xibalba ♔ sublime | like a heartbeat | in its own beat

[everyredcent]

Heartbeat - Gazelle Twin 

WHO || Christos, Risa, Gaz, Ella, Katniss, Dante  [closed] 
WHAT || The Knights explore several drow raids stemming from a series of caverns in Belize
WHERE || Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre, Belize 
WHEN || March (date TBD)
HOW || Actionspam (single thread)

[ Travel to the Mountain Nature Reserve goes smoothly, and as promised, a woman who works for the park meets them and escorts them within as 'researchers', guiding them towards the area near the cavern entrances.  She speaks very fluent English and makes it clear that she's willing to put her job at risk getting them in there if it means putting a halt to these attacks before waiting for it to get cleared through red tape with the authorities.  She stops them at the cave mouth, nodding at the entrance. ]

From here, you must swim inside of the cave, and then wade up the river within for about a kilometer before you will reach dry ground.  The caverns stretch within for another few kilometers.  Will you be alright from here?

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[anthophobia]

[Katniss draws her bow completely then, notching an arrow and waiting for some kind of signal or sign.]

[buttholy]

[dante joins in everybody else's battle prep and draws his longsword. we're gonna have a good time y'all.]

[everyredcent]

[ in the utter dark, they can barely make out the two steps that climb up the rope, a flash of white beneath cloaks the only visible feature of the two armored humanoids who make their way up. christos signals to risa, and she lets her light flare up again, causing one of the figures to hiss against the abrupt glare... annnnd time for init ]

[farmgirlfighter]

[ Looks like Gaz is gonna be the first to make a move. And move she does, crossing the small cavern to attack the figure who flinched. (24)

Then, because she's apparently awesome, she swings her paired longswords in a flurry of blades, attacking four more times. (17/19/24/10) ]

[sorceresslite]

[ bad decision bears elinór caílte rushes forward in all her teeny irish insanity and grabs at the one gaz is currently not turning into ceviche. instantly, lighting skips from her hand to the armored person (?) as she casts shocking grasp on a fierce whisper of gaelic. (atk 21, dmg 25) ]

[farmgirlfighter]

[ oh yeah and that's 20 total damage from Gaz how does combat? ]

[goonsquad]

[ ella's electrical attack courses through the figure, almost frying him where he stands, but he manages to regroup enough to step back and try to ram her with a glaive (atk 23, dmg 12). gaz cuts into his pal three times, and he lets out an annoyed snarl ]

[buttholy]

[dante goes after the dude attacking ella like hey buddy fuck you with his longsword. (atk 26; 10 dmg)]

[anthophobia]

[Katniss will fire a full attack at whoever is nearest her, firing on the other one if her first attack drops one (atk nat 20/nat 20, dmg 18/30)]

[everyredcent]

[ dante nearly takes down the one fighting ella, when katniss puts an arrow straight between his eyes, killing him, and then doing the exact same thing to the second. christos lowers his blade that he... hasn't even used yet, and shoots her an actually impressed look. ] ... Well shot. [ lmao /init already ]

[farmgirlfighter]

[ Fucking archers, amiright? Gaz toes the bloody corpse of the one she had been fighting. ]

What now?

[sorceresslite]

You're proper terrifying. [ a beat, pressing her hand to her wound. ] I love it.

[buttholy]

[dante also congratulates katniss with a big grin and a] Cool.

[anthophobia]

[AWKWARD]

....thanks.

[Nothing like having a bunch of people congratulate you on your skill at murder. Whatever, it's fine.

Her eyes meet Christos' briefly, nodding once, while she continues to avoid eye contact with literally everyone else.]

[everyredcent]

[ despite having been the one to start that particular train, christos proceeds to look offended when everyone else compliments katniss on how cool her murder skills are, and says tersely ] Search them. [ while positioning himself to keep watch down the hole, weapon still drawn ]

[farmgirlfighter]

[ Gaz kneels to search her opponent's body. She didn't compliment the archer girl because that's just what archers do. (Search 18) ]

[layonhands]

[ risa draws the light near to gaz so that she can see the spoils, shielding it with her hand to keep it from filling the chamber.

the first sentry is a drow male wearing a (+1) mithral shirt, (+1) buckler, and cloak with runes etched into it. aside from his rapier, he was also armed with a masterwork dagger strapped to his boot, a masterwork hand crossbow with 20 bolts, and a number of potions and vials in a bandolier on his person - 3 potions, and 15 vials of some dark nasty smelling liquid.

the other drow had his glaive and a masterwork short sword at his side, a light crossbow with 20 bolts, wore a masterwork mithral breastplate, and has one potion in a pack at his waist, and 12 vials of the same dark liquid. ]

[sorceresslite]

[ ella's gonna cast read magic to see if she can read those runes on the cloak? ]

[anthophobia]

[Katniss, on the other hand, starts going through their pockets, pulling out and looking at one of the vials.]

Any idea what this is?

[everyredcent]

[ christos uncorks one to sniff it quickly ] ... Poison, of some sort.

Did anyone get struck with a blade?

[sorceresslite]

[ ella looks down at her wound. ] Yeah, but I'm immune. [ because of reasons. ] Can I have that cloak, yeah?

[anthophobia]

[Katniss slips the poison back into the dead guy's pocket because she doesn't want to deal with that, nope.

She shrugs her shoulders so far as the cloak, though. Looks like it would get in the way, tbh.]

[buttholy]

[dante is too pure and precious to take anything off a dead person. not that there's anything he wants. maybe the masterwork dagger ... nah.] I'm not going to fight you for it.

[sorceresslite]

[ ella on the other hand will totally take shit off dead people, literally she will take whatever everyone else doesn't want. gonna put that cloak on, gonna take that dagger if no one wants it??, gonna take those potions and sniff 'em to figure out what they are... (spellcraft 32) ] Cure light wounds. [ she passes that right to dante after recorking it. ] Jump and Bull's Strength. Any takers?

[farmgirlfighter]

[ /raises hand. ]