new zealand ♔ when lies turn into truth i sacrificed for you | you say that i'm frozen

[lissatrinall]

♬ where i can never be - gary numan

WHO || Lis'sa, Kenzi, Bo, Klaus, Rebekah, Mars[Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a mysterious carnival that may be linked to some magical winter weather
WHERE || New Zealand
WHEN || August 11th [forwarddated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Strange winds have blown in, bringing on an unusually chill winter in New Zealand. The ground crunches underfoot with snow, the days growing shoter and stars holding court in the darkness reigning above. An unnatural cold permeates the town, and the river's jubilant voice is frozen under the ice. Birds abandon their nests for warmer climes, their songs silenced by winter's grim embrace. But the frozen riverbank now hosts a shimmering respite from the gloomy cold in the form of garish tents, joyful shouts, and sumptuous smells. Vaale's Carnival has come to town.

Gaiety and laughter cut through the cold wind, and even the sky-shy sun peeks its face from around the gathering winter clouds. Children squeal with delight and gasp in awe at the sights, sounds, and smells of Vaale's Carnival. The Titan's Wheel creaks and groans as a burly lumberjack tests his might wit a hefty spin, a family rushes giggling into the sprawling ice maze to the north, and dozens of happy skaters flit about the rinks atop the frozen river. Carnival dolls are handed to wide-eyed townspeople as prizes and a menagerie of freakish creatures and glowing lights beckons the curious. Garish skirts and scanty veils call others to a different breed of voyeurism altogether. Treats and wonders abound for young and old to enjoy, and for a time, the harsh winter is forgotten in joyful revelry. There's nothing to indicate any sinister going on whatsoever, as the group surveys the happy smiles of the crowd.

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Comments

[succubestie]

[Just when you think it can't get any worse...

...This is that point when she doesn't know if she should stop the ride of follow the fey, but her will save of 18 has her gritting her teeth and attempting to push forward. They can't lose the fey or they might not ever find the one running this horrific mess.]

[lissatrinall]

[ lis'sa fires another shot after where the fey must be, but misses. everyone else can get off one attack before it tries to run again... ]

[asuma]

[Can Klaus run over and try to swing at this thing or is it too far away? Whatever he is gonna take off toward the direction that Lis'sa shoots, and If he can he will attempt to strike a bitch near the dude who got pantsed (attack 22, damage 17), even if he can't see that fucker. This is before any penalties for attacking an invisible opponent because I wasn't sure what those even are.]

[lissatrinall]

[ his fist connects... and the fey melds back to visibility as he's knocked to the ground, blood spewing out the side of his mouth as he falls there, dead. whoops. ] ... Nice hit.

[succubestie]

A little overkill.

[Considering he might have been able to take them to the person they actually needed to kill to stop this craziness, but it's a little late for that.

Bo rolls him over if needed, looking for the shard that was hanging around his neck.]

[asuma]

[This bitch. Klaus rolls his eyes in response to Bo after flashing a little smirk of a smile toward Lis'sa.]

You're welcome.

[lissatrinall]

[ bo finds the shard still hanging there, and has no sooner pulled it off from him that a figure looms up beside her, squatting down next to her and reaching out to grab it from her with deft fingers. the sinewy half-elf is familiar - bo, kenzi and mars would recognize him as namdrin vaale, the carnival master who syntira told them was held hostage to the cold rider by his grip on his wife. he doesn't give them time to argue, casually snapping the shard in half, and then dropping to his knees over the fragments as they fall from his fingertips. his expression morphs as tears begin to trickle down his face, dropping onto the shards. ]

[charismapotion]

[ Mars moves slowly forward as he sees the half elf fall to his knees. He's slipping his phone into his back pocket... he got distracted with his phone. Opps. His head back in the game after Klaus' look and now this.]

Why are you crying? [ he sounds sympathetic, even if its likely a stupid question he had to ask it.]

[lissatrinall]

[ "Tessa," is his only word, a soft, mournful word, and he looks down, to where the tears on the fragments begin to melt and grow, starting to expand...

until the fragments take the form of a woman's body, made of ice. there's a bright flash, and then in its place, a living breathing woman, his lost love returned. his tears give way to a wide smile, and he reaches down to pick up her sleeping form, carrying her a few feet to a nearby wagon to lay her down. ]

[succubestie]

[Bo follows after him, kneeling down on the woman's opposite side, her voice quiet as she speaks.]

We need to stop what's happening here. Can you help us?

[No time to waste. Even if he doesn't come with them, maybe he could at least tell them where the Cold Rider is.]

[asuma]

[Instead of following immediately after the unfamiliar man and Bo, Klaus motions toward the three ice brownies still operating the torture device attraction and turns toward anyone else who is still around.]

Would you prefer that I do something about them?

[morethanasidekick]

[Kenzi. Totally been along for the ride the whole time. Probably using Bo or Klaus as actual shields which is why;]

You just killed an invisidouche with your fist like it aint no thing. I for one vote you stay with us. [A beat.] What? I'm too cute to die.

[charismapotion]

[ Mars moved to stand behind Bo. He figures Kenzi's answer is good for Klaus.]

We can put a stop to this if you can help us. [ He added. Look at Klaus that mans a tank. They got this.]

[lissatrinall]

[ lis'sa nods to klaus on the other hand. ] And quickly. I think you can handle it. [ it sounds more like i think you'll enjoy it to be honest.

vaale turns to them slowly, and then reaches to his belt to draw off a wand there. he reaches out to hand it to mars.

"This will heal the injuries you and your friends have sustained. I'd like to thank you ... for saving Tessa, and restoring my life and freedom. I don't know if you could ever understand what it means to be free of that monster." his expression turns grim. "I'll do whatever I can to put an end to these vile creatures and drive them back to the dark shadows where they belong. The Cold Rider will realize that his plans are being disrupted, and come on his own, in due time. We should do everything we can to save more of these people until then." ]

[asuma]

[Sorry, Kenzi, duty calls. Klaus looks hella amused that she wants him to stay around and protect her, though. :')

He backtracks the short distance to the attraction, and heads for the frost brownie focused on yanking people toward the torture device.

I guess he wants to see how many more of these little guys he can one-shot because, uh, he goes in hard (attack 24, damage 20).]

[lissatrinall]

[ lmfao well. that was successful. his fist punches home like a battering ram, ploughing deep into the brownie's expiring body. one of the two freaks out, opening the door to the back of the windmill and disappearing inside, but the other tries to grip klaus' wrist (touch attack 5), but can't get anywhere near him.

lis'sa glances back at that with half-interest, before turning to vaale again. ] You might do us some good by announcing the carnival is closed, trying to clear out some of the innocents before the Rider arrives.

[asuma]

[What kawaii little creatures these things are after they are bleeding profusely and promptly expiring. I guess Klaus gets a little too into splattering the frost brownies or whatever tf they are called like piñatas because when he tries to do the same to the one reaching for his wrist he proceeds to crit fail whoops.]

[charismapotion]

[ Mars reached out at the offer, taking the wand. He felt bad for these two, it must have been hell. Healing his own wounds with it first Cura was super effective. He offered it over towards Bo. Just in case.]

[lissatrinall]

[ yeah klaus swings too hard, and ends up falling face first into the mud and blood that make up the pureed body pit around the wheel. awk.

the brownie takes advantage of this to try to stab him but it only got a 14, so he rolls out of the way of the blade before it can bite into him. ]

[asuma]

[Gross. D:

But at least it got him to stop fucking around and focus on being serious, because while he's getting up and on his feet again, the brownie stabs him for a whopping 2 damage.

Klaus comes back with an attack 25, damage 12 like he is playing whack-a-mole with this bitch.]

[morethanasidekick]

[There's probably something really important that Kenzi should be doing now...

Instead she's mime fighting from a safe distance while watching Klaus make Brownie Confetti.

Perform: Mime Fighting?! 23. Srsly. #whydoyourpwithme. You're welcome.]

[lissatrinall]

[ sjfakljf kenzi

anyways, that'll take out the brownie. lis'sa gestures towards the cotter pins holding the wheel in place. ] If you take those out, it'll crash into the lake, and stop them from killing anyone else. [ and she'll take a few cures off that wand to heal herself up too ty ]

[asuma]

[Lmf Kenzi my queen.

Klaus will stomp on the broken little brownie for ~good measure~ (read: because he's pissed that he is currently covered in mud and human puree.

He looks toward the door to the windmill and briefly considers chasing after the one that ran off, but instead does as Lis'sa suggests and heads over to disassemble the strong man attraction so that it can't be used when they move on.

Do I need to roll something for this?]

[lissatrinall]

[ disable device?? i would say as long as he rolls over a 5 he can figure it out, it's not rocket science. in the meantime, ERRYONE ELSE WHO NEEDS HEALING GETS HEALED UP TO FULL WOO ]

[asuma]

[He got an 18 on the dice alone so I ain't even pulling up his sheet consider that shit disabled.

But he kind of wants to kill more shit (what he doesn't get to do this as much anymore), so after that's done he's just like--]

What about that one? [He nods in the direction where scurrdy cat brownie-chan ran away.]