Personal Mission - Deceased Priest (4 Parts)

[Moira Blackwoode]

Deceased Priest - Part One: Travel Troubles
GM/NPCs: Bellus Toxicum (Moira)
Participants: Bellus Toxicum (Moira), Ginger Complex (Habuki)


Bellus Toxicum: [Log On]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM: Story Background]
Bellus Toxicum: - In Moira's past, an evil and abusive priest was given charge of her education, resulting in the maiming of her hands, and the shaping of her distrustful nature. The first person she killed in her journey to become an expert on
Bellus Toxicum: poisons, she thought he was removed from her life forever. She was wrong. A member of the priest's order has discovered his journals, and raised the vile man from the grave, unbeknownst to the young woman. However, strange
Bellus Toxicum: occurrences in the monastery and surrounding countryside have prompted her estranged family to contact her, which is where we begin.-
Bellus Toxicum: [Please state Name, Rank, Dice, and HP, then roll for initiative.]
Ginger Complex: [ Beetle Habuki - Grunja Defender 2d60 - 35 HP (Diehard) --]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira Blackwoode - Abet'zi Defender - LatF - 2d36 - 23 hp (diehard)]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 100-sided die: 85
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 100-sided die: 62
Bellus Toxicum: [Initiative Order: Habuki - Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: [Open RP]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira was seated quietly at the table in their kitchen, her pale gaze trained upon the fire, but unseeing. Memories were pouring through her, and her expression was blank as she sat motionless in her chair. A stained sheet of poor
Bellus Toxicum: quality parchment was grasped between her fingers. The ink had run in places, and it appeared tattered. The trouble her mother had gone to, to have this letter delivered must have cost her much, but her father could certainly afford
Bellus Toxicum: it. At least he could years before, when she had left. Now, she was not so sure. The lands around her father's keep were dying, her mother had said. And the monastery had closed its doors. Her fingers trembled briefly, and the
Bellus Toxicum: letter drifted to the floor, as her hands clapped over her ears, as though to block out a sound, her eyes squeezing shut. "It can't be.." She said into the quiet. "It can't be." -
Ginger Complex: --A relaxed sigh came from his lips...fresh from the bath, the cinnamon and vanilla scent would float out as the boy stepped out, toweling himself off and ready for a night of relaxation...no missions, no adventures, no one trying
Ginger Complex: to kill him...it was a wonderful day! And thus he walked out of the end of where the bathroom was, feeling fresh and only wrapped in a towel as he walked up beind where Miora was and hugged her from the neck now and nuzzled head
Ginger Complex: there...he had not noticed her distress and would kiss her cheek gently.- "Hello love...hello." -There he would look upon her expression as she hugged her ears, and blinked and looked at the fallen not, before he turned towards
Ginger Complex: her, their faces meeting- "Whatever is wrong?"-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She nearly jumped when he approached from behind her, but his touch calmed her like no other's could. Anyone else would have caused her to draw away, retreating into her shell, but she couldn't hide her emotions from him. When she
Bellus Toxicum: looked up at him, her eyes were haunted. There were few things that frightened her. But there, in her face, was abject terror. She lowered her hand and pointed at the letter, as if she was reluctant to even touch it again. "My
Bellus Toxicum: mother wrote to me." She said quietly. To deliver the letter, her mother would have had to go to a mage, which in itself was dangerous where she was from. "My family's lands are dying. The cattle, the crops...the people." It was an
Bellus Toxicum: odd reaction she was having to such news, anger, confusion, a determination to get to the source perhaps, but this fear was uncharacteristic for her. -
Ginger Complex: --He did see something wrong with her and frowned a bit as the two of them pushed together, he forgetting about the romantic night that was semi planned, more focused upoon the woman now as she stared at him with those haunted eyes
Ginger Complex: and the boy nodded, and took her hands within his and caressed them now- "...Your mother huh? Well...we'll just have to see what the problem is hm?" -He smiled and squeezed one hand, as the other took the letter and read over it,
Ginger Complex: before it went to the table. He leaned down and their foreheads touched and he kissed her cheek softly.- "I'm here for you....and whatever I can do to stop this, I will. I promise" -He nodded his head now and allowed himself to
Ginger Complex: sit in the chair next too her and console her-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] -The letter read "My dearest daughter, I wish I could write to you with good tidings, and sweet words, but instead I pen this letter in haste and dismay. Word comes to us now and then of your doings, and your letters are
Bellus Toxicum: treasured when they arrive, but now I write to seek whatever help you might be able to give. Your father's people are dying of a strange sickness. The last time I saw such a wasting disease was when your father's poor priest
Bellus Toxicum: departed this world. It is a wasting disease, slow and painful, but I have been able to find no cure. Our herds and crops are failing and the land itself seems to be withering. We do not know what to do. If the disease does not take
Bellus Toxicum: us, starvation soon will. We sought succor from the monastery, but they have closed their doors and we fear that the order has fallen to the same strange illness. Some are whispering that it began there and has spread, and indeed,
Bellus Toxicum: it seemed when last I rode there, that the land seemed more desolate there than anywhere else. Please, daughter, if you can help us, please, come home. Your loving mother, Beatrice." -
Ginger Complex: ---And Habuki read the letter with the fullest extent, his eyes kept upon there in that way the letter was written and how it was written now...the disrupting effects seen He read about the priest and for some reason [unknown to
Ginger Complex: him tho for some reason his fingetips gripped the letter further] then relaxed as he continued to read. As he finished now, he would pull her closer and hug her and nodded.- "We'll figure it out,, love....I promise." -And he did,
Ginger Complex: of course he had no idea what was going on, but if anyone could figure it out---it was Miora...she was a specialist in poisons, witherings, and she would perfect that art now. The boy relaxed now as he would wrap an arm around her
Ginger Complex: and watched her expression-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: -When he wrapped his arms around her, she pressed close, clinging to him for comfort. For a long moment, she hid her face against his chest, drawing a slow breath, taking in his scent as he read over the letter. Finally, she lifted
Bellus Toxicum: her head and spoke softly, the fear in her expression subsiding only a little. "Do you remember what I once told you of the priest my mother spoke of?" She asked quietly, searching his face for the recognition. She didn't know how
Bellus Toxicum: much might have come back to him. She lifted her hand briefly, touching his cheek, her gaze intense upon his, as though willing him to remember. -
Ginger Complex: ---And the boy continued to hold her until she pulled away a little bit and he nodded his head....still wet from the bath, the boy would just shake his head at the letter, unable to fathom just what in the world had happened. Pushi
Ginger Complex: ng those tresses back now, he felt her hand upon his cheek and nodded.- "Anger flared when I read about a priest...and I did not know why...but now I see it in you, in your eyes and remember...he tortured you, made your hands what
Ginger Complex: they are and was your first kill." -He nodded, and instinctively his hands touched her own now and rubbed there, the boy caressed her hands gently as he looked into her eyes, gazed forth and smiled a little as their eyes met..-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She nodded softly, letting her eyes close for a moment when she felt his soothing touch upon her small hands. "Yes. I killed him. I poisoned him, slowly, torturing him, as he tortured me. I made it last." Her breath hitched as she
Bellus Toxicum: glanced at the letter. "And now my people are dying, as he did. Slowly, painfully." She looked up at him again. "There is no amount of hemlock that could be dispersed into the water to kill so many so slowly, to kill off the
Bellus Toxicum: livestock.." She shuddered against him, taking comfort in his nearness. "That order claimed holiness, but they were an evil breed. Someone is seeking revenge for the priest. Why, and why now, I don't know. But I have to find
Bellus Toxicum: out. I have to stop this." She murmured quietly. -
Ginger Complex: "...mhm....And that's good, he deserved worse for hurting you" -He left it at that as he looked towards her, and did not judge her for her mission---no he thought her just and looked ahead at her now as the two of them saw upon
Ginger Complex: the just way and the boy nodded his head as he would wrap his arms around her.- "Whenever you are ready, we'll head out and seek this...and what is happening. Too use the same poison as you used means that someone at least knows
Ginger Complex: what killed him...we'll have to find this and see if the order is responsible...if it led out someone as sick as that priest, no doubt someone taught him such ways, or he instilled such teachings on an appentice.....which very well
Ginger Complex: might be the case..."-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She nodded slightly, pressing lightly against him. Her thoughts were already moving ahead to what they would need to do. She never doubted that he would be by her side, but knowing that he was willing to go with her, to put to
Bellus Toxicum: rights whatever was causing the atrocity in her father's lands made her tighten her arms around him. "Thank you." She said softly. "We will depart in the morning." Until then, she would need to make sure they had all the supplies
Bellus Toxicum: they would need, and arrange to be teleported to those lands. A world away, they could not simply walk or ride there. "I'll need to speak to Mela, or Emmarie to get there." Again, she shuddered slightly, but it was more of a release
Bellus Toxicum: of the tension dwelling in her than the fear that had seized her. A course of action always improved any situation. A faint curve then appeared upon her lips, and her head tipped slightly to the side as she suddenly changed the
Bellus Toxicum: subject. "You smell so good.." She murmured, nuzzling into him gently. If they had only one night together before they departed, she wanted to make the most of it. -
Ginger Complex: --He smiled towards her and nodded- "Morning is fine, let's just make sure we find a carriage with a roof so I can sleep." -She would know he was cranky during the morning, but could survive [Daywalker] but that was just how it
Ginger Complex: was and she mentioned teleporting and he nodded- "Phew eases the ride up." -A chuckle now and a nod as the boy felt her nuzzle into him and he smiled.- "Found some bath salts at the market, mixed cinnamon with vanilla...its nice
Ginger Complex: hm?" -He would ask as she nuzzled against him, and the boy traces fingertips through her hair now...reassuring her with his hand---the other was down below and caressed her hand, their fingertips locking, as he brought the hand to
Ginger Complex: his mouth and kissed it- "Got it just for you but i decided to use some myself...hehe."-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - His presence, his nearness allowed her to relax. Alone with her thoughts, she'd been overwhelmed, but having him to confide in, to count on, made all the difference. A soft laugh escaped her, and her lips pressed lightly to the
Bellus Toxicum: side of his neck. "It is a delicious scent." She murmured against his skin. "I'll have to use the salts later." She simply melted against him, letting her eyes close as his fingers caressed through her hair, a little shiver coursing
Bellus Toxicum: through her when his lips brushed her hand. Her fingers closed around his and she drew back for a moment, rising and giving his hand a gentle tug, a familiar light in her eyes and almost playful curve to her lips. -
Ginger Complex: --And the boy would allow himself to settle against her now....actually glad that he had met her, that she had come into his life. A lot of things were very hard there, and he would relax against her, sighing as she kissed his neck
Ginger Complex: and sighed softly now...and then the hands were pure in that motion as she pushed up and had that light in her eyes- "Hm and I did this to try and seduce you....seems like it did the trick." -A playful smile as well, as the boy
Ginger Complex: took her within his arms and headed towards where they rested..-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She was eager to be in his arms and as they moved toward the bedroom, she was already kissing him, her mouth soft against his, her fingers twining with his as she drew him toward the bed. Her hand lifted then, brushing back his
Bellus Toxicum: damp hair. "I love you." She whispered against his lips, before her own traveled once again to his throat, teasing little nips given to his skin, until the backs of her knees hit the edge of the bed, and she paused, lifting her
Bellus Toxicum: head and meeting his gaze as she murmured. "I need you tonight." -
Ginger Complex: ---And well there was nothing more too say then his own night hadgoten a lot better---he had showered, and made sure he smelt sweet for such an adventure (except this time no one would die) and push came to shove, they would have
Ginger Complex: their own adventure- "I love you too." -He whispered gently as he smiled and they would come upon the bed and he looked upon her and smiled.- "Oh shoosh love....you need me every night" -He growled playfully and tackled her now
Ginger Complex: -[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - The night passed, all to swiftly, and the rising of the sun found the two preparing for the journey they would embark upon. Rations were set aside, and packs filled to anticipate any needs they might have. Arrangements were soon
Bellus Toxicum: made for the transporting of the two to Moira's own childhood home, though the nearest place they might be transported to was at least a three day journey by horse to the lands of Moira's father, four days to the keep where her
Bellus Toxicum: parents still lived (for the moment). Getting to the other side of the portal was the easy part. It was a good thing that Moira retained some of her previous wealth, as the coin of Eldon Heath would have no value here. Their first
Bellus Toxicum: task was to acquire transporation. As Habuki had said, they would need a roofed carriage, and the horses to pull it. They had arrived in a small town near the home of a resident mage, whom they would have to pursuade to give them
Bellus Toxicum: direction to a nearby stable where they could purchase what they needed. - [Open RP]
Ginger Complex: ---And thus he had become rested---relaxed and the boy had been a bit worn out [ some bruising but that would fade with time] and the next day they were up bright and early, ready to head out nto the wilderness that was the land of
Ginger Complex: the area now...it had been there that they had been transported to the newest area of being and had found themselves within range of the small town. Habuki landed with a huff, grumpy from all the no how and looked around.- "...No
Ginger Complex: hors.e..no carriage...moneys proll not good here, hm?" -He did seem grumpy, but he had a light smile for his loved one and that was all that mattered. A smile towards her, Habuki kept himself at arms edge now as the two of them en
Ginger Complex: tered the town-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She smiled softly to her Buki, her hand reaching for his when they reached the other side of the portal. She understood his demeanor, she knew it was difficult for him to be out in the direct sunlight, and staying up during the
Bellus Toxicum: day was a hardship. "It is alright. You forget, here I was once a wealthy woman, my late husband ensured that when he died." She gave his hand a small squeeze. "We'll find something soon. Maybe someone there could give us
Bellus Toxicum: direction." She said quietly, as she motioned toward a small house they were approaching upon the road. -
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] -The mage had been startled when the portal by his house had been activated and the two travelers had appeared. The old, white-haired man leaned upon a crooked staff, eyeing them suspiciously as they neared his house upon the
Bellus Toxicum: outskirts of the small town, while he stood upon his porch in dirty and tattered robes. He was half-blind, and couldn't tell if they were men or women, or even human. "What are you kids doing running around here? Get on now, this
Bellus Toxicum: is no place for youngins. Plague is coming, best go back the way you came!" He called at them. Whether they were adults or not didn't matter to him. Everyone was a youth in comparison. -
Ginger Complex: --And the boy nodded, he would be irritable until he found himself within a closed space..but for now? The boy would just have to deal with it! Looking around curiously upon the town, he was tempted to steal the first buggy and
Ginger Complex: horse, and he would od said something else about her husband [ that was obviously a grrr pozint for Buki ] but was interupted as the man startled him. Spining around now, th boy faced where he was and furrowed his brow.- "Yeah we
Ginger Complex: came her to investigate the damned plague...so who are you and what do you know about it....you smell like magic, old timer." -He nodded his head and looked at Miora once-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira fell silent as they approached the old man, her gaze scrutinizing him. He seemed harmless, but she wasn't ready to trust him further than she could throw him. Still, they needed information. "What do you know of the
Bellus Toxicum: plague?" She asked in a quiet tone, her hand gently pressing Buki's. She knew he was irritated, but it wasn't anything she could help right now. -
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] -The old man grumbled, his gnarled fingers clenching briefly into a fist. "Old timer is it? Maybe I know something, maybe I don't. Why should I tell a little tyke like you? You don't look big enough to swat a fly." He grumbled
Bellus Toxicum: at Habuki. The boy had said he smelled like magic, but he could sense it on the two of them as well. He completely ignored the woman, dismissing her as beneath him, as many of the men here tended to do. "Go on now, take your little
Bellus Toxicum: trollop there and get on. This is no place for you." -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki could care either way....and he could throw him far. The boy looked towards the old man now as he was approached from the both of them, and those hands filed onto the top of his head now, relaxed a little bit. He would be
Ginger Complex: a bit frusturated....and the man did nothing more than frusturate him now as he growled hard.- "...Look....mister Tell me what you know about the damned plague...either that or provide us with some transportation, we're headed to
Ginger Complex: the Blackwoode's area from here and we need a horse, a carriage with a roof." -He stepped up, and proved he was more than capable of "not swatting a fly" the boys foot came up now and launched into a side of the fence now, attempt
Ginger Complex: ing to deliver a devestating kick now-[d] [ Target: Fence ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 60-sided dice: 57 48
Ginger Complex: [ 16 damage ]
Ginger Complex: "....Guess I swatted the fly on the fence"-[d]*
Bellus Toxicum: [GM]- The fence that surrounded the man's yard buckled under the kick, the boards splintering and going flying in multiple directions where the hit was directly taken, though the rest of that stretch of fence fell over into the dirt. -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira bristled slightly at being called a trollop. She'd forgotten how abrasive the men could be, but she knew better than to keep trying to provoke the man by speaking up. When Habuki kicked down the fence, she gasped softly,
Bellus Toxicum: gently laying her hand upon his arm, her gaze pleading for him to calm. -
Ginger Complex: ".....Call her that again and I'll kick you like that...."- -He chimed towards the old man....he was mostly pissed that she was called a bad name.-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] - "Damn kids!" He hollered. "Look at what you did!" The man was grumbling and muttering, tempted to blast a fireball at the boy, but age had some benefits, and while the old man was cranky, he was not a fool. "Fine! You want
Bellus Toxicum: to know about the damn plague, I'll tell you. But first, you have to answer a question for me." The old man smirked behind his beard. "That's the price for information." -
Ginger Complex: --Indeed he was mad...normally he'd shrug something off, but in the heat, the irritability, the anger cited to rise harder than before and the boy looked towards the man with that vivid gaze now....he would have no problem striking
Ginger Complex: the old man down now....and then he asked about a question now and Habuki sighed now, and nodded.- "Aye aye...just get it over with....I do not like being out in the sun---sensitive skin, y'know." -And his anger would calm down,
Ginger Complex: mostly cause the woman touched his arm and told him to cease the anger now which qunched from him.-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira bowed her head gently to the man. "Please, what is the question. We will answer it if we can." She gave Buki a faint smile, her gaze soft as her fingers once more found his. -
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] The old man cackled a little bit and rubbed his hands together. "Very well. The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?" The mage riddled. -
Ginger Complex: --He nodded his head.- "....Well since your speaking to a vampire, this is an easy one.. The man who invented it doesn't want it....because its a coffin. The man who bought it doesn't need it cause he isnt dead. The man who needs
Ginger Complex: it doesn't know it cause he's dead. A coffin." -He was confident in his answer now as the boy looked over towards where the old man was-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira was actually rather stumped by the riddle, and she blinked a little when Buki answered so quickly, a smile slowly spreading across her lips. His answer certainly made sense, and her gaze flit toward the mage for his
Bellus Toxicum: reaction to the solution. -
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] - The old man suddenly cackled with laughter. "A coffin! Of course! I should have known. Do you have any idea how long I've been trying to come up with the answer to that? Old Meldrum is going to be mighty put out that I have
Bellus Toxicum: the answer now." It seemed that the old man hadn't been trying to test them, but he wanted an answer to the riddle for himself! If he wasn't all that clever, he was certainly crafty. His chortling subsided, and he finally gave the
Bellus Toxicum: two what they were seeking. "Very well, since you gave me an answer, now I'll answer your questions. Three days to the east there's been trouble, people and animals dying, but yesterday, I heard that the sickness is moving this way,
Bellus Toxicum: creeping like. Another week and it will be here at the rate it's going." The man suddenly waved his hand, and the splintered fence began to repair itself as they spoke. "Stable in town is off the main road. Take the first left and
Bellus Toxicum: you'll come to it, but I still say you ought to turn back." -
Ginger Complex: "....Great you didn't even know the answer?" -The boy blinked, stumped for a second....it had been mostly because it made sense with death [Buki was in no way GOOD at riddles] and the boy shook his head a bit now before he waited
Ginger Complex: for the old man to answer him now...seems the plague was headed this way and soon enough things would begin dying here...and a stable off the main road they would come. The boy smirked at the old man.- "Turn back? Hell no...i
Ginger Complex: never say die and never say never...no damned plague is gonna stop me, we'll get back to taking it back." -He nodded and would bow.- "Thank you old timer, your wisdom is as long and as your date of birth." -And he turned around,
Ginger Complex: grabbed Mioras hand and began headed back to the main road-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira gently inclined her head to the man as they started toward the town. "Thank you, sir." She called back to him as she hurried away at Habuki's side. They needed to get him out of the sunlight. "Thank you for not harming
Bellus Toxicum: him." She said quietly. "I want to try to pass through here with as little notice as we can. If the sickness is moving this way, then there is something else going on. Why would the disease spread if someone was only seeking revenge
Bellus Toxicum: for the priest?" She questioned aloud. There was no evident answer to the question. -
Ginger Complex: "...yeah yeah, well he gave us the information we needed." -Habuki could survive a few hours within the sun, it didn't hurt...he just couldn't go on any extravagant beach adventures and catch a tan. The boy felt satisfied that the
Ginger Complex: two of them headed through and he nodde dhis head...being quiet was the best way to move...and thus the boy shrugged his shoulders, unable to find an answer.- "I dunno...maybe they wanna take everyone out?" -That was the only thin
Ginger Complex: g he could think of as they came upon the main road and he headed off in the directons the old man told him too.-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira was actually finding it difficult not to grin at him. She could tell he was grumpy, but he was actually pretty cute when he was irritable. She managed to surpress the urge, however, though amusement was gleaming in her eyes
Bellus Toxicum: as they headed toward the stable the man had directed them to. "We will figure it out." She said with determination in her tone. -
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - Not far into town, the two would be able to find the stable the old mage had spoken of. It was not a great stable, or overly large, but would suffice for what they needed. The stablemaster came out to meet them, mopping his
Bellus Toxicum: brow with a handkerchief, and informed them that he had four mares that he could part with, and he had two conveyances, one was a carriage, the other an open buggy. If they wanted a driver, it was going to cost them more. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 50-sided dice: 47 12
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 7 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 300-sided die: 24
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 300-sided die: 204
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 130 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [Horses: 47 and 12 gp, Driver: 24 gp, Carriage: 204 gp, Total: 287gp]
Bellus Toxicum: - The stablemaster quoted a rather high price, but there was always the chance they might be able to haggle him down to a better price. [Negotiate check 15+ to pass]
Ginger Complex: "..Hm...." -He would grumble a little bit now as the two of them came upon the stable now and eyed the man with a nod now.- "We needs ourself a carriage and horses.." -He simply put it, hoping Miora had the dough cause he didn't
Ginger Complex: really feel like it and then the man tried a high price.- "...287 gold? What the HELL kind of business are you running?!" -He growled at him now and smiled a "pleasant" smile.- "....Come on now, I'm sure you can go down on it...
Ginger Complex: "-If not he might need to swing his blade...as brutal as that sounded-[d]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira shook her head at the man, she was as disappointed in the quoted price as Habuki, but she tried a slightly different tactic. Feminine wiles could be good for some things and she managed her sweetest smile. "Surely you could
Bellus Toxicum: give two tired travellers a little break? Just a little lower?" She asked in a soft, warm tone. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- The man looked at them both, crossing his arms over his broad chest. "287. Take it or leave it." He wasn't swayed by either of them. "Course.." He paused, giving a leering glance at the young woman. "We might be able to work it
Bellus Toxicum: out in trade.." He said suggestively, completely discounting the smaller young man. -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki watched the woman move her price..he sure wasn't going to pay such a high price for such a weapon and grumbled even harder.- "You can take your driver and shove it up your ass---I know how to drive a damned horse ---"
Ginger Complex: --And he stopped as the man mentioned fucking Miora and he growled.- "...First a Tropple, now this?" --And he would bring the blade out---hilt first as he rushed forth and slammed the hilt against the man's abdomen hard as he
Ginger Complex: could.- "Apologize...NOW!" [ +4 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 60-sided dice: 25 41
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 9 poynts damage ~*~-
Ginger Complex: [ 9 +4 = 14 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Angus: 14/ 25 - Moira: 0/23]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- The stablemaster doubled over when the blow caught him completely by surprise. He didn't think the boy had it in him. Perhaps soliciting the woman had been a mistake? But at this point, he was pissed, and as he managed to get back
Bellus Toxicum: his breath, Angus barreled into Habuki, trying to tackle him to the ground. "Little son of a.." -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 50-sided dice: 25 29
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 6 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Kippup +5 Def ] --Habuki actually made his movement with the armor as he was tacled---he would growl now as he stepped towards the side now, and allowed the armor to come up as it did its damage---but as it struck, Habuki brough
Ginger Complex: t blade up in a counter attack.- {+4 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 60-sided die: 33
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 4 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 4 +4 = 8 damage ]
Ginger Complex: [ Buki's at 1/ 40 Battle Hardened ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 1/40 - Angus: 22/ 25 - Moira: 0/23]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira's eyes had narrowed when the man made the suggestion that she trade herself for the horses, and she stood by as Habuki took the man down, pummeling him until he was lying on the ground, bleeding and groaning. Maybe she
Bellus Toxicum: should have just let it be. Maybe she should have shown some mercy, but that was a foreign word to her when it came to her honor. Even as the man lay upon the ground, her booted foot struck toward the man's face, with a vicious
Bellus Toxicum: kick.-
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 36-sided dice: 36 22
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 7 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 1/40 - Angus: 29/ 25 -dead - Moira: 0/23]
Bellus Toxicum: [end combat]
Ginger Complex: --He woud nod his head now, the boy had not actually ever pieced the man, but the blade had done some heavy blunt force drama...and then Miora kicked his face in. Blade sheathed down now as he shook his head.- "....Well there goes
Ginger Complex: us actually avoiding detection, hm? But no one talks like that too you." -A gloved hand would come up as he smiled at her and petted a hand across her cheek---and then he looked towards the falen stablemaster----well they would
Ginger Complex: have to hide the body at leas.t- "Think I got an idea "-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - The satisfying crunch of bone beneath her foot left her rather pleased. Of course, that only caused them more problems, but at least now they wouldn't have to pay the high price the man wanted. Her cheek briefly tipped against his
Bellus Toxicum: hand when it touched her cheek. "I'd do the same if any woman ever tried to say something like that to you." She said quietly, but then quieted when he said he had an idea and her gaze flit back toward the body. "What should we do?"
Bellus Toxicum: -
Ginger Complex: [ Earth Wall - Tullarmancy - Wall appears to defense user from harm ] -Habuki mixed this magic with his own as he would open his palms out and focus---the master of elementalism now, the earth opened up around the ground of the
Ginger Complex: area where the body was now and it opened up.- "We do this." -And Habuki kicked the body down inside of the hole---he breathed deep and slappd his hands together now as the magic took work and the body was covered up, blood and
Ginger Complex: all by the fresh patch of ground around.- "Now only the horses saw us...don't need a rider, so it'll be us and the carriage." -No witnesses, it was better that way anyways.a smile was given as he nodded his head.- "Only you get t
Ginger Complex: to use me in trades." -A cute impish grin, as he walked towards the carriage-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - A hot blush flooded her cheek at his words, a smile slowly forming across her lips as she gave a nod and moved toward the inner portion of the stable to gather the horses, pausing to brush a kiss lightly to his cheek. "Thank you."
Bellus Toxicum: She said softly, then continued on her way.-
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] -With the stablemaster dead and devoured by the earth, it seemed they had gotten away with the perfect crime. However, there was a witness. The driver the stablemaster had spoken of was peering out of the door of the stable
Bellus Toxicum: when Moira approached. A young boy, no more than eleven or twelve, he was bruised and rather dirty, the result of being employed by the brutish Angus. The two now had three choices, each would have their own consequences. They could
Bellus Toxicum: kill the boy as well and silence him. Caution him to silence and leave him, hoping he wouldn't speak. Or, they could pay him to drive the carriage and take him with them, ensuring he wouldn't tell. [Open RP]
Ginger Complex: ---The boy would of looked towards where she was now, and smiled towards her with a nod.- "..Well its true.." -A joke of course in its own nature, Habuki would look ahead towards where the area was, and wondered wherethe carriage
Ginger Complex: and all that were until he saw the boy now and shook his head.- "..Hm a good predociment...." -And indeed it was, Habuki was by no mans cruel and wouldn't wanna kill the boy, so he looked at the lad now and shook his head.- "What
Ginger Complex: do you wanna do, Miora?" -He would let the older more cold blooded of them decide and be with ehr 100 percent..just to make sure he didn't run,a hand did grip the boy by the collar and hold him-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] -The boy squirmed when Buki laid hold of him, twisting to try to get out of his grasp. "I didn't see nothin! I swear it! I won't say nothin!" He was hollering, wide-eyed with fear. -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira glanced up at Habuki, then down at the boy and she crouched down, coming down to eye level on the boy. "Hush." She said firmly, her tone brooking no argument, though it wasn't cruel. She studied the boy, taking in the
Bellus Toxicum: bruising, noting the abuse he seemed to have taken. "If you hadn't seen anything, there wouldn't be anything for you not to tell." She said in a quiet undertone. "Can you hitch the horses and drive the carriage boy?" She questioned
Bellus Toxicum: him.-
Ginger Complex: ---And thus Buki waited as he looked towards the boy now...and then watched Miora as she studied him for all intent and purposes now. Eyes of emerald turned towards where the boy was and waited for the woman to make her decision...
Ginger Complex: he honestly didn't wanna leave the boy behind only to face an assault after their adventure, so he opted taking him with them. The boy eyed the younger one with that cautious look.- "Seems your master beat you.....seems a horrid
Ginger Complex: way of living with such a brute..."-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- The boy looked up at the man holding him by the collar, his wide eyes pleading. He was terrified they were going to kill him, but at the woman's questioning, he nodded. "Yes, ma'am. I can drive it, I'm good with the horses." He
Bellus Toxicum: nodded emphatically, and then looked up again. "He was only mean when he was drunk." He said in excuse, not mentioning that he was drunk most of the time. -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira finally gave a small nod and rose once more. "Alright, we'll take him with us. At least that way we know we won't have a mob after us when we leave town." She murmured. "Get the horses hitched and let's get moving, we have a
Bellus Toxicum: lot of ground to cover." She told the boy, before she moved to take Buki's hand. "I'll make sure he gets us moving. Why don't you get in the carriage my love, this sun is not good for you." She said in quiet concern. -
Ginger Complex: "..Mhm that works." -He honestly ddnt wanna spill any blood upon his hands and the boys head nodded as he watched the young one be told what too do. A hand brushed through his hair and a sigh came out- as he whispered towards the
Ginger Complex: woman now as he ehaded for the carriage.- "Stop being so beautiful, I dont like fighting this much." -Grumble grumble, and he walked towards the carriage, climbed himself in and into the darkness of the carriage he got---it was
Ginger Complex: nice and cool inside and he relaxed-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- The boy hurried to take care of the task put to him. Instead of the two broken down old nags the stablemaster would have sold them, he brought out the fastest and sleekest mares in the stable, and hurried to get them hitched under
Bellus Toxicum: the woman's watchful eye. He wasn't sure he liked her, she seemed rather cold. But he was still alive, and that was what mattered.-
Bellus Toxicum: -Moira only grinned at his whispered words, he was adorable when he was grumpy. As soon as he was in the carriage, she turned to watch the boy, making sure he did the job right, then when all was ready, she gave him directions to
Bellus Toxicum: head east toward her father's keep. She climbed into the carriage then, and felt it began to roll forward as soon as she was ensconced within, and she sat back, nestling against Habuki as they started off toward her family's lands.-
Ginger Complex: ---Habuki was rested within the thesdhold of the carriage space and that's all tha tmattered too him. They had gotten the horses, no gold was spilled and an old drunk was taken care of. Overall? He figured it had been a good day!
Ginger Complex: And thus an arm went around her shoulder as she came in, he nestled against her and the young boy would fall into a light doze as his own body snuggled against hers now- [d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] For the moment, they were safe, and undetected. Transporation had been acquired, and they had saved an orphan from an abusive employer. The day would begin to wear on, and they would travel forward with the idea that it would
Bellus Toxicum: be at least three days before they came into the affected lands. Due to taking on the extra person, Moira's rations would have to be shared, and four days of supplies would now only last two days. -
Bellus Toxicum: [End part one]

[Moira Blackwoode]

Deceased Priest - Part Two: Bridgefield
GM/NPCs: Bellus Toxicum (Moira)
Participants: Bellus Toxicum (Moira), Ginger Complex (Habuki)

Bellus Toxicum: [Log On]
Bellus Toxicum: [Desceased Priest Mission - Part Two - Bridgefield]
Bellus Toxicum: [Please State Name/Rank/Dice/HP and roll 1d100 for initiative]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira Blackwoode - Abet'zi Champion - LatF - 2D40 - 25hp (diehard)]
Ginger Complex: [Beetle Habuki - Grunja Defender - LatF - 2d60 - 35 HP with Diehard]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 100-sided die: 23
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 100-sided die: 49
Bellus Toxicum: [Initiative Order: Habuki - Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - For a little more than a day, the carriage had rolled on through the countryside of Moira's homeland, passing small villages, rolling through broad fields of grain on the verge of harvest. Night brought no dangers that their
Bellus Toxicum: campfire would not keep away, and the two adventurers passed a quiet night with their young driver, whose name, it turned out, was Bran. Daybreak set them back on the road, but as the second day began to wane, the landscape started
Bellus Toxicum: to change around them. Blight seemed to wither the crops on either side of the maintained trade road, and near dusk, they passed a cart being driven by a wagonmaster with his face covered against both the smell, and the disease his
Bellus Toxicum: cargo carried. Corpses, being hauled from the town they could just see ahead. It would give them a place to stop, rest, and perhaps gather a little more information. -
Bellus Toxicum: [Open RP]
Ginger Complex: ---Hm, well after a semi rough start [ taking a drunkard out for one] the two of them had been off---with their prized carriage driver and all. Habuki had slept good for the most part, occasionally waking up and gazing at the first
Ginger Complex: signs around him...now as the scene opened up, Habuki would gaze ahead now as he looked out, having woken up once more and saw the corpse being hauled away Cringing [ and quite a germaphone, even if he was already dead] the boy pul
Ginger Complex: led out two cleaned smocks, he had sewn up...one he wraped around his own mouth, the other he handed to Miora [ if she didn't already have one] the boy stretched and yawned- "...Hm guess we're almost there huh?"-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - The journey was hard for Moira. She'd grown up on this land, and seeing its devastation had her more quiet even than usual. When Buki woke, her gaze turned toward him, and she took the smock, wrapping it over her nose and mouth as
Bellus Toxicum: she gave a small nod. "That town up there, it's called Bridgefield. The monastery is about a half day's ride from here, and my father's keep not much further than that." She didn't fear disease as much as she wanted to block out the
Bellus Toxicum: smell of death. She was fairly certain it was no virus that was causing this plague, but a virulent poison. Leaning forward, she rapped on the roof of the carriage to let the boy know to stop in the town. The closer they got, the
Bellus Toxicum: more on edge she seemed, and she'd spent most of the day while Buki had slept, sharping her daggers upon her whetstone. "We'll stop at the inn, see what we can find out, hm?" -
Ginger Complex: --He figured it would be hard on her...it was hard seeing ones land just vanish up and be destroyed into thin air...but this was worse, this was like a slow and painful death [ like cancer] that was wittling away at the land and
Ginger Complex: eating away at it all....even if it was a poison, Buki took no chances and made sure it was fashoned around hs mouth and nose as he gazed out the window now- "...Hm, ok, not too far. That's good..." -It was a good idea to stop at
Ginger Complex: the inn and he nodded his head in approvel towards her as she mentioned that right about now. The young boys eyes closed now as he would rub and wipe his brow and relaxed...a comforting hand went to her shoulderblade and squeezed a
Ginger Complex: as the boy showed his support..-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Her hand gently closed over his when he placed it on her shoulder, giving his fingers a small squeeze. "These lands..they aren't like where we've come from." She said quietly. "You'll have to do the talking I'm afraid." She gave
Bellus Toxicum: him a slight smirk. "Women aren't looked at the same way around these parts." He'd seen that during the exchange with the stablemaster, and even to an extent with the old mage. She tensed slightly, her fingers tightening on his when
Bellus Toxicum: the carriage slowed and then jerked to a stop. She could feel the boy jump down off the driver's box, and then the door was opened for them. "Oh, here.." She pulled a small leather pouch from a pocket in her gown. "If we need to
Bellus Toxicum: bribe anyone for information." She pressed the pouch into his hand. It was filled with local coin, and would arouse less suspicion than foreign gold. -
Ginger Complex: "...Hm, well ok, I've had a bit of sleep, so I won't try to kill anyone else." -Now he said he would "try" so that's all he was gonna give now. The boy would squeeze her hand as well now. and the boy would nod as the gold was
Ginger Complex: taken and he nodded.-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] The inn where they stopped was a small affair. Two storied, it was crowded between two other buildings, and the front doors were thrown open. One looked as though it couldn't be closed, hanging on one hinge. The sound of
Bellus Toxicum: laughter and poorly played music was spilling from the interior along with the light of lamps that were already being lit as the sun sank below the horizon. A man staggered outside, already deep in his cups, and wandered past them
Bellus Toxicum: reeking of ale. Bran waited beside the carriage, and would stay with it while the two went inside. Overall it seemed a fairly inviting place, a haven for hardworking farmers. Until, that is, the travelers would step foot through the
Bellus Toxicum: broken doors. Upon their arrival, all conversation would cease, and all eyes would be turned toward them. - [Open RP]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira waited until Buki had stepped out of the carriage, before she moved toward the inn's doors and paused there. The silence that met them unnerved her, and she turned her gaze toward Buki briefly, before leading the way inside,
Bellus Toxicum: ignoring the stares, as she headed for the bar and the innkeeper who might provide them with more than just a drink. -
Ginger Complex: ---A nice little building appeared before them now and he watched as one part hung upon the hinge, and he blinked....now that was interesting. Hand released as he climbed out of the wagon now and came to rest upon the ground Gazin
Ginger Complex: g around now as they stepped within the bar, Habuki looked towards the people now and smirked before he walked towards the inn keeper, and sat himself down.- "I'd like to order a drink, ifya please. Strongest you got and I'd like
Ginger Complex: a little information, my good Barkeep." -He nodded his head as he looked towards him now-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] The innkeeper, a man in his late fifties, looked over the two newcomers with suspicion, but he reached for a bottle of his strongest. It was a clear liquid that would burn all the way down, and leave the head spinning once
Bellus Toxicum: you got your breath back. "Drinks are a copper, information depends on what you're looking for." He said gruffly. He turned his head toward his other patrons then and growled. "What are you all staring at, ain't got nothing better
Bellus Toxicum: to do?!" The tension in the room relaxed a little as conversation returned to the common room, and the man leaned against the counter. "What do you want to know?" He asked, as he filled two glasses, slightly grimy, with the potent
Bellus Toxicum: liquor.-
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira remained silent, letting Buki take the lead in talking to the innkeeper, though she might have betrayed just how local she was by the way she tipped the drink up and swallowed it in a shot. The longer it lasted, the more it
Bellus Toxicum: would burn. Her eyes squeezed shut, and a shudder raced through her, causing the Innkeeper to laugh. -
Ginger Complex: --Fortunately, Habuki had done his share of drinking and welcomed the strongest with a grin now...he wasn't sure if Miora would sample, but he wanted too at least. The coin of this region was kept close now ---but he waited for the
Ginger Complex: people to shut up, he swallowed it down now and grinned- "..Mm...refreshing Needs a hint of blood tho." -A nod towards no one at all, and the boy laid down the copper down and nodded.- "Information on the plague, how long its
Ginger Complex: been here and rumors to of its orgins and what not....seen a lot of it around here and frankly, its not good at all." -He gazed at the man now, leaned on the elbows as he stared forth.-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] -When the plague was mentioned, the entire room fell silent once again, save for a few low whispers from a few men at the back of the room. Oddly, there were no women in the establishment. The Innkeeper shot a warning look at
Bellus Toxicum: them both. He lowered his voice before he spoke, leaning closer. "Best be careful who you ask about that boy. It's a sensitive subject round these parts." That much was clear by the uncomfortable shifting occurring around the
Bellus Toxicum: seats. "First sickness started up here about two days ago. That's common knowledge. As to how..." The man cleared his throat, resting his hand over the copper coin for the drinks. "Well, that's not such common knowledge." It was
Bellus Toxicum: clearly going to cost them to find out. -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira was becoming uneasy, she could hear the whispering around them, and she slowly crossed her arms, carefully concealing her scarred hands from view. It was a distinguishing feature, and one that had often marked her as her
Bellus Toxicum: father's daughter. She didn't know how anyone would react to her being back in the area, and did her best not to draw attention to herself as she listened to the keeper speak with Habuki. -
Ginger Complex: --He looked towards the innkeeper, of course knowing that everything would get silent once the plague was mentioned...the fact no women were here did peek at Habuki, but he merely ignored it as he would clear his throat and stare
Ginger Complex: ahead now and smirked- "It maybe a touchy subject, but I am here to eradicate this menace from around here....I just need too know where its began and how." -He nodded as he reached into his bag now to lay out the coin to determai
Ginger Complex: in how much would be needed to get info-[d]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 100-sided die: 6
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] As the boy began laying out the coin, the innkeeper watched, his eyes gleaming, but when six pieces had been laid down, he placed his hands over them and scooped them up. "Three days ago, a man came through here, priest by the
Bellus Toxicum: look of him. Dressed in their black robes at least." He shrugged slightly. "Stopped in here and I had to chase him out. Stunk to high heaven, like a corpse he did. Had his face all covered up. As I was tossing him out, he said the
Bellus Toxicum: plague was coming. Thought he was cursing us, I did, and told him to take his disease somewhere else." The man paused, his shrewd eyes flickering toward the young woman briefly. "The priest just laughed as he got up and said it
Bellus Toxicum: wasn't his disease, but was caused by someone else. Told me what to look for too." The man fell silent after that, giving a faint nod of his head toward the gold pouch the vampire held. -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira could feel goosebumps raising along the back of her neck. She could feel the stares of a few of the men, but kept her back firmly to them as she listened, her eyes cutting toward Habuki to give him a small nod. The needed to
Bellus Toxicum: know whatever the man could tell them. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 94-sided die: 3
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: --He was gonna start low and obviously the man had taken the small bribe as he mentoned about three days ago there came a priest now. He listened with intent as he watched the man and his nature, to see if the man was fibbing or he
Ginger Complex: was telling the truth---he seemed to be and nodded as he placed out 3 more gold coins and waited to see what he would say- "Wasn't his huh? And whose was it?......And what did he tell you to look for?" -Call Bukicheap but he want
Ginger Complex: ed gold just incase they needed t somewhere, so the boy listened and waited, a protective hand touching Miora's shoulder and squeezing as he listened-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- The innkeepers eyes turned toward the gold, flickering with a bit of greed. He added the coin to his growing pile. "He said he was striking out to find the one who started it, twelve years ago. He said once she was dead, the
Bellus Toxicum: plague would end." Again, he paused, his gaze cutting toward Moira, then returning to the young man. "For so little, I won't tell you what he said to look for. But I will give you some advice." His voice was low enough now that his
Bellus Toxicum: patrons couldn't overhear him, even as quiet as it was in the common room. "Get out. Get out now and ride back the way you came." When he spoke, his eyes were upon the young woman, and his meaning was unmistakable. -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira stepped back a little, though the tensing of her jaw was the only betrayal of her fear. She reached for Buki's hand and said quietly. "Let's go. We need to leave." -
Ginger Complex: "....The one twelve years ago.." -He repeated with almost a knowing nature and the boy still gazed ahead, his hand around Miora tightening up a little bit, and keeping her close. Things were coming to a boiling point and he knew
Ginger Complex: tha, and whenever his hand was reached he bowed.- "Thnank you for the advice. We will heed it." -He may of said that, but his smirk said otherwise, a cocky smirk that said "Ima do what I want" and with hand taken, he turned to
Ginger Complex: leave with Miora now-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] Leaving was the easy part. No one would stand in their way if they chose to leave. The choice was now theirs. They could continue on, deeper into the blighted lands, or they could turn around and return the way they had come. -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira didn't say another word. She felt oddly exposed, and the tension inside her was tearing her up. Her fingers were tight on Buki's as she made for the door, trying to keep her pace calm, instead of bolting for the door like
Bellus Toxicum: she wanted to. When they were outside, she told Bran to get ready to leave, before she turned to Buki. "We can't go back. I don't know what's waiting for us ahead, but we can't turn around now." -
Ginger Complex: --Aww no bar fights? Darn! Habuki was not going home and as they exited, his hands were grabbed by Miora as they walked outside...the boy looked around now as the outside air ripped through them.- "Seems we have something else at
Ginger Complex: hand now..ahd he looked at Miora and smiled.- "Of course we can't, you think the heedings of a buncha bar rats is gonna scare me? Its obvious someone needs to be put into the ground." -He smirked a little bit now and looped an
Ginger Complex: arm around her- "Let's ove out, love---we got work too do and people too save."-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - As the two left, the conversation in the inn struck up again, and moments later, five men staggered out through the doors. A couple seemed the worse for drink, but the majority were able to walk without weaving. When Moira
Bellus Toxicum: had reached for Habuki's hand, one had seen it. And unlike the two adventurers, they had the knowledge of what the man had told the innkeeper to look for in the woman he was seeking to kill. These men were farmers, and aside from
Bellus Toxicum: the man who appeared to be their leader, none of them carried weapons. The one that stepped forward, however, was weilding a rather large hammer, that he pointed at the woman. "We don't want no trouble now. Hand the girl over here,
Bellus Toxicum: an' you can go on your way, boy." He said to Habuki. -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira turned around as the men came out of the tavern, her fingers slipping toward her blade instinctively. Hand her over, indeed! As if Habuki owned her. Of course, in their eyes, that was just the case. Women here were
Bellus Toxicum: chattel, but she'd broken out of that yoke many years before. "Touch me at your peril, farmer." She said in a low hiss, as the dagger left its sheath. -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki kind of just stared...he figured that this would happen and there he saw the 5 drunks come out now, each of them worse for wear. Looking upon them now, his gaze fell upon where they were now and he would stare ahead in
Ginger Complex: that way now and he laughed.- "Own her? Does't work that way where I come from...and besides, you'ld have to kill me before you got through her." -A smirk now as the cutlass was drawn and pointed in his directon, second one right
Ginger Complex: afte it- "Like she said, come close at your peril...because i've been itching for a fight." -He looked at the man with the hammer now---the biggest threat-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 0/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 0/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki took the blades and unsheathed them now and target [ BILT] the target was held fast as he rushed forth towards Bilt and brought his own blade down- [ non lethal] the blades spun around and slammed into his stomach HARD -[d]
Ginger Complex: [ +5 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 60-sided dice: 13 44
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 6 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 11 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 11/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 0/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Bill]
Ginger Complex: [ Bilt ] -Growling now he was struck hard, and rushed towards Habuki in retalliation now.- "Come on Ted!" -And both of them rushed together now as they both attempted attacks on him.- [ Team ATK -- Consumed both their turns ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 4 30-sided dice: 4 16 4 24
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 3 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Buki +5 Def ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 11/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 0/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira darted in toward the leader [Bill], before the others even had time to react. She knew exactly what they were after. If they got their hands on her, they'd kill her. And she certainly wasn't going to let that happen! The
Bellus Toxicum: pommel of her dagger coming down as hard as she could bring it at the back of the farmer's neck to try to knock him out. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 4 10
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 11/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 0/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Fred]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]Fred and Jed did their best to keep the woman from going for their friend, both rushing her and reaching for her arms to hold her back and subdue her. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 4 20-sided dice: 5 12 5 5
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 11/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 0/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Will]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]-The last of the farmers rushed toward Habuki, or rather, stumbled toward him, hardly able to keep his feet, and took a wild swing at his jaw. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 20-sided dice: 1 14
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 11/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 0/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki needed to finish this off somewhat, so he rushed BILT and Ted now, and thrusted his bades forth, he went for the damage extreme on Ted, but side winded damage on Bilt too finish him off---or attempt too.-[d] [2d Ted 1d
Ginger Complex: Bilt +5 on Bilt ]
Ginger Complex: [ Battle Rager 1/1 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 3 60-sided dice: 13 4 26
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 3 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 8 on Bilt ]
Ginger Complex: [ 0 on Ted ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 0/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Ted]
Ginger Complex: [NPC]--Ted cried out and growled as Bilt felt the force and hit the ground---growling now, he rushed together for Habuki now and decided for some drunk fu would be nice.- [Drunk Rager! 3d @ Habuki ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 3 30-sided dice: 5 4 26
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 3 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Buki +5 Def ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 0/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: -Moira's attack had missed when the two had barreled into her, tangling her up, but causing her no damage, and she quickly righted herself and went for Fred, the dagger's hilt adding weight to the punch she aimed at his jaw. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 28 35
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 8 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 8/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Fred]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- Fred went down like a sack of bricks, falling back into his compatriots, who were already rushing toward Habuki, when they saw him take down Bill. Jed and Will used the momentum to fling Fred toward him, while swinging their own
Bellus Toxicum: punches. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 6 20-sided dice: 4 9 18 11 9 7
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 Def ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 0/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 8/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: "....Was that all?" -He blinked and shook his head, as he rushed towards Ted [ main target] but the secondary Target was Fred. He swung one blade forth striking ted, with full force [ 1d ] and then the other blade came secondary
Ginger Complex: and struck Fred now to finish him off-[d[] [ +5 at Ted ]
Ginger Complex: [ Duelist 1/1 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 60-sided dice: 12 38
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 5 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 7 damage each ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 7/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Ted]
Ginger Complex: [NPC]--Ted felt the powerful blow, groaned a little a Fred went down- "..Dammut...*hic* just give us da womens!" -He cried out as he rushed for Miora now, attempting to swing this fists forth and punch her now- "Well rape her
Ginger Complex: , kill her and behead her, but not necessaily in that order-
[ Power Duelist 1/1 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 30-sided dice: 2 10
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 0 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 7/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - When Ted rushed toward her, spouting just what they planned to do to her, Moira's teeth bared briefly. It was a smile, but not a pleasant one. No longer keeping her blade from slicing, she flipped the dagger in her hand, and spun
Bellus Toxicum: around to avoid the man's attack, slicing the wicked blade across the man's face. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 6 7
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: {damn!} [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 7/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Jed]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- The two farmers that seemed the most drunk, were still weaving around Habuki, cursing at him to hold still so they could hit at least one of him, and took to trying to tackle him from either side. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 4 20-sided dice: 2 17 2 4
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Kippup at Jed ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 7/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 0/10 - Will: 0/10]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 60-sided die: 6
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ nvm ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki grunted a little bit as he would skid towards the side now and rushed towards Ted once more, he brought the blade down as he attempted to strike ted and do some damage towards the other now [ Attack 1D on Ted and 1d on Jed
Ginger Complex: ]]-[d]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 60-sided dice: 18 44
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 7 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 11 on Ted and 1 on Jed ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 18/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 1/10 - Will: 0/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira was beginning to wonder if she couldn't hold her liquor as well as she thought, that one drink must have made her clumsy! But she turned with the blade in her hand, swiping it across the back of the smallest man (Will) -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 12 20
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 18/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 1/10 - Will: 2/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Jed]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- It didn't seem to dawn on the two drunks that attacking together was only tripping them up more, but when Will took the blade across his back, it left only Jed to attack Buki on his own, swinging a fist toward his stomach. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 20-sided dice: 16 20
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 3 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 Def ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 18/15 - Moira: 0/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 1/10 - Will: 2/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Will]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- When the blade drug across his back, the small man spun around, his arms flinging out and one aimed in a backhand at Moira, more accident than attack. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 20-sided dice: 15 17
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 18/15 - Moira: 2/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 1/10 - Will: 2/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki shook his head a little bit as he rushed towards WILL now, the boy spun his blades around as he went in for a kill shot, the boys hands would spark together now as hes ent a powerful wave of ice out towards where WILL was
Ginger Complex: now, content on freezing him.- [ Ice Blast ]
Ginger Complex: [ Enraged Casting 1/1 +5 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 60-sided dice: 25 52
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 11 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 = 16 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 18/15 - Moira: 2/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 1/10 - Will: 18/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira rubbed at her cheek, it hadn't hurt much, but the flailing had been hard to duck, but as Buki dropped the farmer, she set her sights on the last of them, and with a low growl in her throat, swung a kick at his groin to drop
Bellus Toxicum: him. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 39 11
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 5 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Habuki: 0/35 - Bill: 19/15 - Ted: 18/15 - Moira: 2/25 - Fred: 15/10 - Jed: 6/10 - Will: 18/10]
Bellus Toxicum: [Jed]
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC]- The farmer squealed with a sound reminiscent of a pig and dropped to his knees, groaning as he lay in the dirt. His friends were lying in the street, and he was the only one left. They had seriously underestimated these
Bellus Toxicum: two. Finally, he managed to get to his knees, wheezing. "Yield! I yield! Don't kill me!" [Pass on attack.]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: "...Hmph...answer me this then. What did the priest say? What do we have too look for?" -The boy brought the blade out [ one sheathed] and had the other too his throat...the cutlass would do its job if he did not answer.- "I am
Ginger Complex: not against sparing you, as long as you help me...and if your lying I will know it..now tell me what I need too know."-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - It was a good thing Buki got to him first, Moira was mad enough that she wouldn't have thought twice about slitting his throat. But for now, she stood back, and waited for the man to answer. -
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] - Jed looked as if he wanted to throw up, he was in pain, and now had a blade to his throat. His words were slurred as he tried to answer them. "Some girl, all scarred-like. Said she'd poisoned a monastery well years ago and
Bellus Toxicum: now it was seeping into the ground water, killing everything off 'cause she cursed it to spread." The man groaned again, wanting to double over, but the blade kept him upright. "Said he'd be back though, and if we seen her, we's to
Bellus Toxicum: kill her, or keep her here so as he could." -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki listened to the words well and nodded his head a little bit as he walked behind the man now- "....welll your friends are dead, I promise I would not kill you. So I shall honor my promise.----but see this?" -He pointed
Ginger Complex: towards a certain part on his head.- "This controls short term memory loss....so now your gonna forget we came." -And the boy came down as the hilt of the head hit---he did not hit with enough pressure to strike, but he did strike
Ginger Complex: hard enough to cause some short term memory loss and to make the man before them crumble to his feet before them and pass out. Habuki looked at Miora as the blade sheathed and nodded his head with a grin-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira listened, growing cold. What lies had been told about her...When the man dropped into the dirt, she turned toward Habuki and stepped toward him, pressing close into his arms for a moment, wrapping her own tightly around
Bellus Toxicum: him. "I would never have made it this far without you." She said quietly, lifting her hand to gently touch his cheek. Not a scratch. She found herself laughing softly. "Those drunks were fools to try to tangle with you, my
Bellus Toxicum: sweet." She murmured, then glanced up at Bran, who had been watching the whole scene with wide eyes. She placed a finger to her lips in a hushing gesture, and the boy just gave a nod and turned back around as she turned her eyes
Bellus Toxicum: back to Habuki. "We should keep going. If it's this bad here, we won't be able to stop again. We need to get to the monastery." -
Ginger Complex: --And the boy shrugged as he sheathed the blades.- "I need you for purpose and you need me for protection---even trade I say." -He looked up at Bran, shrugged his shoulders and then would look at her and nodded.- "I think that
Ginger Complex: would be an excellent idea..we need to keep moving and stop this so we can be sure and clear your good name" -He knew it was a lie and it was not her fault---he also knew he was gonna beat the piss out of that damned dude when he
Ginger Complex: found him. With his best foot forward, Habuki began headed towards the carriage once more-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] Night had fallen around them, and as the two ascended into the carriage once more, a few more of the Inn's patrons emerged once the commotion had died down. With the bodies left there in plain sight, they would not be able to
Bellus Toxicum: pass through this town again on the way back, even though it had been done in self defense. Jed would attest to this when he was sober, but it would do little good. However, as they headed toward the outskirts of the town, they not
Bellus Toxicum: accosted again, but allowed to pass unchallenged into the barren fields that lay on the other side of the town. It would take them several hours yet to travel all the way to the monastery, and as they did, the region became more and
Bellus Toxicum: more quiet, unnaturally so. Not an owl's call, or the rustle of a field mouse disturbed the quiet. No crickets sang, and as they traveled closer to the domain of the priests, the sky clouded over, and a mist began to enshroud the
Bellus Toxicum: land, making passage more difficult. - [End Part Two]

[Moira Blackwoode]

Deceased Priest - Part Three: The Monastery
GM/NPCs: Bellus Toxicum (Moira)
Participants: Bellus Toxicum (Moira), Ginger Complex (Habuki)

Bellus Toxicum: [Log On]
Bellus Toxicum: [Deceased Priest Mission - Part Three - The Monastery]
Bellus Toxicum: [Please state Name/Rank/Dice/HP then roll 1d100 for
initiative]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira Blackwoode - LatF - Abet'zi Champion - 2d40 - 25hp (Diehard)]
Ginger Complex: [ Beetle Habuki - Grunja Champion - 2d64 - 37 HP with Diehard ]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 100-sided die: 93
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 19 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 100-sided die: 45
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 7 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [Initiative Order: Moira, Habuki]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - As the night wore on, and the carriage rolled toward the monastery, the mist that had crawled about the barren fields and clung to the roadway began to creep upward, obscuring the road, making it difficult to keep moving
Bellus Toxicum: forward. But despite the poor visibility, and his fear, young Bran pushed on, keeping them moving along the road. He knew the road well, and managed not to lose their way in the darkness. But as they neared the massive stone
Bellus Toxicum: building that served the monks and priests of the region, the horses spooked, rearing and snorting, the carriage coming to a sudden, jolting halt several yards from the large wooden gate set in the wall about the compound. They
Bellus Toxicum: would have to set out on foot from here, the horses would go no closer, no matter how Bran prodded them. -
Bellus Toxicum: [Open RP]
Ginger Complex: --After the town and the fight with the drunks, Habuki was a little un-nerved...people were a little crazy when it came too this shit! The boy remained on guard as the teetered carriage wore further towards the monastery, not all
Ginger Complex: that way and thus...here he was now as the scenery opened up for them...the horses sppoked, he blinked and opened the door and touched down. Shivering once, he shook his head.- "Something disturbing about the places, the horses
Ginger Complex: won't go further...Bran, best advise is for you too wait here, it'll probably be too dangerous for you inside.' -Its what he deducted as he gazed ahead, and a hand helped Miora out of the carriage [ if she so wished]-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira was wrapped up in her thoughts during the journey, rarely speaking a word. But when the jerked to a halt and he climbed out, she gently laid her hand in Buki's letting him help her down. She slipped her pack upon her
Bellus Toxicum: shoulders, lighter now, having discarded the rations to let Bran have a bit to eat while they were inside. She nodded in agreement, it was best the boy stay behind. Her fingers tightened around Habuki's briefly and she gave a
Bellus Toxicum: determined nod. "No where to go but forward." She said quietly as they started out on the roadway in the direction of the massive gate. -
Ginger Complex: --And the boy nodded his head a little bit and chuckled....it was a abd time for a joke, but he found it a bit funny. With a tip of the head to Bran [ and a warning if things got hectic, too drive off] the two of them were off
Ginger Complex: Habuki had no need for rations aside an occasional sip from his blood skin [ a modified water skin] and with that said, he would begin walking forth towards the monestary in the distance.- "So do we think he's here or what? What
Ginger Complex: are your theories?"-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She glanced up at him when he laughed. The sound in this eerie place put her a little more at ease. "I don't know." She said softly. "But everything we've learned so far points to the priests as knowing what is happening, if not
Bellus Toxicum: being the cause." She said quietly. The inkeepers description of the priest had confused her. She looked up at him with a perplexed expression. "I just don't understand how, or why, anyone would go to such lengths...for.." She
Bellus Toxicum: stopped, shaking her head a little. "Why anyone would even think to take revenge for that monster is beyond me. How they knew that I would come back.." She looked up at the broad gate as they neared it. It was just as she remembered
Bellus Toxicum: it, though in those days, it had been open. Now, it was closed tight with a heavy lock. "If the one who is behind this isn't here, maybe we'll at least be able to find out why." -
Ginger Complex: ---The boy wouldn't be able to comment uch about it, and he nodded his head as the two of them contiued onwards, his hands ontop of his head and he would sigh.- "Sounds too confusing to try and make sense of around here....maybe we
Ginger Complex: can make sense when we come upon whoever has done this" -He nodded his head as they approached the gate now and blinked.- "Should we try and break the lock or you wanna climb up?" -He asked her, he wasn't sure if she knew a secret
Ginger Complex: area inside or something-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She studied the lock for a long moment, considering its make as they paused before the gate. "I'll try to open it first, if I can't, maybe you can break it." She said, as she lifted the heavy lock and the chain it was on. Her
Bellus Toxicum: fingers reached to her braid, drawing a pin from her hair, and set to work, trying to trigger the mechanism. -
Bellus Toxicum: [Heavy lock - Lockpicking Check - 15+ to succeed]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: - She sighed softly. "I really need to get a set of those tools." She said as she glanced up, and then stood back to let him have a go at breaking it. -
Ginger Complex: --He nodded his head a little bit as she attempted too pick the lock---he would frown as there seeemed to not be much luck with that, the boy nodded his head- "Yes you do, sweetie" -And the boy rushed fortha s he attempted to kick
Ginger Complex: the lock hard-[d]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: -failsz-
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] The wall stood about eight feet in height, it would be quite easy to scale with a boost. They had not been challenged yet, it seemed there was no one on the other side of the wall to deter their climbing. -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira looked up at the wall, studying it for a moment. "If I give you a boost up, you could pull me up when you get to the top." She said quietly. He was stronger, he'd easily be able to pull her up, she wasn't sure if she could
Bellus Toxicum: do the same. -
Ginger Complex: "Hm all right.." -He was a little smaller now and he would nod his head as he would walk up towards her and waited for the said signal....with that givn, he would attempt to use her as a boosting manner and climb towards the top,
Ginger Complex: only too lean down and attempt to grab her and yank her up as well---lock picking and the what not did not work, but that did not mean the end of the world---the two could easiy scale out of there by this way now---or so Habuki had
Ginger Complex: hoped-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Scaling the wall was fairly simple, it wasn't too tall and she managed to grab his hand when he leaned down to pull her up, but she paused at the top, to have a look down inside the enclosure, and make sure they weren't dropping
Bellus Toxicum: down onto anything unexpected. -
Ginger Complex: --And thus they would land upon the ground now as he looked around and made sure it was all clear. A nod given now and he smiled.- "....Well that was simple enough." -Habuki relaxed in a whisper as he took the time to survey the
Ginger Complex: scenery around them and see just what was what---the place, he assumed, was big and with a locked door---people obviously were not welcome, that might mean guards and things of that nature that needed to be taken out-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - The compound seemed less misty than the grounds outside the wall, it was dark, but for the moment, it appeared that they were dropping down into a deserted enclosure. The walkway from the gate led toward a set of stone stairs
Bellus Toxicum: that ascended to the large chapel. To one side of the path lay the church graveyard, most of the stones that marked the graves of monks and priests were worn with time, though a few were fresh, looking only weeks old at most. A
Bellus Toxicum: pinpoint of light could be seen through the open doors of the chapel, a dull glow that seemed to come from somehere far inside. Overall, the place had a rather dead feel about it.-
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira shivered a little and dropped down beside him. "I used to come to this chapel on holy days." She said quietly. "It was never a cheerful place, but nothing like this." She checked her dagger in its sheath, making sure it was
Bellus Toxicum: loose and could be drawn easily, and then moved toward the path that led toward the stairs, skirting the edges of the graveyard, keeping as much distance between her and it as she could. -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki looked onwards now as he kept his eyes widened towards the place....moving at a snails pace now, he would explore the place, his own eyes turned out and around, in random directions. The place....well it felt weird, and
Ginger Complex: it was the weirdness of the dead feeling inside....almost felt like home too him. - "Oh? Holydays? ...What were those?" -He knew Holiness and it made him cringe, a racial weakness...fire was bad, but nothing compared to the
Ginger Complex: nature of the holiness....and down the path they came towards the graveyards, he putting himself infront of them so Miora didn t have to see them as they continued on-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She scoffed a little. "Days the church said were so special that we had to put on our good clothes, forgo eating until sunset, and pay extra money to the priests for the privelege of starving while they droned their
Bellus Toxicum: prayers." There was more than just a little bitterness in her tone. She turned her gaze toward him for a moment. "Do not worry, my love. There is nothing holy about this place or the people who called themselves men of god." -
Ginger Complex: "...that was probably why I never got into organized religion....we were buddhist, more or less---but not really practicing." -He nodded his head, Habuki WAS originally from the modern world and was speaking of his actual blood
Ginger Complex: other and what not.....feeling rest assured by her, he nodded.- "Good in some ways....well I do not mind holiness---but better too ask the question "if these men were holy, nothing of that sort would of ever happened" and he would
Ginger Complex: give a sage nod-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - "My thoughts, exactly." She said quietly, a brief smile given to him. She was curious about him being a buddhist, it was something she would have to ask him about another time. -
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - As the two were passing by the small cemetery, they would begin to hear sounds that were out of place. The sound of shifting earth, growing louder, and then a low, snarling groan as hands began to claw through the disturbed
Bellus Toxicum: soil of the new graves, and the stench of rotting flesh filled the night air as two undead bodies drug themselves from their fresh graves, their decomposing bodies still draped in the black robes of the order as they shambled toward
Bellus Toxicum: the travelers. -
Ginger Complex: ---he blinked a little bit....zombies? The sounds were familiar out of a scary movie and the boy turned towards the side as he heard the snarling groan and his hand went over towards his blade.- "Hmph.....this sounds like its
Ginger Complex: about to become a nightmare...Yup! Zombies.!" -He chuckled with a grin, he had dealt with his fair share of the undead before....he wasn't scared, no instead he turned infront, smirked and nodded.- "Come on..." -And blades drew
Ginger Complex: themselves out now-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira turned with a gasp, she had never dealt with zombies before, and seeing the bodies coming for them...her hand reached for her dagger, pulling it from it's sheath. -
Bellus Toxicum: [Zombie 1] -The first one to reach them, was a horrible mess. It looked like he'd died of a disease of some sort, perhaps the same plague that was sweeping the land, and insects were still clinging to its half-rotted flesh as it
Bellus Toxicum: lunged toward Habuki with a raking of soil-caked claws. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 50-sided dice: 31 45
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 11 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 Defense -- Kippup (counter) ]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki fet the beast claw at him, and defended with his blade up, but then he rose upwards, spun around and delivered a counterattack towards the beasts backside now ---a slash of the blade.-[d] [ +5 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 64-sided die: 22
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 7 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Zombie1: 7/25 - Moira: 0/25 - Zombie2: 0/25 - Habuki 6/37 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - For the moment, Moira ignored the second Zombie that was shambling toward them, instead, she slashed at the first zombie when it had its back to her, dragging her blade across the back of its neck. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 20 4
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Zombie1: 9/25 - Moira: 0/25 - Zombie2: 0/25 - Habuki 6/37 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Zombie 2]
Bellus Toxicum: [Z2]- The second zombie was slower to get there than the first, but it went for the closest target, coming at Moira from the side, and trying to get its claws in her so it could hold her still to bite her, its sharp
talons slicing into
Bellus Toxicum: her upper arms. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 50-sided dice: 7 10
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Zombie1: 9/25 - Moira: 0/25 - Zombie2: 0/25 - Habuki 6/37 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki looked at [Zombie1] and nodded.- "Always aim for the head, decapitation or a shot to the head." -And he rushed forth towards the zombie he swung the blade had deep within the chest, as the other cutlass attempted to slice
Ginger Complex: and stab into the forehead- [ Battle Rager - +5 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 3 64-sided dice: 14 11 44
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 6 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 6 +5 =11 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Zombie1: 20/25 - Moira: 0/25 - Zombie2: 0/25 - Habuki 6/37 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Zombie 1]
Bellus Toxicum: [Z1]- The first zombie howled in rage when the blades cut into it, and it lunged for the boy, trying to tackle him to the ground with all its strength. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 50-sided dice: 40 12
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 6 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 Defense ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Zombie1: 20/25 - Moira: 0/25 - Zombie2: 0/25 - Habuki 7/37 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira evaded the second zombie, ducking past the slow moving creature as the first tried to tackle Buki, and her blade flashed as she flung it at the zombie's head [Z1] -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 26 20
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 5 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Battle Hardened 7 / 42 for Buki now ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Zombie1: 25/25 - Moira: 0/25 - Zombie2: 0/25 - Habuki: 7/42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Zombie 2]
Bellus Toxicum: [Z2]- Thwarted in its first attempt to make a meal of the woman, the creature stalked her, slashing its claws across her back as it pushed her forward into the dirt from behind. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 50-sided dice: 30 6
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 4 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [Sidestep]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira could hear the creature coming, and just before it reached her, she spun quickly aside, darting away from its clutches. -
Bellus Toxicum: [ Zombie1: 25/25 - Moira: 0/25 - Zombie2: 0/25 - Habuki: 7/42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: ---And it did not doo much damage, but it still was fierce...Habuki growled now as he would feel the power activate now [ Power Duelist 1/1] and rushed towards the beast now and came into contact Blade met the zombie as it attempte
Ginger Complex: d to behead him now.- {+5 Atk ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 64-sided dice: 39 34
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 9 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 18 + 5 = 23 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [wow]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Zombie1: 25/25 - Moira: 0/25 - Zombie2: 23/25 - Habuki: 7/42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira almost laughed when she saw the zombie's head flop to one side, almost completely severed. If it wasn't so gruesome, it would be comical. She wasn't in a rush now. She retrieved her dagger from where it was stuck in the
Bellus Toxicum: other zombie's head, and then darted toward the dying undead, and used the wicked little blade to finish the job with a slice. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 22 1
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Zombie1: 25/25 - Moira: 0/25 - Zombie2: 25/25 - Habuki: 7/42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Combat End]
Ginger Complex: "Almost a clean beheading..." -Damned neck bone, the blade would be sheathed now and he nodded.- "...best avoid the graveyard" -A cringe was given as the boy would look down at the bodies, and would of looted but they were just
Ginger Complex: too nasty too wanna search though---Habuki had a few scratches but mere flesh wounds and for the most part, ignored them when he could. A smile lit as he turned towards Miora and made sure that the woman was ok-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She moved toward him, concern in her pale eyes. "Just hold on a moment, let me clean you up." She said in a soft tone. She wouldn't let him go on until she'd at least cleaned up and bound up the worst scratches he'd received, no
Bellus Toxicum: telling what nastiness had been on that creature's claws. It only took her a few moments, but when she was done, he would be more comfortable. [5/7 hp healed for Buki - Healing Touch - 5/24 healing used] -
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 0/25 - Habuki: 2/42 ]
Ginger Complex: "Hm? All right all right....good you didn't get bitten or anything, I heard zombies virus can be contracted---then again that might just be in the stories..." -Being undead, he honestly didn't have much to worry about in that field
Ginger Complex: since he couldn't contract most diseases---unless they were magical. The boy remained quiet now and smiled towards her now as he would look towards the undead one last time and then back at Miora.- "Thank you." -And he nodded as
Ginger Complex: he glanced back at the monestary-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She gently kissed his cheek and then smiled slightly, though the expression faded when she turned to look at the open doors of the chapel. "Shall we?" She asked quietly, as she gently took his hand in hers and then began to move
Bellus Toxicum: toward the stairs. Answers lay beyond, she hoped. -
Ginger Complex: "We shall" -0He nodded his head and moved with her towards the stairs now, the hands taken as he would keep one upon her hand and the other on the sheathed blade---just as a precautionary measure, of course He moved the swiftness
Ginger Complex: now-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] The interior of the chapel was fairly dark, save for the soft glow that was coming from behind the high altar. At first, it appeared that they were not alone, here and there around the nave were monks seated upon the pews. But
Bellus Toxicum: on closer examination, they would discover that the monks were actually dead. There was simply no one left to bury them, and they had died in postures of prayer, as if their deaths had come more swiftly than any disease could
Bellus Toxicum: strike, taking them during their devotions. It was a grisly scene, but the scent of incense was heavy in the air, as if to mask the permeating smell of the bodies. And while they could explore, they would find nothing of interest
Bellus Toxicum: here aside from a few old books, and the rosaries of the monks. There was nowhere to go but toward the light, and when they did, they would find an opening in the floor behind the altar, with a set of stairs leading down, far
Bellus Toxicum: beneath the floor, a few flickering torches set into the corridor at the bottom of the stairs proving to be the source of the light. -
Bellus Toxicum: [Open RP]
Ginger Complex: ---He looked around as they entered now and the fresh scent of death would eradicate all over them now, his nostrils flared a little bit and he coughed with a disgusted sigh.- "...Oh God.." -That was....what was horrible, even he
Ginger Complex: would feel disgusted as he looked towards the monk, gave them a bow and then continued on...he felt like there was nothing at all of interest in the rooms, so he simply ignored them now and would continue upwards towards the light-
Bellus Toxicum: - When they approached the doors and she noted the figures in the seats, Moira hung back a little, cautious, though there was no way anyone could have missed the sound of their arrival. Still, her dagger was out, even as she buried
Bellus Toxicum: her nose in the crook of her arm, struggling not to retch, echoing his words. She hurried forward, trying to get out of this room of death. What had happened here? She didn't want to stop to find out, and kept toward the light until
Bellus Toxicum: they reached the stairs and she glanced over at him, giving a slight nod before she descended them first, moving as quietly as she could, to find out what was at the bottom. -
Ginger Complex: "Hmm....feeling like this might be a close to the end..." --He would nod his head now as the woman would move with him Walking towards the stairs now, and the descending nature up, Buki would be quick upon his feat as he moved,
Ginger Complex: and made sure that it was all at a close. He was quiet now as they moved, and hoped they did not have to deal with anymore darned zombies....no right now he was worred amongst other things and kept walking towards the area, closing
Ginger Complex: his eyes and relaxing for a second and breathing deep....before eyes reopened and he moved forth-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] -As they descended the stairs, they would find themselves in a long corridor that led underneath the chapel, sinking into the catacombs where the important priests and saints were buried. The air here was sweeter, but still
Bellus Toxicum: stale, musty from sinking beneath the ground. Continuing forward, they would soon be able to hear a low droning sound, that became more discernible as a chant as they neared a broad door at the end of the corridor that stood
Bellus Toxicum: slightly ajar. Flickering light rimmed the outline of the door, in invitation. -
Bellus Toxicum: [Open RP]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira paused outside the door. Her heart was pounding. She felt certain that what they had come to find lay on the other side. She spoke in a whisper that could barely be heard in the corridor over the droning. "Rush in, or
Bellus Toxicum: sneak?" She asked, to make sure they were on the same page.-
Ginger Complex: ---And thus they continued moving down there and he was glad the air smelt a LITTLE better---breathing in deeply, they were now underneath the chapel? Interesting! And Buki found himself moving down further and in anticipation as
Ginger Complex: the woman spoke the words...rush or sneak. Habuki COULD be sneaky....so he chose that.- "Sneak..." -And he pulled from his pocket a key [ Skeleton key - Opens all mundane locks] and pushed against the door, and attempted to un
Ginger Complex: lock the said door and peer inside and to see just what they could see-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [Stealth check - +12 to succeed]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 20-sided die: 19
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [Success]
Bellus Toxicum: - She gave a quick nod and followed him closely, moving silently as they slipped past the door to see what was upon the other side. -
Ginger Complex: --And Habuki nodded as the both of them snuck inside to see what was really going on inside the room-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] -Behind the door, the chanting grew louder. And its source became evident. The room was quite large, and in the center, was a circular dias raised above the rest of the floor. Upon it, strange symbols had been drawn, and in the
Bellus Toxicum: center, the body of a monk that appeared much like the ones they had seen in the chapel above, was lying motionless. Candles flickered all around the circle, and set in niches around the walls of the room. Before the body, with his
Bellus Toxicum: back to the door, stood a fairly young priest, a scroll unfurled in his hands, from which he was reading. As they watched, the body of the monk upon the floor twitched, and then slowly began to sit up. If they didn't do something
Bellus Toxicum: soon, it appeared the body would be reanimated. -[Open RP]
Ginger Complex: --Now this looked like something out of a satanic circle...the boy watched in fascination as in the room the chants got larger and he observed all the symbols now, watching in curiosity as it all seemed to come out and about. Watch
Ginger Complex: ing this, he smirked and mouthed to Miora.- "I got this." -And unrolled a scroll forth...he would whisper.- "Magic Missile" -And there came a roar in th middle of the room, a portal opened up and missles began to target all the
Ginger Complex: enemies in the room, the people, the enemies and even the body---everyone around except Miora and Habuki.- [Magical Scroll - Magic scroll - Long Ranged - Targets All -- Once per battle ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 3-sided die: 2
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 2 damage to all ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 0/25 - Priest: 2/40 - Habuki: 2/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] When the missles erupted throughout the room, the priest shrieked in alarm, and spun around, the scroll rolling up in his hand, and the body of the monk slumped back to the floor the spark of life that had flared, snuffed out
Bellus Toxicum: even more quickly when it was struck, and the priest's chanting ceased. Fear, and then rage flared in the face of the priest who appeared little older than Moira.-
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] The priest's hand was shaking as it lifted, a bony finger pointing at Moira as he stumbled back a step. "You..how did you get here?" And then his attention whipped toward Buki. "And you, how can you even stand here? Your kind
Bellus Toxicum: can't come on consecrated ground. He told me that you wouldn't be able to...he said he'd stop you.." The acolyte was rambling. He actually seemed slightly out of his mind. His eyes were wild and he stuffed the scroll into a fold of
Bellus Toxicum: his robe, as if to protect it. "Killers, both of you." He nodded, as if he was agreeing with someone who was talking to him. "Yes. Yes. They both deserve to die. Father James would approve." He made little sense, but his intent was
Bellus Toxicum: clear enough when he grappled for a dagger from within the circle and took a step back, stancing in readiness. -
Ginger Complex: --His kind? A smirk came from those lps now as he looked towards the priest now, and realized he was the only one there and the body had been stopped...for now. Habuki would crack his knuckles now and smirked.- "Because this shit
Ginger Complex: hole isnt holy, its unholy if anything....and that's my special preferance." -And he watched him drag the dagger out, Habuki smiked a little bit and took the blades out as well now...and watched him.- "What're you trying too do?
Ginger Complex: Tell me whats with that body? And maybe I won't carve you up."-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - When the priest had turned, Moira had stood for several moments, stunned and unable to speak even if she wanted to. She blinked several times, feeling a sting in her eyes and she slowly shook her head. Emotion suddenly bloomed
Bellus Toxicum: across her delicate features, and she looked infinitely sad, and then startled when she heard him mention father James. "Patrick, please, put down the dagger. We're not here to hurt you. We just want answers. What do you know of
Bellus Toxicum: Father James? Tell me what is going on." Yes, she knew him. -
Bellus Toxicum: [NPC] -The priest looked between the two slowly, as if trying to decide if he should speak to them, or try to kill them, the target of the dagger shifting with his gaze. "The body? I'm purifying this monastery. Purification through
Bellus Toxicum: fire. They are all sinners. They must pass through the fires of hell to become holy. To become like Father James." Yes, he was completely mad. And suddenly, with no further explanation, he dove down from the dias and flung himself
Bellus Toxicum: toward Moira with the dagger raised. "Hellspawn!" He screamed at her as the blade descended toward her chest. "You'll die first!" -
Ginger Complex: ---Ahh someone she knew huh? Habuki would lessen his grip upon the blades because this might be someone Miora knew in her life, cared for....So thus he would remain docile for the moment and listened to the priest, trying to figure
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 80-sided dice: 22 3
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: out just what the hell was happening whenever the man struck, he growled.- "All right, fuck this---time for battle!"-[d]
Ginger Complex: ---Andhe threw down shieldmaiden too -- [ Cast Shieldmaiden -- ][d]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira: 2/25 - Patrick: 2/40 - Habuki: 2/42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --With shieldmaiden cast, he rushed towards [Patrick] there was no fury as a vampire corned [ except a female vampire] and the priest was thrusted upon now, a powerful blade came down and attempted to pierce through him now.-[d] [
Ginger Complex: Power Duelist ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 64-sided dice: 42 6
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 6 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 = 17
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira: 2/25 - Patrick: 19/40 - Habuki: 2/42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira barely managed to avoid most of the attack, darting aside as the blade came down, it only grazed her chest, leaving a seam of crimson. This was not the Patrick she knew, and he had to be stopped. Her blade left its sheath,
Bellus Toxicum: and in the same motion, she attempted to bury it into the priests belly. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 12 28
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 3 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira: 2/25 - Patrick: 22/40 - Habuki: 2/42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Patrick]
Bellus Toxicum: [Patrick]-The priest yowled in pain as the blades pierced him and he turned on Habuki, insanity glowing in his eyes. "Get thee behind me, foul demon of the night!" He said, and a powerful surge of light exploded from his palm toward Buki, as
Bellus Toxicum: seering as fire and as bright as a shaft of pure sunlight. [Spell: Holy Light +5 against unholy beings. 2damage each round until healed]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 80-sided dice: 66 68
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 22 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 20-sided die: 17
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [25 damage]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira: 2/25 - Patrick: 19/40 - Habuki: 27/42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: ---Hiss....the powerful lght struck him hard, and he sunk down...he felt the festering wound overtake him now as he would feel the holy effects.- "....Guess I was wrong.." -Laughter as he rushed forth towards the beast of a man
Ginger Complex: now and brought blades forth too strike hard.-[d] [ Battle Rager ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 3 64-sided dice: 30 44 55
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 19 poynts damage ~*~[
Ginger Complex: [ +5 = 24 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira: 2/25 - Patrick: 43/40 - Habuki: 27/42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [End combat]
Ginger Complex: ---With the blade hard hit, Habuki finally sank down to his knees, a little dizzy now as he slumped over....that holy attack had hit hard, but fortunately the vampire had managed to counter with a death blow....he spit a little bit
Ginger Complex: of blood towards Patrick as the blades sheathed and he fell back.- "...stupid....priest" -Certainly hd been a major attack and unless healed, he figured there would be some more than drastic resuiltts festering through his body-[d
Ginger Complex: [d]*
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira rushed toward Habuki when Patrick fell to the ground, her cool hands reaching for him as she knelt down beside him. Tears were coursing down her pale cheeks, though she made no sound, only began the process of healing
Bellus Toxicum: him. Such a horrible wound would take all that she had. Her hands were steady, though she could feel her body shaking at its core. A cooling balm was applied to the burn to stop it from causing any further damage, before she bound
Bellus Toxicum: his wounds, taking care not to cause him any more pain that she had to in moving him, until she was satisfied, and finally dropped back, burying her face in her hands.- (27/27 hp healed - Healing Kit 10/10 - 8 uses remaining -
Bellus Toxicum: Healing Touch - 22/24 healing used -]
Ginger Complex: ---Nasty as could be he would feel the hands upon him and figured he had at least done a good thing by having a healer around [otherwise he might be dead] cue in a good thing it was the woman was the one he cared for, because he
Ginger Complex: was in some good hands to begin with---the festering wound was stopped before it started and Habuki gasped as he fell back now and panted heavily.- "..I....phew.." -That had been quite a doozy and he was glad, for one, that it was
Ginger Complex: over...the boy was against the ground and watched her bury her face in her hands as a hand came over and stroked her head-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She shuddered slightly, when he touched her, and looked up. Tears stained her face, but they had stopped for now. She rested beside him for a few moments, gently touching him, making sure he was alright. She didn't trust herself
Bellus Toxicum: to speak. He could have died. And it would have been her fault. Throughout this entire trip, he had protected her, taken far more damage than she would ever have been able to bear, and yet he was still gentle and kind when he
Bellus Toxicum: touched her. But from what Patrick said, she knew that it was not over. "The priest, the one that came through the town." She said quietly. "Was Father James. The priest I killed twelve years ago." -
Ginger Complex: --Thank Goodness I have such a great healer...otherwise I do not think I'd of made it." -A smile was upon that face as he leaned against her now...and sighed softly. There seemed no time for this to be about, but....rest was
Ginger Complex: needed but would not be seen as he pushed up.- "Oh? ...Hm...well that's a problem, so this priest has already been revived." -He nodded as he crawled over towards Patrick and began ruffling around, searching for anything of inter
Ginger Complex: est---gold, loot, etc...he wanted something off that holy rolling bastard.- "We'll just have to kill mister priest too....and make sure his body cannot be revived."-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM]- Searching the body of the acolyte would provide Habuki with a silver key that looked as though it belonged to a chest, as well as the scroll he had stuffed into his robe, a bit blood-spattered, but readable still. - [Approved
Bellus Toxicum: Special Loot: One Rezz the Dead spell scroll. Permits caster to raise one party member back to life per mission/adventure]
Ginger Complex: "...Hm a silver key.." -He blinked as he nodded and then looked over towards the scroll....it seemed a very readable scroll and he could get the blood stains off whenever they got back. Buki would chuckle and then open up his case
Ginger Complex: and snap it shut now, and then came back towards her and handed her the key- "Found a scroll to revive someone whom have fallen---like a priest can. Interesting!" -He smiled and snapped the scroll case, having about 4 scrolls now
Ginger Complex: and nodded-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She finally lifted to her feet, giving a small nod. "If we have to face him, we will need to rest, and I will need to replenish my supplies. We can do that when we get to my father's keep." She gave him a small smile as she took
Bellus Toxicum: the key from him. "That scroll might be quite useful." She said sardonically, then sighed faintly when she glanced at the body of the young priest. "I didn't know he'd joined the order." She said quietly. "He was my cousin." Her
Bellus Toxicum: words were softly spoken, but she could not regret his death. It had been either him, or them. She'd choose them again. A small smile appeared for a moment. "Are you ready to meet my parents?" She asked him with the slight arching
Bellus Toxicum: of her brow. -
Ginger Complex: "All right then." -He smiled, nodded his head and pushed himself up now and stretched..it would be nice to find some where to rest and recooperate, especially since Miora needed to replenish her own supplies now...and watched the
Ginger Complex: woman as she introduced the boy as her cousin.- "...Oh goodness...im sorry.. Hm? I...Yeah I suppose." -Now that would be interesting little aspect, and he chuckled as he made sure that it was taken care of now. The boy took her
Ginger Complex: arm so she could lead the way-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - "It's alright, he turned as mad as the rest of them." She said softly, as she rested her hand over his gently, and then moved toward the door that would lead them back to the stairs and the chapel beyond. All the while, she kept
Bellus Toxicum: alert for anything that the key might fit, her curious nature wondering about it.-
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] -As they left the 'resurrection room' and returned to the chapel, the two would encounter nothing else. The place was as quiet as a tomb, for that was what it had become. Upon reaching the top of the stairs, a chest beneath the
Bellus Toxicum: altar would become visible, a small lock set within it. Upon trying the lock, they would find silver and gold plate, candlesticks, and ornaments that had been used in the order's rituals. These things could be sold off for their
Bellus Toxicum: local coin, equal to an amount of 600gp [300 each], and would not be difficult to carry once they returned to the carriage. Getting back to the carriage would be as simple as returning over the wall the way they had come, and they
Bellus Toxicum: would there find Bran, sleeping inside, and awaiting their return, with as much of the rations as he could eat stuffed into his belly. -
Bellus Toxicum: [End Part Three]

[Moira Blackwoode]

Deceased Priest - Part Four: Blackwoode Keep
GM/NPCs: Bellus Toxicum (Moira)
Participants: Bellus Toxicum (Moira), Ginger Complex (Habuki)


Bellus Toxicum: [Log On]
Bellus Toxicum: [Deceased Priest Mission - Part Four - Blackwoode Keep]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - It had taken quite a bit of time to get from the monastery to the keep of Moira's father. The aberrant fog never seemed to lift, and indeed, as the carriage rolled on toward the keep, the mists only seemed to grow
Bellus Toxicum: thicker. This was both a blessing and a curse. It cost them a great deal of time, because Bran had to slow the horses and they often stopped to make sure they were still on the right road, but it also afforded them some much needed
Bellus Toxicum: rest, and the opportunity to heal the wounds they had sustained. The night had passed into morning, and the morning had crept into afternoon without any discernable change in the light. A preternatural darkness had descended over
Bellus Toxicum: the entire land, making one wonder if there was anything in this region left alive at all, and what they might find when they reached the keep they were steadily approaching. As they neared it, the thick walls reared up out of the
Bellus Toxicum: mist, but here, the gates hung open, one of them shattered. A short distance beyond lay the keep, little more than a stone fortress that had served to protect the region under the Lord's governance, and had been home to the lord's
Bellus Toxicum: family and retainers. Now, an eerie silence was all that greeted them, broken only by a howling wind that swept through the arrow-slit windows. -
Bellus Toxicum: [Please state Name/Rank/Dice/HP and roll 1d100 for initiative -
Ginger Complex: [ Beetle Habuki - Grunja Champion - 2d64 - 37 HP with Diehard ]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira Blackwoode - LatF - Abet'zi Champion - 2d40 - 25hp (Diehard)]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 100-sided die: 38
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 100-sided die: 26
Bellus Toxicum: [Initiative order: Moira - Habuki] [Open RP]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki had needed some time to clear his head and heal from the festering wound....sure Miora had cured him, but the best type of healing was rest and relaxation...in some ways, he was happy for the fog, because it was a good
Ginger Complex: little sensation too rest. But he was up and at them as they arrived upon the homestead...he watched the gates opened and shattered and frowned now....well...that couldn't be good, not to mention the howls of the wind through the
Ginger Complex: windows...the boy was made sure that he felt they were protected them now as he reached into his bag and would reach out a scroll now.- "Protect thee from all...." -The scroll stretched over them as a light was felt and they would
Ginger Complex: feel themselves encased in a small bubble.- [ Scroll of Planar Bubble - Scroll activated over Habuki and Miora -- Home Plane-- Earth --- Protects for up too 24 hours from small injuries such as arrows etc.] --The boy would unfold
Ginger Complex: the scroll and put it back in the case, securing it-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira watched out the window of the carriage as they approached the keep. She had hoped there would be some change, some lifting of the fog, but when the reached the broken gates, her hand sought for Buki's, her fingers wrapping
Bellus Toxicum: tightly about his. There was no life here. And it made her wonder after her family. How long ago had her mother's letter been sent, she wondered. "We wasted our time in coming here. Hopefully we will at least find some supplies."She
Bellus Toxicum: said quietly, her voice strained by emotion she was struggling to control. She leaned then toward the window and called up to their young driver. "Bring us into the courtyard, Bran and stop there." -
Ginger Complex: --The scroll helped them out because this was both of their planes....their existance for living [ Earth] ---and thus it would protect them, allow them to breath underwater, etc--but allowed them too be protected. Not from sword
Ginger Complex: but from other artifical things such as arrows and /or rocks. The boy would blink as he heard her and shook his head.- "Don't say that, who knows what we'll find...I bet they are still in hiding." -He had his doubts, of course,
Ginger Complex: but kept strong for Miora...from the outside, things looked bleak....but he was never one to take things from the outside as full coverage....inside always counted more and had more too it.....so he remained in wait as he watched
Ginger Complex: Bran take them to the courtyard-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - The carriage was driven into the courtyard by the young Bran, and when it rolled to a stop, he leapt down to open the door for the two, cautiously watching his surroundings. For the moment, all was quiet. The question was, how
Bellus Toxicum: long would it remain so? - [Open RP]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira took the lead once they were out of the carriage, she knew where she was going, and though she hadn't been home in a little more than seven years, it hadn't changed a bit, save for the lack of people. "We won't know until we
Bellus Toxicum: get inside." She said quietly. -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki peeked around now as the door was opened and he came out after Miora, nodding his head towards the boy and curiously looking around....like said before, he didn't believe this dead, which was one reason the spell of the
Ginger Complex: scroll and nodded his head- "Mmhm, let's just be quiet about it.." -He whispered and let her take point, but he was not too far from behind her and with fingetips upon the ends of the sheaths, was ready to strike upon any other
Ginger Complex: given time.-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] -When they had taken a few steps, there was a small grinding sound of stone on stone. What appeared to be a rather newly cut stone sank down when it was stepped on, triggering a sudden volley of crossbow bolts to leap from the
Bellus Toxicum: arrow slits on the lower level of the keep. The boy, Bran, dove for cover beneath the carriage, but the two out in the open were prime targets for the trap they had set off. - [1d4 damage each]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 4-sided dice: 1 4
Bellus Toxicum: [Acrobatics saving throw 1d20 - 14+ to succeed]
Ginger Complex: ---And thus as he had called it, there seemed to be something around there as crossbow bolts seemed to come from out of nowhere. A small curse now as the boy moved quckly, hoping that the capacity of dodging -[d]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
Ginger Complex: [ +5 = 12 ]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Bellus Toxicum: [+5=7]
Ginger Complex: [ +5 def if avaliable ]
Bellus Toxicum: [1 damage Moira, 0 damage Habuki]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 1/25 - Habuki: 0/37]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira tried to dodge the bolts, but one grazed her as she was moving, but just as soon as the volley had started, it seemed to cease, and she stood stock still, looking around the courtyard, trying to see if there were anymore
Bellus Toxicum: such stones that they would need to avoid. [Check for traps]
Ginger Complex: --A grunt, he didn't seem too make it and felt the arrow strike his armor, deflecting off. Growling, he sank down towards his knees now and looked all around, curious- "...fucking traps...someone doesnt want us here." -A huff now
Ginger Complex: as he watched the woman do her own thing, and offered a small heal himself, the water touched her grazed wound and healed it- [Healing Miora 1 HP 1/16 used ] -And thus he watched her look around for traps now, remaining quiet as
Ginger Complex: he observed-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [1d20 to check for traps - 14+ for success]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Bellus Toxicum: [No traps detected]
Bellus Toxicum: - Nothing else seemed out of the ordinary, but her soft gaze turned to Habuki when he healed her minor wound, whispering a quiet thank you before she gave a nod, agreeing with him. "Could be my father's doing. But he wasn't the type
Bellus Toxicum: to use tricks like this." She said quietly. "I don't see anything else, but still, we need to move cautiously. Those doors there, will let us into the main hall." She said, indicating a set of double doors. Even they were not fully
Bellus Toxicum: closed, and clearly not locked. She shuddered slightly, then reached for his hand, and moved forward, watching the ground to make sure she didn't trigger anymore stones. -
Ginger Complex: "..Ok I'll go first, just incase." -He nodded now as he took point, he could not have the woman getting injured, so he figured it'd be best if he lead the way and she just told him where too go. His head turned as he walked ahead
Ginger Complex: now, letting her hand loose as he stepped ahead.- "Just relax and fllow after me." -He nodded, and headed towards the doors, looked at them for a second, shrugged and peered at them as he attempted to slowly open them and look thr
Ginger Complex: ough them now0[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] They managed to avoid setting off any further traps set in the courtyard as they moved toward the keep and headed inside. The doors were unlocked, and partially open, but, unlike the chapel, no grisly welcome awaited them. Here
Bellus Toxicum: too, they were met with silence. And emptiness. There was no one here, and nothing save for furniture that could have used a bit of dusting. There were signs that a fight had occurred here with over turned trestle tables and benches
Bellus Toxicum: dark stains upon the rushes that needed changing upon the floor. But no bodies were left. The could now search the lower floor, where the supply pantry and kitchen were, or continue up the wide stone stairs to one side that led
Bellus Toxicum: above to the next floor. -
Ginger Complex: ---That was good, he really didn't wanna have Miora go through her watching her family butchered here [ which was one reason he wanted to go first ] the other was to protect her from any further traps. Keeping head up high now, the
Ginger Complex: boy looked through the area now as they come upon what looked like a fight and dark stains upon the floor...he then looked at Miora and smelt the food.- "If there are surviors, more than likely would be downstairs in the pantry....
Ginger Complex: or we'd find signs they had been there, at the least. Do you wanna go up or down?" -He tilted his head towards her and let her call the shots-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She didn't miss the bloodstains, and the overturned furnture was difficult to miss, but either of these could have come from a feast that got a bit too rowdy. She glanced up the stairs. Up there was her old room, her parents
Bellus Toxicum: quarters, the library, and the servants quarters. But her gaze quickly flit toward the corridor that led down to the kitchen and the pantries. "Let's check downstairs first." At the least, she would be able to find her mother's
Bellus Toxicum: supply closet and replenish the stores of her healing supplies. She reached for his hand again, and moved forward to the short set of steps that led down into the large, stone kitchen. -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki just let her do what she wanted, he would look at her and nod his head, as the hands touched upon the blades...in anticipation. He sure hoped that this didnt come to a conflict, but he knew nothing here couldnt be solved
Ginger Complex: without a little violence and he nodded, as his hand was grabbed.- "Afraid your gonna lose me?" -A joke, of course, and he took her hand as they began down the steps into the kitchen where they hoped to find someone ofinterest---
Ginger Complex: something also-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - The look she turned toward him, said quite simply 'yes', but she didn't say it. A small smile touched her lips, before they quickly pressed to his cheek. She was just so glad he was with her. -
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] -The kitchen was a deserted place, but there was still food in the larder that looked fresh. The milk was curdled, and the bread was stale, but for the most part, everything there was still edible. In one supply closet, they
Bellus Toxicum: would find the items Moira was searching for. Neat stacks of bandages, and a wide assortment of healing balms, ointments, and tinctures, each carefully labeled as to their contents. Another room to one side was closed off by a door
Bellus Toxicum: that led into the pantry where the smoked meat was kept. From behind the door, if the two were carefully listening, they might be able to detect a sound. - [Listen check +15 to succeed]
Ginger Complex: --The kiss to the cheek made him smile towards her and he chuckled as they continued onwards...he knew in his heart that she would never lose him, and no matter how hard anyone tried, it wouldn't actually happen. The two of them
Ginger Complex: were coming down whenever he saw the food and nodded... but let Miora's hand go as he walked around and tuned his ears in, trying to see if he could listen for something....someone, more than likely. He figured people were down
Ginger Complex: here.- "Hello hello!"-[d]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 20-sided die: 8
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira was excited by the find of her mother's supplies, and was quickly refilling her healing stores in her pack, as well as gathering a few extra rations to get them home, when she caught a faint sound coming from behind the door
Bellus Toxicum: to the meat pantry. "Wait...I think I hear someone.." She said softly as she moved toward the door to listen more closely. -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki was too busy talking to hear anything [obviously] but it had been Miora that felt like she heard something. Turning towards where she was now, the auburn tresses tilted towards the side now and he watched her as she spoke
Ginger Complex: now, and Buki was right behind her, nodding his head as he would keep quiet and listen as well---trying to see who was toards the door now of the meat pantry---[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - The sound behind the door was a faint shuffling, almost as if something was being dragged across the floor. When Habuki called out, however, the sound ceased for a moment. Then it intensified. Just as Moira reached the door,
Bellus Toxicum: a loud thump was heard against it from the other side. And then again, as though someone were pounding upon the door, trying to open it from the other side, but couldn't. -
Bellus Toxicum: - The whole place had Moira's nerves taut, and she wasn't sure of the sound. Quickly she turned to Habuki as she reached for the bow upon her back. "You open it, I'll have an arrow ready..just in case." She said, as she took a step
Bellus Toxicum: back. -
Ginger Complex: ---Buki was cautious---he figured there could either be a friend behind that door, or a foe [ maybe some other crazy cousin] and so he remained at best, ready too attack if needed whenever the woman reached for the door now---watchI
Ginger Complex: ng now as she stepped back.- She shouldnt of touched the door, so he would grab it, and turn it and if it would let him, he would open the door there and now - "Come on out, whoever you are!" -He wasnt sure but one hand was on
Ginger Complex: the hilt of his sword, just incase-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - The door swung open easily upon oiled hinges. But the latch had been broken off on the other side, as though to trap whatever was inside. A moment later, they would know why. A great, hulking figure appeared in the
Bellus Toxicum: doorway. At first glance, he appeared nothing more than a battle-scarred man of middle age with maile armor over his chest, a great,
two-handed sword hanging limply from his hand. But as they watched, the bastard sword was hefted
Bellus Toxicum: with a speed that didn't seem natural for such a man, and he rushed out with a garbled battle cry, swinging the sword toward the woman with the bow trained upon him. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 60-sided dice: 51 45
Ginger Complex: --And indeed it seemed someone was trapped inside as he looked ahead now and towards whatever was inside of there. Gazing ahead now, the boy stared upon the great hulking figure now, not...but then he struck. Growling the blade
Ginger Complex: came out now and would be lifted up n a defensive position now.- [ Parry 1/2 Off - + 6 Defense ]---the boy woul growl as he felt the powerful strike take offense into him and wth their blades locked now, he shoved him back against
Ginger Complex: the counter with a powerful force.-[d]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 64-sided dice: 23 7
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 = 7 damage ]
Ginger Complex: +5 defense*8
Bellus Toxicum: [ Tyrel: 7/?? - Moira: 0/25 - Habuki: 3/37]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Ginger Complex: [ Battle Hardened activation 3/ 42 ]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira was stunned into inaction for a moment, she knew the man's face. It was not so different from her own. She knew the armor. She knew the sword. But when the man attacked, she faultered. When Buki managed to throw him back,
Bellus Toxicum: she finally woke into action, and the arrow she had drawn leapt from the bow. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 13 30
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 4 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Tyrel: 11/?? - Moira: 0/25 - Habuki: 3/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki would only use that to force him back, he grinned towards the man now and nodded his head.- "....so who is this?" -He wasn't sure and he had not done much damage...but watched now as the two of them faced off. Pushing
Ginger Complex: forth now, he was Miora attack, and figured it was all right, so he pushed forth and growled as he brought the blades forth and attempted to bring the powerful blades down hard.-[d] [ Power Duelist +5 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 64-sided dice: 61 25
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 13 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 13 x2 +5 = 31 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Tyrel: 42/?? - Moira: 0/25 - Habuki: 3/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Tyrel]
Bellus Toxicum: [Tyrel] - When the blades struck down upon him, the man howled in rage. He had once been a great warrior, which was how he had gotten this land in the first place, and kept it. By the sword he held in his hand. But when the blades
Bellus Toxicum: pierced him, he didn't bleed. And when he started to swing that massive, two handed sword, the would be able to see the head of an axe protruding from his back where it had been embedded in a fatal blow. And yet he kept coming, and
Bellus Toxicum: now seemed even more enraged as he took a hard swing at the boy that tried to bring him down. [Battle Rager +1d to 3d60]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 3 60-sided dice: 20 54 26
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 13 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Fighter's Defense -- 1/2off + 5 Def ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Tyrel: 42/?? - Moira: 0/25 - Habuki: 5/42]
Bellus Toxicum: *[ Tyrel: 42/?? - Moira: 0/25 - Habuki: 4/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira briefly glanced at Buki, her face drawn with concentration as whipped another arrow to the bow. "He is...was...my father." She said, noticing the axe sticking out of the creature's back. Emotion didn't sway her. The arrow
Bellus Toxicum: shot forward. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 7 39
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 5 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Tyrel: 47/?? - Moira: 0/25 - Habuki: 4/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki growled as he was brought back as the sword came forth and struck him---instead his own blade came up and deflected the shot [Parry] the sword making its maker..pushing forth, he moved in and heard the name..he frowned
Ginger Complex: as he nodded.- "Rest in peace, Mister Blackwoode." -Honestly he didnt know if that was his name or not, but one blade pierced deep, the other swung around to behead him-[d] [ Battle Rager 3d]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 3 64-sided dice: 25 49 59
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 19 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 = 24 ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Tyrel: 71/70 - Moira: 0/25 - Habuki: 4/42] [Combat End]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - The body of the deceased Lord Blackwoode slumped to the floor of the kitchen, his head rolling away beneath the table. What had already been taken from this room was all that there was to be had, and for the moment, the keep
Bellus Toxicum: had gone quiet once more. -[Open RP]
Ginger Complex: ---And he had put his best into ending the man's existence, the cutlass sharpened to tight as it came across it would take down the man. He pushed back, and respectfully bowed before the former warrior, ad there was a frown...he.
Ginger Complex: knew that was the only way to end the man's existance...he would sheath the blades off [ cleaning them first ] and he walked towards the body, placed the head against him, and reached around and took a tablecloth Closing the heads
Ginger Complex: eyes, he would lay the cloth around the form completely, and turned towards Miora- "We will return and busy him, M'Love....we first must find your mother and cut the throat of the cocksucker that did this..." -There intensified a
Ginger Complex: rage unrivaled by most...and he turned towards the open room once more, as he headed for the exit-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira moved toward the body of what had once been her father, and knelt down beside it. It did not seem that he had been dead long before he'd come back to life. She rested her hand upon the still chest for a long moment, her head
Bellus Toxicum: gently bowing as Buki gathered his head and covered him. Perhaps she prayed, but more likely she was swallowing the rage that was burning in her eyes when she finally rose and gave a small nod. "He couldn't have been here
Bellus Toxicum: long. Maybe there is a chance my mother didn't meet the same fate." She said quietly, as she moved to return to the great hall, and the stairs that would take them to the floors above. -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki was quiet for a second...as a japanese, family was most important....rarely he showed it, but he always believed in it, a disipline ignited inside of him since birth. There was nothing he could say, all he could do was act
Ginger Complex: on it and find her mother and find the bastard that did this....his face changed, he was no longer so happy go lucky, there was an anger unquenched through him, an anger that he would release out on vengence about the priest. The
Ginger Complex: two of them moved above and Habuki wasted no time as he asdenced before them, his own hads were held forth as he waited to see just what was ahead for them-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] -As they continued back to the hall, they would hear a faint creak from the floorboards above them, a pacing step sending a small shower of dust to drift down between the cracks of the planks overhead. They were not alone. The
Bellus Toxicum: second floor held the library, a place where Moira had spent many days as a child. It was from the floor of that room that the noise could be heard. As they ascended the stairs, another sound might be heard, but they would have to
Bellus Toxicum: be listening closely to catch it. [Listen check 1d20 - +16 to succeed]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [Failed] -Neither could hear the sound, and would have to continued to the corridor at the top of the stairs, where several doors branched off. -
Bellus Toxicum: [Open RP]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira almost took off running for the stairs when she heard the creak of the boards and saw the dust drifting down. It might have been her mother up there! But she forced herself to continue cautiously to the stairs, another arrow
Bellus Toxicum: finding her bow as they headed up, not taking any chances. When they reached the top, she paused and gave a nod to him toward the second door on the left. "That's the library there." She whispered to him. -
Ginger Complex: ---And then there was some dust from up above now, the step came upon them now...the boy felt the tinge of guilt within him [had he not been injured, maybe they could of gotten here in time for her father] then maybe he could of
Ginger Complex: prevented this...guilt riddled him now as he moved with her and as she said there was the library [ the point of sound] Habuki nodded, walked frth and with one hand itching with a powerful realm of wind around him [ readying aspell]
Ginger Complex: Habuki attempted to open the door and peer inside quietly-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] -The door creaked slightly as it swung open, revealing a vast chamber, lined with books on the three walls they could see. In the corner, huddled and bound, was a small figure that was an older version of Moira. She appeared
Bellus Toxicum: passed out cold. [The sound they didn't catch was her muffled cries when she'd heard them coming. Since then, someone had silenced her.] It was clear she could not have been the one moving around the room. But, as they studied what
Bellus Toxicum: could be seen of the room from the doorway, a voice suddenly filled the chamber, a hollow, haunted sound. "Come in children. You've been expected." -
Bellus Toxicum: [Open RP]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira started forward with a gasp, seeing her mother upon the floor, but she stopped just behind Habuki when the voice sounded, her fingers gripping the door frame as she suddenly started to shake. The voice was unmistakable. It
Bellus Toxicum: had tormented her for the first twelve years of her life. There was no choice, this evil had to be faced, and destroyed. She gave a small nod to Buki as she moved forward to step inside. -
Ginger Complex: --Habuki looked ahead, his eyes intensified now, as he looked towards the figured in the center now....whom looked like Miora [maybe her mother] the boy was upon the edge now as he looked around now, trying to see what....just
Ginger Complex: as the voice was heard, he pushed forth now towards the fallen woman, a finger checked for a pulse, and then he stood protectively infront of her, and blades sheathed out- "Come on out here old man, I wanna dig my claws into your
Ginger Complex: eyes before I kill you." -He knew Miora suffered and she would be scared, but he wasn't scared and searched the room to see if he could be located---no spooky shadows, no voo doo magic, just show your damned self so he could cut
Ginger Complex: out his tongue---that was Habukis' philosphy-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - A hideous, cackling laugh filled the room as they stepped inside, and the door slammed shut behind them. If they tried to flee, they'd find it stuck shut. Shadows might not be Habuki's way, but they were a friend to the priest,
Ginger Complex: --Too bad he had Darksight and could see the entire room--*
Bellus Toxicum: who seemed to slither out of them, his face cowled by his black robes, his hands concealed in the folds. Of course, his approach would only have an effect upon the girl. He was unaware that his flair for the dramatic would be lost
Bellus Toxicum: upon the vampire. "So eager to see blood shed, boy? Perhaps, like my charge, you too, need to be taught a lesson." The priest sneered, as his clawed hands slipped from the ends of his sleeves, one holding a nasty, hook-like blade
Bellus Toxicum: with a serated edge. "Let's begin with manners. Elders always deserve your respect." And without warning, the priest struck toward Habuki with the curved blade, slashing at his chest. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 90-sided dice: 54 86
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 23 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Side step 1/1 ] -Habuki smirked a bit as he would sidestep out of the way of the blade, the damage avoiding him completely, and seemed to move back.- "And elders deserve respect are the ones that get them---and give them. You
Ginger Complex: are nothing but a conniving old fuck....whom I will gladly put upon my blade." -And he sneered a little bit as he pushed back and both his blades were unhooked from their sheaths, both pointed at him now-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 0/25 - James: 0/?? - Habuki: 4/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --And as he did that, he rushed towards James, he was content upon all levels as the surge of power rotated and resonated through him, he saw the power ofthe man....he was strong, but he feared nothing as he attempted to stab him
Ginger Complex: through the chest.- [ Power Duelist 1/1]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 64-sided dice: 53 18
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 9 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 9x2 = 18 +5 = 23 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 0/25 - James: 23/?? - Habuki: 4/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira was shaking, it was true. She was terrified, but mingled with that fear was a pure rage. Like a cornered animal will fight the fiercest, she was not frozen to the spot. She had been working to get at the enchanted seeds
Bellus Toxicum: within her pack, and while the priest was occupied with Buki, she cast them at his feet, watching as the vines sprouted to tangle around the vile man, and hold him immobile. [Spell: Tangle - Type: Effect - Duration: 1 round - Saving
Bellus Toxicum: Throw 15+]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [Success - James immobile one round]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 0/25 - James: 23/?? - Habuki: 4/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [James Skipped]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: "....Aww all tied up? I'll teach you for hurting her..." -And Habuki went in, except this time he was trying to prevent the man from ever living again---a powerful growl escaped as Habuki brought the blade forth, spun it across
Ginger Complex: the monster' hands and attempted to LOP one of them off---because he had hurt her hands? Habuki was putting all the fierceness into lopping off one of his.- [ Battle Rager ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 3 64-sided dice: 48 62 60
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 27 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 = 32 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 0/25 - James: 55/?? - Habuki: 4/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: [James] -The priest was struggling in the tangling vines, cursing his former charge, spitting vile names at her for her spell casting. He'd always known she was a witch! But that boy, that evil creature had lopped off one of his
Bellus Toxicum: hands and he howled in rage and pain as blood spattered across the floor with his fingers. "I shall see you both in hell, where the torments I inflict on you now shall seem as a caress!" -
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira laughed, a vicious sound that rolled from her throat as she darted in toward the priest. She was no longer a child. And he would not hurt her again. The slender blade of her dagger was raised and whipped across the priest's
Bellus Toxicum: face with a wicked back handed slash. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 13 28
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 3 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 0/25 - James: 58/?? - Habuki: 4/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [James]
Bellus Toxicum: [James] -The vines withered off of him, freeing him from his struggles just as the blade opened his cheek, sending blood pouring down his face to match the crimson still spouting from the stump at the end of his arm. He cradled that
Bellus Toxicum: arm across his chest, and raised his other hand with the curved blade, slashing it down across Moira's hands before she could get out of the way. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 90-sided dice: 38 75
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 18 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Shieldmaiden 1/2 --]
Ginger Complex: [ +5 Defense ]
Ginger Complex: 1/2 off *
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 9/25 - James: 55/?? - Habuki: 8/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki pushed out of the way now, and squandered forth as he seemed to take the blow for Miora now, most of it and smirked.- "Your fight is with isn't just with her, old fuck." -And he pushed him back now as he went in for
Ginger Complex: another one of those strikes, this one coming overhead as he attempted to strike hard.-[d] [ Duelist 1/1 -- +5 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 64-sided dice: 45 8
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 7 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 7 +5 + 5= 17 damage ]
Ginger Complex: [ 7 +3 +5 = 15 damage ]*
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 9/25 - James: 70/?? - Habuki: 8/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira shrieked in pain when the serated blade sliced across her hands and she jerked back. "Another scar to remember you by. But soon, that is all you will be. A memory." She snarled, as she dove toward him, blood coating the hilt
Bellus Toxicum: of her dagger as she struck toward the priest's chest with the blade. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 33 34
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 8 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 9/25 - James: 78/?? - Habuki: 8/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [James]
Bellus Toxicum: [James] - The priest was in great pain, bloodied, and gasping for breath. The boy, he was the stronger. If he could get rid of him, he could take down the bane of his existence. The man lifted his head, his pox riddled face coming
Bellus Toxicum: into view, half covered in blood, and he smiled, mumbling the words to a spell as he lifted his hand. A wave of energy shot toward Habuki, that suddenly transformed into an flaming arrow, flying straight for his heart. [Spell: Shaft
Bellus Toxicum: of Fire - Type: Attack +3 - Target: Habuki - Saving Throw 15+]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 90-sided dice: 22 5
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 15-sided die: 6
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: [Luck of the Order - Priesthood may reroll once per combat, must take second roll]
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 90-sided dice: 63 89
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 25 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Ice Deflection Explanation: When attacks, the user uses the power of the elements around to deflect the damage back, 1/2 off it manages to be deflected at user, while other half strikes the caster ] -Fire and ice huh? Habuki
Ginger Complex: would grin as he threw his hands forth now.- "EAT THIS!' -And there appeared a giant ice wall now---the ice wall crackled and didnt hold entiely, but the ice ended up swirling the magical array of fire forth and sending some his
Ginger Complex: way too -[d] [ 14 damage to Habuki -- 14 damage to James ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 9/25 - James: 84/?? - Habuki: 22/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --There was a massive outtake as he was struck and the fire hit him, causing him to roll off towards the side and grunt...slowly he picked himself up and smirked.- "...Tricky...." -He had his own tricks and rushed towards the man
Ginger Complex: once more and swung the blades hard at him.-[d]
Ginger Complex: [ +5 atk ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 64-sided dice: 40 34
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 10 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ +5 = 15 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 9/25 - James: 99/?? - Habuki: 8/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Moira]
Bellus Toxicum: *[ Moira: 9/25 - James: 99/?? - Habuki: 22/42]
Bellus Toxicum: - When Moira saw the priest go after Buki, her rage boiled over and she rushed toward the evil priest, driving her blade into his back as hard as she could. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 40-sided dice: 11 33
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 4 poynts damage ~*~
Bellus Toxicum: *[ Moira: 9/25 - James: 103/115 - Habuki: 22/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [James]
Bellus Toxicum: - The priest was losing blood quickly, and his strength was fading, having his spell turned back on him had caught him by surprise, and he'd not been able to ward off the attack that came after. But when the dagger sank into his
Bellus Toxicum: back, he spun around, tearing the blade out, and slashing at Moira with the curved dagger with the last of his flagging power. -
OnlineHost: Bellus Toxicum rolled 2 90-sided dice: 25 20
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Bellus Toxicum scored 5 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ Shield Maiden 1/2 off ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 11/25 - James: 103/115 - Habuki: 22/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [Habuki]
Ginger Complex: --Habuki was close and spun around as he took the abrupt force of the blow and grinned.- "Nuh uh uh...mister man." -He shook his head as he went in once more...but he didn't go for a death blow. Habuki would let Miora do that --
Ginger Complex: he would instead go to take off that last hand and disarm him completely.-[d]
Ginger Complex: [ +5 ]
OnlineHost: Ginger Complex rolled 2 64-sided dice: 49 38
Bellus Toxicum: ~*~ Ginger Complex scored 12 poynts damage ~*~
Ginger Complex: [ 12 +5 = 17 damage ]
Bellus Toxicum: [ Moira: 11/25 - James: 120/115 - Habuki: 22/42]
Bellus Toxicum: [End Combat]
Ginger Complex: --Other hand gone Habuki had ended his struggle in casting, in slicing and dicing and made the man unable too attack. He would wipe his blade off, and sheathed it down now, as he turned from the pace of combat now---he bent down
Ginger Complex: beside where the woman was [ Miora's mother] and tended too her...Miora could have the killing blow and with what was left in him, he attempted to heal the fallen female, forgetting and neglecting his own wounds for the time being.-
Ginger Complex: [ 15/16 used now 16/16 consumed - Healing Affinity upon Miora's Mother, whose passed out / unconsciouess.] -[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - Moira's hands were still dripping blood, and as the priest fell to the ground, clutching his arms to his chest as blood spouted from them, she sank down to her knees, every ounce of fear had left her, replaced by the grief of what
Bellus Toxicum: he had done to her father, his lands, their people. Rage at what he had done. Her bloody fingers reached for the severed hand that still clutched the hooked blade and she pried it from his fingers, holding it up so the priest could
Bellus Toxicum: see his death coming. Then with a shriek that embodied every emotion she had ever denied on account of this man, she brought the blade down, slicing through the priest's throat, using the seration to saw through flesh and bone,
Bellus Toxicum: until she held his head up, dripping upon the floor and cast it aside. -
Ginger Complex: --The boy did not mind carnage....no not at all., but there were just some things that remained private, some things that should of not been seen....and this was one of them. He would hear the shriek now, and cast it aside as he
Ginger Complex: efficently tended to the woman and when he heard the sickening thump, he turned towards her and smiled- "Well now...I hope we feel better now." -The boy remained knelt down as he did so and looked over towards the fallen Priests
Ginger Complex: body now and eyed the weapon he used.- "...That's a pretty weapon maybe you should hold onto it?" -The weapon[ of course ] was now in her hands and would allow fr some good killing!-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: - She sank down onto her heels when she released the head, and wiped the blood off the knife upon the priest's robes. Despite the spray of blood across her cheek and the pain in her hands, she actually did look like she felt
Bellus Toxicum: better. There was a serenity in her eyes that had not been there before. She smiled a little to Buki, and then gave a small nod. "I think I will." She said quietly, as she tucked the hooked knife into her belt. She stood then and
Bellus Toxicum: moved toward him, and her mother, who was only beginning to rouse from the effects of the healing. Before she would tend to either of them, Moira gently pressed her lips to Habuki's, lingering there for a brief, but tender moment,
Bellus Toxicum: before she whispered. "Thank you." -
Ginger Complex: --The weapon was innovative and it would be a reminder of what she was, and what she had gone through....besides, Buki had his little scroll, so why not couldn't the woman have a little trinket? It looked divine now and he turned
Ginger Complex: towards the rousing mother now, and was glad that she was awake...the boy turned now as he was kissed and smiled and kissed back.- "Ofcourse, love...I know you would do the same for me. Now let's get your motherr to a bed.." -He
Ginger Complex: nodded,a hand petted her hair, as he lifted the older version of Miora up and took her from this place to a nice scenery with a bed ---it was good to know Miora would still be a fox in 20-30 yrs, rwar!-[d]
Bellus Toxicum: [GM] - When the killing blow was given to the priest, the mists around the keep began to disappate, allowing the last rays of the setting sun to slip through. But soon enough, the stars would be visible as they hadn't been for some
Bellus Toxicum: time, and the plague that had been devouring everything living in the land would begin to disappear. The crops that had been lost were still lost, and the livestock would be hard to replace, but the loss of life had stopped with the
Bellus Toxicum: death of the one that had started it all. After being taken to a bed to rest for a time, Moira's mother gave proof of where Moira had learned her skill, by tending to them both and restoring them to health, while she told them of
Bellus Toxicum: the priest's arrival two days before. He had seemed to know that they were coming, and had been lying in wait. Everywhere he went, death traveled with him, whatever he touched seemed to wither. It was several days before Moira was
Bellus Toxicum: ready to return home, but during those days she began work upon a spell that would aid in the growing of the crops that had been lost, and by the time they were ready to go home, most of the crops were nearly ready for harvest once
Bellus Toxicum: more. As for Bran, after driving the carriage back to the portal through which they had come, he found a place in the keep, Moira's mother was quite taken with him, and with all her children grown, she now had someone new to dote
Bellus Toxicum: upon. Awww happy ending for everyone! -
Bellus Toxicum: [End Deceased Priest]