Elemental Movements

[Anastasia]

Smash after smash wrecks the inner wall, collapsing it out. A passage out is revealed.

"Hurry," Jetina murmurs, "Before they catch us, there's surely forces above."

Kaja nods at that, "Now!"

[Nephrite]

Moore nods and heads out first!

[Anastasia]

Gimme Perception real quick.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 84

[Anastasia]

You can hear rustling, bony noises from within the absolute darkness above as you all escape out.

[Nephrite]

"Above us!" Moore shouts to the others. "Down!"

Idea is to hopefully have everyone move a good deal away so they can't just come out an immediately attack us.

[Anastasia]

Thus you look down - and see a second problem. Another cloud of darkness is by the ground floor entrance, blocking vision of the ground.

Chance to react to that.

[Nephrite]

So we're closer to the top one -- so let's go up and diagonally away from it so we're at least level with the cloud but hopefully a decent bit away from it.

[Anastasia]

Okay, how fast are you all moving? At your own speeds, in sync or something else?

[Nephrite]

Jetina is 60, so a double move makes her 120 -- let's keep pace with that.

[Anastasia]

The party flees away, getting 240ft between them and the cloud. It's then that the emerge. Six chariots of steel, driven by spectral horses, skeletal things more like ghostly images than material things. In each chariot is the same figure - a pixie-like thing standing atop the upper lip of the chariot, perhaps a hair taller than you are. It is clad in brown and black head to toe, save for splashes of dull yellow.

The pixie has a knife in hand, smiling ear to ear, "There they are," the six of them call at once, "Go!"

[Nephrite]

So all of them look the same, right? So they could just be mirror images (but obviously aren't because who would try that)?

[Anastasia]

Yes and yes (theoretically to the second).

Note that Mirror's Mimickry is banned in case that came to mind.

[Nephrite]

"I'm doubtful those are mirror images, but once we get close enough I can verify. For now, let's let them come to us if we can!" Moore says to the others.

He then raises his voice a bit more.

"Majanal! I don't know what an Unseelie like you thinks you're going to accomplish here, but I promise you that you'll regret meeting us!" Moore then shouts across at the figures.

[Anastasia]

Let's go ahead and hit init, then.