Hey, if anyone deserves to hold a grudge around here, it's us. We could have had a normal stroll through a deserted fortress, but instead we have to deal with a little bitch who lives in a basement and has probably never taken a shower.
[Sheila has two bows now! But she doesn't need two whole ass bows, so dice maiden has decreed she that she passes it on to Bradley. Guns and bows are totally the same thing, right? (No.) And then she will take a couple of each type of arrow while she's at it.]
The valve looks like it's made out of metal...
[Maybe Zuko can move it from a distance if they need to? But she glances over when he retrieves the notebook.]
[ in an ironic reversal of his name in the jp version of the game, he will pick up a few arrows despite not having a bow, just in case. and just awkwardly carry those along with his fire rod in one hand i guess.
This notebook...it's small. Like the size of a moleskin. The cover is soft and flexible, and it opens easily. When you look inside, you see...it's a lot of symbols nobody here has seen before. To put it clearly, it's the language system from Hyrule. It's unreadable, and deciphering it is bound to be impossible for you. Despite that...
...perhaps you should hold onto it until after your adventure ends. Maybe the language will be different by then.
[She nods, like she is imparting some real wisdom here.]
Exactly. It's going to try and kill us anyway, so we might as well relieve some stress where we can. And it's not like we're trying to become besties with the mouth monster, either.
[Wow! They can't read shit. And they haven't been attacked yet, either...? She glances down again, to see if the goop has moved at all.]
Are we ready to try the valve?
[They are totally going to get attacked when they try the valve, aren't they?]
[ BUT HE STILL HAS SOME HOPE THAT IT WILL JUST NOT CARE ENOUGH TO FIGHT THEM AND THEY CAN JUST LEAVE...
sigh. ]
Y-yeah... okay. But, um, just in case, let me...
[ he sets another cube bomb on the floor beneath the valve so he can be PREPARED if anything threatening jumps down from there when (if?) they open it.
but if it comes up from the bridge then they're just kind of screwed, he guesses. ]
A check shows the malice hasn't moved at all! It's as if it's biding its time. Waiting. Its eyes look right at Zuko and Sheila.
It's as if it's waiting for them to make a move...and has no hurry at all. It probably knows they arrived here from the rail outside, and knows they have no other way to move somewhere else. And even then, it stays down there, waiting.
It's not confidence in its skills. It's...like an ambush predator staring at four mice near its den, ready to spring into action at the right moment.
Ugh... It's watching us like we're rats in a maze. [Gross!! She keeps a hand on her weapons, sighing before she gives Sebastian a sympathetic look.] We're almost out of here. Just hang on a little longer, okay?
[Sheila looks like she has half a mind to attack the monster first, but... She will follow the group.]
You know, you guys don't have to protect me all the time!
[ like, he appreciates the intention, but ]
I mean, you two [ to bradley and zuko ] are hurt way worse than I am!! I know I'm not good at any of this, but I haven't been totally useless either! Stop acting like you're the only ones who have to do all this stuff!
All those weapons and murderous attention at it doesn't go unnoticed. The malice ripples before a deep, bassing sound comes from down, deep into the chamber: the sound of the malice hitting the walls. The doorway they all came through locks up, blocked by a slad of stone. The platform they're on right now trembles as well.
Perhaps you didn't notice before, but the platform everyone is on extends downwards, down into the base of the chamber, unseen by all the goop. That's how everyone can feel it vibrating, the malice attacking the base. A noise of ripping metal echoes, a piece of pipe into the pillar holding the platform being torn apart. Looks like the malice is targeting the base.
If the platform ends up within the malice's reach...they likely will die, overtaken and torn apart by it. Maybe they can defeat it? Maybe they can't?
No one's being the distraction! Now come on, we all need to get out of here.
[She takes one of the bomb arrows to aim at any of the eyes or mouths, and although she doesn't know how to use a bow, she rolled a 17? Amazing. But she doesn't stick around to see if her shot lands or not, because she's running towards the valve with another roll of 17. Will it turn if she tries it?]
[ oh god okay forget trying to protect them against whatever might come down from the open valve if THIS is how things are going to go ]
Y-yeah! Right!!
[ despite kind of fumbling around a little with his arrow collection tucked under his arm, he at least manages to aim the fire rod and shoot off a few fireballs at one of the monster's eyes — with a 12, so i guess we'll see how effective that is! ]
[ Bradley does not have as much experience in bows than he does in guns. But when you get a weapon, you have to use it, don't you? He lets loose (11) the fire arrow that he's notched, and loads the bomb next.]
[ zuko has no firebending and no ranged weapons, he's only got the glowing guardian spear. the malice is getting closer, and he can't risk that. he runs towards the valve, spear outstretched, stabbing at the malice -- ]
[ but honestly, he's a bit woozy from the blood loss and still has the robot arm clasped to his leg, so he loses balance and trips with a rolled 2. ouchies. ]
For a brief moment, very brief, the malice begins to ooze underneath the valve. The pipes it used to reach the surface of the platform were empty, after all! It was a prime way to reach it! Between Zuko stabbing at it with a spear more powerful than it has any right to be, and Sheila handling the valve, it's forced to retreat for a moment, to gather and get enough of itself to burst up the valve or destroy the base of the platform. Zuko losing his balance and tripping gives it the chance to grab him, though. Taking the ankle of the leg without the robot arm attached to it, the malice pushes it, making him slip forward, smacking his forehead against the valve. Zuko falls to the floor, dizzied. Not a concussion, thankfully, but he certainly is seeing double right now. That's going to make things harder for him for a bit!
Sheila will find that yes! She can turn it with her hands! She manages to turn it a little, and when she does...
Many things happen at once. Water begins to leak from pipes on the walls -- metallic pipes, heavy and sturdy -- leaking droplets towards the bottom of the chamber. At the same time there's a hissing in the inner workings of the platform beneath, like air rushing through. It's faint, but it's there. You hear pumps working underneath you.
Sebastian and Bradley may have seen the malice get pushed out of the pillar, the pipes full of wind. It doesn't get to try to get in there again before Bradley fires a, well, fire arrow at it, blazes appearing on the surface of the malice, enraging it! Sebastian over there aims at eyes, hitting it with balls of fire, making the malice retreat before a surge of it leaps forward attempting to reach, but it's useless, they all are too far away right now.
No, this won't do. Attack the pillar again, destroy it so the platform falls and everyone is easy pickings, sneak again into the valve if at any moment the wind and water stops, it wants to reach up there no matter what! Some of the base is ripped apart more, the malice looking for weak points to exploit, anything so it can reach and tear everyone apart!
Given the roll of [1] it doesn't attack them directly, too focused on its current plan to make a secondary attack of any sort at them all.
[She reaches out to steady Zuko if he happens to be nearby. But as long as he isn't passing out, she won't leave the valve just yet. And it is going to suck if she ends up breaking the valve, but—
She has an idea? A questionable idea.
With a roll of 20, Sheila uses her rune on the valve before she quickly starts to "rotate" it with her hands, hoping to store enough kinetic energy that it will turn on its own in on in one big, fell swoop before the monster can sneak its way inside again.]
[ oh jeez... okay, while sheila does that sebastian's going to go run over to zuko to try to defend him while he's down and fire back if the malice starts coming at him again!! and. i rolled an 8 because the dice still hate zuko. ]
[ rip to zuko. at least mom and sebastian are there to help!! also bradley with the meat skewers. this meat is probably sketch, but zuko eats it anyway. he'll be useful next tag round ]
The meat skewer is effective! Zuko's double vision and some of the pain is relieved, good!
The beauty of four people fighting the same target at once is that so much happens at the same time.
Sheila's stasus on the valve allows her create a lot of inertia, and when the stasis wears out the valve opens! It spins half open and spins 3/4 open and spins fully open and spins too open, because the round handle breaks from its place, rolling on the platform and over the edge, falling into the malice down below. Maybe someone will catch a glimpse of it sinking.
The results of the valve opening are immediate and chaotic! The pipes on the walls, unbridled now, are open so wide veritable waterfalls begin pouring in, pooling at the base of the chamber! The malice floats, gathers together and tries to get settled, but it's impossible for it to get stable anywhere. Inside the base of the platform, the pumps work overtime, a system using the water to bring air pressure underneath the platform. They all can feel it -- the platform vibrating while the air pressure begins to increase. It will take a while for the pressure to reach its critical point -- six turns.
Waterlogged, the malice changes tactics. Attacking the base and its constant water and air rushing inside won't work, it can see that. Brute force and attacking from as many fronts as possible will have to do -- is all it decides before a bomb arrow hits it, chunks of goop splattering on the wall and pillar. A loud wrathful roar, and the round valve that got disloged reappears, flying towards Bradley's head with a [14 roll]! Careful!
The success at launching a strong metallic object emboldens it. Throwing all of its strength at the walls, making the entire chamber tremble, pipes dislodge, more water gushing out for a brief moment before only some of the malice crawls in. They all can see some of the waterfalls go dry, something blocking them, before from where water used to gush, malice appears, spreading on the wall, fanged mouths replacig the ends of the pipe, roaring at them, four different fanged maws forming, what can be seen of the goop rippling, threatening, preparing something!
[3] needs a moment to prepare an attack, though. Even the air itself feels denser, you're surrounded from all sides, malice down in the bottom of the pit, malice in the walls getting ready to attack, it's everywhere!
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[Sheila has two bows now! But she doesn't need two whole ass bows, so dice maiden has decreed she that she passes it on to Bradley. Guns and bows are totally the same thing, right? (No.) And then she will take a couple of each type of arrow while she's at it.]
The valve looks like it's made out of metal...
[Maybe Zuko can move it from a distance if they need to? But she glances over when he retrieves the notebook.]
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[ in an ironic reversal of his name in the jp version of the game, he will pick up a few arrows despite not having a bow, just in case. and just awkwardly carry those along with his fire rod in one hand i guess.
and also looking over at the notebook!! ]
Oh, what's that?
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It doesn't have extra ears. We'll have to fight the thing no matter what, anyway.
[He will take the bow and the arrows that are left over.]
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[ he continues to laugh at sheila's jokes this is exactly his sense of humor ]
I can try to move that valve, but yeah. Who cares if we insult it, we're not walking out of here without a fight anyway.
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This notebook...it's small. Like the size of a moleskin. The cover is soft and flexible, and it opens easily. When you look inside, you see...it's a lot of symbols nobody here has seen before. To put it clearly, it's the language system from Hyrule. It's unreadable, and deciphering it is bound to be impossible for you. Despite that...
...perhaps you should hold onto it until after your adventure ends. Maybe the language will be different by then.
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Exactly. It's going to try and kill us anyway, so we might as well relieve some stress where we can. And it's not like we're trying to become besties with the mouth monster, either.
[Wow! They can't read shit. And they haven't been attacked yet, either...? She glances down again, to see if the goop has moved at all.]
Are we ready to try the valve?
[They are totally going to get attacked when they try the valve, aren't they?]
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sigh. ]
Y-yeah... okay. But, um, just in case, let me...
[ he sets another cube bomb on the floor beneath the valve so he can be PREPARED if anything threatening jumps down from there when (if?) they open it.
but if it comes up from the bridge then they're just kind of screwed, he guesses. ]
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[Unfortunately, Northerners are just like this. He's already gotten injured! What's more injury!
He is checking the book, and. Hm.]
Is this even legible for you guys?
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Just hang back, Sebastian. You don't have to fight it.
[ the rest of them will, obviously!! and by the rest of them i mean bradley and zuko. sheila is perfect. ]
I can't make any of this out. But it's probably important somehow. [ so zuko pockets it, to be read later!! and goes back to looking at the creacher ]
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It's as if it's waiting for them to make a move...and has no hurry at all. It probably knows they arrived here from the rail outside, and knows they have no other way to move somewhere else. And even then, it stays down there, waiting.
It's not confidence in its skills. It's...like an ambush predator staring at four mice near its den, ready to spring into action at the right moment.
How unpleasant.
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Ugh... It's watching us like we're rats in a maze. [Gross!! She keeps a hand on her weapons, sighing before she gives Sebastian a sympathetic look.] We're almost out of here. Just hang on a little longer, okay?
[Sheila looks like she has half a mind to attack the monster first, but... She will follow the group.]
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[ like, he appreciates the intention, but ]
I mean, you two [ to bradley and zuko ] are hurt way worse than I am!! I know I'm not good at any of this, but I haven't been totally useless either! Stop acting like you're the only ones who have to do all this stuff!
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Sebastian looks like he wants to cry, but Bradley can appreciate somebody trying their best, even when they're wildly out of their depth.]
Keep on guard. Be ready to fire at the bastard when it begins to approach. You have range, so you can attack it before it gets close to you.
[Once they've made it to the valve he trains his arrow on the monster.]
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[ but zuko gets it. ]
I wasn't saying you were. Just... if you're scared, you don't have to rush headfirst in. You're doing fine.
[ thanks zuko for this incredible peptalk ]
I'm fine being the distraction. That thing is already staring at me.
[ and sheila but he is also protecting mom. ]
[ zuko's holding out his guardian weapon!! ready to stab monstah ]
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Perhaps you didn't notice before, but the platform everyone is on extends downwards, down into the base of the chamber, unseen by all the goop. That's how everyone can feel it vibrating, the malice attacking the base. A noise of ripping metal echoes, a piece of pipe into the pillar holding the platform being torn apart. Looks like the malice is targeting the base.
If the platform ends up within the malice's reach...they likely will die, overtaken and torn apart by it. Maybe they can defeat it? Maybe they can't?
Regardless...the objective is one: Survive.
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No one's being the distraction! Now come on, we all need to get out of here.
[She takes one of the bomb arrows to aim at any of the eyes or mouths, and although she doesn't know how to use a bow, she rolled a 17? Amazing. But she doesn't stick around to see if her shot lands or not, because she's running towards the valve with another roll of 17. Will it turn if she tries it?]
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Y-yeah! Right!!
[ despite kind of fumbling around a little with his arrow collection tucked under his arm, he at least manages to aim the fire rod and shoot off a few fireballs at one of the monster's eyes — with a 12, so i guess we'll see how effective that is! ]
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[ Bradley does not have as much experience in bows than he does in guns. But when you get a weapon, you have to use it, don't you? He lets loose (11) the fire arrow that he's notched, and loads the bomb next.]
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[ but honestly, he's a bit woozy from the blood loss and still has the robot arm clasped to his leg, so he loses balance and trips with a rolled 2. ouchies. ]
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Sheila will find that yes! She can turn it with her hands! She manages to turn it a little, and when she does...
Many things happen at once. Water begins to leak from pipes on the walls -- metallic pipes, heavy and sturdy -- leaking droplets towards the bottom of the chamber. At the same time there's a hissing in the inner workings of the platform beneath, like air rushing through. It's faint, but it's there. You hear pumps working underneath you.
Sebastian and Bradley may have seen the malice get pushed out of the pillar, the pipes full of wind. It doesn't get to try to get in there again before Bradley fires a, well, fire arrow at it, blazes appearing on the surface of the malice, enraging it! Sebastian over there aims at eyes, hitting it with balls of fire, making the malice retreat before a surge of it leaps forward attempting to reach, but it's useless, they all are too far away right now.
No, this won't do. Attack the pillar again, destroy it so the platform falls and everyone is easy pickings, sneak again into the valve if at any moment the wind and water stops, it wants to reach up there no matter what! Some of the base is ripped apart more, the malice looking for weak points to exploit, anything so it can reach and tear everyone apart!
Given the roll of [1] it doesn't attack them directly, too focused on its current plan to make a secondary attack of any sort at them all.
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[She reaches out to steady Zuko if he happens to be nearby. But as long as he isn't passing out, she won't leave the valve just yet. And it is going to suck if she ends up breaking the valve, but—
She has an idea? A questionable idea.
With a roll of 20, Sheila uses her rune on the valve before she quickly starts to "rotate" it with her hands, hoping to store enough kinetic energy that it will turn on its own in on in one big, fell swoop before the monster can sneak its way inside again.]
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Here, it'll numb the pain some.
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The beauty of four people fighting the same target at once is that so much happens at the same time.
Sheila's stasus on the valve allows her create a lot of inertia, and when the stasis wears out the valve opens! It spins half open and spins 3/4 open and spins fully open and spins too open, because the round handle breaks from its place, rolling on the platform and over the edge, falling into the malice down below. Maybe someone will catch a glimpse of it sinking.
The results of the valve opening are immediate and chaotic! The pipes on the walls, unbridled now, are open so wide veritable waterfalls begin pouring in, pooling at the base of the chamber! The malice floats, gathers together and tries to get settled, but it's impossible for it to get stable anywhere. Inside the base of the platform, the pumps work overtime, a system using the water to bring air pressure underneath the platform. They all can feel it -- the platform vibrating while the air pressure begins to increase. It will take a while for the pressure to reach its critical point -- six turns.
Waterlogged, the malice changes tactics. Attacking the base and its constant water and air rushing inside won't work, it can see that. Brute force and attacking from as many fronts as possible will have to do -- is all it decides before a bomb arrow hits it, chunks of goop splattering on the wall and pillar. A loud wrathful roar, and the round valve that got disloged reappears, flying towards Bradley's head with a [14 roll]! Careful!
The success at launching a strong metallic object emboldens it. Throwing all of its strength at the walls, making the entire chamber tremble, pipes dislodge, more water gushing out for a brief moment before only some of the malice crawls in. They all can see some of the waterfalls go dry, something blocking them, before from where water used to gush, malice appears, spreading on the wall, fanged mouths replacig the ends of the pipe, roaring at them, four different fanged maws forming, what can be seen of the goop rippling, threatening, preparing something!
[3] needs a moment to prepare an attack, though. Even the air itself feels denser, you're surrounded from all sides, malice down in the bottom of the pit, malice in the walls getting ready to attack, it's everywhere!
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