With rolls of 9, 16 and 16, Sheila fires off three more bomb arrows at the mouths. While she does, she also glances around the room for anything that could help them get some altitude.]
Any ideas on how to get to that opening all the way up there?!
[She's uses her staff to fire some lightning magic at the water below, too, with a sweaty roll of 14.]
Your ice pillar things don't go up that high, do they? If we got on top of one and blew up some bombs underneath it do you think that'd make it shoot up out of the thing or just, like, explode and kill us?
[He manages to catch the valve that the malice attempted to launch at his head (20). It gets pocketed away for later, or at least, as one less weapon for the malice to use.]
It's made outta ice. It'll shatter if there's too much impact.
[HMM...] If we can rip up some metal 'n pause it, we might be able to launch ourselves up.
[Throwing somebody up there would be terrible, considering their combined strength.]
D'ya want a pillar?
[If Zuko says yes, he's getting a pillar under his feet, while Bradley turns to attack the malice's maw with another bomb arrow (9).]
[ zuko tries to rip out a bit of metal with a 4--- he's really bad at magnets, so it doesn't work. maybe it smacks his head cartoonishly, i don't know. he sucks at this. ]
Plan B. I'll get up there.
[ with a 9, he jumps on the pillar and skitters a bit, barely keeping upright. that robot hand is ruining his life. this is going great! ]
[ anyway, here goes nothing!! he tries to parkour up to attack the malice with the spear -- ]
Two of the mouths are destroyed thanks to very good aim with bombs! Fangs fly down into the goop, probably to get assimilated and reused, but what matters is that two of the mouths got broken. The other two, though, release flying skulls, large and grotesque, floating in the air towards Sheila, tackling her [16]! They're trying to push her towards the edge of the platform so she falls in!
In better news, though, Sheila's lightning hits the water, spreading in the area! It doesn't cover the entirety of the pit, but they can see sparks everywhere, the goop trembling, suffering paralysis for a moment! Looks like lightning magic causes the malice to stay paralyzed for a few seconds, defenseless!
The bomb arrow Bradley launches explodes beside some of the goop, missing it mostly. The malice reacts! Braiding itself, it begins to rise in the air, until it's up to eye-level with Bradley, and rushes forward, slamming on top of him, holding him onto the ground! The contact with it makes Bradley's skin burn -- not really with acid, but with some kind of dark magic, not leaving any marks behind, and the malice rears up again, slamming down again, bludgeoning Bradley! [16]
Zuko manages to rip heavy pipes out of the wall, water gushing out before getting plugged by malice. The pipe accidentally drops down into the watery pit of malice down at the bottom, carried around, perhaps for future use in attack! His jump onto the malice for parkouring works, he manages to climb up, and the malice grabs him by the handle of the spear, its blue blade held away due to Zuko's roll, and he's held over the pit. He's going to be dropped in a moment!
Five turns for critical pressure under the platform
[The dice have finally said fuck you, Mom, because she's rolling a 6 for holding her ground! She also rolls a 12 for trying to murder these skulls with her sword.
[ gfshjgksks looks between all three of them like HELP WHAT DO I DO but sheila falling off the edge is like the one thing he has any immediate plan for so ]
No!!!! H-hold on!!
[ runs over and reaches out to try to grab sheila's hand and pull her back??? i got an 11, does this mean she's safe or did he just grab her lightning wand away from her ]
[Unfortunately this is very familiar to him, but it's not like he can peace out of this situation the way he normally would. He attempts (5) to hit the malice with the butt of his gun, but with the way he's being manhandled by the malice, the attack goes wide.]
[ zuko's suspended over the pit by his spear -- but he can see in the corner of his eye that everyone else is, well, fucked ]
[ he tries the magnet again, to bring up that bit of a pipe to come up under sheila as sebastian reaches out for her, hopefully helping her get back on the platform. hell yeah 18. ]
[ in quick succession, he tries to rip himself away from the malice about to drop him, spear and all. he rolls a 15 for that, then throws himself towards the malice overwhelming bradley, spear out. 12! ]
[ final roll is 20, which just means zuko himself doesn't land horribly. unless you want to reverse it and say 20 helps brad, 12 for landing. i leave it in ur hands nick ]
Sheila would have fallen in. Her powerful guardian sword swings, missing the skulls, and that's all she got to do before losing her footing, falling backwards. Below the malice seems to roar, victorious, that woman was the one who had dared to shoot at it with electricity, it would get its comeuppance--
--or that was how it would have been, if Zuko hadn't made a pipe float and catch Sheila. That move is enough to push her back, and Sebastian's help saves her balance -- although he did grab the rod instead of her. Better move from the edge, you two! The skulls, not satisfied with the lack of success at throwing her into the pit, decide to attack them directly, to bite them, one for Sebastian and one for Sheila!
Not done trying to save people, Zuko lands on the one holding Bradley just when it had grabbed and lifted him in the air, the butt of the rifle missing completely. Under Zuko's feet the malice ripples, Zuko's weight making him sink a little into it, with some very unpleasant noises. An eye pops up from it to look at him right when Zuko attempts to stab the malice, it all slithering away from Bradley, leaving him on the platform feeling exhausted due to the contact with evil magic. This bunch of malice, with Zuko on top of it, whips around attempting to throw him off [13] right onto the edge of the platform.
Look down, though, everyone: the water level is beginning to rise. The pumps inside the pillar with the platform are working overtime, the vibrations of the platform feel a little stronger now, but it's too much water to deal with, it's beginning to fill the pit and lift the malice upwards. It will get up to everyone's level in two turns!
[Because she rolled an 8, Sebastian grabs Sheila's staff instead of her! Oh, no. Looks like mom is going to fall anyway— except Zuko rolled an 18 so she is saved. Boo. She steadies herself again, just in time for one of the skulls to chomp down on her arm after she rolls a 2.
Sheila doesn't look so much like she's in pain, so much as she is deeply offended by this.]
Oh, motherfucker!
[She tries to punch the skull off to yeet it back to the goop monster, but she rolled a 7, so.]
[ zuko tries to reach out to grab bradley's hand, but he rolls a 5, so get fucked zuko. ]
[ looks like team rocket's blasting off agaaaaaaiiiin ]
[ at least, he hits the edge of the platform hard, right on his bloodied back. ouchies. probably leaves an imprint of blood where he lands ]
Ugh...
[ he tries to get up, get to his feet, try to get away from the edge, but he rolled a 1, so his vision swims with the pain and he's falling right over the edge ]
[ well i rolled a fucking 1 for the skull bite so i guess this skull is just latching onto his neck like the skeletal vampire of his nightmares and it hurts like heck!!!!
he will make an attempt to grab zuko as he's falling, but i rolled a 10 so i feel like that could go either way and will probably go the worse way when he's got a fucking skull clamped to his neck. ]
Sheila's punch connects! The skull glares at her and bites further, leaving some ghastly bite marks! It doesn't manage to chew through bone yet, though. [7] Still, the skull does seem vaguely disappointed Sheila is not writhing in pain or panicking. Oh well. May as well do as much damage as possible anyway, at the very least sever through flesh, it figures, but that's taking a bit! .
Zuko falling is a very messy situation. He crashes against the edge of the platform and begins to fall, Bradley and Sebastian trying to help! Both of them with average rolls, it seems. If it were one person, especially the one with the skull around the neck, his weight would have dragged them along, but given it's two, they together manage to reach Zuko and catch him, but not before he pulls from them, leaving them lying down on the floor with half their bodies over the edge, Zuko hanging over an abyss of evil that's looking straight at them...
...[2] and does nothing else even though it has a prime chance to pull from them to drag them into the water. Wow.
Speaking of the water, it keeps rising. It's just four feet under Zuko, and rising. The malice begins to gather in preparation to receive him if he falls!
Three turns before critical pressure is reached One turn before the water level reaches the platform
[Sheila continues to look annoyed by this skull situation. But, hey, fun fact! No blood comes out no matter how much the skull bites down. It might not be biting down for much longer, too, because with a roll of 18, Sheila will attempt to dislodge it to toss it towards the malice.
Speaking of the malice, regardless of how the skull thing goes— Sheila will use her rune on one of the bomb arrows, smacking it, using lightning magic, and even using the sword like a bat to fucking yeet it at the malice, where it seems to be getting ready to grab Zuko. She rolled a 16 for this.]
Bradley, can't you make a boat?! Or, I don't know, a staircase or something?
[With a roll of 15, he will make a pillar to cut the malice off from Zuko. If he falls, he'll fall into the pillar and not into the many mouths of the malice.
It DOES float, but it's much less flexible than the magic that he usually has access to. It'd be great if he could make a staircase and get them out of here.
The ice arrow he tries to fire (3) doesn't go anywhere.]
[ thanks to the combined efforts of everyone, zuko doesn't quite fall onto the malice! he isn't able to get up and away from the edge (2), but he does fall straight onto the pillar. ]
[ unfortunately, he slides right the fuck off it and into the malice with a scream (2) ]
[ looks like he's.... gone... forever... oh no... how sad..... they lost him. ]
[ after an appropriately dramatique pause (in which people may or may not be yelling his name, anime-style), suddenly, a sword stabs into the side of the ice pillar (12)! zuko pulls himself up through sheer grit and determination, his head above water and above malice, and then he's going to go for a stab at it ]
The arrows Bradley and Sebastian use miss, hitting the wall. The bomb would have been a little more effective, if it hadn't been for the goop moving away.
Not that there was much moving away left. The water level reaches the platform, the surface being just a foot away from it! Zuko's ice pillar, floating in the water, bobs closer to the platform itself, and his sword and Sheila's bomb arrow get buried into the malice, making it writhe, roar, it backs off! A huge mass of it turned slowly around Zuko, as if trying to figure out the best angle to approach and try to drag him into a watery doom, but...
Instead, it changes tactics. Now that it reached a high spot, all of it goes upwards, forming a thin dome of sorts above them, around nine feet above. Not only that, after that, it forms a tendril, reaching for Sebastian, trying to grab him! The skull still on his neck, to this evil it signals he's vulnerable and can be caught. The weakest link in this group, it figures! So it attempts to reach him before others can react and are recovering from their own problems, trying to capture Sebastian. The plan is to get drag him into the web-like strands above, and dispose of him to its leisure!
[Sheila fires another bomb arrow with a roll of 18, aimed at the center of the dome.
Unfortunately, she rolled a 5 for trying to grab Sebastian in time to pull him to safety and a 3 for slashing through the tendril reaching for him? Good luck, Sebastian. Mom tried.]
[It's times like these where he really wishes he had his magic in these places. It'd be so much easier if he could just grab the group and fly them out of here.
Alas.
He makes a grab for Sebastian (5) and then smacks (8) the tendrils of malice with the bow.]
[ zuko also scrambles on top of the pillar to make a dash for sebastian, but rolls a 2 again and eats shit. ]
[ time to change tactics. he slowly gets up to his feet, using sword and spear to brace himself, finds the most obvious cluster of eyes -- ]
[ and throws the spear, with a 20. he's also aiming to cut sebastian loose at the same time, but i want sebastian to be cool and save himself so pls only count the 20 as an assist if that ]
[ sebastian is not being cool at all and not saving anything because he just rolled his favorite number, a big fucking 1, and presumably fell backwards and dropped everything he was holding while mentally punching himself for jinxing everything with those comments about his good luck earlier!!
bye guys this went great ]
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Well. This is fine!
With rolls of 9, 16 and 16, Sheila fires off three more bomb arrows at the mouths. While she does, she also glances around the room for anything that could help them get some altitude.]
Any ideas on how to get to that opening all the way up there?!
[She's uses her staff to fire some lightning magic at the water below, too, with a sweaty roll of 14.]
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[ a glance to bradley ]
Your ice pillar things don't go up that high, do they? If we got on top of one and blew up some bombs underneath it do you think that'd make it shoot up out of the thing or just, like, explode and kill us?
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It's made outta ice. It'll shatter if there's too much impact.
[HMM...] If we can rip up some metal 'n pause it, we might be able to launch ourselves up.
[Throwing somebody up there would be terrible, considering their combined strength.]
D'ya want a pillar?
[If Zuko says yes, he's getting a pillar under his feet, while Bradley turns to attack the malice's maw with another bomb arrow (9).]
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Plan B. I'll get up there.
[ with a 9, he jumps on the pillar and skitters a bit, barely keeping upright. that robot hand is ruining his life. this is going great! ]
[ anyway, here goes nothing!! he tries to parkour up to attack the malice with the spear -- ]
[ a 9. ]
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In better news, though, Sheila's lightning hits the water, spreading in the area! It doesn't cover the entirety of the pit, but they can see sparks everywhere, the goop trembling, suffering paralysis for a moment! Looks like lightning magic causes the malice to stay paralyzed for a few seconds, defenseless!
The bomb arrow Bradley launches explodes beside some of the goop, missing it mostly. The malice reacts! Braiding itself, it begins to rise in the air, until it's up to eye-level with Bradley, and rushes forward, slamming on top of him, holding him onto the ground! The contact with it makes Bradley's skin burn -- not really with acid, but with some kind of dark magic, not leaving any marks behind, and the malice rears up again, slamming down again, bludgeoning Bradley! [16]
Zuko manages to rip heavy pipes out of the wall, water gushing out before getting plugged by malice. The pipe accidentally drops down into the watery pit of malice down at the bottom, carried around, perhaps for future use in attack! His jump onto the malice for parkouring works, he manages to climb up, and the malice grabs him by the handle of the spear, its blue blade held away due to Zuko's roll, and he's held over the pit. He's going to be dropped in a moment!
Five turns for critical pressure under the platform
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This is fine.]
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No!!!! H-hold on!!
[ runs over and reaches out to try to grab sheila's hand and pull her back??? i got an 11, does this mean she's safe or did he just grab her lightning wand away from her ]
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[ he tries the magnet again, to bring up that bit of a pipe to come up under sheila as sebastian reaches out for her, hopefully helping her get back on the platform. hell yeah 18. ]
[ in quick succession, he tries to rip himself away from the malice about to drop him, spear and all. he rolls a 15 for that, then throws himself towards the malice overwhelming bradley, spear out. 12! ]
[ final roll is 20, which just means zuko himself doesn't land horribly. unless you want to reverse it and say 20 helps brad, 12 for landing. i leave it in ur hands nick ]
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--or that was how it would have been, if Zuko hadn't made a pipe float and catch Sheila. That move is enough to push her back, and Sebastian's help saves her balance -- although he did grab the rod instead of her. Better move from the edge, you two! The skulls, not satisfied with the lack of success at throwing her into the pit, decide to attack them directly, to bite them, one for Sebastian and one for Sheila!
Not done trying to save people, Zuko lands on the one holding Bradley just when it had grabbed and lifted him in the air, the butt of the rifle missing completely. Under Zuko's feet the malice ripples, Zuko's weight making him sink a little into it, with some very unpleasant noises. An eye pops up from it to look at him right when Zuko attempts to stab the malice, it all slithering away from Bradley, leaving him on the platform feeling exhausted due to the contact with evil magic. This bunch of malice, with Zuko on top of it, whips around attempting to throw him off [13] right onto the edge of the platform.
Look down, though, everyone: the water level is beginning to rise. The pumps inside the pillar with the platform are working overtime, the vibrations of the platform feel a little stronger now, but it's too much water to deal with, it's beginning to fill the pit and lift the malice upwards. It will get up to everyone's level in two turns!
Four turns before critical pressure is reached
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Sheila doesn't look so much like she's in pain, so much as she is deeply offended by this.]
Oh, motherfucker!
[She tries to punch the skull off to yeet it back to the goop monster, but she rolled a 7, so.]
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[ He tries to catch Zuko with a roll of 11.
They don't have much time left. ]
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[ looks like team rocket's blasting off agaaaaaaiiiin ]
[ at least, he hits the edge of the platform hard, right on his bloodied back. ouchies. probably leaves an imprint of blood where he lands ]
Ugh...
[ he tries to get up, get to his feet, try to get away from the edge, but he rolled a 1, so his vision swims with the pain and he's falling right over the edge ]
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he will make an attempt to grab zuko as he's falling, but i rolled a 10 so i feel like that could go either way and will probably go the worse way when he's got a fucking skull clamped to his neck. ]
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Sheila's punch connects! The skull glares at her and bites further, leaving some ghastly bite marks! It doesn't manage to chew through bone yet, though. [7] Still, the skull does seem vaguely disappointed Sheila is not writhing in pain or panicking. Oh well. May as well do as much damage as possible anyway, at the very least sever through flesh, it figures, but that's taking a bit! .
Zuko falling is a very messy situation. He crashes against the edge of the platform and begins to fall, Bradley and Sebastian trying to help! Both of them with average rolls, it seems. If it were one person, especially the one with the skull around the neck, his weight would have dragged them along, but given it's two, they together manage to reach Zuko and catch him, but not before he pulls from them, leaving them lying down on the floor with half their bodies over the edge, Zuko hanging over an abyss of evil that's looking straight at them...
...[2] and does nothing else even though it has a prime chance to pull from them to drag them into the water. Wow.
Speaking of the water, it keeps rising. It's just four feet under Zuko, and rising. The malice begins to gather in preparation to receive him if he falls!
Three turns before critical pressure is reached
One turn before the water level reaches the platform
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Speaking of the malice, regardless of how the skull thing goes— Sheila will use her rune on one of the bomb arrows, smacking it, using lightning magic, and even using the sword like a bat to fucking yeet it at the malice, where it seems to be getting ready to grab Zuko. She rolled a 16 for this.]
Bradley, can't you make a boat?! Or, I don't know, a staircase or something?
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[With a roll of 15, he will make a pillar to cut the malice off from Zuko. If he falls, he'll fall into the pillar and not into the many mouths of the malice.
It DOES float, but it's much less flexible than the magic that he usually has access to. It'd be great if he could make a staircase and get them out of here.
The ice arrow he tries to fire (3) doesn't go anywhere.]
1/2
[ unfortunately, he slides right the fuck off it and into the malice with a scream (2) ]
[ rest in pieces zuko ]
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[ after an appropriately dramatique pause (in which people may or may not be yelling his name, anime-style), suddenly, a sword stabs into the side of the ice pillar (12)! zuko pulls himself up through sheer grit and determination, his head above water and above malice, and then he's going to go for a stab at it ]
[ with 20 ]
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unfortunately he is much less cool himself because he rolled 8s for both beating the skull monster off of his neck and bombing the malice so rip ]
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Not that there was much moving away left. The water level reaches the platform, the surface being just a foot away from it! Zuko's ice pillar, floating in the water, bobs closer to the platform itself, and his sword and Sheila's bomb arrow get buried into the malice, making it writhe, roar, it backs off! A huge mass of it turned slowly around Zuko, as if trying to figure out the best angle to approach and try to drag him into a watery doom, but...
Instead, it changes tactics. Now that it reached a high spot, all of it goes upwards, forming a thin dome of sorts above them, around nine feet above. Not only that, after that, it forms a tendril, reaching for Sebastian, trying to grab him! The skull still on his neck, to this evil it signals he's vulnerable and can be caught. The weakest link in this group, it figures! So it attempts to reach him before others can react and are recovering from their own problems, trying to capture Sebastian. The plan is to get drag him into the web-like strands above, and dispose of him to its leisure!
Two turns before critical pressure is reached.
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Unfortunately, she rolled a 5 for trying to grab Sebastian in time to pull him to safety and a 3 for slashing through the tendril reaching for him? Good luck, Sebastian. Mom tried.]
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Alas.
He makes a grab for Sebastian (5) and then smacks (8) the tendrils of malice with the bow.]
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[ time to change tactics. he slowly gets up to his feet, using sword and spear to brace himself, finds the most obvious cluster of eyes -- ]
[ and throws the spear, with a 20. he's also aiming to cut sebastian loose at the same time, but i want sebastian to be cool and save himself so pls only count the 20 as an assist if that ]
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bye guys this went great ]
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