To war once again (Moore)

[Nephrite]

oh god damnit

'That spell was cast by Lixer.' Moore announces. He leaves it to the others to decide how to handle that.

"Mirima, if anything happens here my plan will be to Plane Shift everyone away and then back to Aurora." Moore says.

[Anastasia]

Cries of alarm, confusion. "Rally! Rally and hold!" Mirima calls, "I hear you, Moore!"

[Nephrite]

There's not much he can do except pray that their allies may help to intervene. The light of Mount Celestia... ...hm, would that work? He could open a gate, but... That ocean of light sure would come in handy right about now, wouldn't it...

[Anastasia]

Listen check.

What is the light of Celestia but eternal hope?

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 48.

Is it time to openly hope?

[Anastasia]

You can't hear anything but the silence of the darkness.

That is your choice. The light of Celestia's hope is always your choice to embrace or deny.

[Nephrite]

'Tryll! Can you hear me!? I think it's time for that book we bought!' Moore sends to him.

[Anastasia]

You got a reply in the other room, going to do anything with that or just wait?

[Nephrite]

For now he'll just wait. ...WAIT!

WAIT!

He is going to cast Glibness for +30 to bluff, then take 10 on a Bluff check for 95 (using Greater Improvisation points) to assume a false alignment as a lawful evil character. :D

[Anastasia]

Cool. Holding you for a moment then in case it wasn't obvious.

Also sneaky trick. That'll let you see in the utterdark, but before that? Do you have any gear on that changes effects if you are evil aligned or damages you?

[Nephrite]

I thankfully do not have anything of that sort!

[Anastasia]

Thus Moore can see. Shapeless phantasms, hungry mouths, reaching hands. They all emerge, coming towards the living. Thousands of them, ghost silent and drifting towards those that live, inexorably seeking them. Like an army of dead memories, of phantasms lost and found at the worst possible time.

[Nephrite]

Moore takes a breath. "Mirima, I can see them -- and everyone else. I tricked the spell so I can see within this darkness. We've got... countless undead of various types closing in on us. There's no way for you all to fight them like this, but I may be able to block them off or... something." He says, hesitantly. "I think we also have a solution for this coming soon, but in the meantime it would be best to pull back towards Aurora, I think."

He adds to the telepathic link for everyone's benefit: 'I've managed to trick the spell for right now -- we have thousands of undead creatures out here bearing down on the soldiers. I would suggest we have them pull back to Aurora for now.'

[Yuthirin]

'The book refuses to open, Moore.' Tryll replies.

[Ebiris]

'No, fortify yourselves at the Throne, you'll be slaughtered running blind through that back to Aurora,' Afina refuses Moore's suggestion for everyone to try and make their way back to Aurora through the darkness. 'I've located the origin point of the spell and will attempt to dispel it.'