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Re: Finding the Breaking Point (Hafnium)
Tamonten's flat "no" the Varthic's teasing caused the demon to raise an eyebrow and grin at her, and the explanation that she followed it with caused him to let out a bark of laughter and reply; "We'll see about that." He turned and walked away after that, effectively ending the conversation, but Krig barely seemed to notice his reply. She was too busy blushing furiously and making eyes at the pale swordswoman.
Later, Sensensiel repeated the demon prince's quizzical expression at her as she dismissed the angel's suppositions, but then she shook her head and replied; "It hasn't happened before. Not to my knowledge at least, and I studied every archive that my kin had collected when I learned that Elawdrin had fallen and then somehow returned. I've been looking for her for years though, and I always suspected that this would be the manner in which it was ended. The Outsider moving to reclaim her doesn't surprise me only because I suspected that her beheading wouldn't be the end of it."
She turned to gaze down at the spot where Elawdrin's corpse has once rested, a small frown playing across her soft, pretty features, and quietly added; "She always was well prepared.... But she wasn't always a monster. I can't even guarantee that she's permanently dead this time, since the thing that corrupted her in the first place took her back. I don't even known whether to hope that she will, or that she won't, given the things she's likely suffering again." She fell silent then, but promptly looked back to the pale swordswoman after she asked how many times this had happened before and said; "I've cornered her once before, but she escaped. One of my kin did it again, and I believe there was some trouble with a dragon previously, but as far as I know she's never died before."
Despite her dour mood, the angel's mouth turned up in a brief but amused smile following Tamonten's offer of future aid, and she said; "I'll certainly keep you in mind.... Though I don't feel as if you owe me anything for what happened three days ago. Maybe if I'd kept you from ever being caught in the first place, but.... Not after you had to live here for three days. I don't know how you managed to keep sane, to be honest."
Then, after Tamonten threw her opinion in following Evan's rise and additions to the conversation, she managed to earn a blush out of Krig again with her light quip. "Uhh.... No... Not right now. Maybe, uhhhh, later?" she said looking aside in embarrassment, but then she moved over to the fallen sphinx and healed it as she'd been doing frequently since her arrival. The sphinx rose, gave an annoyed look at Evan, and then fell into step beside the increasingly weary kitsune while Evan shuffled towards the door. "Nnnn... Just... Follow me... Hcccchhhhhkkk...."
Along the way they passed those fallen who still lived, and after Evan explained that the other door led to a place where Elawdrin had held nothing more than supplies opted to leave them there as is. They found a squad of guards upon arriving at Elawdrin's nursery, but with all of them present and at strength it was easy to dispatch the succubi and the monsters that popped out of them. Inside, Tamonten found a room filled with over a hundred children, almost all of them newborn. It took a good chunk of time to find her own, but in that time a man in golden armor appeared, one that Tamonten would quickly realize was a faerie who had been called upon by Krig and Sensensiel. He took one look at the room, scowled, and then sighed and said that he would take care of it. In the meantime, Tamonten managed to identify her own children among the assorted ones present, it being easy once she found the first given that all of them were next to one another. They even had the names of the parents issued under each, at which point Tamonten found out the names of the three dragonkin; Nincrinoix, Possincroix, and Besincroix, though it wasn't clear which was which. The children had apparently been organized by their mother, as the child she had seen the red one with on the day before the escape attempt had the last of the three dragon names under it, and in addition to the young boy's draconic features was possessed of violet skin and had the name of the father listed as; Fenris.
The only boy, also the only one among the three that was not Tamonten's child, had red scales like the mother coating the same areas that she'd seen similarly covered on the mother, and also had a tail and a pair of tiny draconic looking wings. The next pair over were both girls, and both unnaturally pale just like her. They also both had green scaling and tiny amounts of blond hair plastered to their heads, and appeared almost identical, possessing only reptilian tails and a bit of scaling to display their draconic heritage, while their nubbly little horns could be from either gene pool. The name "Nincrinoix" was where the mother was listed. The last two, also both girls, were not identical but they were definitely also twins, one of whom appeared a good bit scalier than the other and also possessed much more developed wings. The name of their mother was listed as "Possincroix."
The faerie summoned by Sensensiel (with help from Krig) was calling in other help to assist in ferrying the children off, but if she wished to hold the dragon children for some reason she was free to do so. Regardless of her choices regarding her spawn, Elawdrin's alchemy lab came next, where Tamonten would find a number of potentially interesting things if she looked hard enough. She even found a bulging bag the size of a flour sack simply labeled; "Catnip."
Then it was off to clearing the prison, an arduous and dangerous task that was equally thankless. Most of the noncorrupted prisoners had already fled, leaving a few who had been too badly injured to flee under their own power. Of the seven they found, three proved to contain Elawdrin's minions, which seemed all too eager to burst out and attack if given the opportunity. The guards they found mostly fled, save for those containing more monsters who always fought to the death, and they found no organzied resistance, nor any groups even half as large as their own. No more of the more dangerous monsters were present either, neither Elawdrin's Bladebeasts nor the gigantic laser-spewing centipedes were seen again. Once all of the cell blocks were cleared and all of the guards were captured, killed, or fled, Tamonten and her group had some twenty demons that had allegedly been forced to work for Elawdrin, a litter of freshly born hellhounds, four seemingly uncontrolled and sane prisoners, and twenty who were obviously broken by the experiences they'd suffered at the hands of the fallen angel and her minions, including the woman with tentacles that Nellic had defended her from and that Striga had used as an example. After what was to be done with them was sorted and some were released, Tamonten was left to loot the armory, and then peruse through the fallen angel's stock of assorted tools of control before awakening the dragonkin and the alraune that they had left outside of her chamber.
Tamonten: HP = 89, PP = 61, EP = 66, Status = Fine, Pregnant
NPC Stats
Varthic: HP = 125, PP = 65, EP = 110, Status = Fine
Pano: HP = 110, PP = 52, EP = 98, Status = Fine
Orc: HP = 70, PP = 50, EP = 90, Status = Fine
Nellic: HP = 100, PP = 45, EP = 45, Status = Fine
Krig: HP = 51, PP = 52, EP = 1/131, Status = Fine
Derpangel: HP = 67, PP = 89, EP = 14/102, Status = Fine, Eldritch Lantern, +24 Dodge (Arcane Armor), Arcane Focus
Sashien the Sphinx: Fine: spent 50 EP
NPC Stats
Varthic: HP = 125, PP = 65, EP = 110, Status = Fine
Pano: HP = 110, PP = 52, EP = 98, Status = Fine
Orc: HP = 70, PP = 50, EP = 90, Status = Fine
Nellic: HP = 100, PP = 45, EP = 45, Status = Fine
Krig: HP = 51, PP = 52, EP = 1/131, Status = Fine
Derpangel: HP = 67, PP = 89, EP = 14/102, Status = Fine, Eldritch Lantern, +24 Dodge (Arcane Armor), Arcane Focus
Sashien the Sphinx: Fine: spent 50 EP
Tamonten's flat "no" the Varthic's teasing caused the demon to raise an eyebrow and grin at her, and the explanation that she followed it with caused him to let out a bark of laughter and reply; "We'll see about that." He turned and walked away after that, effectively ending the conversation, but Krig barely seemed to notice his reply. She was too busy blushing furiously and making eyes at the pale swordswoman.
Later, Sensensiel repeated the demon prince's quizzical expression at her as she dismissed the angel's suppositions, but then she shook her head and replied; "It hasn't happened before. Not to my knowledge at least, and I studied every archive that my kin had collected when I learned that Elawdrin had fallen and then somehow returned. I've been looking for her for years though, and I always suspected that this would be the manner in which it was ended. The Outsider moving to reclaim her doesn't surprise me only because I suspected that her beheading wouldn't be the end of it."
She turned to gaze down at the spot where Elawdrin's corpse has once rested, a small frown playing across her soft, pretty features, and quietly added; "She always was well prepared.... But she wasn't always a monster. I can't even guarantee that she's permanently dead this time, since the thing that corrupted her in the first place took her back. I don't even known whether to hope that she will, or that she won't, given the things she's likely suffering again." She fell silent then, but promptly looked back to the pale swordswoman after she asked how many times this had happened before and said; "I've cornered her once before, but she escaped. One of my kin did it again, and I believe there was some trouble with a dragon previously, but as far as I know she's never died before."
Despite her dour mood, the angel's mouth turned up in a brief but amused smile following Tamonten's offer of future aid, and she said; "I'll certainly keep you in mind.... Though I don't feel as if you owe me anything for what happened three days ago. Maybe if I'd kept you from ever being caught in the first place, but.... Not after you had to live here for three days. I don't know how you managed to keep sane, to be honest."
Then, after Tamonten threw her opinion in following Evan's rise and additions to the conversation, she managed to earn a blush out of Krig again with her light quip. "Uhh.... No... Not right now. Maybe, uhhhh, later?" she said looking aside in embarrassment, but then she moved over to the fallen sphinx and healed it as she'd been doing frequently since her arrival. The sphinx rose, gave an annoyed look at Evan, and then fell into step beside the increasingly weary kitsune while Evan shuffled towards the door. "Nnnn... Just... Follow me... Hcccchhhhhkkk...."
Along the way they passed those fallen who still lived, and after Evan explained that the other door led to a place where Elawdrin had held nothing more than supplies opted to leave them there as is. They found a squad of guards upon arriving at Elawdrin's nursery, but with all of them present and at strength it was easy to dispatch the succubi and the monsters that popped out of them. Inside, Tamonten found a room filled with over a hundred children, almost all of them newborn. It took a good chunk of time to find her own, but in that time a man in golden armor appeared, one that Tamonten would quickly realize was a faerie who had been called upon by Krig and Sensensiel. He took one look at the room, scowled, and then sighed and said that he would take care of it. In the meantime, Tamonten managed to identify her own children among the assorted ones present, it being easy once she found the first given that all of them were next to one another. They even had the names of the parents issued under each, at which point Tamonten found out the names of the three dragonkin; Nincrinoix, Possincroix, and Besincroix, though it wasn't clear which was which. The children had apparently been organized by their mother, as the child she had seen the red one with on the day before the escape attempt had the last of the three dragon names under it, and in addition to the young boy's draconic features was possessed of violet skin and had the name of the father listed as; Fenris.
The only boy, also the only one among the three that was not Tamonten's child, had red scales like the mother coating the same areas that she'd seen similarly covered on the mother, and also had a tail and a pair of tiny draconic looking wings. The next pair over were both girls, and both unnaturally pale just like her. They also both had green scaling and tiny amounts of blond hair plastered to their heads, and appeared almost identical, possessing only reptilian tails and a bit of scaling to display their draconic heritage, while their nubbly little horns could be from either gene pool. The name "Nincrinoix" was where the mother was listed. The last two, also both girls, were not identical but they were definitely also twins, one of whom appeared a good bit scalier than the other and also possessed much more developed wings. The name of their mother was listed as "Possincroix."
The faerie summoned by Sensensiel (with help from Krig) was calling in other help to assist in ferrying the children off, but if she wished to hold the dragon children for some reason she was free to do so. Regardless of her choices regarding her spawn, Elawdrin's alchemy lab came next, where Tamonten would find a number of potentially interesting things if she looked hard enough. She even found a bulging bag the size of a flour sack simply labeled; "Catnip."
Then it was off to clearing the prison, an arduous and dangerous task that was equally thankless. Most of the noncorrupted prisoners had already fled, leaving a few who had been too badly injured to flee under their own power. Of the seven they found, three proved to contain Elawdrin's minions, which seemed all too eager to burst out and attack if given the opportunity. The guards they found mostly fled, save for those containing more monsters who always fought to the death, and they found no organzied resistance, nor any groups even half as large as their own. No more of the more dangerous monsters were present either, neither Elawdrin's Bladebeasts nor the gigantic laser-spewing centipedes were seen again. Once all of the cell blocks were cleared and all of the guards were captured, killed, or fled, Tamonten and her group had some twenty demons that had allegedly been forced to work for Elawdrin, a litter of freshly born hellhounds, four seemingly uncontrolled and sane prisoners, and twenty who were obviously broken by the experiences they'd suffered at the hands of the fallen angel and her minions, including the woman with tentacles that Nellic had defended her from and that Striga had used as an example. After what was to be done with them was sorted and some were released, Tamonten was left to loot the armory, and then peruse through the fallen angel's stock of assorted tools of control before awakening the dragonkin and the alraune that they had left outside of her chamber.
Tamonten gets stuff! And also things! Firstly, exp.
For the initial breakout battle against ye succubus guards, she gets 4 exp.
For the battle with the non-outsider guards, she gets 4 exp.
For the battle in the armory against ye giant centipede, she gets 4 exp.
For the battle against the hellhounds, she gets 4 exp.
For the battle against the Bladebeast, she gets 6 exp.
For the battle against Elawdrin, she gets 8 exp.
For the stuff she did in the aftermath and for completing the arc unbroken, she gets 4 exp.
Total: 34 exp.
Next, loot! First, the alchemy lab stuff.
1 giant bag of catnip
3 bags of Amazonian tea (20 denarii street value each)
3 healing potions
3 EP potions
5 aphrodisiac poisons
3 paralysis poisons
1 hallucination poison
4 faerie horns
5 darkhearts
3 slime ambers
4 venom sacks
1 faerie blood
1 demon blood
Next, from fights
3 horror carapace
12 hound's teeth
4 demon's blood
Next, the bondage stuff!
However many straps she wants.
Lots of dildos. Assorted shapes, sizes, and colors. Mostly glass and metal. 3 enchanted with vibrating touch.
A strange metal cube that's enchanted.
The wheel of smut. It's enchanted to shrink down to the size of a pocket-model and can have its options changed by thought.
More or less whatever you want really.
Finally, the armory.
1 darksteel bastard sword with a toothed edge, weighted toward the tip (-6 attack, +2d4 bleed damage, +2 damage)
2 daggers enchanted with +4 attack/damage
1 breastplate enchanted with +1 AV and +4 TP
1 set of darksteel scale mail
1 set of leather armor enchanted with -1 DU, +1 AV and +6 Stealth
1 sorcerer's anklet (20 EP pool, +2 spell damage per spell level)
1 set of bracers that granted +4 ranged attack damage and +2 attack
1 silver ring with the spells Searing Light (Light level 3), Vibrating Touch (Force level 1), and Grease (Fire level 3)
1 set of throwing knives enchanted with +2 attack/damage and +2d8 force damage
1 elven bow (same bonus as orcish pattern steel) enchanted with +10 feet of range
If you want basic stuff, you can take that too. Elawdrin's got lots of stuff.
For the initial breakout battle against ye succubus guards, she gets 4 exp.
For the battle with the non-outsider guards, she gets 4 exp.
For the battle in the armory against ye giant centipede, she gets 4 exp.
For the battle against the hellhounds, she gets 4 exp.
For the battle against the Bladebeast, she gets 6 exp.
For the battle against Elawdrin, she gets 8 exp.
For the stuff she did in the aftermath and for completing the arc unbroken, she gets 4 exp.
Total: 34 exp.
Next, loot! First, the alchemy lab stuff.
1 giant bag of catnip
3 bags of Amazonian tea (20 denarii street value each)
3 healing potions
3 EP potions
5 aphrodisiac poisons
3 paralysis poisons
1 hallucination poison
4 faerie horns
5 darkhearts
3 slime ambers
4 venom sacks
1 faerie blood
1 demon blood
Next, from fights
3 horror carapace
12 hound's teeth
4 demon's blood
Next, the bondage stuff!
However many straps she wants.
Lots of dildos. Assorted shapes, sizes, and colors. Mostly glass and metal. 3 enchanted with vibrating touch.
A strange metal cube that's enchanted.
The wheel of smut. It's enchanted to shrink down to the size of a pocket-model and can have its options changed by thought.
More or less whatever you want really.
Finally, the armory.
1 darksteel bastard sword with a toothed edge, weighted toward the tip (-6 attack, +2d4 bleed damage, +2 damage)
2 daggers enchanted with +4 attack/damage
1 breastplate enchanted with +1 AV and +4 TP
1 set of darksteel scale mail
1 set of leather armor enchanted with -1 DU, +1 AV and +6 Stealth
1 sorcerer's anklet (20 EP pool, +2 spell damage per spell level)
1 set of bracers that granted +4 ranged attack damage and +2 attack
1 silver ring with the spells Searing Light (Light level 3), Vibrating Touch (Force level 1), and Grease (Fire level 3)
1 set of throwing knives enchanted with +2 attack/damage and +2d8 force damage
1 elven bow (same bonus as orcish pattern steel) enchanted with +10 feet of range
If you want basic stuff, you can take that too. Elawdrin's got lots of stuff.
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