(OOC: I will assume that 'yay socks' means 'I would like to attack and Cleave'
)
*Zaeryl facepalms.*
"Damn it! Well, there's pretty much no way we can continue now with all the healers knocked out. I think we may have lost. Ah well, just to keep Hulgyr from dying when his Rage wears off, we'll make sure he doesn't take that last hit."
*Zaeryl steps to the side and manifests on the defensive firing a small burst of Energy that hits four of the Afflicted but is contained enough to avoid unconscious allies. All four of them drop, and some are stunned, not that it matters.*
"That's the one we used to escape last time with Michael."
*Hulgyr growls a challenge to the Afflicted that dropped Michael and cleaves clean through two of them. This leaves only two enemies to go. Unfortunately, while Zaeryl's attack was strong, his movement allows them to get past to Eternity. One of them does so and strikes at Eternity once as the other attacks the injured Hulgyr three times. Hulgyr's lucky socks protect him from all harm, as Eternity suffers the blow head-on and drops.*
(OOC: Against Hulgyr, it got two 4s on the two primary attacks
Against Eternity, a natural 18. Eternity takes 7 and drops to -6. Also, Michael bleeds. Almayce stabilises.)
*Hulgyr drops the one near him, and Zaeryl sighs and zaps Eternity's to death as well.*
(OOC: Michael and Eternity bleed)
*Then Zaeryl heads over to help Eternity first before looking to see how Michael is doing--he's only mortal anyway after all, and somewhat Afflicted. Hulgyr is unable to do so until he drops Rage, and dropping Rage will knock him out anyway.*
(OOC: Eternity is stabilised. Michael bleeds)
*Then Zaeryl moves over to stabilise Michael. But he fails his attempt. Hulgyr, who has had several rounds to do ragish things if he really wants, drops to the ground, bleeding to death from his wounds now that the vigour of the bloodlust is gone.*
*Zaeryl tries again on Michael and succeeds. Then he tries on Hulgyr and fails. Then he succeeds. And everything has gone black*
~~~~~~SKIP!!! Application of XP results in waking up! (except perhaps Michael)~~~~~~
*Everyone wakes up (except perhaps Michael)--seeing a small cavern around them--not the Afflicted caves, as this one has an exit to the light and no continuation deeper. There are some of the least-Afflicted of the villagers in here as well.*
"Well, you're awake now. Good. We actually
did find some use for those silly villagers you freed---they dragged your bodies out while we used the very last of our power to fight the Afflicted guarding our egress. Imagine that--after everything, it wound up being this one who saved those stupid mortals. Bad news--as you may have noticed, we're in a cave, not the town. We don't think the town is safe. It is covered in mist, and every last villager is gone. Those with us don't have too long either--we've been executing them as necessary as they grow more Afflicted. Don't worry, it was at their own request. They don't want to live to become monsters."
(OOC: XP in next post, but I know you all leveled for sure except perhaps Michael, so I assumed that when I said the rest wake up. Michael is at -1 even if he doesn't, so he isn't exactly far away either)
