If Foraqe completely retreats, it might fill the entire inside of the shell with its fleshy mass.

I am aware of this. Unfortunately, there isn't much I can do about that, aside from killing Foraqe.

You could try to escape back out of that hole... somehow.

Well ♥♥♥♥, might as well try it.

Update - 'Morning, everyone! As promised, here is the roll.

Torrent (Gillian) (6 - 5 = 1)

Attempting to overcome the pain requires thinking about the pain, which leads to more painful pain that incapacitates you.
It does start to wear off naturally, though.




Ociamarru (Nikolai) (9 + 1 = 10)

"Royt!" You call back to Terry, and then realize that if you don't get moving, you'll be crushed within this thing.
You certainly wouldn't be of much use as a pancake, so you retreat back to the spot where you entered and see the hole in the ceiling. Unfortunately, the inside of the shell consists of perfectly smooth round walls. Certainly not climbable.

But now is not the time to give up! There's got to be a way to do this! You have an idea that's just crazy enough to work, anyway.
You focus, willing the ancient energy stored in your Repulsing Talisman to build up... and with a yell, you strike the ground below your feet, shooting upwards towards the light.

By some miracle, (or perhaps your acrobatics skills) you pass safely through the small hole, and land on the outside.

That was pretty awesome.




caekdaemon (Anderson) (4)

"Gods damn it. I finally finish crafting my gear, and there is nothing left to fight." You sigh. This really is disappointing.
"Might as well burn down the forge. That'll cheer me up."

Then you realize that the building, quite smartly, is composed almost completely of stone.
Your clever mind quickly reaches the consensus that stone doesn't burn.
This is even more disappointing.




CaveCricket (Raphael) (12)

"Crap crap crap uhhhh..."
You snap your fingers as a great idea comes to mind, and transform almost instantly into a cow-sized mantis shrimp, disposing of your strange arm in the process.
A sudden realization reaches you - the transformation was so incredibly accurate that you now have GILLS. And they don't seem to be taking too kindly to the air you're trying to breathe in.
You hold your breath. You're going to choke if you don't get to water soon.




Tokochiro (Johni) (7 - 2 = 5)

You just barely manage to remain on your feet this time. You think you can walk now, with some effort.




Phd (John Adams) (3)

You try to lift the building, but nothing happens. You find it odd that your powers fail you now. They were working just fine before....



NPCs

Gabriel

Gabriel continues to stand there in indecision.
"Should we go after it? Or is our job done?"




Terry

The smashing sounds stop, and then suddenly Terry comes flying out of the opening in the front of Foraqe's shell, hitting the ground and sliding to a stop on the sand.



Locations
-caekdaemon in front of the forge.
-Tokochiro and Torrent are at a distance from Foraqe.
-Phd, Terry and Gabriel are near Foraqe.
-Ociamarru and CaveCricket are on Foraqe.

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Foraqe continues moving back into deeper waters. Soon it'll be completely submerged.
Gerard, captain of the militia, comes charging out to the battlefield with his spear in hand.
"It's retreating! We've seen this happen! It'll just come back after it's healed, even stronger than before!"
"You need to follow it to its home and finish it off there!"

What say the players?

> Ow. Ok, try that whole mind-over-matter voodoo again.
Also, if I heard the captain of the militia, "And how the bloody hell do we do that?! It's going underwater!"

What the hell did you just say?

I can understand the bit about Get me a diving apparatus but the rest seems to make absolutely no sense!

"Get me a diving apparatus and I will continue to pursue your mollusk."

♥♥♥♥ has been getting crazy around here and I've had no time to post. Sorry 'bout that. But I haven't forgotten about this game, don't worry!

Torrent (Gillian) (9 - 4 = 5)

You grunt with the effort of trying to ignore the blazing pain in your arm, but it hurts like hell.
"Wimp." You look up.
Johni seems to be standing next to you. Wait. Is that him or... no. You turn your head to the left. He's over there. This is probably one of his clones.
"You're such a weak-ass."
With an attitude like that, it's almost certainly one of his clones. You ignore it and address Gerard.
"And how the bloody hell do we do that?! It's going underwater!"
"This is a coastal city - we've developed tools that can allow you to breathe underwater."
He motions to a nearby soldier that seems to be accompanying him.
"Fetch the Gillmasks," he says.




Ociamarru (Nikolai) (-)

You leap off of Foraqe and push through shallow water until you're at the beach.
"Geyt me a doyving apparateece und Oy wiel kahnteenew tew porsew yore mahllosk."
Gerard looks at you for a moment, the words unraveling in his head. Then he gets it.
"I've already got a man on it. He should be back soon."




caekdaemon (Anderson) (2)

You run all the way to the beach and reach it in time to comment on what you somehow heard. Your hearing must be amazing.
"How about we make a ballista or a catapult? Hell, why not even a trebuchet? We can hit the thing with so much force we crack its shell wide open. Then... Then we can finish the job!"
"There's no time," Gerard tells you. "And we don't carry siege weaponry here. If we tarry too long, its wounds will heal. When the monster is underwater, it can recover very quickly."
You begin to feel angry.




CaveCricket (Raphael) (11 - 1 = 10)

You leap gracefully into the water, hitting it with hardly a splash. Oxygen flows back into you and you feel much better.
While everyone else is dallying up there...
You swim swiftly closer to Foraqe, getting closer to its underside as it enters the water. The underside is made of thick shell, but you attack it anyway, pounding away with your giant claws, using them like fists.
A small crack appears after a few hits.




Tokochiro (Johni) (5)

You send a clone out to Torrent to help with his injuries in whatever way possible.
The clone seems to be trying to assist him by... insulting him. You're not sure if that's going to help, but meh.
Meanwhile you sit still and let your bruises get better.




Phd (John Adams) ()

"I'm all for the ballista idea."
According to Gerard, that's not going to happen, however.



NPCs

Gabriel

"Aight, then. Nothing to do but wait here, then."




Terry

"... I don't need a breathing apparatus. That oversized piece of shellfish is going to die when I get my hands on it."
Terry leaps into deep water with a loud splash and...
floats back to the surface. Flail as he might, wooden Hunchback seems rather intent on staying above the water.



Locations
-Tokochiro, caekdaemon and Torrent are at a distance from the beach.
-Phd, Ociamarru, Terry and Gabriel are near the beach.
-CaveCricket is underneath the water, near Foraqe.

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Foraqe is now almost completely submerged.

The man that Gerard sent to the main building returns, red in the face and sweating profusely. He hands a bunch of odd-looking masks to Gerard, who deposits them in the arms of Gabriel and the Six.
The masks appear to be made of some kind of white shell-material, and have a strange series of rivulets cut in the front of them, leading from the sides of the mask to where the mouth and nose are. There are deep blue glass plates on the eyes of the masks as well.
"How do these work?"
"They're enchanted... explaining would be difficult. It's better to just let you try them. Trust me, they work."

(The Gillmasks will appear in your inventories next turn. But you HAVE them right now.)