bermuda triangle ♔ hopelessly weighed down by your eyes of steel

[cigam]

WHO || David, Charming, Emma, Gold, Hook, Francesca, Risa, Zatanna Zatara, Giovanni Zatara [closed]
WHAT || Following the compass to find Zatanna's mother
WHERE || The Devil's Triangle
WHEN || April 23rd [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

It's been a long journey at sea, as the Knights, Zatanna, and her father followed the enchanted compass' guidance from Europe, across the Atlantic Ocean. Risa stands on the bow of the boat, a shawl wrapped around herself as she stares out into the gathering gloom, frowning.

"The Devil's Triangle," she announces, out of nowhere. "That's our destination, isn't it."

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[uncurse]

[ spoiler: it's emma, with her will save of a whole nine.

and because she's been sticking close to papa before the spell hit, when he turns to bark orders, it leaves her with a free shot at him from his other side. she raises her gun and fires a shot off at him (atk 20, dmg 6), which gets him in the shoulder.

that's what you get for being in the way of zatanna, motherfucker.

she'll be really, really sorry later. ]

[cigam]

[ /npcing david who... also failed. THRALL TOWN. and he rounds on risa, and backhands her across the face so she can't go around dispelling anymore of the bad guy's magic :| (atk 23). and then pulls his longsword, ho shit. ]

[unhand]

[Hook turns and slashes his hook at Gold's face (atk 23, dmg 6) and man, somewhere he isn't even upset about this because he's really enjoying trying to kill Gold. IT JUST FEELS SO RIGHT. He draws his rapier, turning to face Gold with an almost feral grin.]

[undealt]

[You know what.

He saw this going a lot better.

Getting hooked in the goddamn face does not make one exceedingly good at spellwork and since he botched his concentration check with flying colors trying to cast a spell... Yep. He's fucked. He's so fucked. HE CAN'T EVEN RUN. HOW IS THAT FAIR.]

[amazingzatara]

[ zatara's got your back, gold. he waves a hand in hook's direction and says the magic word: ] Mrasid! [ and hook's rapier goes clattering across the ground. ... his hook got a nat 20 resistance save though so i guess he didn't get anymore dis-armed than he usually is.

ha.

ha ha ha.

zatara looks around rapidly at the disintegrating scene, and his eyes affix on sindella up on the dais. something seems to be occurring to him...

when the two guards up there turn on francesca, because, well, she just killed their boss. they both draw swords and swing at her with 15s that won't come even close to hitting, abandoning their chained up charge for the moment. ]

[socialgraces]

[She was hoping killing the spellcaster would end the enchantment, but apparently that's not the case. Seeing the chaos enfolding before her and deftly dodging her attackers, she briefly glances down at the mage's crumpled form and the staff lying beside him. In less than a second she disappears, completely invisible to anyone watching.

Now hidden, she crouches low, grabbing up the staff (which is still visible even as she holds it) and brings the orb adorning the top down hard on the platform (attack 23). It shatters.

She drops the staff immediately, still invisible.]

[layonhands]

[ risa tries to cast another spell in david's direction but fails her concentration check and it fizzles out as he gets an attack of opportunity on her :C his sword slices into her arm and she cries out, backing away ]

[undealt]

[Gold gives Zatara a nod of gratitude and casts a Daze spell on Hook now that he actually can, because there's no such thing as overkill and he doesn't want him coming after him with the hook. He doesn't even pause to see if Francesca's breaking the staff did anything. He just felt like blinding Hook for a bit.]

[uncease]

[David makes a daring dash to Risa once he hears her cry out. Unfortunately, the conflict of raising his weapon to a teammate continues to make him hesitate. His attack not only misses, but he stutter steps and falls, his sword sliding out of his hand and across the floor (attack crit fail...damnit).]

[cigam]

[ zatanna doesn't exactly like watching emma try to murder charming over here, so she's going to risk trying something: she waves a hand at Emma and shouts: ] Raelc ruoy dnim! [ but something bizarre happens, and it's as if the spell backlashes against her. her hand whips to her temple as she cries out in agony, stumbling back a few steps ]

[uncurse]

[ meanwhile, emma critfailed an attempt to shoot gold. arden can choose how horrible the tears and recriminations are. ]

[cigam]

[ emma got lucky because... her gun just jams. aw yis.

david-bot, in the meantime, steps forward and puts his foot on top of charming's sword, bringing the point of his to other-david's neck and digging it in a little. ]

[unhand]

[Hook's a high enough level that he's FINE way to underestimate him Gold. Especially as he just... got a nat 20 on his next attack. He steps in and slashes at Gold's shoulder, this time (atk nat 20, dmg 8).]

[amazingzatara]

These aren't the homo magi... [ it's said quietly, but anyone around him can make a listen check to hear, as he suddenly seems to come to a terrible conclusion, and moves towards the dais, nat 20ing scaling it with astounding agility for an older dude to rush towards sindella. he waves a hand at the guards and shouts: ] Peels! [ one of them collapses to sleep instantly, but the other charges and catches zatara on his blade, cutting his chest ]

[socialgraces]

[ Welp she's out of clever ideas to break this enchantment, except to rely on the cleric. That is, if Risa ever gets the chance to cast a spell. So she's gonna work on that.

Still invisible, she uses heroic surge and lunges her sword through the guard with his back to her (attack 18, damage 36) and she's already running toward the main group as he slumps over dead at Zatara's feet. She heads toward Gold, deeming him the worst off, and never even pauses as she slams the hilt of her sword into the side of Hook's head (attack 26-4= 22 for 29 damage). But she's still invisible, so he won't even know it was her.

Sorry Hook, you're just too good with that... hook. At least its subdual damage :/ ]

[layonhands]

[ well, you got her her opening... and she better act fast, because charming's about to get it. risa spreads her hands and casts break enchantment... shattering the spell binding the other party members. they regain their heads, only to see giant crowds of armored people filing down the streets all around them, boxing them in. ]

[unhand]

[AND HOOK GOES DOWN. HARD.

But at least he has bleary moments of free thought before everything goes dark.

He uses those moments to not regret his actions at all. Oops.]

[undealt]

[Hey, guess who noticed that the spell broke.

Guess who doesn't care.

Is it Gold? It's Gold.

Moving on what he will totally say was adrenaline if asked, he moves to slam his cane into Hook's skull. It took him six seconds to collect himself after that last blow. Leave him alone. HIS FACE IS BLEEDING A LOT.]

[uncease]

[Charming doesn't know anything about magic, so he's not sure what's going on with his teammates. All he knows is that he's no good without his sword. Pushing himself up and running for his sword, he might make it in six seconds, but even if he does, he's sure not doing anything else...]

[cigam]

[ zatanna recovers herself and ignores gold beating on hook, rushing past him towards the stage, after her father. her eyes dart around the courtyard around them, at the veritable army charging towards them, surrounding them.

as she reaches the dais, she flings her arms around her mother's form desperately, as if hoping to shield her from what's happening around them. sindella looks weakly between her and her father, seeing but not seeing. ] Mother, please. We have to go!

[uncurse]

[ she shot her father. she shot her father.

but emma doesn't have time to fixate on that, because as soon as clarity creeps into her mind, the clarity of seeing a crazed gold charge for hook does as well and emma runs to stop him, trying to get her arms up around his from behind him (attempted grapple! atk 15 vs gold's touch AC which i imagine is less than that bc it's 10+dex, provokes attack of opportunity against her def which is 17). ]

[generaldavideus]

[This isn't the first time David's been turned into a puppet by magic, but he had hoped that the times before would be the last. Being put into a position where he's turned on his people without his consent is the easiest way to make him angry, but he can't focus entirely on that anger right now. He needs to focus on getting those people out.

With the armed people coming in on all sides, he knows what his mission is. It's still to protect the Zataras so he heads after them, climbing the stairs and keeping his fingers tight on his sword. He spots Giovanni's injury (wisdom check 15), but he seems to be fine so he turns his attention on Zatanna and Sindella's vacant stare. She needs help, but it isn't sure if it's help they can bring her here.]

Do you think we can take her with us?

[The question is more directed towards Giovanni than Zatanna -- she doesn't seem like she's in the place to be thinking tactically at the moment.]

[undealt]

[Gold in a fantastic attempt to wrench free crit fails, managing to twist around on his bad foot, which hurts like fuck (dmg 4). He'll be... Nursing his bruised ego all limp and spent now, okay.]

So it appears the spell's been broken, then.

1/-

[amazingzatara]

[ zatara glances at david, looking back down at sindella and his daughter, his eyebrows knit together in consternation. ] All these people... this city-- [ he gestures towards the on-coming masses ] these are not the homo magi. [ he shakes his head ] I remember now, the very reason Sindella had to return to them, the very reason they didn't want us together.

The magi are cursed: to fall in love with the first human they set eyes upon. That is why they are isolated here, why they withdrew themselves from the world... [ as zatanna lifts her eyes to stare at her father in shock, processing the ramifications of the pronouncement, he spells them out for her with a clearly heavy heart. ] ... That is how your mother came to give her heart to me, Zatanna. How we--

[ but there's no time to get into all that right now, and risa pipes up:

"If those aren't the homo magi, then who are they?" ]

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[cigam]

[ it's zatanna who suddenly stares past her father at the approaching army, stricken by the realization. ]

All those who've disappeared here in the Triangle... enslaved just as you just were.

They guard this place. [ she sounds as if she's going to be sick, and turns to look desperately at the unresponsive woman in her arms again ] But my mother-- I don't understand--