Dianysia: "Hey, can't we just talk about this without the killing?"
DM: Gabi: "Sorry. Can't take the chance."
Dianysia: E - "What chance?"
DM: Sue: "You heard the lady. She's in charge."
Jefferson Harco: "We don't want to hurt you."
Dianysia: E - "She's not in charge of me... And I really don't want to keep fighting for nothing...."
Braids: E- "Umm, I don't you all would be fighting for nothing... I think at this point we are fighting to, you know, keep breath and all that annoying stuff?"
DM: Gabi grins, leaning forward until it looks like she's about to fall on her face off the ledge... until she places her foot on the vertical section of wall beneath her, and actually starts running down the ten feet of wall to the floor, smoothly transitioning back to the ground at the bottom and running towards the group... as she does so, you note a strange glow gather around her right hand, almost at the edge of visibility, which suddenly springs forward into a sword-shaped SOMETHING, glowing faintly lavender.
Dianysia: E - "Well, if I'm fighting for my life, I'd mjust like to know why."
Candace: "I don't think they're interested in chit-chat anymore, luv. Just time to shut up and put up, as it were."
Dianysia: "Well, we need to try and take Gabi alive"
Braids: Braids looks down at her scroll, and quickly starts to prattle off a series of words, "Incarus vi collum dionis ctu geringth," and then moves her free arm, right to left, and as she does so, a wall of fire errupts from the floor, running straight through the formation of Sue and Gabi, as the spell resolves, Braids says, "Well this feels right, everything has gone wrong and something is on fire now!"
Braids: Braids smiles at the fire, then looks over to the others for a reaction before stepping away from the fire a little bit.
Dianysia: E -"Nice fire, but we do want Gabi alive, as I just said..."
Braids: E- "Ehh, she is still alive, just a little crispier, and funny smelling... gods I hate the smell of burning hair, although burning cat is pretty bad too..."
Deladriel runs toward Gabi, jumping at her throat as she comes into melee range, attempting to get a hold onto Gabi's neck with her jaws while simultaneously bringing her to the ground
DM: okay then... Gabi gets a chance to stab at you with that lavender short-sword thingy growing out of her hand
DM: the purple sword "pulses" with that same strange light the halflings' lances did as she scores a glancing blow on your ribs on the way in...
DM: your bite connected, which means you've got the hold on her neck... but you're also in the flames, which now that you're past the barrier, are quite hot...
DM: you manage to grab a hold of her, and you are now grappled, in her space
Dianysia: "Candace, keep us up... Hope this works," Dia says, approaching the cat and Gabi. Dianysia withdraws her knife as she does so, placing the blade to Gabi's back about kidney-level.
DM: okay... it's right up against her back... on the other side of studded leather armor
Dianysia: "It's over, let's stop this now, and no one has to die." ((I will keep the blade on her until she responds, and if I don't like the response, then I'll prepare to attack next round.
Dianysia: ((Either way, blade stays there as long as possible))
DM: Gabi (Elven): "It's not over 'til the Matriarch sings!"
Candace rolls her eyes at the scene, letting go of her sword with one hand to grab her holy symbol around her neck, chanting a quick prayer as a nimbus of light seems to shine around her for a second, before disappearing beneath her armor, a renewed fervor shining in her eyes. "Then it's time to break out the backup choir!" She steps up to the wall of fire, waiting for an opening to strike for optimum effect.
Dianysia: "Looks like the party's here," Dia mutters under her breath.
Jefferson Harco steps up to the grappling pair and attempts to guide his fist to the lower part of the occipital plate of Gabi's skull. "May the mercy of my fist be your first step to a longer life."
DM: definitely connects, hard...
DM: she suddenly goes completely limp, the lavender blade-like thing disappearing as her hand opens... Del, she's no longer struggling against you
DM: Sue quickly shoots upwards, easily clearing above the top of the flames... and she looks PISSED. She moves along the ceiling a little ways (halfway between flames & ceiling, call it 25 ft. off ground), and begins concentrating, as you all see a strange display of lights appearing and disappearing around her... before they disappear for good, and you all feel invisible forces plucking at you...
DM: Dia & Del, you feel the force tugging at you, but you mentally grit your teeth and the forces dissipate harmlessly... for the OTHERS, you feel the forces gather, as you're suddenly lifted off your feet and FLUNG, at high speeds...
DM: Jeff and Candace are flung against the pillars at either end of the wall of flames... Braids is flung into a different pillar, away from the flames
Deladriel: I will hold on to Gabi, going with her
Dianysia: "Wait... where'd everyone go?"
DM: the two of you now go flying out of the tower, onto the slope of the grassy hill
Deladriel is glad we didn't nail a pillar
Braids: Braids quickly recovers, looking a little annoyed, then shouts, "I can play that game to, but I am not going to be tickling you!"
Braids: Braids quickly scans the bottom of the scroll, then looks up at Sue, holding her hand towards her, and says, quite loudly, "Itelium, Carsis montil firam!" and then flicks her hand sending four streaming missles towards Sue.
Dianysia: "Is everyone okay?"
Jefferson Harco groans and moans....
Jefferson Harco: "I'm feeling a little hot under the collar..."
Candace gorans. "Just peachy... kill the bitch, please?"
Deladriel: pin Gabi's arms so that she can't attack me
Dianysia points at Sue, concentrating for a moment, then says "Veneficus Telum" and three color-shifting arrows fly at Sue, hitting.
Dianysia: I then back up 30 ft.
Dianysia: "Hope the matriarch has started singing," Dia mumbles, looking around at the other members of her party.
Candace staggers to her feet, stumbling out of the flames and sheltering behind one of the pillars.
Jefferson Harco: roll out of the flames and move towards Gabi.
DM: Sue laughs, moving purposefully in Braids' and Dia's direction as more of the strange lights start appearing and disappearing around her... then she suddenly disappears at the same time as Gabi vanishes beneath Del, only to have each of them reappear in the other's place (which means Del, you now have Sue pinned under you unable to speak). Gabi falls the 25 feet, landing lightly on the balls of her toes and causing the lavender short-sword to appear in her hand again on the way down.
DM: Gabi grins. "Not singing yet!" She steps up quickly, lunging forward at Dia, aiming to pierce her center of mass with the lavender sword...
DM: the strange light glints along the sword, but her strike is not quite true, missing any vitals and jabbing through your side
Braids: Braids smiles slightly at Gabi, "You smell, kind of like burned hair... and your skin, wow, you should really see someone about that," as she takes a step back, dropping the last magic stone into her sling, and letting it fly towards Gabi.
Deladriel looks down at Sue and gets a wondrfully happy look in her face
Deladriel thinks to herself "Nobody said anything about keeping this one alive
Braids: Braids smiles as the colorful stone lands squarly on the shoulder of Gabi, and says, "Nope, that doesn't fix the smell..."
Deladriel ponders the meaning of life for a moment, then decides to put an end to it in Sue. She clamps her jaws down as hard as she can on sue's neck, attempting to snap it and bleed the jugular veins.
DM: the slight difference between the two women is enough to get your aim slightly off... you take a chunk out of her neck but don't QUITE hit the vitals... but she's REALLY hurting... and she's still prone... and Del, you may choose whether or not you want to continue standing over her
Deladriel is situated in such a way to get an AoO if she even thinks of doing ANYTHING
Dianysia shifts into a position to keep her vitals sheltered as she begins a spell, and she splays her hands out where only her thumbs are touching and all of her fingers are spread, saying "Igneus Manuum"
DM: Gabi manages to duck to avoid the worst of the flames roaring from Dia's hand, but still singes more of her hair, increasing the smell and adding a few new charred marks to her armor
Candace mutters, grabbing her holy symbol and praying to Ascar to heal the worst of her injuries, before stalking out from behind the pillar, her sword held quite menacingly. "Alright, that wanker's DEAD!"
Dianysia: "We need the assassin alive...!"
Candace: "Okay, then the OTHER wanker's dead!"
Braids: "Screw living assassins, just got her brought back when we get there!" Braids says, her hand running across scrolls in her scroll case, obviously looking for the right now
Braids: "Wait, why the hell are you capturing an assassin! You a bunch of nit wits?"
DM: Gabi: "Big talk, but you ain't caught me yet!"
Dianysia: "Same reason we're hunting assassins... old men and geases."
DM: Gabi (Elven): "Oh hell, the fogey sent you? THAT explains a lot."
Braids: "What the hell are you talking about? Ugh... damn it, I wish Terry was here..."
Jefferson Harco: move to put Gabi between me and Dia
Dianysia: "Can you floor her again?"
Jefferson Harco: "I am giving you this chance to surrender, Gabi, what will it be."
DM: Gabi makes NO response to that
Dianysia: "She's much nicer when her mouth is shut."
Jefferson Harco is going to go for a blow to the chest in hopes of rendering his target out of breathe. His fist gleams with a hint of light as he punches threw, you see the tail end of the light attempt to follow the fast fist
DM: Gabi goes rigid again, her hand opening convulsively as the lavender sword disappears yet again
Dianysia: "Del! Now!"
DM: Sue begins doing her best to duck & weave (manifesting defensively) as the strange lights start appearing around her again, then she suddenly vanishes from underneath Deladriel
Dianysia: "Someone pin this bitch or tie her up or SOMETHING!"
Deladriel runs back to Gabi and puts her back into the grapple
Deladriel: Nat 1...miss
Dianysia: place my dagger to Gabi's throat and wrap my other arm around her - coming from behind her, for context... (grappling)
Dianysia: "Can someone please tie this bitch up? Anyone? And can you keep her stunned, Jeff?"
Jefferson Harco: "Got any rope?"
Braids: "Just end her, she is an assassin after all..." Braids says, "Where did the other one go?"
Jefferson Harco: "We must not end her, we need her alive."
Candace comes up behind Jeff, grabbing her holy symbol and praying over it, then placing her hand on Jeff's back to send a wave of healing energies flowing over him.
Jefferson Harco: "Thanks Candance!"
Braids: "Guys, I am going to kill her, because quite frankly I've had enough of all this bull, and since you guys are the closest things I have to allies right now, I am not going to travel with her. And before you say, 'Oh we need her alive' if it really is a geas that the elf wizard person thingy referred to earlier, then me killing her will not only make my life easier, but will get rid of the geas, because your goal becomes impossible to accomplish, and I am assuming that you have no instruction to prevent others from killing her, because hey I have been trying to kill her and you've seen no ill effects." With that, Braids pulls out her dagger, dropping her sling to the ground, and moves over to the nearly-helpless woman, and aims the dagger at her exposed throat, and thrusts it forward with as much strength as she can muster.
DM: she's STILL standing & breathing, despite the decent-sized wound
Braids: "See, do any of you have a headache for not trying to stop me?" Braids says, preparing to stab again.
Jefferson Harco: "I must ask you to stop. If you do attack, you must do so that it knocks her out."
Braids: "Sorry, at this point, I am convinced that the geas you were given was given with little foresight, and this will help you more then you think, I know I'd rather be rid of a geas if I had one," Braids says, with a slight half smile towards Jeff.
Dianysia: "Depends on the geas, doen't it"
Braids: "Geas is all about the instructions given, I have had the intent to kill, just because you do not know I had the intent, the magic 'knows' and would of responded in kind, that is how the spell works dear."
Dianysia: "It would depend on the instructions, *dear*."
Dianysia: "And I'd recommend not trying that again."
Braids: "What are the instructions then?"
Dianysia: "Candace, please keep her off of us. It may well save SEVERAL lives."
Braids: "Surely you remember them?"
Jefferson Harco: "We must bring her back alive. And as far as I am concerned, if you are an ally, like you claim you will respect our wishes."
Jefferson Harco: "Any other action would be detrimental to us therefor removing yourself from our so called list of allies. SO I ask you as an ally, do not attempt to to harm Gabi."
Braids: "How is my actions detrimental... I know how this spell works, and just my intent to kill in all of my strikes would've caused the effects of the spell to trigger, and they haven't, it doesn't hurt to think about things a little bit."
Dianysia: "You talk about things as a child who does not understand anything but assumes they are correct. Jeff, can you help me here?"
Jefferson Harco: "I don't know magic, and I do not want a lesson now, I know what I have been told, so I am bringing Gabi back alive. You may join us in her apprehension. Or you can leave now."
Braids: "Whatever," then turning back to Dianysia, "What were the geas instructions?"
DM: Gabi recovers from her stun... and is grappled with Dia... she clenches her hand to re-create the lavender short sword again, and starts squirming around in Dia's grip to try and jab her in the side with it...
Dianysia: she MISSES
Deladriel takes a step back, shifts to Elf form and fishes a small cube out of her pack...
Deladriel activates the cube and drops it on the ground between her and Gabi
DM: the normal cloud of smoke appears, and clears to reveal a half-orc, blinking, wearing breastplate and carrying a heavy wooden shield on one arm, a light mace in his hand. "Hi?" (everyone, say hello to Gell)
Deladriel: "Subdue that woman" Del says to the half orc while pointing at Gabi
Dianysia attempts to pin the woman.
DM: she's pinned
Candace steps up to the plate, and attempts to brain Gabi with the flat of her blade
Candace: the adamantine greatsword swooshes in, just BARELY missing Dia's face to smack Gabi in the flat of the back... and Gabi promptly collapses (KO'd), although she is still breathing steadily
Dianysia: "Nice, though I think I may have just had my life flash before my eyes..."
Dianysia: "Anyone got some rope?"
Dianysia: "And anyone have any clue as to Sue's whereabouts?"
Jefferson Harco looks for Sue
Dianysia: "I'll take that as a 'no' then...We need to find her, and stabilize this less-than-useful woman..."
Braids: "No, to the rope, and no to the Sue," Braids says.
Braids: "You guys really should just kill her, I know you think it 'wrong' but ya know I have been in similar places before, and hostile assassins always were harder to deal with then anything else."
Jefferson Harco: "Ok first off, there's no need to kill anyone. Second off, she's not hard to deal with she's unconscious.
Dianysia: "I don't know... arrogant casters can be just as difficult," Dia mutters in Elven.
Jefferson Harco: "Does anyone have rope"
Jefferson Harco: "If not then I will carry her. And we will have to head back to town"
Braids: "And when she becomes conscious again?"
Deladriel: "I have rope"
Dianysia: "Good... all my rope is on the pig...Candace... can you heal her just enough to make sure she doesn't bleed out?"
Jefferson Harco ignoring the comment from the spellcaster... "Ok Del Tie her up good, I'll help and we'll carry her back
Jefferson Harco: i get Del's rope
DM: so Gell stands there, blinking... and does something, to where you all feel tougher somehow. "Um. What we do here?"
Jefferson Harco: "We tie her up and get her back"
Dianysia: "Well, we're trying to bind this woman, find another and kill or knock unconscious another woman, and return to the city."
Braids: "How many days to the city," Braids askes.
DM: "Oh, okay. Where other woman?"
Deladriel: "We must find other woman"
Dianysia: "Invisible or vanished for the moment, though I am fairly certain that she'll be coming back looking for this one... or reporting it to the church.."
DM: "Ohhh... look where?"
Dianysia: "Well, maybe not the church... I'm not sure on that one."
DM: (( and we'll call that Gell's turn, lol ))
Braids: "Heh, figures I spend two years skirting church attention, then a single mistake, and I end up bumbling right into them," Braids says.
Jefferson Harco: "What is it that got you here?"
Braids: "Eh, a piece of stone, a gate like that one, and bad Celestial," Braids replies.
Jefferson Harco: "I think your narrative needs much more explanation
Braids: "Well there is not much else to tell of it," Braids replies.
Jefferson Harco: "How about explaining this stone....or the gate...or how a Celestial is bad?"
Dianysia: "Something about a tablet is what she said earlier," Dia says suspiciously.
Braids: "Celestial as in the language, and maybe later... right now I think we have other concerns..." Braids said, again smiling a strange smile.
DM: Sue comes out the opening from upstairs, she's still flying, and she looks a little different... some sort of "hazy" effect you can't quite pinpoint... she grins an obviously death's-head-grin, and points her finger at the group of people, the strange lights surrounding her before winking out, and all of you feel the same tugging forces at you...
DM: braids, Gabi & Del stay put... everybody else goes flying
DM: and Jeff, you go flying through the wall of fire...
DM: Candace is the only one flung up against a wall, she takes 5 damage from that
Deladriel begins to weave red bands of energy through the air, all coalescing into a small sphere of flame in her right hand. She then reels back and hurls it at Sue...
Deladriel smiles as yet another firey globe appears in her hand immediately after the last one leaves it
DM: yeah, so... the liiiiiiitle, iity-biity ball of fire goes flying... the strange distortion seems to be in JUST the wrong place to catch it... and splashes over Sue... whose eyes roll up in her head, and she hangs there for a second, before dropping
DM: all of you hear a nice, satisfying "crunch" as she hits the floor... and Jeff is the only one in position to actually WITNESS the splat
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