Wyatt Holiday and Nischa Against Mason Monorou

General Summary

Writers note: While reading this you should look at the picture "Masons Last Stand" and listen to the prompted music for the best effect.
******_Play "Red Dead Redemption II Soundtrack - You're My Brother (Full Theme)"_(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNOqIA11MY8)******
As the roaring necrotic green flames subside and the last ruble falls. Wyatt is laying on the ground, barely conscious. His body is broken and beat both from the battle beforehand and the flames that consumed the cave.
Slowly opening his eyes, he sees that he's in a small space that didn't get completly filled with ruble after the explosion. A few green flames can be heard and seen burning in the scattered bits of mining equipment.
"Shit.... Everything hurts... How the hell am I still alive?" He thinks to himself. "I.. Really hope Nischa got out.." Doing a quick assesment of the state of his body, he quickly realizes that most of his armor and clothing have been burned or blow to pieces and his body from stomach and down mostly are unresponsive.
The sound of stones moving fills the small cave in. Lookin around with dread he sees Mason slowly rising from beneath a small pile of rubble, lookin hurt but in far better condition then Wyatt.
Grunts can be heard from Mason as he stand to his full brushing of small bits of stone while a small mote of divine energy can be seen floating off him. "Well I'll be dammed. If that Cleric Fallah survived the explosion, he is due for a raise.".

Mason shifts his head towards Wyatt with his rugged facial features illuminated by the green flames.
Wyatt quickly scans his surroundings for weapons of any kind and to his luck spots his trusty rifle Rodeo that yet again has proved its ruggedness in surviving the explosion.
Doing the best he can in his current state he scrambles along the ground towards Rodeo, all the while with the steps of Mason slowly approaching from behind.
"I never fail at doing my job. And it seems I didn't this time either." Mason says as pick up the pace.

Using all the strength that he has left, Wyatt pushes on desperately trying to get his trusted rifle. "That fucker.... Just... A bit more... Almost there.... Need... Rodeo... To finish the bastard.... Almost.... Got.... It!".
Just as Wyatt's hand lands on the barrel of Rodeo he is met with a heavy boot to his face, making him fly across the ground.
"Had I know you'd become this much of a nusiance, I would've killed you back when I killed your old man." Mason says as he slowly picks op Rodeo.
Wyatt wills himself from passing out and proceeds to crawl back towards the middle. Mason slowly walks up beside Wyatt and kicks him in his ribs causing Wyatt to crumble and cough blood.
With his vision floating and him teetering on the edge of consciousness he sees Mason standing above him with Rodeo pointed at his head.
"It this it?" Wyatt thinks. "Am I really gonna get shot by the same man who killed dad?..."...
The sound of a soft chuckle can be heard from Mason... And somewhere else in the room, unheard by the laughing Mason some rubble slowly shifts and a heavely wounded Nischa emerges with her broken shortsword in hand.
"Nischa!" Wyatt thinks. "She looks in so much pain.. I... Gotta buy her some time".
Taking a deep breath with renewed hope Wyatt shouts.
"Fuck you Mason! Fuck you fuck you! You're a piece of shit and a lousy gunslinger!"
Masons stops laughing and looks Wyatt evilly in the eyes.
*WHACK*
The buttstock of the rifle slams into Wyatt's face causing him to see stars. Another hit follows rapidly and a third hit barely misses. Willing himself quickly to grab the rifle as it misses, he is pulled to his knees with Masons help causing Mason to venomously say:
"You know one thing that you really have common with your old man? Even when you have lost you are still pathetically unwilling to face it!" Finished by a clenched fist to Wyatt's face.
Falling to the ground with a heavy thud, landing face down, he hears a *click* behind him and an empty shell hitting the ground as Mason cocks the lever action rifle.
"End of the line cowboy. Give your dad my regards when you see him in hell." Mason says with finality.
The time seems to move in slow motion as Wyatt almost can hear Mason's finger slowly flex around the trigger. But instead of a life ending roar from the rifle, a furious scream can be heard from behind Mason as Nischa jump and sinks her broken blade into the shoulder of Mason.
Mason lets out a roar of pain, dropping the rifle on Wyatt while shouting at Nischa and bring his arms around his back.
"You fucking child! I should have torn you to pieces last time.. But don't worry, I WONT make that mistake again." Masons roars as one of his massive hands clamps around Nischa's throat
Wyatt, focusing on every hateful thought of Mason, musters a last bit of strength and grabs his rifle, shifts it into its blade mode and rams it into Mason chest with a small flash of divine light. Nischa on Masons back opens her eyes full as she too is impaled and her life is ended......... But.... As a star winks out somwhere she lives and drops to the ground unscathed.
Wyatt pulls the blade from Masons chest as Mason slowly stumbles forwards, clutching the open wound and with blood flooding his mouth. Until finally he collapses on the ground unmoving.
And with that Wyatt falls back on the ground and drops Rodeo beside him.

******_Play "Red Dead Redemption 2 Official Soundtrack - That's The Way It Is"_(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdW5-uJqCVY)******

Nischa slowly crawl towards him and Wyatt sits himself up looking at her face as tears slowly are welling up in her eyes.
"We... We did it Wyatt... We did it! He is gone... He really is". Nischa says as she slowly falls weepingly in Wyatts chest. Wyatt just slowly smiles at her, hugging her tightly.
In this aftermath while listening to Nischa sobs slowly subsiding he thinks about all the less then.. Good things he had done to get here. And in these thought he remembers a conversation he had with his dad a long time ago.
As Wyatt's dad:
"... Good and Evil are shades of gray. What may seem evil to one, may be the right thing to do for another. Justice will make you walk between the shades of gray and when you come out on the other side? You might not like whom you have become… But even when you have done so many atrocities not all is lost. You’ll try to do better every single day for the rest of your life Wyatt. Knowing very well that you will never even come close to making up for half of the things you’ve done. But in the end, it's what you will do; and hoping that it will give you even the slightest bit of redemption in the end. Remember this Wyatt. Remember this and don’t end up like your old man. Do better.” - Sherif of Vendum Terresia.

As the words of the old Sherif of Vendum Terresia slowly fades from his mind, Wyatt realizes that the sickly green necrotic flames have hit deeper in his body then he first thought. Feeling the wrong coldness of the necrotic radiation seeping through his body he looks to Nischa with dread... When did she stop crying and aren't she a little too still against my chest?
"Nischa. Nischa! We gotta get up! Up... And......... get................ out.........................".
And as the empty void of unconsciousness takes Wyatt's mind, they both pass out against each other in the old mine now known as "Mason Last Stand".



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Roughly an hour later __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
******_Play "Blues Saraceno - Grave Digger"_ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so2s-NZVXZA)******

Aleina and Fortis who were just outside of the primary blast radius awakes, sore and bruised, in the mine.
Looking quickly around they spot the massive cave in located in the direction that Wyatt and Nischa went after Mason. They quickly gather their strength and starts to move rubble out of the way. After a couple of minutes of digging they move a large boulder and on the other side they see Nischa and Wyatt slowly walking while using each other for support.
Aleina and Fortis quickly comes to their aid and together they exit the now ruined mine.
Wyatt is barely conscious and while Aleina, Nischa and Fortis voices slowly are fadding to muddled noise he spots a somewhat skeletal figure standing in the side with a large trench coat, big brimmed cowboy hat and a rugged scarf. Not having the strength to say anything Wyatt just stares at the figure while it... Is shuffling cards in its hand?
The figure then draws a cards and flicks it towards Wyatt with it coming to a stop in front of his face. A white card with a black skull. He blinks as it turns to sand in front of him and the figure is nowhere to be seen.
Making their way further towards the surface Wyatt spots the figure again as it draws a new card and flicks it in front of him. A white card with and hourglass.. With all the sand at the bottom.
As it is in front of him the card rotates, so that the sand now is at the top. Wyatt blinks again as he expect it to turn into sand too, but instead it flies back in the hand of the skeletal figure as he shuffles it into the deck yet again.
On the last reaming way out of the mine, the figure is nowhere to be seen.
When they finally make their way to the surface, all eyes squinting in the bright and hot desert sun, Wyatt spots the figure again standing behind them in the mind, still shuffling cards, still watching.
And as they stand here looking out over the hot expanse that are the Burning Wastes of Mor Ardanian, Wyatt "Murder" Holiday died, but Wyatt Holiday got to live another day. Another day to "do better".




OH and for some reason there's a giant raincloud out in the horizon, in the middle of the desert. Wierd, how did that happen?

INTRODUCTION. READ THIS FIRST
Some things to know beforehand: Aleina, Fortis, Nischa and Wyatt has followed Mason Monorou into a mine in the Burning Wastes where they did battle and seemed to get the upper hand.
Nischa and Wyatt followed Mason further into the mine and the 3 of them were caught in a explosive blast set by Mason.
All 3 of them went to 0 hit points except Mason who had Death Ward on him.
During the encounter that are told; both Wyatt and Nischa were considered to have 0 hp, which means that some special rules were used to give them actions which are seen in the next panel.

Combat while unconscious:
Wyatt could move or take an action. No Aura or bonus action were used.
To move he had to succeed on a DC 10 Strength save. On a success he crawled 5ft. To take an action or make an attack a successful DC 12 Constitution save must be made.

Whenever Wyatt or Nischa were hit, took damage or hit the ground they rolled a death saving throw. 
In the end Wyatt had failed 1 death save from a kick to the face by Mason and automatically failed another when he passed out by the Necrotic radiation flames after killing Mason.

Nischa were a bit better off being able to move 15ft on a successful DC 10 Strength save and 5ft on a failed one. 
Wyatt distracted Mason for 3 rounds while Nischa made her way towards Mason. 
Nischa failed 1 death saving throw while she was on the back of Mason from him choking her and automatically failed another when she passed out by the Necrotic radiation flames after killing Mason.

When Wyatt made the final attack agains Mason with Rodeo he rolled a nat1 which would have killed Mason and Nischa but choose to spend his last "fate point" to make to roll a nat20.

Report Date

09 Apr 2020

Primary Location

Mor Ardanian