The Hulking Monster glared at his sunny doppelganger though the sea of freaky ass babies before engaging the beast, the pair of them getting into a grapple hold which each man trying to overpower the other.
As he was doing this, he was wide open to any other possible attacks.
While the giant probably thought grappling was a good idea, he didn't know that Ken could change things on the fly. Suddenly large spikes rushed out the Hulk clone looking to impale him.
As the hulk grappled, he noticed that the overly large infants looked exactly like ones he'd killed before. The effect would be rather unnerving, and the headbutting passing through the head only invoked the images that these infants were from beyond the grave. Combined with the unsettling, deathly chill that seemed to only affect him with eyes that seemed to show the brute that he was going straight to hell... The fact that he seemed to be the only one to see or hear them only solidified the point.
Of course, it didn't help that Mel chose that moment to drop down and plunge her blades into one of the open areas of the man's flesh. She also saw her sister finishing up her touches for a spell.
Even though Devon had told them (via the rings) that the illusion of the Grotesqueries was, you know, an illusion, it didn't stop the hairs from standing up on the back of her neck.
[color=0E59E4]"Man, seeing these guys in the flesh is a lot creepier than dealing with them in the game!"[/color]
Still, she pulled her divine foci out from her pocket (Her cross necklace and Sadei) and began chanting up a spell, thinking of a new friend to add to her array of ice constructs, a crocodile.
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Teri casts Conjure Ice Beast 2 [http://dndtools.eu/spells/frostburn--68/conjure-ice-beast-i--1238/], calling up a crocodile made of magical ice! It will last for 7 rounds (42 seconds) or until it is destroyed!
24 seconds until then next 2nd Level spell can be cast.
Hook, The Ice Crocodile
Size/Type: Medium Ice Construct
Hit Dice: 3d10+20 (30 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), swim 30 ft.
Armor Class: 19 (+1 Dex, +8 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 18
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+5
Attack: Bite +6 melee (1d8+6) or tail slap +6 melee (1d12+6)
Full Attack: Bite +6 melee (1d8+6) or tail slap +6 melee (1d12+6)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Frigid Touch
Special Qualities: Cold subtype, construct traits
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +2
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 12, Con 0, Int 0, Wis 10, Cha 1
Skills:
Feats:
Environment: Warm marshes
Organization: Solitary or colony (6-11)
Challenge Rating: 3
Advancement: 4-5 HD (Medium)
Cold Subtype (Ex): An ice beast has immunity to cold. It has vulnerability to fire, which means it takes half again as much (+50%) damage as normal from fire, regardless of whether a saving throw is allowed, or if the save is a success or a failure.
Construct Traits: An ice beast has immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, necromancy effects, mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phanrasms, patterns, and morale effects), and any effect that requires a Fortitude save unless it also works on objects or is harmless. It is not subject to extra damage from critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue, exhaustion, or energy drain. Cannot heal damage, but can be repaired. It has darkvision out to 60 feet and low-light vision.
Frigid Touch (Su): The ice beast deals an extra 1d6 points of cold damage with each successful melee attack.
After summoning Hook, Teri pointed at the hulking giant and commanded it in Aquan: [color=0E59E4]"Attack the yellow guy!"[/color] ,making the icy crocodile charge into the fray, and bring it's jaws upon the hulking man's skin after Melethia made her cut. Ice seeped into the wound that was made, and it hurt even moreso than a normal bite.
Cadolbolg took this chance to shoot more lightning at the big guy, considering that a creature of ice just crossed his path, and he didn't want to melt it by accident. Even as he did so, he couldn't help but be a little confused by the floating infants, even if it was Friend Devon's spell. But, magic was weird like that, wasn't it?
As for Ton Ton, he could see a bit out of the door, and could see a large man being attacked by a fiery being and.... Babies? Lots of babies.... Well, with the message that circulated to the ring bearers, Ton Ton knew to aim for the yellow man, and try his best to hit. Here's hoping! Aiming the gun as best he could, Ton Ton fired a shot and silently hoped that it hit the mark, especially with the vibrations that thing was prone to making.
Cafeteria
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"I stand mistaken..."
Caim grimaced at the food brought to him, and pushed the tray to Angelus, who shrugged and said, "I've had worse carrion. Certainly didn't smell as bad..."
Taking the strange hunk of meat, Angelus swallowed the meal in two bites, not really caring to chew in the process. Caim could only watch with amazement as the dragon in disguise was able to eat, swallow and hold down the meal without retching at all. She did make a sour face, and spoke, "Unlike some carrion, that actually harbored a taste... Not to mention the texture was awful."
Caim snorted at the dragon's observations, and resigned himself to going hungry for a little while; sipping water to help satiate himself as his stomach continued it's cries. Not eating was something he had to deal with while being on the run from the Empire, going for days long marches to Gods knows where. The Rising Dawn's nearly constant food supply was certainly a kind luxury he missed.
First, His focus was put off by the seemingly demonic visions he was receiving.
Second, Melethia was about to nail him in the back with her blade.
Third, Huge Spikes seemingly came from nowhere and impaled his guts as he wrestled with the other hulking being.
Fourth, He was lit up like a christmas tree by Cadolbolg's lighting attack
Fifth, He was shot in though the arm and in his ribs by Ton Ton, off target, but it still hit at the end of the day, a lot better than what he was expecting.
Finally, as if he didn't suffer enough, he was mauled by a giant crocodile made of ice.
He struggled with the beast for a while but at the end of the day, he wasn't living though that and soon Hook was nomming on his skull.
It would seem that their Janitor of a Teacher didn't owe anyone any money now...
David
"...Right...Now before I relax, is there anything else?....Some fucking demonic twat?...Anything?.....No?.....Fucking better be..." David said, clearly not amused by the sudden attack as he sat down in the middle of the bloody hallway.
"...I repeat...I hate this school..."
Rugal
"Well...So much for lunch then..." Rugal mused as they enjoyed their drinks after Angelus "Enjoyed" her food.
"Still, no need to worry too much. I mean, nothing in this school is actually real, is it?"
While the Hulk clone disappeared around Ken, he was not done with the giant. Covering a hand in flames, he plunged it into the giant's chest and ripped out the heart. Kali ma...Kali ma...Kali ma," Ken chanted as the heart burst into fire. When it was all done he walked back to his seat and sat down.
Shadow had just gotten a drink from David at the bar. He wasnt sure where he was, but he felt happy. After chatting with David for a bit before going over to where Taytum was sitting. Along the way He spotted Charlie, and Puce(I believe thats the name... sorry if I spelled it wrong.) He then finally got to where Taytum was sitting and sat down. They were in the middle of a nice chat when Shadow said he had to go to the bathroom and got up....
Loaction: The school. Or whatever its name is.
Shadow awoke to see a blue sky. He was happy he had taken the nap, it had been pleasant compared to the dreams he had been having.
He looked to the side to see Taytum resting on his shoulder. Shadow smiled under his hood as he slowly lifted Taytum off his shoulder and leaned her against the wall, trying not to wake her up.
Next, he looked around for a bit before hearing...
"Kali ma...Kali ma...Kali ma,."
Shadow looked around the corner to see the yellow hulking being dead with his heart ripped out and lying on the ground dead. After that Shadow saw the person that had shot arrows at him before.
"YOU! Why did you shoot arrows at me!" Shadow yelled as he approached. Thats when he saw David standing farther away complaining about the school. "Hey David! Would you happen to have anything to drink on you?" he asked.
When Shadow confronted her, the young green-haired girl waved at the man. "Sorry about that, Mister assassin! I was laying down some cover fire for Keeneye. Besides, I didn't hit ya, so no harm, no foul, right?" One thing that was a bit odd was how she seemed to be a bit too young even for this school, considering it was mostly filled with high school students.
Devon
He dispelled the illusion when the fight ended, feeling that something had changed within him. Sure, it was a small fight in itself, but it felt like a breakthrough to him. After all, in a fight, controlling what your opponent sees could make a huge difference...
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Devon has taken his 11th level as a Bard, and gained the 4th level spell Greater Invisibility [http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=3287]!
In addition, he uses his one spell swap this level to exchange Charm Person for Hideous Laughter [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/hideousLaughter.htm].
Devon looked over at David and nodded as Ella stabbed it a few times to ensure the thug was dead. "Me and you doth, David. Me and you both..."
Rugal
Slindis handed Rugal and Caim some jerky. Although it was tough, at least it was edible. The same couldn't be saidd about the "food" for lunch. [color=c200]"Don't be so sure, Rugal. You're still in here, and the pain could still be felt."[/color]
David looked at Shadow in disbelief.
"...Out of all the people to run into...how the hell did you ever get her-...You know what, I don't even want to know..." He said as he wiped himself off from all the blood that he was covered in (Again).
"Yo, D. (Devon) Little help over here?" He asked as Ton Ton handed him back his M500.
"Thank you Misser Class." The Janitor Lady who caused all this said as she stood in the middle of the hallway, holding a bottle of Lemon Pledge and an entire packet of wiping cloths.
"Clean that up. Pass class." She said before throwing them at the classes feet and walking away, her facial expression not changing in the slightest as she left.
Rugal
"Still, We have no idea how real this "Reality" even is. For all we know, we are all just asleep back on the Airship." Rugal said as he tried some of Slindis's Jerky, using his Slashing Aura to cut it into bite sized pieces with his fingers.
After Hook had did his work needed, he wandered back to the summoner in question, to which Teri patted gently with a small smile, [color=0E59E4]"Nicely done, Hook."[/color]
After a few more moments, the Crocodile of ice disappeared into thin air, leaving only a few shavings on the ground where he was. Following that, Teri began to wander to the class in question and asked if anyone was hurt. But, before the words could escape her mouth, she felt a change within her too:
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Teri has taken her 8th level in Cleric! After some rest, she'll find that she has a level 4 spell slot for use, as well as a bonus 3rd level slot on account of her Wisdom stat going from a 15 to a 16.
Cadolbolg flew down from the distance and saw David getting the gun from his pact partner, and wondered aloud, "How is Friend David and Friend Ton Ton doing? Alright?"
Ton Ton gave a small nod and motioned his head to David as well, [color=15650D]"Thank you for letting me use your weapon, Mr. West. But I think I would be a bit more effective sticking to my knife."[/color]
Caim | Angelus
Caim gave Slindis a grateful nod and set to nibbling on the jerky, the taste bringing back memories of more time in the Union army. As he did so, the PDA continued speaking for him:
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"My theory still stands. If we are aware of what our environment is, we should seek to try to change it. Maybe burrow through Mark's delusions to find out where the thing we're looking for is."
Angelus shrugged as she finished the last 'meal' the group had grabbed, "You heard what Lucifer told us. If we try to break the world too greatly, we could be trapped here. We just need another lead... Hmn.... I wonder if this Mark's creation would have the same scent as he did? It is a part of him after all...."
David, Mel, Devon, Teri, Shadow, Cutie Bruisers, Ella
Devon walked over to David, noting all the blood that the gunman was covered in. "Here you two are" Before too long, the Prestidigation washed over them and removed all of the blood and dirt off them and their weapons. As the others went by him, he cleane them off with the spell as well. It took a minute to clean them all, but they all looked respectable.
Ella went and checked for anyone else before halfheartedly cleaning the area, and Mel waved to Teri. "I'll see ya later, sis. I just wanted to get a bite to eat."
Rugal
Slindis shook her head. [color=c200]"We still have to take care here, though. Injuries here may transfer over. The smell might be true, but the issue there is sniffing one person out in 300+ students."[/color] Caim and Rugal found the meat to be a bit tough, but the light seasoning of the meat made it have a bit of a kick to it.
"Some crazy ass High School Shadow. Some Crazy ass High School..." David answered as Devon's spell cleaned him up.
"Thanks. I'll start paying ya when we get out of here." He said as Ton Ton Spoke.
"Just needed an extra gun back there is all. No Sweat." He answered before he picked up a cloth and gave the place a once over.
It got rid of most of the blood, but the hallway was still tinted red.
Pulling out his timetable, he saw the next class: Shop Class with Mr. Dr. Doom.
"Christ, Kids with Power Tools, what could possibly go wrong?...Well, least we have some time before the next class starts..."
Rugal
"That and I'm certain that going around sniffing every student in the whole building won't do down well with the other teachers. It could be..."Misinterpreted"..." Rugal added after Slindis, more or less shooting down the scent idea as Melethia arrived.
"Melethia! Out of class so early?" He said, clearly happy to see his daughter.
"So...Learn anything?"
Devon moved around the cleaned up areas as he walked with Ella. "I don't really need to be paid, David. I mean, that spell's easy for me to use. I do appreciate the offer, though. And buddy, I don't know why we're here."
Rugal
She shrugged. "Nah, it was nothin' much. Just some really weak zombies in the biology class and some people that don't know what a Killing Zone is in the Home cleaning class.
...why are you looking at me weird?"
Slindis had known the school was in a bad state, and this only reaffirmed her beliefs. [color=c20000]"Don't you think it would be safer for your sister if the two of you stuck together?"[/color]
Smirking at Devon's free service, David said to Shadow "Just woke up in this mad ass place. Been getting attacked every class. Except for Music, but still. At this point, we're just waiting on someone to get a portal for us to escape here."
He then stopped to check his new weapons, partly showing them off to Shadow: Wrist Mounted pistols, designed by himself and Melethia.
He also noticed the Sniper wasn't using his M500 as much anymore.
Canteen: Rugal
Rugal grew rather concerned after hearing Melethia's statement.
"What?!...Are you okay? Jesus, why didn't you call us?" He asked before checking her for injuries.
"This place clearly isn't safe. What about the others? Are they okay?" He asked, a somewhat jarring scene for Caim and Angelus, seeing how they knew Rugal before his change of heart.
"Well... shit.... wait... Music? As in a class? Do we have to go to class!?!?" Shadow asked as he felt a bit of panic set in. He had been raised in a facility in Russia. He was never actually sent to a class with other kids. Everything he learned was in the facility and when he was out on missions. Of course that was until he was captured.
"Just between you and me... Ive never gone to a school...." Shadow said hesitantly.
Teri waved goodbye when Melethia decided to leave them for lunch, and went back to helping in the cleaning of class. After that was all said and done, she saw on the schedule the next class was shop Dr. Doom, and wondered aloud,
[color=0E59E4]"Shop... I would hope nothing goes wrong there. At least I can reattach freshly lost fingers...."[/color]
Ton Ton laughed sheepishly at David's words, and kicked around the floor a little, [color=15650D]"Sorry I wasn't much help in that regard. Perhaps you could show me when we reach the Dawn again? I'd like to be helpful if a situation like that happened again!"[/color]
It was strange, hearing a voice so eager to aid to come from the little creature; especially in the art of slaying. However, there was nothing malicious to the Tonberry's intent when he spoke. It was almost... Childlike in it's innocent quality, but was offset by the subject at hand. It was almost as if using a gun was seen as an art rather than a means to kill.
Cadolbolg, on the other hand, happily landed on Devon's head, and began chattering happily on how he helped out on the front lines for once, instead of feeling like a liability.
[HEADING=3]Up next, Doctor Doom's Shop class![/HEADING]
Canteen: Caim | Angelus
As Rugal fussed over his daughter, Caim and Angelus exchanged a single surprised glance, and noticed how their treatment of Cadolbolg looked eerily similar to how this scene was playing out. However, Rugal's line of questioning did have merit. After all, they should have a semblance of what happened to their party. Stepping in, metaphorically, Angelus spoke, taking up her role as the voice of reason:
"Calm yourself, Rugal. You forget we have the rings. Were something truly terrible to go wrong, we would have gotten a signal. Not to mention Melethia's calm manner does not suggest anything too volatile has happened. Isn't that right, little one?"
Caim, on the other hand, was already doing as Angelus suggested, and began to get a sound off on all members of the Rising Dawn carrying the Rings for status reports.
He scratched the back of his head in a hesitant response to David.. "I'd like to say more, but taking the quick way out is like getting rid of a bomb by throwing it in the toilet: it'll blow up and the aftermath will be so bad you'll wish we did it the right way..."
He adjusted the seat for Cadolbolg as he made his way to shop with the others and talked to Shadow. "Just play it easy. Act like this is some kind of delicate mission where you can't afford to tip off the targets and you'll make it through fine."
A bit more and he waved at Teri. "I think I can patch one up too, so don't worry. I've got you covered, Teri."Right after that, he explained the situation to Caim.
Slin, Rugal, Mel, Caim, ANgie
Mel laughed and quickly took a piece of Rugal's Jerky. "Wheathair, it was only some zombies and idiots! I mean, come on. Ya think I wouldn't know how to fight them? Really? I know we haven't fought many here, but I think I know how to gut the undead."
Noting the shocked look on Rugal's face, Slindis gave a weary sigh. [color=c20000]"I know this may come as no surprise to you, but those talents you saw in the library were not spontaneously learned. She's had them for a while... So much so that one of the leading martial organizations hired her for some work after they saw firsthand what she did to the Karrnathi zombies."[/color]
Hearing about them, Melethia perked up. "Now those, those were some fun guys to take out. Dodgin' spells, taking out their arms, destroying their spines... Oh man, ya have to go up against them someday!"
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