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strangetrip2018-08-25 08:08 pm
st_aff) wrote in strangetrip2018-08-25 08:08 pm
Entry tags:
- # inn-world: dread reign,
- alec mcdowell,
- annie may parker,
- bo dennis,
- carlos ramirez,
- clarice fong,
- dean winchester,
- dorian pavus,
- gartrett corbie,
- geralt of rivia,
- illyana rasputin,
- jag,
- james hathaway,
- kashaw vesh,
- kitty pryde,
- liz parker,
- loki,
- makoto kimura,
- mary winchester,
- molly carpenter,
- peter parker,
- pike trickfoot,
- piotr rasputin,
- regina mills,
- rocket,
- sam winchester,
- scanlan shorthalt,
- thor odinson,
- vax'ildan,
- xavin,
- zahra hydris
Inn-world Combat: The Dread Reign
At the crest of the mountain, Coc'zac sat atop Nazu's head looking through a glass that Hotor held to his eye. Vokva sat beside them, little more than a pile of bones atop a pile of rocks, and Hafur paced behind them, holding the troops in check. They milled in the pre-dawn gloom, skeletons, wights, zombies, wraiths, and all manner of undead creatures. Periodically, Nazu swept the space behind them with their tail bowling over anyone who'd gotten too close.
The first pinpoint of light had Coc'zac's teeth chattering with excitement in his disembodied head. Today was the day he'd been planning for. Soon, soon the Inn and its occupants would be his. Nazu unleashed a heavy sigh tinged with poison and necrosis. Fortunately the troops were all dead already, and Coc'zac didn't have anything in the way of arms to hit them with.
It fell to Hafur to gesture the troops forward as punctuation to Coc'zac's 'rousing' speech, and together they crept through the portal, avoiding its fizzing and popping edges demarcated in what would be neon blue, if they could still see in color. They couldn't properly hear either, but they were aware of the noise and the danger it marked.
Once they were all through, the advance scouts, four bands of skeleton archers swept quietly as they could through the shadows to take up position around the main buildings, prepared to pick off anyone who exited--for example for a pre-sun jog. And once they'd settled into wary, silent waiting, occasionally interrupted by the pop of a joint or the clatter of toe bones on stone, the next wave rolled in finding shadows to hide in until the residents emerged with the wights taking point.The bone naga and three flameskulls slipped through the lobby doors and stealthed toward the offices, assuming to find the command center there.
It wasn't long before the invaders caught the notice of the residents, and then shouts began to echo through the grey light and journals filled with messages and reminders of siege plans. Several strongly worded messages urged the kids and those without weapons or fighting skills to head for the Temple where the Hallow spell would protect them from unholy undead things.
And so the battle for the Madonna Inn began...
The first pinpoint of light had Coc'zac's teeth chattering with excitement in his disembodied head. Today was the day he'd been planning for. Soon, soon the Inn and its occupants would be his. Nazu unleashed a heavy sigh tinged with poison and necrosis. Fortunately the troops were all dead already, and Coc'zac didn't have anything in the way of arms to hit them with.
It fell to Hafur to gesture the troops forward as punctuation to Coc'zac's 'rousing' speech, and together they crept through the portal, avoiding its fizzing and popping edges demarcated in what would be neon blue, if they could still see in color. They couldn't properly hear either, but they were aware of the noise and the danger it marked.
Once they were all through, the advance scouts, four bands of skeleton archers swept quietly as they could through the shadows to take up position around the main buildings, prepared to pick off anyone who exited--for example for a pre-sun jog. And once they'd settled into wary, silent waiting, occasionally interrupted by the pop of a joint or the clatter of toe bones on stone, the next wave rolled in finding shadows to hide in until the residents emerged with the wights taking point.The bone naga and three flameskulls slipped through the lobby doors and stealthed toward the offices, assuming to find the command center there.
It wasn't long before the invaders caught the notice of the residents, and then shouts began to echo through the grey light and journals filled with messages and reminders of siege plans. Several strongly worded messages urged the kids and those without weapons or fighting skills to head for the Temple where the Hallow spell would protect them from unholy undead things.
And so the battle for the Madonna Inn began...
Re: For Vax, Scanlan, Steph, Regina
Not wanting to draw attention to himself, he reached for the wall to steady himself, but had to double over in pain. He was dying - he could feel himself dying.
"Scanlan!"
The bard knew that sound over anything else and even in his current state, Pike's voice produced a smile on his lips. He forced his head up in time to see a very concerned looking Pike staring at him. It was obvious she was worried.
"I'm okay coach. Promise." Though Scanlan knew better. From behind him, there seemed to be a void opening up and Scanlan could feel a pull like it was suctioning him out. He looked at Pike, but she didn't seem to see it. His smile turned more into one of farewell. "Okay. Maybe I'm going to have to sit this one out."
Pike felt a rush of panic and a pang of grief. She was almost all out of spells from helping on the battlefield. She reached for her necklace and she held it, praying to Sarenrae for some divine intervention. As she reached out to reassure Scanlan, she felt Sarenrae's presence. She felt it envelop her and Scanlan. It was then that Pike was able to see the void pulling them in. She could tell that Scanlan was already getting better.
Hands held, she stepped into him. "Where you go, I go."
And then the two Gnomes seemed to simply disappear from the Madonna Inn.