21:13] * Mycol shrugs.
[21:13] <Mycol> "Do we press on? Do we even have a choice?"
[21:13] <Penelo> "It could serve me well, depending on the situation..."
[21:14] * Lehko shifts a bit before slowly taking the lead, heading into the castle at a pace that lets the other finish their conversation.
[21:18] <Kotono> The party heads into the castle. Ahead is a vast room of gears, movement and noise. It's silent until you enter, when the noise of the entire thing works. The machineworks are vast, utterly escaping your comprehension. Strange things work at odd angles, towards ends you dare not imagine. Paths through the machine-scape lead within, to a slab of iron in the back. Here sits an engine larger than
[21:18] <Kotono> a horse, shuddering and connected by wires, tubes and strands of glowing light all around. Past them you can see one large treasure chest, surrounded with a visible, shimmering field of force.
[21:19] <Penelo> Penelo's jaw would drop to the floor if it were possible, taking this all in.
[21:19] <Mycol> "Whoa..."
[21:20] * Lehko looses a bit of his disgruntled demeanor and replaces it with a calculating one, his tinkering side taking over as he studies the machine and tries to figure it out..
[21:21] <Morrie> Morrie just blinks. "Wow... can you make any of this stuff out, Lehko? This seems right up your alley."
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: Skill check, Lehko.
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: Tinkering, obviously.
[21:21] * Lehko shrugs slightly continuing his study, unwilling to be distracted as he wanders around trying to figure it out...
[21:21] <Lehko> roll 2d6+9 Tinkering
[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+9 Tinkering and gets 18." [2d6=3, 6]
[21:23] <Kotono> The machine works are impossibly vast here. They work at angles that do not seem to have been made in someone's right mind. Yet everything works together to one inevitable goal - siphoning power to and from the engine in the center. You cannot fully grasp all the purposes here, but you can tell that it powers the lava below and keeps it hot. Whomever made this was as gifted as they were mad.
[21:24] <Lehko> "It... I can figure *some* of it out... It's like.. mad genius stuff... I can't tell what *everything* does, but what it does is syphon the power from the engine to keep the molten iron flowing..."
[21:24] * Lehko hmms and wonders if he can disconnect it and take it with them....
[21:25] <Kotono> The system is massive. Any modifications would take weeks if not months of study. Merely disconnecting it doesn't look like an option, unless you want to brute force it and risk damages and who knows what else.
[21:26] <Lehko> "I.. I want to disconnect it and take it, but I don't think I could do it in a timely fashion... But maybe Ebenezer and I could talk the king into sending a team of researchers here... I just.. Need to get salvage rights written up first."
[21:29] <Penelo>  "If we simply want to stop it from functioning, I could do something." The moogle speaks of simply breaking the machine.
[21:29] <Lehko> "Mmm... I might be able to do that myself.. What are the chances of you damaging it?"
[21:29] * Lehko starts inspecting the machine with the intent of disabling it.
[21:33] <Penelo> "I can destroy something, but not often."
[21:33] <Kotono> OOC: Make a tinkering check again.
[21:33] <Penelo> "Depending on what I destroy, it could disable it or ruin the whole thing."
[21:33] <Lehko> roll 2d6+9 Tinkering
[21:33] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+9 Tinkering and gets 11." [2d6=1, 1]
[21:33] <Mycol> "I'm not sure we -want- it damaged. Also, I'm not sure I want to blow us up"
[21:33] <Mycol> OOC: OH SHIT.
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, no more lines since that's a big ass complication incoming.
[21:36] <Santos> ooc: I didn't get anything nice for my 6,6 before! Screw those complications! =p
[21:36] <Kotono> Lehko begins to work on the machine, intent on disabling it. He circles the engine, trying to find the cords and tubes to unhook. He runs his hands along a side of the engine. What tips him off is the soft click under his hand. Looking down, he sees a small button he didn't notice before. A moment later, the castle lurches and it feels as if the castle is starting to fall!
[21:37] <Lehko> "Uhh.. Oops?"
[21:37] * Lehko looks around worriedly.
[21:37] <Penelo> "Ah! What did you do?!"
[21:37] <Santos> "You're a disaster, Lehko. A goddamn freaking disaster," Santos says drily.
[21:37] <Morrie> "Lehko, what did..." He looks around. "Oh... this isn't good, is it." He frowns.
[21:38] <Kotono> "Oh...fuck." Jessica looks around! Looking around, you can see that the castle is indeed falling! The drawbridge is pushed up before falling at an angle, pushing against the last square pillar!
[21:38] <Lehko> "Run?"
[21:38] <Mycol> OOC: Into the Lava?
[21:39] <Lehko> OOC: I have MP. I can maybe make a platform or bridge.
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: It's falling downwards, so by definintion down into the lava, yes.
[21:39] <Santos> ooc: Can I transform into Ifrit and have him carry everyone out safely, since he's immune to fire?
[21:39] <Santos> ooc: or too far?
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: You could try, Santos, sure.
[21:39] <Penelo> OOC: That poor treasure chest.
[21:39] <Santos> ooc: What's the distance like though?
[21:39] <Mycol> OOC: You transform into Ifrit and then I cast Sprint on Ifrit.
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: About 15ft and dropping rather fast. May want to hurry whatever it is.
[21:40] <Morrie> "We don't have a lot of time. Lehko, take what you can -- we need to get out of here. I will be fine, because I can float... but I don't know about everyone else."
[21:40] * Morrie seems oddly calm... but he's shaking.
[21:41] * Santos starts to channel his inner fire, summoning Ifrit. "Ifrit will carry everyone, he's immune to the fire. We should be fine, just get ready!" Santos warns as he prepares.
[21:41] <Kotono> As the party talks, the castle lurches - and begins to fall faster! In a whirl of flames, Santos becomes Ifrit! OOC: Y'all are on a clock here. Act. One turn's actions for each of you. Go. They can be in any order.
[21:41] * Penelo starting to already float in the air, scared.
[21:41] <Lehko> "Have him rip the engine out of the ground! If anything, a damaged one can still teach us!"
[21:42] <Morrie> OOC: Is the barrier still on the treasure box?
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[21:42] * Santos is now known as Ifrit
[21:42] <Penelo> OOC: The treasure, no!
[21:42] <Ifrit> ooc: Could I carry stuff on top of the gang?
[21:42] <Morrie> OOC: Waiting on Ifrit.
[21:42] <Ifrit> ooc: Or just the gang?
[21:43] * Mycol will begin casting Sprint.
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: If you could get to the chest, you might be able to carry it too. Ifrit's insanely strong since he isn't human. Normal or quick cast, Mycol?
[21:43] * Quits: Mycol (~chatzilla@c-68-62-57-116.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) (Connection reset by peer)
[21:43] <Ifrit> ooc: Peer cast
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: Har.
[21:43] <Ifrit> ooc: Teamwork attack failed, Peer resets.
[21:44] <Lehko> OOC: What about ripping the engine out of the ground and carrying it?
[21:44] * Joins: Mycol (~chatzilla@c-68-62-57-116.hsd1.mi.comcast.net)
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: Normal or quick cast, Mycol.
[21:44] <Mycol> OOC: Quick
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: You could try if you wanted to. It would take an extra round to try that, bear in mind.
[21:45] <Kotono> Mycol channels his magic onto Ifrit, speeding up his movement greatly! OOC: Rest of you have one round's actions. Go.
[21:46] * Lehko panics and tries to just pull the engine out of the ground. He fully expects this to cause it to explode.
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: Tinkering check, -4 penalty.
[21:47] * Ifrit grunts at being summoned for something other than combat, but moves to grab the mortal allies of his summoner. OOC: Someone tell Ifrit to grab the chest or engine if they want him to, since I actually didn't mention either when summoning him.
[21:47] <Lehko> roll 2d6+9-4 Tinkering
[21:47] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+9-4 Tinkering and gets 17." [2d6=6, 6]
[21:47] <Ifrit> ooc: Hah
[21:47] <Ifrit> ooc: now your luck switches.
[21:47] <Mycol> OOC: Honestly, I'm OK with good luck popping up now.
[21:48] <Kotono> With pure brute force, Lehko rips the engine out! The entire thing comes out of the ground! Wild, rainbow colored lights and boiling magma explodes all around! OOC: M.ARM and any fire res, y'all. Ifrit's obviously immune here.
[21:49] <Lehko> OOC: 35 M.Arm
[21:49] <Penelo> OOC: 20 m.arm
[21:49] <Morrie> OOC: 3 M. Arm, fire res
[21:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 101/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 49/114 Penelo: 0/76 Mycol 109/109 | Ghostly Time Mage(108 charging)>Morrie(12)>Lehko=Santos(11)>Penelo(9)>Mycol(8)>Wolf(6 charging)>Jessica(0) TM: 33'
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: Mycol?
[21:50] <Mycol> Sec.
[21:50] <Ifrit> ooc: Do I shield anybody since I'd started grabbing people?
[21:50] <Mycol> OOC: 25
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: No, it's a huge blast and you just got started.
[21:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 101/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 49/114 Penelo: 0/76 Mycol 34/109 | Ghostly Time Mage(108 charging)>Morrie(12)>Lehko=Santos(11)>Penelo(9)>Mycol(8)>Wolf(6 charging)>Jessica(0) TM: 33'
[21:51] <Kotono> The blast of energy is massive! Pure heat bastes the party, knocking Penelo flat otu! The others are hit hard, save for Ifrit, who ignores the mere inferno! The entire castle is starting to come apart, exploding and burning and plummeting! GO! GO! GO! OOC: Go Ifrit. Grab what you will and make an athletics check. Sprint's relevant here so it grants a +4 bonus to the roll. He uses Santos' ranks.
[21:54] * Ifrit goes to rescue Lehko, and tries to grab what that fool was trying to save as well, before sprinting out, trying to save them all.
[21:54] <Ifrit> roll 2d6+4+4 Athletics
[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Ifrit rolls 2d6+4+4 Athletics and gets 13." [2d6=2, 3]
[21:54] <Ifrit> roll d6 destiny!
[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Ifrit rolls d6 destiny! and gets 6." [d6=6]
[21:54] <Ifrit> roll d6 more destiny!
[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Ifrit rolls d6 more destiny! and gets 1." [d6=1]
[21:54] <Ifrit> roll d6 more destiny!
[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Ifrit rolls d6 more destiny! and gets 4." [d6=4]
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: That's enough, that clears it.
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Difficulty was 21, FYI.
[21:54] <Ifrit> ooc: SUCK ON IT HATBOT! I HAVE DESTINY TO THE WAZOO!
[21:55] <Mycol> OOC: And thank you for it.
[21:56] <Kotono> Ifrit surges up! He leaps with an armful of heroes and an engine, landing atop the pillar! Below the castle plunges into the lava, melting down! Before your eyes, the heat fades and the molten iron below cools. Ifrit vanishes a moment later, the party safe on the platform. Then..."YOU...YOU..." Shiva twitches, pausing her dance as the heat dies down. She stares and facepalms, "Escape first! Your
[21:56] <Kotono> lives are worth more than a bit of magitech or treasure! You damned fool1" She soundly thwaps Lehko upside the head.
[21:57] <Morrie> Morrie winces from Shiva's icy... ice.
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Loot post.
[21:58] * Ifrit is now known as Santos
[21:58] <Lehko> ".. S.. sorry. I just kind of panicked and focused on what was in front of me."
[21:59] <Kotono> "Focus on yourself! You're a hero!" Shiva throws her arms up into the air, "There's no replacing a Lehko or a Morrie or any of you!"
[21:59] <Santos> "Yeah, no fucking kidding. Ifrit apparently respected your guts, or something, given he tried to save that engine after all your idiotic effort," Santos says, as he slams a palm into Lehko's shoulder. "Which hey, I agree with the sentiment. You're a moron, but you're also gutsy!"
[22:00] * Penelo is unconcious.
[22:00] <Mycol> "Speaking of guts, anyone else's in a bit of a... um...
[22:00] <Mycol> "I'm just gonna sit down."
[22:01] * Lehko has shakey hands..
[22:01] <Kotono> Jessica just keels over, utterly dazed and out cold from the blast.
[22:01] <Lehko> "I.. I don't know what's going on.. First those missed shots.. Something weird is going on?"
[22:01] * Lehko looks around, paranoid about doing *anything.*
[22:02] <Kotono> Shiva vanishes with a final hmph. Titan appears right after, patting Mycol's shoulder. "Shiva's right. Calm down. Let's just get out of this place. Things will be better in some sunshine with solid earth under our feet."
[22:02] <Mycol> "So uh..."
[22:02] <Mycol> "How do we get out?"
[22:02] * Joins: Muirfinn (Desktop@ip70-176-215-62.ph.ph.cox.net)
[22:04] <Kotono> After a moment, Titan conjures up a little rock and tosses it at Penelo. "Wake up," he calls, "Speaking of sunshine, could you, Morrie?"
[22:04] <Morrie> Morrie blinks, then chuckles a bit at Titan's words. "Of course, my apologies."
[22:04] <Morrie> He raises a hand and calls out to the sun outside to heal the wounded!
[22:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Morrie: 148/148 Santos: 105/105 Lehko: 114/114 Penelo: 76/76 Mycol 109/109 | Ghostly Time Mage(108 charging)>Morrie(12)>Lehko=Santos(11)>Penelo(9)>Mycol(8)>Wolf(6 charging)>Jessica(0) TM: 33'
[22:05] <Kotono> Wounds heal, the party's injuries fading. Penelo awakens!
[22:06] * Penelo blinks, getting up. "W-what happened, kupo?"
[22:08] <Lehko> "I screwed up."
[22:08] <Mycol> "Viera dance parties are more exciting than the other Flesh-men's."
[22:08] <Morrie> Morrie looks at Mycol and just starts laughing. "We probably ought to haul this back... but it's going to be a long trip."
[22:11] * Lehko grunts and awkwardly hefts the engine onto his shoulder.
[22:12] <Lehko> "I can carry it. I broke it and I grabbed it, so it's mine to carry."
[22:14] * Penelo adjusts her outfit, still looking confused as she really blanked out somewhere.