knightsoflegend | glastonbury ♔ they came snapping at your heels

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glastonbury ♔ they came snapping at your heels

WHO || Faye, Lila, Gold? [closed]
WHAT || Faye finally has a clue to Gold's location, and goes to confront him about his absence
WHERE || Glastonbury, England
WHEN || After this
HOW || Actionspam

[ Gold's been gone now for long enough to leave most people assuming that he isn't going to come back. Driven off by confirmation that he was, in fact, the Dark One from the Enchanted Forest by Gaston and Emma, the only indication that he's even alive came in a dream delivered to Belle, where he admitted that he was looking to understand more about this Dark One, perhaps seeking a way to refute the claims of the others. Plenty of people are worried, however, about what direction his search might take him. Others, however, are just plain pissed that he would abandon them without a word - and it's that anger that drove Faye to ally with GLADOS to discover that he was in Glastonbury, and with Lila's help enlist Zero to pinpoint his exact last known whereabouts, at a shitty motel. Together, the girls take a car and head out, hoping to find him once and for all.

There's only one car in the lot when they pull in, the VACANCY sign flashing forlornly above the office door. No lights are visible in any of the rooms, but a COKE machine provides some illumination, along with the lone pair of streetlamps that dully lighten the parking lot. ]

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Evil isn't... just a state. [ you fuckturd. the amount of condescension rolling off of her is like a tidal wave, but she attempts to rein it in for faye's benefit. it is not an entirely successful attempt, but faye wants him to come home with them so whatever, lila will put her silver tongue to good use. ] Evil is in actions. Tieflings are corrupted with evil, born with it, but if they choose not to act on it, choose to make good choices, they're not evil.

[ she's given this peptalk/defense before, but when it came to sylar and elena and faye (or workers back home) she was actually invested on their behalf. with gold it's more like reciting by rote because the investment isn't there. ]

You're only a monster if you do monstrous things. You're an adult, act like it. Be accountable for your own actions, don't run away from them like a coward. [ yeah. she said it, but with diplomacy 58 it's obviously not as pointed an insult as it could be. also a 58 for lila means she rolled a 2. that's how invested she is, y'all. ] If you don't want to be that man, that Dark One, then don't be him.

Well, you can certainly inform Emma of that when you see her next. [Because, really, even if he can't blame her for all of it, she did stick her nose where it wasn't wanted and warn Belle about something that might never happen. She put doubts in her head and when things turned sour, what did he have?

Perhaps more than he thought, but gods, he wasn't going to be able to bear anyone else looking at him the way Belle did that day. He really might have snapped and broken Emma's next and showed them the sort of monster he was.

But he's agitated that Lila's right and that he's being scolded by a girl over half his age, and he feels horrible for leaving Faye for reasons that seem far too intense for the situation. He was trying to protect her- or thought he was.] So that settles that, then. I wasted a year being a coward. [that part is directed at Lila- to Faye, he adds:] I am truly sorry, Faye. I know it doesn't mean much. And I know you might not be able to forgive me, but... You should know I was only trying to keep you from faltering. You've grown so much, and I know how easy it is for me to fall to temptation. That's one lesson I don't wish to impart to you.

as he speaks, the forest around them seems to fill up with inaudible whispering, so slowly that they can't say how long it's been going on. time for some will saves again. ]

[Another 21 for Faye]

Can we just get out of here? You can apologize to me somewhere less horrifically creepy.

[ lila will be informing emma of nothing, thank you very much. she was already sure that emma didn't want to see her, not coming to her wedding just cemented that surety. ]

I have a feeling it's not going to let us leave. [ nothing is ever that simple. she can be unaffected by fear (will save 35) and still recognize something is probably going to go down. ]

[(will save 26) he's good. this is fine. Gold steps foreward.]

Stay behind me.

[that's not protectiveness. well it is a little but seriously you don't want to be in the way of some of his spells.]

[Faye doesn't budge to be honest. She's not about to stand back and risk losing him after all of this. She already lost Emma.]

Whatever it is, we'll take care of it together. That's how this works.

[Says Faye who is def the lowest level person here but what she lacks in xp, she makes up in being stubborn as fuck.]

[ lila doesn't move either, but if gold wants to be in the line of fire, whatever, that's his death wish. she's already drawn her gun. ]

[or all that. that could happen. gold gives both girls a look before he begins moving back the direction they came. HE NEVER SAID HE WAS GONNA STAND AND WAIT THERE OKAY. just... that he might have to set so many thing on fire.]

Come on, then.

[is he saying that to them or the evil dead. idk he's been on his own for a year. he's probably crazy.]

[ yeah as soon as gold begins walking that way, there's a disturbing sound as if the trees are groaning around them... and they begin to bend across the path until they've created a barrier, the branches intertwining like fingers.

darkness begins to spread out from the well, until the entire clearing is cloaked in it - magical darkness that not even darkvision can pierce. ]

[ this is what you get for running away like a coward, gold. geez, she literally just gave a speech about how you're supposed to face your gd problems and he walked away. sigh. ]

A light spell would be handy right now. [ she's 100% sure her flashlight won't work on that creeping darkness. (spellcraft 37) or dispel magic, but she's going to wait to see if a. gold casts that first or b. either he or faye has an appropriate light spell. maybe she'll start carrying a daylight oil around with her, the number of times she's wound up in dark, dank places. ]

A light spell won't work in this.

[he will try to dispel magic though because his... caster level is higher annnd it's a 26. So maybe??]

[ that is... exactly enough x( which is a little freaky, since that should have been powerful enough magic to dispel it no problem. as the darkness fades, they'd see a creature hovering over the well. cloaked by ragged wings of darkness, the horrific, skeletal thing appears to burn from within, and has two sets of white slitted eyes, black horns, and a mouth full of hideous fangs. they hear whispers in their mind again, that they would realize are... the closest thing it has to speech.

telling the girls it'd be a great idea to throw gold down the well and feed him to the darkness before he can cause any more problems. and telling gold that he can't leave these girls alive, that they'll never understand. you know, great things like that. one last will save plz. ]

[ lila can feel something pressing at her mind, but she probably shakes it off. (will save 38) her eyes flicker briefly to faye -- she doesn't want to knock her best friend out to cancel out whatever this creature is trying to achieve, but she will if she has to -- before sliding to gold, fingers tightening around her gun, jaw clenching. ]

[Gold's just like why does this feel so familiar. why do i always get these feelings around shit like this and Peter Pan statues. What was my life before Veilnesia???

Anyway, he got a 24, but whether he's considering it or not is really covered up by the peculiar look he's giving the fucking thing.]

[The very idea of tossing Gold into that well is the exact fucking opposite thing that she came here to do, which is probably why her stubbornness doubles down once those whispers reach her mind (will 27). She's got exactly zero time for this shit, so she's going to hurl a fireball at this thing, but idk if she can get that off before init happens. If so, it's 28 damage reflex 18 for half.]

Fuck off!

[ it easily hovers upwards out of the range of most of the blast (reflex 29), and abruptly all around them rise up two more identical creatures, so that they're surrounded.

at the same time, the creature raises a hand and casts a black ray at her (ranged touch 24) that leaves her exhausted. ]

Shit, Faye! [ lila draws her second excalibur, raising them both at the original monster, firing off series of quick shots. (rapid shot atk 24, 17, 21, nat 20 (30 total); dmg 6 (+9 chaotic), 9 (+10), 5 (+11), 40 (+7)) all whilst yelling: ] Cold iron! Tell me you have something with cold iron. They're fey!

[Faye stumbles, the wave of exhaustion hitting her all at once. Lila's words cut through, but she can only shake her head and mumble.]

No cold iron.

[But she does have magic missile, so she'll send all 4 of those at the original guy for 16 total damage (3+5+4+4 if you need the breakdown)]

Afraid not.

[Gold's voice is surprisingly calm, given the situation. Eerily calm, in fact. He lifts a hand and proceeds to cast trail of fire and acid.... On Lila. (1 fire damage, 2 acid damage- fort save 17 for half damage) The effect will last twelve rounds.

someone sure didn't

pass his will save.]

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[ only the critical hit seems to break through its hide, but it at least burrows a big hole through it. faye's magic missiles seem to batter it as well.

it raises one hand and shimmering beams of light explode from its hand: one is yellow and hits lila for 80 electricity dmg (reflex 24 for half) and a red beam that does 20 fire dmg (reflex 24 for half).

the shadowy figures move to claw at the girls. the left heads for faye but crit fails and has to duck backwards from getting hit by one of those beams, losing its turn. the other goes for lila (atk 25 & 22, dmg 16 & 14) ]

[ lila shrieks in pain when gold strikes her and the flames and acid race across her skin (fort save 24), pain which only continues to grow when the first fey attacks, even with her quick reflexes saving her from the full extent of the damage (reflex save 30 & 28, fort save 17 vs massive damage). reflexes which save her from the second fey's second attack, as well. dropping one of the guns, she reaches for gold, and though she is in monumental pain from the overwhelming burns across her body, her fingers curl against his throat to work his trash ass to sleep so he can't inflict the same pain on faye. (atk 20 total, will save dc 30) ]

NO! [Faye screams as Lila is hit, not sure why Gold attacked her, but assuming it has something to do with this manipulative asshole. She's not going to stop Lila from going after Gold, though. At the end of the day, her girl is her top concern.

All she has is magic. I mean she has a gun but Lila's shots weren't all striking and Faye knows she's not nearly as good of a shot, so more magic is her best bet. She's still focusing on the first guy hoping that if they get rid of him, the others will just disappear.

Probably not but god she has to hope.

So scorching ray is happening! 2 rays! ranged touch attacks of 22 and a nat 20! 23 total. 17 damage for the first one and 30 damage for the crit]

[Apparently, paranoia and power make Gold's will saves better, because he rolled a 32 like an asshole. He jerks away from Lila's touch, snarling, as his spell from before sears her with acid and fire again (4 fire damage, 3 acid damage, 17 fort for half). At least it has one effect- it singles her out and keeps him away from Faye.

On the plus side, he doesn't directly attack her, and, instead, casts a fire shield on himself to dissuade her from touching him again, which gives him the impression of being wreathed in violet-red flames.]

[ both of faye's rays burn into the thing, blasting it with powerful magic that seems to tear away parts of it. but it's still up and fighting and it focuses its magic on faye in retaliation. she feels a darkness descending all around her... feels something literally trying to snuff the life out of her, and it's only a supreme act of fortitude that pushes away the force attempting to shut down her body (nat 20 fort vs circle of death).

but those shadows are still up and they come up behind the girls to attack them (one at faye: atk 18, dmg 12/ one at lila: atk 21, dmg 10) ]

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