Fried fish and surprising self sacrifice

Liliana got picked up by the golems, deposited on their transport and was eventually joined by the others.
 
They moved onto another city and gradually get closer step by step to meeting the emperor.
 
An ancient temple lay under the city, which would give access to the emperor. Liliana had thought they were planning to talk with the emperor but gradually began to reveal they were out to assassinate him. Kasimir had been intimate with a politicians wife, Shelley and used this to get the information they needed.
They decided to mock up uniforms, which were a little bit too skimpy, rather like a fancy dress or stripper policeman’s outfit. The seams stretched on Kasimir’s muscled form, while Liliana was confident she was rocking the look. Shadow decided to make a paper mache head, so he would look like less like an automaton but ended up looking like Frank Sidebottom.
 
They made their way to the temple, where the pad for the emperor’s ship was.
 
They tried to send Shadow’s companion, who said his designation was DB (which stands for Dis Bitch) through to scout ahead for them. Liliana used magic to understand it and off it went. They learned there was water, so Kasimir threw him over the water, but he didn’t get fully across and splashed into the water, and sank. A little while later, he crawled up out the water. He called back that there was more water and creatures living in the water, which seemed to splash about as if whipped by a sourceless wind.
 
Creatures in the water with piscine anatomy looked vacantly at them. Liliana turned to firebolt one of them and her flames caught her robes and all of the polyester went up in flames, burning her until she nearly fainted. Shadow took a creature out effortlessly while she beat out the flames. And as Kasimir jumped in the water and whaled on one she magically withered one of the fish like creatures and healed herself with the necromantic energy. Liliana took one hit but despite wavering on her feet cast shield to deflect a second and span around casting thunderwave to push the creature away, while it shook with the force of her magical thunder. Meanwhile the others continued to trade blows, dodging needle like teeth laced with poison.
 
One by one they took the school of fish people out, Kasimir throwing one of their bodies into the distance. After electrocuting one to death Liliana looked at its fried piscine form, says "Well that was more like it" and span to firebolt one of the ones approaching from the far part of the cavern. She blasted through it, nearly taking it out in a devasting display of flame.
 
“C’est magnifique.” She said.
 
After more firebolts and attacks, Kasimir started to get serious and began to radiate radiant light, damaging everything in his aura. Kasimir got badly fucked up and Shadow began to get frustrated at the constant swarm of attackers. Within seconds he was knocked unconscious, and Kasimir finished off the last creature, his own consumptive radiant finishing themselves off in the process.
 
Liliana rushed forward, knowing she had no healing potions. She waded into the water and dragged Kas out, struggling to manage their large form with her lack of muscles. She used what little medical knowledge and mechanicial knowledge to stabilise them and Shadow and then stood looking at them.
 
Knowing there was only one way she could bring someone back softly she said, “Oh, fuck, am I really going to do this.” She looked around, “I could just walk out of ‘ere and leave them. Why should they matter to me? Why should I help?” She looked to the exit and then quietly said. “Oh shit.”
 
Her hands described geometric shapes in the air and she cast wither and bloom on herself. The necromanctic magic drew life from her, more than she had bargained for but as she dropped unconscious, she directed the flow of energy into Kasimir and daw them revive.
 
Coming to and seeing Shadow resting peacefully and Liliana crumpled and pale, Kasimir lay on hands and brought Liliana back to consciousness.
 
She looked up woozily. “It worked, that's good. That really hurt. I need a rest.”
 
They found a place to curl up in and head and fell into a much needed sleep.