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[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+14
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{34}

Unfortunate.

Knight (34) > Kaja (32).

Knight opens.

Before Moore or Kaja can react, the armored creature slashes down with a heavy, two handed slash and...!

> roll 1d20+38
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+38 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{56}

Yet Kaja bats the ethereal slash before him away with both blades and...

Kaja is up in the next post, splitting this up for reactions and post length control.

[Anastasia]

Kaja smiles grimly, advancing in and...

As he does, you see a faint, transparent shimmering around the knight, a 10ft radius all around it coming into being. It's like a wall of force in sphere form, at least visually.

[Nephrite]

Moore quickly uses his Stupendous Sending Stone to send a message to Kaja!

'It looks like he has a wall of force or similar surrounding him all of a sudden.'

If he has time, which he may not.

[Anastasia]

Roll init in that case, see if you beat Kaja's score. If yo udo, you can.

[Nephrite]

[23:02] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+41
[23:02] <Kobot> Nephrite rolled 1d20+41 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{47}

[Anastasia]

Kaja stops at that, "Baited," he utters in open irritation, glaring at the knight. He spits aside, sizzling and boiling on the ground. "Honorless thing, trying to send me against a defense no blade can shatter."

The Knight holds his position and whispers into your minds, 'You whine like a scolded dog, afraid of the first setback of your scimitars.'

[Nephrite]

Moore shakes his head. "It looks like this was just a waste of time. A challenge like that serves no purpose." He gestures at the others as he starts to fly up and over the Knight. "If you're going to challenge us by yourself, you have that right, but otherwise we're going to continue on. You stalled us for time as was likely your purpose here anyway, I suggest you take that as a victory."

[Anastasia]

The Knight....steps back and away. 'My purpose is done here,' he agrees, slipping into the embrace of the fog.

Cresiel's gaze is on him, "Engrave this on your soul: There will be a judgment for what you have done today, and on that day, all of this realm shall hear your lamentations." HE says that even while flying along, hurrying.

[Nephrite]

Moore continues forward!

"Even if they've been taken into the fort or worse, we'll just have to smash into it to rescue them." He says.

[Anastasia]

All of you hurry along, and as you do, "We must exercise caution. The enemy has the advantage, as well as time to muster reinforcements. They anticipated us, this may well be a trap to eliminate rescue efforts." Xandra declares, "Be prepared."

[Nephrite]

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." Moore says with a smile. "They're ready for a rescue effort, they're not ready for us."

[Anastasia]

Thus you fly along - and as the fog parts as you advance, you see it. A cliff rising over a glowing-red sea, where a tall lighthouse rises up. No light comes from it, painted a fading, blotted white. A large building is nestled around it, like a snake choking prey. The front doors are torn down, shattered, and parts of it are scorched or broken, roof having caved in for those places.

[Nephrite]

"That must be Dimtrees." Moore says. "Let's keep going, see what we can find. If you can't teleport into it, it's possible that they can't teleport out of it and are still there."

[Anastasia]

"There's an awful lack of trees here," Jetina remarks as you hurry forward.

"Worry later," Cresiel leads on, advancing towards the door.

Order here?

[Nephrite]

Cresiel, Moore, Jetina, Kaja, Xandra.