**Olus slays the summon, giving the bull the opening it needs to charge through the slurry. It quickly rises above the bulls head, the beast becoming a ripple in the slurry. The distant golem responds by forming and hurling a large ball of clay at the submerged beast. Esyllt and Rowena stay behind Olus.**
**The bears are resummoned to continue the fight with Dr. Smalls and Tratorious, coming into existence just in time to take stone shots to the face courteously of Damek.**
**The lion men reach the top of the ship two yards before Arl and Darby, the duo ready to pounce on the adventurers below. One of the men turn into a regular lion, however...**
**The little demon mousy fires its black steel boulder/platform into the first monster tentacle to near it. The second tentacle reaches the mouse moments afterword only to find it's target surrounded by a 10' cloud of snowflakes turned black steel shuriken via a second blast of shadow lighting. The blades home in on the grasping limb, turning it into a pin cushion but failing to stop it's movements.**
The bison of light disappeared, only to be replaced with a large, circular blade of white fire that floated above Laghairt's right hand. The Lavaforge Pole erupted into a flame that flowed into the Ogofta's other hand and arm. Laghairt threw the blade at the same ship that his bison had been charging towards.
(BP: 245)
**Olus finds jogging through the slush to be an.. interesting experience. It's up to his shoulders by the time a clay ball is hurled his way.
Laghairt's blade of fire strikes true, although the damp wood of the ship does not immediately ignite. The second Golem tosses a ball his way, but the more distant summon's aim is somewhat off the mark.**
Squid - "You appear to be real,-"
**The mouse-grasping tentacle whips itself down into the distant slush, the only sign of the continuing battle being the sudden transformation a sizable bit of slush into a few feet of water-turned-droplets-turned-spiky-balls that seem to condense upon a target beneath the surface.**
Squid - "-But with rodents I do not deal!"
**It turns its gaze(s) towards Laghairt and Olus**
Squid - "Strong and silent, very violent. Warriors, I presume?"
----
**Kage doesn't see anything between the group and their ship.**
Squid - "Only half, you say? Then who is it that I am fighting this day?"
**Setting water-soaked ship on fire by throwing a flaming blade into it that only makes brief contact appears to be a rather difficult prospect. The blade nearly hits the golem, however, prompting it's next shot to be at the warrior. The second golem continues to target Lagairt as well, it's aim getting a bit better with each shot.
Olus dive successfully takes him out of harm's way, at least until a large column of stone suddenly begins to rise up from beneath the slurry with him with it!
Esyllt takes aim at the edge of the waters, waiting for the now unoccupied long monster-tentacle to move closer to the waters. The other long monster limb continues to battle the demon mouse beneath the distant waters.
Arl and Darby reach the top of the ship, or at least as far as the lion-men - the reverted one has once again regained its humanoid state - let them reach without a fight. The battle is both ferocious and ill-described.
Damek and Co find bear after bear emerging from the waves to fight them, the continual stream of resummoned summons greatly slowing their advance.**
**Kage does not find any hull damage. Furthering his investigation will take more time.**
Laghairt threw the blade at the same spot on the ship in an effort to weaken the old, likely water damaged wood. He rolled out of the way of the first boulder that was close to hitting him.
(BP: 247)
Kage continues his investigation. If this thing went bad he didn't want to be stranded. Glancing back, he saw all the summons. "Kaia, do you feel like helping them with your nebula? If not, lets make sure the ship is safe in the event they need to run."
Squid - "Kill the king, that thing? It's been ages since I fought a group after that! Am I the first monster you've fought, or have you gone through a lot?"
**Lighting strikes the pillar right after Olus leaves it. He finds more trouble, however, in the form of a ring of smaller pillars that just out from beneath the slurry in an attempt to cage him in. The tips are only slightly above the water level, however.
The wood beneath the golem is not as damaged as one would think; the ship might have some mild enchantment on it. Highly likely, in fact, given that it is still strong enough to bear the golem's weight in the first place. Laghairt's next shot does crack more of it though, and the point becomes moot when the frustrated golem leaps into the slurry and begins to steadily approach the distant ogofta. The other golem follows, and both form clay balls they do not throw.**
**Esyllt continues to wait for the big tentacle to make it's move, summoning a pair of plant spiders to help Arl and Darby's fight for lack of anything better to do in the meantime (she does, of course, get ready to restore Olus.**
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Back at the ship
Kaia - <If they are just summons it'll probably resummon them, it'd be better to wait until he starts depending on a spell to live. I think we should just quickly make sure nothing jumps out at us below decks before I head over there.>
**Kaia speedily flies below decks to do just that**
He attempted to jump over the pillars. He brought his maul down on the pillar as he attempted to clear it hopping that the repelling force would push him over.
**Olus rolls over the stone bars and into the slurry on the other side. The next bolt misses him as well, but strikes the nearby water to give him a numbing shock.
The nearest golem tosses it's ball at the coming blade, knocking the blade of course for an easy sidestep. The summon forms another defensive ball in its hands and continue onward. It's still a good 30' away from the Ogofta but it's making good progress in the slurry. The farther one is maybe 45' away.**
Squid - "If a servant was I could I hear you yell 'fie'? Hahahaha! To speak plainly I do indeed serve the great lord and master, and have battled many who sought to reach him. Of battles I'll even admit to losing a few.. but I simply don't see me conceding to you!"
**The tentacle that had been fighting the mouse merges victorious from the water, its injures hidden beneath a layer of stone that now coats the last 20' of the limb. The braced tentacle raises high in the air above where Olus is tumbling about in the slurry. The second long tentacle sinks below the water, taking but not caring about some arrows fired from Esyllt and Rowena as it apparently aims to strike at Laghairt from below the icy waves.
All the other battles continue unabated, the various heroes slowly but surely beating back their summoned opponents.**
---
Back at the ship **Kage finds some hands scurrying about the lower level of the ship. The vessel otherwise appears to be undamaged and unguarded.**
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Squid - "You noticed my work? I can't help but smirk! But yes, it's true that all of these summons are from me. I've bound many to this frame of mine, you see; in fact I'm interested in making one of you a part of me! Only one though - it takes so very long to really have that special connection!"
Arl - "We decline! What happened to the people that beat you in battle?"
Squid - "They were beaten elsewhere! Most of them didn't even make it into the city, and no one's reach his majesty since- since- the mirror witch's group, I think? Hah! I remember that fight. It was awful. Hardly lawful!"
**After what feels like weeks of battling the group finds themselves positioned as follows:
Olus and Laghairt slay the first pair of golems and continue on, reaching the ring of ships before a second summoned pair makes it within 15' of them. The duo were nearly within range of the squids shorter (~30') tentacles. Olus had been heavily wounded by earlier tentacle attacks but the power of restore had kept him going.
The squid had asked him how he was healing like that, but whether the Ogofta answered him is his own business.
Damek and Co had also manage to fight their way to the ring of ships.
Arl and Darby were either still on the larger ship or nearing the ring themselves, Darby's choice.
Kage finishes hunting body parts on the ship and had begun to make his way back to the group.
Esyllt had come under attack from the longer tentacles herself but was currently holding out with Kaia's help.**
**The bears are resummoned to continue the fight with Dr. Smalls and Tratorious, coming into existence just in time to take stone shots to the face courteously of Damek.**
**The lion men reach the top of the ship two yards before Arl and Darby, the duo ready to pounce on the adventurers below. One of the men turn into a regular lion, however...**
**The little demon mousy fires its black steel boulder/platform into the first monster tentacle to near it. The second tentacle reaches the mouse moments afterword only to find it's target surrounded by a 10' cloud of snowflakes turned black steel shuriken via a second blast of shadow lighting. The blades home in on the grasping limb, turning it into a pin cushion but failing to stop it's movements.**
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Go ahead and run, you'll only die tired.
Those who might never meet are pooled together
(BP: 245)
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
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Laghairt's blade of fire strikes true, although the damp wood of the ship does not immediately ignite. The second Golem tosses a ball his way, but the more distant summon's aim is somewhat off the mark.**
Squid - "You appear to be real,-"
**The mouse-grasping tentacle whips itself down into the distant slush, the only sign of the continuing battle being the sudden transformation a sizable bit of slush into a few feet of water-turned-droplets-turned-spiky-balls that seem to condense upon a target beneath the surface.**
Squid - "-But with rodents I do not deal!"
**It turns its gaze(s) towards Laghairt and Olus**
Squid - "Strong and silent, very violent. Warriors, I presume?"
----
**Kage doesn't see anything between the group and their ship.**
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(BP: 246)
Laghairt - Strange beast, you are half right.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Acelin's Characters (since her sig won't work).
Go ahead and run, you'll only die tired.
Those who might never meet are pooled together
**Setting water-soaked ship on fire by throwing a flaming blade into it that only makes brief contact appears to be a rather difficult prospect. The blade nearly hits the golem, however, prompting it's next shot to be at the warrior. The second golem continues to target Lagairt as well, it's aim getting a bit better with each shot.
Olus dive successfully takes him out of harm's way, at least until a large column of stone suddenly begins to rise up from beneath the slurry with him with it!
Esyllt takes aim at the edge of the waters, waiting for the now unoccupied long monster-tentacle to move closer to the waters. The other long monster limb continues to battle the demon mouse beneath the distant waters.
Arl and Darby reach the top of the ship, or at least as far as the lion-men - the reverted one has once again regained its humanoid state - let them reach without a fight. The battle is both ferocious and ill-described.
Damek and Co find bear after bear emerging from the waves to fight them, the continual stream of resummoned summons greatly slowing their advance.**
**Kage does not find any hull damage. Furthering his investigation will take more time.**
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(BP: 247)
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Olus - "I am Olus the Panda, we are going to crush the monster king!"
Go ahead and run, you'll only die tired.
Those who might never meet are pooled together
**Lighting strikes the pillar right after Olus leaves it. He finds more trouble, however, in the form of a ring of smaller pillars that just out from beneath the slurry in an attempt to cage him in. The tips are only slightly above the water level, however.
The wood beneath the golem is not as damaged as one would think; the ship might have some mild enchantment on it. Highly likely, in fact, given that it is still strong enough to bear the golem's weight in the first place. Laghairt's next shot does crack more of it though, and the point becomes moot when the frustrated golem leaps into the slurry and begins to steadily approach the distant ogofta. The other golem follows, and both form clay balls they do not throw.**
**Esyllt continues to wait for the big tentacle to make it's move, summoning a pair of plant spiders to help Arl and Darby's fight for lack of anything better to do in the meantime (she does, of course, get ready to restore Olus.**
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Back at the ship
Kaia - <If they are just summons it'll probably resummon them, it'd be better to wait until he starts depending on a spell to live. I think we should just quickly make sure nothing jumps out at us below decks before I head over there.>
**Kaia speedily flies below decks to do just that**
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He attempted to jump over the pillars. He brought his maul down on the pillar as he attempted to clear it hopping that the repelling force would push him over.
Go ahead and run, you'll only die tired.
Those who might never meet are pooled together
Acelin's Characters (since her sig won't work).
(BP: 248)
Laghairt - Strange beast, do you work for the king!?
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
The nearest golem tosses it's ball at the coming blade, knocking the blade of course for an easy sidestep. The summon forms another defensive ball in its hands and continue onward. It's still a good 30' away from the Ogofta but it's making good progress in the slurry. The farther one is maybe 45' away.**
Squid - "If a servant was I could I hear you yell 'fie'? Hahahaha! To speak plainly I do indeed serve the great lord and master, and have battled many who sought to reach him. Of battles I'll even admit to losing a few.. but I simply don't see me conceding to you!"
**The tentacle that had been fighting the mouse merges victorious from the water, its injures hidden beneath a layer of stone that now coats the last 20' of the limb. The braced tentacle raises high in the air above where Olus is tumbling about in the slurry. The second long tentacle sinks below the water, taking but not caring about some arrows fired from Esyllt and Rowena as it apparently aims to strike at Laghairt from below the icy waves.
All the other battles continue unabated, the various heroes slowly but surely beating back their summoned opponents.**
---
Back at the ship
**Kage finds some hands scurrying about the lower level of the ship. The vessel otherwise appears to be undamaged and unguarded.**
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Go ahead and run, you'll only die tired.
Those who might never meet are pooled together
Acelin's Characters (since her sig won't work).
(BP: 249)
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
He surveyed the scene. "Are all these creatures summoned? How can one being maintain so many?"
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Arl - "We decline! What happened to the people that beat you in battle?"
Squid - "They were beaten elsewhere! Most of them didn't even make it into the city, and no one's reach his majesty since- since- the mirror witch's group, I think? Hah! I remember that fight. It was awful. Hardly lawful!"
**After what feels like weeks of battling the group finds themselves positioned as follows:
Olus and Laghairt slay the first pair of golems and continue on, reaching the ring of ships before a second summoned pair makes it within 15' of them. The duo were nearly within range of the squids shorter (~30') tentacles. Olus had been heavily wounded by earlier tentacle attacks but the power of restore had kept him going.
The squid had asked him how he was healing like that, but whether the Ogofta answered him is his own business.
Damek and Co had also manage to fight their way to the ring of ships.
Arl and Darby were either still on the larger ship or nearing the ring themselves, Darby's choice.
Kage finishes hunting body parts on the ship and had begun to make his way back to the group.
Esyllt had come under attack from the longer tentacles herself but was currently holding out with Kaia's help.**
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Acelin's Characters (since her sig won't work).