Final: Purple

[voidtreckermods]

It has been a long and exhausting trek through the underwater caverns, even in the rare times they surfaced onto sandbanks they are attacked by creatures from the sea.

But eventually they arrive, one last water filled tunnel and a short climb they arrive in an large dry cave. In the centre there is a marble plinth. On the ground nearby there is a shell bowl, intact luckily but toppled off to the side.

Fighting

More pressing however are the two shark head beasts and uncountable number of crabs in the cavern. It seems, no matter how exhausted the voidtreckers are their fight is not yet over.

Preparing the chamber

Though the chamber doesn't have all that much in it, what there is is in a mess. There has been a concerted effort to wreck the place. Ripped tapestries cover the walls and there are candles, some smashed, some just toppled. The place smells strongly of a mix of different smells as if oils had been poured out, indeed there are empty and smashed bottles around.

At some point during this fight their SCA's glow and through them they may hear some familiar voices. It seems there is more to do than just fight crabs and indeed clearing this mess might not be able to wait until the battle is over!

Clear the chamber and set things to rights! Whilst also fighting off an army of crabs!

Comments

[Elves can totally parkour, I use Legolas as proof.]

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel spotted two stalagmites just ahead that were the perfect distance apart. He stepped off of one, then the other, bounding up until he could leap forward and bring both the tonfa and his sword down onto the head of the sharkbear.

[theturksway]

Whoohoo, a nod of approval. Reno was too busy to care at the moment though. He was keeping half an eye on Tangle to make certain she was getting by okay and the other half on the fight he was engaged in. Thankfully crabs--even mutant sized ones--weren't really all that smart. Fighting them wasn't too hard. It was more their numbers they had to worry about.

Reno dodged nimbly away from a set of pincers and attacked it with an underhanded motion that sent it flipping end over end. Then he laid in on the softer underbelly of the monster while it was vulnerable.

[silentwoof]

"...I'd appreciate that," was her quick answer. At this point, she'd accept being thrown, teleported, flown up...

[theturksway]

"Well it ain't elvish so the joke's on you! It don't mean that at all!"

Reno was having enough of this monster fight. It was time to call it a win and move onto the next monster that needed to die. Part of him wished he had a knife or a gun, but his baton would just have to do. Since Glorfindel was angling from the right side of the creature, Reno went in from the left. Suited him just fine anyway.

Reno let a burst of electricity build up on the nightstick for a moment before flitting back in and jabbing his baton right into the creature's mouth. It wanted something to bite, it could have a mouth full of lightning. After the electricity ran its course Reno yanked the baton back out, shattering teeth with the force, and watched as the thing began to fall forward, its limbs still trying to recover from the massive lightning attack.

They can also skateboard (cf Helm's Deep)

[cassiefuckingcage]

Meanwhile, Cassie has readied a diversion of her own to cover the bounding elf. She stands before the bearshark with her arms outstretched and her middle fingers raised.

"Hey, Fangface! Yeah, I'm talkin' to you, you fat furry fuck!"

She stomps her right foot on the ground, letting green energy surge through her feet. Dust and rocks kick up into the air beside her.

Then she does it again, and again. It looks a little like something she learned watching wrestling with her dad.

[alongtailtalltale]

"Then here... we... go!"

With several pauses for emphasis, Tangle placed the bowl atop the plinth. "And now... for this!"

With a wide sweep of her tail, she cleared the altar of all the junk and refuse, using it like a humongous broom... and dropping a large amount of it on the crabs Reno happens to be fighting.

[sendiintheclown]

Trowa had to say he was impressed by the boy’s jump. He followed the tall man, avoiding the puddles to keep from getting shocked by mistake. He saw a crab heading for the one who had jumped and did a jumping flip of his own, grabbing the crab by the claw and forcing it onto its back. He’d had to drop the spear for it, but that was fine. As soon as the crab was on its back, he cut the thing free, leaving the crab defenseless and unable to right itself. “Try to flip them on their backs and sever the big claw. They can’t get back up that way, so they’re helpless.”

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel picked her up with with one arm and ran up the side of a couple of stalagmites to get higher, then flung her toward the top of the plinth.

Until they got the room cleared they couldn't set the bowl back on it, and it would need to be sanctified anyway...

[laurefindil]

"What does it mean, then?"

Glorfindel got free just before Reno's baton hit. "Nice!"

He watched the sharkbear fall, and leapt lightly to its back and stabbed it were the heart should be. Just in case. "I think you got it," he told Reno.

He tok a deep breath, then turned to the other one. "Now that we've rested, shall we?"

[silentwoof]

"A-ah-" That was, probably, the loudest anyone would have heard out of her if anyone was listening. He really did just yeet her up to the top of the plinth.

On the plus side - nothing was up here aside from her. She nodded down at Glorfindel, switched to laser mode, and started raining down fire on every target she could hit.

[laurefindil]

[At some point, someone should explain 'yeet' to the elf, lol]

Glorfindel did notice the louder yell. Perhaps he should have asked if she were afraid of heights...

[silentwoof]

Not afraid of heights, but a little surprised at getting... just... thrown. Not that unusual, granted...

So she was fine to make sure Glorfindel wasn't in any danger after that.

[theturksway]

"Whoa! Chill, yo." Reno flicked the kid's ear. Then he grabbed the kid by the waist and got clear of the crabs. He sent Joscelin down next to Romeo once they were all clear.

"Nice work," he told Trowa. Reno was impressed by the older kid's fighting sense. He got the impression the teenager had seen combat before and had experience with a little more than a simple street fight. But the Turk didn't have time to wonder what that was all about.

"All right. You," he pointed at Trowa, "stay here and keep these two safe. You two," he pointed at Romeo and Joscelin. He hesitated the briefest of seconds. "You two get to work on cleaning this mess up, you hear? We need to help the island leaders get this place prepared for their ceremony or ritual or whatever it is they have to do. I'm counting on you guys to get it done, all right?"

Reno wasn't the best at talking to kids but he tried to emulate what he knew and used speech tactics to try and encourage them to listen. He only hoped it worked on the bratty one because Reno knew that kind of attitude--it wasn't far off from his own. If he was lucky he'd get some lip but a reluctant acceptance and the kids would be safe here near the plinth where they could work while the others kept them safe from the crabs.

Elves have many talents. Like Oliphant surfing!

[laurefindil]

That was certainly a distraction. The sharkbear roared and charged her, and Glorfindel took advantage of it's movement to jump up and club it in one eye with the tonfa he'd been loaned. Somehow he didn't think Cassie would mind that he got a little something on her weapon.

[dredefulchilde]

Joscelin’s pride won’t permit him to thank the vulgar redhead, but he’s grateful to have been saved from the pincers and deposited in a relatively safe spot next to Romeo. Cleaning sounds something far better suited to their skillsets than battling mutant crustaceans, and the faster they can put the chamber back in order, the faster the old folks will perform their ritual and they can get the hell out of there.

Joss nods at both Reno and Trowa. From the defiant set of the boy’s chin it’s fairly obvious that he won’t give them much more acknowledgment than that.

“Fine. We’ll tidy up for you. Just keep the monsters away from us.”

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel deeply appreciated the assists, especially as he and Cassie and Reno were taking down the sharkbears.

Fighting the crabs, he kept a watchful eye and ear out to make sure he didn't suddenly dodge into her line of fire.

[cassiefuckingcage]

Indeed, getting covered in blood and jellied eyeball is what it's there for. (Besides, Piccolo could always just make another one).

The bearshark bellows and grasps at its ruined eye socket. But it is already moving much too fast to stop. It stumbles and lunges forward at a running pace, throwing its head and free arm out in a vain attempt to balance itself.

Cassie waits until it's nearly on top of her before she makes her move. This time her foot surges up toward its jaws, sending herself flipping back to safety as she does. Her boot connects directly with where its chin would be if it had one.

Best bring an umbrella. The forecast calls for shark heads.

Shaw | OTA

[aablublublu]

There were a lot of people here who could fight. Many of them much better at it than Shaw. She was confident enough in her abilities, but she also figured that there was somewhere else her skills were better applied.

"Someone holdthisinplace! Thedamagecontinues higherupthewall!"

While the others were holding the monsters at bay, Shaw worked tirelessly on restoring the shape of the ritual chamber. Okay, not tirelessly, she was actually very tired, but damned if that was going to slow her down right when the stakes were at their highest. The only trouble she was having was that her attempts to organize the efforts were hampered by her unassuming appearance and rapid-fire speech patterns. On that bit, she could use a bit of help, but if you need something heavy moved into or out of place, you could count on Shaw.

[myblueskies]

"Thank you for saving Joss sir!" Romeo at least has no misplaced pride when it comes to being grateful and he is really glad that someone was able to help Joss when he wasn't.

He's not good at helping Joss at all, he checks over his friend, to check he hasn't been hurt. "Thank you too sir." He nodded at Trowa, glad he had gotten out of all those crabs!

At the instructions he nodded firmly, "Yes sir! We will make it very clean!"

A ritual sounded very important after all!

[laurefindil]

"Well," Glorfindel said, looking down at his purple wetsuit now covered in sharkbear brains. "This is a look."

"Glad I had my helmet on."

[cassiefuckingcage]

"Don't sweat it. Plenty of water to clean up in, remember?"

Yeah, Cassie hasn't let that one go yet. Even as she flicks a bit of grey matter out of her hair.

"Speaking of cleaning up messes, how d'you think the priests coming along?"

Re: Shaw | OTA

[laurefindil]

Glorfindel was concentrating on the monsters, but he wasn't about to lose track of his Team mates (too many years fighting orcs for that), so when he recognized the speech pattern, he quickly located her. "What help do you need?"

[laurefindil]

He laughed. "I do, actually!"

Glorfindel looked over to where the priests and some of their team members were cleaning up the mess and getting ready for whatever their ritual was going to be. "Looks good. We just have to keep that space clear now and wait, I suppose."

[theturksway]

"It doesn't mean anything," Reno replied.

The stab was a good call and Reno approved of it with a quick thumbs up aimed in Glor's direction.

Reno moaned dejectedly but dutifully turned towards the second shark-headed monster and straightened up. He rolled his left shoulder, the one holding the Electro-Mag Rod, and then nodded. "Yeah, all right. Let's do this."

Ifrit, better late than never

[oripyrothy]

Huge swarms of large monsters? Enclosed space? An actual DRY cave without moisture trying to smother every flame??

This is a battlefield MADE for Ifrit. And she is LIVING for it.

Ifrit stands probably further up front than is strictly necessary, flames burning and bursting in the general direction of the giant crabs and/or giant shark-headed monstrosities. Her laugh sounds a little villainous, or at least delinquent-on-a-rampage-ish. "COME ON! Is THIS all you've GOT!? I'm going to turn you all into ash!"

Just a girl going into a battle high. But at least these intense flames are actually coming in handy here.