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PurpleXVI · 02-20-2007, 01:53 AM

Lorath

The serpents were so eager to reach Lorath that they almost seemed to fight each other to get to him, trying to trip each other up on the way to their prey. Thankfully, their disorganized advance allowed him a few free strikes before they were within reach.

His sword was like lightning among the serpernts, strike them down swiftly and at random. The first three that came for him died easily, the first was cut along it's flank and sank below the water, twitching feebly, the second was cleft lengthwise and the third cut in half.

The fourth looked like some weird combination of leech and reptile, with ridges down along one side and a puckered, sucker-like mouth, it dodged under his blade and slithered up the stairs, wrapping itself around his leg, but before he could dislodge it, a further two came out of the water for him. One was like a sluggish, fat leech and easily dispatched, even despite the feeling of the other thing crawling up his trouser leg, but the other, a blue scaled thing with bright yellow markings at both ends, wrapped itself around his legs like a well-thrown bola.

Thrown off-balance by this, Lorath fell, landing hard on his back and crushing the first serpent which had been making it's way up along his spine, possibly heading for his neck. Whatever thick fluids fueled it leaked out and soaked his tunic as it's death throes painted his skin with pulped organs.

The elf was briefly stunned by his fall, but soon knocked back into full wakefulness by something that woke him more efficiently than any bucket of cold water: It felt like something was chewing on the base of his spine. Looking down, he could see the yellow tip of the blue serpent sticking out of the bottom of his trouser leg, the only explanation was that it had bitten into him so deep that it had struck bone.

No feeling of burning poison accompanied it, but the same drowsiness as when the cloak had fastened itself overcame him, except this time it was worse. It felt like just about anything was likely to knock him down now.

(Lorath loses 3 HP from the bite, 12 HP remains.)

Ulik, Evon

Evon remained catatonic despite Ulik attempting his poorly honed manicuring and pedicuring skills on him. Ulik wasn't about to travel with some scruffy mongrel, no, he was going to have the prettiest human raft ever. He vowed this to himself as he got the pink ribbons out of his backpack. They clashed with Evon's eyes, but it was his favourite colour.

Tamora

Everything from outside seemed to come to Tamora as through thick gauze, she barely heard Anne and Balth step forward, yelling at her not to go in alone, and then she heard nothing. The moment she stepped into the tunnel, fitting the shape perfectly, it was as though some unseen force propelled her ahead, into the perfect darkness in front of her.

The air was dry, but clean, there were no scents, no sounds, and any movement she made, even breathing, slipped her slightly deeper into the tunnel. After a few minutes, the tunnel walls tightened around her, and the tiny bit of movement she had been able to manage was denied her, yet still she continued to slide forwards. It was hard to tell if she was moving straight ahead or if she was going slightly down. Nothing could be seen ahead, not even with her infravision.

Anne, Gan, Bas

Balth and Anne ran towards Tamora to stop her hasty action, but before they could reach her she was already inside. Anne tried to reach in to grab hold of the ranger's hair or the back of her clothes, but she had no luck, Tamora was gone to them. They had no idea where she was going to come out, if she was going to come out at all.

"What in Rajaat's name did she do that for?!" Said Balth, wide-eyed and flabbergasted, "There's no telling where that tunnel leads! It could just be a dead end! What are we going to do now? There's no way I'm following her, we don't even know if the other holes lead to the same place, it could just get us all killed. She struck me as nice, though, we should do something..." He ran his hands through his hair and paced in a circle, "Maybe the other tunnels do lead to the same place, but if you want to try that, it's up to you. Me? I'm taking the chance that they come out on the other side of the cliffs, it'll take a while to get there, days maybe, but if she's hurt she could need some assistance. I'll also take the bird, there doesn't seem to be a hole for it."

"I'll go with Balth," said Anne, visibly shaken, "I'm not going in there. Not for all the gold in the world."

02-20-2007, 01:53 AM	#224
PurpleXVI Emerald Dragon Join Date: April 6, 2005 Location: Denmark Age: 39 Posts: 903	Lorath The serpents were so eager to reach Lorath that they almost seemed to fight each other to get to him, trying to trip each other up on the way to their prey. Thankfully, their disorganized advance allowed him a few free strikes before they were within reach. His sword was like lightning among the serpernts, strike them down swiftly and at random. The first three that came for him died easily, the first was cut along it's flank and sank below the water, twitching feebly, the second was cleft lengthwise and the third cut in half. The fourth looked like some weird combination of leech and reptile, with ridges down along one side and a puckered, sucker-like mouth, it dodged under his blade and slithered up the stairs, wrapping itself around his leg, but before he could dislodge it, a further two came out of the water for him. One was like a sluggish, fat leech and easily dispatched, even despite the feeling of the other thing crawling up his trouser leg, but the other, a blue scaled thing with bright yellow markings at both ends, wrapped itself around his legs like a well-thrown bola. Thrown off-balance by this, Lorath fell, landing hard on his back and crushing the first serpent which had been making it's way up along his spine, possibly heading for his neck. Whatever thick fluids fueled it leaked out and soaked his tunic as it's death throes painted his skin with pulped organs. The elf was briefly stunned by his fall, but soon knocked back into full wakefulness by something that woke him more efficiently than any bucket of cold water: It felt like something was chewing on the base of his spine. Looking down, he could see the yellow tip of the blue serpent sticking out of the bottom of his trouser leg, the only explanation was that it had bitten into him so deep that it had struck bone. No feeling of burning poison accompanied it, but the same drowsiness as when the cloak had fastened itself overcame him, except this time it was worse. It felt like just about anything was likely to knock him down now. (Lorath loses 3 HP from the bite, 12 HP remains.) Ulik, Evon Evon remained catatonic despite Ulik attempting his poorly honed manicuring and pedicuring skills on him. Ulik wasn't about to travel with some scruffy mongrel, no, he was going to have the prettiest human raft ever. He vowed this to himself as he got the pink ribbons out of his backpack. They clashed with Evon's eyes, but it was his favourite colour. Tamora Everything from outside seemed to come to Tamora as through thick gauze, she barely heard Anne and Balth step forward, yelling at her not to go in alone, and then she heard nothing. The moment she stepped into the tunnel, fitting the shape perfectly, it was as though some unseen force propelled her ahead, into the perfect darkness in front of her. The air was dry, but clean, there were no scents, no sounds, and any movement she made, even breathing, slipped her slightly deeper into the tunnel. After a few minutes, the tunnel walls tightened around her, and the tiny bit of movement she had been able to manage was denied her, yet still she continued to slide forwards. It was hard to tell if she was moving straight ahead or if she was going slightly down. Nothing could be seen ahead, not even with her infravision. Anne, Gan, Bas Balth and Anne ran towards Tamora to stop her hasty action, but before they could reach her she was already inside. Anne tried to reach in to grab hold of the ranger's hair or the back of her clothes, but she had no luck, Tamora was gone to them. They had no idea where she was going to come out, if she was going to come out at all. "What in Rajaat's name did she do that for?!" Said Balth, wide-eyed and flabbergasted, "There's no telling where that tunnel leads! It could just be a dead end! What are we going to do now? There's no way I'm following her, we don't even know if the other holes lead to the same place, it could just get us all killed. She struck me as nice, though, we should do something..." He ran his hands through his hair and paced in a circle, "Maybe the other tunnels do lead to the same place, but if you want to try that, it's up to you. Me? I'm taking the chance that they come out on the other side of the cliffs, it'll take a while to get there, days maybe, but if she's hurt she could need some assistance. I'll also take the bird, there doesn't seem to be a hole for it." "I'll go with Balth," said Anne, visibly shaken, "I'm not going in there. Not for all the gold in the world."