Roll 232
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(dragonxp)
Cihas [ - ] = -
> "Anything Absurd my good Fellow?"

Isaac: "I don't think anything with intelligence did this. The slaughter here was too unrefined. I'm guessing either some corrupted being, or a rather feral creature did this... She hears something. Whatever killed this Lupus might still be here. Just don't assume anything yet, it could be a survivor."

You follow Isaac and Feiar as she leads your group towards the source of the sound, deeper into the town. It isn't long before you hear the sound of something softly banging on a closed door in a dome ahead. From your distance, you can see that the windows have been barred with furniture and other wood, and nothing moving is around the dome.

Conditions :
- Burned Face
- Missing Eyebrows




(TorrentHKU)
John Freemaneth [ - ] = -
> Mist heads over to the corpse, but you grab him before he starts digging in.

"Mist, don't touch that, it's melting the ground.
The armor protects from corruption, not acid."

You walk over to Aucupe and give the little armored demon harpy thing a solid fist pump that lets out a loud clang in the air as your armored limbs collide.

Aucupe: "So what about the crystal? It's radiating small amounts corruption, I think, so it must be a pretty hefty power source. And we need to figure how to get it out safely."

Conditions :
- Whirlwind Armor (+2 Physical Actions)
-- (Energy: 36/50)




(Roast Veg)
Paradox Mist [ - ] = -
> You walk over to the drake corpse, but John grabs you before you can start digging in.

John: "Mist, don't touch that, it's melting the ground.
The armor protects from corruption, not acid."

Aucupe: "So what about the crystal? It's radiating small amounts corruption, I think, so it must be a pretty hefty power source. And we need to figure how to get it out safely."

Conditions :
- Torrential Armor (+2 Physical Actions)
-- (Energy: 41/50)




(Nighthawk)
Kyros Deiimor [ 3 ] = 3
> You point at the strange women -

"I'm quite certain that she is not!"

There's a loud pound as the women lands a kick in Blizzard's torso, sending him flying into the back wall with a crunch as he cracks the stone on impact and lands face-down on the ground. She then turns to you and takes off with a mad dash.

Ettiin leaps at the women, but the women is faster and in a split second Ettiin is flying to the right side of the room with a metal clang, hitting the ground and sliding before hitting the wall.

The women turns to you and starts running, and at the corner of your eye you see Koa standing in the gate of the spire.

Koa: WHAT DO WE DO

Conditions :
(None)




(Harzipan)
Isaac [ - ] = -
> "Anything Absurd my good Fellow?"

Isaac: "I don't think anything with intelligence did this. The slaughter here was too unrefined. I'm guessing either some corrupted being, or a rather feral creature did this... She hears something. Whatever killed this Lupus might still be here. Just don't assume anything yet, it could be a survivor."

You follow Feiar as she leads you towards the source of the sound, deeper into the town as she said. It isn't long before you hear the sound of something softly banging on a closed door in a dome ahead. From your distance, you can see that the windows have been barred with furniture and other wood, and nothing moving is around the dome.

Conditions :
(None)






(NPC)
Aucupe
[ - ] = -
> ~



Conditions :
- Lucida Armor (+2 Physical Actions)
-- (Energy: 50/50)




(NPC)
Koa Tsinthula
[ - ] = -
> ~



Conditions :
- Missing Right Forearm





(NPC)
Ettiin Enku
[ - ] = -
> ~



Conditions :
- Wing-bone Claws




(NPC)
Feiar
[ - ] = -
> ~



Conditions :
- Sprained Ankle






World Events:
Time of day: Day





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I sure as hell hope thought communication is pretty much instant, cause I don't have time to say this crap otherwise.

Run, get help if you can! I'll stay with the others!
> Toughen, take whatever comes. Release the Toughening and counter-attack if I get an opening.

Roll 233
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(dragonxp)
Cihas [ - ] = -
> "Sounds like life. Too bad we can't tell if it's the kind of life that would rather charge us on site in lieu of talking it out. I'm going to see if there are any blatant signs of something big and scary being in there before we go alerting our presence to anything, friendly or not."

You draw your bow and hold your position with Feiar as Isaac walks around the building, inspecting it. He stops in front of the doorway.

Conditions :
- Burned Face
- Missing Eyebrows




(TorrentHKU)
John Freemaneth [ - ] = -
> "Hmm. Can you pinpoint it? Whirlwind's good at cutting things. Could probably cut away the parts around it, then have Torrent yank it out."

Aucupe: "It's on the right side of the chest, like where the heart is on the left side. We can get it out."

Holding up Lucida, a large hard-light blade forms over the sword, and Aucupe begins carefully dissecting the drake.

Hey Whirlwind. What's your story? What were you up to before I met up with you?

Whirlwind: Hmm. My memory is a little foggy, but I remember.. Let me just start further back, it would make more sense.
Let's see, when the War of Blades started, I was in a halberd unit under Vera Caelum. After numerous battles of not dying on the front lines, I was promoted to captain of the unit, and given the halberd you're holding as a promotion gift.
The war rose in conflicts and bloodshed, and eventually my unit was left to guard a town while the towns people and the rest of the forces there evacuated. My unit was left there as a sacrifice to the greater good, to slow the enemy advance so that the others could escape.
The enemy came in the hundreds, lupus warriors and snipers, while we were only 50 strong. It didn't take long for my allies to fall, but I kept on fighting with battered armor and arrows embedded here and there, until I lost too much blood. Fell over, and just watched the world turn black.
Except I didn't die. I remember waking up again, except I couldn't see. I could think, but I couldn't speak or move or see or hear or feel anything. I managed to 'see' things in a different way with telepathy, I was taught some basics by a friend when I was a child, and found myself - or the halberd I'm stuck inside - hanging on a wall for display in a noble's mansion.
I remember hearing fighting outside, and then Torrent - he never told me his real name - broke into the mansion and took me with him after he burned it to the ground. He taught me how to use this halberd's power and how to turn into a human again, but the transformation wasn't perfect, and I couldn't escape the weapon. There were others like us too, and they called me 'Whirlwind,' but Torrent didn't like most of them.
The War of Blades was still going on, I remember separating with Torrent, we were heading to different battlefields. I never made it though, I was ambushed before I got there, lupus again. I killed more of them than last time, but there were still too many, and my body was destroyed and I didn't even have enough energy to 'see.' I slept for a long time.

After that, I remember slowly recovering energy enough to see and use magic, and found myself in the hands of one of your allies, and then eventually you.


Aucupe seems to have finished during story time and is holding up a smooth, fist-sized oval-shaped stone with a clear yellow color.

Conditions :
- Whirlwind Armor (+2 Physical Actions)
-- (Energy: 37/50)




(Roast Veg)
Paradox Mist [ - ] = -
> John: "Hmm. Can you pinpoint it? Whirlwind's good at cutting things. Could probably cut away the parts around it, then have Torrent yank it out."

Aucupe: "It's on the right side of the chest, like where the heart is on the left side. We can get it out."

You start drawing a fire rune on the ground near the corpse while Aucupe forms a large hard-light blade over Lucida and starts carefully dissecting the drake.

By the time you finish drawing the rune, Aucupe is holding up a smooth, fist-sized oval-shaped stone with a clear yellow color.

Conditions :
- Torrential Armor (+2 Physical Actions)
-- (Energy: 42/50)




(Nighthawk)
Kyros Deiimor [ 5 + 2 ] = 7
> Run, get help if you can! I'll stay with the others!

Koa pauses for a split second, before running off.

Koa: Good luck!

You let kinetic energy flow throughout your body and armor, locking it in place. The women comes flying at you with a downward kick, smashing your statue-like body into the ground, and then swings the blade towards your head.

A pillar of ice erupts from under the women, and she quickly leaps to the side to aviod being impaled, but still within range for the tip of the blade to strike the face of your helmet, and slice through, leaving a clean quarter-inch horizantal cut in the metal.

You're pretty sure it skimmed a few hairs off of your face as well.

Blizzard: "The blade negates magic!"

Blizzard is back on his feet and rushing towards your position while it looks like the women is preparing to get another swing in at you.

Conditions :
- Partially Underground




(Harzipan)
Isaac [ - ] = -
> "Sounds like life. Too bad we can't tell if it's the kind of life that would rather charge us on site in lieu of talking it out. I'm going to see if there are any blatant signs of something big and scary being in there before we go alerting our presence to anything, friendly or not."

You head towards the dome and quietly walk around the perimeter while Cihas and Feiar hold their positions with their weapons ready.

There aren't any visible breaches in the dome or improvised barricades. You finish your inspection in front of the building, with whatever inside still softly knocking into the door. The frame of the door is slightly misshaped, and it looks like the door would require a few good rams or tugs to pull loose even if it wasn't blocked up - and there aren't any blockages on your side.

Conditions :
(None)






(NPC)
Aucupe
[ - ] = -
> ~



Conditions :
- Lucida Armor (+2 Physical Actions)
-- (Energy: 50/50)




(NPC)
Koa Tsinthula
[ - ] = -
> ~



Conditions :
- Missing Right Forearm





(NPC)
Ettiin Enku
[ - ] = -
> ~



Conditions :
- Wing-bone Claws




(NPC)
Feiar
[ - ] = -
> ~



Conditions :
- Sprained Ankle






World Events:
Time of day: Day





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