Session 26: Kedrisk Reunion
General Summary
Leecher: "Yash'ailaran, I've got a bad feeling about this place. It's hurting..."
Yash: "hmm? What do you mean, you're a sword."
Leecher: "No, not me. It's... It is hurting."
Our heroes make a single step towards the door, as they feel a chill behind them. They turn to see a black swirl of sludge form, turning into the humanoid representative of The Qulvo they saw a few rooms ago. "Well thank you indeed, you brought me right to the end". As it attempts to pass through the party and enter the door, it suddenly vanishes. David, the pillar man guarding the room, was apparently a step ahead and got rid of it asap. The party, processing what just happened, enter the door. Surrounded in darkness, they hear a gong. Then, they can see again. Usze and Vic recognize the area, as well as the figure standing tall in front of them. The Nahiki Broodmaster.
They find themselves in the streets of Presco, the exact location the original group of Vic, Ruuch Caliban, Adalai, Lydia Rhapsody and Usze fought Darrin, then turned Nahiki Broodmaster, with the help of sheriff Shaun. However, this broodmaster seems slightly different than before, as if it has no conscious. Confused, Vic turns to Usze for guidance. Usze doesn't hesitate and orders him to shoot and attack the monster in front of them. He warns the others not to get too close or be consumed. Despite this and Seraphina's best efforts to stay away, she is caught and swallowed whole. She ends up in a dark, grassy field with a bright large moon. The same place Ruuch was once, though this time Darrin is not there. Besides, there is no way Seraphina would know this. After a familiar fight, the broodmaster is taken out. Darkness falls again.
Light comes, and they are now standing in front of the Beast, being "controlled" by the Archon behind it. Usze and Raine being the only ones of the group who were at this battle, the Lizard orders all to focus their attacks upon the Archon and to avoid the Beast. Alongside the pair, a few crystal monsters are scattered across the room and attack the party as well. Lysander and Usze team up to take out a group threatening them, with Seraphina backing them both, while Raine attempts to slow down the Beast. Yash is meanwhile duelling the Archon and her four swords. Lysander attempts to strike the creatures with a lightning attack, however they turn out to be immune. After some moves and spells, the beast sets its sights on Usze, who is unable to move away in time. At that moment, Seraphina jumps in and distracts the monster, but it's faster than expected and slams its fist down upon the tiefling. It goes dark.
They awaken to see the corrupted Archon in front of them. The four large pillars, and three smaller familiar ones decorate the room. One of the smaller pillars was already halfway charged. Usze explains how the last battle went, and orders Seraphina to collect the orbs and place them in the pillars. She succeeds, and the familiar sight of the corrupted archon's shield imploding on her strikes our heroes. Then, many missiles shout of from her back, ready to blast away the party. One giant fireball later, the missiles are gone. In retort, robot warriors emerge from the four pillars. 3 small critters and one large humanoid one. The big guy attempts to strike Seraphina, but Raine has her back. Lysander shoots a powerful lightning strike, however the immunity still stands. He sulks behind one of the pillars, and Usze comes over to console him. Seraphina manages to fill another pillar and Yash teleports to fill the last. Lysander is knocked down, and after Usze fires another fireball, he runs over to try to protect him, only to be knocked out right after. Vic then manages to shoot the corrupted Archon straight in her weak spot, taking her out.
Strangely, The next fight they relive is the one against Palanthus and her allies in the second area of the shard dimension. Unfortunately for our heroes, they are reaching their limit despite regaining some of their stamina in between the battles. Usze is immediatly shot by Palanthus and then slashed by her ally, downing him. Raine tends to his wounds as Lysander and Vic attempt to protect him by firing off spells and bullets at the two celestial knights. Vic tries to get into a more favourable position but is chased by Palanthus, as Lysander continues to battle with the knight. Raine goes down after bringing Usze back, who then uses the amulet he took from Ruuch to cast spare the dying upon her. He then pulls out the pill of short rest that was given to him back in the shard dimension by Ruuch, and, since they are technically in the shard dimension, downs it for the effect. After the crew manage to hold out against the celestial and her guards, the room turns black once more.
Our heroes find themselves upon The Gannet, Arulo's ship, and stand face to face with the giant bat dragon. All except for Usze, who is standing outside the border of Sycaath not two meters away from Rashall. Remembering what happened last time, he immediately calls out to the Green Eye for help, and attempts to run, however he stands no chance and is stricken down. As all hope seems lost, the green eye does indeed appear mech suit and all, though its not really him. Back on the ship, Seraphina has had this fight before, and does what she does best. She gets a nice critical hit upon the monster, but is grabbed quickly afterwards. Yash and Vic attack the monster in order to assist her, as Lysander fires one more fire bolt at the beast. Then, the Black Eye assists them, though of course it is not really him. Raine then taps it ever so slightly with her mace, which downs the beast. This causes everyone to be embraced by the dark once again.
Eyes open, and it is the scarecrow fight from just before they found and activated the portal to the shard dimension. Unfortunately their last plan will not work, as Ruuch is no longer with them to dispell the creature. Not only that, but it seems this time it isn't holding itself back. There's no other option, they simply need to survive until the moment Ruuch's son would have appeared in the past. Seeing the terrible condition they are in, Usze proposes to cast banishment upon Lysander and Raine in order to keep them out of harm's way for some time. They are temporarily teleported back to Thrast, to David's room. Then, the scarecrow's fake shadow Usze emerges and casts banishment on Yash and Seraphina. This is bad however, as if he is not interrupted, it could mean they could no longer return to the battlefield. Usze succesfully breaks fake Usze's concentration, bringing the two back, but he is then hit himself and loses his own concentration, making everyone's rest very short lived. He goes down again.
Vic shoots at the scarecrow and feels no recoil, unlike Seraphina, Raine and Usze. Raine heals Usze and attempts to fight on, but is stricken hard and falls to the floor. Yash gives it a go and strikes the enemy, also feeling nothing. Lysander follows it up with a spell, and you guessed it; no recoil. Having all three never encountered the thing back at the mansion, they are not linked to it and can damage it freely. Despite their best efforts though, the shadows of Usze, Arulo, Raine, Seraphina and Ruuch still continue their assault and, unfortunately, seeing Raine defenceless on the ground, make their move. They strike her fatally, and her final breath is made. Usze, who at this point got back up thanks to her, fires a blast in rage, but feels the recoil immediately, and realises two corpses won't solve anything. The heroes fight on until their vision is blinded yet again.
The cold, steel room, despite fake, feels real. In the middle, Rashall. To his side, Arulo. The party, seeing Raine's body has not come with them, realise they must do this with one member less. Immediately, Rashall throws a flaming blade. Almost instinctively Seraphina catches it with her bare hands, but it explodes, hurting her and those around her. Usze attempts to focus on running around as Rashall prioritises him over anyone else, just like he did in the real fight. Unfortunately Arulo catches his by surprise and slashes open his back. The Lizard turns around and attempts a counter attack on the pirate but is head locked by Rashall. Still in terrible condition from all the other fights, he goes down immediatly, and is then stricken by a flaming sword. The fake Rashall then turns to Yash. Despite not being anything resembling conscious, it seems as if the choice is once more given to either continue fighting or sacrifice Usze for the greater good. Yash ponders for a moment, but then makes his decision and keeps fighting. Seraphina, Vic and Lysander continue to fight as well, distracting the demi-god. Yash is able to grab Usze's unconscious body and utilise the teleporters on the floor to get away from the action.
He gives him some health, but unfortunately Rashall and Arulo also know how to use the portals and quickly move in. Usze, now up again, fires a blast into Arulo's face, and then Seraphina completely beats his body to a pulp, killing him. Usze uses the teleporters and runs away from Rashall to get him away from his friends. Rashall pursues and Vic attempts to shoot him, but the cowboy is hit with a flaming sword and downed for the first time. The demi god catches up and hits the Lizard, downing him again with a single hit. Yash runs after them and tries to heal, but is counterspelled by Rashall. Seraphina runs around and uses her medic skills to quickly stabilise Usze, then stands in front of Rashall in an attempt to block him from reaching her ally. She is grabbed by the throat and tossed aside by the demi god, who follows it up with a sword strike straight through Usze's chest, killing him. Seraphina continues to pummel the demi-god, but it seems he is far from low on stamina, and she is stricken down. Lysander looks on, out of magic and just holding on. Yash, seeing they have run out of options, uses his last resort.
He takes a step back, gets down on one knee and takes Leecher in his hands. He thinks of all that he has learned and faced over the many years. Placing one hand on Leecher's hilt, he draws the forbidden sword, and plunges it deep into the demi-god's chest. As Yash's own body bursts and evaporates, he is barely able to creep one single thought through his head. Against all odds, as if he plucks his very own atoms out of the wind and reassembles them, he rips himself back together just barely, now a being of smoke and wisp. The fake Rashall has fallen.
Report Date
09 Jan 2022
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