Everybody who isn't already is now Level 13! Beatrice hits Level 12! Humphrey hits Level 12! Wanda rockets up to Level 10! Loot coming later...Firebeard hops aboard the ship, which promptly shuts it's doors, spins it's cannons and unleashes a load of flak at anything in sight(nothing) for good measure, then 180s and takes off down a sewer tunnel. All of the possible escapees have escaped!
Ragjen, Bertram and Ilex charge the creature in unison, as does a... spiritual giant Muscles. A huge dip in the front of Darkness is swiftly beaten out, and the detonation of the ruby bead deals an immediate extra
62 damage to it. The whole of Darkness violently shudders and wavers, the great ooze losing structural integrity.
Latir plunges into the goo for an immediate
32 damage, viciously scorched by the acidic content. The chainsaw immediately goes to work, as does the napalm, whichs spreads along the beast and intermingles with the great roaring bonfire. Darkness That Drowns is now more burning, stinking oil and smog than actual ooze. Barely able to see, being actively digested and submitted to smothering ooze and choking smoke, Latir is barely able to move...
As if driven by some malice from beyond the grace, the skeleton of Carp Cod spins about in the ooze and lunges at him! The chainsaw makes short work of it, shattering the skeleton entirely and providing solid bits to step on. Ottimus soundlessly howls in fury as he gestures down at the approaching Latir and manifests the
Touch of Jubilex, tendrils of the most violent and vibrant emerald ooze slipping out of the con-man's sleeves and gorging themselves upon Latir's flesh...
... But with 6/99 HP left, it is not enough! Latir draws the chainsaw around, vivisecting great chunks of Darkness with every motion of the roaring blades, and plunges the angry spinning blade into Ottimus' torso! Losing all structural integrity, Darkness That Drowns dissolves into the water around you all, the flooding of the room
rising to 3 feet as it is topped off by a dull, oily residue that does not mix with the water, but rather sets on top of it. Carp Cod's remains, a great bulk of Darkness, and Ottimus himself are suddenly drawn downwards in a whirlpool motion as Darkness' body collapses. In it's death throes, Darkness seizes the Warpwood Spider and drags it under.
The last you see of Ottimus is a head going under, a hand grasping at the air, and that going under too. His play for a Council Seat has ended.
Latir, you begin to black out and sink into the water with Darkness That Drowns... but all of this fire causes the Grapnel you picked up somehow to discharge, it's gunpowder charge exploding! The hook fires out of the back-seat of your pants and hooks onto the railways overhead. As Ottimus and his Ooze vanish into the water, you're left hanging by the seat of your pants and the clip of your belt in the air. You black out.
The young prisoner boy runs up along the side of the railing and gestures to an inert bit of crystalline decor in the wall... he uses a bit of the Druidic tongue and focuses some energy upon it, and it begins to resonate a pleasant white-green, releasing the smell of fresh mint into the room. Water around the crystal begins to slowly purify. He calls to the two Dwarf prisoners and the Goliath prisoner to help him out and they circle the room, activating a few more measures... shortly, they're able to get the room to stop flooding and drain back down to
2 feet.For now, you guys are able to catch an extended rest... post coming up shortly about the aftermath and searching the remains of the room.
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Topic: Prepare For Trouble (Week 2 Climax) (Read 13242 times)