The Nightstar Zoo

01[20:01] <Celizic> As the party approaches the ruins of the temple there is shout of "HOLD IT!" as two men with spears jump to attention "Hold it right there!" says the first, "Wait a moment!" Says the second, "I thought our orders were to keep things from getting out, not things from getting in."
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01[20:01] <Celizic> "Hmmm, I never thought about it that way." "We that that firey bloke in." "Yeah he seemed nice enough, I hope he doesn't get eaten..." "Yeah! That's it! There's horrible horrible things in there. YOu should turn back."
01[20:02] <Celizic> Both guards look exactly the same, lanky blond fellows, likely twins.
01[20:03] <Celizic> They both stop pointing their spears in the general direction of the party.
[20:03] <Art> "'ello!"
[20:03] <Art> "We're 'ired to go into the temple."
[20:03] <Art> "Father Bradly's gonna give us a potion!"
01[20:03] <Celizic> "Somebody hates you that much."
01[20:04] <Celizic> "Well. I don't see any reason why you can't go in." Says the other, "But yeah be careful."
[20:04] <Dryte> "Obviously. Let us through now."
[20:04] <Art> "Aw, 'ow scary can undead be? They already lost once!"
[20:04] <Sophia> "Certainly not as much as whoever assigned you two the duty to watch over a horde of undead creatures armed with only spears."
01[20:04] <Celizic> "WAIT WAIT WAIT" Says the second, "If they go in, and THEN try to go out. Aren't we supposed to stop them. Because we're supposed to stop anyone from leaving right."
06[20:04] * Fangs puts his hand on Screamer's head, grinning. "Aren't we supposed to put them to rest?
01[20:04] <Celizic> "I don't think that extends to non monsterous things." "What about that guy, he's pretty monstrous."
06[20:05] * Dryte snarls at the guards.
06[20:05] * Rhapsody laughs lightly, "Boy, you two don't know much about y' job, eh?"
[20:06] <Art> "So wot's this about a flaming guy inna temple?"
01[20:06] <Celizic> "SHould we be stabbing that one." "I don't think so, he's not eatin' the other blokes." "GOod point I wouldn't want to stab him I'd likely lose."
01[20:06] <Celizic> "Well, yeah, just watch for the flaming bloke. He's a nice enoug hfellow, don't be stuffing things into him."
[20:07] <Sophia> "... into him?"
01[20:07] <Celizic> "You know, pointy objects."
06[20:07] * Sophia eyes the two guards.
01[20:07] <Celizic> "Oh yeah, I'm Frank, he's Bob."
06[20:07] * Sophia scribbles something into her journal.
01[20:07] <Celizic> Bob nods repeatedly.
[20:08] <Art> "'k. We'll be going in now. See you on the way out, guv'nors."
01[20:08] <Celizic> "What was his name?" says bob, "Aeon?"
[20:08] <Dryte> "Let's get moving. They're offering nothing important."
01[20:08] <Celizic> "NO I think it was eiown"
06[20:08] * Art peers into the temple past the guards.
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03[20:08] * Geo is now known as Torin
01[20:09] <Celizic> Frank, "I resent that remark furry one!" Bob "It is technically true."
01[20:09] <Celizic> Frank "For starters I'm a good whittler, I can make mighty fine whistles out of licorice."
[20:11] <Art> "That's important to 'eroes 'eading into a tomb of 'orrors, then?"
06[20:11] * Torin glares at the two.
01[20:11] <Celizic> "Well how else ya gonna whistle for help and have it taste good at the same time."
[20:12] <Dryte> "I've made a whistle out of human bone before."
06[20:12] * Rhapsody rubs her forehead lightly, "Can we be headin' in now, boys?"
[20:12] <Art> "If you eat the whistle, 'ow do you whistle?"
06[20:12] * Dryte pushes past the guards and into the tomb, letting his remark hang.
01[20:13] <Celizic> Bob "he has a point frank..." Frank "That's why I keep tellin' ya don't EAT the whistle."
[20:13] <Art> "So why licorice?"
06[20:13] * Rhapsody follows behind Dryte. "Don't worry y'r little heads, guardboys, we'll take care o' your pest problem, and then y' won't have to guard any more. You can go back to y'r licorice."
06[20:14] * Sophia continues to eye the twins as she follows after the others.
01[20:14] <Celizic> "The taste seeps into your mouth when ya got it in there."
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01[20:15] <Celizic> The cielings gone from the temple, most of the innards have been washed away by the elements.
06[20:15] * Fangs slips his blade onto his hand and keeps Screamer close at hand.
06[20:16] * Dryte glances back at the guards as he continues on, "It's like they WANT to be bitten."
[20:16] <Dark> "I dunno, wot's stupid taste like?"
03[20:16] * Dark is now known as Art
[20:17] <Dryte> "Ever taken a draught of stewed nettles? Similar."
[20:17] <Fangs> "Do you always talk about food?"
[20:17] <Art> "There's always time for halfsies."
[20:18] <Art> *elevensies
06[20:18] * Sophia tucks her journal away and fumbles a mace out of her pack.
[20:19] <Sophia> "Oh, Dennit, please don't let me have to use this."
06[20:20] * Dryte eyes Fangs, "Nettles don't make good food. But the healer thought it was a great remedy."
06[20:20] * Art looks around.
06[20:20] * Art continues onwards, dagger held loosely in his left hand.
[20:21] <Fangs> "Let me guess for eating too much?
01[20:21] <Celizic> ANy books in the upper level are long gone, anything even remotely interesting and useful is gone
01[20:21] <Celizic> There are however splatters of blood.
01[20:21] <Celizic> Shattered bones.
01[20:21] <Celizic> the trail of carnage leads to a set of elaborate doors hemmed with runes about the edges with a figure staring intently at them.
06[20:21] * Fangs slips a sunrod into its place on his shoulder keeping his hand free.
06[20:21] * Art eyes the figure.
06[20:22] * Fangs does keep it off though
06[20:22] * Eion eyes the door with intense interest.
06[20:22] * Rhapsody follows along, looking down at her feet and ahead into the room.
06[20:23] * Eion is a tall, lean man shrouded from his neck down in loose robes over a pair of trousers and a leather vest sewn with round discs of metal.
[20:24] <Sophia> "Oh, interesting!"
[20:24] <Eion> The most obvious distinguishing feature is what appears to be flames burning from the top of a smooth, dark skinned scalp.
06[20:24] * Dryte looks at Eion, "That bloke's on fire!"
[20:24] <Art> "'ello, guv'nor!"
[20:24] <Art> "Need some wa'er?"
06[20:25] * Eion turns from the door, leaning on his glaive. "I beg your pardon?" His common is thickly accented and slow.
06[20:25] * Sophia adjusts her glasses and peers at Eion's flaming head.
[20:25] <Torin> "A man I can can listen to."
[20:26] <Sophia> "I've only read about this but I haven't actually seen one myself."
[20:26] <Art> "So, we're 'ired to go find something inna ruins, wot are you doing 'ere, guv?"
06[20:26] * Dryte conjures a small bit of water and sends it at Eion's head.
06[20:26] * Eion mouths Art's words to himself. "What am I doing here? Yes? I am traveling."
06[20:28] * Eion glances up at the water and shivers slightly. "Prefer I would you not do that."
06[20:29] * Dryte blinks, "Aren't you on fire?"
[20:29] <Torin> "Enough with meeting people, let us go kill undead."
[20:29] <Rhapsody> "Dryte, what are you doing?! At least make sure the fellow wants his head put out." She turns to Eion, "Sorry about that, fellow."
[20:30] <Art> "So wot are you doing in 'ere? We need to go in, if you'll excuse us, guv."
06[20:30] * Art ignores the man and examines the door.
[20:30] <Sophia> "I assume you're the other party hired to clear out the catacombs, correct?"
[20:30] <Eion> "There is no need for an apology. Many have been impolitic on my journey."
[20:31] <Eion> "Hired? This is money for work, yes?"
06[20:31] * Torin steps forward and examines the markings on the floor.
06[20:31] * Fangs nods to the genasi. "I understand so, though removing those that do not still live is reward enough"
06[20:31] * Dryte yargs, "I assign the gnome as the emergency food supply, and then I discover that you can get the kind that's self-heating."
[20:32] <Sophia> "Sometimes, yes, but there are treasures much more valuable than mere gold to be found down there."
06[20:32] * Sophia nods at the catacomb doors.
06[20:33] * Art rummages through a pouch and selects a few tines and begins working on the lock.
[20:33] <Art> "They locked it to keep the dead in, wot do you know..."
[20:33] <Eion> "Not hired. I travel. Go where the journey takes me."
01[20:33] <Celizic> The door clicks.
[20:34] <Sophia> "Oh. I see."
06[20:34] * Art backflips and spreads his arms. "Ta da!"
06[20:34] * Art puts his tools away.
06[20:34] * Rhapsody claps, "Good job, Mr. Bird, let's head in."
06[20:34] * Fangs motions for Screamer to stay close
[20:34] <Eion> "Mr. Bird is the short one's name?"
[20:34] <Art> "You journeying into the ruins, guv?"
[20:35] <Eion> "I journey, yes."
[20:35] <Art> "No! Me name's Arthur Falcon, nice to meet you, guv'nor! Just call me 'Art'. Wot's your name?"
01[20:35] <Celizic> It's dark inside, very dark.
[20:35] <Eion> "I am called Eion-Dal Diacos."
[20:36] <Art> "'k."
06[20:36] * Eion moves toward the open door and past Art. "You will excuse me."
06[20:36] * Art peers inside. "Anyone got a light?"
06[20:36] * Dryte projects his light into the tomb's room to help banish the darkness.
06[20:36] * Fangs points to his mountain lion. "He's Screamer and I'm Fangs"
06[20:36] * Rhapsody giggles at Art, "Ah, you need a lamp?" She heads into the door.
01[20:37] <Celizic> Fang's sunrod pierces through the meager darkness efficiently, the stairs descend down into a rubble laiden room.
06[20:37] * Dryte eyes Fangs and Eion and shrugs, dispelling his light.
01[20:37] <Celizic> The room has six sarcophogi, though all but one are either broken down to rubble or open and empty.
01[20:37] <Celizic> The northeast one is umolested.
06[20:37] * Art quietly slips in and to the side.
06[20:38] * Torin moves in and readies his sword.
01[20:38] <Celizic> Sophia studies the runes on the door above.
06[20:38] * Art starts searching the opened sarcophohi.
01[20:39] <Celizic> The opened sarcophogi are empty.
06[20:39] * Rhapsody heads towards the unopen sarcophagus, running her hands over it. "Hmm.
06[20:39] * Torin peers into each open sarcophagus from where he stands.
[20:39] <Eion> "Many honor-men here."
06[20:39] * Dryte examines the sarcophogi, "Looks like dead things have risen."
[20:39] <Torin> "Or have been stolen."
06[20:39] * Fangs moves over to the one that isn't open and starts to examine it
06[20:39] * Dryte sniffs around.
[20:40] <Eion> "They die and are buried in stone boxes. Is great honor."
[20:40] <Torin> "You should not disturb the dead that have not moved."
[20:41] <Dryte> "My tribe ate the dead."
[20:41] <Torin> "Tasty animals, yes, people no."
[20:41] <Fangs> "It looks safe to open"
[20:41] <Eion> "To eat the dead is great no-honor."
[20:41] <Rhapsody> "Then let's do it, can you get it open?"
06[20:42] * Dryte eyes Torin, "We had many people in our diet."
[20:42] <Torin> "Do not eat me and I will not eat you."
06[20:42] * Fangs motions with his bladehand. "ITs hard to do on my own but I can help
[20:43] <Dryte> "The gnome is the designated emergency food supply. You have no need to worry."
[20:43] <Eion> "In my people, when the firesoul dies, one is given to the great firesoul."
06[20:43] * Fangs removes his blade and tries to lift the lid
06[20:43] * Rhapsody pulls at the lid unsuccessfully. "This thing's heavy!"
01[20:44] <Celizic> The lid of the sarcophogus slips out of Rhapsody's hand and lands on the floor shattering with a resonating bang.
06[20:44] * Eion frowns sternly. "Is great no-honor!"
06[20:44] * Rhapsody laughs, "Ah, oops!"
06[20:44] * Eion glares at Rhapsody.
01[20:44] <Celizic> The echoes of the the loud bang die down.
06[20:44] * Fangs shakes his head at the tiefling's noise and motions Screamer in closer
06[20:45] * Dryte flinches, "You DO know we're trying to get the jump on anything that wishes to eat us, right?"
06[20:45] * Rhapsody smiles at Eion. "Ah, my name's Rhapsody, by the way." She looks down into the sarcophagus, "Sorry about that, sir. Didn't mean to shatter y'r lid."
06[20:45] * Fangs looks towards the closed door. "I hear something on the other side"
01[20:45] <Celizic> There is a shiny longsword on the skeleton in the stone coffin.
06[20:45] * Eion raps his glaive on the floor. "Great no-honor. Your descendents have great bad luck because of your no-honor."
06[20:47] * Torin scowls.
01[20:47] <Celizic> The door flies open.....
[20:47] <Dryte> "He isn't using his body or weapon anymore, Eion. I'm sure he won't mind."
03[20:47] * ilf_guests is now known as Ram
06[20:47] * Fangs motions to the blade. "Its no used to the dead or to me"
[20:48] <Eion> "It is great no-honor to his children and their children."
06[20:49] * Rhapsody smiles into the coffin, "Ah, a sword." She laughs at Eion, "Don't worry, his family's probably long gone. An' my blood is already infected with dishonor."
[20:49] <Dryte> "Machines have blood?"
[20:50] <Eion> "Infected? I do not know this word."
[20:50] <Fangs> "Its a normal sword from from what I can see"
06[20:51] * Rhapsody smiles at Eion. "'Tis nothin' to worry y'r firey head over."
[20:51] <Fangs> ((scrape that))
[20:51] <Fangs> "It appears to be magical"
[20:52] <Eion> The flame on his Eion's head jumps, flares. "It is my choice to worry. Not yours."
06[20:52] * Dryte grasps his staff, "It appears we have company."
06[20:52] * Rhapsody looks to the doors, "Took them long enough t' get here."
06[20:53] * Dryte shifts to be in line with the door, "I'll slow the back down, thin their numbers!"
01[20:53] <Celizic> A swarm of skeletons stand arrayed in the hallway, most of them horribly battered dry with rusty weapons and decrepit bows.
[20:53] <Fangs> "Since you use a greatsword it appears we may want to give it to someone that uses those type of weapons more"
[20:53] <Eion> "You make great no-honor."
06[20:53] * Dryte chants quickly in Abyssal and strikes his staff on the ground, sending a dark wave of shadows out into the hallway.
01[20:56] <Celizic> The dry bones are ripped assunder in an arcane assault.
06[20:59] * Fangs slips up to the nearest skeleton while slipping his blade into place and swing down at the thing.
01[20:59] <Celizic> The skeleton sidesteps the swipe.
06[21:01] * Torin moves past the skeleton in front and reaches back with his sword to smite it.
01[21:02] <Celizic> Torin demolishes a skeleton.
06[21:03] * Torin lets a slim smile creep across his face.
06[21:04] * Rhapsody moves past Fang into the room, aiming an attack at one of the skeletons.
01[21:06] <Celizic> She beheads the boney terror.
06[21:06] * Torin nods at Rhapsody.
01[21:07] <Celizic> THis room appears to have numerous alcoves in the room designed for laying dead bodies.
01[21:07] <Celizic> SOme of the alcoves have skeletons in tattered burial wraps, some do not.
01[21:07] <Celizic> SImple grey columns are at the intersection.
06[21:07] * Rhapsody grins at Torin, "This shouldn't be too hard, eh?"
06[21:08] * Eion moves through the passageway into the center of the fray and sends his glaive spinning.
[21:08] <Torin> "These are fodder. The real test will come later."
[21:11] <Rhapsody> "I can't wait."
01[21:11] <Celizic> Eion gets nicked on th way in, but manages to drive the point home to his target.
06[21:12] * Torin glances at Eion, but sees she is still standing.
01[21:13] <Celizic> Eion's followthrough takes out the legs of a second skeleton.
06[21:13] * Sophia braces her glasses and moves toward the doorway, "WhatamIdoingwhatamIdoingwhata-"
06[21:17] * Sophia points her mace at the skeleton minion and shouts, "Quiet in the library!"
01[21:17] <Celizic> It ducks the bolt.
01[21:18] <Celizic> It lashes at the barbarian.
01[21:18] <Celizic> *scratch*
01[21:18] <Celizic> THe warriors load their bows and let fly.
01[21:19] <Celizic> Rhapsody gets poinked once.
01[21:20] <Celizic> An arrow glances her arm.
06[21:21] * Rhapsody glances at her arm, "Ah, it's just a flesh wound. You'll be sorry for that."
06[21:21] * Art wanders closer, pulling out a spike.
06[21:22] * Art peers around the corner.
06[21:25] * Art flicks his wrist, sending a spike at the skeleton in front of Torin.
01[21:28] <Celizic> Art's spike shatters the bony being's skull the rest collapses.
[21:28] <Art> "Ping!"
[21:28] <Torin> "Nice shot Bird."
[21:28] <Art> "Art!"
[21:30] <Torin> "Looked more like science to me."
06[21:34] * Ram brandishes his axe and moves forward into the hallway.
06[21:35] * Torin says to the Gnoll, "I am moving soon."
06[21:36] * Dryte moves into the room and blasts at one of the skeletons down the hall with a light blue ray of cold energy.
[21:36] <Torin> "We are clustering, if they have a wizard, we are toast."
01[21:37] <Celizic> It ducks behind the corner.
[21:39] <Eion> "Clustering?"
[21:39] <Rhapsody> "Then let's seperate, I'll take one, you take one, firey takes one. Whoever's left gets the last one?"
[21:39] <Torin> "I am moving forward.
[21:40] <Torin> "
06[21:40] * Fangs swings around the corner after moving foward motioning Screamer to slink in
01[21:41] <Celizic> Fanks can't get a clean enough swing to connect.
06[21:41] * Rhapsody giggles a bit, "Well, we'll do what we can then, only so much room in here, ah?"
06[21:41] * Torin screams, "Blood and Glory!"
[21:42] <Sophia> "This fighting thing is a lot louder than I thought it would be."
[21:43] <Art> "When a mace 'its a breastplate, it's like a big gong, isn't it?"
01[21:44] <Celizic> TOrin's barrage of blows leave the skeleton battered, broken, but still standing.
06[21:44] * Sophia replies dryly, "I'd rather not find out."
06[21:45] * Art says happily, "Goooooong!"
06[21:49] * Rhapsody moves up to the nearest enemy, swinging her sword.
01[21:51] <Celizic> Rhapsody's blade nicks some bone.
06[21:52] * Eion moves forward, whipping the blade of his glaive at the bloodies skeleton.
01[21:53] <Celizic> Eion cleaves its skull in twain.
[21:54] <Torin> "I could have killed it."
06[21:55] * Sophia sighs and advances again to thrust her mace in the air, "Oh, lost souls, bask in Dennit's wisdom and realize you're /dead already/."
01[21:59] <Celizic> They recoil slightly before Sophia's radiance but hold their ground.
01[22:00] <Celizic> THey drop their bows and grab their swords and heavy shields lashing at those before them.
[22:00] <Sophia> "They're supposed to fall over..."
[22:00] <Torin> "I said the later ones would be tougher."
[22:00] <Art> "Shiny. The bone'eads are allergic to light?"
01[22:01] <Celizic> Torin and Rhapsody are injured injured in the assault.
[22:01] <Sophia> "All undead are vulnerable to the holy power of common sense."
06[22:01] * Torin smirks.
06[22:02] * Art moves up behind Sophia and flicks another bo-shuriken at a skeleton.
01[22:02] <Celizic> The skeleton ducks behind the pillar evading the spike.
06[22:05] * Ram rushes up and opens himself to attack so he can hit one of the skeleton warrior's evne harder.
[22:05] <Eion> "Good it is that you came. There are many here and these are not weak."
[22:05] <Art> "'ey, they're not that dumb!"
01[22:06] <Celizic> Ram knocks the skeleton off footing slightly.
06[22:08] * Dryte moves up and repeats his attack on the other skeleton down the hall.
01[22:08] <Celizic> It weaves out of the way of the blast.
06[22:09] * Fangs circles around to one of the skeleton, motioning Screamer to do the same as both attack
01[22:13] <Celizic> THe skeleton wards off the cat with its shield.
01[22:15] <Celizic> Leaving it very open to Fangs' strike which leaves it battered.
06[22:15] * Torin shifts to get beyond the skeleton.
06[22:16] * Torin swings hard at the skeleton.
01[22:16] <Celizic> The skeleton sidesteps the blow.
[22:16] <Torin> "Curse you! Stand still."
06[22:18] * Rhapsody yells out, "Come on, woman, you can beat this hunk o' metal and bones!" She lifts her greatsword, slamming it down at the creature.
01[22:20] <Celizic> Rhapsody chips armor and bone.
06[22:21] * Eion jabs at the bloodied skeleton before him. "Return to sleep, before you lose all honor."
01[22:21] <Celizic> It deftly deflects the glaive with its sword
01[22:22] <Celizic> The strength of the blow rattles its bones none the less.
06[22:23] * Sophia takes another couple of step forward and whirls her mace around her, "Oh, Dennit, please grant my allies the power of wisdom!"
01[22:29] <Celizic> The skeleton is blasted to ash as the warm glows washes over Fangs and Eion.
[22:29] <Torin> "Well done cleric."
[22:29] <Torin> ((priestess.))
01[22:29] <Celizic> The skeletons shift to flank the warlord.
[22:30] <Sophia> "I got one!"
[22:30] <Torin> "You can make a mark on your prayer book now."
06[22:31] * Art eyes the skeleton he has a clear shot to, and in one smooth motion draws and flicks a projectile at it.
01[22:32] <Celizic> The spike skitters down the hallway.
[22:32] <Art> "Whoops."
06[22:32] * Art rummages through his pouch.
[22:33] <Torin> "Coward! Come back here! Face me!"
01[22:37] <Celizic> Ram's assault batters a skeleton.
06[22:38] * Ram shifts north a bit, hsi arms suddenly glowing much longer to lash out at the skeleton nearest Rhapsody, while his hands glow with crimson light.
06[22:41] * Dryte shifts and blasts the skeleton ahead of him with frost.
01[22:42] <Celizic> The skeleton wards the shot with its shield.
06[22:43] * Fangs slips next to the skeleton with Screamer and screamer claws at it
[22:45] <Torin> "Yarrrr!"
06[22:45] * Torin swings at the skeleton.
01[22:46] <Celizic> The skeleton sidesteps the barbarian.
[22:47] <Torin> "This is no skeleton, this is a worm, by the spirits it is so!"
06[22:53] * Torin smiles at the Tiefling. "He won't evade me for much longer."
06[22:53] * Rhapsody moves up to flank against the enemy, calling to Torin, "Attack with me, friend! Let's take him down!" She looks at the enemy, "How dare you try to attack me!"
[22:54] <Torin> "You have spirit woman! We shall do this."
06[22:56] * Torin swings.
01[22:57] <Celizic> The combined assault batters the skeleton.
[22:58] <Rhapsody> "Damnit, why won't it fall?!"
06[22:58] * Eion twists his glaive in his hands and spins it toward the battered skeleton.
[22:58] <Torin> "He is weak now. He will go down soon."
01[22:59] <Celizic> The skeleton's armor catches the worst of it but it's staggering.
[22:59] <Fangs> "I guess even the unliving can grip to their semblince of life just like the living do"
06[23:03] * Sophia points her mace at the skeleton in front of her and shouts, "Quiet in the library!"
01[23:04] <Celizic> Sophia blasts another skeleton to dust with holy light.
01[23:05] <Celizic> The remaining skeleton lashes at the warlord.
06[23:05] * Rhapsody blinks surprised, and grins at Sophia, "Great job, lovely! Keep it up."
06[23:06] * Art moves to get a clear shot at the remaining skeleton, and flings a spike at it.
06[23:06] * Art undos.
06[23:07] * Art darts past the skeleton and slashes at it with his dagger.
06[23:07] * Rhapsody winces and growls at the skeleton, "Ah, what was that for? I only want you to die, is that so bad?"
01[23:08] <Celizic> The skeleton lashes at the passing halfling with unnatural speed only to find a halfling is unnaturally luckier.
06[23:09] * Art slashes again then darts back into the group.
[23:10] <Art> "I come! I go!"
[23:10] <Art> "Weeee!"
[23:11] <Torin> "I heard the bird chirping again."
01[23:11] <Celizic> Art weasels his blade into a chink in its armor seperating vertibrate from vertibrate, the skeleton splits at the waist and falls to the ground in two halves.
06[23:11] * Art doesn't stop retreating though.
06[23:12] * Art looks around.
01[23:12] <Celizic> The room is shaped like a cross, numerous alcoves have non-moving skeletons in them in tattered burial wraps.
01[23:13] <Celizic> The dry dusty stone underfoot has spotted with occasional rubble.
01[23:13] <Celizic> A rat sniffs at the trail of blood, looks up at the party, and scurries away.
06[23:13] * Sophia plants her fists on her hips and looks around in annoyance.
06[23:13] * Dryte picks up one of the bones and bites down on it, but it crumbles to dust, "Too old..."
[23:13] <Sophia> "This is really too messy."
06[23:13] * Torin wipes the goo off his blade.
01[23:14] <Celizic> A trail of blood leads out of one of the doors.
06[23:14] * Fangs keeps his hand in his blade but leans aginast the pillar and slips into a trance for a bit to refocus
06[23:14] * Ram stretches his arms out, popping the joints where they had grown hideously long earlier in the battle. "Gah, doing that thing allways makes my joints need oiling."
06[23:14] * Art trots around collecting his shuriken, then examines the skeleton's gear.
06[23:14] * Rhapsody wipes her forehead, and looks at the wound on her arm. "Damned skeletons.." She looks down at the leftover dust and bones, and stomps on it several times.
01[23:15] <Celizic> The skeletons were using heavy shields and the hardier ones had some mail on.
06[23:15] * Art begins piling up their gear in the center while the others bind their wounds.
01[23:15] <Celizic> All the skeletal equipmen is rusty battered and dusty, not something one'd use for a long while.
[23:15] <Sophia> "Any books?"
06[23:15] * Sophia peers over Art's shoulder.
[23:15] <Art> "Aww, this is all old. Maybe you can take the bits and make one suit out of it?"
06[23:15] * Dryte takes a look down the hallways, "I wonder if any of the dead here have flesh."
06[23:16] * Eion leans on the haft of his glaive. "Very welcome, I am feeling."
06[23:16] * Fangs reopens his eyes and looks around. "Rhapsody, that sword you are holding, you might want to see if anyone else can use it unless you don't wish to keep using big weapons for now.
06[23:16] * Eion 's scalp flares.
06[23:17] * Art looks disgruntled. "I can't use any of this!"
06[23:17] * Sophia quirks an eyebrow at Eion's scalp.
06[23:17] * Ram pats down a flare of crimson light from the joints on hsi hand as he goes to pick up a longbow. "Could use one of these. Surprised the strings haven't rotted away, though."
[23:17] <Art> "Anybody wanna shield? It could help you from getting scrached again."
[23:18] <Torin> "It would slow me down."
06[23:18] * Ram picks up a shortbow, excuse me. "I've been using one."
[23:18] <Art> "You guys should all carry a bow, so we can unleash a volley!"
06[23:19] * Art eyes Torin. "So you don't wanna wear this chainmail, guv?"
06[23:19] * Ram also grabs twenty arrows.
[23:19] <Torin> "It would slow me down."
06[23:20] * Rhapsody looks over the shields, considering. "Hmm.. Wonder how much this would slow me down..."
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[23:21] <Ram> "Hmm... I've got my axe, but I guess a sword couldn't hurt, too."
06[23:21] * Ram picks upt a sword with his shield hand. "Wish it was a component, though. Eh, we can get it modified."
[23:21] <Sophia> "But... that was a dead person's..."
[23:22] <Eion> "It is not done by my people. I shall not take."
[23:22] <Art> "It's not like they need it anymore, luv."
[23:22] <Ram> "I'm with the halfling."
[23:22] <Dryte> "My only concern is it didn't do much to save him from dying."
[23:22] <Fangs> "IF we find a placed to work on it Ram I'll do that for you"
[23:22] <Art> "You guys should really 'ave a bow with you. If you shoot'em before they get to you, they can't 'urt you!"
[23:22] <Sophia> "I mean it was a /rotted/ dead person's stuff."
[23:23] <Torin> "So don't lick the blade."
[23:23] <Art> "Oh, they'll wash it, luv. Or at least I think they will. Well, I would."
06[23:23] * Ram nods at Fangs. "Thanks for the offer, Fangs. I never have felt comfortable just holding a weapon."
06[23:24] * Torin rolls his shoulders and says, "We should continue."
[23:24] <Torin> ((move on.))
[23:24] <Torin> "Bird, come check this door or shall I just kick it?"
[23:24] <Art> "Let me 'ave a looksee."
06[23:25] * Art wanders over to look it over.
06[23:25] * Fangs smiles. "Someone might want to go get that sword from that grave back there"
[23:25] <Art> "Wot? You left it behind?"
06[23:25] * Sophia moves to put a corner between her and the door.
06[23:26] * Ram moves to watch Art work, patting down another flare of crimson light from his elbow.
06[23:27] * Fangs motions Screamer to follow again as he moves towards the others
06[23:28] * Rhapsody straps her greatsword onto her back, reaching to grab one of the heavy shields. "Eh, I might want to get this for now.. I call the dead man's sword.."
[23:28] <Art> "Seems fine to me."
06[23:28] * Art steps aside and waves Torin on. "Not even locked. Wonder who's there?"
[23:28] <Eion> "Is great honor to bear sword of man bury with great honor."
[23:28] <Dryte> "More dead things, possibly."
06[23:28] * Torin steps through, sword at the ready.
06[23:29] * Rhapsody wanders into the first room, over to the sarcophagus. She reaches in for the longsword, and runs back to the group. "Damned dead men and their nice weapons."
06[23:30] * Art peers around the corner. "Uh oh."
01[23:30] <Celizic> Within the room is another dusty room with the walkway disturbed with blood columns hold the cieling up and sarcophogi stand to the north.
01[23:31] <Celizic> And 3 bloody skeletons with tatters of flesh hanging form them stand at ready, a scimitar blade is lashed to one limb shards of bone seem to be attatched to their frame at random.
06[23:31] * Sophia sneaks forward and peers around the doorframe, "What is it?"
[23:31] <Torin> "More manky skeletons."
06[23:32] * Eion reaches out one hand and pats Sophia on the shoulder. "You will excuse me, Miss. My job."
06[23:32] * Eion moves past her.
[23:33] <Sophia> "Eep."
06[23:36] * Dryte moves into the doorway, "More bones." He chants words in abyssal and strikes his staff on the ground, sending a wave of shadows at the two grouped together.
[23:37] <Torin> "More magic."
06[23:38] * Art eyes the bloody skeleton in view appraisingly, and flings his dagger at it, drawing another one.
[23:38] <Ram> "More killing. I'm not complaining."
[23:39] <Eion> "My Itiner is becoming very dangerous."
01[23:39] <Celizic> The dagger cuts through bone.
[23:39] <Sophia> "Your what?"
[23:40] <Art> "'e said Itiner."
01[23:40] <Celizic> A blazing skeleton enters from the southern room, hurling a ball of fire at the barbarian.
[23:40] <Sophia> "Is that... something phallic?"
[23:40] <Ram> "Sounds like some kind've disease."
[23:40] <Art> "'e's on fire!"
01[23:41] <Celizic> Torin burns.
[23:41] <Sophia> "He's not supposed to be the one on fire!"
06[23:42] * Ram moves around the corner and attacks the skeleton there.
[23:43] <Eion> "Another firesoul. A challenge for me. I understand."
01[23:44] <Celizic> The boneshard lashes back at the warforged with a bloody scimitar.
01[23:45] <Celizic> The other two skeletons slowly move into the barbarian's face and lash at him
06[23:47] * Torin falls to the flagstones.
06[23:48] * Dryte flinches, "That isn't good, the large one is down!"
[23:49] <Art> "'e shoulda worn better armor, guv."
[23:49] <Eion> "Who is this Guv?"
[23:50] <Art> "Just short for guv'nor, guv'nor."
[23:50] <Ram> "Wait, Torin's a governor?"
[23:50] <Eion> 'Guv'nor?"
[23:51] <Sophia> "Does that make me... a luv'nor?"
[23:51] <Art> "No luv, you're a luvie."
06[23:51] * Rhapsody moves forward, "Torin! I'm comin', don't die on me!" She yells as she charges past her allies to attack the creature.
[23:54] <Art> "Guv'nor just means 'boss', guv. Not an actual guv'nor. Slang."
[23:54] <Ram> "Ah, sort've like soldier jargon, then?"
06[23:56] * Art seems to ignore the battle as he continues pondering. "Luv is like, wha'chimacallit, not love love, but kind of like luv, and also that you're lovely, which is always polite."
06[23:57] * Art nods happily at Ram. "You've got the 'ang of it, guv."
[23:58] <Art> "'cause we're every man's servant, makes them 'appy, and you get see yourself off while you're doing it."
01[23:58] <Celizic> THe barbarian's flames fetter out.
06[23:59] * Ram smirks. "Heh, sounds like dealing with a commissioned officer."
01[23:59] <Celizic> *flicker out
[23:59] <Art> "Keep everyone 'appy and outta your 'air."
06[23:59] * Fangs moves forward, motionining Screamer to keep up
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06[00:01] * Fangs growls as some of his armor and body is torn and swings down as Screamer claws
06[00:04] * Fangs seems to grow more resolved to finish this
01[00:11] <Celizic> Eion is cut down as he tries to slide out
06[00:14] * Sophia raises her mace, chants a healing prayer in the direction of Eion, and swings her weapon back down to point at the bloody bones next to him, "Quiet in the library!"
[00:14] <Art> "Library?"
[00:16] <Sophia> "It's not slang."
[00:17] <Sophia> "Rhapsody, clear step out of the way if you can, I need a clear shot at as many of the undead as I can get!"
06[00:17] * Dryte growls and slams his staff on the ground again, blasting the two undead in front of him with sonic energy.
06[00:19] * Dryte extends his hand, which bursts into flame as a ball of fire materializes and lashes out at the skeletons.
06[00:21] * Art sidles in, projectiles in hand and lets them fly.
06[00:21] * Rhapsody nods to Sophia, "I'll do my best, lovely."
01[00:22] <Celizic> Art artfully slides in.
01[00:24] <Celizic> The far skeleton gets a dagger to the face.
01[00:24] <Celizic> The near one gets one stuck in its ribs.
01[00:24] <Celizic> The flaming skeleton flings a ball of fire at Ram.
06[00:27] * Ram grunts as he starts to char and melt slightly, before stomping his feet and setting his shoulders, resolved to finish this.
06[00:27] * Art addresses the skeleton in front of him. "You're still standing? Uh oh..."
01[00:27] <Celizic> THe skeleton before art is very battered.
01[00:29] <Celizic> One of the skeletons turns and lashes at the pesky rogue.
[00:29] <Art> "Yie!"
06[00:29] * Art dodges.
[00:29] <Art> "Argh! Melee sucks!"
01[00:30] <Celizic> Another lashes at Ram.
01[00:30] <Celizic> Who deflects the stroke.
01[00:32] <Celizic> The skeleton lashes at Rhapsody as she sneaks into position.
06[00:35] * Rhapsody moves into a flanking position against the enemy, dropping the shield and longsword, and drawing her greatsword. "I *will* take you down, monster!" She slices at him with her sword.
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06[00:37] * Torin shifts.
06[00:39] * Fangs motions for Screamer to claw at the undead
03[00:39] * Torin is now known as Geo[zzz]
06[00:40] * Fangs seems to be focusing on the skeleton and ahving Screamer claw agian
01[00:41] <Celizic> IT explodes bloody shards at Fangs and his cat.
06[00:43] * Sophia runs into the room, letting one of the bloody bones take a swing at her as she passes it, and thrusts her mace above her witha shout, "Oh, lost souls, just get lost somewhere else!"
06[00:44] * Fangs has more of his body shredded and Screamers hisses at the dead body
06[00:45] * Eion recovers and rises to his feet.
06[00:48] * Sophia keeps her mace lifted as she shouts a single word in Supernal before switching to a healing prayer toward Fangs.
06[00:52] * Dryte sustains his sphere and makes it attack again.
01[00:52] <Celizic> THe undead scatter from Sophia cowering before the light.
[00:53] <Art> "Whew, thanks, luv!"
06[00:54] * Art slashes at the creature in front of him and runs away.
06[00:54] * Sophia wheezes a bit and flails a hand at Art in acknowledgement.
01[00:55] <Celizic> The burning one hurls a ball of fire at the flaming one.
06[00:55] * Art grabs ahold of another spike as he scampers.
01[00:58] <Celizic> Ram whacks at the skeleton.
01[00:58] <Celizic> Which evades the blow.
01[00:59] <Celizic> THe skeleton lunges at Ram
01[00:59] <Celizic> Who narrowly parries the blow.
01[01:00] <Celizic> Theo ther skeleton lashes at the warlord.
06[01:00] * Eion catches the flame with one bare hand. Red and orange glyphs flare on the palm of his hand. "Fire lives in my soul, bones."
01[01:01] <Celizic> THe one in the corner tries to launches a bloody bone shard at Sophia.
01[01:01] <Celizic> Which horrifically misses.
06[01:01] * Sophia yelps anyway.
06[01:02] * Rhapsody attacks the skeleton with her greatsword, and shifts back after the attack.
01[01:03] <Celizic> Rhapsody cuts into the skeleton, which explodes.
01[01:04] <Celizic> Bloody bones shower the area.
01[01:05] <Celizic> Torin lashes at Ram's target.
01[01:05] <Celizic> It explodes, spraing 6 people.
[01:08] <Sophia> "Ow! Owowowow!"
06[01:08] * Fangs still doesn't seem affected by the pain through again Screamer hisses
06[01:09] * Fangs motions Screamer forward, the cat surging and clawing ath the flaming skeleton just as it appears to have an opening
01[01:10] <Celizic> The cat finds it uncomfortably hot around the blazing skeleton.
01[01:11] <Celizic> hit
06[01:11] * Fangs follows behind screamer and lunges at the skeleton
06[01:13] * Eion circles around and sweeps his glaive at the burning skeleton.
01[01:14] <Celizic> Eion sweeps the skeleton off his feet.
01[01:14] <Celizic> Eion finds the heat of the skeleton quite hot but bearable.
[01:15] <Eion> "Your fire is nothing to that of my home."
06[01:15] * Sophia takes a step to the side and points her mace at a spot next to her, "Oh, Dennit, please grant my allies the power of wisdom!"
06[01:18] * Dryte lowers his hand, causing the sphere to dissapear. He enters the room again and casts a ray of cold at the flaming skeleton.
01[01:18] <Celizic> The skeleton staggers from the blast clearly weakened.
01[01:18] <Celizic> The skeleton evades the blast of ice.
06[01:19] * Art sidles forward and flings a spike at the downed burning skeleton.
06[01:19] * Art undos
06[01:19] * Art sneaks in and flings a spike at the not-burning skeleton.
06[01:21] * Art undos
06[01:21] * Art sneaks in and flings a spike at the burning skeleton.
[01:22] <Art> "Hah!"
01[01:23] <Celizic> The warforged lunges at the remaining skeleton.
06[01:25] * Rhapsody moves slowly out of the room, and puts her hands on her wounds. She takes in a breath, feeling better.
03[01:25] * Dryte is now known as Kaioso
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01[01:28] <Celizic> Torin presses his attack but the bloody one evades.
06[01:29] * Fangs rushes over with Screamer
06[01:32] * Eion fairly flies across the room, brandishing his glaive and thrusting over Torin's shoulder.
06[01:33] * Sophia looks at the last skeleton in the corner of the room and flicks her hand at it, sending a purple bolt of energy curving toward it.
01[01:34] <Celizic> Eion hacks away at some flesh and bone as Sophia blasts away part of it's rib cage.
06[01:34] * Art moves forward into range to fling a spike at the remaining enemy, then backs back into cover.
01[01:35] <Celizic> It ducks the spike as Ram slashes.
01[01:36] <Celizic> He hacks away at more bone, it tries to fire at the Genasi.
01[01:36] <Celizic> Torin lobs into it as it fires, it explodes.
06[01:38] * Art peers in.
[01:38] <Art> "Whew."
06[01:38] * Art begins cautiously recollecting his weapons.
06[01:38] * Eion lowers his glaive and leans on the shaft.
[01:39] <Art> "Ok, so the undead aren't that easy."
06[01:39] * Art rummages through the bodies.
06[01:39] * Rhapsody walks back to where she dropped her weapons, picking up the longsword, but leaving the shield. "Thought it might weigh me down too much."
06[01:40] * Eion 's head burns. "Fool to bring fire to me."
01[01:40] <Celizic> The south door is open into a room with a strange circle inscribed on the floor.
06[01:40] * Sophia breathes a sigh of relief and finds somewhere not bloody, boney, or potentially hiding more undead to sit on.
06[01:41] * Art searches the bodies.
06[01:41] * Sophia blinks at the circle.
06[01:41] * Fangs helps patch Screamer up some. "We have to be more careful with you"
06[01:41] * Sophia pulls out her journal and begins scribbling down details of the ritual circle.
06[01:41] * Art examines the sarcophogi and tries to open them.
01[01:42] <Celizic> *end session*