#session 42

A hospital story - Part 4

Finally, we were back at the x-ray waiting room with all paperwork and forms needed. The technician was ready, and asked who was first. Mike asked me if he could go first since he couldn’t stand his arm anymore. I agreed.

I woke my relative and told him to get ready for his x-rays. I think it runs in the family being able to sleep in the most uncomfortable places and wake up well-rested

Mike was back with the technician apologizing because somehow, he managed to hit Mike on his wrist (the broken one). I admire how the guy could keep himself resigned and calm.

My relative was next and the shoot went without any problem. While we got ready to get back to the ER waiting room, the technician came back and started apologizing again because Mike’s x-ray came out crooked, so he had to shoot it again. Poor Mike, that wasn’t his best day.

We bid farewell and part ways.

Session 42, Camera 1, Take 3

Nadir and ALicia go to check on the group in the tower.

with them gone, the dragon army approaches. A human woman with teh symbol of takhisis, and a Draconian, who checks a notebook, but starts to tweak seeing Levin.

"I am here as a priest ot takhisis to represent her will. we wish for you to surrender peacefully, and no harm will come to you and your people. nevertheless, we will need to take control of the tower, it's magic is unstable." "I'm sorry but we can't give the tower up. we hav epeople inside and we won't be leaving until they come out." "we can rescue them." "we've already sent a rescue party in." "well then, not much else can be done, can it?" "At the moment, we wait."

So she steps back, btu the draconian does not. before anythign else can occurr, Levin enhances his presence, striking them with fear. the conquering presence strikes her hard, whereas the draconian holds ground. Fiends begin to appear, slowing levin down, but he's not fooled or frightened by this apparition. another Draconian comes form behind a boulder, ambushing Becklin. She's able to avoid it, but another follows up before she can prepare.

She gets closer to Levin, falling into position for the fight. He preps her to avoid any potentially poisoned blades, and they face the growing enemy count.

A crushing victory for us, and it's time to let the civvies know all is well.

so, we cut back to THE SHADOWFELL, and start learnign some wakenroth lore. the wraiths are an attempt to protect the dead gone wrong. as this igoes on though, drifter the faerie dragon, Kay, and Nadir *(who had just burst through the portal) get hit hard by the shadowfell. Kay is paranoid, Drifter, apathetic, and Nadir, sluggish.

As we beging to learn how to fix the portal problems, something fleshy and sinoughy approaches, and attacks. It saw Mallori, and as such ensnares her first. Immediately Nimako commands it to release her, to drop it, but it has no response. next, words of encouragement to mallori, worried for her.

Nimako is having a moment where everything seems normal and real again. She's not thinking, not taking stock of the situation, or what she's learned in battles prior. She's staring at Mallori, the person who she's come focus on to maintain herself, in that predicament, and she sees the pones, the jagged edges, the restricting space, the way the kender struggles. She barely thinks, if she thinks at all, and just rushes forward, her magic imbued into her quarterstaff, and strikes the beast. Her strike's might showcases the desperation in the action, and she does considerable damage considering her might. (Nat 20, 16 total damage).

Kay, who'd skirted around her to approach the thing from behind without getting near anyways, flinches seeing Nimako rush forward, paranoid of all their allies. In response, it hits her with great prejudice, catching flame upon doing so, and tosses nimako off the tower... who is knocked out on impact. (total damage: 63. ending health. -20)

The fight carries on, as Maple tries to get a health potion to Nimako. the fog comes in, whispering the fear and terror and regret of the monster reaching and getting them, their death cries. the spirits freeze Kay and Nadir in place, unable to escape the terror.

Mallori manages to finish her captor off, and evade it's falling corpse, before throwing hands with the fog tormenting Kay. Kay is still unable to respond, frozen, as Erei goes to pick up Kay, and throw her throughthe portal.

Maple successfully heals the Nimako. She awakes with a gasp, to a floating bottle in her mouth, as the sprite is invisible.

Erei, hitting the mist of spirits, responds when it cries out in pain. "If it hurts, stop attacking us." and then, Nimako's voice joins the mist, just a moment, with a cry for Mallori, before her voice fizzles, potentially in time with her waking up below...

Seeing Kay launched through, Alicia comes in screaming at everyone to get out before they get mad. Erei argues Nimako fell, and he's fine dodging the mist. Meanwhile, Mallori rushes to the edge, extending a magehang to Nimako, calling out with some of the same gusto of rescue. Maple helpfully suggests carrying an end up for Nimako, who has tied part of it around her waist. ignoring the snark, Nimako accepts the offer, but... before that does any good, she has to start climbing on her own completely first. once in range, Mallori will be able to help support the rest of the climb.

As soon as over, Nimako just hugs Mallori in a full embrace, and Mallori, in her viscera and many arms. they go through, and the spirit tells Nimako how to cut off the shadowfell. Nimako succeeds in doing so, but passes out in the outcry from the spirits on the other side, requiring healing from Alicia.

SESSION 42