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Island Paradise XI
You have just entered room "In Deep Shaft."
Dukejr01: hey
Missiledine: Hello
Missiledine: errr, everyone
Docportal has left the room.
Missiledine: uhmm, who is in this room other then Dave and I?
Dawn12 has entered the room.
Dawn12: hi
Missiledine: Hi Dawn, you I see... Didn't see Doc listed
Dukejr01: hi Dawn
Dukejr01: doc failed to get in, I am trying again
Missiledine: ok
Docportal has left the room.
Missiledine: I see Doc leaving, but not coming
Dawn12: lol
Dukejr01: someone else try
Missiledine: ok
Missiledine: in a minute
Missiledine: Am I still on?
Missiledine: Hellooooo!
Dukejr01: yah
Missiledine: thank you very much
Dukejr01: doc not back
Dukejr01: Dawn: doc said somethign about 4H next week?
Dawn12: yea we have camp next week so we will not be here
Dukejr01: k.
Missiledine: ok
Missiledine: I had a hard time getting on AIM tonight
Dukejr01: doc was having trouble too. now he is offline
Dukejr01: said he was going to reboot
Dukejr01: hmmmm....
Missiledine: well.... I'm certainly not in a posistion to complain!
Dukejr01: wel, how have you been Dawn?
Dawn12: good you
Dukejr01: I am well. its humid here so I have the AC going. betcha its worse there.
Missiledine: we've been having intermittent thunder storms, but its finally down in the 60's
Dawn12: yep it was 998 today
Dukejr01: wow!
Dawn12: 98
Dukejr01: lol
Missiledine: whew!
Dukejr01: I am the King of Typos! I will allow no one to challenge my pre-eminant position of typing badly
Dawn12: lol
Missiledine: fear not you Majesty! Your claim will remain unchallenged!
Dukejr01: bad spelling doesn't count!
Dawn12: im going to reboot myu computer to make sure it does not cut me off later ok be back in 5
Dawn12 has left the room.
Dukejr01: you have to KNOW how to spell it, jsut flub the actual typing part
Missiledine: 998 degrees? People ignite at that temperature!
Dukejr01: Flame on!
Dukejr01: onlt need first level resist fire spell for protection, bah
Dawn12 has entered the room.
Dukejr01: rehi Dawn
Dawn12: hi
Dukejr01: well, still no Doc
Missiledine: welcome back
Missiledine: to be honest, I didn't think everyone would make it, considering my recent track record and short notice
Dawn12: thank it great to be back
Missiledine: lol
Dawn12: lol
Dukejr01: is there any way of contacting doc? maybe his AIM is fritzed. email?
Missiledine: he's up
Dawn12: his back
Docportal has left the room.
Dukejr01: someone else invite him
Missiledine: I did
Dukejr01: k
Dawn12: ok doc says his main system is bugging out so try to contact him
Missiledine: do you see his exit line, or is it just me?
Missiledine: via email or AIM?
Dukejr01: I only see exit lines
Dawn12: ? i dont know let me ask him
Missiledine: he's not answering my IM
Missiledine: now he is
Dawn12 has left the room.
Dawn12 has entered the room.
Dawn12: sorry
Dukejr01: np
Docportal has entered the room.
Dukejr01: hey!
Missiledine: Doc!
Missiledine: what a surprise!
Dawn12: hi
Dawn12: u made it back
Docportal: Ok that worked. I still have no way to get my charater up. Well let get the show on the road.
Missiledine: ok... when we ended the fight had come to a lull.. the kid is clearly frightened and is backing away from you
Dukejr01: righto.
Docportal: <also have two people asleep.>
Dukejr01: Corren looks down the passageways for whomever shot those bolts into the elf. the leader guy
Missiledine: at the moment the passages are dark and empty
Dawn12: I try to keep the ked calm
Docportal: I rush over to Fin and using my frist aid and all healing stuff I can get my hands on to save him.
Dukejr01: any torches to toss in?
Missiledine: the kid looks around wildly, "Who are you! Where is my father!"
Dawn12: kid^
Dawn12: " I am Dawn"
Missiledine: the elf is unconscious but still alive
Missiledine: "I don't know you!"
Dawn12: " We do not know were your father is"
Dawn12: "we are here to help"
Missiledine: <Last you saw he was back at the Manor house>
Dukejr01: Corren tosses torches into the tunnels.
Missiledine: <He is the Lord of Sharpstone>
Docportal: "Wrong on that dawn. He is the head man above. He is the one that throw us off the island....>
Dawn12: "We will take you to your father as soon as possable
Missiledine: yes, there are several lit torches scattered about..or you can light some
Dukejr01: toss the lit torches. he is jsut trying to discover any a-holes with crossboes
Dukejr01: w
Missiledine: no one visible
Docportal: I try to get fin stable for now.
Missiledine: you can stop the elf from bleeding to death
Docportal: then I do that
Missiledine: ok
Dukejr01: k. Corren loads Vance's crossbows and says to the kid "I am Corren. We can take you to your father as soon as possible. but first, can you tell us if there are any more hostages that need rescueing?
Dukejr01: <give him some of his own healing grass...>
Missiledine: The kid stares at you for a moment, then nods. "Yes, there are others.... children from the village."
Dukejr01: Corren frowns. "Where?
Missiledine: he points towards the middle passage
Dukejr01: "those bastards. How many of these scum are there?"
Dukejr01: where did those other run?
Docportal: "ok then we will go get them.... First lets get all the sige bolts from this room. Well will need them all and any X-bow you can find.
Docportal: "
Missiledine: The boy thinks for a moment. "It depends, they come and go a lot. But anywhere from a dozen to thirty."
Dawn12: "how many childern are there?"
Docportal: I find some ropes then tie up the wounded sleeper. after disarming him.
Dukejr01: Corren helps Vance.
Missiledine: "Six more"
Dukejr01: we do one at a time. corren liberally applies a knife pommel to his skull.
Dukejr01: "Shit. What about their leader, we didn;t see him. who or what is he?"
Dukejr01: "CAn you fight?"
Missiledine: "His name is Vesparak, he's a Priest of the Scarlet Cult, or so I think."
Docportal: "That right there is not a good sign."
Dukejr01: Corren has already decided to take a personal dislike to these guys.
Dawn12: lol
Missiledine: <The kid is maybe 8 years old>
Dukejr01: oh. a little early to fight.
Missiledine: yes
Dukejr01: "Okay, young Lord. WE can take you back to your father or we can go get the otehr children. What do you say?"
Missiledine: may be able to defend himself with a dagger or such... probably shoot a light crossbow or use a sling, but that's all
Dukejr01: Corren gives the elf a dose of healing grass from teh elf's own pack.
Dukejr01: have we got the prisoners secured?
Missiledine: "The only thing that keeps my father from wiping these men out is fear for our safety. He knows that he can't force his way down here without our being killed."
Missiledine: yes, they are secured
Docportal: "So lest sace the others then go back to him. It should be easy if they are like there were here."
Docportal: any of them awake?
Dukejr01: "Hmmmm... figured that. That is why he didn;t want our interference. Can;t blame him." Corren give the kid a knife and a light crossbow from the one hanging around here.
Missiledine: you can slap them awake
Missiledine: ok
Dukejr01: nah. corren bashes them unconcious,. he wants them OUT so they don't escape
Dukejr01: left alone a tied up guy will work himsellf free in time.
Docportal: Who looks the worst? that is the one I want awake. "I want to question one of them."
Dukejr01: "Lets go rescue the other children." Corren says to the kid, "Stay near Dawn"
Dukejr01: "Screw em. they won;t tell us anything anyway. the others didn;t"
Docportal: "Ture bashes them some more."
Dawn12: Dawn walks behind the boy
Docportal: Umm what about our friend the elf?
Dukejr01: "Hide the elf. we can;t carry him along. Also, lets load al lteh crossbows we can and have Dawn and the young lord carry them for you to shoot."
Docportal: "Sound like a good plan to me."
Dukejr01: once that is all done. Corren says "Lets go" he leads down the corridor.
Docportal: I start loading x-bows. I take one of the xbows and carry it myself. Following Corren.
Missiledine: you stuff the elf in a corner, give the kid one siege bow, loaded, and Dawn can carry two
Dukejr01: k.
Missiledine: ok
Dawn12: ok
Missiledine: "Ware the Demons." The boy calls
Docportal: <how many bolts do we have now? for the siege xbows>
Dawn12: "demons?
Dukejr01: Corren says withoput turnign around. "Explain that a mite"
Missiledine: "Sure, that's why they are here. Or so one of the guards said. They found some ancient Jhenasari shrine thing that has demons imprisoned in it. Vesparak has been working to free them and control them. I don't know how many he's
Missiledine: freed so far tho. But I've heard some awful sounds!"
Dawn12: "that is not good"
Missiledine: <lol>
Dukejr01: corren shrugs. "Keep your head down then."
Docportal: "Dawn you best have some wards spells with you.....>
Dawn12: "sure i will get some ready"
Dukejr01: Corren keeps moving.
Docportal: follow the leader...
Docportal: with me head down....
Dawn12: i will be in the back behind the boy
Missiledine: ok... the tunnel descends gradually, the walls show signs of the past mining operation, chisel marks etc, but no sign of recent excavation...the tunnel will curve slightly to the right and you can now hear the sound of
Dukejr01: <hey, we have only suffered 50 percent casualties... what can demons possibly do to us?>
Missiledine: chains rattling and a voice chanting somethinf incomprehensible... quite suddenly a warm breeze flows out of the tunnel, striking you in the face
Docportal: <You have to ask?>
Dukejr01: great...
Dukejr01: Corren grimly marches forward....
Missiledine: the air temperature is rising and you hear what sounds like a deep throated snarl
Dukejr01: Step and ready. brace shield.
Missiledine: <Still have time to run!>
Dukejr01: <Corren?>
Missiledine: <all of you!>
Dukejr01: <with kids to rescue and Rolb to find? Run? Mr Overconfident?>
Docportal: following corren I ready to shot if there is a target. <vance run out on his friends?>
Dukejr01: "Dawn, get teh kid behind you."
Dawn12: Dawn put the child be hind her and hold up shiled
Missiledine: <Hopefully the Jongeleurs, if they ever hear of this adventure, will get your names right when they retell it!>
Missiledine: ok
Docportal: <you have two x-bows still.>
Dukejr01: <That is Corr-EN with an e. emphaiss on second syllable>
Docportal: <Who would miss up Vance? better yet would they live to tell about it.?>
Missiledine: rounding the bend, you see ahead of you that the tunnel widens out into a low roofed chamber. Across the far wall, a series of alcoves have been gated off with iron bars to form holding cells. Between you and the cells is a
Docportal: <Is a what????? Or who?????>
Missiledine: strange form of writhing black smoke, interlaced with flame. It is as tall as the chamber, about 7 feet, and occupies an area of roughly three hexes. As you come into sight you hear the Priest (you assume) shout something and
Missiledine: the thing surges towards you, gliding soundlessly across the floor
Dukejr01: how far away and how fast is it moving?
Docportal: Can I see the priest or any humans???
Missiledine: it is about fifty feet from you and tho it starts slowly it rapidly gather's speed. The only people you see are in the cells opposite you
Docportal: Take aim at the beast or whatevery.
Missiledine: ok.. how long do you aim?
Dukejr01: Corren steps and waits.
Dawn12: open a vial of holy water and throw it
Docportal: 2 second
Docportal: "Hold on dawn. Put some of it on the bolt"
Dawn12: "ok"put a little on aims the rest
Missiledine: ok
Docportal: My bolt has holywater on it, yes. If yes I fire at the shade thing.
Missiledine: Dawn, you take out the vial, open it, splash some on the bolt he is aiming. Do you also aim then or just throw?
Missiledine: it's on it
Dawn12: aim
Docportal: Ok then I shot the at the Shade.
Missiledine: you shoot...the bolt whizzes across the narrowing gap, vanishes into the darkness of the thing and exits the other side, shattering against the back wall of one of the cells and eliciting a scream of fear from a child
Dukejr01: "Hmmm...."
Missiledine: the creature keeps coming... Dawn, howq long do you aim?
Missiledine: next rd it will be close enough for Corren to melee if he wishes
Dukejr01: Corren wishes.
Missiledine: lol
Dawn12: i aim for one round then throw
Docportal: drop the use x-bow and get a new one from the kid. That should leave him to use his knife,
Missiledine: ok... it will be very close when you throw the open vial... The water splashes across the thing and Corren ( a little bit!) Corren is wet, but the creature gives out a venemous hiss and seems to shudder, though it continues to
Missiledine: advance
Missiledine: ok
Dukejr01: "Back away, young Lord. Use more of that holy water, Dawn." Corren has dropped his pack. "There is more in my back. big wooden box on top.
Dukejr01: Corren will parry/thrust.
Docportal: can I get by corren and the beast?
Dawn12: use her last vail and aim and throw
Missiledine: the creature makes no attempt to avoid your sword, and your blade encounters a thick tarry substance that feels like your trying to stir a thick stew
Missiledine: to pass Corren will put you in close proximity of the thing
Dukejr01: <lets hope its not immune to magic too>
Missiledine: how long do you aim Dawn?
Docportal: Put down the x-bow. and go to corren pack and get the holy water out.
Dukejr01: does it his when my sword goes in?
Missiledine: your blade seems to have some affect, though it is minimal
Dawn12: just throw
Dawn12: Go to correns pack and hands them to him
Missiledine: there is no hiss, but the 'body' seems to writhe around the blade, peeling back, away from it's surface
Dukejr01: hmmmm.. Corren keeps at it.
Missiledine: Dawn hurls her last vial, it splashes the creature, and Corren, with nuch the same result.. It hisses but there is no obvious wound
Docportal: I take one of the holy waters and aims for 1scond then thows it at the thing.
Dukejr01: is it attacking?
Missiledine: it continues rolling forward, it seems to be broadening its front, as though it intends to enfold you in its darkness. No limbs or weapons are visible
Dukejr01: how fast? can we back away while pelting it with holy water?
Missiledine: it seems to be able to move faster then you
Missiledine: Vance is aiming, Dawn is getting another vial... Corren?
Dukejr01: no point in retreating then. Corren attacks twice with his sword.
Dukejr01: "Mitra's light smite this foul thing!"
Missiledine: ok... it makes no effort to dodge or avoid the attack, just spreading itself wider and wider
Missiledine: it is now a good hex on either side of you
Dukejr01: Corren retreats a hex
Missiledine: the pack is on the floor behind you
Dawn12: Get 2 vials of the holy water and all out attack
Dawn12: with them
Missiledine: <3 vials from the box>
Dukejr01: hmmm... Corren grabs teh pack and retreats a couple hexes with it.
Dawn12: no just 2
Dukejr01: <I think he means three total
Dawn12: no 2 total
Dukejr01: <vance grabbed one>
Docportal: <I got 1 from the boxs.>
Missiledine: the outer edges of the thing are now brushing the walls of the tunnel and the roof above
Dawn12: moves back with corren with boy infront of me
Dukejr01: Corren stops. he frowns. "This is bullshit" he says. he starts forward slashing as he goes.
Missiledine: Corren, do you stand or retreat?
Docportal: I move back some
Missiledine: oh!
Dukejr01: Stand. in fact. moving forward. Corren suspects that this thing is balderdash.
Missiledine: <Hmmmph!>
Docportal: I am picking up my x-bow.
Docportal: The loaded one.
Missiledine: The balderdash sweeps its outer folds in on either side of you, you are ungulfed in stifling flame and heat and suddenly find yourself having trouble breathing! The heat is intense and soon your armor won't save you! Tho you
Docportal: Can I now get around it?
Missiledine: slash at the creature and your blade tears through it, you see no light ahead... The rest of you see Corren advance swinging to be totaly engulfed by the creature
Missiledine: Yes, you can try
Dukejr01: Corren keeps moving forward. he opens his left hand to expose his naked skin to the critter.
Docportal: I will charge past it with my load x-bow into the room
Missiledine: ok
Dawn12: Throw the 2 vial of holy water
Missiledine: Corren your hand feels as tho you thrust it into an open flame! 1 point damage
Missiledine: ok Dawn
Dukejr01: Corren grimaces and keeps his hand open.
Missiledine: Corren, your not sure what happens (since you can't see it) but the thing aeround you seems to convulse, perhaps from pain
Dukejr01: Al out attack two attacks on it.
Missiledine: Dawn, both vials hit
Dawn12: Do two more
Missiledine: Vance, you make it past untouched... The chambwer beyond has two exits leaving it. Other then the cells there are several barrels and a table and chairs. The area is illuminated by several oil lamps
Docportal: Is the table on it side?
Missiledine: no, it is on its legs
Docportal: Trying to stay behind cover move towards the barrels.
Missiledine: ok
Missiledine: Corren, you will take an additional 1 point of damage... soon your clotrhes will begin to smolder
Dukejr01: Corren keeps all out attacking with his sword.
Dukejr01: two attacks
Missiledine: Dawn readies two more vials (5 used now)
Dawn12: i open the last vail and throw
Missiledine: (you are working on 2 now)
Missiledine: Vance, there is no one behind the barrels. The cells are filled with wide eyed, frightened children
Docportal: I look around some then check the cells to make sure he is not in one.
Dawn12: after these2
Missiledine: ok
Missiledine: Corren.. You can't see and you can't tell how muchj damage your doing, if any
Missiledine: Dawn, you throw,,,, again the creature shudders as both hit
Dukejr01: k. corren keeps swinging for two attacks. he hits the flor and starts rolling
Missiledine: Corren will take 2 points damage from the intense heat, it is penetrating your armor and is beginning to fog your concentration
Dukejr01: 4 so far. got it
Docportal: If i don't see any aduts in the celles I ask the kids which way did they go.
Dawn12: after i throw the holy water throw a 2 dice fireball
Missiledine: Only kids... their eyes are fixed on the struggle
Dawn12: Throw fireball above correns head
Dukejr01: my head?
Dukejr01: try my body please.
Dukejr01: preferable my front armour
Dawn12: and body
Missiledine: Corren, moving through the thing is much like wading through the Palood... it is thick, heavy and retards your movement
Docportal: OK I open the cells and get the kids to move fast towards the struggle try to get around it safily and on the far side of it.
Missiledine: Cells are locked
Dawn12: aim at corrn
Docportal: arrrgggg..... I find the key first then....
Dukejr01: last vial thrown yet?
Dawn12: no
Missiledine: when you try to roll out of it, it just comes with you
Dawn12: Thorw last vial
Dukejr01: Corren staggers out into the room.
Missiledine: you throw it... again hitting it... again it shudders...
Dukejr01: can Corren see at all?
Dawn12: now aim 2 dice fireball at corrn
Missiledine: Vance, you see this man shaped form trying to push out of the creature... it is very... weird!
Dukejr01: Corren yells "Water!"
Missiledine: no Corren, you cant see anything... you don't even want to open your eyes!
Dawn12: cancle fireball
Missiledine: lolol
Missiledine: <Still swinging?>
Dawn12: go to the barrels and poor whats in it on corren
Dukejr01: Corren struggles with it. he slashes repeatedly, yes
Docportal: I see if the barrels hole liquid or not.
Missiledine: quite suddenly, as though you had slashed a water skin, the substance seems to go out of the creature and the resistance is gone, and with it much of the heat... thought you will take another 2 points before it fades completey
Missiledine: water and beer
Dukejr01: "Arrrrrrgh!"
Dukejr01: Corren cracks open his eyes. and crawls over to his pack, he gets out healing tea and downs it.
Docportal: Take the water to cool him down then get him some beer.
Dukejr01: "Thanks." Corren gasps.
Missiledine: Corren is completely coated in a thick, black, oily substance, as though he had been dipped in crude oil. The smell is indescribably foul! Everyone struggles to keep from vomiting!
Dawn12: see about the children
Docportal: "Young lord how many kids are there?"
Missiledine: the children are gagging and retching as well
Dukejr01: "Aw. shit, it shit all over me."
Docportal: <lol>
Missiledine: <Shit would smell good compared to this!>
Dukejr01: after corren drinks his healing grass, he starts stripping.
Docportal: <lol>
Missiledine: "Six more."
Dukejr01: "Flaming skank critter...."
Dukejr01: <get the kids out>
Missiledine: no key
Missiledine: how far do you strip?
Dawn12: "can we break it throw"
Dukejr01: how far do I get before some asshole shows up with crossbows?
Docportal: I going a count make sure that they are all there. Then I look to see about the locks
Missiledine: all the kids are there
Dukejr01: okay 1) does corren get his healing grass?
Dukejr01: "Break the frigging locks."
Missiledine: yes...3 points
Dukejr01: k. thanks. look down teh passageways. anyone coming?
Docportal: "Would you give it a rest I am working on it. Have some frigging beer."
Dawn12: i go look down the hall
Dawn12: passabgeway
Docportal: What do the locks look like? Pad locks or what?
Dukejr01: how big re the barrells? can corren get IN one for a quick bath?
Missiledine: pad locks
Docportal: Do we have chang to to brake?
Missiledine: yes you could... though it would be tight
Missiledine: chain and lock on each
Dukejr01: corren sticks his head in one water barrel. sluices himself down. the, scrubs himself as best possible
Missiledine: ok
Docportal: "Corren where be you axe? I need to use it."
Dukejr01: Corren grunts and tosses his axe to Vance
Docportal: I start to pound on the padlocks.
Docportal: Using the blut side of the axe.
Missiledine: it will take several whacks to open each cell... Dawn is keeping watch along with the boy.
Dukejr01: "Use the blunt side
Dukejr01: Corren is washing.
Dukejr01: sluice, soap, wash, sluice. grumble about skank demons, scrub....
Missiledine: You are on the second of six when everyone hears the chanting begin again! The children shudder and one says "He calls another Demon!"
Dukejr01: what direction?
Dawn12: "not another one"
Missiledine: hard to localize down here, but it seems like your right
Docportal: Everyone in a cell.
Dukejr01: "Sonovabitch must pay." Corren goes running down that corridor.
Docportal: Take my x-bow and go find this a-hole
Dukejr01: yup, bath over good thing I didnl;t bother stripping.
Dawn12: but the boy behind me and hold up sheild
Dawn12: put^
Dawn12: but 1st go to a cell
Docportal: I will try to brake all the locks be for I run after corren.
Missiledine: <I'm sorry guys, I need to wrap it here tonight. I have a very early day ahead of me tomorrow (5 qam)>
Dukejr01: k. night.
Docportal: Well thanks for runing us. Btw Me and Dawn will not be here next week.
Missiledine: I knoqw
Docportal: ok making sure.
Dawn12: night
Dukejr01: night
Dukejr01 has left the room.
Dawn12 has left the room.
Missiledine: good nigfht\
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