Shattered Star: The Asylum Stone [IC]

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R1T23: Entering into a martial stance, Genki assesses threats a moment before bursting forth violently at the entity before him. Jade Dragon comes alive in Genki’s hands becoming a whirlwind as it lashes out. His first attack is blocked by the monster as its tail/tentacle (?) holds a short sword with which it has dedicated to defense. Spinning with his off-hand, he manages to land a blow in the upper midsection; the staff itself doesn't seem to do anything, but the monster takes 18 disruption. Undaunted, Genki continues his attack sequence, getting blocked once, and on the return the monster's defense smacks the midsection of the staff so that it smacks Genki in his nose for 5 + (1 bleed). The stinging nose is enough that is other attacks miss. Genki keeps a wary eye on his allies, some obviously being affected by the beings before them and worrying about his own mental state.

R1T22: Blue, like Green, shifts to a completely defensive nature as the delicious chaos is given before them. Meanwhile, the mental static it throws out continues to play havoc. Genki, still in control of himself, digs deep within to resist.

R1T19: Telgarana looks around in her mental fog and sees the offspring of the enemy of her people ... an orc on the ground. She is not fooled into thinking this too vulernable or needing mercy, for all orcs are treacherous. She draws Jiyū no yoru, her black blade, and wielding it with one hand, arcane energy courses along the weapon to make it deadlier and sharper. For the several new folks from Tian Xia, it is an uncommon style for a common, focused on one-handed fighting. She attacks the downed Erima with everything she has in a single stroke of death. While Erima's armor's reinforced joints don't help, the sheer brawn of her armor keeps this from being a deadlier stroke as Telgarana only scores a soft crit to Erima's chest for 26 mod.

R1T18: Red, as its fellows, commits to defense as his mental static rages.

R1T15: Abra looks like he almost rallied, but blue twitched, and now Abra focuses on Genki, repositioning south as he takes out his longsword and completely misses with a two-hand power strike.

R1T13: Bian Jin .... treachery! You were right not to trust this "Scribe" who from his discussion previously is only "tangentially" part of the team. He must have set up this ambush. He must have betrayed his Pathfinder brothers. And now, two polearm masters commit to see who has the greater mastery. He burns mental energy in his understanding of change and his combat prowess to have greater understanding of polearm fighting, and then commits to a power attack that is easily deflected.

R1T8: Darius, though overwhelmed by the static, almost gets enough mental leverage to act normally when Red twitches, and the man realizes that the Duskwarden - who he just witnessed attack his fellow Pathfinder Genki - must have lead the group into a trap! He puts his hand on the pommel of his sheathed blade and gives a longer study of Abra than needed before drawing his longsword in a flash, cutting a line across Abra's stomach for 23. Though his stroke was perfect, Darius noticed that even with this unbeatable attack, yet Abra was not unaware and was almost able to defend. He adjusts his placement to be nearer to more of his fellow betrayed.

R1T4: Erima stands, having been attacked by the faux-lavender tressed half-elf, and the red-eyed half-elf. Nasty, dirty halfs-elves! Even trying to stand, Iluvar kicked at her and Telgarana scored another soft crit against her back for 20 mod.

She has to take down the woman first, for she is more dedicated to the arts of war than her companion. She looks around quickly, seeing she has not the room to grow. No room to grow, but she has room to transform. She steps a little away from Iluvar, her back protected by Bian Jin, and she tries to concentrate, but her transformation but Telgarana is too threatening. Worse, when she moved away, Iluvar followed!

The three merchants just sit and babble incoherently to themselves.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T27: Though overwhelmed by the static, Iluvar's mind fights for normalcy, but Red's body twitches oddly and now Iluvar has blood on his mind again, still focused on Telgarana. Knowing her to be a devastating axe-wielder, he changes from aggressive to defense as he enters a martial stance. This time, he does a beautiful, leaping crane kick, but finds only armor, and just as before, he crouches down and scissor-trips Erima to the deck. He elbows her hand for 1 mod before popping back up, doing a quick focus and axe kicks her upper arm for 9 mod.

R2T25: Green is no longer dedicated to defense, but a wave of energy pulses out from it. Who knows what malice fills its thoughts, and towards whom?

R2T24: "You want me, Bian Jin?" asks the Scribe, "then come and get me!"

Faster than mortal eyes can possibly register, The Scribe moves north, leaping over Erima. As he does so, he slaps Bian Jin for 1 NL on the top of his head, and continues northwards and into the darkness, slowing down himself (but still going unbelievably quickly) as his charm is not activated and he has but human eyes.

R2T23: Genki, you take 1 bleed. Having been attacked by Abra, the one who led you into this trap, you move to flank with Darius, whose wroth was also so focused. Genki begins his withering assault. His first strike rings Abra's bell with a strike to the man's temple for 21 + 12 disruption + 2 INT + sickened + entangled.

And yet, so overconfident that his backswing would be just as perfect, Genki overcommits and completely misses ... as his swing comes right back around for him to smack himself in the arm for 12 + 10 + pattern dislocated. That doesn't stop the man, though, and he begins his second volley, as he strikes Abra in the belly for 10 + 19 disruption + pattern dislocated. Abra blocks the backswing, but Genki just uses the backswing redirection to crit Abra again, this time crushing his intestines for 16 + 15 disruption + 1 CON and Abra drops, but Genki can't control himself, using his remaining two strokes and the power of his dirsuption to completely wreck the man's body.

R2T22: Another wave of energy from Blue as it simply sits there, prepared to defend itself.

R2T19: Telgarana adjusts to the south, partly to protect the innocents to the south from the rampaging orc, and calls upon her black blade to give her more power. Using arcane power to focus her delivery, she attack the treacherous pignosed spawn again. It would have been a crippling nerve strike, but Erima's armor fortifies her against the crit to only take 11 mod, but Telly attacks again against Erima's helm for 9 mod.

R2T18: A wave of mental static from Red as it maintains defense.

R2T13: Bian Jin, furious (and insane), will not let such a humiliating slap go unanswered! The foolish human ran off into the darkness, where - despite the shame of his birth - Bian Jin can go freely. As the creepy, super-sized, eggplant colored monstrosities aren't focused on him, he simply book it dues north after adjusting the energies from his ring to his treads. He has to hustle get to where The Scribe is now.

R2T8: Darius salutes his fellow Pathfinder for bringing down the traitor, but as he begins to drool, and think of many wonderful intellectual theories, he realizes that Abra could not have been acting alone (as Red twitches), and turns slowly to look at the Pharasmin inquisitor. Surely, the Pharasmin knows that we will have to rob a few graves to get to the prize, and always this naysayer would tell us why not. No!

He shifts to the side of the cavern, getting into a malevolent style to go with his malevolent stance as he studies Iluvar. He lashes out with a bewildering display of swordsmanship, but Iluvar recognizes some of the threat at the last minute, but still getting hit with a hard crit in his upper left arm for 57 (+4 bleed).

R2T4: Erima again tries to stand. Strangely, Iluvar does not attack her this time, as his focus is now entirely on Darius, who has come to your aid. Telgararana attacks again with a crit, and again Erima's armor holds true as she takes a hit in the calf for 11 mod. Erima ambles away from Iluvar, who does not go after her. Putting all of her power into her swing, she attacks Telgarana with her axe but completely misses.

End Round 2. We Pause for Station Identifiation ....