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  1. [19:35] <@Shyft|ST> It is the 21th of Resplendent Water, After a period of rest and soothing of ruffled legal feathers. (The Emissary: "You realize that was illegal, right?") But not long after, the issues were resolved and a degree of embarassing community service was extracted from your hides.
  2. [19:35] <@Shyft|ST> So, you're hanging around one of the pulley car terminals in Nexus District, planning your next move. Just for a change of pace. You have a nice, stamped scroll giving you permission to examine 'Historical Sites of Nexus' in closer detail. Now... You only need to decide which one.
  3. 03[19:37] * Jean|BusyOutside ([email protected]) has joined #Troubleshooters
  4. [19:39] <Sasuke> "I can't believe I had to pick up trash twice because they didn't see me do it the first time."
  5. [19:39] <~Ronen> "I can't believe we had to pick up trash at all."
  6. 06[19:40] * Generation scowls. "I can't believe cleansing the souls of the restless dead is a crime."
  7. [19:40] <Sasuke> "What else would they do to us? Kick us out? Kill us?"
  8. [19:40] <~Ronen> "I guess a lot of people would just be there to loot, not cleanse, and the law didn't have a 'in case of cleansing' loophole?" Ronen stretches his arms above his head. "Still pretty ridiculous, though."
  9. [19:41] <Crystal> "I can't believe I wasn't able to speed us through that entire mess."
  10. [19:42] <Sasuke> "Anyway, we've got that shiny new stamped paper that says we can do historical stuff to the tombs now, we should put it to use."
  11. 06[19:42] * Generation waves a hand. "It's fine, working outdoors is good for you anyway. Now, the tombs of the Solars. I nominate the tomb of the Zenith, wherever it may be. I will not abide a necromantic ghost in our city."
  12. 06[19:42] * Triumph whistles quietly. "Must have sucked to be you.. I just had to do more work at the clinic.."
  13. [19:42] <~Ronen> "If it'd been anyone but the Emissary we were dealing with ... but anyway." Ronen points at the Tomb of Keening Spirits. "I think we wanted to go there. The problem is, it's in Firewander, and there's all sorts of nasty stuff there."
  14. 06[19:43] * Crystal pumps a fist. "And I won't abide whatever's it those tombs *not* sitting on our shelves! So yeah, how are we gonna deal with this Firewander crap..
  15. [19:43] <Crystal> "
  16. 01[19:43] <Triumph> "W-well, we could go somewhere else if we're not ready.."
  17. [19:44] <Generation> "What Firewander crap?" He scratches his beard. "Is there something wrong there?"
  18. [19:44] <~Ronen> "It's a Wyld zone."
  19. [19:44] <Sasuke> "Oh yeah, I looked into wyld zones and found that they recede a bit during the new moon."
  20. [19:44] <Crystal> "Yeah, that. Not all of us can flex our muscles to ward off the power of pure Chaos, old man."
  21. [19:44] <Generation> "...How in the blazes is it a wyld zone? We're practically on the Inland Sea."
  22. 06[19:45] * ~Ronen waves a hand. "Raksha set off a ... thing, a long time ago. Or at least, that's what some people think."
  23. 06[19:45] * Crystal blinks at Sasuke. "So when's the next one?"
  24. 06[19:46] * Generation makes a face. "Well then. I guess we wait for the New Moon to hit, then."
  25. [19:46] <Sasuke> "End of Resplendant Water."
  26. [19:46] <~Ronen> "That's not ... TOO far from now."
  27. [19:46] <Sasuke> "Specifically the 26th through the 28th."
  28. [19:47] <Sasuke> "If we go during the day we should be perfectly safe."
  29. [19:47] <~Ronen> "That sounds awfully like tempting fate."
  30. 01[19:48] <Triumph> "So it sounds like what we do every day?"
  31. [19:48] <~Ronen> "Yes."
  32. 06[19:49] * Generation puffs on his pipe. "Quite."
  33. [19:52] <@Shyft|ST> Firewander; Wyld Tainted land. Still chaotic and murky, the sun obscured by more than just smoke... But even then, this tainted land is still part of Creation. Brave or foolish people still eek out a living on the edges of the taint.
  34. [19:52] <@Shyft|ST> Regardless, those who know the lay of the wyld can dodge most of it's harmful effects.
  35. [19:52] <@Shyft|ST> A bit less than a week later, after exploring another tomb, you make your way into Firewander, city guards nod as you pass through the walls. Iron bars line the barricade, ward against the Raksha who inhabit the wyld... But Nexus is a commercial city, and the Raksha are not above making deals with those of Creation.
  36. [19:53] <@Shyft|ST> Some of the gates let a few Fae pass, under heavy guard with iron-armed soldiers flanking them, but they remain perfectly civil.
  37. [19:53] <@Shyft|ST> One noble-looking raksha nods politely as your group and theirs passes eachother in the streets.
  38. 06[19:54] * ~Ronen raises an eyebrow at the raksha in return.
  39. [19:54] <@Shyft|ST> The Wyld itself is calm, the sky remains blue, Sol is visible in the sky, and only a slightly blue-ish tinge to the scrub grass and weeds mark the district as anything other than normal.
  40. 06[19:54] * Crystal waves with a grin as they cross paths, but otherwise doesn't pay much attention.
  41. [19:55] <@Shyft|ST> Not long later, you arrive at the Tomb of Keening Spirits... A block of grey stone some twenty yards long, ten high and twelve wide.
  42. [19:56] <@Shyft|ST> and surrounding it are a ring of twenty or more wailing, screaming ghosts, rotted armor and wicked sharp, rusted blades
  43. 06[19:56] * Generation ignores the fae, continuing on with purpose; he's holding Explosive Victory in one hand, and a stern look on his face as he sees the Tomb.
  44. [19:57] <~Ronen> "Ah, ghosts. Well, then."
  45. 06[19:58] * ~Ronen straps the claws on, just as a matter of habit. It didn't look like they'd be talking their way past these ghosts, but hey.
  46. [19:59] <Sasuke> "I read somewhere that there used to be a lot more, but they've been more than enough to keep anyone out for the past 700 years or so."
  47. 06[19:59] * Crystal reaches for Skyshatter. It didn't look like Generation would let them talk their way past these ghosts.
  48. [20:00] <@Shyft|ST> The ghosts hear the ring of orichalcum on leather, and they turn, jaws slack, teeth bared and they moan, brandishing their swords and spears.
  49. 06[20:05] * ~Ronen lets his hands drop to his sides, the air around him screaming loudly enough to drown out the moans of the ghosts. He's grinning, teeth showing in a predatory gesture more than a friendly one as the air turns to gold, then solidifies into a pattern of shimmering notes. They orbit slowly around him as he drops into a fighting stance. "If it's just twenty ghosts, I can probably do it on my own."
  50. [20:06] <Generation> "Nothing's going to stop me, Sasuke." He slaps the tube to his right arm, a spike of gold emerging by his head. "Their torturous existence will come to an end this day!" He snatches the spike from the tube, thrusting it into the air as his anima explodes into full bloom, a forest of bladed trees swaying in the wind; leaves cascade off the largest trees, sharpened blades slicing through the undead's ranks.
  51. 06[20:09] * Sasuke erupts into actions, chain daiklave spinning around and kicking up purple dust off the ground. She stops the blade on her heel and takes aim, kicking the blade into the chest of one of the ghosts. (one attack, no charm use)
  52. [20:10] <@Shyft|ST> The ghosts form loose, unordered ranks, grouping off in twos or threes they shamble and hover over to the solars burning totemic.
  53. 06[20:11] * Triumph drops to one knee, sketching a circle in the ground around her with a finger. She snaps her fingers immediately after completing the circle, causing five blades to spear through the earth and stone fully-formed. Grasping one of moonsilver and another of a prismatic, almost reflective material, she rises to her feet as the remainder begin to circle mindlessly - reflecting
  54. 01[20:11] <Triumph> the sudden burst of her anima as well as Ronen and Generation's in brilliant beams of light. "I can't just let you two do it alone.."
  55. [20:11] <@Shyft|ST> A pair of ghosts reach Sasuke first, lashing out with claw and blade!
  56. 06[20:15] * ~Ronen spreads his arms out wide. "This is kind of an experiment for me," he informs the ghosts cheerfully. "I'm going to see how many of you I can take out with one move. Are you ready? I'm ready!" Then he grins even wider, leaping at the nearest ghost- punch. He drops, spins, heading for the next one- a second punch. A hop over an errant blade brings him between the final two, and the movement(...)
  57. [20:15] <~Ronen> (...) is almost effortless as he delivers a blow to them both with one swift movement. "So how about that?"
  58. [20:19] <@Shyft|ST> A pair of ghosts dissolve into nothingness, a trio are dashed against the tomb wall and rendered nothing more but a memory. Two more simply cease to exist. One is cleaved in half and the other behind it bleeds ectoplasm as the claws raked through the first into the second.
  59. [20:20] <Crystal> "All right!" Crystal grins as she raises her blade, glinting in the sunlight, and dives straight-on into the crowd of ghosts, lunging and jabbing with all the speed and grace of a hawk. She leaps into the air, passing by the first ghost in her path with a quick slash, before landing right onto a row of three, a single thrust punching through each of them before she leaps back, letting them...
  60. [20:20] <Crystal> ...fall like undead dominoes.
  61. 06[20:21] * Generation stomps over to the nearest zombie, thrusting the spike deep into it's heart with a single thrust and roar of anger. He stops for a moment, whispering a few words to the hungry ghost before slamming the spike further in with an open palm, an explosion of gold flame consuming his target.
  62. [20:23] <@Shyft|ST> The ghosts wail as Crystal's assault rends them mote from mote... More emerge from the tomb walls to assault the party!
  63. [20:25] <@Shyft|ST> Generation's burning solar anima cleanses the ghostly host, setting them alight as the ground itself is purified of dark taint. The Tomb wall itself bleaches white beneath his solar fury!
  64. [20:27] <@Shyft|ST> The last of the ghosts burn away in anguished wails. If they will return, you don't know (but it isn't likely), and not any time soon.
  65. 06[20:28] * Crystal looks around a bit, raising an eyebrow. "That's it? Ah, well.." She shrugs, walking up to the tomb. "Okay, buddy, where's your front door.."
  66. 06[20:29] * ~Ronen shakes one hand out. "... That was way easier than I thought it'd be ..." He pre-emptively stops his moment of confusion to follow Crystal towards the tomb. It was time for breaking and entering!
  67. [20:30] <Sasuke> "I'm guessing no one tried too hard to get inside this one."
  68. 06[20:30] * Generation straightens, dissipating the spike from his hand. "There'll be more, Crystal." He walks past her, patting her on the shoulder. "I COME TO RIGHT THE INJUSTICE THAT IS YOUR WRETCHED EXISTENCE, BLASPHEMER! I ONLY HOPE THAT YOU GO WITH DIGNITY." he shouts at the tomb, a look of mostly-bottled fury on his face.
  69. [20:31] <@Shyft|ST> The tomb sits quitely, like a stone.
  70. 06[20:31] * Triumph releases the swords in her hands, allowing them to return to the barrier spinning around her. "W-well.. there has to be an entrance somewhere.. Sasuke?" She glances towards the Night.
  71. 06[20:31] * Sasuke shrugs and looks around for what most likely could be the entrance.
  72. 06[20:31] * ~Ronen taps his knuckles against various parts of the tomb wall. Secret entrance? Weak point? Squishy bits? C'mooon.
  73. [20:34] <@Shyft|ST> Ronen's tapping reverberates through the stone, returning echoes to your attentive ears. All of you clearly discern that the tomb is... Hollow. Generation determines that the stone is just that, ordinary stone. Sasuke's keen ears are able to detect the entrance beneath the giant block.
  74. [20:35] <Sasuke> "Hey, I think I found the entrance."
  75. [20:35] <~Ronen> "Oh, really? Where?"
  76. 06[20:35] * Sasuke points at the block.
  77. 06[20:36] * ~Ronen heads on over to poke it.
  78. [20:36] <Crystal> "Just gotta break her open. Or just push it."
  79. [20:36] <Generation> "Not very ostentatious for the tomb of a Solar, even if he is a blasphemous traitor to the Sun." He taps the stone. "It's just rock." He waves to Ronen.
  80. 06[20:37] * ~Ronen pushes on the block. Is solar-level headbutting things going to be required, or is it just going to open...?
  81. [20:37] <@Shyft|ST> The rock doesn't budge. Headbutting does seem to be required
  82. [20:39] <~Ronen> Ronen stares at it for a moment. A ... wall, was in his way. Mocking him. Standing there all-- like a wall. Ronen narrows his eyes, then slams into it, one punch, two punches, three, finally cumulating in an actual headbutt (thankfully cushioned with essence, as the amount of force behind his blows wasn't exactly safe to apply to normal human skulls).
  83. [20:42] <@Shyft|ST> For a moment... All is quiet. The stone sits unmoving.
  84. [20:42] <@Shyft|ST> You hear a muted 'crick'. And a tiny, thumbnail sized chip of stone flies out fromw here Ronen struck
  85. [20:42] <Sasuke> "3... 2... 1..."
  86. [20:43] <@Shyft|ST> The tomb-block fractures into uncountable pieces, dissolving to fist-sized rubble in less than a second.
  87. 06[20:43] * ~Ronen looks very smug. "THERE'S the door! Okay, let's head on in."
  88. [20:43] <@Shyft|ST> A gaping wide pit now yawns open, leading down.
  89. [20:43] <Sasuke> "It's amazing what one can predict with a simple 3-2-1 countdown."
  90. 06[20:45] * Triumph stares into the pit. "Well.. at least nobody fell in this time."
  91. 06[20:45] * Generation nods in thanks to Ronen, walking up to the edge of the pit and looking down.
  92. 06[20:46] * Sasuke is looking over shoulders inside.
  93. 06[20:47] * ~Ronen kneels down to poke his head down into the pit. "Hello? Undead legions?"
  94. [20:47] <@Shyft|ST> Nothing happens.
  95. [20:47] <Crystal> "Welp." Crystal jumps right in, sword still drawn.
  96. 06[20:48] * ~Ronen jumps in right after.
  97. 06[20:48] * Generation hops in after her, grim-faced.
  98. [20:49] <@Shyft|ST> Below ground, you see what amounts to a laboratory of nightmares: Necromantic devicies, sepulchers, torture devices, the panoply of death and hedonsim in the height of the first age. Scribbled all over the walls were notes, written in some flaking, rust-red pigment. "CameBackWrong. WrongWrongWrong." and "Needs more V-----" And other illegibile scrawls.
  99. [20:49] <@Shyft|ST> Tanks still functioning full of bubbling green fluid and preserved limbs bobbing around. At the far end of the pit is a sarcophagus more fitting for a death cultist than a solar prince of the earth.
  100. [20:49] <@Shyft|ST> Lounging on that sarcophagus, looking as young as the day she died was a beautiful, ethereal woman. Blonde hair now looking ash white. Her dress is a mockery of clothing. She turns to face the group, crossing one leg over the other. "Oh..." She purrs. "Company~"
  101. [20:50] <~Ronen> "You the necromancer?" Ronen doesn't appear to be terribly impressed.
  102. 06[20:50] * Crystal leans in at the scribbling, trying to discern its meaning. Wrong? Needs more what? Was that sick bastard using-
  103. [20:50] <@Shyft|ST> She doesn't seem to notice Ronen's question. "Wrong. All wrong, came back wrong... so wrong... Not my fault... Not..."
  104. [20:51] <~Ronen> "I'm gonna assume that means 'yes'?"
  105. 06[20:51] * Generation makes the angriest face. "You are a mockery of everything my kind stands for." He draws a spike. "Your very existence is a blasphemy to your lord and the rest of the dead."
  106. [20:52] <@Shyft|ST> "Oh dear me, this won't do..." She waves one arm dismissively... And the cieling opens up. From there a thousand and one fetid horrors tumble down
  107. [20:52] <@Shyft|ST> They rise and shamble together, a zombie legion.
  108. [20:52] <Crystal> "Yeeep. Creepy bastard." Crystal straightens back up, suddenly noticing the woman. "So are we gonna fight o-oh you're fuckin' kiddin' me. That's practically cheating."
  109. [20:53] <Generation> "And today, that ends. With the blade of a man who died in vain, who deserved life far more than you ever would!" He roars, anima-trees shaking free of their roots and thrashing their way into the enemy legion, throwing undead to and fro as branches lash out, destroying dozens with every movement.
  110. 06[20:53] * ~Ronen moves his finger around in the air, quietly counting zombies. Once he's done, the grin is back. "Oh man, you did not bring nearly enough zombies to this fight, lady."
  111. [20:55] <Crystal> "Whoop! Here we go again!" Crystal charges in alongside Generation.
  112. [21:00] <@Shyft|ST> The horde condenses into something resembling order (not really). The fetid stench fills the tomb, and the necromancer-ghost laughs in an annoyingly high-brow way.
  113. 06[21:05] * ~Ronen raises an eyebrow, shaking his hand out. "Okay? Okay. I don't know what your story is, but it ends here. The final chapter is 'and then she got Dawned in the face'. Do you understand?" He crouches low, then bolts forward, weight low until he's right in the middle of the zombie horde, at which point his anima explodes outwards, broken glass reflecting the light he emits as he lashes out in every direction, the occasional 'splurc
  114. [21:05] <~Ronen> splurch' noise contributing its own special flavour to the usual sounds of combat.
  115. 06[21:12] * Crystal follows in alongside Ronen, hacking her way through the zombies with a grin on her face.
  116. [21:15] <@Shyft|ST> The necromancer waves her arms, sleeves billowing: "FORWARD!"
  117. 06[21:16] * Triumph cracks her knuckles and flexes her fingers, the blade barrier around her ceasing to spin - hovering in the air obediently as though awaiting command. The anima flares reflect in coruscating beams of light off of their surfaces, forming a pentagram around her as her fingers working a delicate construct of essence - before she raises an upturned palm, a titanic roar and accompanying
  118. 01[21:16] <Triumph> shockwave erupting in the center of the mass of zombies.
  119. 06[21:17] * Sasuke swings her chain daiklave in wide arcs, cutting down swaths of zombies in golden circles as her castemark begins to glow. (3 attacks, 2nd MA for 2m on each)
  120. [21:21] <@Shyft|ST> The hordes seem to liquify by your eyes, torn to ribbons and otherwise destroyed utterly. Their armor shatters in a spray of metal and rotting leather. Limbs fly, ichor streams out from severed arteries as they are scythed like wheat. The zombies grab the parts of their dead and shamble back together, recovering their losses, but not completely.
  121. [21:21] <@Shyft|ST> Crystal's razor-speed onslaught decimates the front ranks, keeping Ronen's flank from being overwhelmed,
  122. [21:21] <@Shyft|ST> Triumph's spell tears throught the mob, savaging their ranks and rending them assunder. There is a gaping hole of frost and frozen corpses left in the wake.
  123. [21:21] <@Shyft|ST> Generation's assault renders the horde a walking funeral pyre, and the Necromancer screams and wails as her mind is burned with Glory!
  124. [21:21] <@Shyft|ST> Sasuke's scything chain cleaves through four-score legs, ending their rush early as their necrotic skulls crack hard against the ground.
  125. [21:21] <@Shyft|ST> The necromancer twitches awfuly. "Such poorly made toys."
  126. [21:23] <@Shyft|ST> The last of the zombie forces sag to the ground. And the necromancer walks forward. "Oh... Maybe we got off on the wrong foot..." She says something incomprehensible, you think it's her name. "Welcome to my laboratory~"
  127. 06[21:23] * ~Ronen points at the necromancer, frowning. "Did you hear what I said before? I meant it. You shouldn't be here. This is where your story ends."
  128. [21:24] <@Shyft|ST> "Oh don't be like that... So like my husband... Oh... My husband... Why won't you come back to me." She put a hand on her head, wailing melodrama.
  129. [21:25] <@Shyft|ST> She looks over the five of you. "Maybe I can bring my husband back with your corpses? I've not had a chance to use Solar bodies in my experiments..."
  130. [21:25] <~Ronen> "Generation, do you wanna take her out, or should I?"
  131. [21:25] <Generation> "Welcome to the last moments of your unlife, blashemy!" He leaps off the mountain of corpses, crashing through his own anima branches, a spike gripped in his teeth. "YOU LIVE LIKE THIS WHILE GREAT MEN HAVE DIED FOR NOTHING! WILL ABIDE YOU NO LONGER!"
  132. [21:26] <Generation> "SHE'S MINE." He whips the spike out of his mouth into his hands, focusing for a moment before diving into battle.
  133. 06[21:27] * Crystal sheathes her sword and waves to Generation before beginning to scour the relatively-safe corners of the room for valuables. "Yeah, have fun old man."
  134. [21:27] <@Shyft|ST> A chain of ghostly essence spills out of her sleeves and lashes out, rising to meet the old man zenith!
  135. 06[21:29] * Generation doesn't speak, just slaps the chain away with the spike, holding the spike like a daiklave.
  136. [21:29] <@Shyft|ST> "Oh so strong." She purrs. "Just like my husband... Or my son..."
  137. 06[21:31] * Generation does not pause in his stride, closing his eyesfor a moment, watching the woman without eyes. When he opens them again, he swipes at her side, leaving the spike where it strikes and drawing another, thrusting it in on her opposite flank.
  138. [21:33] <@Shyft|ST> The woman dodges the first strike artfully, but the second bites deep. "Oh... Naughty boy."
  139. [21:36] <@Shyft|ST> The room is light in stark contrast, Generation's brilliant anima burning brightly, cleansing the fifth and decay from the foul place. But this insane ghost does not fear the light so plainly. She grins in the face of it, savoring the warmth even as it burns her false-skin
  140. [21:36] <Generation> He steadfastly refuses to play her games, drawing another spike and driving it into her stomach, another into her chest, and a final one into her throat. Without flourish he raises his hand to her face, and snaps his fingers. The spikes explode violently rending corpseflesh and spilling fluids all over the sepulchre-room.
  141. [21:41] <@Shyft|ST> The woman screamed as the spikes detonated, burning with solar fire. "I cannot die! I Need to bring my husband back!"
  142. [21:41] <@Shyft|ST> "JUNIOR! HELP MEEE!!!!!"
  143. [21:42] <Sasuke> "Oh, that doesn't sound good..."
  144. [21:42] <@Shyft|ST> The necromancer's ghost dissapates beneath Generation's furious anima... But the order is sent
  145. [21:42] <Generation> "THIS IS YOUR LAST DAY CURSING CREATION, WENCH!" He howls in her face, flames licking over his face; he doesn't flinch.
  146. [21:42] <@Shyft|ST> From the wall behind the sarcophagus, something rumbles... And the wall comes down
  147. [21:42] <@Shyft|ST> Behind it...
  148. [21:43] <@Shyft|ST> A monster of a thousand corpses of varying creatures, stitched together. Foul sloshing noises fill your ears, along with the dull groan of long unused tendon and four legs and four arms, with a neck almost as wide as the shoulders, tapering to an odd, almost wedge-shaped head...
  149. [21:44] <@Shyft|ST> And hanging down as if it was a forked tongue is the upside down body of a human... Pale as marble and perfectly preserved, other than the fact that his waist is stitched to a slobbering tongue.
  150. [21:44] <@Shyft|ST> Misshapen and foul, it's bulk fills the tomb, asymmetrical, one half bulges with cancerous growths and overdeveloped muscle, one of the arms on the opposite side is a degenerated, withered wreck. Eleven rheumy eyes on the head stare dully at you, as well as the man-tongue's own dead glare.
  151. [21:44] <@Shyft|ST> It growls, from a mouth on it's right shoulder, surrounded by tentacles... "....SSSOOOOOLLLAAARRRSSssss...."
  152. [21:44] <~Ronen> "... 'Junior', is it."
  153. [21:45] <Generation> "Oh fuck this whore, that she might reincarnate as the lowest of the low." He draws another spike, levelling it at the new monstrosity. "Well, friends, are you ready? We're not done yet."
  154. 06[21:46] * Crystal looks back from one of the walls, drawing her sword in a single lightning-quick gesture and grinning. "Was wondering when you'd ask!"
  155. [21:47] <~Ronen> Ronen shakes his head, looking almost sad as he drops once more into a fighting stance. "I'll try to make this quick," he says to the monstrosity. "That can't be comfortable for you."
  156. 01[21:51] <Triumph> "Never ends easily, does it?" She darts forward towards the thing, seemingly unarmed - before grasping a blade of red jade from the now rapidly-spinning barrier with ease, striking upwards - then exchanging it for one of orichalcum, mirroring the strike's path. She releases it as well, claiming the starmetal blade and slashing once, twice, thrice again at the monstrosity's legs.
  157. 06[21:56] * Generation steps in slowly, watching for weaknesses, before settling for striking the withered half of it's body, driving one spike into it's foot before carving another into it's flank.
  158. [21:56] <@Shyft|ST> Junior roars and snarls, ichor leaking from the half dozen wounds all over, it favors one of those mangled legs, slick with slime.
  159. [21:57] <@Shyft|ST> Generation's assault pings off of the monster's thick dead hide!
  160. 06[21:59] * Sasuke whips the blade around and sends it sailing through the air as she runs up to Junior. The blade embeds itself into the monster's face, and Sasuke brings her foot up and stomps on the chain, pulling it down closer to her. (Claws That Catch, 5m 1wp with 4m 2nd MA, also declaring claws-and-tail technique now)
  161. [22:01] <@Shyft|ST> The monster wails as the hook-edged sword burries itself in one of it's eyes, thrahing wildy!
  162. [22:02] <@Shyft|ST> The creature squiurms and bucks, tentacles and errant limbs flail at the masked woman binding it so. Muscles bulge as it pulls on the chain!
  163. 01[22:06] <Triumph> And now that it's snared.. she grasps the jade daiklaive in her left hand, whipping it and the starmetal blade in a dizzying pattern of strikes, aimed to bite deep into joints and tendons wherever visible, to cripple the thing and bring it low.. and hopefully purify this accursed place once and for all.
  164. [22:09] <@Shyft|ST> Junior wails and moans as more corpse-blood slicks the floor, it slumps to a knee, before the foul magics holding it together dissolve, the component parts sloughing away... The man-tongue flops to the floor, intestines leeching out, and his eyes clear. "... Mom...? Where Am I?"
  165. [22:10] <@Shyft|ST> He looks at the group, spattered in gore that quickly falls away. His eyes begin to dim even as he watches you.
  166. [22:10] <Generation> "Your mother's long gone, you poor soul. May you be free." Generation walks slowly over, wiping his face with one hand before pressing it to the boy's chest, incinerating him.
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