Jaela: getting stuff done (Jaela)

[Corwin]

"Yes, I get it. Lixer also sacrifices his armies to get me right where he wants me," Jaela agrees. "Though he usually follows up by destroying his bases. Are your masters going to do that too?"

K:P on Mountainous Fire, please. 10 for 64.

[Anastasia]

Mountainous Fire is a primal fire elemental. It's named that for its massive size and its skill as a defender. It burns everything around it to ash while foes futilely attack it, like a gnat against a mountain. Flip side, touch attacks are easy to land on it.

"There's m-more. So much more. If not that, then the Avenger will slaughter you."

[Corwin]

"Try to be honest with yourself, please," Jaela chides him. "No need for empty boasts."

She thinks this over for a few moments. "We're at the halfway mark to Fourfires, give or take. Your army attacked me less than a minute after the initial engagement with the scouts. I need to know the following things. Were you a fast response force or thrown together in a hurry? How many ships and dragons do you have, total, and how many you believe can reach us in time to matter?"

Same K:P 64 for the Avenger, please.

[Anastasia]

You aren't sure about the Avenger. it's a fairly common title so you'd need more information than that.

Mei glares down at the efreet like he's trash, eyes harsh and cold. "We're the e-emergency response force. Right now all of Fourfires is mobilizing for war. Dozens and dozens of elite forces are gathering to shatter y-you."

[Corwin]

"Again." Jaela's tone grows just a bit harsher. "The amount of ships and dragons serving Fourfires, and how many of them will make it back from patrols in time to defend it if our ship departs for it now?"

[Anastasia]

"About two dozen, plus the reserve forces and the ones that only fly above Fourfires itself!" he blurts out.

[Corwin]

One, and four, and six more.... After a quick tally, Jaela muses out loud, "So half already destroyed. Not bad. Tell me about the Avenger, and give an example of an elite unit."

[Anastasia]

"We have a fucking problem!" Dana snarls, shouting on down, "Stop flirting down there and get your asses up here!"

This naturally cuts off the efreet.

[Corwin]

"Talk as you walk," Jaela instructs the efreet, grabbing it by the bicep and dragging him up to the deck at her regular speed.

I'm fast. I'm also ridiculously strong.

[Anastasia]

"The A-avenger is a p-pit fiend on lo-loan from Dis. He's half iron and half fiend." As he talks you get up - and you see your ship has been intercepted by a hand. A hand almost as large as your ship and made of solid fire. The chest of a simply titanic fire elemental is blocking the way forward. Dana and the Master stand nearby, in combat position.

This is probably about to goto init, so bear that in mind.

[Corwin]

"Mountainous Fire," Jaela says, giving the elemental a curt nod. "I am Jaela of Aurora. I heard of your great strength. Why do you serve the weakling slaver scum?" She throws her prisoner down on the deck behind her, gesturing at him dismissively. "What did those pathetic things do to earn your allegiance?"

[Anastasia]

The voice booms down, enough to shake mountains, yet there's no movement at all.

"AS I AM CONTRACTED, I WILL OBEY. MY ONLY DESIRE TO SERVE THE WILL OF FIRE AND ADVANCE FIRE AGAINST WATER. MY CONTRACT AIDS THIS IN HAPPENING." He speaks in Common, accented with Ignan.

[Corwin]

"That's all it takes?" Jaela asks with a blink. "Can I contract you to burn the fuck out of my enemies instead?"

[Anastasia]

"IF YOU CAN SUNDER MY CONTRACT AND REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER, YES. IF NOT I WILL HAVE TO DESTROY YOU."

[Corwin]

Jaela nods. "Fair. Either let me proceed to kill those fuckers and sunder your contract, or we fight and I do the same."