The Final Shard, Part 3

<DM>	*Last time, you confirmed the identity of the old man to be Cloud Strife, your rival from the land of Gaia. However, he's old, senile, and has memory loss, and he does not seek any sort of conflict with you.*
<DM>	*You also ran into Monroe, the Hylian Shopkeep. His reasons for being down here are still unknown, but he warned you of a Great Poe that you should avoid at all costs. He joins your party, and you make your way towards what appeared to be the Temple of Time, which shouldn't be there, but somehow it is. You beat up some Gibdos on the way as well.*
<Sephiroth>	(Its not the Temple of Time. Its the Temple of Temple.)
*	Sephiroth runs.
<DM>	(lol)
<DM>	*At the Temple of Time, you found a man calling himself Dan Kaze. He appears to be an expert at using illusions. He's also capable of controlling blood. At first, Monroe believed him to be Bloodwind, but he kept becoming confused by the accusations. You extend your hands towards friendship with him after a bit, however...*
<DM>	*The Great Poe enters from behind you, and he reveals himself to be a Dark Interloper.*
<DM>	alrighty, say ready when ready
<Sephiroth>	ready when ready
<DM>	-=QUEST CONTINUE=-
<DM>	*From below the Great Poe is a pile of dead, squirming, ragdoll bodies that seems to be getting dragged along the ground. They all appear to be wearing Hylian armor.*
*	Sephiroth slowly backs away from the poe.
<Monroe>	Hoooly crap, those're all Hylian Guards! What're they doin' down here?!
<Strife>	Heeey, that reminds me of the current state of me brain! .... wait.
*	Dan continues to shiver in fear as he collapses to the ground, his hands over his ears.
<DM>	*You begin hearing loud, demonic whispers that swarm the area. Oddly, they're not echoing off the walls when they should be.*
<Monroe>	Dan! DAN!
<Monroe>	God dangit he can't 'ear me...
<DM>	[Great Poe]: Come back.... baaaack to me....
<DM>	*The poe is looking at you all in your general direction. It doesn't appear to be looking at anyone in particular.*
*	Monroe kicks Dan in the shin.
<Monroe>	Dan! Where's the back entrance to this place?!
*	Dan looks up from his cooped up figure, eyes wide open.
<Dan>	. . . r-run t-t-through the w-wall.
<Monroe>	... what?
<Monroe>	Hey Sephiroth, any idea what he means by that?
*	Sephiroth backs up to a wall. ... "Oh dear..."
<DM>	*You back up to a wall... and pass through it.*
*	Sephiroth almost falls over backwards due to the lack of a solid object behind him. ... "Whoa!"
<DM>	*You find yourself outside of the temple.*
<DM>	*You can still hear the whispers and everyone else as if the walls weren't actually there.*
<Monroe>	Seph? Seph, where'd ya go?!
*	Sephiroth yells to Monroe "Quick! Grab Dan and run through this wall!"
<Monroe>	Roger!
<DM>	*A moment passes, and Monroe appears with Dan right next to you.*
<Monroe>	Woah!!!
<Monroe>	Is that whole temple an illusion?!
<Sephiroth>	"I don't know."
<Dan>	H-heh... I u-used it to f-fool the Great P-Poe for a w-while.
<Monroe>	Good god man!
<DM>	*That explains why the temple is there when it shouldn't me. You can hear the senilisms of Strife on the other side.*
<Strife>	Ehh, am I so old, I'm goin' blind?
<Strife>	Ooh, I know, I'm dreamin', and in mah dream, I'm SENILE!
*	Monroe sighs.
*	Sephiroth psyducks.
<Monroe>	Dangit, wish I had a clawshot.
<Sephiroth>	"We need a plan of action, and we need one now. Where should we go."
*	Monroe looks to the buildings surrounding the plaza.
<Monroe>	We should try to scale the buildings, see if we can snipe those corpses from the Poe. That thing is gonna use those corpses as a shield if we try to attack it up front!
<Monroe>	Gonna need to split up... one needs to be a decoy group, the other is the sniper group.
<Dan>	I-I can't really fight... I'll be in the d-decoy.
<Monroe>	[Great Poe]: Where... where did you goooo....
*	Sephiroth kicks Monroe out the window.
*	Sephiroth has kicked Monroe from #zurpg (You have been kicked out the window and you landed on an XBox One! «16,306»)
*	Monroe (~WindStrik@24.246.165.68) has joined #zurpg
<DM>	[Great Poe]: Where... where did you goooo....
<DM>	*You hear Strife's voice from the backside of the temple.*
<Strife>	Oh hey, a flower!
<Sephiroth>	Dan, take Strife and be the decoy. Monroe and I will attempt to scale these buildings.
<Dan>	A-alright.
*	Dan goes to the backside of the temple towards Strife.
*	Monroe looks around for the closest buildings near the temple.
*	Sephiroth heads towards the plaza.
*	Monroe follows.
<DM>	*There are two-story buildings on the north side of the plaza, and there are three-story buildings on the south side of the plaza.*
<Sephiroth>	"Too bad I don't have a hookshot.."
*	Sephiroth tries a leap of faith to a two-story building.
<DM>	*Roll Courage vs.... are you leaping to the second floor or to the roof?
<Sephiroth>	2nd floor.
<DM>	*Courage vs. 12 successes.*
<Sephiroth>	$44d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 44 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 7, 5, 2, 7, 1, 9, 1, 9, 5, 8, 7, 6, 10, 7, 3, 3, 9, 3, 8, 4, 1, 6, 5, 1, 9, 10, 1, 8, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 7, 3, 5, 2, 3, 1, 4, 8, 8, 5 and 9. Total: 224. Successes: 26.
<DM>	*You jump to the second floor through a window with ease.*
<Monroe>	$52d10
<Navi>	Monroe: You rolled 52 Dice with 10 Sides. Total: 300. Successes: 41.
<Sephiroth>	"I just un-defenestrated myself!"
*	Monroe follows.
*	You have been kicked from #zurpg by DM (DEFENESTRATION!)
<DM>	oh snap, auto-join is an anti-defenestration tool
<DM>	......
*	Sephiroth kicks DM out the window.
*	You have been kicked from #zurpg by Sephiroth (You have been kicked out the window and you landed on Morgan Freeman as The Hidden. He's evolved in disability, and he can smell you. «16,307»)
*	Sephiroth tries jumping to the roof.
<Sephiroth>	$44d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 44 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 2, 8, 7, 2, 7, 3, 2, 4, 6, 2, 9, 1, 6, 10, 1, 10, 4, 2, 6, 7, 6, 8, 4, 3, 1, 10, 6, 6, 1, 10, 7, 10, 8, 6, 3, 6, 1, 2, 5, 2, 1, 7, 9 and 6. Total: 227. Successes: 30.
<DM>	*You make it to the roof effortlessly.*
*	Sephiroth leaps at a 3-story building now.
<Sephiroth>	$44d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 44 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 9, 5, 10, 6, 8, 9, 8, 2, 1, 3, 6, 7, 7, 8, 3, 5, 3, 2, 3, 9, 1, 2, 10, 9, 2, 8, 3, 4, 4, 2, 7, 2, 3, 10, 9, 9, 4, 10, 3, 1, 10, 6, 1 and 6. Total: 240. Successes: 29.
<Sephiroth>	(To da roof)
<DM>	*You get up to the roof just fine. Monroe follows you with a double jump.*
<Monroe>	$52d10
<Navi>	Monroe: You rolled 52 Dice with 10 Sides. Total: 261. Successes: 32.
<Monroe>	$52d10
<Navi>	Monroe: You rolled 52 Dice with 10 Sides. Total: 297. Successes: 35.
*	Sephiroth positions himself so he can see the Temple of Temple from where he is.
<DM>	*You two ninja your ways to the top of a 3-story building on the east side of the plaza. You can see the Temple of Time just fine from your position.*
<DM>	*You don't see the Great Poe or the pile of bodies. You continue seeing the Temple of Time from across the plaza and the stairs (roughly 100 feet away).*
<Monroe>	Hmm, I don't even hear anythin'... where are they?
<DM>	(since they're not nearby, keepin' those shells open)
<DM>	*Suddenly, the entire Temple of Temple Time (ftw) vanishes. You don't see the Great Poe inside either.*
<DM>	*There's only floor of dirt where it was.*
*	Monroe readies an arrow onto his bow slowly and silently.
*	Sephiroth readies his Wizzrobe Wand slowly and silently.
*	Sephiroth rotates the base to Focused mode.
<DM>	*The buildings to the west of the plaza suddenly collapse, and you can see Dan and Strife hurriedly running away from it as the looming figure of the Great Poe appears behind them, appearing to be unphased by the building's destruction.*
<DM>	*It's about 70 feet from you. Anything fired from this range will suffer a 5 success penalty.*
<Monroe>	Time to snipe the bodies!
*	Sephiroth targets the bodies and fires!
<Sephiroth>	$47d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 47 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 3, 8, 4, 10, 5, 4, 8, 5, 8, 2, 8, 4, 5, 10, 8, 4, 4, 2, 3, 8, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7, 5, 6, 2, 4, 8, 8, 2, 10, 4, 6, 1, 3, 2, 8, 2, 3, 7, 10, 9, 3 and 10. Total: 257. Successes: 31.
<Sephiroth>	-5 successes
*	Monroe grabs a Pulsing Arrow and fires!
<Monroe>	$52d10
<Navi>	Monroe: You rolled 52 Dice with 10 Sides. Total: 294. Successes: 38.
<Monroe>	-5 successes, +7 successes
*	X__X is now known as GreatPoe
*	GreatPoe notices your sniper shots and attempts to dodge.
<DM>	(question, what'd you fire Sephiroth?
<Sephiroth>	(Roll Wisdom)
<DM>	(oh
<DM>	(derp)
<GreatPoe>	(rollin' Wisdom)
<GreatPoe>	$72d10
<Navi>	GreatPoe: You rolled 72 Dice with 10 Sides. Total: 365. Successes: 41.
<GreatPoe>	(rollin' Courage)
<GreatPoe>	$45d10
<Navi>	GreatPoe: You rolled 45 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 10, 3, 5, 9, 10, 9, 1, 4, 10, 9, 7, 7, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 9, 3, 1, 8, 3, 7, 8, 9, 2, 2, 6, 3, 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 1, 5, 1, 10, 5, 6, 4, 8, 4, 9 and 3. Total: 237. Successes: 28.
*	Sephiroth misses.
<Monroe>	My god! I can't believe he noticed us at this range!
*	GreatPoe uses one of the Hylian Guard bodies to block the Pulsing Arrow shot.
*	GreatPoe appears to have supreme awareness.
<Monroe>	Hmm, better idea...
<Monroe>	Let's drop to the third floor, inside the building. Maybe he won't notice it if we're firing from the windows.
*	Sephiroth looks for an open window to drop in to.
<DM>	*There's an open balcony just below you. You should be able to drop onto it without a roll.*
*	Sephiroth drops onto the balcony
*	Sephiroth ducks inside.
*	Monroe barrel rolls down alongside you.
<DM>	*You enter a room with a creeky floor. There's a table on the other side of the room along with a door.*
<Monroe>	Hmm, we should hit from two spots at once.
<Sephiroth>	"Right. You stay here, I'll look for another point of view."
<Monroe>	We'll need to split up to counter that Poe's insane awareness...
<Monroe>	Alright. Good luck.
*	Sephiroth tries to get to the door without causing a floorboard to creak.
<Monroe>	*Roll Courage vs. 30 successes
<Sephiroth>	$44d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 44 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 9, 8, 8, 6, 6, 10, 5, 2, 5, 6, 10, 9, 6, 6, 1, 3, 9, 1, 8, 7, 2, 10, 7, 8, 9, 9, 3, 1, 6, 9, 6, 9, 5, 8, 6, 6, 3, 6, 8, 1, 9, 1, 5 and 4. Total: 266. Successes: 36.
<Monroe>	*You manage to cross the floor without a sound. The door is unlocked.*
*	Sephiroth opens the door and goes through it.
*	Sephiroth also unretires his Spiked Boomerang, and readies it for the next attack.
<Monroe>	*You end up in a hallway of evenly spaced doors. There's holes in the ceiling, revealing an escape to the roof if needs be.*
<Monroe>	*The hallway extends North and South, about 3 doors each direction.*
<Monroe>	*There's a stairwell at the end of the South direction, and a window at the edge of the North direction.*
*	Sephiroth heads northward towards the window.
<DM>	*You reach the window without any floor incidents.*
*	Sephiroth takes a quick peek outside to see if he can locate Monroe.
<Sephiroth>	(brb)
<DM>	*You seem to be looking at the two-story building you leaped from earlier. Monroe's looking in the West direction from the west side of the building; you're looking North from the north side of the building. You'd be able to see Monroe if you reached the west side of the two-story building and looked at the balcony he's at.*
<DM>	*The sound of another building collapsing is heard from the North direction. You can see the dust of it rises from the farthest roof of the houses you're looking at, about 50 feet away.*
*	Sephiroth ducks into the closest door to him that heads west.
<DM>	*You duck into it as the door quacks ope-
*	Sephiroth kicks DM out the window.
*	You have been kicked from #zurpg by Sephiroth (You have been kicked out the window and you landed in a room full of Metroids! «16,309»)
<DM>	*You enter the room, and the balcony is open. However, you hear a murmering drone from the bookshelf to your right.*
<DM>	*The bookshelf doesn't appear to be flush with the wall.*
*	Sephiroth pokes the bookshelf.
<DM>	*One of the shelves collapses as it takes 1 damage.*
<DM>	*An undead arm slashes through the bookcase from the other side.*
*	Sephiroth backs away from the bookcase.
<DM>	*A Redead shreds the bookcase to pieces, and it confronts you, its arms waving slowly from one side to another.*
<DM>	*Roll initiatives!*
<Sephiroth>	$init 1d11
<Navi>	Sephiroth: Your initiative roll has been entered. You rolled: 2.
*	X___X is now known as Redead
<Sephiroth>	..
<Redead>	$init 1d10
<Sephiroth>	.
<Navi>	Redead: Your initiative roll has been entered. You rolled: 1.
*	DM dies laughing.
<Sephiroth>	.. bwahahahaha
<DM>	just.... excuse me a moment....... lulz
<DM>	okay..... I'm good, lol
<DM>	$init s
<Navi>	The battle has begun!
<Navi>	ROUND 1: Sephiroth (2) and Redead (1).
<DM>	Redeads! - http://zurpg.sephiroth.ws/thread-471.html
*	Sephiroth glances out the window.
<DM>	*From outside this window, you can see... a labyrinth? The plaza is enveloped in a labyrinth of walls. You can see Dan and Strife on one side of it with the Great Poe on the other.*
<DM>	(you'd have to get onto the balcony to look to the balcony Monroe is on)
*	Sephiroth attempts to GRAB the Redead! (Roll Power!)
<DM>	(oh god)
<Sephiroth>	$47d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 47 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 8, 4, 7, 7, 5, 9, 1, 4, 7, 5, 9, 7, 3, 10, 9, 8, 10, 10, 10, 1, 6, 1, 2, 9, 6, 1, 6, 5, 8, 9, 10, 10, 8, 10, 5, 7, 7, 9, 1, 4, 10, 1, 5, 3, 5, 7 and 1. Total: 290. Successes: 42.
<DM>	(OH GOD YES)
<Redead>	$15d10
<Navi>	Redead: You rolled 15 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 10, 3, 4, 9, 6, 9, 6, 2, 8, 4, 3, 5, 10, 3 and 9. Total: 91. Successes: 11.
*	Sephiroth GRABS the Redead, and runs out onto the balcony.
<DM>	*You hulk-strength pickup the Redead with a single finger effortlessly.*
<DM>	*The Redead is somehow poked as a result and takes 1 damage as you run to the balcony.*
*	Sephiroth throws the Redead at the GreatPoe! (Roll Courage!)
<Sephiroth>	$47d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 47 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 6, 1, 3, 3, 8, 10, 7, 8, 1, 10, 7, 10, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 1, 9, 3, 7, 1, 3, 3, 4, 7, 1, 5, 5, 1, 10, 8, 8, 1, 6, 10, 6, 7, 1, 4, 10, 2, 9, 3, 4, 3 and 5. Total: 243. Successes: 30.
<Redead>	30h
<GreatPoe>	$45d10
<Navi>	GreatPoe: You rolled 45 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 8, 8, 6, 5, 1, 9, 9, 1, 1, 1, 7, 8, 5, 8, 6, 10, 7, 2, 10, 2, 2, 2, 8, 7, 7, 5, 6, 6, 8, 9, 10, 4, 2, 5, 3, 6, 3, 6, 7, 3, 5, 9, 9, 9 and 5. Total: 260. Successes: 35.
*	GreatPoe dodges the Redead, which slams against the floor.
<Sephiroth>	"Whelp, disposed of that thing."
<Redead>	27h
<Redead>	$removeme
<Navi>	Redead has removed theirself from battle.
<Navi>	The battle has ended due to one remaining name in initiative. Resetting the bot.
<DM>	*For throwing the Redead out the window, I'm giving you experience equal to your level.*
<DM>	*So 31 EXP + $31d8 Rupees
<Sephiroth>	Lol
<DM>	*No item drop though.*
<Sephiroth>	$31d8
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 31 Dice with 8 Sides. Result: 7, 7, 1, 3, 3, 4, 2, 7, 8, 8, 5, 5, 8, 1, 2, 5, 7, 2, 3, 8, 3, 2, 3, 4, 8, 5, 4, 6, 4, 7 and 3. Total: 145.
<Sephiroth>	$calc 6865+145
<Kefka>	6865+145 = 7,010
<Sephiroth>	$calc 131+31
<Kefka>	131+31 = 162
*	Sephiroth levels up!
<DM>	*A moment later, one of the corpses is flung at you. Roll Courage to dodge!*
<GreatPoe>	$45d10
<Navi>	GreatPoe: You rolled 45 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 10, 6, 5, 8, 4, 2, 4, 1, 6, 3, 5, 1, 10, 9, 3, 2, 9, 2, 4, 2, 6, 8, 4, 8, 7, 1, 10, 1, 7, 8, 3, 10, 7, 10, 4, 1, 6, 3, 4, 5, 10, 7, 10, 7 and 7. Total: 250. Successes: 33.
<Sephiroth>	$47d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 47 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 5, 3, 3, 8, 10, 5, 4, 4, 8, 4, 2, 3, 7, 7, 7, 3, 3, 5, 5, 3, 3, 1, 8, 8, 7, 8, 6, 3, 5, 9, 9, 7, 7, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 9, 7, 5, 3, 4, 4 and 10. Total: 254. Successes: 29.
*	Sephiroth takes a corpse to the face.
<Sephiroth>	LIKE A BOSS.
<DM>	*The corpse dissolves as it hits you, but its ash-like remains drain you of 4 magic.*
<Sephiroth>	28h, 32m.
<DM>	*An arrow is fired off, landing in one of the Poe's corpses.*
<DM>	*You hear Monroe to your left saying "Yes!"*
<Sephiroth>	"Nice Shot!"
<Monroe>	Thanks!
<Monroe>	OOOOOOOOH-
<DM>	*You hear a crashing sound where Monroe is.*
<Sephiroth>	!
<DM>	*A moment later, you see a Redead is chucked out of his room. It hits the floor below with a resounding SPLAT and CRACK.*
<Sephiroth>	O_O
<Monroe>	Suck it!@
<DM>	(ack... brb 5 minutes)
<DM>	(okay back)
<Monroe>	Dangit!
*	Monroe yells to you.
*	Sephiroth hurls a spiked boomerang at the Poe
<Monroe>	Hey! We need to drop the two-story buildings! The three-story ones are getting swarmed by Redeads and Gibdos!
*	Sephiroth nevermind
<DM>	*Just then, a Gibdo appears where the you entered.*
<DM>	*It stands in the doorway, blocking your way out.*
*	Sephiroth jumps off of the balcony towards another building.
<DM>	*From your position, 15 foot distance so.... let's just say that's automatic, given your Courage stat.*
*	Redead is now known as X___X
<DM>	*You reach the building, but you don't see Monroe follow you. As far as you know, he's still in the three-story building you were just in.*
*	Sephiroth looks at Monroe. "Drop them? As in demolish?"
<DM>	*You look at the balcony where he was. He is not there.*
<DM>	*A whisper envelops you...*
*	Sephiroth is now confused.
<DM>	[GreatPoe]: I seeeeeeeee yooooooouuuu......
<DM>	(okay, lemme clarify......
<DM>	*You jumped from the three-story building to the nearest two-story building. Monroe did not follow you over, and he is currently not on the balcony where he was sniping from. You currently cannot see where he is.*
<DM>	*However, the Great Poe can.*
<DM>	*Err.. the Great Poe can see you.*
<DM>	*The GreatPoe fires a PSI Soulflare at you, Sephiroth! Roll Wisdom!*
<Sephiroth>	$47d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 47 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 10, 9, 1, 6, 10, 7, 8, 5, 7, 9, 4, 1, 4, 1, 1, 8, 6, 3, 2, 7, 10, 9, 8, 8, 5, 1, 1, 5, 9, 6, 10, 5, 3, 1, 5, 8, 7, 2, 6, 1, 4, 7, 3, 5, 4, 6 and 7. Total: 255. Successes: 34.
<GreatPoe>	$72d10
<Navi>	GreatPoe: You rolled 72 Dice with 10 Sides. Total: 417. Successes: 57.
<GreatPoe>	-7 successes
<GreatPoe>	50 - 34 = 16 neutral damage - defense
<GreatPoe>	Haaaaaahhhhhh haaaaaa- HAAAAAHHHHHHH?!?!?!
*	Sephiroth is hit hard, taking ... 16 neutral damage, and getting knocked off of the roof of the building he's on.
<DM>	*You hear the loud whispers turn exaggerated as there's an explosion of Fire and Ice where the Great Poe is. You get knocked off to the side of the building.... roll Courage vs. 22 successes!*
<Sephiroth>	12h, 32m.
<Sephiroth>	$45d10
<Navi>	Sephiroth: You rolled 45 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 7, 5, 4, 6, 9, 7, 6, 5, 3, 10, 4, 4, 8, 7, 4, 3, 2, 9, 4, 3, 6, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 5, 2, 9, 4, 7, 2, 7, 6, 1, 8, 7, 4, 10, 7, 2, 5, 2, 7 and 4. Total: 244. Successes: 28.
<DM>	*You recover in mid-air and manage to land on the ground without incident.8
*	Sephiroth quickly pulls out his Tasty Lava and drinks it.
<Sephiroth>	20h, 32m.
<DM>	*You drink the Tasty Lava. It's like liquid pizza with chunks of pepperoni. It is surprisingly really frigin' good.*
<DM>	*You're in a back alley, somewhere in the East part of the town. The labyrinth of walls enveloping the plaza is visible from here (West direction). On the other end of the back alley (East), you see it extend into darkness. However, there's no deathly aura coming from that direction.*
<DM>	*Alternatively, it's a 22 foot jump to the top of the building you were just on, or the to the next closest building.*
<DM>	*or to the
*	Sephiroth heads eastward to try and lose the poe.
<DM>	*You head east, and you find yourself enveloped in darkness. However, the sickly sweet smell is nonexistent over here, and you don't hear anything. It's like you just entered an area of complete nothingness.*
<DM>	*You can still see the alleyway from whence you came, but only just barely.*
<Sephiroth>	gonna need to throw a pause here.
<DM>	kay
<DM>	-=SESSION PAUSE=-