andres ♔ everybody's playing revolution roulette

[eldritchweaver]

♬ revolution roulette - poets of the fall

WHO || Hasmed, Andie Dodge, Kali, Nels Llendo, Henry Mills, Cara
WHAT || A team of Knights is tasked to recover the commandeered weapons taken from Failboat.
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || September 19th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam

[ Hasmed saves for himself his memorized spell to teleport without error, which means there's no chance of his own group appearing miles off the mark. they land instead at the edge of the forest, looking out towards the high chain link fence that surrounds the airfield. on the far end of it, outside the fence, a large brick building is positioned against the river. Hasmed mumbles a few words, cloaking the small group in invisibility, which also means they... can't see each other, sorry guys. He at least gave them a moment to note each other's positions before he did it. ]

That would be our destination.

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[eldritchweaver]

[ henry would hear the clip of boots down the hallway to the left around a corner, and cara would spot shadows moving on the opposite wall there that imply guards are moving this way, at a slow but steady pace. the hallway branches to the right as well, and there's a large iron door down that way, that looks heavily sealed. ]

[wanttobeahero]

Someone's coming.

[ He doesn't want to say much, because they don't need to suddenly draw attention to themselves, and his voice is pitched low, but he stops moving, waiting for everyone else so they have a consensus on where to move next. ]

[mordsith]

[Cara nods in agreement.]

They're patrolling. [The even pace to the shadows makes her think they're bored or used to routine.]

We should strike now, before they realize that we're here.

[zwy_il]

[Move Silently 21, Nels slips in with the rest of them, and drops an orb of darkness over the left side of the hallway with the guards. Maybe it will give them enough cover to provide a non-violent solution.]

Oloth... That will buy us some time.

[felidity]

I don't suppose anyone brought a map? [ looking with adorable earnest hope at you, hasmed. ] I'm thinking weapons behind the big door?

[eldritchweaver]

[ he nods, and moves towards it, muttering a snake-like incantation that casts a knock spell and unlocks them. the doors swing open, and he heads into the hallway beyond. ] Swiftly.

[asap]

Still my middle name! [She zips past him, though she doesn't go too far ahead of the group as she searches... though not all that effectively (search 12).]

[eldritchweaver]

[ andie really only has to turn the corner up ahead to find something.

something big.

something winged.

something with three heads.

and no, of course they're not nice heads, either. it sports the body of a lion, though a dragon and a horned goat head flank its central leonine one. it has to be ten feet long, with red scales that match those on its dragon head. its eyes are currently closed, and its curled up in front of another set of large doors. :) ]

[asap]

[Andie is just gonna

Nope on out of there and back around the corner (move silently 15 but to be fair LOOK AT THAT THING).]

Giant lion dragon goat thing!!!

[She hisses it out, eyes wide. Knowledge 8...]

[felidity]

Oh, I saw a lion at the zoo! [ so helpful. ] That sounds like an endangered species.

[eldritchweaver]

A chimera. [ oh gr8 ] No doubt set to guard the very stores we seek.

What color was the dragon's head, child?

[asap]

Red. [She takes a breath to steady herself.] Red and terrifying.

[zwy_il]

What's the plan, then? [He eyes the darkness orb] Because that's only going to buy us so much time.

[eldritchweaver]

There's only one way through. [ now that he's used his passwall already ] We have to take down the beast.

[felidity]

[ kali wants to just jump forward and get to it, but chimera triggered her brain to actually think so she pauses a moment. ] What does red mean? And follow up question, is there anything we shouldn't do. Like chopping off a hydra's head is generally considered bad tactics unless you have fire at the ready. Is a chimera like that? Does its dragon head have a breath weapon? Does it have an inexplicably poisonous bite? [ INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW OK. ]

[eldritchweaver]

Red means we'll be faced with its fire breath. Beware - any of the three heads can discharge the fire, although no harm will come from taking any of them off. If you get too close, it will likely try to spear you with its horns and tear your flesh with its other heads. And of course, it has terrible claws.

[asap]

So all we have to do is avoid the horns, claws, mouths, and every other body part! Is the tail safe at least?

[eldritchweaver]

None of this is. But we've no time to waste.

[felidity]

Okay.

[ that meant go, didn't it? sure! element of surprise or something, kali heads forward. maybe she can rip something's head off! ]

[wanttobeahero]

[ Henry's actually feeling...pretty confident? This isn't the type of dragon his grandpa slew, obviously, but he's feeling very much like the hero he always wanted to be. Of course...he hasn't done anything yet, but he's confident. And careful. So, he's not rushing forward recklessly - the way he might have when he was young - but moving slowly and deliberately, planning out his attack carefully in his mind. ]

[zwy_il]

My favorite kind of foe - deadly all-over.

[Nels draws his blades, one flashing out with lightning speed and sparkling, and darts forward to face the beast... And I will await an init plurk. :D Yay Chimera fight!]

[asap]

[Andie's got her blade out in a flash and she runs forward, mostly because she's pretty sure if she doesn't just rush at this recklessly she won't be able to do it again.]

SNEAK ATTACK!

[She screams as she zips forward and stabs the chimera in a fleshy-seeming place (atk 29, dmg 7).]

[felidity]

[ aren't sneak attacks supposed to be silent? IS SHE MISSING SOME CONTEXT HERE???

hurrying toward the dragon head because why not, kali doesn't beat around the bush with delicate grappling of delicate human persons this time, tiny fist snapping out in a fast and violent punch to idk probably one of its eyeballs, we just don't know. (atk nat 20, 33 total; dmg 8+4+5+3=20x2=40) :D ]

[herebemonsters]

[ with a fort save of 23, the chimera saves vs massive damage from kali's fists like tiny trucks, but roars horribly in outrage before focusing its attacks on her. a single head snaps at andie (atk 12), while its dragon head chomps kali (atk 27, dmg 17), and its goat horns lower to try and gore her (atk 26, dmg 9). two claws rake out at her (atk 28 and 25; dmg 9 and 6). ]

[wanttobeahero]

[ Seeing his teammates charge ahead, Henry wastes no time now. He follows behind Kali, waiting for an opportune moment to strike with his dagger (hey, it'll be just as effective as punching...). He should probably have a healthy amount of fear, but he's so pumped with adrenaline that all he can think about is just working with everyone else to take this beast down (atk 23, dmg 6). ]