(036) The Remains of the Day

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:43 pm

eris wrote:
"Argh.! " down goes Olaf again. Has his luck finally run out?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:37 pm

mushgnome wrote:
"The scepter!!!" shouts Highbough!

(OOC: did the light go out when it left Olaf's hand?)

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:26 pm

doctorx wrote:
Josiane races across to the stricken Olaf. She attempts to protect the fallen Fighting-Man with her shield while dragging him back towards the door (although if any of the horrors tries to skewer her in her process she will use her shield to defend herself).

"Dieter! We need you in the line!" she yells, though she keeps her focus firmly on the enemy.

And seeing that the door remains stubbornly down, she does now play that last card.

"I seek an audience with the Sons of Arnhold Gottfried! I seek Bastian, Franz and Gothliff! If you be sworn to them, tell them Josiane the Guided would speak on a matter of mutual importance! The affair is pressing. Make haste and convey my words!"

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:51 pm

tonneau wrote:
Gustave, for once happy to not the center of attention, is nonetheless dismayed when his defence fails to protect the younger fighter, who goes down in a crumpled heap.

As Josiane rushes to the aid of the stricken man, Gustave places himself between the two of them and the oncoming horrors - and as far away from the scepter as possible.

"The door gentlemen, the dooooor...." he croons as he mutters a silent prayer to Hans of The Anvil and tries to turn himself into an impervious wall of steel.

"Mobility! pah!" he mumbles.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:06 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:

mushgnome wrote: (OOC: did the light go out when it left Olaf's hand?)

The scepter remained lit as it fell from Olaf's hand, and blinked off momentarily as it first struck the ground, then came on once more as it bounced -- pogo like -- off the ground the first time.

And that was the end of the round.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:08 pm

mushgnome wrote:
Highbough leaps onto the pressure plate, hoping his 98 pounds are enough to open the door... "Go! Go! Go! I'll try to blink through the door before it closes!"

He grips the Ire Spear so tightly the iron begins to sizzle with harnessed magical power!

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:15 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:

doctorx wrote:Josiane races across to the stricken Olaf. She attempts to protect the fallen Fighting-Man with her shield while dragging him back towards the door (although if any of the horrors tries to skewer her in her process she will use her shield to defend herself).

"Dieter! We need you in the line!" she yells, though she keeps her focus firmly on the enemy.

And seeing that the door remains stubbornly down, she does now play that last card.

"I seek an audience with the Sons of Arnhold Gottfried! I seek Bastian, Franz and Gothliff! If you be sworn to them, tell them Josiane the Guided would speak on a matter of mutual importance! The affair is pressing. Make haste and convey my words!"

So... (hypothetically) Josiane would barge between the pair of fell terrors to drag Olaf out from under their stabbing swords, while lecturing them, and hailing Dieter, and while the third enemy bears down upon her from behind?

This does seem rather... risky.

Gustave is ideally positioned to attempt to shield Olaf and drag him free -- heroically dangerous though it will be.

Josiane, meanwhile, has the third undead right behind her. Any pause will allow it to attack her.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:13 am

danhem wrote:
Ulric makes his way toward the door as Highbough jumps upon the pressure plate.

"Keep falling back!" he shouts.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:06 pm

doctorx wrote:

waysoftheearth wrote: So... (hypothetically) Josiane would barge between the pair of fell terrors to drag Olaf out from under their stabbing swords, while lecturing them, and hailing Dieter, and while the third enemy bears down upon her from behind?

This does seem rather... risky.

O.O.C: It would be quite like her though. Particularly the lecturing! [img]images/smiley/grin.png[/img]

But as a certain wise dwarf of her acquaintance is wont to say - 'There's brave and there's stupid.'

So...

Josiane concentrates on staying out of the clutches of the horror breathing coldly down her neck, praying desperately that Gustave can get Olaf clear and that the door is about to open...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:31 pm

ehiker133 wrote:
Desmond continues falling back, frantically thinking of anything he can do to halt the fiends' advance. The light seems to be having an effect on them. Maybe the sound of something clean and pure will at least distract them long enough for everyone to get away?

Desmond fumbles for the silver whistle attached to the chain around his neck. He hastily sticks it into his mouth and blows hard on it to see if it has any effect on the evil pressing on his friends.