Marius launches two eldritch blasts at the roots as Lucan hits it with more blue flames. Ezmerelda launches more vials at them as Erlen disappears behind a tree. You can see arrows flying at the roots, the arrows sink into the roots and the cottage starts to lower slightly. As Quinn moves the angel flies in front of her as two roots shoot out of the ground. The angel vanishes as they hit her. Ireena backs away from the dropping cottage, another root pops out of the ground hitting her in the back. The door opens and an older woman steps into the door frame. Quinn can see a fireball forming just above her hand.
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quinn groans and then uses her second spell to counter the fireball, hoping that the unearthly green radiance is having its effect on the woman, draining her of her vigor and burning her with its power. she moves away from the others "scatter. she has area effect spells" not sure how much time is left in her own "still stay out of the light. it wont be up much longer"
Everyone spreads out, everyone gets a warm feeling as Lucan casts some healing magic. Erlen fires two arrows at the woman and she starts to laugh as blood drips from her wounds. She points her finger at Quinn and Quinn's body stops moving. Her words become slurred and quiet, barely even being able to speak. Marius and Lucan still focus on the roots as Ezmerelda launches vials up at the lady, blasting her back into the cottage. Two roots come out of the ground at Lucan, while the third pierces through Marius.
Quinn can't move or even speak well enough to get a spell off. The woman steps into the doorframe again as it gets closer to the ground, the green radiance fades away and her laughter can be heard echoing around the trees. She looks at Quinn and smiles, "Sorry dearie, but that spell of yours was quite troublesome. Had to stop you somehow!" Two roots attack Marius and he falls to the ground, unconscious. Erlen fires two more arrows at her from somewhere in the trees, sinking into her chest. Her blood is flowing heavily out of her wounds as she continues to laugh. "Die you fools, you can't kill me! Give up and make it easier on yourselves! You will never kill Strahd, he is immortal and our savior!" She points her finger at Ireena, "And you, you're not even worth his time!" Green and black energy flows from her finger to Ireena. The power courses through her body and she lets out a bloodcurdling scream as she falls to the ground. Lucan starts running over but is hit with another root piercing out of the ground. He aims his hand over at Quinn and a blue light flows over her and she feels her body start to move again. Ezmerelda throws two more vials at the woman knocking her back into the cottage which drops to the ground.
Quinn can't move or even speak well enough to get a spell off. The woman steps into the doorframe again as it gets closer to the ground, the green radiance fades away and her laughter can be heard echoing around the trees. She looks at Quinn and smiles, "Sorry dearie, but that spell of yours was quite troublesome. Had to stop you somehow!" Two roots attack Marius and he falls to the ground, unconscious. Erlen fires two more arrows at her from somewhere in the trees, sinking into her chest. Her blood is flowing heavily out of her wounds as she continues to laugh. "Die you fools, you can't kill me! Give up and make it easier on yourselves! You will never kill Strahd, he is immortal and our savior!" She points her finger at Ireena, "And you, you're not even worth his time!" Green and black energy flows from her finger to Ireena. The power courses through her body and she lets out a bloodcurdling scream as she falls to the ground. Lucan starts running over but is hit with another root piercing out of the ground. He aims his hand over at Quinn and a blue light flows over her and she feels her body start to move again. Ezmerelda throws two more vials at the woman knocking her back into the cottage which drops to the ground.
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Quinn screams "IREENA" then moves. for once not towards the woman. she fires off another two blasts from her eldritch blast, but moves to keep herself away from anyone else. she is careful to keep distant from anyone else, so if the woman throws or tries to throw another fireball they will be scattered. she cant get to the fallen girl now and doesnt want to endanger her. "keep it up keep it up" she directs asshat to fly around as well, to see if there's anything maybe in the house that can be of use to them.
Inside the cottage Asshat can see a small fireplace, a chair and small table, a bright green glow from under the floorboards, and a very dead woman laying on the ground after Quinn hit her again with two blasts. The roots keep attacking, you hear Erlen yell in pain and Lucan gets hit again, one of the roots piercing into his arm. Lucan summons his blue flames and fires them at the roots as two arrows hit them and they all fall limp to the ground. Lucan waits for a moment making sure everything is clear before rushing over to Ireena. He kneels down next to her and starts healing her knowing thankfully she's not dead. Her eyes open slightly and she looks around slowly. "Ouch.." Her voice is quiet but she has a small smile on her face as she sees Quinn and Lucan. Her armor is banged up and she's bleeding in a few spots from the Roots hitting her. "Get her heart. We have to finish the trial and break his connection before moving on." She lays her head back on the ground as Lucan rushed over to Marius to heal him as well.
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QUinn draws her dagger and looks down at the old lady "um. dont we have to like. saw through her ribs or something? to get at the heart?" part of her realizes she could cut open the woman's stomach and then reach up in but... that's a big fucking no right there. the biggest of fucking no's. "i uh. i dont... really have anything we can crack the ribs with" she looks over at the others "this is you know probably a job for someone with a sword or an axe. like es. or ireena. like for sure one of them." she looks down at the old lady corpse again and makes another face "its just, you know. you have to know your strengths you see and um. this is not mine" she moves back over to Ireena then tries to help her up "come on gorgeous. lets put that magic sword to use right?"
Ireena makes a face as she thinks about cutting open a woman to get her heart. Before she starts to talk Erlen moves forward and pulls out a sword and cuts into the old woman. Everyone can hear the ribs breaking before he pulls out the heart. Ireena gags and looks away as Erlen brings thr heart over to a thr large rock that starts to crack and crumble revealing a another shiny obelisk. Thick fog moves back from the trees revealing a small river closeby and ruins of a village. Erlen looks down at the heart. The old woman's heart is grey and sickly looking. As he steps toward the pillar a stone circle surrounds it. He gives it an odd look and turns to the group. "We should probably all do this.. None of us look particularly well enough for another fight but I dont think this will be a fight.."
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Quinn covers her mouth and swallows her bile "fucking gross" she mutters and winces, spitting a little to clear the taste of her sick out of her mouth "oh that's so gross its so gross" Quinn is squeamish about such things. She can't watch people be operated on, or butchering or anything and that's like the worst of both worlds right there. "yeah no" she shudders a minute, then turns back to the circle "you're holding it. im not holding it. ill hold your arm or something" she moves forward to join Erlan, but with a clear reluctance.
Everyone seems hesitant to step toward the circle, not just Quinn. Lucan steps next to Erlen, Ireena steps in behind Quinn looking over her shoulder. Marius and Ezmerelda step in next to eachother slowly. Erlen steps in the center of the circle, the heart in his outstretched hand. A few moments pass with nothing happening, just as he's about to give up everyone sees a change in the light.
You all look up to the sky and see the distant light of the sun - obscured by layers of cloud cover - as it moves much more quickly than usual. More than that, it seems to be moving West to East. Backwards. Wrong. Suddenly it's dawn. And then it is the darkness of midnight And then it dusk and then it is yesterday. You all gather together in the center of the circle as the sun seems to soar through the sky, days passing in the blink of an eye. It is day and then night, day, night, day, night, over and over until you can no longer distinguish the difference. The world is flying in perpetual twilight, seasons changing too fast for you to feel the frosts of winter for more than a second at a time.
Suddenly, time stops. It is midday and Strahd stands before you in the circle.But... he isn't looking at you. Doesn't even seem to notice any of you. He's holding up one hand as if in a mock wave, facing the river and the ruins below. Except, you each do a double take and see that they aren't ruins. In the once boggy marshes now stands a village. And the river... it's*gone. The muddy bed lays ripped into the earth but there is no water. None at all.Strahd lets out a low breath and closes his open hand into a fist. As you catch a glimpse of his face, you feel the blood leave your cheeks. You've never seen him so angry.And then you hear it. At first, it sounds like a storm, or perhaps the thundering of a distant army. But no. You all look south and there, up river, roaring down the mountainside is an unholy torrent of water. The water slams into Berez, drowning out the screams of the villagers! The water hits you! Soaks you to the bone and knocks the air out of you! But just before it washes you out of the Weaver's shrine, time stops and again begins to move backwards.
A small, spritely looking woman appears in front of you all. Her skin is green and her hair flows around her like she's underwater. "So, someone finally managed to kill the old hag i take it? Not without injury I see." She looks around at the group, bruised and bloodied. She sees Ireena peeking over Quinn's shoulder and cocks her head to the side. "And how are you still alive Tatyana? And still looking so young.. Its been years since you disappeared." Ireena looks confused but doesn't say anything. The woman smiles warmly, "Dont be shy dear, you're just an oddity i don't understand. Doesn't mean I wish to harm you."
You all look up to the sky and see the distant light of the sun - obscured by layers of cloud cover - as it moves much more quickly than usual. More than that, it seems to be moving West to East. Backwards. Wrong. Suddenly it's dawn. And then it is the darkness of midnight And then it dusk and then it is yesterday. You all gather together in the center of the circle as the sun seems to soar through the sky, days passing in the blink of an eye. It is day and then night, day, night, day, night, over and over until you can no longer distinguish the difference. The world is flying in perpetual twilight, seasons changing too fast for you to feel the frosts of winter for more than a second at a time.
Suddenly, time stops. It is midday and Strahd stands before you in the circle.But... he isn't looking at you. Doesn't even seem to notice any of you. He's holding up one hand as if in a mock wave, facing the river and the ruins below. Except, you each do a double take and see that they aren't ruins. In the once boggy marshes now stands a village. And the river... it's*gone. The muddy bed lays ripped into the earth but there is no water. None at all.Strahd lets out a low breath and closes his open hand into a fist. As you catch a glimpse of his face, you feel the blood leave your cheeks. You've never seen him so angry.And then you hear it. At first, it sounds like a storm, or perhaps the thundering of a distant army. But no. You all look south and there, up river, roaring down the mountainside is an unholy torrent of water. The water slams into Berez, drowning out the screams of the villagers! The water hits you! Soaks you to the bone and knocks the air out of you! But just before it washes you out of the Weaver's shrine, time stops and again begins to move backwards.
A small, spritely looking woman appears in front of you all. Her skin is green and her hair flows around her like she's underwater. "So, someone finally managed to kill the old hag i take it? Not without injury I see." She looks around at the group, bruised and bloodied. She sees Ireena peeking over Quinn's shoulder and cocks her head to the side. "And how are you still alive Tatyana? And still looking so young.. Its been years since you disappeared." Ireena looks confused but doesn't say anything. The woman smiles warmly, "Dont be shy dear, you're just an oddity i don't understand. Doesn't mean I wish to harm you."
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Quinn steps forward reluctantly. Her emerald eyes scan up and down along the scene, then her mouth gapes as it seems time itself is flowing rapidly backward. She looks up, watching the sky running in reverse, seemingly faster and faster till the universe stops spinning. she looks around then, taking in the scene of the village. she arches an eyebrow, watching strahd as he does something.
her eyes go wide as suddenly the wall of water wreaks its terrible devastation on the village, unable to turn away from the terrible vision. she steps back, involuntary "what did they do to him to cause this?" she mutters, then looks over as a woman appears. at first she's not sure what to make of her, but she assumes she's like the woman from last time "s.... she's not who you think. that woman died. she just looks like her"
her eyes go wide as suddenly the wall of water wreaks its terrible devastation on the village, unable to turn away from the terrible vision. she steps back, involuntary "what did they do to him to cause this?" she mutters, then looks over as a woman appears. at first she's not sure what to make of her, but she assumes she's like the woman from last time "s.... she's not who you think. that woman died. she just looks like her"
The woman gives Ireena another look before turning to Quinn. "Im not sure what happened, my sight isn't always perfect, I miss things im afraid. There is still more to see, perhaps you'll see what happened." She turns her attention back to Ireena, "Are you sure.. She has the same feeling from before, she might be Tatyana.. Though of course I could be wrong." Before she can say anything further, she's interrupted by the light changing again.
Again, time moves backwards. The clouds overhead move so quickly it hurts your eyes to look at them. How many years are passing? Hundreds at least. Finally it slows to a stop again. Berez is nothing more than a collection of huts on the riverbank.But that is nothing compared to the scene before you. Five young women are lashed to the surrounding menhirs, each wearing hides and foliage. Four are dead, their chests carved out. But you can tell they were tortured many days before their deaths. Strahd stands in the center of it all, the witch Baba Lysaga at his side. His face bears no emotion, no sympathy.The last girl, no more than fifteen, breathes ragged, wet breathes. Her shoulders are bent at odd angles from being lifted for so long and tears stain her cheeks. As she cries, she whispers something. The meaning flows into you like grief incarnate.*"They are gone. Left us. My Ladies are dead."Baba Lysaga walks forward and plunges a dagger into the girl's chest. The process is long and bloody, but eventually the old witch turns with a freshly cut heart in hand. She gives it Strahd with a manic grin and watches the dark lord slowly lick the severed muscle.
Again, time moves backwards. The clouds overhead move so quickly it hurts your eyes to look at them. How many years are passing? Hundreds at least. Finally it slows to a stop again. Berez is nothing more than a collection of huts on the riverbank.But that is nothing compared to the scene before you. Five young women are lashed to the surrounding menhirs, each wearing hides and foliage. Four are dead, their chests carved out. But you can tell they were tortured many days before their deaths. Strahd stands in the center of it all, the witch Baba Lysaga at his side. His face bears no emotion, no sympathy.The last girl, no more than fifteen, breathes ragged, wet breathes. Her shoulders are bent at odd angles from being lifted for so long and tears stain her cheeks. As she cries, she whispers something. The meaning flows into you like grief incarnate.*"They are gone. Left us. My Ladies are dead."Baba Lysaga walks forward and plunges a dagger into the girl's chest. The process is long and bloody, but eventually the old witch turns with a freshly cut heart in hand. She gives it Strahd with a manic grin and watches the dark lord slowly lick the severed muscle.
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Quinn shudders as the scene plays out. she looks away from the gaping chests, uncomfortable at the sight of it. she swallows and balls her hands into fist, feeling an impotent rage filling her. her nostrils flare as she drinks in air, then slowly lets it out to try to calm herself. This is surely but one of many attrocities committed by the dark one and his fate is already death. she forces herself to look back, but at the same time reaches for Ireena and puts her hand on her back and looks around for Lucan, needing the reassuring presence of the two of them to steady her. "so the old witch was his ally from early on then"
Lucan steps Baie Quinn and reaches down grabbing her hand. He squeezes it gently and looks toward the woman. He attention focuses back on Quinn. "She's been with him since the beginning. She was the one that was there to help with his birth, she is the one who gave him powers. She's always been his biggest supporter. Done everything she can to keep him alive and healthy." Her speaking fades as the lighting changes yet again.
Time moves backwards, undoing the horrible scene. This time, the cycle is somehow faster than before. You're surprised when the clouds break and beam sunlight upon you for the first time in months. Berez deconstructs on the river, for a flash you see an army on a distant hill and a dragon, its silver scales catching the sunlight, dash across the open sky.When time finally stops again, you're surprised to see Baba Lysaga standing before you. She seems out of place in this bright, serene world of ages passed. But... she's different. She's not a memory! She sees you! Baba stalks towards Erlen and he's so taken aback he doesn't react in time.
Just as she's about to reach Erlen, a hand bursts through her chest. Its clutching the old woman's heart. Baba Lysaga's form melts away behind her stands the woman, holding the heart. You can see her open her mouth, two rows of razor sharp teeth sink into the heart as she eats it. She has a Cheshire grin on her face, "Congratulations on breaking his connection." The scene fades and you're left standing back in the stone circle. Ireena sighs, "The sunlight couldn't have stayed a little longer.."
Time moves backwards, undoing the horrible scene. This time, the cycle is somehow faster than before. You're surprised when the clouds break and beam sunlight upon you for the first time in months. Berez deconstructs on the river, for a flash you see an army on a distant hill and a dragon, its silver scales catching the sunlight, dash across the open sky.When time finally stops again, you're surprised to see Baba Lysaga standing before you. She seems out of place in this bright, serene world of ages passed. But... she's different. She's not a memory! She sees you! Baba stalks towards Erlen and he's so taken aback he doesn't react in time.
Just as she's about to reach Erlen, a hand bursts through her chest. Its clutching the old woman's heart. Baba Lysaga's form melts away behind her stands the woman, holding the heart. You can see her open her mouth, two rows of razor sharp teeth sink into the heart as she eats it. She has a Cheshire grin on her face, "Congratulations on breaking his connection." The scene fades and you're left standing back in the stone circle. Ireena sighs, "The sunlight couldn't have stayed a little longer.."
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Quinn blinks at all that. Its so much to process. She wonders who the woman was,though she assumes she was some sort of power tied to the fane or the fane itself. she shakes her head "gods what a strange time we live in" she mutters and squeezes Ireena's hand "i know, angel. it was a short time but.... its something to hold onto. you saw the sun over Barovia today... and in a week's time youll see it again" she smiles and squeezes Ireena's hand and then Lucan's. "how is everyone?" her leg is stiff but she took no wounds in the battle "do we need to make camp? or can we hit the road and make a little time before we have to stop?" she's fine either way, but she wants to be sensitive to the needs of her companions for sure.
Lucan looks up at the sky, the clouds start to darken as if a storm is coming. "We should get going bi doubt we'll make it to the next game tonight, but we can gain some more ground. I guess.." He looks around at the group. "Actually, lets stay here. I dont think we are exactly fit for travel right now. How about you all relax, I'll set up camp and get dinner started. We will just head out first thing again." He walks off and starts to set up b camp. Ireena squeezes Quinn's hand. "I'm gonna help and start dinner. I dont feel great, but I can do that at least." She hugs Quinn before heading off to start cooking. Erlen heads over to a tree and leans against it, keeping watch over the camp. Ezmerelda and Marius slowly set up their own tent.
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*I guess nobody trusts your cooking, Quinn*
*fuck you asshat*
Quinn shrugs as her leg is stiff but not so stiff she can't help. still as it seems her paramours are intent on doing everything, QUinn takes a minute to relax. she looks around "man i'd kill for a bath. but obviously not here. swamp water." she sighs and scratches at her leg, massaging some of the stiffness out of it, wincing as her wound isnt entirely healed. she looks around the camp, then settles in to wait for some dinner.
*fuck you asshat*
Quinn shrugs as her leg is stiff but not so stiff she can't help. still as it seems her paramours are intent on doing everything, QUinn takes a minute to relax. she looks around "man i'd kill for a bath. but obviously not here. swamp water." she sighs and scratches at her leg, massaging some of the stiffness out of it, wincing as her wound isnt entirely healed. she looks around the camp, then settles in to wait for some dinner.
Ireena smiles thinking about a bath and nods, "Yeah, mee too honestly." She spends some time cooking while Lucan sets up camp. After a while Ireena brings over some vegetables and some nicely cooked rabbit. She sits down next to Quinn and starts eating. "So much for today not being a fight huh? You alright? I know you had to be worried when I went down.." She takes another bite before looking over at Quinn. Lucan walks over to Erlen with food and talks to him for a few minutes while he eats.
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Quinn nods "yeah i was but I trust you to get back up." she squeezes Ireena's shoulder "i mean, its always sort of awful watching you or Lucan get hit, but I just have to remind myself that victory comes first and then we have the luxury of worrying about the wounded. its not the easiest thing in the world though, as i know you know" she curls her unwounded leg under her chin and rests it on her knee "its weird to think of how close we are, you know?"
She nods and cleans her head back and closes her eyes. She smiles as she considers Quinn's question. "Yes, the three of us did bond pretty quickly. Which is surprising since I don't let people get close easily, but its nice.. Maybe part of it is because I rely on you both so much, but I know it's more than that too. You two, especially you, you mean more to me than you know.. You protect me, you take care of me, you stand up for me.. You don't know how much that means to me." She opens her eyes and looks at the darkening sky as rain starts to slowly drop down. "I know it's hard watching one of us go down, but the fight has to go on, you can't let us stop you from focusing and keeping on. Still nice to know you care though. But we will be okay, we are going to get through this together. We are reaching the end.. We are so close."
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QUinn looks up at the sky "of course." she laughs and sits though for a minute, letting the rain fall on her "i dont suppose the tent is set up huh? we can always sleep in the carriage if need be" she takes a few bites of her dinner, then leans down and kisses ireena's cheek "and yes. the three of us did get very close very fast" she slips her hand along her girl's shoulder, then looks over to Lucan and Erlan "some people just gel right away i guess. you and i did. that's for sure"
She nods and looks over at Quinn, "Yes we did. And don't worry, Lucan set up the tent already." Shes quiet for a few moments, she lays her head against Quinn lightly. "Sometimes things just click, I trusted you faster than I thought. It felt nice to finally have someone who I had that connection with." As she leans in Quinn can feel Ireena's warmth flow over her. Lucan finally walks over after talking to Erlen. "Should have figured it'd rain huh? Glad I set up camp instead of heading out and getting a few more hours of travel in."
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Quinn nods, and feeling Ireena's warmth she guesses it must be triggered to her emotional state. she resolves to try to keep her warm forever in that moment. she smiles and looks up to Lucan "yeah that was a great call on your part hon" she reaches for him, trying to tug him down for a kiss "why don't the three of us go get dry and curl up. we can talk. or whatever. mostly talk though we're all a little beat down i think"
Lucan smiles and leans down to kiss Quinn before gently helping her up. "Dry would be nice, and curling up together sounds perfect right now. We all need to rest after the fights we've been through, and it's not over yet. Hopefully the mountain fane isn't a fight.." Ireena stands up and heads for the tent, "I dont know, I think Lucan didn't get beat up enough." She smiles as she heads into the tent and takes off her armor before laying down. Lucan looks at Quinn, "I'm glad I had that angel there to protect you today. I should have summoned another for Ireena.. That finger of death spell could have gone so much worse.." He shudders thinking about it before heading into the tent and stripping out of his armor and laying down next to Ireena.
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Quinn slips out of her armor "finger of what?" she arches an eyebrow "what the fuck lucan? she had some spell that would have just killed me?" she turns white as a ghost and sits in the ceter of the tent, wrapping her arms around her knees. she stares at the entrance of the tent "and... she cast it at me? wow" she swallows and hugs her legs a little tighter against her "how many of those angels can you get? like. just the one? can you do more? do you think strahd can cast that?"
Lucan raises an eyebrow at Quinn. "No, for you it was some sort of stun spell. The spell she cast on Ireena, that was the death spell. She's lucky she's alive right now. As for the angels, I can only summon one at a time, but I can summon a couple if they are needed." He sits up and scoots closer to Quinn before rubbing her shoulder. "I dont know if Strahd can cast it, I certainly hope not. At this point we have to assume he knows a great deal of spells though. If he doesn't have many I assume he can cast the few he has a lot. But until we fight him.. We are blind to what he can do. The only reason I even know that spell is because when someone dies from it, they are instantly turned into a zombie and fight for whoever casts it. I dont know why she'd go after ireena instead of someone else if she was so hellbent on making Strahd happy though."
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